I, Who Was Reincarnated as an Evil Character With Cheat-Level Stats in an Eroge, Will Live Freely in This Life
โSuzukaze Miku (side)
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Saki, Kana, and I are having a study session at my house, but what is going on here?
Saki naturally feels this sense of unease as well, and she and I exchange glances.
Kana, who usually hates studying, is concentrating on her work today without us saying anything.
When asked, Saki and I teach her, but other than that, neither of us talks and we just study, which is not how it usually is.
Usually, when Kana’s concentration wanes, we take a short break and then resume, or we encourage her to keep studying.
Also, Kana is rarely quiet while studying. She usually says things like, โI don’t get it,โ or โThis is hard,โ or mumbles to herself.
For Kana to concentrate silently for two hours since the study session began is, to be honest, abnormal for me and Saki.
I was a little worried, so I touched Kana’s forehead.
โWhat’s wrong, Miku-nee?โ
โNothingโฆโ
โI’m glad to hear that.โ
Kana said only that and returned her eyes to the printout.
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Seeing Kana like that, I took out my smartphone and sent a message to Saki.
โWhat’s really going on here?โ
โI don’t know. I’m really surprised too.โ
โYeah. By the way, she didn’t seem to have a fever.โ
โReally? What’s going on with her? It’s good that she’s concentrating on her studies, but it’s a little worrying, isn’t it?โ
In fact, Saki and I were so shocked by Kana’s unusual behavior that we couldn’t concentrate on our studies either.
โYeahโฆโ
โWe can’t concentrate either, so maybe we should just ask her directly? We want to help her if we can.โ
โLet’s do that. I’ll ask her.โ
โOkay. Please do, Miku-chan.โ
After finishing that conversation with Saki, I put down my phone and immediately approached Kana.
โKana?โ
โHuh? What’s wrong, Miku-nee?โ
โI’ll be blunt, but did something happen?โ
When I asked her that, Kana blushed and started fidgeting.
โN-n-nothing happened??? What’s wrong all of a sudden???โ
Seeing Kana’s flustered state, it was obvious that something had happened. It was too obvious.
โAre you sure?โ
โKana-chan? If you have any worries, you can talk to us about them.โ
โI’m fine! Really!โ
โThen why are you concentrating so hard on your studies? I’m not making fun of you, but you don’t usually concentrate this hard. You’d talk more, too.โ
When I said that, Saki nodded in agreement.
As for Kana, she was still blushing and flustered.
After about 30 seconds of silence between me and Saki, Kana said in a small voice.
โโฆI guess I should tell you twoโฆโ
โSo something did happen?โ
โIs that right, Kana-chan?โ
When we said that, Kana nodded slightly and said.
โI like Seito-senpaiโฆโ
“โโฆโ”
Saki and I were speechless at her words.
The reason we were speechless was not because we were surprised to hear that Kana liked Kisaragi. No, of course we were surprised to hear those words come out of Kana’s mouth, but Saki and I had somehow known that Kana liked Kisaragi, so we weren’t too surprised about that.
To be honest, since we had always been together since we were little, there was no way I couldn’t notice that something was clearly different when Kana talked about Kisaragi or followed him with her eyes.
Those eyes were in loveโฆ That’s how it seemed to me.
I hadn’t discussed it with Saki, but I think she probably felt the same way.
Kana had always been unable to hide anything from me and Saki.
The reason I didn’t say anything was simply because I didn’t know how to respond.
Then Saki said,
โIs that really true, Kana-chan?โ
โYesโฆโ
โSo that’s how it isโฆโ
โSo that’s how it wasโฆโ
We’ve hardly ever talked about love among ourselvesโฆ no, I should say we’ve never talked about it at all.
The only thing I remember is that when I was in the second year of junior high school, Kana asked me if I had ever been in love.
At that time, as I told Kisaragi, it had been less than a year since that incident happened.
I don’t remember exactly what I said, but I think I was quite negative about love.
To be honest, I didn’t want to think about love at that time. I wasn’t interested in boys, and I really didn’t care. I felt that much aversion toward it.
The only person I had any connection with, Tsubasa, wasn’t an object of love eitherโhe was just a childhood friend. It was only because we’d been together since childhood that I didn’t feel any aversion toward him; it wasn’t something that could be called love.
We were close as families, and he was just Kana’s stepbrother and a childhood friend.
Well, maybe the fact that Kana and Tsubasa’s mothers had asked me to take care of them was a big reason too.
And this is what I remember: I was trying to tell her that love was pointless, so that pure Kana wouldn’t fall for some strange man.
I remember thinking about that as I spoke.
When I was thinking about such things, Kana spoke up.
โWhat do you two think?โ
โ”Huh?โ”
At Kana’s question, Saki and I both let out such a pathetic sound together.
โWhat do you think?โ
โSince it’s the two of you, I think you’d be really worried if I found someone I likedโฆโ
That’s definitely true, butโฆ
โI think Kisaragi would be fine.โ
โYeah, I think so too.โ
โWhat? Really?โ
I was a little surprised that Saki thought so, but there are various reasons why I think so.
Kisaragi saved me. Both physically and emotionally. Since then, I have completely accepted Kisaragi.
From my perspective, he is reliable and completely different from other men.
In fact, since that incident, we have been in frequent contact.
I don’t really understand Kisaragi, but he often worries about me, and actually, I don’t mind that.
Well, I know it’s because I never relied on anyone, but because of that, I rarely had anyone to worry about meโฆ
Now that I’ve been able to move forward in many ways, I’m happy when people worry about me, or rather, it makes me feel a little embarrassed, and in that sense, I feel more at ease.
I also think that Kisaragi Seito is similar to Kana.
When I’m with him, I naturally feel calm and warmโฆ I feel like he’s that kind of person.
I also quite like talking with Kisaragi.
And this is the most important reason.
It’s because Kana talks about Kisaragi with such a big smile on her face.
To be honest, that alone is enough to make me think Kisaragi is no good! It’s so hard to say thatโฆ There’s no way I could deny Kana when she talks so happily.
Considering all of that, I think Kisaragi can make Kana happy. That’s what I think.
Come to think of it, this is a good opportunity and a good timingโฆ
I can talk about why I think Kisaragi is a good guy.
โThe reason isโฆ This is a good opportunity for the two of you, so I have a lot to talk about. Would you listen to me?โ
โYes.โ
โOf course, it’s okay.โ
โActually, Iโฆโ
Then I told them about my past, which I hadn’t been able to tell them, and how Kisaragi had helped me and changed my way of thinking.
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When I finished talking, they both started crying softly.
โI’m sorry, Miku-chanโฆโ
โI’m sorryโฆโ
โWhy are you apologizing?โ
โB-but, I didn’t know anythingโฆโ
Saki said that, and Kana cried even more and couldn’t speak.
But I understood what they wanted to say.
I think they wanted to say, โI’m sorry I couldn’t help you when you were suffering because I didn’t know anything.โ
But that apology is unjustified. It’s my fault for not confiding in them, and it’s my fault for hiding it because I was convinced of it myself.
โThere’s no reason to apologizeโฆ As I said earlier, I’ve already moved on and cut ties with that past.โ
โSniffโฆ Miku-chanโฆโ
โWaaaaaah!โ
When I said that, the two of them hugged me and continued crying for a while.
(I really have such good friendsโฆ) I murmured that to myself, but I was about to cry along with them.
Maiban