Volume 1 - Top-Tier Character Ayanokōji-kun [DISCONTINUED] [READ THE REVISION]

Chapter 5 - Damsel And Demon

Despair. Loneliness. Regret.

Emotions every human being has felt.

When you do not know how to continue on anymore, you start to worry.

You start to think you're not up to the task.

You doubt yourself.

You blind yourself to everything.

You cry. All alone, without anyone there.

Horrible emotions. No one wants to feel them, of course.

How do you escape the bottomless pit of despair?

Do you rely on yourself? You keep practicing until you have become strong enough to face the challenge.

Not every person is as strong as that. Even though you train for a long time, results are never guaranteed in reality.

There are no set expectations.

So, what else is left?

Other people. Other individuals.

Can you trust them?

They may offer you their hand in times of need.

They may want to help you.

They may want to use and deceive you.

They may request something in return—an exchange, so to say.

But you need to ask yourself before accepting.

Are you even able to grab that hand? 

Do you have the courage to receive help?

Do you even have the right?

Only you, yourself, know the answer to all those questions.

...

Will you see through the hands' deceit?

Or...

Will you stay an ignorant lamb?

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Nothing really happened after the confrontations in home economics—which I appreciated, because I was completely drained. However, I couldn't rest just yet. 

I still had to set the lion's bait. 

I also tried my best to avoid talking to Hinami for the rest of the day. Someone like her would have noticed if we conversed for any amount of time. And I definitely, under any circumstances, could have not that. She was not allowed to know.

Anyway, after school ended, I stayed behind for some time to watch a certain person leave the classroom.

They wished to be alone today, huh? Seems like it worked out.