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the eye not to be attracted to all of these things.



But these were not the only reasons Kojou’s gaze did not leave her, for the instincts of the Fourth Primogenitor, the World’s Mightiest Vampire, warned him of danger.
    Perhaps one might say he felt like he was face-to-face with a carnivorous beast, and should he avert his eyes for even a single moment, he would be attacked without hesitation. Perhaps it was more accurate to say it was like two master martial artists facing each other, neither making a move, each denying the other any opening. A precarious balance had been established between the staring, unmoving Kojou and Yukina’s silence. Even the slightest trigger would have surely broken that equilibrium in an instant.
    And the one who created that trigger, sitting on the edge of the bed, was Nagisa.
    “K-Kojou?! What are you doing—?!”
    Nagisa rose up with a yelp. Her voice broke the spell shackling Kojou and Yukina.
    Almost simultaneously, the flustered Kojou mumbled “um, um” as he backed up, while Yukina covered her breasts with both hands, turning without making a sound. Yukina’s fluttering hair, her white nape, her exposed back, and the smallness of the area of her body actually covered by clothes all flashed before Kojou’s eyes. The next moment, Yukina’s high sock-wrapped heel slammed into the side of Kojou’s face—
    By the time Kojou realized he’d taken a spinning roundhouse kick, his body was in a splendid spin as he flew to the far side of the room. It was enough of an impact that a normal human’s skull might well have been half smashed.
    Eeeeeek!
With a slight delay, he heard Yukina shriek. Kojou would have liked to comment about the roundhouse kick having come
before
the shriek, but of course he had no opportunity to do so at the moment. On the floor, facing up, unable to rise, Kojou pressed his right hand against his face. As blood gushed vividly from his nose, he made a weak murmur mixed with a sigh.
    “…Gimme a break.”
    That was the beginning of Kojou Akatsuki’s very long day.
2
    “Um, senpai…your nosebleed…is it really all right now?”
    Inside the monorail car used to commute to school, Yukina, dressed in her school uniform, looked up at Kojou as she inquired.
    She had a black gig case for a bass guitar over her shoulder.
    There wasn’t actually a musical instrument inside, but rather, the Lion King Agency’s secret weapon—a frighteningly powerful spirit spear granted to her for the purpose of eliminating vampire primogenitors. As Kojou watched Yukina—the watcher for Kojou Akatsuki, the Fourth Primogenitor—walk with that dangerous object never escaping her grasp, his mood became progressively more sullen.
    “More or less. Anyway, I’m the one at fault. Not that I intended to peek, mind you,” Kojou apologized while rubbing his still-itchy nose.
    The regenerative power of a vampire had healed the nasal bones broken by Yukina’s kick, but the nosebleed itself took a while to stop. But thanks to that, he had not been assailed by any vampiric urges—perhaps he should have been grateful for it.
    “It’s all right… I’m not upset about it anymore.”
    With a sigh in her voice, Yukina added, “And I did kick you full force.” Though her tone seemed to have resignation and embarrassment mixed in with it, she certainly gave off no hint of anger. A relieved expression came over Kojou’s face.
    “Th-that’s good.”
    “Er, well…I knew from the start that you were a pervert, senpai, so it is my fault for letting my guard down.”
    “Eh?”
    “I should have not forgotten the possibility such
accidental
behavior might arise from you, senpai.”
    “Why are you acting like it’s a given I’d peek?! That really was an accident, you know. I mean, I’m sorry about the mistake, but still!”
    “Hee-hee.” Yukina made a small laugh as she watched the flustered Kojou try to object.
    Apparently she really was minded to forgive him. As Yukina suggested