I, Who Was Reincarnated as an Evil Character With Cheat-Level Stats in an Eroge, Will Live Freely in This Life
●Nanashima Kana (side)
“I see… That’s what happened…”
“Yes, first of all, I’m glad Kana is safe.”
“That’s true…”
“Yes. That’s why I’m really grateful to Seito-senpai.”
The two listened with concern, but were relieved to hear that I had been rescued.
“So, you wanted to tell us about it?”
“Yes. I didn’t want to keep it a secret from you two…”
“I see… Well, I guess it’s okay. If Kana decided that, then maybe he’s not a bad person.”
“That’s true… I’m a little worried, but I don’t think it’s a situation where we can say it’s definitely bad. But if anything happens, you have to tell us, okay? Even if it’s something small.”
“Right. If Kisaragi does anything, I’ll take care of it, but even if Kana is saved, you can’t completely trust him, okay?”
The two of them still looked a little worried, but they didn’t deny it.
But handling it… I’m happy, but it’s a little scary, Miku-nee.
“That’s not all you want to say, is it?”
“Yes. Actually, it’s about my brother, but do you think it’s okay to tell him?”
““No (I don’t think so).””
The two of them answered at the same time.
“I knew it…”
“Tsubasa has always said that he hates delinquents, so if we tell him, he’ll definitely get angry.”
“Besides, Tsubasa seems to particularly dislike Kisaragi… Sometimes I think he goes too far…”
That’s right. My brother hates delinquents, and he often says bad things about Kisaragi-senpai in particular.
By “going too far,” I mean saying things like, “He’s a real nuisance,” or “He must not have had a good education.” In the worst cases, he would say even more extreme things.
When we heard him say something like that, we tried to stop him.
If the person who was hurt said it, that’s one thing, but someone who only knows rumors has no right to say such things…
“Then, I guess it’s better to keep it a secret from my brother…”
“Yeah. At least for now.”
“Yeah. According to Kana-chan, he’s trying to live a normal life from now on, so maybe we can talk about it someday.”
“Okay! Let’s do that!”
“Just to be sure, you don’t have feelings for Kisaragi, right?”
“Miku-chan! That’s too sudden!”
I was a little flustered when I heard that.
If I had to answer that question, I would say that I don’t know.
We haven’t talked enough for me to say that I like him, and I don’t even understand my own feelings of liking someone.
Seito-senpai certainly gives me a different feeling than other boys, but I still want to find out if that’s love… We’ve only just met…
“Right now, I think I want to be friends with him.”
“I see… That’s good.”
“This is sudden, but I’m going to the bathroom.”
“Go ahead, Kana-chan.”
Having asked what I wanted to ask, I suddenly felt the urge to go to the bathroom after drinking my café au lait and feeling relieved, so I said that and headed there.
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While Kana was in the bathroom, Miku and Saki were talking.
“Kisaragi-kun… I wonder if it’s okay, Kana-chan.”
“Saki is just a worrier… If Kana feels that he’s a good person, then I’m sure it’s okay. Kana has always been good at judging people, right?”
“That’s true… But Miku-chan, you’re worried too, aren’t you?”
“…Yes. Saki and I think of her as our little sister… But Saki said it too. Kisaragi is not what the rumors say.”
“That’s just my impression. I’ve never actually talked to him, so I can’t know for sure…”
“That’s true. But we’re here, so I’m sure she’ll be fine. We see Kana almost every day, so we’ll notice right away if anything’s wrong.”
“That’s true… Kana said she doesn’t want to keep secrets, but she’s not the type to keep secrets anyway.”
“Well, even if that’s not the case, we’ve been together for almost ten years, so we’ll notice right away. But I think it’s a good idea for us to keep an eye on her just in case. Besides, it seems like she wasn’t lying when she said she wanted to be friends.”
“She doesn’t seem to be lying, but I feel like she’s different with other boys…”
“There’s no point in us speculating about that. If she did fall in love, I would have checked with Kisaragi, but if that’s not the case, all we can do is watch over her for now, so let’s keep an eye on Kisaragi as well.”
“That’s true…”
The two of them were a little uneasy, but they decided to respect Kana’s wishes and watch over her so that they could help her if necessary.
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――Then we went home.
Our houses are all close to each other, within a 100-meter radius.
“By the way, Kana-chan? You don’t usually take so long to choose clothes, so why were you so serious today?”
“It was certainly a long time.”
…I can’t say that I came to buy clothes to go out with Seito-senpai.
I usually don’t care what other people think, so I just wore whatever…
“There’s a friend in my class who likes fashion, so I just got interested too.”
“Is that so? Well, Kana-chan has always had good fashion sense anyway.”
“Yeah, Kana looks cute no matter what she wears, so I don’t think she needs to worry about it that much.”
“If you’re going to say that, then the two of you are the same… In fact, the two of you are even more…”
While we were talking about that, my brother spoke to us from behind.
“Hey! Are you three heading home?”
“Oh, onii san. Yeah, we’re on our way back from shopping.”
“What did you buy with all those bags?”
“Tsubasa, we went shopping for clothes today. So most of this is clothes.”
“Again? Kana still has plenty of clothes she can wear, so isn’t that a waste? It’s just wasting money.”
Even if you say “again,” the last time we bought clothes was about a year ago, so it’s not really “again”…
I don’t think spending money on games is a bad thing at all, but when he says that, I can’t help but think that my brother, who spends a lot of money at the arcade, is…
“It’s not a waste of money, Tsubasa. Clothes are important to girls.”
“Well, if Saki says so, maybe she’s right?”
“What are you doing, Tsubasa?”
“I’m just going out to buy some stuff.”
“Buying stuff?”
“Yeah. Tomorrow’s Sunday, so we’re all going to play online games late into the night.”
“Speaking of which, onii san mentioned something like that this morning.”
“Exactly. Well, I’ve got to go. I’m running out of time!!”
“Don’t overdo it, okay?”
“Good luck!”
“Yeah, see you!”
With that, my brother ran off.
“My brother really lacks tact…”
“…I can’t deny that.”
“Well, it’s not like this is something new.”
The two of them agreed with me, but I thought to myself,
Maybe the two of them like my brother
This is a story from when the two of them were in the second year of junior high school.
One of my friends was excited about getting her first boyfriend, and I was curious about love at the time.
Without thinking, I asked the two of them,
“Have you ever been in love?”
What happened next was very surprising.
Saki blushed bright red and denied it.
She was really nervous and probably tried to cover it up.
Miku, on the other hand, usually speaks her mind clearly, but at that time, she thought about it for a while and became talkative. She said things like, “If I had time for love, I’d study instead. I’m not interested in boys, so there’s no way I’d fall in love.”
Both of them concluded that they didn’t have anyone they liked, but I think that was just them being shy.
And from that day on, I stopped talking to them about love. We couldn’t have a normal conversation anyway…
If they ask for advice, I’ll try to help, but all I can do now is cheer them on… Yeah. Good luck.
Maiban