Chapter 3: Keita Is a Big Liar

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There was already no one left in the classroom after school. Keita approached his own seat at the back of the classroom with a hurried pace. Rummaging around inside, he found his objective.

"Found it, found it. That was close."

What he pulled out was a book with a pitch-black cover. At first glance, it looked like nothing more than an ordinary paperback.

The content is good, though. But both the text and the illustrations are extreme, you know, this thing.

He wanted to avoid getting found out and teased by his classmates. Although people wouldn't normally go out of their way to peek inside someone else's desk... Having noticed just before walking out of the school gates, he was forced to come back and get it no matter what for his own mental health.

"Oh, Keita?"

Keita turned around toward the direction the voice came from. He instantly hid the book behind his back. At the entrance of the classroom stood a single female student.

"Oh... what's up, Hina? Weren't you at club activities?"

"I have something I forgot. I couldn't find it in the art room..."

Her voice trailed off. The female student, Hina, had come right in front of Keita. She was staring intently, observing his state.

"Hina?"

"...You hid something just now, didn't you, Keita?"

"I didn't hide anything, though?"

"Really? Something's somehow suspicious."

Why is she strangely sharp at a time like this? Did she see me hide it?

Hina narrowed the distance bit by bit with a dubious look. Pressured by her, Keita kept backing away. At this rate, he would bump into his chair.

Sink or swim, can I put it back inside the desk?

"Keita is a big liar, after all."

To deny it on the surface, Keita let out a bitter smile. He tried to put the book back into the desk with his hand behind his back.

Damn, if she finds out, I will definitely get teased…

『 Heh, so Keita likes this kind of thing. Don’t you think their tits are a bit too big? Ufufu~』

In an instant, a little devil Hina was replayed in Keita's mind. The contents of the book that Keita was desperately trying to hide were an erotic novel. Furthermore, it came with sexy, beautiful color illustrations. It was a work by an author Keita had been completely into recently. Was it a stroke of bad luck that he brought it along simply because he couldn't help but care about the content? There wouldn't be any problem at all as long as he didn't get found out, though.

However, contrasting sharply with Keita's impatience, the scheme of hiding it completely from Hina just wouldn't go well. Putting a book inside the desk without looking unnatural was more difficult than expected. Perhaps a textbook was getting in the way. It kept getting caught no matter what.

"Keita."

Before he knew it, Hina had come right in front of his eyes. One more step and she would bump into Keita. Hina was sporting a smirking smile like a mischievous kid. She was fully intending to tease Keita.

“What about your forgotten item? Don’t you need to find it?”

"Hmm, I care more about what's behind Keita than that, I guess."

So you noticed! Ah—

The sound of the book falling onto the chair reached Keita's ears. Tension ran through his limbs.

"Nn?"

Hina's movement was swift. It was hard to believe she belonged to a cultural club.

"Ah, hey."

Faster than Keita could grab it, the book passed into Hina's hands. Moving away from Keita, Hina immediately flipped through the pages rapidly. That stopped dead at a certain point. It was near the front cover.

"......Huuuuumph."

With a smirk, Hina's face distorted with sadism. Keita picked up on it immediately. The 100% erotic, beautiful color illustration that inevitably came with this kind of book. The one Keita remembered first was the sight of the sisters together getting showered with semen on their voluptuous breasts. The others were much the same. Whichever one it was…

I-It's over. Getting seen by a female classmate, and a childhood friend at that. My youth…. My supposedly sweet youth…

It had been a little over half a year since he became a high school student. He didn't even have a girlfriend yet. He could easily imagine a future where he would be called a "perverted bastard" with a look of contempt from girls.

"So Keita likes this kind of thing."

Far from being embarrassed, Hina was filled with curiosity. She went out of her way to show that illustration to Keita. What was shown right in front of his eyes was the exact illustration Keita thought it was.

"No, listen—"

"Is this set as sisters? Both of them have really huge tits, don't they."

Hina wouldn't give him even a chance to explain.

Please, just don't say the content out loud.

What kind of situation was it to have one's own sexual preferences stated by a girl classmate. Moreover, the fact that the partner was a childhood friend was just the absolute worst.

"Hey…"

Hina drew closer to Keita. His heart skipped a beat at that little devil-like smile. Hina drew closer to the absolute limit where she was about to touch Keita. She whispered into Keita's ear with amusement.

"Do you want to try touching it? Boobs, I mean."

His face grew hot. He involuntarily swallowed his saliva. Just as Keita was about to answer…

"Eh."

He heard Hina's panicked voice. While feeling a chill on his back, Keita pulled her into an embrace. The entirety of Keita and the others' classroom had begun to glow white from the floor.

"Calm down, are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah."

Hina tightly grabbed Keita's school uniform. The light began to gradually strengthen, and a purple magic circle appeared on the floor.

"...What is that?"

At the destination of Hina's gaze, there was a pure white sphere. It was floating in mid-air in the center of the classroom.

—Pop.

Hina gave a start. The sphere suddenly popped, and white smoke began to drift out from within.

What is that? I feel nothing but a dangerous vibe from it.

While he was thinking that for a brief moment, the smoke began to move as if it possessed a will. It spread right in front of them with a bizarre speed as if to cover Keita and Hina. In an instant, Keita's vision was dyed pure white. While holding Hina tightly to himself, Keita tried to escape instinctively but could not do it. The smoke had been overwhelmingly faster.

"Dammit...!"

The smoke wrapped around Keita and Hina, swallowing them up.

This is bad!

Just like that, Keita's consciousness vanished.

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