บท 28: The Second Target

Our homeroom teacher entered the class. We used to call her Aoi-sensei. She was quite frank with us. She was a guest faculty in our school and had only one more year with us.

Her full name was Tachibana Aoi, but since she wasn't much older than us, she preferred us to call her 'Aoi-sensei'. She was probably 24. She was more of a big sister than our teacher.

And she was an amiable lady. So some of the boys… okay, most of the boys had a crush on her. Of course not, me.

"Oi, Sakamaki-kun?" I heard Lilith's voice in my ear. I turned around and there was no one. I slightly glanced at my sight and no one was there either.

"It's me Lilith. I'm using a telepathic spell to communicate so if you want to talk just think about it."

"Ok"

"Yeah, like that." Wow, it really worked. Now this is some true wireless technology. Or magic, should I say.

"So… why have you been thinking about your teacher?" She said in an awkward tone.

"I'm not."

"Yes, you were. You even said every boy likes her but not you."

Did she just eavesdrop on me from inside my mind? This is a new level of breach in privacy. This wireless technology is bullshit. Thank god we don't have this in actual life. Or the divorce rates in Japan will skyrocket overnight.

"How long have you been in my mind?"

"Ever since you started thinking about her."

"I see."

"Ara, you like you onee-san type of girl?"

"No, I don't."

"I don't." She imitated me in a funny voice.

"Ok, why did you contact me? Did you have something important, or you just wanted to piss me off?"

"I just wanted to piss you off." She laughed.

"I was kidding, it's about your second target." She got to the point finally.

"Second target? Already?"

"Yeah, but don't worry, take your time. I'm just briefing you."

"Telling the name isn't called briefing".

"Anyways… look at that girl." She continued.

"Tell me the name. I can hear you, not see you."

"That girl with long hair in a ponytail. The one sitting on the third bench."

"Kizhashi? But she has a boyfriend." I said in a confused tone.

"O… Oh, She has? Then don't worry you can always break them up."

"I can't do that."

"See Sakamaki-kun, just because she is a flower of someone else doesn't mean that you can't take care of her better than her gardener."

"I can't believe you said something so dumb yet it sounded kind of smart."

"Teehee" She chuckled.

"You want me to be a homewrecker?"

"I mean… you can be one."

"No, the gardener is my friend. Why would I do that?" I put emphasis on the word 'gardener'.

"Hmmm...Tell me how she looks?"

"Short height… long blonde hair in a ponytail and medium-sized boobs like yours."

After an awkward pause, she asked. "When did you look at my boobs?" I can feel the concern in her voice.

"You can read my mind, right? Read it." I laughed.

"Medium-sized?"

"Neither too big nor too small. Perfect" There was a brief moment of awkward silence between us

"Anyways… the target is another girl beside her. The one with short black hair and big boobs." She continued.

"Yasurouka Reina?"

"Yes, that's the second target."

"You could've told me the name from the start."

"Teehee"

"Don't teehee me."

"Anyway, see you at home."

With that, I couldn't hear her voice anymore.

So, Yasurouka Reina is my second target.

I again returned to square one, but with a different king to checkmate now. Or a queen, should I say?

But the thing is, how will I approach her? The first approach matters a lot. If I try to be overly friendly, she might get creeped out. If I tried to be cold with her, she might think I'm rude.

Approaching Tomose was relatively easier, since she actually came forward by herself to talk to me. But luck won't help me twice in this. On top of that, I talked with her in the past so she easily got comfortable with me.

I doubt if I would've completed the contract, if my first target was Yasurouka instead of Tomose. It was mere luck that Tomose was my first target. But Lilith said that the contract chooses the targets for me. Then there is a possibility that the contract was testing my abilities.

Maybe, the difficulty of these tasks will increase with the number of targets. I have to ask about all the details about the contracts to Lilith now. Though I doubt that she will tell me the truth. She plays with her words a lot.

Anyway, my current target, Yasurouka, is different. I have never talked to her before. Though I was well aware of her presence in the class. I had some vague intel on her like she was excellent in terms of academics, but I didn't have any solid intel which could help me know her better.

Now, the thing is that I have to analyse her surroundings first. Where does she go? And with whom does she hang out? Basically, I have to stalk her. But I have to be subtle about it since girls are more perceptive than boys sometimes.

I can't openly stalk her or she will notice me, and my reputation will sink even before starting.

What type of girl was Yasurouka? I didn't know, of course. All I know was that she is relatively popular in the class because of her being good at studying.

After observing her for four periods, I concluded she was friends with Kizhashi as I thought.

Now I can't jump to conclusions that both of them are close friends. Maybe they are just bench mates since they sit close to each other.

I never particularly observed her, since there was no need for me to do that.

A new method of approaching her came into my mind, but that would require help from a certain person whom I haven't been in contact with recently.

It was lunchtime, which meant I could do some of my stalking.