I, Who Was Reincarnated as an Evil Character With Cheat-Level Stats in an Eroge, Will Live Freely in This Life
●Suzukaze Miku (side)
“Thank you, Kana, for coming with me.”
“No, it’s fine. I was free today, so it’s no trouble at all!”
Yesterday, my mother asked me to do some shopping for her.
I happened to run into Kana this morning, and she offered to help me, so she came with me. To be honest, there was quite a lot to do, so her help is really appreciated.
I was actually planning to ask Tsubasa, who is a guy and strong, for help, but I was still angry at him because of what happened with Saki the other day, so I felt a little awkward asking him…
Just then.
“Huh? What’s wrong with her?”
“Yeah… She looks like she’s in trouble. Should we ask her what’s wrong?”
“Yeah.”
In our field of vision, there was a young girl around elementary school age looking around nervously, seeming troubled.
“Hey, hey. Are you having trouble with something?”
When Kana spoke to her, the girl responded happily.
“Oh! Beautiful onee chan!! Um… I want you to come with me.”
“Um, where to?”
Kana asked, but the girl just tilted her head without answering.
“Miku… What should we do?”
“Yeah, I’m worried. Let’s go with her…”
“Yeah, that might be best.”
So we followed the girl.
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“Where are we going?”
“I don’t know. But it feels a little off.”
There were very few people around, and the atmosphere was unpleasant.
We felt a little uneasy as we entered the alley, but we wanted to help the girl if she was in trouble, so we followed her.
Just then…
“Hey! Kana!!!”
We heard someone calling Kana’s name from behind us.
We all turned around at the same time, and there was Kisaragi Seito
“What?! Seito-senpai?! Why are you here?”
“Kisaragi…”
Why was he here?
“Well, I saw a child go into a narrow alley earlier and it caught my attention… There aren’t many people around here.”
“Did you come here out of concern!?”
“Well, something like that.”
“Really…”
There’s nothing around here, and he said he saw them before they entered the path, but if that’s the case, why was he here in the first place?
Kana seemed happy, but I felt a little uneasy about his words.
“It’s true. But why are the two of you in such a small place?”
“Well, I’m not sure, but I came along because this child seemed to be in trouble.”
Kana said that to Kisaragi and then turned to the girl.
“By the way, have you reached the place you wanted to go?”
“Yes!!!”
“I’ll ask again, but what’s there?”
“I can’t say!!”
“Why can’t you tell me?”
“I was told not to tell anyone!!!”
Hearing that, Kana and I exchanged glances.
We should have asked the girl more questions.
From her words, it was clear that she was acting on someone’s instructions.
But what had happened to this girl?
“You really can’t tell me?”
“Yes!”
Kana asked again, but the answer was the same.
“Well then…”
Saying that, Kana took out the candy she had bought earlier.
“I’ll give you this if you tell us, okay?”
“Huh? Is that okay?”
“Yes! If you tell us, I’ll give you this too!”
It seems like she succeeded in bribing her with candy.
“I understand! Well, some big men told me that if I brought a cute older sister, they’d give me candy!!!”
Huh? What on earth does that mean?
It’s clearly not a peaceful situation.
I don’t think this child is lying, so does that mean she was being used?
The scent of trouble was in the air, and both Kana and I felt a sense of tension.
“Can you tell me more about it?”
“Um, they didn’t say anything else.”
“Then where is the destination?”
“Well, if we keep going down this straight road, we’ll be there soon!!!”
The destination is a little further ahead, and we don’t know what’s waiting for us there, but it’s definitely going to be something bad… What should we do next? I was caught off guard and couldn’t think straight.
There was silence for about 10 seconds, and then Kisaragi spoke.
“Excuse me? I don’t fully understand the situation, but… shouldn’t we return this girl?”
“Yes, that’s right…”
“I agree…”
That was certainly true.
We didn’t know what would happen, but at least it was out of the question to involve this girl.
“Then let’s go home with onee chan”
“Yes!”
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“Hey, Kana? What do you think Kisaragi wants?”
“I wonder? But I think it’s okay.”
I asked Kana that right after I parted ways with Kisaragi.
For some reason, Kana seemed to trust Kisaragi very much, but from my perspective, I didn’t know what was okay, and everything seemed strange.
I felt uncomfortable about Kisaragi showing up just before we reached our destination, and I also felt uncomfortable about him wanting to get us out of there quickly.
It’s possible that he was genuinely concerned about us, but I still couldn’t trust him.
Besides, there’s no doubt that there’s a man out there who wants to take advantage of her, and he might be planning something bad…
When I think about it, there’s another possibility.
Maybe Kisaragi is one of them, and he didn’t want Kana to find out. Maybe there’s a reason why he got close to Kana?
Kana has recently become friends with Kisaragi, but maybe she didn’t see him clearly this time… Of course, I don’t want that to be the case, but when I thought about the worst possibility, I couldn’t sit still.
“Kana!”
“Eh, yes?”
“It’s okay to leave this child with you, right?”
“Um, I think it’s fine even if I’m alone… Is something wrong?”
“I just remembered something I need to do, so please take care of it.”
“Eh? What about shopping…?”
Sure, that’s important too, but right now, this is more important. I’m sure I can make up some excuse for my mother. It’s not like it’s urgent shopping or anything.
More importantly, if Kisaragi is a bad guy, I can’t let Kana be friends with him. I don’t know anything about him, so I have to check it out for myself.
“That’s fine. Please do it for me.”
“Well, if that’s the case, I understand.”
“I’m sorry…”
And so I ran back the way I had come.
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What on earth…
When I arrived at the place the girl was heading for, Kisaragi was playing with a smartphone after knocking out two men.
There was no reason for those two men to just be sleeping, so I imagined that Kisaragi must have done something to them.
“Kisaragi…”
“Mi… Suzukaze?”
Kisaragi was very surprised to see me.
“What is this? Did you do this?”
“Yes.”
“I see…”
I quickly organized the information I had.
It was easy to imagine that these two men were not decent people, given that they were wearing masks to hide their faces, the girl from earlier, and the fact that they had instructed someone to bring a woman to a place like this.
Maybe these two… Thinking that, I was overcome with a feeling of disgust.
But if Kisaragi defeated these two, that means Kisaragi wasn’t one of them, right?
“So, what happened?”
“I thought you’d press me for more details, but you’re surprisingly calm.”
“I came back because I thought something was off. Of course I’ll ask why.”
I had come with that intention, but now my priority is to find out what happened. Besides, if they really did return us out of goodwill, I can’t blame them…
“I see… These guys are s*x offenders.”
“Huh? What do you mean… No, but if you think about it…”
I reacted loudly to the shocking statement.
To be honest, I had a feeling that might be the case just now… But hearing it clearly like that is really disgusting.
If that’s true, it’s really the worst…
“So, do you have any evidence?”
I asked, still shaken.
“Evidence… There is some, but it’s better not to see it. Well, this one should be okay.”
Kisaragi said that and played back the audio he had just recorded.
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“It’s true… isn’t it?”
It’s not impossible that Kisaragi is lying, but the recording was made just a moment ago. In other words, it hasn’t been edited, so it’s probably not a lie.
“Yes.”
“Did you come here knowing that? Knowing that we would be targeted…”
“Half and half, I guess… Well, since it’s come to this, I’ll explain it to some extent.”
With that, Kisaragi began to speak.
“I see…”
What Kisaragi told us was terrible.
It was unbelievable. How could anyone do such a cruel thing?
Men are really terrible!
At that moment, my head was filled with feelings of disgust and fear toward men.
Soon after, the police rushed to the scene.
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After finishing my conversation with the police, I was walking home with Kisaragi.
Until then, my head had been a mess, but while talking to the police, I had calmed down a little.
“Hey…”
“What is it?”
“I wonder what will happen to the victims and children..”
I knew that Kisaragi wouldn’t be able to answer my question.
But when I thought about the victims, I couldn’t help but ask.
“I don’t know… But at least the children will be able to live their lives without knowing anything, right? The perpetrators probably don’t remember the children’s faces, so I think that’s better for the children.”
“Yes… That’s better…. But what about the victims…?”
I think it’s better for the children, but the victims will be scarred for life. Those bastards are unforgivable!
“All I can say is that I hope they can recover little by little.”
“That’s right… But men are still men!”
Kisaragi never said anything wrong, but I still couldn’t accept it.
I couldn’t hold back and yelled at him. It was completely unfair anger directed at Kisaragi.
Men are the worst. They’re just monkeys with ulterior motives.
But I’m afraid of men like that… Even if I try to act tough, that fact won’t disappear from my mind.
Men are trash… I’ve always thought so, but of course I understand that not all men are like that… I think I understand, but I still hate men.
I keep getting stuck in that loop of thinking.
The reason I started hating men… and became afraid of them was that day when I was almost attacked by that disgusting teacher.
I was betrayed by a teacher I trusted… that day when I was almost forced to have s*x with him.
I was really scared as a first-year middle school student.
I couldn’t even scream because of the fear.
Luckily, a teacher who happened to pass by helped me, but if that hadn’t happened, I… Thinking about it now, I still can’t stop trembling. And I can’t stop feeling angry.
And because I had always found interacting with men burdensome, except for my family and my childhood friend Tsubasa, whom I had been close to before, I completely cut off all contact with men afterward, and that continues to this day.
In my mind, men had become objects of disgust and fear.
Maiban