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Classmate wa Isekai de Yuusha ni Natta kedo, Ore dake Gendai Nihon ni Okizari ni Narimashita - Chapter 119

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Chapter 119: I Ended Up Introducing Her to My Little Sister (Part 1)

“Sorry. After consulting, I’ve decided to decline the offer you mentioned yesterday.”

The next morning at school, I immediately went to Mr. Kosumi and refused to cooperate with the capture of Alicia.

“…I see. That’s unfortunate.”

Thanks to choosing the teachers’ room, where many staff members unrelated to abilities or occult things gather, Mr. Kosumi quietly backed off.

“Well then, I’ll take my leave.”

“Yes. If you change your mind, please don’t hesitate to tell me.”

“…I’ll think about it.”

I bowed and left the staff room, then let out a big sigh.

I sent Kyori a message telling her to “leave it to me,” so that she wouldn’t have extra burden and the hate would fall solely on me, but this was still wearing me down…

“Hey, it’s Shu. It’s rare to see you in the staff room. Did you do something bad?”

“Nope. Hey, weren’t you here because you got scolded?”

“Nope! Just came to buy juice because I was thirsty.”

Kentaro showed me a can of cola and immediately popped it open to drink.

“I see. So your bad deeds haven’t been found out yet.”

“Damn, you don’t trust me at all.”

“Anyway, HR is starting soon. Let’s get back to the classroom.”

“Alright, alright.”

We chatted casually as we headed back to class.

Just then—

“Huh? Was that teacher here before?”

“Hmm? What’s up?”

“Look, over there. We didn’t have that teacher before, right?”

Kentaro stopped drinking cola and pointed toward a few men and women in suits chatting in front of the staff room with the grade chief.

At first, I thought they might be student teachers, but some looked older than our grade chief, so that was probably wrong.

So who were those people…?

“Oh, right. They must be the middle school teachers coming along for the social studies field trip.”

Kentaro nodded as if satisfied.

“Huh? Why would middle school teachers come for a high school field trip?”

“Shu, don’t you remember what the teacher said yesterday? This year, we’re doing the social studies field trip jointly with the second-year students from ■■ Middle School.”

Kentaro’s words reminded me.

Oh, right. This year, by coincidence, our school and ■■ Middle School had overlapping destinations, so we were doing a joint field trip.

Officially it was to “make high school students feel responsible and help middle schoolers think more seriously about their future.”

Probably just something decided on the spot.

“Having to watch out for middle schoolers on top of group activities is such a pain…”

“I might catch a cold and skip the trip, so you’ll have to do your best then.”

“Hey! Our group is already suffering because Alicia isn’t here, so you better not skip.”

“O-okay, okay!”

I grabbed Kentaro’s shoulders and squeezed a bit to make sure he wouldn’t run away from his duty.

He sweat nervously and promised not to skip, so I let go.

(…Still, second-year students from ■■ Middle School… Kana and others will be at the same event. Is this some kind of setup?)

It’s rare for two schools to coincidentally share a field trip destination and then decide to combine the groups.

I couldn’t help but suspect that Mr. Kosumi, or the organization Alicia belonged to, had some plan behind this.

For now, it’s better to stay alert.

“Hey, why’d you suddenly stop and zone out?”

“Nah. Just thinking about how I want to go home and relax.”

I answered casually and started walking toward the classroom again.

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“Now then, as a reminder, next Wednesday’s social studies field trip will be a joint trip with ■■ Middle School. We will be boarding the marine research vessel of ○○ Prefectural University to observe its equipment. Everyone, please act as role models for the middle schoolers who will be your juniors in the future. Now, please split into your groups and begin preparations.”

During the afternoon’s LHR (Life and Homeroom) meeting for the field trip, Mr. Kosumi gave this announcement and began handing out printouts.

The goal for today was to create route maps and assign roles within each group.

But before that, our group had something important to decide.

“...Uh, who wants to be the acting group leader in place of Alicia?”

I steeled myself and said this, but everyone except Kyori quickly looked away.

Seeing their reaction, I thought, Yeah, that’s what I expected, and turned my gaze to the printout.

This joint field trip meant the group leader would also have to supervise the middle schoolers.

Their teachers would be watching carefully, but it would still be a lot of extra work.

I sure didn’t want to be the leader.

Alicia would’ve handled this smoothly, but since she’s gone, no use wishing for that.

“...How about deciding by lottery like we did at the school camp?”

Kobayashi proposed this.

Completely leaving it to chance might be an option...

“But Kobayashi, this time the leader’s job is more responsible and demanding than at camp. Shouldn’t we choose carefully?”

“That’s true…”

Ueshima said, and Kobayashi went silent.

If it were just us, a lottery would be fine, but since we have to watch over strangers from middle school, we should choose well.

“So, among these four, we need someone who can lead everyone as group leader.”

“Wait, why am I being naturally left out?”

“You can’t take care of others anyway.”

“Yeah, I’d never look after someone else even if I died.”

Kentaro’s carefree answer made everyone sigh.

Putting him aside, who among us has the charisma to lead the group?

“Um, I’ll do it.”

“Myaa-chan, are you sure? It looks like it’ll be a lot of work...”

“I’m used to this kind of thing.”

◇◇◇

“...”

◇◇◇

Kyori, who raised her hand, was asked worriedly by Ueshima, but she replied confidently.

Kyori had the guts to talk back to the old family elders and had charisma that made classmates admire her.

If she became leader, the field trip would probably go smoothly.

The problem was the burden on Kyori, but if she said she was fine, maybe it was best to leave it to her—

“Eh? Shu should be leader, right? Your little sister is one of the middle schoolers you’ll be with.”

Suddenly, an unexpected person spoke up against Kyori being leader.

The troublemaker—Kentaro Asama—showed us a part of the printout with a usual vague smile.

On it was a list of middle school groups and student names that no one had noticed before.

Our group’s accompanying middle school group listed Iori Kana clearly.

Why had no one noticed until now?

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