Ghost School

Reiya's Decree

"...."

Reiya sat pensively with her head lowered on the floor.

"You... That okay?" I then approached her and squatted in front of her.

"I'm not okay... I tried so hard to be friends with them..." Reiya muttered

"I knew right from the start they were just using me. I knew from the beginning they didn't really consider me a friend, but I still wanted to be friends"

"But... If I hear them in their voices like this, I..."

I grabbed her shoulder and raised her head.

"A person like that can't be called a friend! A friend will not use his own friend for personal gain.

"Forget them for yourself. You'll be even more devastated if you stay with them. They flew you high up into the sky, and then they threw you down. You understand what I mean, right?"

"You won't understand...." Reiya muttered with teary eyes

"Only those who would pay attention to me even if they were criminals"

"You're wrong!" My words are firm

"They never noticed you in the first place! And who's watching you a lot, but not them"

"What do you mean?"

I walked to the edge of the guardrail and pointed to the students who were flocking to walk out of the school.

"You don't know that you're very famous in this school?" Much

"Reiya is kind, smart, and beautiful. They crave you"

"You're so obsessed with your traitorous friend that you don't take a good look around you. Now open your eyes wide and let no one control you"

Reiya fell silent while looking at me, then he stood up and walked up to me.

"Thank you, and sorry about what happened before"

"No! I don't accept thanks! I didn't do anything!" My words are firm

"You have helped me--"

"You misunderstood! I'm not helping you. I did it just because I didn't want to be hostile to anyone, okay! So don't be burdened"

Reiya smiled then looked at me fixedly.

"You know? The beginning of my meeting with them was also an accident and at that time they had no intention of being friends with me at all"

"It's not impossible for something similar to happen again now"

"So... Does he mean he wants to be friends with me?" Thought

"Aren't you afraid of me like them?"

"I'm sure you're not like that. And even if you're like that, it doesn't matter, because you helped me"

"He's... His thinking is a little strange. She's too obsessed with every little nice person to her" I thought

"Then, what do you want to do with your three friends?" Much

"You mean?" Ask Reiya

"There's no way you'd want to just let them go, right? At least have to repay them for the profit they can!"

*

After that, I went downstairs and looked for Yui to go home.

"Where have you been?! I just came home thinking you're gone first" he said

"There was a business for a moment. Now let's go home"

"Oh, let's go home"

*

On the other side of the school,

In a corridor on the 3rd floor.

"Reiya, where did you go?"

"Mother called me earlier" Reiya muttered

"Oh yeah? I don't really care about mother-daughter talk. By the way, I'm asking for the key to the answer tomorrow"

"...."

Reiya just kept silent not responding to it.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

"...."

Reiya recalled the incident a few days ago before the replay began.

At night at Reiya's house....

"Mother, I'm asking about a repeat later"

"What?! About repetition? If for the arts maybe you can give, but you can not help for other lessons!!"

"Mom can ask from other teachers"

"No!! It's a disgrace to ask another teacher for a retrial!"

"If you want high grades, then learn on your own. Don't ruin our family's good name!"

The next morning at school....

"Mom didn't give me a repeat later"

"Then, you just have to ask the teacher who made the problem, right?"

"What's? Requesting directly?"

"You know, after all, all the teachers at this school know you're the daughter of an art teacher. It won't matter if you ask for it"

"But mom said...."

Finally, I followed my friend's words and met the teacher who made the matter in various subjects. There are some who give me, but not a few who do not give.

And of course, my mother found out that I asked about the teacher through the teachers I asked for.

"You are absolutely outrageous!! Don't you know how embarrassed I am to hear you ask another teacher for a retrial?! I told you, if you want good grades, you learn!!"

"It... My friend asked me--"

"Friends, friends, friends, friends. You always use friends as an excuse!"

"I'm not lying, ma'am. Those who asked me to ask for a retrial...."

"Again?! Previously also did they not ask for help to be put into this High School?"

"Reiya, you're such a fool! I don't know who you got this stupidity from, but mom and dad aren't this stupid. Is it possible that all of our intelligence was taken away by your sister, Lina, until you were like this"

"If it's like this, you better not have any friends at all. Why do you want to be friends with them? Use a little bit of your brain if there is one!"

"Before when I didn't have friends my mother told me to look for friends. But it was my turn to have friends instead told me not to have friends..." Thought

"And.... Again, I compare myself to my sister"

*

Back to now.

"In hindsight, what you said may be true. I was so stupid that I wanted to follow all their wills" Reiya thought

"Reiya, from now on you kept on dumbstruck. Where's the answer key?"

Reiya lowered his head and recalled Yurin's words on the roof.

"There's no way you'd want to just let them go, right? At least have to repay them for the profit they can!"

Reiya gritted his teeth and clenched tightly both of his hands.

"Yes, I'll give it to you in the morning"

*

**

The next day, as usual, Yui and I went to school together.

While at the gate, Yui and I accidentally met Reiya and her three friends.

"Well, does he want to make another storm early in the morning?" Yui muttered

"Eh? Is Reiya still with the three of them? Isn't Reiya not willing to be friends with them anymore?" I was surprised

Reiya and his three friends walked in, then Reiya glanced at me at a glance and continued walking.

"What does that mean?" Thought

*

After arriving at the examination hall, I immediately sat down on my seat, as well as Reiya.

Because there was still about half an hour more until the exam was about to begin, so I decided to read a book.

Shortly after, one of Reiya's friends came and approached Reiya, and my gaze was shifted to them.

"Reiya, where?" Whisperers

Reiya instantly reached into something from his bag and gave a small folded piece of paper to his friend secretly.

"That's the answer key?" Thought

"Does he still want to believe his friend? Well, I'm not going to interfere any deeper, so it's up to him" I thought and refocused on the book I was holding.

*

**

At the same time, on the other side of the world.

On the border of life and death...

"Mr Maeru, what did you call us all here?"

The evil spirits gathered while kneeling before Maeru.

"Hey, you guys know~? I thought of a brilliant idea for my survival to be the leader. I'm sure it'll be very effective"

"Tell us how, sir! We'll do anything for you"

"You sure~?" Ask Maeru

"Of course"

Maeru immediately smiled. He stretched out his hand towards the bunch of spirits, and made them unable to move with his strength.

"Tu. an. a. a. pa. i. ni" muttered one of the evil spirits in a stammering manner.

"You said you'd do anything for me. And the bright idea that came to my head was to eliminate all of you one by one and suck all of your strength without any of you remaining"

Maeru approached the spirit who asked earlier and bit his neck until the flesh that Maeru bit off his neck.

"Aragh!"

Maeru chewed on the meat and swallowed it.

"Mmh! Sure enough, as I suspected it spread throughout the body, not just in the center of the body. And again, the power of the master is completely different from the lower level which does not feel its strength at all" muttered Maeru

"What's...."

"Aah~ I haven't told you yet, yes~ I've eliminated everything in the middle and lower levels, which is left now the top level and master"

"Rather than your soul being lost in vain after it disappears, I better eat you. So all your power will be on me"

"No.... Mister...."

Maeru brought his mouth closer to the ears of the spirit.

"I've asked you, and you said you'd do anything yourself. Now it's too late if you want to regret it" Bisknya then bite his earlobe to break up

"Agh..."

"Tonight will be a long night~"