The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Upon hearing Yuihama's call, Yukinoshita turned around and stood sideways on the steps, greeting the two of them.

Good morning, Yuihama-san and Hikigaya-san!

Good morning, Xiaoxue.

Yui Yuigahama rushed excitedly to Yukinoshita, just about to boast about how she had studied science all night.

However, just as she lifted her foot to step onto the same steps as Yu Xue, she suddenly tripped.

Losing her balance, Yui Yuigahama immediately lunged towards the steps in front of her.

After Yukino Yukinoshita realized what was happening, she reached out to help her up, but instead stumbled and fell forward.

Just as Yui Yuigahama was about to crash into the steps, a hand grabbed her collar and lifted her up again.

Didn't I just remind you to be careful?

Hachiman Hikigaya's face was full of helplessness.

While holding onto her arm under the snow to prevent her from falling, he denounced the main person responsible for the accident.

"Feel sorry...."

Covering her collar, Yui Yuigahama's initial excitement had completely vanished.

She stood there with her head down, looking every bit like a good student waiting for the teacher to punish her for doing something wrong.

"It's okay, just be more careful next time."

With Hachiman Hikigaya's help, Yukinoshita, who had successfully regained her balance, immediately began to comfort him.

"Yui?"

Just when everyone thought the incident was about to end, Miura Yumiko suddenly appeared on the stairs below.

Seeing Yui Yuigahama standing dejectedly in front of Hachiman Hikigaya and Yukinoshita with her head down, Yumiko Miura subconsciously assumed that these two had bullied her.

With an unfriendly expression on her face, Miura Yumiko strode aggressively toward the three of them.

"I think you've misunderstood something, Miura-kun."

Facing the unfriendly expression of Miura Yumiko, Yukinoshita spoke calmly.

"What did I misunderstand? Judging from her expression, you must have bullied her, right?"

With Yui Yuigahama behind her, Miura Yumiko glared fiercely at the annoying woman in front of her.

"Um, Miura, you've misunderstood..."

Yui Yuigahama nudged Yumiko Miura's back and whispered a description of what had just happened.

She was happy that Miura Yumiko was willing to stand up for her.

But she also didn't want to see Yukinoshita and Miura argue because of a misunderstanding.

【......】

The air on the staircase fell silent for a moment.

Miura Yumiko's originally angry face turned red at a visible speed after hearing Yui Yuigahama's reminder, until steam was rising from her head.

He actually made such a fool of himself in front of his mortal enemy.

This is a huge mistake!

Realizing this, Miura Yumiko quickly stepped past Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukino Yukinoshita and rushed towards the classroom.

Seeing this, Yui Yuigahama hurriedly said goodbye and chased after him with her schoolbag.

Why didn't you continue just now?

Only Hikigaya and Yukinoshita remained on the stairs.

Walking slowly down the corridor, Hachiman Hikigaya voiced the question that had been bothering him.

Given Yukino's sharp tongue, she clearly held an absolute advantage when facing Miura Yumiko.

However, aside from telling Miura Yumiko to calm down at the beginning, Yukinoshita didn't say another word.

Furthermore, no one stopped Miura Yumiko when she escaped...

"Continue what? She was at least standing up for Yuihama, wasn't she?"

Yukino Yukinoshita rolled her eyes at Hachiman Hikigaya beside her, clearly annoyed.

What kind of person does he think he is?

"That's true."

Hachiman Hikigaya nodded in agreement.

Although Miura Yumiko's attitude in handling the matter was quite bad, her desire to protect Yuigahama Yui was genuine.

Unfortunately, this was just a big misunderstanding. Not only did Miura Yumiko fail to stand up for Yui Yuigahama, she also ended up making her own situation awkward...

"Then, see you at the Service Department this afternoon."

Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the entrance of Class F.

After exchanging greetings, Yukinoshita walked past Class F's classroom and continued down the corridor without waiting for Hachiman Hikigaya's response.

See you this afternoon...

Even though he knew Yukinoshita couldn't hear him, Hachiman Hikigaya still whispered something to her retreating figure.

He then opened the classroom door and walked back to his seat along the aisle.

Hachiman Hikigaya had just hung his schoolbag on his desk and was about to prop his face up with his hand and space out for a while when he saw Yumiko Miura walking aggressively toward him from the back of the classroom.

Is this guy planning to cause me trouble?

Hachiman Hikigaya was puzzled, but his gaze remained fixed on Yumiko Miura, and his face showed no sign of panic.

"I misunderstood you and that guy earlier, I'm very sorry..."

The mighty Queen actually took the initiative to apologize to a marginalized student with low status in the class!

Looking at Miura Yumiko, who seemed very embarrassed and awkward in front of him, Hikigaya Hachiman had a look of disbelief on his face.

Did the sun rise in the west?

"What's with that look on your face? Is my apology really that surprising?"

Seeing the expression on Hachiman Hikigaya's face, Yumiko Miura felt a flicker of displeasure.

What kind of rude, wild woman has this guy always thought of her as?

"No, I was just a little surprised. It was probably because TV Tokyo didn't broadcast anime, but instead presented the news in a very serious manner."

Chapter 122 So cute, and you're telling me it's a boy?!

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Yumiko Miura, who doesn't watch anime, completely failed to understand the meaning of what Hachiman Hikigaya had just said.

After giving him a strange look a few times, she hurriedly walked back to the back of the classroom, as if afraid that what had just happened would be discovered.

.........

.........

"So Miura actually apologized to you?"

During the third period of the morning's joint physical education class, Zaimokuza, who was doing stretching exercises back-to-back with Hachiman Hikigaya, exclaimed in surprise after hearing Hachiman Hikigaya finish recounting what had happened that morning.

Is it really necessary to be so surprised?

The volume of the wooden stand was very loud; Hachiman Hikigaya felt his eardrums being vibrated painfully.

He frowned, then used his waist to pull himself off the ground.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... My back is going to break, my back is going to break!"

Feeling his tender waist being ravaged, the wood seat quickly begged for mercy.

After Hachiman Hikigaya put him down again and let him rest for a few seconds while supporting his back, he continued speaking:

"Come on, that's Queen Miura! Have you ever seen her apologize to anyone other than Hayama?"

How would I know about such a thing?

Hachiman Hikigaya stared speechlessly at the wood-framed base.

How he spent his high school years, others may not know, but surely he knows?

"She's in your class, I thought you'd at least pay attention to her..."

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's words, Zaimokuza's lips twitched.

"In short, you're probably the second person in the entire school to receive an apology from her!"

"so what?"

The second one sounds quite impressive.

But in reality, it's completely useless.

Moreover, being apologized to implies that one has suffered physical or psychological harm from the other party.

Why would he get so worked up about something like this?

"That seems true, it really isn't very useful..."

After listening to Hachiman Hikigaya's analysis, Zaimokuza scratched his head and nodded thoughtfully.

"You two over there, stop slacking off! Hurry up and finish your warm-up exercises so you can get ready for training!"

Suddenly, the stern voice of the physical education teacher came from afar.

The two, who had stopped preparing, immediately started moving again.

The warm-up exercises were over quickly.

As usual, Hachiman Hikigaya and Zaimokuza brought their tennis rackets to the most secluded court of the tennis court, using the guise of training to continue their conversation.

But soon, the timber maker noticed something was wrong.