The Violence Witch’s Yuri Harem

Chapter 241 – Diving into a Ghost’s Bosom

I ran back to the school. Where can I find one of the campaign posters that Lythea put up? Those are my way in. How else am I going to find Lythea by herself?

I searched among the walls while running the halls. Are there like… any bulletin boards nearby? The posters should be there.

*Thud…*

But while I was distracted, I ended up bumping into someone. Did I learn nothing? Please don’t be another musclehead itching for a fight like Censa. I just got done beating her…

“So- sorry… I wasn’t looking where I was goi-”

Wait… Blue hair, horns, boobs… Velvet?!

“Hmph…” She barely flinched and hit me with a scolding glare. “If I catch you running the halls, I’ll… Huh?” She paused when she saw my face. “You’re the girl that was getting picked on earlier. What happened to you fight with Censa? I was expecting to hear a report of someone being badly injured soon.”

“Uhmm… Ahahaha…” She expected me to leave in an ambulance? Wow…

“Actually, you’re not injured at all?” She leaned forward and looked me up and down. “Did you win against her?”

Why can’t she just let it go? I’m so unlucky to run into her. If she sees through my disguise, it’s over… Every second I spend here is like I’m playing with fire. But I can’t run away either! Apparently, everyone loves her, so if I just run off, she’s definitely going to be suspicious…

“Well… I guess you could say that, yeah…” I’ll put on a smile and pretend to be friendly! Smile!

“Are you serious?” She’s suspecting me… Ughh… “Who are you? I can’t believe I don’t recognize someone who’s so strong.”

Ahh… The downside of playing the mysterious overpowered transfer student… It’s very suspicious and draws a lot of attention. Not great for someone trying to avoid this exact situation! Ah, wait, transfer student?

“I- I’m a transfer student. I just got here today!”

“A transfer student today? I wasn’t notified about this… Did they forget to tell the student council?” Oh no… Another terrible lie… She’s someone who can look up the receipts… “What’s your name?”

“Iroha. Iroha Shinohara.”

Change of plans. Be confident. I belong here. She’s not gonna question it anymore if I act confident. And if I tell the truth, it’s easy not to get nervous.

“Hmm… I must have missed the memo. I’ll look into it tomorrow.” Whew… I’m safe… I have to find Lythea by the end of the day, so it doesn’t matter if she sees through my lies tomorrow. Yet, she leans over again. “Hey, have we met before?” Now she’s got my heart racing. “I can sense a very strange energy coming from you… Something very unique…” Is it the VISS Driver? She sense it?! “Do you have any idea what’s causing that? You don’t look like her, but…”

Sigh… I should have gone with my first instinct… Running. “Sorry, I’m in a bit of a rush! I need to go to the faculty room before it’s too late.” I stepped away and backed off before she could stop me.

“Wait! Didn’t I tell you not to run?!” She scolded me but didn’t try to stop me.

I’d be in so much trouble tomorrow if I was an actual transfer student… The PSF didn’t do it, but I bet that would be the dissection end route. Maybe life in this school wouldn’t go as well as it does in anime…

…

I escaped to a different floor to confuse her. Even if she did try to find me, it shouldn’t be that easy anymore.

I can’t believe I ran into Velvet like that. And we ended up talking. Without my disguise being blown. I gotta thank Miyuki and Carol later. I would have got caught if I tried to disguise myself on my own.

She didn’t seem like a bad person. Imposing and a little intimidating, but I didn’t get the feeling that she was scheming anything. Why was I intimidated? Is it because she’s rich? Because I know that she’s someone important? No… It’s not just money… It’s her will… She’s talented and she moves like there’s nothing she can’t do anything. A true elite… That’s the source of her dignified air.

Well… Velvet didn’t change much then… She’s still the same as I remember from the game. She is a bit nicer to Galene, though… As is only natural, since she’s the one asking for a favor.

Anyway, there it is. A bulletin board right next to the stairs. With a “vote for Velvet” poster tacked on.

“Hehehe… Come to me, Lythea!” I lifted the poster to look underneath, but nothing…

Maybe if she was a tiny fairy that hid behind pieces of paper, but as far as I know, she was a succubus. Her boobs alone would have poked out. She couldn’t possibly have been hiding there. The posters seemed like a good clue at first, but I forgot to think how to actually find her after…

What if I took it with me? I don’t really wanna cause trouble for the election, but Lythea is working for the campaign, if I cause enough trouble, she may come looking for me.

I removed the tack holding the poster and put it in my pocket. “A few more of these should get people talking… Now, where’s the next billboard?”

As I was leaving, hand reached out to me from the classroom next to the bulletin board. A cold hand like that of a ghost grabbed my wrist and prevented me from moving.

“I- I suggest you don’t do that…”

A shadowy voice whispered from the dark. A disheveled girl barely visible in the dark stared directly at my soul through the gaps in her messy bangs.

Time for a girly scream. Eeek! Kyaah! In certain circumstances, that would have made sense, but instead, I…

“Caught you…”

“Eh?” Flipped the script. I grabbed the ghost girl’s wrist and pounced her. We played pin ball by rolling around the dark classroom until I eventually pinned her down.

“Stop resisting! I finally found you! You’re so hard to find… I’m not letting you go anymore! Give it up!”

“Wh- what? Th- there’s no way… I’m sensing lust?! For a pathetic thing like me?! That’s why you’re pinning me down?” She wiggled, but both her legs and wrists were pinned. Don’t blame me. It’s a natural reaction for entangling bodies with a cute girl… “Ah- ah… But wait… It feels familiar? Whose lust is that…? It couldn’t be… You’re not her…” Her resistance stopped. Right… The person she was looking at was a green-haired girl.

“No… I think you got it right. It’s me, Iroha.” I can’t blame her for not recognizing me. I let her go and gave her space to sit up.

“Hu- huhh?! Wh- what?! How? Yo- you don’t even look like the same person!” She pointed at me in a flustered panic.

“It’s a disguise. Created with an illusion.” I waved my hand in front of my face. To one side, no illusion, to the other, illusion back on. “Why are you so shocked? I thought the demons were huge into disguises.”

“You’re right…” She was calm for a moment. “Ahh! If someone freaks out a freak like me, that means they’re an even bigger freak! It’s all my fault! I should have kept my cool! I’m so sorry! I’m sorry for offending you!” She bowed over and over. “It’s not you, it’s me. I was so sure that I’d spook you that I let my guard down. I’m so sorry!”

“Ahh… Don’t worry about it. It was fun. Seeing your reactions, I mean.” And rolling around the classroom with our bodies entangled. But I’ll keep quiet about that…

“Oh… Thank you so much, Iroha! You’re so merciful! Thank you so much!” Then she suddenly stopped bowing. “Hmm? What was that tingle just now?” Damn it… I still get caught if I don’t say anything, huh?

“It was nothing! Probably just your imagination, right?”

“If you say so, it must be.” She nodded with an awkward laugh. She’s so agreeable that I feel bad lying to her now… “Bu- but… You really surprised me just now… I knew you had a lot of combat skills, but I didn’t know you could create illusions. You sure have a lot of skills… Maybe as many as the heroine…” She paused while staring up at me through her bangs. “Wh- what are you doing here?”

Okay… This is where things get serious.

Can I just tell it like it is? What if she also treats me as an enemy because I stole the VISS Driver? I probably deserve it… Miyuki said it will work, but what if I screw it up? What if I say something wrong?

Nah… Screw it… If that possibility existed, she would have prepared me a script ahead of time.

“I’m here exactly because of those skills. It’s a long story, so bear with me. I was kinda under attack recently, and I ended up becoming unable to use most of my skills as a result. I need your help to be able to use them again. Or better, I need Velvet’s help.”

“Ve- Velvet-sama? What does mistress have to do with this?” She asked.

“Well… Because she’s the reason I can use those skills in the first place. The truth is, I’m the one who took the VISS Driver from her lab a while ago. It’s thanks to the VISS Driver that I’ve been able to come this far and get all these skills. But now, my VISS Driver has got damaged, and I need your help. Can you help me meet with Velvet?”

“…” She stared blankly at me. “You were the one?” Her voice was very steady now. “Okay. I understand. I can help you two meet.” She stood up and walked towards the door. “Come with me.”

Hmm… That’s a weird shift… She’s not trying to kill me, right? Well, she’s not doing it right now, so… Yayy…? Talks successful?