Chapter 2 – Feeling the Gaze

It was the day after Sui discovered that Sakia, a beautiful transfer student who attracted the attention of the whole school, was a succubus.

After that incident, he went home and looked up succubus, but as a matter of course, when he searched for succubus, all that came up were sexually explicit pictures. Even if it was other than that, only so-called Wikipedia-like articles that explained specifically what succubus were came up.

The fact that the existence of beings known as succubus inhabited the modern world had not been found anywhere.

“…No, that’s fine, that’s fine.”

He sat in his seat in class, holding his head, which was not to say it bothered him, but it didn’t matter that much to him. The reason why he was scratching his head like this is because he had done so much research on succubus that he didn’t do any preparation for the quiz.

Stupid me… Why did I keep looking up succubus instead of studying, seriously. Why did I run all the way down here yesterday to get my paper?

It didn’t matter how much he complained, so he was now memorizing it desperately. He was staring daggers at the paper, but the limit soon came.

“…No, you won’t get the best results if you cram too much.”

There was no way he could cram all the contents into just a few dozen minutes. That’s why he decided to accept the teacher’s advice. Well, he got some of it into his head, so if he were lucky, he would get a decent score.

“Yo, Sui.”

“Good morning… What’s with the enlightened face?”

It was a friend of Sui’s who spoke to him.

The large-built boy was Sumikawa Jin and the bespectacled boy was Murakami Michiaki, both of whom had been friends with Sui since high school and they had become quite close. They spent a lot of time together at school and went out on holidays. It was no exaggeration to say that they were close friends who would always be there for each other.

“Today’s quiz, I’m giving up a bit.”

“I see. I’ve given up, by the way.”

“You guys… You better study properly.”

Michiaki said this in a disgusted tone, but it was an earache for Sui and Jin. When the three of them get together like this, there were always girls who would talk to them.

“That’s right. You’ve got to study hard.”

“Yes, yes. It’s important. We have to work hard now for the future.”

These two girls were classmates of the opposite s*x who would talk to Sui and the others in their own way. The slender model girl was Asamiya Mai, while the girl with the relaxed tone and gentle impression was Miyauchi Raika.

“That’s what my family tells me every day, you know?”

“That’s not something to be proud of.”

“Well, Jin, you look like an idiot. Oh, you’re an idiot.”

Everyone except Jin erupted at Raika’s straightforward words.

“…Did you have to go that far? That far!?”

“Haha, sorry, sorry!”

Raika seemed to be having a good time, but she was surprisingly often venomous in this way. Well, that was one of the things that made her popular, she was a reasonably popular girl because of her good looks.

With the usual group of people gathered like this, it was time to chat until the morning assembly began. The quiz was no longer on Sui’s mind and he was just enjoying the conversation with his friends.

I’m going to the bathroom.”

“Oh, I’m off too.”

When the two of them left the classroom to go to the restroom, they were replaced by Sakia, the cause of the growing presence in Sui’s life

“Ah, good morning, Koshimizu-san!”

“Good morning.”

“Good morning, Koshimizu-san!”

“Good morning.”

Men and women alike greeted her. It just went to show how popular she was. As Sui looked at her walking with dignity, the memory of yesterday came back to his mind. The image of her as a succubus, with wings and a tail, comes vividly.

“?”

“……”

Sakia glanced at Sui. There was no change in her appearance, but Sui couldn’t help but avert his gaze. After yesterday’s exchange, she must have forgotten about it in her mind.

“……”

Her seat was behind Sui’s, in other words, she would pass by him.

He thought he had made a mistake by averting his gaze unnaturally, but she walked past without saying anything in particular… No, she said hello.

“Good morning.”

It was a very beautiful smile.

She was so pretty that she seemed to be endlessly captivating the opposite s*x, and she exuded an alluring adult sexiness. Although Sui was a little scared, Jin and Michiaki were in a daze.

“G-Good morning…”

“Good morning… Kosomizu.”

Their voices were muffled, but Sakia smiled with satisfaction and walked past them. After that, the two of them were still blushing and in a daze, but they seemed to have become embarrassed to be near Sakia and went back to their seats.

“…Hmm.”

Sui thought he heard a snickering voice, but then he heard a thump and a tap on the desk from behind him. It might be an exaggeration, but Sui was sensitive to that sound too. It was enough to make his shoulders shake a little, but it didn’t faze Sui.

“……”

Behind him, he could hear the sound of textbooks and other things being put down, but that was it… Then Sui let out a sigh, thinking that he was overthinking things. It was true that she may be a succubus, a non-human creature. But if he mentioned that, not that he had any intention to, people would think he was crazy.

I’m overthinking it. Whatever Koshimizu-san is, she’s also a classmate… Let’s just go with that.

So Sui nodded his head and said that this topic was settled in his mind.

However… He could feel a strong gaze on his back. There was a saying that you can feel their eyes on you until they pierce a hole in you, and now he was really feeling the meaning of that saying.

“……”

“……”

No, she was the only one behind him, but that didn’t necessarily mean that it was her. Sui couldn’t bear to think otherwise. Leaving aside her tail and her wings, he knew she must have done something to him to make him unable to look at anything but her when he looked into her eyes. It meant that she had some ability that humans do not have.

…Am I going to get killed or something?

If there were magical powers, then there might even be the magic used in manga and anime. But Sui was just a human being, he was powerless in the face of such supernatural power.

“…No, no, no, she’s not staring at me.”

Sakia was known as a goddess of beauty in some circles, so she couldn’t be staring at him, so Sui took action. He intentionally rolled his eraser towards Sakia and pretended to pick it up to see the look on her face.

“Ah, the eraser~”

As you’d expect, the acting was so bad that if this were on stage, he’d be told to go home as soon as possible.

“……!?”

“……”

When he glanced over to pick up the eraser, Sakia was looking right at Sui. Her face was expressionless, neither angry nor smiling, but the moment his eyes met those crimson eyes, he stopped moving like a frog staring at a snake.

“…Excuse me.”

The voice that he squeezed out was so soft and quiet.

Sakia slowly bent over and reached out and grabbed the eraser that had fallen .

“Here, you dropped it.”

“Thank you… Koshimizu-san.”

He reached out his hand and she handed the eraser to him.

The smile on her face was as beautiful as ever, and Sui smiled wanly, wondering if it was all in his mind.

“……”

For a moment, Sakia’s cheeks turned a little red, but that soon returned to normal.

“Is that the reference paper for today’s quiz?”

“Huh? Oh, yeah…”

Not expecting the conversation to continue, Sui picked up the paper, bewildered.

“I was going to go home yesterday and study, but… Well, I couldn’t get to it.”

Sui couldn’t say it was because of her.

He laughed and said that he had already given up and no longer needed it, but his expression hardened at her words that followed.

“Is there something on your mind that’s getting out of hand?”

“……”

Sui went silent, but then a chime rang.

The homeroom teacher also entered the classroom, so Sui turned to look forward, but… After that, he continued to feel eyes on his back for the rest of the day.

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