NouCome: Volume 1 Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - Amakusa Kanade's bitter daily life

Part 1

What does a person do if an erotic book has fallen by the roadside?

The natural thing is to always take a glancing look.

If they are a high school student, there is a problem of appearances, they can not instantly pick it up, however they can go all out in taking peeks.

And, if the exposed pages are a little manic then there will be an increase in the tension.

However, such a small happiness, is often crushed.

[CHOOSE: ① Press it up against your face and smell it ② Eat it]

As of now, such choices appear in my head.

And, this choice, I must choose one or the other. It decides so.

Erotic books are commonly read to be get excited. If your excited to smell or eat it then you are the type who would already be excited that way.

However I........ smelt it.

I wasn't excited at all. That's natural. Because you can only see skin color, no details, so close to it.

"Wowww, that guy."

"Smelling the erotic book, pervert!"

Grade school kids passing by yelled out and pointed.

"EroSmeller is looking this way."

"HAHA, that guy is absolutely a virgin. Virgin!"

They ran off laughing.

"…… What am I doing so early in the morning."

When it was satisfied I quietly placed the erotic book back down on the roadside.

[Absolute Choice].

The name I gave the phenomenon is, as the name suggests, one where I absolutely have to choose one or the other. It creates a choice with neither spoken nor written letters in my head.

Information is emitted from somewhere directly into my brain which instantly comprehends it.

It ignores the five senses, and even if I closed my eyes or block my ears, it never disappears until a choice is made.

"Oh, Kanade-chan."

Abruptly, a deep voice comes from in front of me.

"Ge......"

When I looked up, there she stood, Gondou Daigo (49), a housewife who lives nearby whose weight exceeds three digits. Seeing her body was like being punched.

"Kanade-chan, are you on your way to school now?"

"Y-yes, that's right."

Daiko-san, who appeared to be returning from the convience store, glued her eyes to him when I stepped into her view.

"Nufufu, you are as cute as ever."

"....!"

Chills ran down my spine.

This person, each time I see her, is weirdly happy to see me.

It seems I look exactly like her late husband when he was young. What kind of useless miracle is that.

With a reason like that, every day my virtue seems in danger. With school as an excuse I left quickly.

"Th-thank you, I am running late."

[CHOOSE: ① "Please hold me" ② "Please hold me and go with your instincts"]

......Are you serious?

The choices sometimes force words not just actions.

Even if it will be unreasonable the choices appear and have to be followed absolutely.

Even if it say ① and ② how are they different?

"......Please hold me."

In a low voice that tried to disappear I whispered the words. At the same time a light shone in Daiko-san's eyes as though a beast was locking onto its prey.

"Kanade-chan......finally."

Dangerous, things like this are dangerous!

"Wa-wait a moment, just now, nooooo!"

"I accept thanks!"

What is happening!?

Lumps of meat dashed madly at me and I was hugged with all her might.

"Gyaaa!"

She's too strong! Even my bones! I have to say something before its too late!

"Give......I give!"

My scream was totally ignored.

"Gyaaaaaa!"

"Fuu, thank you for the feast."

After several tens of seconds she was satisfied(?) Daiko-san seems to have become satisfied, let me go, and laughed as she walked away with heavy lumbering footsteps.

"Gu......"

I braced my wobbing knees and barely prevented myself from sinking down.

The time between absolute choices is completely random. It's not unusual to have them conseculatively but the combo of the erotic book and Daiko was too severe.

Feeling tired I began to walk. As I approarched the crossroads...

[CHOOSE: ① A beautiful girl falls from the sky ② Daiko-san falls from the sky ]

......No no no.

Daiko-san just walked towards her house moments ago......how is that possible? I have experienced until I'm sick of it that this absolute choice doesn't accept the laws of physics.

Once a choice states it, no matter how unscientific it is, it will happen without fail if you choose it.

That is to say if you choose ② the probability of Daiko-san falling from the sky is 100%. If I was to be hit by her...... I'd die. Body and soul.

By eliminating that, it left me wondering at the wording of ①.

"However, what happens in that case?"

Surely, a person will appear in the air? I looked up at the sky fearfully. Nothing is happening.

"?"

While I wondered and looked down in front of me for a moment.

"Dowaaaa!"

Something was falling at blistering speeds before my eyes and slammed into the ground.

"Na......na"

I was at a loss for words. Even though I had been somewhat mentally prepared......something seriously fell.

But in the next moment, besides the idea of something falling, an intense question appeared in my brain.

"What...... is this?"

Because the person(?) was doing a human bridge position.

Disagreeable as it is, the truth is there's no other way to describe it...... than the person(?) who fell......was doing a human bridge position.

Not facing downwards, or facing up, instead they did a splendid bridge.

......Why?

It was too surreal a spectacle, I was frozen in place.

I froze for a dozen seconds. The living bridge suddenly collapsed.

Because of that I returned to my senses. It pushed the mental impact of seeing a human bridge land and reminded me that a person fell from the sky.

"Ar-are you okay?"

I am nearly panicing and shaking the body.

"N......fumiyu?"

As though she was waking up, a weird sound escaped from her.

"Go-good......"

She was alive, my chest heaved a sigh of relief as she looked up.

"Ah? Here......where am I?"

She restlessly scanned the vicinity until settling on me.

"Um......"

She was breathtaking. Skin so white it was almost like a ghost, soft, fluffy blonde hair and clear, round blue eyes. She wore chocolate colored fairy-tale like clothing.

And above all, a figure too buxom for a non-white. Her whole appearance was too surreal, I couldn't help but be stunned.

Unlike me who couldn't find any words, her face suddenly brightened.

"Amakusa Kanade-san right?"

"Eh?"

I was bewildered by her suddenly saying my full name.

"Ah......ah that's right."

I searched my memories, but I can't find any memory of this beautiful girl in my brain.

"Err......you are?"

"Yes, my name is......Ah? My name is......ah......what was it?"

"No......I don't know."

The girl looked like she was thinking a moment then clapped her hands suddenly.

"I understand, I have lost some memories, like amnesia."

No, you shouldn't really say that so spunkily.

"When I fell I likely received a strong shock to the head."

No, you did that beautiful bridge and your head didn't touch the ground.

"Oh well, I'll remember before too long. I'm the Heizamon of calmness."

Heizamon of calm......no one uses that expression these days. Especially an openly foreign girl saying that was extremely incongruitous.

"Ah......for now it would be good to call me Heizaemon."

I'll pass.

"Now, putting aside the name issue. Lets have an important talk Kanade-san."

"Important?......umm."

She stepped close to his side with a defenseless smile and he suddenly felt strange.

What is it? The sense of deja-vu was strong.

"Please? Kanade-san?"

I got it, it reminded me of a dog.

It arbitrarily comes to your hand with unconditional trust and goodwill. This girl and a dog give off the same impression.

By reflex I petted her head.

Was it bad? Although I thought that, instead her face gave out a joyful expression that was far from hating it.

"Hehehe."

"Hmm?"

Part of her forelock stiffened and raised up unnaturally. When I stopped stroking her head it returned to its original shape.

"Ah, when I'm happy it stands freely."

A tail......she is a dog afterall.

Unexpectedly, a desire appeared, somehow, really somehow, I stretched out my hand to her.

"Hand."

"Yes!"

She held hers out.

"Sit."

"Yes!"

She did it. She's perfectly like a dog.

"Gugyuuuuuuu."

Then suddenly, a terrible sound echoed. For a moment it sounded the cry of a voice actor but apparently it was this girl's stomach rumbling.

"Ah, I'm hungry."

It was a grotesque image.

"You are really that hungry......ah, I might have something."

Suddenly I reached and groped in my bag.

I picked it up, a one bite chocholate. The moment I pulled it out her face lit up.

"Ah, its chocolate!"

"Do you like this?"

"I love it!"

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Her smile covered all of her face. It's forbidden to give chocolate to a real dog, this girl was only dog like, she was still human......she was human right?

"Yes."

I undid the wrapping and threw it lightly in the air. She hopped to where it was falling and jumping up caught it with her mouth.

"Delish!"

Seemingly blessed her face smiled happily. Like earlier her forelock rose like a tail, it stood......it was interesting.

"Ah, lets go with that."

She finished the chocolate and clapped her hands.

"What was that?"

"It's Chocolate."

"Ah, what?"

"That's my name."

"No......I don't understand what you mean."

"Kanade-san, do you like chocolate?"

"Hmm, I guess so. To the extent of putting some in my bag and I do like sweet things in general."

"Then, my name is Chocolate."

What a simplistic way of thinking.

"No, Chocolate isn't chocolate."

"Ah, I'm not? Then......what about a french sounding Chocola."

I don't know which side of being intelligent she's on but when I think of Chocola I think of a dog. The provisional name stuck though.

"Yes, it is decided!"

Ah, if she is convinced its likely good to go with it.

It's only a part of her memory that's lost. If she hears many things maybe she will remember her name. Chocola(?), first of all, in order to determine how much memory she had I asked her purpose.

"It is to take care of Kanade-san."

With no hesitation she declared that.

"Ah? Carrying...... for me?"

"Yes, though my other memories aren't clear that is completely certain."

Somehow......the situation has become weirder.

"I-Is that so?......Then, your home, where are you from?

"There!"

She pointed above her head.

"Um? From the north?"

Judging by appearance she wasn't Asian, does she mean Russia or even Northern Europe?

"No, above the sky."

"Above......the sky?"

"That's right!"

No......though she did fall from the sky.

"In short, in order to take care of me you came from a world in the sky?"

"Just like that."

Chocola took a guts pose with a huge smile on her face. In contrast, I felt chills in my heart.

"Goodbye!"

"Wh-why are you leaving? Please wait!"

I don't like doing it but......it is all very dubious.

"I'll absolutely benefit you if you let me try staying with you."

Why did Chocola run after him while rubbing her hands together.

"No, things suit me fine now."

"Right now I come with detergent."

"No. You are not a newspaper."

"I also come with watermelon and tempura."

"That seems like it will give a stomach ache!"

"With an apple and a gorilla!"

"I don't need them or a trumpet and panties!"

"Marriage and a letter of divorce come with me!"

"That absolutely shouldn't go together."

"'I also have Land and the deed."

"I don't want that!"

"Sorry, that's a lie."

"『Guri and Gura』 also come with me."

"I have them. I have it because its a masterpiece!"

"Baka and Test also come with me."

"Things like that aren't sufficient! If that's the case its a failure right?!"

"Then, buy this suspicious jar. Sign here."

"Trying to make a sale in a moment of confusion!"

.....Ku, who on earth is this person.

It's better not to get involved with her, I decided that and turned to walk away.

"Aaa!"

Back, a horrible fake voice spoke out. But I ignored it and continued.

"Aaaa!"

It was likely to keep going if I didn't react. Reluctantly I turned. Chocola was coquettish lying on the ground while looking up at me.

From somewhere a hankerchief is stuffed in her mouth as a prop......such an irritating person came.

"Later."

"Wait a moment, a weak girl has fallen down, you should be solitiously asking 『Are you okay Baby?』"

Such lines are only permitted to Hanawa-kun.

"You see, I have to be at school so I don't have spare time to bother with you."

I've become more rude and less friendly with her. My brain must have judged that I don't need to respect this creature.

"It's okay, without saying so, I'll listen to anything, so more please!"

"Then, don't pay attention to me."

"Oh, I'm sorry. You have asked for a wish my power is not sufficient to fulfill."

Are you Shenron?

Weak......to shake off this strange creature, what should I do?

While I'm thinking about that, a certain thing caught my eye......

"Chocola-san, Chocola-san."

"Yes, what is it?"

I took the remainder out of the bag.

"Ah, its Chocolate!"

"Can I have it?"

"Yes."

I dangled the chocolate from my hand overhead of her.

"Please give it to me!"

Even though Chocola is hopping up and down, since she's small she can't reach it. While holding it high I measure the timing.

Its good, the timing is just right. I'm sad to be wasting food but......

"Here!"

As it passed I threw the chocolate into the back of a pickup.

"Ah, wait please chocolate!"

Chocola ran with light steps after the pickup.

I watched the gap between them increase until they went around the corner, disappearing from my sight without her giving up.

"Seriously......"

Even with a long wait, there was no sign of her returning. Even though I thought she was an idiot I didn't think she'd be tricked that perfectly.

Golden week was starting, its when the calendar just reaches the summer, it comfortably warms your body, while a spring like atmosphere still strongly remains.

"Oh well......I'll be careful about that strange person."

I faced towards the school and began to walk to it.

Part 2

Our high school, Harumitsu private school, is proud of its 15 first year classes. It is a mammothly large school and has a wastefully large grounds. In simple its a moderately long distance from the front gate to the school doors.

Sniffing the erotic book, Daiko-san's hug, an encounter with the mysterious dog like creature, it was a considerable burden on my mental and physical stamina, I crossed the schoolyard feeling sick. After a few minutes I finally reached the entrance deep in the grounds. Fortunately Class 1 of the second year is at this end of the 2nd floor, I just have to go up the stairs and I'm at my class. "Hi." I opened the door and exchanged greetings with the friends I could see. On my way to my seat I ran into a girl standing still by the window. Yukihira Furano. She stood there really casually, however even so, she gave off a strange sense of presence. Only around Yukihira did the air seem strained. As if emboying the image of the name, her white hair in the sunlight from the window gave off a bright light like the reflection off newly fallen snow. "Hey, good morning Yukihira." In response to my voice, she turned around. Though there was an inorganic feel, her features were very refined. Without an expression Yukihira replied. "Good morning maggot jerk." "......huh?" Surprisingly abusive language was used. Normally you would think you misheard but, if its Yukihira, anything is possible. It's not a conversation if you flinch and back away. "Ah, the weather is nice today." "On a day like today I'd like to skip school and go play somewhere." "You are surprisingly naughty maggot jerk." "What day of the week is it today?" "Monday, does that please you maggot jerk." "Don't you know I'm trying to change your topic!?" In contrast to me raising my voice, Yukihira's is serene. "Oh, sorry if it made you feel bad. It's just a little bug joke." "Bug......joke? What on earth is that?" It's the first time I've ever heard that in my life. "This morning, on the fortune telling segment on TV, it said there might be an insect related disaster. Even if I'm not that serious in believing it, still I worry a bit." "Yes, and?" "Then, I thought I'd make some jokes and we could laugh it off." "That's too much of a reversal......" "Hey, I don't settle for succumbing to fate because I'm a woman with a rebellious spirit. I'll fight it to the death if its not something I can accept." "No......I don't think it will be that big of an event." "By the way, Amakusa if you want I'll do more insect jokes." "No, you have done enough." "By the way, Amakusa if you want I'll do more insect jokes." It seems you want me to hear them. Even if I bluntly refuse it will just prolong things. "Then, tell me one." "..." "Yukihira?" "..." "Hello, Yukihira-san?" "Hey, listen Monsieur. Today a stupid classmate was ignored for you." It was endlessly trivial. "By the way, just now didn't only use 'insect' and 'ignore', did you also see me play off the word Monsieur?" "......I don't get it." Explaining a gag that didn't work, such a strong personality. "Then, George who was deprived of a turn for this, where should he put his anger!?" "Who is that?" This Yukihira Furano, though she should be a cool person, jokes around in a way that raises the tension, she just can't be a normal character. "Roughly what are you thinking about Amakusa? You have the face of someone about to go attack a little girl at any moment." "What in the hell kind of face is that?"