Even when they had gone to school separately they still lived together and were in the same class They were together for more than twelve hours every day and that had only been reduced by one hour Ange blushed and pouted her lips when the boy celebrated the end of that Well I can understand being happy you don’t have to see that awful girl
Awful girl Shirohara-senpai isn’t that bad
Hah She used any excuse she could to restrict your actions And for what Who even knows She’s a stalker
She sure is mad
For him waking up at five had been difficult but preparing for the cultural festival with the student council had been fun
You shouldn’t talk about people behind their back Jiyuuni Ange
Wah Sh-Shirohara-senpai
They had just reached the last stretch to the school at the top of the hill and someone had caught up from the other side
It was Shirohara Ren the one person Mutsuki did not want to meet now So he panicked
Ange however frowned in annoyance and then smiled belligerently
Oh I thought ‘stalker’ was how the human world referred to girls who restrain their target of observation without considering his feelings
I was educating Fujita Mutsuki to correct his depraved ways not restraining him
It is true I had him help with my duties but he agreed to it
Ren’s expression did not change but she too was belligerent
And even if I hypothetically did restrain him any complaints about it should be directed at me Doing it when you know I am not around is still the act of a coward
You heard me
C-calm down you two
The two glared at each other and were ready to start fighting at any moment
Mutsuki tried to stop them but taking neither side only got him ignored here
Hi Mutsuki And Jiyuuni tooOh President
Ah g-good morning Sakae
Luckily his friend saved him His childhood friend Tomono Sakae caught up and slapped him on the back
Ange was to be expected but he was surprised to find the beautiful Student Council President here Sakae grew more timid but the dangerous atmosphere had been swept away all the same
The four of them continued on to school Ren was a third year so she parted with
the other three on the way to their classroom
I see you’re friends with the President now
Y-yeah Seems that way
Introduce me next time As the man who will one day stand in the center of the world I must first join the student council that stands at the center of the school
I’m pretty sure you can get in without using any connections
The more they talked about the President the more upset Ange looked which was scaring Mutsuki
It was true they were friends now
Not long ago Shirohara Ren had seemed entirely out of his league but they had been in contact more often recently
Mutsuki was being targeted by a new enemy the Kurosaki family
Ren had to be acting as his bodyguard too The problem was how she and Ange his guardian angel did not get along There was no change in the hostile relationship between FeTUS and the angels
Mutsuki did not want to be mean to either one but he could not stand this strained atmosphere either
If possible
Oh ha ha Right on time again
Hearing Sakae Mutsuki looked out the window
The school gate had just closed and Ibekusa Machina had passed through just as it did
That’s so incredible Lately she’s not even off by a single second
As always her behavior was as accurate as a clock or a machine
Just like a machine Machina spent every day exactly the same
If possible he wished Ange and Ren could be their usual selves like that
(Not that mentioning it would help)
Mutsuki continued on to their classroom
Good morning Ange Mutsuki and the rest too
Morning Mutsuki
Good morning Kurikara and Lucia
He exchanged greetings with his classmates like normal
Saya energetically waved and Lucia leaped at him as he walked to his desk
Hey hey Mutsuki I’ll be doing a costume check for that band today
They naturally split into a girl group and a boy group
They mostly talked about the cultural festival that was coming up soon
Ange was representing the class in a play Lucia had been invited to perform the
vocals for a band
With the festival so close the class was full of energy even in the morning Even cynical Ange seemed to be looking forward to it so the strained atmosphere faded
With the activation of the Serpent’s Eye and a war between heaven earth and hell he had a lot more to worry about than half a year ago but recent days had been enough fun to forget all about those things He wished things could stay like this forever
He wished Ange Lucia Ren and the rest of FeTUS the angels and the demons
could stay the way they were
If only they could all be as unchanging as Machina
Exactly five minutes after passing through the gate Machina reached the
classroom
She arrived at her desk like normal and set down her things like normal
But one thing was different today
She would normally sit down and wait for their teacher without speaking a word
But today she did not sit down and she instead approached Mutsuki’s neighboring desk