Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 3 [Alice Secret]

- Part 6

It was Sunday. Today, I was going to meet up with Nora to see how progress was on the exam questions I asked him to make due to our deal with C Class.

Even though Matsushita and Alice told him not to worry about making questions for our class, in private I explained the situation to him and he agreed to help me.

"Mornin', Takanori-san."

As I entered the lobby, Himeji greeted me casually while sweeping the floor. He's always doing odd jobs for Fumio.

"Hey. Mind if I borrow your bike again?"

"Of course not. It's in the shed, as usual."

"Thanks."

These days, I've been borrowing Himeji's bike more and more to travel around Drachma Red. It saved me points while letting me squeeze in some extra workout for my legs.

Just as I was about to head out, Himeji called out to me again.

"Oh yeah, Takanori-san, you have some new mail."

"I do...?"

I went over to my mailbox and opened it. Checking inside, a single letter laid there.

That was strange. I haven't received one of these in ages. The last time I did was back in April, when X tried contacting me.

I wonder what happened to him. He became real quiet after I rejected his initial offer. Guess he moved onto some other chump who fell for his tricks.

Anyways, I didn't order anything online, so someone must've posted me this on their own accord. I opened the letter and read what was inside.

"What the...?"

In a plain font, a message was typed up in the middle of the letter. It read: "I'll kill you".

"...what rubbish."

I folded up the paper and shoved it back into my mailbox. I'm guessing Nakajima sent me this as a threat. How pathetic.

I already knew he was hot on my trail. There was no reason to take this seriously.

"What a waste of time..."

I grumbled to myself as I got up and cycled to Nora's house. Once I arrived, I knocked on the front door and waited.

I've become especially familiar with this place due to how often I've visited it in the past month.

"Takanori-kun!"

Answering the door, Nora greeted me with a small smile.

"Hey."

I entered his house and took off my shoes.

"It's just you and me today... Kou-san's out at the moment."

"Let me guess, she's at the gym?"

"Yeah... she's with the other members of the track and field club preparing for their upcoming marathon."

"When's that?"

"During summer break."

"Ah. You looking forward to it?"

"Umm... not really..."

"Fair enough. I'm not either."

"A ha ha... I guess what I'm worried most about is just going back home..."

Nora took out a bottle of green tea from the fridge and offered it to me.

"It's really hot today. Do you want one?"