Episode 29

A Virgin Civil Servant Is Reincarnated as a Trashy Character in a Otome Game, but Because He Doesn’t Make a Move Despite Being in an Otome Game, the Girls Treat Him Like a High-Class Catch and Aggressively Pursue Him

Our incident was supposed to have been forgotten, but those who were in the forest at the time remembered it. They remembered leaving us behind and running away.

Perhaps feeling a little inferior and awkward about that, they seemed to keep their distance from us. However, what was different from before was that the main players in this game had changed their opinion of us.

They noticed that I had returned from the infirmary, and Henderson, who had become a hero for helping another group, ran up to me.

“Hey, Elliott! I trusted you! I knew you would protect Ellis!”

“Stop it, I didn’t help anyone.”

“Well, only the people involved know what happened, and if Elliott and the others don’t want to talk about it, I’m not going to ask. But we made a promise, didn’t we?”

With that, Henderson grinned. It was a carefree smile, like that of a boy. It was exactly the kind of smile that was the target of this game.

“Stay here and protect Ellis, right?”

“That’s right! Elliott kept the promise. That fact alone makes him worthy of my trust!”

He said that in a loud voice. For a moment, I thought Henderson had gone mad. But when I thought about it carefully, that wasn’t the case. After all, he was the target of my strategy. He was handsome no matter what.

“You don’t have to worry about it though.”

“I’m not thinking anything! I’m just following my own instincts. It has nothing to do with anyone else’s will.”

“You’re a good guy.”

I muttered to myself. While everyone else ran away, Henderson and I were the only ones who stayed behind. In a sense, that meant betraying the rest of the class.

Everyone else fled, but we didn’t. It might seem like a brave action, but if you rephrase it, you could say that those who fled were cowards or weaklings.

So Henderson created a reason why we couldn’t flee. “We couldn’t flee because Henderson told us not to.” If you think about it that way, it could also be used as an excuse for why they fled.

“A good guy… No way!”

Henderson blushes at my compliment. He blushes properly. Try that. The guy next to me will be happy, but is that okay with Henderson?

“It’s definitely Eli x Henderson, no doubt about it.”

“Aire? What are you talking about? What’s Eli x Henderson?”

“… Hehe, hehehe.”

Aile seems to be enjoying herself, so I’ll let it go. If I start explaining the meaning of those words here, I might be mistaken for being the same kind of person as Aile.

“…Well, never mind. From here on, it’s a serious conversation.”

Henderson’s face, as he cut in, was more handsome than ever.