Chapter 27 – Sword Art Online (21)
Seo-jun headed to Yuuna’s classroom to leave school.
Asuna had other business, so she went first.
“Ah, he’s a handsome junior. Hi.”
When he put his face in, the seniors in the class looked at him and greeted him.
“Hello. Um, by the way, where did Yuna-senpai go?”
Yuna, who was supposed to be there, was not there.
The female senior who accepted him greeted him.
“Where did Yuna go with Nochizawa-kun for a while?”
“Nochizawa? Ah… All right.”
Seojun bowed his head and left the classroom.
Nochija and… His full name is Nochizawa Eiji. He is Yuna’s childhood friend.
For what reason did you call her out? Seojun tilted his head. Because it’s never been like this before.
‘Well, since I’m curious, shall I look for it?’
I had a hunch that something interesting was about to happen.
He spread his magic Yuna’s presence was felt behind the teacher. Seo-joon moved his steps there.
‘Found.’
Behind the teacher.
In a deserted place, Yuna stood facing Eiji.
Seo-joon secretly listened and observed the two. What will happen?
It was as if the release date of the anime or light novel I was looking forward to was approaching.
“Eiji, she says she has something to say. What is it?”
It was Yuna who opened fire first.
Eiji hesitated at her question, then answered as if he had made up his mind.
“Yuna, there aren’t any other juniors I go out with these days, right?”
“Huh? Why all of a sudden? Aha, Eiji~ Are you jealous? Yo guy! What are you trying to say that this older sister doesn’t hang out with you?”
Yuna said playfully.
At that, Eiji shook her head.
“No, that’s not it. Yes, because I want to warn Yuna of her.”
“… To? Warning?”
“Huh. The juniors I go with… So, the male side. Did you say Jun? The rumors about him are not good.”
“… What are you talking about.”
Yuna narrowed her forehead.
Her voice also sharpened slightly, but Eiji continued talking as if he didn’t notice.
“Kids I know have seen him hang out with a bunch of girls a few times over the weekend. But the woman he went with was different each time. He must be a bad guy who likes to switch girls.”
“… Ha.”
At Eiji’s words, Yuna let out a deep sigh.
To be honest, I didn’t feel very good, but it wouldn’t be strange to have such an illusion when a third party who didn’t know the facts saw it.
‘I can’t explain this.’
Yuna was reluctant to tell the truth.
No, no matter how much you like men, you go out with a lot of women? It must look strange.
She had been a childhood friend for a long time, so she didn’t want to appear that way.
Yuna decided to put that fact aside for now.
“Age. You can’t judge others based on what you hear from them. People who don’t know each other have to meet and judge for themselves.”
“Yuna. You can get to know people without having to meet them. Criminals on TV are like that.”
“… Mr Eiji. Are you treating your juniors as criminals?”
“No… For example, yes.”
When Yuna’s expression turned bad, Eiji hurriedly made an excuse.
However, her words were like water. She had already spilled it, because she couldn’t pick it up.
“I had no intention of insulting that junior. I just said this because I was worried about Yuna. That guy might be aiming for Yuna…”
“…”
Yuna quietly looked at Eiji.
If she was a childhood friend she knew well, there would be no lies in that statement.
However, she felt really bad. Originally, she would have accepted it with a smile, but her own childhood friend… She gossiped about her favorite Seojun.
It was natural for her to be angry, no matter how nice she was.
However, Yuna instead of showing her irritation, because the one in front of her was her childhood friend.
“Hey, Eiji-kun. Before you say something like this to me, it would be better to meet and talk with the juniors in person. No matter what the rumors say, he’s a good person.”
“Yuna! She might be a bad guy, so why won’t you listen!”
“Ha…”
Even if I try to exhort you, you won’t listen.
Eiji was an introvert from the start, but today I couldn’t understand why he was acting like that.
But that and this are different. As long as Seo-jun’s gossiping was repeated, Yuna was no longer just watching in silence.
“Age. What does it matter who I meet or who I hang out with?”
“That, that…”
“Thanks for the advice. I know you said it out of concern for me. But please don’t force me. Because whoever I meet is solely up to me to decide. Then I will go.”
“Yu, Yuna! Wait!”
Eiji grabbed her wrist as she turned around and tried to leave.
Yuna frowned at her grip, which was stronger than she thought.
“Eiji-kun? Will you let go I have an appointment, so I have to go.”
“… Are you going to him again? Then I can’t let you go.”
Yuna let out a sigh.
Why are you doing this today? It’s frustrating.
“Leave this.”
“No.”
“Eiji-kun! Why are you doing this today!”
Yuna shouted out loud.
Eiji flinched at that. Because I had never seen Yuna screaming like that before.
However, he soon opened his mouth with a determined face.
“… Do you want to know why I am doing this?”
“Okay! Why are you doing this!”
Eiji looked at Yuna.
Why are you like this? Of course it is because I love her.
But Yuna, unaware of that fact, seemed frustrated. Eiji then bit her lip and decided to tell her about this.
‘I didn’t expect to confess like this…’
She had no choice but to make sure that the girl she liked wasn’t played by a bad boy.
Eiji took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
“Of course I like you…”
Eiji’s words did not follow.
Because an intruder intervened.
“What are you doing?”
It was Seojun who intervened.
Yuna was taken aback by his sudden appearance.
“Eh, hu, juniors? Why here… ?”
However, Seo-joon did not give her her attention.
He just looked straight at Eiji and opened her mouth.
“Please let go of that hand holding my girlfriend.”
“… You.”
Eiji’s eyes widened.
The guy who tricks Yuna into doing bad things!
He gnashed his teeth inside. It just went well. Saving Yuna from this guy…
Wait. What did you say now?
“… Uh? Hey, girlfriend?”
Seojun nodded his head.
Eiji’s gaze turned to Yuna, who was beside him.
She too was embarrassed, but nodded her head in affirmation.
… Ah.
Eiji’s strength swelled in her body.
At that, the strength of her hand that was holding her Yuna naturally loosened.
Yuna looked at Eiji and gave her a worried look.
“Senior Yuna. Come this way.”
“… Huh.”
Hearing Seo-joon’s call, he sprinted next to him.
Seo-joon looked at Yuna, who had come next to her, with worried eyes.
“Tsk.”
He looked at Yuna’s wrist and clicked her tongue.
Maybe it was because I held it hard, but there were clear red handprints.
“Senior, are you okay?”
“Uh? Ah, yes. Are you okay.”
“But just in case, let’s go to the hospital.”
“Um…”
Yuna glanced behind her.
A blank-faced Eiji stepped into her eyes.
However, he soon turned his head and shifted his gaze. It seemed that at least some time was needed for the remnants of today’s work to be resolved.
“Let’s go.”
“Yea, I got it.”
Seojun took his hand.
Then he stopped walking and said to Eiji, who was still blank.
“If you weren’t Yuuna’s senior’s childhood friend, you would have gone out of her fist first. Please don’t touch my girlfriend carelessly from now on.”
“…”
For a long time after Seo-jun and Yuna left after their words, Eiji just stood there blankly.
