Chapter 256 – 16.10 Lucky Runes
– Dripping!
“Good teacher!”
I ran to the infirmary in the shortest distance while holding the shot Satomi, but the infirmary was empty.
“How can this be! No wonder the infirmary is empty at a time like this!”
Like this paycheck thief!
I put Satomi on the bed in the nurse’s room, cursing at the nurse I didn’t know who she was.
“Nives, I’m fine.”
“It’s okay! It bleeds like this!”
A bullet hole in a fragile arm that would break if touched!
It felt like my heart would break just by looking at it.
“Kheuk. If only I had been right… No, I should have killed them all before they shot! I’m sorry, Satomi! It’s all my fault!”
“I’m really fine.”
“No. I can’t. Let’s run to the hospital right now.”
“Knives!”
Satomi called me angrily.
“Calm down a little. Even me is dizzy.”
“Ah. Sorry.”
Satomi’s words brought me to my senses.
“Thank you anyway. Were you worried?”
“Hmm… Sorry. There is nothing I can do to help properly.”
“Then could you get me some bandages over there?”
“Bandage!”
I jumped like a dog at Satomi’s words and asked for a bandage.
“I’ll wind it up for you!”
“No. I’ll wind it up. Knives only holds the end.”
Satomi carefully bandages the forearm that had been shot.
The resolute attitude is dazzling.
However, the white bandages quickly stained red.
“Are you okay. Being shot in the arm and bleeding is actually less dangerous.”
“Is that so?”
“Huh. Except for the bullets, there will be no aftereffects.”
“Then I’m glad…”
For some reason, Satomi, an ordinary girl, was much calmer than I, who had fought in the great disaster.
“Satomi…”
“Huh?”
If it was a normal girl, it wouldn’t be strange to cry and scream.
In particular, Satomi had a weak image among ordinary girls. But she rather felt more calm than usual now that she had been shot.
“… Satomi, how are you so calm?”
While waiting for the ambulance, I asked Satomi to share her story.
Satomi thought for a moment, then she replied.
“Hmm. Just… Is this fate too? Do.”
“Fate?”
What a fate Was Satomi a child who believed in that?
“Huh. Does Knives know what my runes are?”
“If it’s Satomi’s rune… Lucky Rune?”
“That’s right. Lucky Rune. It’s a strange rune that increases luck.”
“But…”
What are the odds of a bullet fired into the air from that far away and hitting her arm?
If it was a really lucky rune, at least I wouldn’t have been hit by a gun.
“Huh. When I was shot, I was surprised too, but if you think about it, my runes have always been like that.”
“You always said that?”
A rune that always gets shot! That’s like a curse!
“For some reason, sometimes bad luck happens to me, but in retrospect, good things happen because the bad things are the cause. I think that is the exact identity of my ‘Lucky Rune’.”
A lucky rune with the ambiguous effect of improving luck.
The user of that rune, Satomi herself, seems to be out of luck.
But luck comes thanks to that bad luck… Can I like this?
“Then, since you were unlucky enough to get hit by a blind bullet this time, will things be just as great next time?”
At my words, Satomi smiled broadly.
“Huh. I’m looking forward to it. What kind of luck is coming this time, I wonder.”
Hmm…
If you are satisfied with yourself, is it okay?
What happens when bad luck enough to get shot turns into good luck? I was also a little curious.
“… So, Knives.”
“Ok?”
Satomi rummaged through her uniform with her hand on her good side, and pulled out her little guardian amulet (お 守 り) from her pocket.
It was a blue amulet with “Safe” Written on the outside.
“I’ll give this to Knives.”
“Uh? To me?”
I’m a man who doesn’t mind what a woman gives.
That’s why I received the talisman Satomi gave me.
“But if…”
“Huh. I want to give my luck this time to Knives.”
“What?!”
It’s a simple talisman.
However, the meaning was not at all simple.
It’s as lucky as the misfortune of getting shot. Isn’t this like winning the lottery?
“No, I can’t accept something this big.”
Of course I declined. I couldn’t bear such a heavy responsibility.
If luck comes to me, it’s the luck I got at the cost of Satomi being shot. How do you get that?
“Take it, Knives. This is my request.”
“But Satomi.”
Satomi smiled brightly.
She said, “I heard that Nanami and Reika were also engaged. Congratulations.”
“Uh? Uhh…”
I scratched my head awkwardly at the sudden change of topic.
I didn’t even know if dating multiple girlfriends was really something to be celebrated.
“Nanami, Reika, and Yuu are all precious friends to me. Can’t Knives, the boyfriend of such precious friends, get hurt?”
“I’m not hurt, Satomi.”
No matter how long I’ve been away from the field, I’m not pathetic enough to be beaten by ordinary people. I was confident that no matter how many people came from such a terrorist attack, I would not get hurt.
“Still. You don’t know that it’s a human thing. I get anxious when I see Knives.”
“Are you anxious? Could it possibly be a bad sign for me?”
“It’s not like that… Yes today too Doesn’t Knives rush through without covering his head when something happens?”
“It’s not like I’m rushing back and forth.”
“That’s what we see. Yuu, Nanami, and Reika are all worried about Knives.”
“Um…”
That’s my fault
Well, anyone would be concerned if a normal person tried to fight someone with a gun bare-handed. Of course I knew how to win, so even if it was okay, Nanami and Reika would have been worried.
“So, I hope my good fortune will protect Knives, lest my friends grieve.”
“Satomi… !”
It was such a beautiful story.
Ah! How can there be such a good child in the world!
The bad guys who shot Satomi, who was so kind! I must kill them all!
“… Satomi. It might be unpleasant to hear such a thing, but maybe Satomi… Do you like me?”
Satomi’s heart was too noble to think of her friend.
So, it might be my selfishness, but I thought that Satomi’s feelings for me might be that way.
However, Satomi playfully lowered her head.
“No. I’m sorry.”
“Under… Haha. Is it too?”
I feel like I confessed and got rejected.
Still, on the other hand, she felt relieved.
“Actually, I was recommended to join the harem by Nanami and the other children, but… I don’t think I love Knives as ardently as the other kids.”
“Huh… I guess…”
“Ah! Of course I think Knives is a good friend!”
“Kheuk. Thanks, Satomi.”
I was grateful to Satomi for worrying about me being hurt.
“But, doesn’t Knives like me like the other kids?”
“Ugh.”
That’s true.
What can I say about Satomi, still a little… It is too small.
“I have a flat chest.”
“I don’t think breasts are that important.”
“Lie.”
Caught.
“I, too, will meet a man who likes me like Nanami.”
A man who likes Satomi. That would be a crime
To put it bluntly, Satomi is shorter than Aoi, a junior high school student who is the youngest among the girls she has a close relationship with. When she is together, she sees her as her friend, or Satomi as her younger brother.
Satomi is that small. As a result, she was like Satomi, and even if she went to that atmosphere, I couldn’t put my hand on her. Because she felt like she was doing something very dangerous.
“It’s not that I don’t like Knives as a man, but I sincerely hope he doesn’t get hurt. I don’t want to see my friends sad either.”
Satomi shyly confesses.
“So will Knives accept this amulet? In fact, it may not have much effect.”
How can I refuse this
I decided to accept the talisman Satomi gave me as gratitude.
“Thank you, Satomi. If something good happens, I will definitely let you know.”
“Huh… Ah. An ambulance is here.”
As Satomi said, several police cars and ambulances were entering the academy.
“Let’s go, Satomi!”
I immediately grabbed Satomi again and sprang out of her.
I ran so fast that Satomi clung to my neck to keep me from falling.
“Stop!!”
And they blocked the ambulance that had entered the playground.
“The student has been shot!”
“What?!”
Even the ambulance knew the seriousness of the situation.
I immediately open the back door of the ambulance and get in with Satomi… I tried
“For a moment. Are you a rune holder?”
But the paramedic in the back seat stopped me.
“? What about it?”
“Patients and guardians are fine, but normal students are not. I’m going to transfer you to a large hospital outside of Rune Town.”
“What?!”
Rune holders cannot leave Rune Town without following official procedures.
That’s the rule here.
“What at a time like this!”
“Sorry. We will take care of the patient and move them to the hospital.”
“Kuh… !”
I know it’s no use getting angry at the paramedics. Even if I get angry, it’s just the truth.
In order for Satomi to be treated quickly, she had to be let go quickly.
But she couldn’t let Satomi go alone like this.
When she said that even Satomi, who had been resolute until now, had to go alone, she looked at me with her frightened face.
“Wait for a sec-!!”
While I was struggling alone, there was someone running from afar.
It was my sister
My sister, who ran to the ambulance, breathed out and told the paramedics.
“I am the homeroom teacher for this child. I will accompany you as a guardian.”
It was. Had an older sister
If you are a teacher of an injured student, you can also act as a guardian.
“… Yes. Let’s get on.”
The paramedics didn’t even stop.
“Nives. Leave it to your sister.”
My sister said in my ear and she got into the ambulance.
Hearing that her teacher was going with her, Satomi seemed a little relieved.
I saw off the ambulance and Satomi on the spot.
You should be treated safely and come back.
Meanwhile, next to him, handcuffed gunmen were being taken away by the police one after another.
All of the men who took off their masks had normal faces, as if they had been treated at some point.
“Ah.”
Bonnie saw Sakura next to Inazuma.
Has Sakura healed everything? Then I won’t be called for assault.
When Sakura’s eyes met hers, she exchanged greetings with a glance.
Thank you, Sakura.
When I returned to the classroom quietly, everyone was gathered in front of the TV.
And there was breaking news on TV.
“The next prime minister, Ichiro Mizuki, was shot! Unconscious, life critical!”
Such an ominous subtitle was displayed on the screen.
