Chapter 20: Do You Like Girls?

‘Does it mean she is happy to have me by her side?’

Thinking about it like that, my mood becomes a little more cheerful.

“That’s good. But a girl as beautiful and gentle as you must have many pursuers. Don’t you have… a boyfriend to accompany you?”

As soon as Yuriko finished asking the question, she suddenly felt some regret.

‘Why did I ask that? Why do I care about her partner?’

‘And asking this so suddenly, my motive is way too obvious!’

“Eh, I had many classmates confess to me in the past,” Carmilla said, looking troubled.

“But I, well, for some reason I can’t really handle boys, so I had to reject them all. Once that rumor spread, very few people confessed anymore.”

‘She can’t really handle boys. Is she a misandrist?’

“No, I don’t mean that I hate them. I mean, I’m a bit afraid of having physical contact with them.”

‘Afraid of physical contact… could it be for physiological reasons?’

This world was different from Yuriko’s previous life, as it contained many strange things.

Even if a disease or curse existed that made it so someone could not touch men, Yuriko would not be surprised.

Since it involved private matters, Yuriko found it difficult to probe further and changed the subject.

“What about girls?”

“With girls, it’s fine.”

“I see. Then have any girls ever confessed to you?”

“Eh, well…”

At Yuriko’s question, Carmilla glanced at her and then looked away, her eyes darting around.

She remembered yesterday’s misunderstanding. She had thought someone was confessing to her at the time, only to realize she had misinterpreted the situation.

Now that she thought back on it, her cheeks felt hot.

“I don’t think so…”

“You don’t think so?”

“No, no girl has ever confessed to me!”

Carmilla lowered her head and played with her fingers.

After a short while, she looked up again and asked, “Can girls date each other too?”

Being asked this by Carmilla, Yuriko looked at her in surprise. “Don’t you know?”

“Know what?”

Looking at Carmilla’s innocent expression, Yuriko realized she truly did not know.

This world had the internet, and Carmilla was already this old, yet she was unaware that yuri existed?

Yuriko looked left and right, feeling that such things should not be discussed openly.

She leaned in close to Carmilla’s ear and whispered, “Actually, there are girls in this world who like girls. They are usually called lala or yuri.”

The tips of Carmilla’s ears turned red. This was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing.

“But I’ve never seen a couple made of two girls before?”

“Maybe you just didn’t know. Some people who look like friends on the surface might be a couple in secret!”

“Is that how it is…”

Carmilla’s face turned redder and redder. She covered her face as steam rose from her head.

These few words had a massive impact on her.

Yuriko suddenly felt a twinge of guilt. She was essentially corrupting an innocent girl with this knowledge.

She felt like a villain misleading a child.

“Carmilla, don’t you read manga? There is plenty of information about this on video sites too.”

“Usually, I don’t use my phone…”

Carmilla seemed to be in a state of shock. Under the influence of Yuriko’s words, many girls she was close with now had a different image in her mind.

She had thought those were just signs of a good friendship.

It took quite a while before Carmilla recovered from the impact, though her face remained incredibly red.

“Ruri knows so much. I completely ignored these things before,” Carmilla said in a tiny voice.

Yuriko almost couldn’t hear what she was saying.

“You’re just too naive.”

Yuriko never imagined there was someone who didn’t use a phone or know things that were practically common knowledge.

“Ugh, it feels so stimulating…”

Carmilla’s fingers unconsciously played with a strand of hair.

She looked at Yuriko and asked, “Then, does Ruri like girls?”

‘Oh no, how do I answer?’

Looking at Carmilla, Yuriko wasn’t sure what the other girl was thinking.

If she admitted to liking girls, would it cause a backlash? Would she be hated?

To be safe, it would be better to tell a lie here.

“I…”

“Good morning!”

A high-energy voice rang out. It was Yuri, who had walked over at some unknown point.

She glanced at the two of them, keenly sensing that something interesting was happening.

“What, what? What are you chatting about?”

Yuri asked excitedly, clearly wanting to join in.

“Ah, morning, Yuri.”

Carmilla greeted her but then continued to stare at Yuriko, as if waiting for her answer.

“Hmm?”

Yuri noticed the strange atmosphere. Then, she closed her eyes, and **[Blue Mysterious Runes]** appeared around her body.

Those runes rotated slowly around her. Soon, Yuri opened her eyes and spoke to Yuriko with an excited face.

“Tell us! Tell us!”

“?”

Yuriko turned back to Yuri with a wooden expression and asked, “Yuri, how did you know?”

When Carmilla asked the question, hadn’t Yuri not arrived yet?

“It’s Astrology! I used Astrology!”

‘Can Astrology even calculate this?’

Yuriko began to panic.

If Yuri’s Astrology was that powerful, what if she calculated what Yuriko did after school? Wouldn’t her identity in the Mafia be exposed immediately?

“Wanna guess?”

“…”

Yuriko watched her seriously. Seeing Yuriko’s expression, Yuri shrugged and said, “I can only calculate things that just happened.”

In reality, that wasn’t the case, but to dispel Yuriko’s concerns, Yuri chose not to tell the truth.

“Is that so?”

Yuriko was skeptical.

It made sense. If Yuri had truly figured out Yuriko’s real identity, she wouldn’t be this well-behaved given her personality.

“Mm-hmm. So, what is Yuriko’s answer? You actually like girls, don’t you?”

“…”

Faced with Yuri’s questioning, Yuriko naturally could not answer. If Carmilla found out, she might be hated by just one person, and with Carmilla’s personality, she wouldn’t spread rumors.

But if this little demon Yuri knew, then the whole world might find out.

“We are students; we should focus on our academic work. We should talk less about topics that have nothing to do with studying.”

Yuriko did not intend to answer directly. Even if she lied, Yuri wouldn’t believe her, so she simply stayed silent.

“Tsk, avoiding the subject again.”

Yuri curled her lips, then poked Carmilla and said, “Carmilla, I know two high-quality yuri manga. Should I recommend them to you?”