I Was Reincarnated as a Mob Character in a Galge, and It Seems That I Had Conquered the Heroines Before I Noticed~the Hero Make the Heroines Unhappy, so Iām Going to Make Them Happy Instead~
[ Minase Akinaās point of view ]
I have a favorite time.
It is the time I spend reading books.
There is a big library near my house and I used to go there every day when I was little.
I prefer reading books to playing outside with my friendsā¦ā¦I was that kind of girl as a child.
ā¦ā¦ Well, that hasn’t changed much now that I’m in high school. ā¦ā¦
I was a member of the library committee in elementary and middle school, and I became a member of the library committee in high school as well.
However, there is one thing that is different.
The other member of the library committee was a male student.
I had only ever been on duty with girls, and I had little experience with boys, so I was worried about getting along with them.
However, my fears quickly disappeared.
Thanks to Sato Yuto, another member of the library board ā¦ā¦.
And when I realized that I loved not only the time I spent reading books, but also this time I could spend with him.
I was looking forward to this time coming.
It should have been ā¦ā¦ that I was looking forward to.
āāā
After school.
I was at the library for library duty with Yuto.
āā¦ā¦There aren’t many students using the library today either.”
But this is the usual case.
The books that have been returned are also very few at the moment, so it’s a time when I’ve got a lot of time on my hands.
āUm, ā¦ā¦, Yutoā¦ā
“Hm? What’s wrong?ā
“Have you read the book I recommended before?ā
A while ago, a long-awaited new work by my favorite author, ā¦ā¦ Ayakoji-sensei, was released.ć
It was one of the best works I’ve read recently, so I really want Yuto to read it as wellā¦ā¦ and, as usual, I wanted to discuss my impressions.
āUh, ummā¦.ā
Seeing Yuto’s reaction, I guessed.
Unfortunately, I’ll have to wait and look forward to another opportunity.
“Sorry ā¦ā¦.ā
āNo, I don’t mind, it’s okayā¦ā
“What book was it?”
āā¦ā¦ eh?ā
For a moment, I felt as if time had stopped.
I was that surprised when I heard Yuto’s words.
Because
It was the first time I was toldā¦ā¦.
“ā¦ā¦ā
“Akina?ā
āOh, ā¦ā¦, I-I’m sorry.ā
I came back to myself when he called my name.
Then I told Yuto about the book.
“That book, right? I’m sorry, I haven’t read it yet.”
“I-I see. That ā¦ā¦ was very interesting, so I would like to share it with you, too, Yuto.”
āOkay. I’ll read it when I can.”
“ā¦..”
There is no basisā¦ā¦
But I don’t know whyā¦I felt like I’d probably have no chance to discuss my impressions of the book with Yuto.
ā¦ā¦No, I shouldn’t think such a sad thing.
“Oh, that’s right. Yuto kun, actually, that Ayakoji-senseiā¦ā
āMore importantly,ā¦ā¦”
H-huhā¦ā¦ just now, in the middle of a conversation ā¦ā¦
Then Yuto started talking about a game he seemed to be into recently.
He was talking about something like ā¦ā¦ where you shoot your opponent with a gun, but I had almost no knowledge of the game, so I didn’t really understand what Yuto was talking about.
After that, Yuto asked me
“Yes. Akina, do you have plans for this coming Saturday?”
āU-umm. ā¦.ā
I was puzzled because he suddenly asked me something unexpected.
I was about to reply when I was approached by a student who was standing in line at the reception desk to check out a book.
While Yuto was dealing with the student, I was returning the returned books that had somehow accumulated to the shelves.
“ā¦.ā
While I was putting the books back on the shelf, I suddenly thought of this and stopped my hand.
Is Yuto-kun really ā¦ā¦ Yuto-kun?
I had felt the same discomfort once before, but at that time I thought it was just my imagination and didn’t pay attention to it.
It’s true that I felt Yuto kun had changed recently, but I thought it was just that.
But now I am not sure if it is really so.
That’s how different Yuto was just now from the man he was before ā¦ā¦.
“No, it’s more like, now I need to stop thinking and start moving my hands ā¦ā¦.”
I decided to interrupt my unrealistic thinking and resume my work.
“I wonder if it will reachā¦”
I stretched to put the last book back on the top shelf, but I couldn’t reach it just in time.
And that’s when I realized
āDo you want me to put that book back here?ā
āUh, ā¦ā¦y-yes.ā
āOkay. Yoishottoā¦ā¦. Is that okay?”
“Yes. Thank you, Chitose-kun.”
Chitose-kun, a classmate of mine, lent me a hand.
āDon’t worry about it, Minase-san.”
Chitose-kun had a book in his hand.
It seems that he is going to borrow it from now on. ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦eh
“I’m going to go now, then.”
āAh,ā¦ā¦ Chitose-kun. Please wait a moment.”
Chitose kun was about to turn on his heel, but I couldn’t help but stop him.
there was something I really wanted to ask him.
āMinase-san? What’s wrong?ā
āUm, ā¦ā¦ Chitose-kun. That book ā¦ā¦ā
The book that Chitose-kun was holding in his hand.
It was that book that I recommended to ā¦ā¦ Yuto.
If I had not stopped him at that time, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life, I would think so later.
-Maiasa