Butterfly | Dreaming Chrysalis - 1

[kumakuma]

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Izumi: ~...... ♪

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Ritsu: Un, deux, trois ♪ An, dou, twah~...... ♪


Izumi: O~i? If Kuma-kun could join the lesson too instead of just subtly clapping along?

It’s no good if you’re just lying there you know, soo~ annoying!


Ritsu: Yep, I’ve received today’s “soo~ annoying.”

And with that, we’ve hit 17 times this month. The frequency’s dropped recently, are you alright? Are you sick, Secchan?


Izumi: I was wondering what notes you were taking…… If you’re at a loss for what to do, then join the lesson.

Come on, get out of the kotatsu! You’ll grow mold!


Ritsu: Secchan’s like a mother sometimes…... It’s so cold that any living thing’ll be completely annihilated, so mold’s not going to grow, you know?


Izumi: You’ll get warm if you move won’t you, so come on, up! Could you not make so much work for me every single time!?


Ritsu: Uu~...... Rather, it’s been a long time since ‘Knights’ had some time off, so I think it would be better if we didn’t have a lesson.

Let’s rest properly during our break. Secchan’s serious huh?

If you keep at it regardless of how tired you are, you’ll collapse. There’s no sense in rushing ahead by yourself, you know. Let’s keep in line with everyone else.

…...Saying something like tha~t is uncharacteristic of ‘Knights’, isn’t it?


Izumi: Hmph. Well, it’s not like we haven’t been overly friendly recently.

Getting dragged down by a good-for-nothing irritates me to no end, so can you guys follow my lead and put in a little effort?


Ritsu: I’ve also been working hard recently though. Come on, acknowledge my efforts. Praise me.

That’s what Secchan lacks. Give me more carrot please ♪


Izumi: Hah? The other guys are being too soft on you, so I have to be the one relentlessly shaking the stick, don’t I?

Well, whatever. Leaving behind the guys who don’t have motivation…... I’ve always done things that way.

I’m resuming the lesson, so don’t butt in and get in my way, alright?


Ritsu: Yep yep. I won’t be an inconvenience~, so do as you like, hm~ ?

(Geez, come on. With how Secchan’s going, it won’t be long before he gets sick……)

(Well, it can’t be helped. Old habits die hard.)

(But especially since ‘Ousama’s back, the scope of our activities has expanded, and it’s become busier.)

(It seems like Secchan’s exhausted both physically and mentally…… I just want him to rest properly.)

(That stupid plan ‘those kids’ came up with, it’d be good if it goes well and Secchan gets to rest, wouldn’t it?)


Izumi: …...hmm? Huh, it got a little noisy outside? What’s this, footsteps?


Ritsu: (Oh, I wonder if ‘those kids’ have arrived?)

(I’ve finished secretly setting up all the peripherals inside the kotatsu here, it looks like that’s all the prep done~ ?)

(Fuhaha~ ♪ The fun, time-wasting plan, operation ‘Dream of the Butterfly’…..start!)


Makoto: E-excuse me! Fellow ‘Knights’, are you in here!?


Izumi: Wah, Yuu-kun! What is it, did you come here to see your onii-chan!?


Makoto: ……….


Izumi: H-huh? What a weak reaction!

Ah…… that’s right, you dislike it when I treat you like I’m your onii-chan, don’t you? Sorry, I’m not really one for changing my ways quickly, you know?


Makoto: …...Yes. I know that very well. Although in saying that, please put more effort into changing without me having to repeat myself several times.

And yet normally, I would be scolded by you for that.


Izumi: Eh, what’s with the ‘I’? I mean, could you please stop speaking in that superficially polite way like our damn brat?

I’ve told you many times there’s no need to speak formally when we’re in private~, Yuu-kun ♪


Makoto: …...ohohoh. Superficially polite. So that’s how you think of me, Sena-senpai.

Even though I was merely conducting myself with decorum and etiquette when facing my seniors.


Ritsu: (Ohh…… Perfect, as expected. It seems there’s no need for my directions here, huh?)

(But just one person talking isn’t convincing.….. As for ‘one other person’, I’ll also have to give them lines properly suited for the situation.)

(They’re receiving my instructions by the devices in their ears! Ahh busy busy…... ♪)


Tsukasa: …...um. Ah~ ahem.


Izumi: Hm? Oh, Kasa-kun…… you’re here? I told you we were having a break today didn’t I, or did you come here to do personal training like me?


Tsukasa: Ahaha. That’s definitely a different attitude. You’re so cold and harsh to people other than me…...

Heeh, it’s all sorts of fresh and amusing.


Izumi: Hmm? Hey, what’s with that way of talking? Kasa-kun, did you just refer to yourself with ‘boku’?


Tsukasa: So…… You don’t get it, do you, Izumi-san.


Izumi: “Izumi-san?” Aren’t you being a little overly familiar? How about you watch how you speak to me, brat?


Tsukasa: There it is. Ah~, I get how Suou-kun feels, of course he’d be offended by this.

When you’re with me, you spoil me with a soft voice, but you’re so harsh with the other kids―


Izumi: U..….m? Did you say “Suou-kun”? You’re Suou-kun aren’t you, Kasa-kun?


Makoto: Yes. I’m not ‘Kasa-kun’, but ‘Suou-kun’. I’ve told you many times to call me by that instead.

In any case, since you seem confused, I will explain the situation. Well, although I think it is hard to believe―

To tell you the truth, I, Suou Tsukasa, seem to have swapped bodies with Yuuki Makoto-senpai.






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