The Seirei Gensouki Spirit Chronicles
Prologue: Endo Suzune

Prologue: Endo Suzune

One day when it rained, it came down from above the sky …

“Weh...hic..*sobbed...” That little before afternoon turned into night — at that time, I was still in the third grade of elementary school ... and I cried on the bus after school.

The school was far away from my home, which is why I used to take the train to school. But on days with heavy rain like this, I often end up taking the bus alone. However, today is a little different than the other days. After putting all my energy into the athletic meeting, the bus lulls me to sleep. When

I woke up, I found myself staring at a strange sight outside. As an elementary school student, I was not given any extra allowance to use — only the minimum required requirement.

I instantly became panicked, and naturally cried. It was then that an older boy, around the age of a university boy, noticed my attitude and called out to me in a soft voice.

“What's up?”

“Hweh ..?” My body twitched in shock, and I stared at him. He looks very

cool, like .. big brother. He smiled softly, as if he was reassuring myself.

“Are you on the wrong bus?”

“Hah? Ah, no. .. I missed my attention .. ”

“Oh so. Where are you supposed to go down? ” I sounded a little surprised as I replied, but the boy accepted it calmly as he continued to ask me.

“T-Garden in third district ..”

“Good. Then let's get off at the next stop. I'll take you to the nearest stop

with house. ”

“... O-OK.”

While I was taught at home and at school not to follow strangers, I did not hesitate to trust this person completely. I was too excited to see how he was like a hero in that popular shoujo manga, appearing out of nowhere to save me, the main character. But…

“Ah, I do not have ... money ..” I immediately remember the fact that I have no money.

“It's okay,”

said the boy, smiling and gently shaking his head. As soon as we arrived at the next bus stop, he paid my share of the bus fare and we both got off. Then, he headed to

opposite bus stop and staring at the schedule. I was very nervous, so I quietly watched his back.

The next “Bus is coming soon, so let's wait together.”

“O-OK!” Looking back now, I should have thanked him for paying my bus fee. But I was so nervous at the time that I forgot. In the end, I remained silent and stared down as my heart beat fast—

“You shouldn't really follow a weird adult anywhere, but this is an emergency. I'm sorry,” the older boy suddenly said with a tense smile. She probably thought my constant silence was due to suspicion of her.

“T-No! That's .. Not it! ”

I tried to deny it in a hurry, but my nervous feeling seemed to be even

strengthened it. After that, the older boy continued to talk to me so I didn't

feel awkward. It was considering him .. But I was so embarrassed, my answers were everywhere.

Just like that, time passed and we arrived at the nearest stop of my house.

“Are you going to be okay from here?”

“Hah? Ah...”

It was like a spell that had been lifted, knocking me back to reality. This ... goodbye?

No. gabe. I still haven't thanked — people often told me that

I have a meek personality, but I have never felt it stronger than it is today. That's why …

“A-I! I have to thank you! For bus fare!” I

said without conscious.

“It's okay — don't worry about it. Goodbye now.” He shook his head as if declaring that his work was done here.

“Ah no..”

Seeing the older boy retreat, I blackmailed the words with a voice on the verge of crying. I had so many things I wanted to tell him, yet I had not said a word from them to him.

seeing me cry.

“T-Thank you very much ..!” I tried to respond hastily and stumbled over my words out of nervousness. Then, the older boy giggled.

“T-Thank you very much ..” I repeated once again, blushed in shame. I didn't stumble this time.

“Sama-sama.”

“Y-Yes. This ... this way. ” I said, leading an older boy to my house. It was a minute walk from the bus stop. As soon as we arrived, I rang the familiar doorbell. Mom's coming out soon.

“Welcome home, Suzune ... What's the matter?” Mom looked between me and the boy in confusion.

“Bu! We ... We have to thank him! This boy saved me, and ..!” Because

overwhelmed, I let out a cry of words that made Mother even more confused.

“Actually..” The boy filled my explanation by explaining the situation to Mom.

“Yeah, we must have caused a lot of trouble back then. Thank you very much.” Moms

bow his head deeply and thank him.

“No, I'm glad I could bring him safely here. Then, I'll go ..” The older boy tried to politely apologize.

“Oh, will you keep drinking tea?” Mother called. Good, Mom! – I rejoice calmly in my head.

“I'm sorry, but I have a shift now. I appreciate the offer. Thank you.”

He had to do something after this and had to leave immediately. Mom went back inside for a bit to take the money for the bus fare, then tried to offer it a little more. The older boy tried to reject her respectfully, but in the end Mother handed him over to her. He thanked her somewhat apologetically and left.

“Good man once.” Mom said, watching him walk away.

“Ya..” That's not all. He's also very cool.

“And she is also very cool, isn't that Suzune?” Mom said, as if she had read my mind.

“Ya ... yes?” Hanging, I nodded without thinking. I looked at Mom frantically seeing her grinning at me. Of course, I flushed again.

“Fufufu, you have to tell me about what happened in detail.” There was nothing I could hide from Mom, so I started telling her about what happened on the bus.

“You want to take the bus from now on?” Mother said after I hurriedly finished my story.

“Hah? May it? ”

“Sure. Amakawa Haruto, right? It would be best if you could get closer to the young man,” Mom said, chuckling to herself how my voice rose an octave higher as I replied.

(Tln: octave is the vocal range or range of sound that a person can reach)

One year later, on a certain summer day .. I attended a swimming class held in the school pool during the summer break. The class ended during the day, and I rushed to the bus stop afterwards. Yay! He's here today too! I got on the bus home and saw an older boy sitting inside, making me cheer inside my head. My happiness almost made me smile widely, which I desperately tried to hold onto.

The older boy's name was Amakawa Haruto. Very cool university student who

saved me a year ago, when I was confused what to do on the bus when I got home. He often gets on the bus at this time. Just between him and me …. The reason why I decided to start taking swimming classes when I was not good at sports was because the swimming classes ended at a time where I could see older children more often, mom broke it straight away. But besides, maybe it was because of summer vacation.

Haruto sat in his usual spot — fourth row from behind, next to the left— window and I sat in the usual spot, which was next to the window in the last row. Unfortunately, I have never spoken

with him since the day he saved me. The most I could do was stare at him from behind diagonally. I know it's a bit rough for me, but thanks to that, I learned a lot of things.

For example: he likes to look out the window often, he often sighs a little, and

he always had a sad expression on his face. Is he worried about something? I'm very curious

about her story so much that I was attracted to her without even realizing it myself. That day, as I kept looking at her .. she noticed my gaze again. Once in a while — or rather, quite often until lately — he will notice me staring at him. I felt like he was going to turn to look at me, so I lowered my head in a hurry and looked away.

Then, as I slowly raised my head again to peek at her, I made eye contact with the high school girl sitting two rows behind Haruto. She was a very beautiful girl who looked very mature. He quickly turned to face forward, but he smiled silently at himself, as if he had seen something funny. But it's not in any evil way .. She has some kind of gentle air about her.

In fact, this older girl often took the bus at this very moment. Dan— I may be wrong,

but— it feels like he will often stare at Haruto. Does this older girl like him too? If so, I can't lose him – I think in determination. At that moment, the bus suddenly jerked. I felt like I was drifting for a moment, before the intense pain immediately spread throughout my body. My vision suddenly darkened, and I couldn't see anything in front of me.

Then ... What …?

Without realizing what was really happening, I lost consciousness.

...end