A Long Lunch Break (part 1)

1.5 - A Long Lunch Break

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This lunch break has got to be… the most annoying thirty minutes of my life.

"Is the spirit you talked about still in this classroom?"

Nico asked, and I could not turn away my annoyed gaze from his face.

"Yes."

"Oh! Then, is it going to take another--"

"Let's have another topic to talk about, shall we? Why are you here?"

"W-Well, I just want to talk to you!"

"I thought I told you to stay away from me, yesterday."

"Oh, you did?? Man, I couldn't hear properly… maybe because someone threw me to the wall or something and caused me to faint."

"That... was a mistake."

"Ohoo~!! Then, my appearance now is also a mistake!"

"I agree. So, why are you here?"

"What are you eating there? Looks delicious!"

This conversation is just not going anywhere…

Nico just suddenly appeared in my classroom during lunch break, and he sat down on the empty seat in front of me without permission. He just barged in like nobody's business and immediately started annoying me. It's as if I was his best friend or something.

I told him… No, I 'Commanded' him to stay away from me because I know of the outcomes that will impact him if he were to get close to me. As someone who is so smart and popular, surely he has a lot of friends supporting him from behind. And if he were to get close to me, without a doubt, he would lose so much of that support.

I am only a poison for him. I just don't understand why he still didn't realize it.

"You know, my arm feels so painful now…"

I quickly turned my focus towards his right arm that is being covered by a large amount of bandages. It looks like the bandage has been replaced, and it seems like he has received proper treatment from someone else.

"Hospital?"

"Nope. The school nurse. Just this morning."

Immediately, I opened my eyes widely from shock.

"Y-You… T-Then, what about yesterday!??"

"I had the bandages that you put on me, no?"

Is he being serious!?!?

"Those were First Aid Kit. First! Aid! You were meant to get further treatment as soon as possible after that!"

I shouted at him, but he only scratched the back of his head while grinning.

"I mean, the bandages you put on were mostly fine? Even the nurse said that it was already healing."

It was healing already? But the wound was so big! How is that possible?

E-Either way… it seems like I panicked for nothing. Man, that was embarrassing.

"Ekhem… Still. When you have such wounds, you should find a treatment as soon as possible, not wait for the next day."

"Will do, ma'am! Next time I get wounded during our hunt, I'll do just that."

.… uh.….…

Next time…...?

He is… not trying to rope me back into another hunt, is he?

Is he.....?

Is he?

"I see what you're trying to do. The answer is simple... No."

"Oh, come on!! We were doing great yesterday!!"

Hearing him so positive, I folded my arms and stared at him judgingly.

"You were clawed on your arm and fainted after getting pushed to a concrete wall. And you probably didn't notice, but I pushed you away because we could've gotten killed. We survived that time only because someone else appeared and saved us. So, forget it."

"Listen! I got us better guns!!"

"SO WHAT!?!?--"

I suddenly shouted so loud out of rage and pretty much startled the entire classroom. I quickly covered my mouth and hid my face from embarrassment by lowering it. Meanwhile, this jerk is only holding his laugh in front of me.

I cleared my throat to regain my honor and began debating with him once more.

"I can't allow it. It's going to get us killed for sure, next time."

"It won't! Because this time, the water guns are so much more powerful and better! It can reach further areas!"

"Even if you have a whole gallon of holy water connected to a water sprinkler that you put on in parks, I still can't allow us to go into such danger again. Absolutely not."

"Why?? Just what is it that you are so worried about?"

"The big demon boss. The one we fought yesterday nearly killed the both of us. If it wasn't for that lady saving us, I'd be dead right now."

"Oh, speaking of… you never said anything about someone else appearing yesterday. I thought you were the one who defeated the boss."

He suddenly mentioned, and I can't help but notice that as well.

I didn't mention that…?

"Must've slipped my mind… My point being, if it wasn't for the mysterious lady saving us, we'd be dead right now."

"Is it that impossible to fight? I thought they could be damaged by the holy water."

"They can. I did hurt the boss with holy water, but it didn't die right away. If anything, I've only angered it until it attacked me."

"Oh… then, we just need to get better weaponry, no?"

That's… a valid point. But, that still means we have to shoot it properly until it dies completely. And knowing from experience, the boss can move so incredibly fast and can reach insane distances with its claws.

Logically speaking, we will need a water gun that can reach over ten meters in a single shot. Obviously, that's going to be difficult to find, since the water will just fall down after getting fired out of the gun.

We'll need something like a flame thrower, but for water. Basically our own water hose that we can carry on our backs or something.

Gosh… just imagining them felt so stupid.

"I think you should see the guns I brought first."

Nico noticed that I was pondering deeply about what kind of weaponry we might need, and he knew that I was thinking of really stupid ideas. He boasted again, as if the guns he brought were made by the military or something.

Wait…

"… 'Brought'?"

I asked, and I immediately regretted it.

As soon as I asked that, Nico grinned widely like a mad otaku. He then stood up and began running away, and I can only watch as he ran very quickly like a child outside the classroom.

I-Is he going to…

No… No, he's not that stupid.

Yeah, yeah, yeah! He's not a dumbass like that, right???

RIGHTT???

Not even a minute later, he came back with super long items in his hands. As soon as I saw how colorful they were, I slammed my head on my desk.

HE IS INDEED THAT DUMB!!!

Nico approached me and sat in front of me again. He lifted the toy water guns he brought to show me, but I still had my head on the desk.

"Uh… Elizabeth? Are you okay?"

No… no, I'm not okay.

How can anyone ever think that bringing children toys to school is an 'Okay' thing to do?

Forget being close to an unpopular girl like me. His friends will absolutely leave him just from his stupidity.

He is just… soo… perfect(?)(?).

.

I decided to pack up my lunch.

I can't continue eating like this. Not when he brought two massive toy water guns to my classroom and embarrassed me.

I stood up with my lunch box in my hands and began leaving. Seeing this, Nico can only look so confused.

"Uh… Elizabeth? Where are you--"

"Follow me."

I commanded him coldly, and his survival instincts immediately kicked in.

"Y-Yes, ma'am…"

Fuah… I can't believe this idiot…

I led the way and began leaving the classroom. Nico followed behind me while bringing the water guns in his hands, and we both made our way towards the backyard, where plenty of students were hanging out.

Before we went to the backyard, I told him to fill the water guns with water so we could see exactly how good it was. And even doing that already takes over five minutes, because Nico is just so popular that all the guys from all generations had to ask him about the water guns as he was filling them in the bathroom.

Even the teacher. Yes, the teacher approves of the water gun being brought into school.

After filling them with water, we went to the backyard to give the gun a test. I only did this to see exactly how good the water guns were, that he boasted them so hard about being so good. And after we saw how bad it was, I will start yelling at him for bringing in a pointless toy gun to school.

All the words I can think of to insult him have been accumulated. Now, we just need to shoot it and I can--

VWOOSSHH!!!!!

Upon firing the gun, I can see immediately the amount of water pressure being released into the air. The water genuinely flew from the gun, all the way across the backyard of the school before finally crashing into the wall.

I-It genuinely flew?? How!?

"See?? They're very good, aren't they?"

Nico said ever so proudly after shooting the water gun, while I was rendered speechless. That was over twenty meters, and the water can still reach even further since it hits the wall.

"How… did it even…?"

"This, my lady, is what you call 'Not' a toy water gun. This is a genuine water gun, created by not the military, and not a toy company. Well… maybe a toy company, but not your average toy company!!"

What a way to explain it…

Seeing the distance that the gun could shoot, I immediately swallowed all the insults that I thought of about Nico and hid my face. To think that I was thinking of getting a water hose to fight the boss was… so shameful.

"Maybe… this can work."

"See!? Now, you understand! The toys I brought yesterday were actual toys. These bad boys are the real deal!"

Right… compared to yesterday's guns, this water gun is like a real gun. The squirt guns from yesterday can only shoot until about three meters tops. I had to get really close with the demons yesterday to kill them. And certainly, fighting the boss with those kinds of squirt guns is just a death wish.

But with real tools, and real weapons such as these… Killing the boss might become a possibility.

However, there is still one problem.