"I'm sorry! be right back!" says Soseki to Izumi

It is lunch time right now, but the people in Soseki class force him to do a school tour with them, even though he already refuses, they keep insisting to do this, Soseki finally giving up and go with them

Right when they open the door, a figure of a young kid with pink mohawk hair can be seen standing in front of the classroom

"where is the boy with an eye-patch!? i need to speak with him right now!" Ogai, yells like that, sees Soseki figure and start to talk "there you're! eyepatch! come with me! there's something that you need to see!" Ogai grab Soseki tie and drag him, Soseki release Ogai hand from his collar and replies with "wait a minute, i need to bring someone"

He walks again to the classroom, and talks with Izumi "Kyouka, go with me for a minute", Izumi does not have a chance to reply, but Soseki already pushes her wheelchair and goes to Ogai

"wa...wait a minute Soseki-kun" Izumi, confuses of what happens, while her wheelchair being push, she sees Ogai on the hall, and Ogai react to Soseki action says "wait a minute, why do you bring that girl!?" , Soseki replies with "it's fine, just want to check things", they search a place where there's no student around and start talking

"You two don't see that thing on his neck!?" Soseki start the talk

"There's that flying book inside my desk!" Ogai start talking at the same time as Soseki

"....wait, what thing do Soseki-kun see?...and Mori-san know about velvet room?" Izumi replies both of them

"huh? that book on the street is inside your desk?" Soseki replies to Ogai

"what kind of thing do ya mean?" Ogai replies to Soseki

"....um sorry i don't follow" Izumi confuses of what is going on

"Punk, how's that book is inside your desk?" Soseki ask Ogai again

Ogai replies Soseki with another question "no, eyepatch what's the thing yer talking bout?"

"wa....what was going on.... please talk one by one" Izumi getting more confused and mediates both of them, this continues for a little while until both of them start to calm down

"alright, i start then, ya know? bout dat book? when i look inside ma desk, it's already in there" Ogai speaks and show both of them a book, this book has brown color as its cover

".....i have one too, mine is red color" Izumi looks astonished replies to Ogai

"oh, mine is green, ah right, you two don't see there's something sits in that boy neck? you know, Kyouka, the student that sits in front of you? he has something on his neck" says Soseki and he starts explaining what is the creature looks like

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"e...ehm..i don't think i see something like that, sorry" Izumi replies to Soseki after he finishes explaining

"don't think i see one too when i look inside yer class" says Ogai

"i see.. so having that dream and having a book is unrelated to that thing huh" after says that, he started to think by himself

"....pan" Soseki tries to call pan, but nothing come out, once again he tries "Mandrake" nothing come out either

"nothing come out?" said Ogai

"....what will come out?" Izumi asks

"ah, sorry, let me explain..." Soseki tells the reason why he is late and other things, after he finishes explaining Izumi replies with "o....oh... a jungle huh, and Soseki-kun can call creature by his book?" , not long after she says this a loud sound of grumble stomach can be heard

"huh? not mine" says Ogai, Soseki doesn't feel that he is hungry too, he takes a peek at Izumi and sees her face is red, he sighs and says "sorry, it's mine.... let's end this conversation, ah give me your number, i call about this matter later"

Ogai replies Soseki with "ya coming from the same village as me rite? tell me yer house, i'll come by later" Soseki replies him "sorry, punk i still need to do some cleaning... let's just meet tomorrow at school on the same time" Soseki ends the conversation, Ogai nods and starts to go to his own class

Soseki, looks at Izumi that looking to the ground, even her ear starts to redden and says "...Kyouka, let's have a lunch together, and you don't need to be that embarrasses, Punk doesn't know that was your stomach" he says this with a grin, while lower his body and tries to look at her face

Izumi replies Soseki statement with ".....but Soseki-kun know.." and raises her head, unfortunately, Soseki face is directly in front of her, their eyes meet, Izumi face getting redder than before, and a drop of blood coming from her nose

"ah...,your nose" Soseki says this and point at his nose, Izumi immediately covers her nose, and Soseki search something in his pocket, and gives her a pack of tissue

"so...sorry" Izumi takes the tissue while says this, she keeps looking to the ground, Soseki confuses about this atmosphere says "let's eat in class, cmon I'll take you back" he starts to push Izumi wheelchair, Izumi just replies him with a nods

After reaching their class, Izumi says "....Soseki-kun, maybe you can see that creature because Soseki-kun can call a creature similar to that?" Soseki replies her with "oh, i don't think about that... but still, Punk can see when we are inside the book, wonder why he can't see that in this world" he take a peek toward the student that has a creature on his neck

when they starts to having lunch, Soseki sees Izumi lunchbox and says "oooh, that's cute" Izumi food modeled as a black cat that wears bandana, Soseki can't help but amazes and says that Izumi on the other hand, close her lunchbox and mumble "...i already told them to stop making character at my lunch"

"hm? something wrong?" Soseki ask Izumi and open his bread, Izumi replies with "no...it's fine" she starts opening her lunchbox again and starts eating

"....hey,Kyouka, you're a picky eater huh" Soseki says this to Izumi and she replies with "...why?" while looking confused and chopstick in her mouth "...you're setting aside that potato salad" Soseki says, Izumi want to speak that she set the potato salad aside because she like it and want to finish food she doesn't like first, but troubled by how to say it

"ah..because you like it, you want to finish it last? my sister is that type too" Soseki says while grinning toward Izumi, she just nods, looking to the ground and continue to eats but

I am ye, and ye art I

ye bond has been deepened

ye shalt have our blessing

when ye choosest to create a persona of the fool arcana

"huh?" x2 Soseki and Izumi replies when a sound echoes in their head, but for Soseki the word is different from what he ears on the first time

"you hear that?" Soseki asks "...Soseki-kun hear that?" Izumi asks

Both of them ask at the same time, they decide that both of them hear the same voice and continue to eat