Chapter 1: Hasebe Haruka’s Soliloquy

Chapter 1: Hasebe Haruka’s Soliloquy

Chapter 1:

Hasebe Haruka’s Soliloquy

W HEN I EVALUATE MYSELF , I do consider myself to be a bad person. That being said, I’m sure that everyone has done something that they’re not supposed to at least once or twice.

Take, for example, ignoring a red traffic light. Even if there wasn’t any malicious intent behind doing it, I’m sure that most people have done something like that.

Another example would be accidentally getting more change than you’re supposed to at the checkout counter and not giving it back. If the clerk accidentally gives you too much, even if it’s just one or ten yen, you just keep it.

Then, there’re things like spitting on the side of the road or littering. Those things might not sound like a big deal, but they actually do fall under the category of real crimes.

But I don’t think of myself as a bad person just because of those kinds of actions.

I…

Well, I guess my issues might seem trivial from another person’s perspective too. Maybe.

Anyway, I dragged my past along with me and decided that I wouldn’t make any friends in high school. I wanted to distance myself from the people I knew and start a life with no connections to anyone. I remember that when I heard about the Advanced Nurturing High School, I decided that it was the place for me.

But even though that’s what I decided, I ended up making friends before I realized it—Kiyopon, Yukimuu, and Miyacchi.

And…Airi.

I felt like I regained my youth. Or so I thought. And unexpectedly, that youth was snatched away from me one day.

And who stole it from me? Well, that much was obvious.

Horikita Suzune and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

I became the victim of their selfish actions.

I wouldn’t forgive them. There was no way I could ever forgive them.

So that was why…I decided I’d get revenge.