Chapter 21 The Board Begins to Move

  About half of what Felicia and Kazuchika said went right over 虹恋’s head.

  Not because he forgot — but because he simply couldn’t understand it.

  Bloodlines.

  Family history.

  Ancient grudges.

  He couldn’t see why any of that was such a big problem.

  — My family is normal, isn’t it?

  That thought refused to leave his mind.

  He had been in an accident.

  He had switched bodies.

  And then he had returned.

  To 虹恋, that was all that had happened.

  His mother’s hobbies, his father’s job,

  his grandparents who lived separately —

  all of it was just “his family.”

  Even when people said it was unusual, it didn’t feel real to him.

  — I’ve just been living normally.

  虹恋 was discharged from the hospital.

  Nia, however, could not leave yet.

  Because his soul had been absent for too long,

  he needed observation and rehabilitation.

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  “Go to school first,” Nia said with a smile.

  For a moment, he looked a little more grown-up than before.

  Guided by Takachika, 虹恋 walked toward the school.

  In a way, it was his first day.

  It was the school he was supposed to attend from the beginning.

  But because Nia had been using his body, he had never actually gone.

  His chest felt restless.

  The school building should have been familiar.

  Yet it felt strangely new.

  — I’m nervous…

  That feeling vanished the moment he passed through the school gate.

  Crack.

  The ground made a sound.

  Then—

  Rumble, rumble, rumble…

  The earth shook.

  “…Huh?”

  虹恋 and Takachika stopped at the same time.

  BOOOOM!!

  A violent shock ran through the ground, and the school building tilted.

  Screams.

  Shattering glass.

  Students falling.

  “Young master!!”

  Saeki’s voice rang out from behind them.

  虹恋’s legs froze.

  — The school… is collapsing.

  The place that had looked so ordinary only moments ago

  was breaking apart before his eyes.

  Was this… an accident?

  Or something else?

  虹恋 did not know yet.

  That this tremor was the signal

  that the board protecting the city

  had begun to move.