"...Rena's not here.

Do you know where she is, Keiichi?"

"Huh?

She was just there, actually...

Hey, Mion.

Where did Rena go?"

"Rena~?

Didn't she go to the washroom?

She did say that she's been having bowel troubles lately."

I hadn't heard anything about that!

"...Satoko,

do you know where Rena went?"

"Rena-san, you say?

I just passed her in the hallway.

Rena-san has class duties today, so she's off to water the flower bed."

"Ah~ It was Rena's turn for class duty.

Sounds like a drag."

...Rena, Rena, Rena.

...Upon hearing it repeated, a thought came to mind.

It's rude to say this about someone's name... but it was a weird name.

It was like some foreigner's name.

"What kind of name is Rena, I wonder...

What kind of kanji does her name use?"

"...Rena is her nickname.

She has a proper name as well."

"What, really!?

I was sure that Rena Ryuugu was her actual name."

"Well...

I can understand you making that mistake since we only call her Rena-san."

She even signs her name as "Rena."

It's like it's her real name in school.

"I wonder what her real name is...

Let's ask her when she comes back!"

Satoko and Rika-chan looked at each other.

"...You don't need to ask her.

We'll tell you what it is."

"It's the 'rei' from 'orei' and the 'na' from 'nara.'

Her real name is Reina Ryuugu!"

"Reina, is it?

...Hmm.

So it's read out as Rena instead of Reina?

That's a pretty interesting reading."

"...No, that's not it. 'Reina' is the correct way."

"Rena-san had told us that she wanted us to call her 'Rena.'

So we call her Rena-san."

"Kei-chan...

Rena is Rena, you know?

Only strangers call her Reina.

You get where this is going?"

I understood what Mion was saying.

It didn't matter what her real name was, only what names we used between us!

Rena Ryuugu is Rena. She's nobody other than that.

"So I was thinking, if I had a nickname, would you call me by that?"

"If it's good.

So what do you want to be called?"

"Con man."

Rena then came back into the classroom.

One of the juniors near the door told Rena people were looking for her.

"What's this now?

Who is looking for me, I wonder?

I wonder?"

Seeing that, both Mion and I sneered.

"Bailiff, Ryuugu doth show herself!!"

"Con man, you're quite sinister...

Hwah hwah hwah!!!"

"Wh-What is this, what is this!?

Keiichi-kun and Mii-chan are an evil bailiff and...?

A con man!?"

"Damn you, Renanosuke Ryuugu!

Today doth be when thou meetest thy maker.

Have at thee~!!"

"Wah!

Wah!

Suke-san, Kaku-san, show them what-for!"

"Aye aye, sir!!!"

"...I expect my fee to be paid to my Swiss bank account."

Since it's come to this, we have no choice! We'll just have a grand battle with five people...!

Rena's fierce punches exploded just as soon as she had shown her seal.

The evil that was Mion and myself was vanquished in the end...

"...I do hope that Rena does go on a journey to make the world a better place.

How about heading to parliament first?"

"...Spare me.

I'll get kyute stuff for you on my travels."

The toll of the bell signaled that break time was over.

"Come on, come on Keiichi-kun, Mii-chan.

The teacher's coming!"

I took Rena's hand and stood up.

It was just as the teacher had entered the classroom.

...Just one more hour.

Man, oh man.

...Got to buckle down for one more!