Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu

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The book on acupoints I got from Kaburagi was pretty interesting. The human body suure had a lot of acupoints.

For swelling and water weight was the Water Separation Shuifen Point on your tummy, apparently. I gave it a press. Hmmmmm. Was this working

For leg fatigue and swelling there was the Mountain Support Chengshan Point in the middle of the calf.

Whoa! That hurt! I think it was working!

I was using the rounded end of a pen to push one of the nerves on the sole of my foot. Owowowow

I had gotten into acupoints so much that the next day I went out and bought some of the stick-on moxibustion kits. I had always been a little curious about this, after all~

Since I was worried about scarring I tried the sole of my foot first.

First was the Gushing Spring Yongquan Point. Whoaa! Hot! It hurt, but it felt like it was working! So this stuff was real!?

When it was done, the skin underneath had gone red. Best not to do this with sensitive or visible skin then.

It wasnt all that comfortable laying face down, so I changed from the bottom of my feet to my palms. Umm, the one in the palm of your hand was the Toil Palace Laogong Point, right? Got it.

It felt pretty good just pressing on the Fish Border Yuji Point at the base of the thumb. One for there too.

Hmm, and maybe all my fingertips

While I waited for them to burn with my hands palm up, I stimulated the acupoints on my feet with the foot ma.s.sager I bought earlier.

It reaaally hurt the arch of my foot! But it was good for me!

I heard a knock on my door.

Reika, mind if we talk? asked Oniisama from outside.

I asked him to come in, since I could hardly get the door with moxa on every finger.

When he came in, Oniisama was wide-eyed and speechless.

I apologise for my appearance, Oniisama. How about you join me? I offered as I stepped on my foot ma.s.sager.

Also known as green bamboo since apparently thats what they were before.

Reika, when work calms down a bit, how about we go and eat somewhere? If youre worried or something, you can talk to me about it

Wah! Thank you, Oniisama.

Eating out with Oniisama, huh. Then until then, I needed to keep up with the stomach acupoint.

At first I thought this was ridiculous, but now I was so glad I got this book~

Kuuh~! I can feel it working!

It was finally here; the day of the tea party where the 2nd and 3rd year Pivoine members discussed the next president.

It was discussion mostly in name of course; usually the candidate was already chosen in advance, meaning that the President simply had to announce who it was.

Aah, in the end I failed to refuse My stomach felt like it had a weight in it.

Could I spend my next year peacefully, do you think? Probably not, huh.

I thought about asking Enjou to do it just in case, but he avoided giving a straight answer with a smile, and even if he did accept I could only see trouble for myself.

Owing a favour to that guy was like owing money to a loan shark.

But I was resigned now. If ever there was some problem that I couldnt deal with myself, I was resolved to go crying to Oniisama.

Maybe even Imari-sama could help me.

With Oniisamas smarts, and Imari-samas way with women, there werent many problems that we couldnt resolve.

To calm myself down, I pressed on the acupoints on hand.

Well then, is anybody interested in becoming a candidate for the next president? began Youko-sama after a round of pleasantries.

Naturally my hands werent raised. Even I wouldnt nominate myself

If there isnt, then I nominate-

Ill do it, somebody interrupted.

To everyones shock, it was the Emperor, Kaburagi Masaya himself.

Eh?

Kaburagi-sama?

I was shocked as well, of course.

Kaburagi trying for the next president!?

Impossible. This was Kaburagi!

He obviously had no interested in working as the president at all!

No freaking way! What the h.e.l.l was happening!?

Am I not good enough? he lorded over us, sending the room into a panic.

So youll be willing to undertake the position, Kaburagi-sama?

We could not wish for somebody better, Kaburagi-sama, but

I dont think any of us think that youre unsuitable, Kaburagi-sama, but

But was he serious?

That was what everybody was asking in their heads.

Starting with Youko-sama, a huge slew of people would have loved Kaburagi as the next president, but they gave up from the start because they knew he would never accept. At least thats what we thought.

In other words there are no objections to I, Kaburagi Masaya, as the next President of the Pivoine?

Everyone nodded in a.s.sent.

I see. Then thats that, he said before arrogantly relaxing back into the sofa with tea in hand.

Once the discussions were done, Youko-sama came over to me apologetically.

Reika-sama, Im truly sorry about this. I hadnt even considered that Kaburagi-sama would be interested, and

No, I was shocked as well. But in fact, this is a great weight off my mind.

Youre right. Afer all, Kaburagi-sama is the face of Suiran itself, not just our Pivoine. With Kaburagi-sama as the next president, the likes of Mizusaki Arimas Student Council are as good as rabble.

Truly.

A Pivoine led by Kaburagi-sama, with you and Enjou-sama supporting him. How wonderful Isnt it, Reika-sama? Hohoho, she laughed happily.

I still wasnt quite sure what happened, but at least I got out of being president. I wouldnt have to worry about white hairs now.

h.e.l.l yeah! After a storm comes a calm, d.a.m.nit! Ah, maybe that was the wrong phrase?

Good things come to those who wait? Maybe that wasnt it either.

Well who cares! Whoooo!

I left the room feeling so euphoric I could skip. Of course, Kaburagi had to stop me.

Eh? What is it now?

Dont tell me you dont wanna do it after all? Well too late, buddy!

Can I help you?

Were you planning on being president?

Eh?

Why was he asking that? Ohh, did he overhear my chat with Youko-sama?

If there was n.o.body else then they planned to give it to me, but I myself had no interest. It was a responsibility that I hoped somebody else would take up.

I see. Good.

Huh?

Masaya was worried he had taken it from you, explained Enjou who was standing next to him.

Oh, so that was it.

I had absolutely no aspirations towards the position of president, so please be at ease. I wish you luck as our next president.

Yeah.

Oh, and I almost forgot.

And Kaburagi-sama, the book you gave me was very interesting. Thank you very much for it. Well then, gokigenyoh.

My worries were gone now.

Maybe Id try some more moxibustion tonight.

I wonder why he suddenly decided to be the next president though.

Ah well, whatever.

After I woke up early that morning, I had my morning bath. Haah, so warm.

Without washing my hair in the morning it was hard to turn my bed hair into my perfect curls after all.

After getting out of the bath, I stood in front of the mirror for some skin care.

Couldnt be stingy with the facial lotion.

Huh.

Waaaaaaaahhhh!!

Gone! My eyebrow was gone!

I gripped the mirror in both hands and stared at my eyebrow. Gone

Where my right eyebrow should have been was instead just the two ends of it. An eyebrow missing almost the entirety of its middle

When I looked at my left eyebrow to compare, it was missing a part of it as well. My face looked so weird right now

No, no, it wasnt the time for this morbid fascination.

Where the heck had my right eyebrow gone!? And since when!?

I had to do something about this.

At times like this, the most reliable one was

Okaaaasamaaaa!

I covered my eyebrows with one hand and ran for her.

When she saw what had happened to them she screamed as well.

Reika-san, what have you done to yourself!?

I have no idea, Okaasama! When I saw myself in the mirror just now they were already like this!

So you didnt shave them off by mistake?

No! Absolutely not. And why would I ever shave off just the middle!?

True Then why Reika-san, could it be that you plucked them off yourself during your sleep?

I doubt that I have the dexterity for that in my sleep.

True.

What do I do, Okaaasamaaa!

Well, well have you take school off for today. Okaasama will take you to the hospital.

I nodded tearily.

Uooohnnhoo! I didnt want to go outside with this stupid looking face! What the heck happened to you, eyebrow!? An insect bite!?

Otousama and Oniisama came to see what the fuss was about, but I didnt want them to see! Especially never Oniisama!

At the hospital I was diagnosed with spot baldness.

Apparently it wasnt limited to the hair on your scalp. I was careless.

Its actually quite common. With men it can happen with their facial hair too.

I see. My mind had the toughness of a blancmange so I had probably failed in handling the stress

They prescribed me some medical cream, and Okaasama supported me home. What if I was like this forever

No, no, I couldnt stress. I would only get balder.

In front of the mirror I swabbed on some of the medicine. I wasnt sure how much I needed, but I wanted to be careful about applying it evenly. It would be terrible if only my right eyebrow suddenly grew back.

I hoped I could hide this tomorrow with just an eyebrow liner and my fringe.

Aaahh

I was definitely performing some purification rites come New Year.

And for now, Id press the acupoint for hair growth.