Volume 7 - CH 11

Juumonji Takeru Scolds

Takeru steadily makes his way up the stairs.

Knowing him for 10 years, I can tell his exact mood from the way he walks and how he’s keeping his mouth tightly shut.

It’s scary when that one silly friend of yours gets mad huh…….

Yup, very scary.

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“Hideyori……, who was that?”

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With Yoru out of sight, Takeru asked.

Oh, she’s Yoru Hiru, she’s probably going to become your main girl……There’s no way I can say that right…………

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“I, I don’t know……..I think her name is Yoru Hiru but……..it’s the first time I met her……..”

“Are you sure that this is the first time you met her?”

“Of co~urse.”

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I don’t want to make waves right now so for the time being, I decided to answer him from Akechi Hideyori’s point of view.

Hearing my answer, Takeru stopped walking so I stopped as well.

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“I’m mad at her but I’m also angry with you too, Hideyori.”

“Eh?”

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Takeru turned back and suddenly directed his anger toward me.

He’s now staring straight at my face.

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“Why didn’t you say anything back when she accused you of those things…… Why did you let her say that you’re a scumbag who’s drunk on a Gift’s power.”

“S, Sorry…….”

“If you don’t deny something like that then people are going to seriously take you as that kind of guy you know!?”

“No! I, I couldn’t………it’s, it’s just……..I don’t want to escalate things……”

“That’s not worth letting people think you are a bad guy right!? Letting her treat you like a scumbag and being kind are completely different things okay! Deny it! Just tell her that you would never do something like that!”

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At that moment, I recall something nostalgic.

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[[Why didn’t you say anything Toyotomi-kun!? It was the Captain who did that to your shoulder right!? Why didn’t you tell them!]]

[[……..if I did, Yoshida and the others’ efforts would go to waste right? I……if I just keep quiet……everything will turn out all right in the end……..]]

[[Something like that, I can’t even call it kindness……..]]

[[It’s not like my shoulder will ever heal in the first place………it doesn’t matter anymore……..]]

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The words of Yoshida, Kurusu-san’s best friend, overlapped with Takeru’s……….

Ahh, I’m getting scolded for the same thing again huh…….

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“……..sorry. I was about to repeat the same mistake again. I will properly defend myself next time.”

“You do that, you idiot! There’s no way a virgin like you is a [Scumbag who preys on women] right.”

“You’re using my V-card here!? You are a virgin too right!?”

“Oh? You’re back to normal now. Come on, Risa and the others are waiting. Let’s go!”

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Takeru gently pats my back.

As though I was guided by him, I followed him up the stairs.

This is the beginning of that depressing game.

What awaits me is surely a terrible high school life but I can not lose to it now.

From Yoru’s point of view, I’ve always known that she would have her beef with Hideyori right?

But now I’m different from the original Akechi Hideyori.

Thinking about it now, I was saved by Takeru.

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“……what’s going on? Why can’t Takeru accept that Akechi is a bad guy? …….there’s no way that Akechi’s a virgin right……. What’s happening………? ……..I mean, that guy is supposed to be the worst kind of Gift Holder scum right……? What’s going on with this world……..?”

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The red-haired girl’s whisper simply faded into the empty staircase…….

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Author Note: Yoru just got robbed……..

And she’s supposed to be the main heroine too…….

At this rate, this mad dog is going to embarrass herself…….

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TLN: Next up, what happens when you walk in tall grass……