Tokyo: Magical Girl Shatters My Dream of Going Public

Chapter 101 You know Hayami Tenshou, right?

Chapter 101 You know Hayami Tenshou, right? (1/5)

Amidst a lingering unease, lunch break time arrived.

As soon as the bell rang, Saviour was surrounded by his curious classmates.

Questions came one after another. Most of them were about her unusual surname.

"Savior, your surname is really unique!"

Is it pronounced "kyuusei"? How is it written?

Are there many people with this surname in Kyoto?

Salvation Light responded with a smile, answering with ease.

Xun sat in her seat and watched quietly for a while.

In the end, I stood up and walked over.

"I'm sorry, everyone."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried the gentle authority unique to a student council president.

"I need to show the students around the campus."

The students who were surrounding the area moved aside with some regret.

Xun looked at the savior light.

"Savior, please come with me, I'll show you around the campus."

"Okay~"

Savior Light readily followed.

The two walked out of the classroom one after the other.

The corridor was brightly lit, and the cherry blossoms outside the window had already faded, leaving only branches full of new green leaves.

Xun walked ahead, her steps steady.

Savior Light followed behind, his hands still behind his head, his eyes scanning the surroundings.

It's like observing, and it's also like evaluating.

"The school is quite big!"

She said it casually.

"Um.

Xun responded with a sound of agreement, without saying anything more.

She walked past the main teaching building, the gymnasium, and the library, carrying a savior's light.

—The introduction was given in a polite but distant tone.

Savior Light noticed it very quickly.

Almost every student passing by was wearing a mask.

"President Suzukawa," she tilted her head, "everyone's wearing masks, is it a recent trend?"

Xun paused slightly in her steps.

"The flu is really bad at school lately."

She explained, her voice flat.

"Many students have gone home because they are sick. To be on the safe side, everyone is wearing masks as much as possible."

"Oh one"

Savior Light drawled out his words and nodded.

It's as if they've accepted this statement.

The two walked to a vacant grassy area behind the school.

The edge of the meadow connects to the hill behind, where dense trees cast large shadows.

Savior Light suddenly stopped in his tracks.

She raised her hand and pointed to a path hidden in the woods.

"Where does that road lead?"

Xun looked in the direction she pointed.

"That leads to the old school building."

She answered.

"The old school building?"

The savior blinked.

Then, she suddenly closed her eyes.

This action was very sudden.

Xun's heart skipped a beat.

She looked at the quiet profile of the savior.

Her light flaxen hair was gently blown by the breeze.

What is she sensing?

if----

If she really is a magical girl.

What is she perceiving?

A vengeful spirit? An anomaly? Or something else entirely?

An unease crept into my heart.

Whether it was just my imagination or not, when the other person closed their eyes to sense things, Xun felt the wind stop, and even the chirping of insects disappeared...

A few seconds later, Savior Light suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing in them.

The next second—

She suddenly turned around and ran towards the path behind the mountain!

"etc--!"

Xun instinctively shouted out.

But the savior had already disappeared into the forest, his figure quickly swallowed up by the branches and leaves.

They were frozen in place by the smoke.

My heart was pounding in my chest.

Did she really sense something?

Is there something on the back hill?

A vengeful spirit? Or—

Xun bit her lower lip.

Hesitation lasts only a moment.

She took a breath, started walking, and followed.

The forest was dimly lit and the soil was soft. Xun followed the trail of the savior's light as she ran forward.

The footsteps were very light, but the breathing became more and more rapid.

Then she heard a sound.

It was neither the howl of vengeful spirits nor the roar of battle.

yes----

twitter.

A faint, soft, panicked cry.

Xun parted the last clump of bushes.

The sight before her stunned her.

Savior Light crouched under a tree, carefully cradling a fluffy thing in his hands.

It was a fledgling bird.

Its feathers hadn't fully grown in yet, its wings were wet, and it was shivering and curled up in her palm.

"It fell from a tree."

The savior, without turning his head, spoke in a rare, gentle voice.

"The nest was probably blown askew by the wind."

She lowered her head and blew on the little thing in her palm.

Her movements were clumsy, yet unexpectedly gentle. Xun stood there, speechless for a moment.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, dappling the light flaxen hair of the savior.

She held the baby bird in her arms, her profile surprisingly gentle.

The alarm bells in Xun's heart quietly slackened.

But it was only one string.

Xun looked up at the treetops.

The bird's nest is built high up, at least four or five meters off the ground.

"I'll go ask the teacher to bring a ladder."

She turned around to call for help.

"etc."

Savior Light stopped her and explained, "If you call for help, it will be too late. The longer a bird stays with a person, the stronger the human scent will become on it."

She lowered her head and gently stroked the baby bird's damp downy feathers with her fingertips.

"In that case—its mother might not want it anymore."

Xun stopped in her tracks.

She looked at the savior.

The other person's expression was very serious.

Those eyes, which were always overly bright, now reflected the tiny, shivering figure of the fledgling.

Then, she saw the Savior suddenly take two or three steps back.

She slightly bent her knees and lowered her center of gravity.

next second.

Sprint!

His figure shot out like an arrow, taking a few steps across the soft mud before leaping into the air.

He precisely grasped the lowest horizontal branch with his hand.

Using the strength of the waist and abdomen, the whole body flips up lightly.

Hook one hand on the branch and use the momentum to reach upwards again.

The movements were so fluid they didn't seem like climbing; they were more like some kind of innate instinct.

Three times.

Two times.

She has already reached the high branch where she can build her nest.

Xun tilted her head back, her pupils slightly contracting.

Wow, that's amazing!

This is definitely not a skill that an ordinary high school girl could possess.

Savior Guang steadied himself and carefully placed the chicks back into the nest.

There were two or three chicks in the nest, and they all opened their tender yellow beaks when she approached.

She did not leave immediately.

Instead, it crouched on the branch and quietly observed for a few seconds.

I breathed a sigh of relief only after confirming that the chicks had stopped trembling.

Then she looked down and gave a hearty laugh to the smoke under the tree.

"Done!"

After saying that, she leaped into the air, landing lightly with her knees bent to cushion the impact, making almost no sound.

He patted the bark and dust off his hands.

"Sorry, President, I suddenly ran away."

She scratched the back of her head, a hint of embarrassment in her smile.

"I only asked you where that path leads because I heard birds chirping—I was afraid that if I came too late, something might happen to the little guy."

Xun was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, the tension in my heart eased a little.

Oh, I see. They rushed over because they heard birds chirping.

Maybe I'm just overthinking things.

We can't be too harsh on someone we've only met for less than half a day.

She let out a soft breath.

"It's okay."

The voice was softer than before.

"Now, shall I show you around the campus?"

"sure."

The two turned around and walked back the way they came.

The forest was quiet, with only the sound of footsteps and the rustling of leaves in the wind.