Chapter 11 - Everyday School (2)

The next day at school, Alice decided to introduce me to her new friend with whom they study together. And for this, at the next break, she caught me talking to a purple—haired woman and took me to her table.

— Here, this is my brother Felix. — she introduced me to a girl with orange-brown hair, which even seemed golden in the light of the sun.

—And this is my friend, Rei Miyamoto. — Sister said in a solemn voice.

— Nice to meet my sister's friend, can I just call you Rei? — I immediately came to the main point.

— Hi, well, I... I don't mind, I guess? — she muttered not too confidently, looking straight at my smiling face. — Ahem, I'm sorry, it's just that your sister started it all too abruptly… is she always this active?

— When it concerns me, always. — I grinned and hugged my pouting sister, who abruptly began to caress me like a kitty. — As I understand it, you and your sister are in the same class?

— Yes. — she nodded, continuing to look at my bandage and yes, today I came in a bandage and even Saeko looked at it strangely, but didn't say anything.

— If you need any help with your studies, contact us. — I told her. — By the way, Rei, do you know any interesting places? — I asked in an interested tone. — My sister and I haven't been here that long, and we don't know the local sights.

— I can show them to you, I'm not busy anyway. — Rei smiled and looked away with a confused look when she realized that she had been looking at my blindfold for a long time. After classes, the girl, as she said, decided to show all the nearby attractions, and just show the city. In addition, she also decided to invite some guy for a walk.

— Takashi let's go for a walk with the new ones? — with a shy smile, she turned to the black-haired boy who studies with them in the same class, as Alice told me.

— Walk? — He looked at the girl, and then at Alice and me.

— Hi. — sister waved her hand amiably. — I'm Alice, and this one is my brother Felix.

— Yeah, hi. — He bowed slightly, and then turned his gaze back to Rei. — I'm busy right now, let's do it later, okay? — he said, and I clearly saw that Rei clearly has feelings for this guy.

— What are you doing? —The girl frowned slightly. — Takashi, I don't call you for a walk so often, let's go for a walk…

— Rei, I'm busy. — he said clearly annoyed by something, maybe he has some problems and that's why he's so annoyed. Well, or he's an asshole. It's one of two things.

— M-m-m, okay. — she nodded. — I'm sorry, I just wanted to invite a friend… I've known him since childhood. — she said a little awkwardly, having already changed into street clothes. — Shall we go? — We nodded and followed the girl.

Rei is a pretty friendly person who loves to chat, which she actually did, showing various interesting buildings and institutions. For example, she took us to the Taipei Shopping Center, which is the largest in the city.

So, because of her friendliness, we quickly got together, but in addition to friendliness, she is also quite curious, so she often cast a glance at the bandage.

— Rei, if you're so interested in something, just ask, I won't get angry. — I told her, and the girl blushed a little.

— There's a lot of talk about you at school, Senpai… that you have, well, problems with your eyes... I'm sorry for those words! — she caught herself quickly. — Of course, I don't think anything like that, it may be unpleasant for you to hear this ... — before the girl exhausted herself, I grabbed her by the shoulders to calm her down. By the way, it really helped, as the girl stopped as if rooted to the spot.

— Calm down Rei, I've heard all these theories and they are, frankly, funny. I don't have ugly scars hidden behind a bandage or strabismus, who even came up with this theory? In general, I just have sensitive eyes and even through a blindfold I see and perceive everything perfectly.

— Oh, ok. — she said. At this time, my sister clenched her fists and looked at the place where my hands touched the girl's shoulders.

— Here. — I took off the blindfold and smiled at the girl ... who just looked into my eyes and slowly turned red. Maybe because of our contact, maybe because of my eyes and my gentle smile... — And you can just call me Felix, without any senpai.

— Brother... — Alice wheezed discontentedly. — Rei, stop staring at him, have you ever seen blue eyes?

— I-I saw it, but it's just... Felix-kun, you have very attractive eyes. — she managed to look away. — Ahm, there's a police station next. — she tried to change the subject, which she successfully succeeded.

This certain awkwardness between us quickly disappeared and the girl continued to talk about the city and its surroundings. By the evening, her parents called her and asked her to come home, so she cordially said goodbye and went to her room.

We didn't get into classes at the beginning of the academic semester, so there were a lot of test work for ordinary students, fortunately I do all this while still in class, so as not to waste time at home. My sister, too, does not experience anything difficult in the first grade of high school and passed the exams without any problems, proving that she is quite educated and intelligent. The next day, Rei continued to have fun talking with Alice and the other girls from their class. In addition, she looked with some longing at this Takashi, who almost did not pay attention to her and at school played games on the phone or talked to his friend, and then quickly left.

— I'll be there by five today. — I said to Saeko on the last school day of the week.

— Okay, I'll warn my father. — she nodded. Moreover, she smiled a little and, as it seemed to me, often tried to feel the hanging katana, which was not there. Apparently, she goes out of school very often with her.

My parents approved of my trip to Busujima dojo, so by the right time I came to the address that Saeko called. There was a building with the inscription "The Way of the Sword", which implies that Kenjutsu is taught here.

There were a couple of bicycles at the building, which showed that there was clearly someone in the dojo. The dojo itself was located quite close to residential buildings. Surely one of these houses belongs to Busujima.

— Spacious… — I muttered, as soon as I entered the room, I saw a spacious room with a tatami mat on the floor.

— Welcome to Busujima Dojo. — A tall man with a katana on his belt said. — I guess you're Felix-kun, right? — he asked quite kindly. In appearance, you can't say that he can do that.

— Yes, I'm Vaddergov Felix. — I made a traditional Japanese bow, after all, he is a master and the brother of my previous teacher. — Did your daughter say that you wanted to see me?

— Hmm, you are the way my brother described you to me. — the man chuckled a little. — I am Busujima Isao, I see that you are well built. — he said carefully examining me. — Yes, the brother's preparation is immediately visible. I'll get right to the point, I would like you to study with me, as my brother told me, you are a storehouse of talents.

— Hmm, unexpectedly, but I wanted to study with you myself, so of course I don't mind. Who would refuse to study with a famous master? I asked a rhetorical question.

— Then we will hold the first lesson right now, and we will talk about the future after, do you agree? — I nodded and the master continued. — You are lucky that you just got to the day of the recruitment of newcomers, so there will be new ones besides you. But come on, go and put on your keikogi and go out on the tatami, class will start soon, and I'll see what you're worth in my art. — he said.

In general, everything is developing quite quickly, but not to say that it's bad, I was going to learn Kenjutsu anyway, it may come in handy. Keikogi is a special uniform to be worn when teaching martial arts and the like. Dressed in a uniform, I went out to the rest of the newcomers, and they, in turn, looked at the bandage with incomprehension ... however, nothing new.