I, Who Was Reincarnated as an Evil Character With Cheat-Level Stats in an Eroge, Will Live Freely in This Life
(Kiiin-kooon-kaaan-kooon)
The bell rang, signaling the end of school.
After school, some students talked about going somewhere to play with their friends, while others hurried to their club activities.
This familiar scene… it really feels like youth.
I never thought I would see this scene again… Well, no one could have imagined that they would be reincarnated.
And Nanashima and the heroines also left the classroom.
(I guess I’ll go home too…)
I muttered to myself and left the classroom.
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I walked outside while thinking.
“I’ve gotten used to this world already…”
At first, I felt a little uncomfortable, but now that some time has passed, I’ve gotten used to it.
If I’m just living a normal life, there’s not much difference from my previous life on Earth, so maybe it’s natural.
When I first reincarnated, I wondered why I had reincarnated, but now I’ve stopped thinking about it.
There’s no point in thinking about things I can’t understand.
“Maybe it’s because I have such a straightforward personality.”
If my personality weren’t like this, I probably would have been more confused by the current situation and wouldn’t have been able to live a normal life.
Well, that’s what I’m thinking now… but actually, there’s a little problem.
Why is this happening? I was a little confused about my current situation.
Because… for some reason, there was a girl following me…
And that girl was… Nanashima.
It had been about 10 minutes since I left school.
I noticed it about 5 minutes ago, but she had probably been following me since school.
Her house is in the opposite direction from mine, so she must have business with me, but… should I talk to her first?
By the way, to confirm that she was following me, I turned around at every corner and walked around in a circle, so there’s no doubt that she’s following me.
“Um…”
As I stood there thinking about such things, someone spoke to me, so I turned around and, as expected, it was Kana.
So she did have something to say to me… I thought to myself as I replied.
“Um… you’re the girl from the other day, right?”
Of course, I knew her name and roughly knew what kind of person she was, but I thought it would surprise her if I suddenly called her by her name, so I replied like that. Besides, it would be scary if she knew my name.
“Yes, that’s right…”
Unlike the other day, Kana didn’t seem scared.
“So, what’s up?”
“Um… Thank you for the other day.”
“No, you don’t have to thank me… I mean, I already heard it before, so it’s okay. I didn’t do anything special.”
“I-I see… But I’m really grateful.”
“Well, you’re safe, so that’s fine. You don’t need to thank me any further.”
Maybe she was following me because she wanted to thank me?
There’s no need for that, but she’s a polite girl after all.
What should I do now? Kana seemed a little uncomfortable and remained silent…
As I was thinking about what to do next, Kana spoke first.
“Um… I want to know more about you, senpai!”
Kana’s face looked both embarrassed and excited.
“Huh?”
I couldn’t help but respond with that surprised reaction.
What is she suddenly talking about?
“Is that okay?”
“No… You know what kind of person I am from the rumors, right? Is it okay for you to get close to me anyway?”
“I’ve heard the rumors. But I have my own thoughts, so it’s okay!”
What I’m saying is, even if something happens when you get close to me, it’s okay… but of course, I don’t intend to do anything.
If she knows the rumors, even if she’s been saved, I can’t help but feel that she lacks a sense of danger.
At the same time, I thought, given her personality, she probably won’t change her mind.
If I yelled at her and told her to stay away, she might go home, but there’s no reason to do that at the moment.
It’s certain that it would be troublesome if Nanashima, the main character, found out.
“Well, then… shall we go into that shop for now?”
I pointed to a fashionable café that happened to be nearby.
After all, we couldn’t just stand here and talk.
“Is that okay?”
“For a little while, sure.”
“Thank you!”
Kana said that with a very happy expression.
Well, I couldn’t refuse when she looked at me like that…
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“So, what do you want to know?”
“Exactly what I said! I want to know about you, senpai. What kind of person you are… If you’re like the rumors say, I don’t think you’d help me…”
Indeed, if I were the same person I was before my reincarnation, I definitely wouldn’t help her for free.
Instead of helping, I’d either demand something in return or simply abandon her. That’s the kind of person I am. I don’t do anything that doesn’t benefit me.
“Well… yeah. To be honest, the rumors themselves aren’t entirely false. That said, I don’t know all the rumors that are circulating, and some of them are probably exaggerated…”
“I see…”
Kana said that with a slightly sad expression after hearing my words.
She was probably shocked to hear that the rumors about me weren’t lies.
Well, it’s easy to say it’s a lie, but I don’t want to tell such a lie. If I’m going to build relationships with other people besides Kana in the future, I want to face them properly.
Even if it wasn’t something I did, it was something that Kisaragi Seito did, so it’s not a good idea to lie about the past.
“I’m sorry. Are you disappointed?”
“To be honest, maybe…”
It’s only natural, given how turbulent my past was.
I didn’t really want to be friends with Kana, so it’s fine, but she was the first person other than my teacher to talk to me since I came to this world, so I was honestly happy.
The rumors about me seem to have a stronger hold than I thought…
“That’s why it might be better for you to stop associating with me. Just by being with me, people might say bad things about you too.”
This is what I really think.
If she gets along with me, who has a bad reputation, it’s not hard to imagine that people around her will look at her with suspicion. If she doesn’t want that, it’s better for her not to associate with me.
“I’m Nanashima Kana.”
“Huh?”
“I said, I’m Nanashima Kana, not you!:
“Oh, no, I heard that, but what’s going on all of a sudden?”
“From now on, please call me by my name, not ‘you’! Other people have nothing to do with it. I do what I want to do… On the contrary, I basically don’t do what I don’t want to do. That’s how I’ve lived my life. Well, because of that, I never study, so Miku nee is always scolding me though.”
Kana said this with a smile, trying to lighten the mood.
“Um… just to be sure, does that mean you’re willing to associate with me even if others think badly of you?”
“Well, that’s basically it. For now, I just want to be friends. I said I was disappointed, but honestly, I don’t really care.”
“You’re such a weirdo…”
“Hehe, I hear that a lot.”
In this world where I have no family, acquaintances, or friends… Even though I think I’m fine on my own, it makes me very happy when someone says something like that to me.
I hadn’t decided not to get involved with her in the first place, and if she wants to be friends with me, there’s no reason to refuse, even though I do have some concerns.
“Well, if that’s the case, I look forward to getting to know you, Nanashima.”
“Yes! I look forward to it, Kisaragi-senpai! Oh, and please call me Kana. If you call me Nanashima, you won’t be able to tell me apart from my step brother! Oh! My brother is Nanashima Tsubasa, a boy in the same class as Seito-senpai.”
“Tell you apart… I’ve never had anything to do with Nanashima’s brother, and even if it’s just a surname, I don’t think I’ll call him by his first name, so I think it’ll be fine.”
“No, please call me Kana! That’s what I want!”
Kana replied to my response with a bit of force.
“…Alright. Then I’ll do that. Kana.”
“Yes! Nice to meet you!!!”
Maiban