Volume 10 - CH 29

Hosokawa Seiko doesn’t have time

Today, I was waiting in front of the station for someone.

Thinking about how long it’s been since I last saw her, I get nervous.

I check the time on my phone to see if Seiko, the person I’m waiting for, would be here yet.

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It’s 5 minutes before the meeting time.

As I was pondering about what to do when she showed up, someone tapped my shoulder from behind.

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“Hello, Hideyori-san.”

“Y, Yo! I’ve been waiting, Sei…..ko?”

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Behind me was a tall girl wearing a face mask.

She’s also covering her blond hair with her cap, probably to disguise herself.

I know Seiko is Seiko but why did she show up as StarCha?

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“Wh, Why are you looking like that……?”

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I was surprised by the advent of StarChild.

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“S, S, Sta………”

“Shhh, Hideyori-san.”

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Putting her index finger on her mouth, StarCha shushed me. Her eyes that are above her face mask looked like they were smiling.

When such a charming idol suddenly appeared so close to you like this, anyone would be flustered.

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“Call me Seiko.”

“Se, Seiko.”

“Yes. Well done, Hideyori-san.”

“……….”

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She patted my head with a smile.

I’m supposed to meet with Seiko today so when Starcha showed up instead, my brain started to overheat.

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“Fufufufu, you’re blushing, Hideyori-san.

“Ugh……..”

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StarCha smiles bewitchingly.

What a surprise attack……….

Seiko’s so cute……

StarCha’s so beautiful…….

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“W, W, Wh, Why do you look like that, Seiko?”

“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t have time to change because I just got out of a photo shoot. I didn’t even have my clothes prepared at the studio.”

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Seiko’s height is about 150cm. Her figure is not that much different from Emi’s but when she’s StarCha, her height jumped to about 170cm, about the same as Yurika.

It’s no wonder that she would need 2 separate sets of clothes…….

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“Ahhhh…….maybe it’s a mistake to raise my height after all?”

“N, Not at all…….you look good like this.”

“Fufu, thank you Hideyori-san.”

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StarCha clings to my left arm.

W, Wait a minute…….

Seiko, aren’t we too dangerously close right now……..?

I turned bashful and scratched my cheek with my right index finger.

Not a few passers-by turned their heads to StarCha’s beauty.

Dear sister, you’re standing out even in disguise you know……

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“Calling me Hideyori-san is a bit weird though……..”

“StarCha d–……., that’s wrong. I don’t have an older brother after all. That’s why you’re Hideyori-san.”

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She corrected how she refers to herself from [StarCha] to first person. When she works, she prefers to stick to the setting where Seiko and StarChild are two different people.

The last time I told her to call me Onii-chan when she was StarCha, she even pulled her face at me……

I’m a Maso but that event still hurts to this day.

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“Now, Hideyori-san! Let’s go on a date.”

“S, Sure.”

“Ahh, I’ve been looking forward to this☆”

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The side of StarCha Smiles that only I can see.

It was a pity that she was wearing a mask right now.

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“Well, I’m a little thirsty so can we go to Starbucks first?”

“Y, Yeah.”

“LET’S GO!”

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Pulled along by the cheerful StarCha, We left the station.

Without minding the envious gazes the passer-by threw at me, we walked with our arms linked together.

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“H, How is school these days?”

“Right~. I’m getting along well with Nodoka-chan. She’s been fired up about becoming a light novel writer lately in fact.”

“She wants to become an author!?”

“Yes. She named her main character Toyotomi Mitsuhide and she looked pretty excited to write the story too.”

“Ha, Haha…….”

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No matter how I think about it, she clearly meant it as harassment toward me right……..

Even if it’s a coincidence, that happened to be my name in my previous life too…..

In my previous life, when I asked my parents about my name, their reply was [It’s just a mix of Hideyoshi and Mitsuhide so it’s fine right] or something idiotic along that line but in this life, it feels rather complicated instead because it’s a [mix of Mitsuhide and Hideyori].

I mean, the legacies of Hideyoshi and Hideyori are just too different right………..

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When I picked up [Breaking the Chain of Sadness] by chance and found out about the scumbag Akechi Hideyori whose name is the reverse of mine, I got a weird feeling about it too……..

He’s a scummy character that is common in Galges so I don’t really mind if he’s just an evil best friend but when I got to Risa’s route and encountered that NTR storyline, I almost smashed my PC.

If Eien-chan wasn’t in the game, I would have immediately uninstalled it after clearing Risa’s route and sold it off to a second-hand shop.

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“Do you plan to continue with this job in the long term, Seiko? Is there anything else you want to do in the future?”

“G, Get married, maybe?”

“M, M, M, M, Marry!? Marriage!? MARRIAGE!!?”

“Fufu, you’re overreacting Hideyori-san.”

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With a teasing smile, StarCha put her index finger on my nose.

As though she just pressed my shutdown switch, I stopped in place.

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“There’s nothing bad with marrying someone you like, isn’t it? It’s super natural even.”

“Th, That’s true……..Ha, Haha…….”

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I can’t show these tears to my little sister but nothing’s wrong with bawling in my heart right?

The reason I’m used to crying in my heart is probably because of my uncle. He yelled at me to stop crying but I wouldn’t stop. He slammed me against the wall 8 times and even used something weird to jam into my mouth like a pacifier. I could only shiver and sit alone in the corner of the room back then……

At that time, I was earnestly thinking about killing my uncle and was eyeing the three knives in the kitchen I think.

To pull it off, I started training my body, I could even do pull-ups with my childish body. That girl went [Amazing, Amazing!] and cheered me up too……

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“Is there someone you like……..right now?”

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StarCha is not a heroine so she doesn’t have any development tied to Takeru.

But in this world, I can not completely deny that as a possibility since I already introduced Seiko to him so I’m a little nervous.

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“There is.”

“Eh……?”

“Fufu.”

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She stares at me.

Eh?

Me?

Nah, I mean, there’s no way………right?

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“Y, You’re joking right…….? I got a little nervous you know!?”

“Fufu, please feel free to get more nervous.”

“Se, Seiko!?”

“Now then, that’s it for now! We’re here.”

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“Someone might notice who I am so let’s not do a love talk in Starbucks okay.”

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She got me……

Even though she doesn’t look like my sister right now, I still got teased by my own little sister…….

Ahh, I love StarCha and Seiko so much I can’t shake off this nervousness…….

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“Well, let’s go in, Hideyori-san.”

“Y, Yeah.”

“Of course, I also call you Hideyori-san instead of Onii-chan because I consider you a man you know.”

“Eh, Ehh!? Is that a joke too…….?”

“Yes, a joke……..maybe.”

“Give me a yes or no instead!”

“………so dense.”

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Just like that, StarCha pushed me inside Starbucks.

“Hey, come on!?” Even when I urged her for a reply, she only put her index fingers into a cross and said “No love talk in Starbucks.” before making her way inside first……..

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In a lot of senses, I love StarCha too much. it’s painful………

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Author Note: Here’s the chapter Hideyori tried to make StarCha call him Onii-chan. V8C8

Next up, StarCha in Starbucks!