Editing Mahou Sensou:Volume 1 Chapter 2 (section)

===Part 4===

Two hours ago, before Takeshi had passed through the mirror.

The Kendo Club, Judo Club, and Karate Club conducted club activities during summer holiday in the underground gymnasium’s dojo of Sakuraya Senior High School.

Recently as a countermeasure to heat stroke, it had been decided that it was necessary for practice to be held in the morning.

At the end of the dojo that had been divided into three areas, the Kendo Club was about start practice.

“Oi, what is Nanase doing?”

A haughty, second year student who had become the club president half a year ago questioned the first year who had just barely made it on time.

“I just came from the club room.”

The first year student who was also Takeshi’s friend, replied to the club president who had scowled.

“He’s late.”

The bamboo sword he held in his hand made a bishitsu sound when he slapped it into the palm of his other hand.

To correct the club member who had slacked off on his training, the president led their practice with a fiendish expression.

To somehow avoid his wrath, all the club members started to move quickly.

Meanwhile, Kurumi who stood alone by the wall was puzzled.

“That Takeshi, I wonder what you’re doing.”

Kurumi was the Kendo Club Manager, she had walked to school with Takeshi this morning so there should have been enough time for him to make it to practice.

Be that as it may, Kurumi would usually wear a jersey, but today she was wearing her uniform.

After she verified the time on the clock which was hung on the dojo wall, Kurumi calmly decided to leave behind the situation.

If Takeshi was delayed in changing his clothes, then she would have to go towards the locker room in the clubroom and tell him to hurry up.

However, when she had left the gymnasium and had walked through the school’s grove of trees, she was unexpectedly greeted by someone from behind.

“A, ano! Isoshima Kurumi-san!”

When she looked back over her shoulder, she saw a handsome male student with a good physique wearing a Judo Gi.

“That’s right, who might you be?”

“Ah, I, I am……that is……”

The boy with a sparsely grown beard started to squirm and was red in the face.

“It’s the middle of club activities, if you’re not in a hurry, can we leave this for later?”

Kurumi’s cold attitude gave the feeling of ‘you should go away.’

“Ma, matte!”

“Kyaa!”

Kurumi flung off the hand that had grabbed her shoulder.

“Sawara naideyo!”<ref>Don’t touch me! I know, it might be kind of stupid to do this, but I think it’s about emphasis anyways so sue me, not that you would get anything.</ref>

Being glared at like that any male student would flinch twice.

“Gomenasai!”<ref>I’m very sorry. You might notice that I sometimes leave stuff like the last few lines romanized, mainly because I am thinking of what it sounds like in my head. It probably sounds inconsistent from everything else which is in English.</ref>

Hiding both his hands behind his back, the boy drooped his head down, Kurumi let out a sigh.

“Haa, what is it?”

“I, I, always thought before that Isoshima-san was a bea, bea, beautiful person.”

“I see.”

“Ah, I, I am Endou from Class 7. You probably don’t know me, I just joined the Judo Club.”

“So what?”

Kurumi had to look up at the male student, she only came up to where his nose extended from.

“Li, li, I like you!! Please go out with me!”

Before the boy who was red in the face and looked like he might suffocate from nervousness, Kurumi never changed her expression, on the contrary she bluntly declared:

“I am going out with Nanase Takeshi in Class 2.”

However, the male student raised his face and denied it outright.

“I know that! But I also heard that you are pretending to go out with him.”<ref>Original Japanese text was付き合ってるフリ, which literally translates to free date.</ref>)

Kurumi’s mouth slightly twitched.

“Who said that?”

“Eh, well that is…………”

“Takeshi and I are properly going out.”

“Is that so? But.”

Little by little resentment started to surface on Kurumi’s face, but he failed to notice it.

“Besides, even if I wasn’t going out with him, I wouldn’t go out with you.”

“Why not? I am taller than him and I think I have a better body build.”

Kurumi stomped her black loafers on the ground and scraped the surface with them.

“It looks like you don’t understand. I have no motivation to be part of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.” <ref>Ouch, that’s a real harsh rejection that might make any teenage boy cry.</ref>)

The male student blinked his eyes.

“Eh? That……”

After Kurumi finished saying that she turned her back on him.

Her derision was plain to see.

“I’m saying I won’t go out with just anyone. Well, I have to hurry.”

Leaving the dumbfounded Judo Club member behind, Kurumi quickly headed towards the clubroom building.

This was an everyday occurrence for her.

I like you, I love you, I want to go out with you, I’ve fallen for you and want to go steady.

She could say there wasn’t a great difference from before when guys approached her.

“Disgusting, really. All men besides Takeshi ought to go extinct.” <ref>Wow, she has no mercy, I mean understand why but still…</ref>)

Irritated, Kurumi moved in a half jog, when she got to where she could see the club building she happened to see the school gate beyond and tilted her head in doubt.

“Takeshi? What situation……”

Even though they were quickly leaving through the gate, she had this feeling that it was Takeshi.

Moreover, he was holding the hand of a girl.

After Kurumi quickly glanced at the Kendo Club building, she changed her direction towards the school gate.

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