Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? Volume Chapter 11

Ugh, I’m so mad!

Why am I so mad, you ask?

That Goody Two-shoes keeps coming after me, that’s why!

All while making it look like he’s not doing it at all!

He’ll talk to me in this suuuper-nice-sounding voice, saying things like, Oh yeah, I can do this and that. What about you?

And when I respond that I can do it, he praises me for it.

But his eyes are laughing at me!

He’ll ask the other kids in class the same thing, and if they say they can’t, he’ll be all, Let me know if I can help; I’d be happy to teach you!

The other boys and girls all fall for it right away, but I know this is just his way of asserting dominance.

He wants to make sure he’s at the top of the pecking order.

Huh?

You think I’m being paranoid?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

You’re so naive.

Listen up, okay?

The hierarchy of a class is extremely important!

Your school life changes VERY dramatically based on where you stand in the rankings!

The top tier has it made—the picture-perfect school life.

The middle isn’t great but not awful, either. You could definitely still have a decent time in your youth.

But the bottom rung? Forget it.

You’ll either be driven into a corner and forced to scurry around every day like you don’t even exist, or you’ll be subjected to the brunt of the bullying!

…I seem to know a lot about this, you say?

Well, yeah. I was in the bottom tier in my previous life.

Hey, don’t feel sorry for me!

Stop! Don’t look at me like that, okay?!