I, Who Was Reincarnated as an Evil Character With Cheat-Level Stats in an Eroge, Will Live Freely in This Life
โNanashima Tsubasa (side)
โHuhโฆโ
I stayed up late and woke up at 4:00 p.m.
Yesterday, I played an FPS game with five people, and it was really fun.
After all, if you’re going to play FPS, you need a full party.
Thinking about that, I went to the living room and found Kana lying on the sofa, playing with her smartphone.
Kana is cute no matter when I see her.
I can’t even count how many times my friends have envied me for living with her.
Even though Kana is so cute, she seems to have a lot of friends, but there’s never been any hint of a boyfriend. Yet she does chores for me and takes care of me.
I’m not sure exactly how Kana feels, but at least I know she likes me more than any other guy.
Luckily, Kana is my step-sister, so we’re not related by blood.
If there’s no blood relation, then even if we’re family, marriage is possible.
Kana probably doesn’t dislike me either, so I hope that someday we can become lovers instead of siblings.
My father and stepmother would probably be happy tooโฆ
Besides, I have two childhood friends who are just as cute as Kana.
They are Suzukaze Miku and Hiiragi Saki.
They’re incredibly popular. They’ve been confessed to dozens of times by classmates and seniorsโฆ I’m nervous about it, but they’ve turned everyone down. Some of the people who confessed were good-looking or rich, too.
Not only that, but they don’t even try to be friends with other guys besides me, yet they chat with me happily.
Seeing them like that, I wonder if they might feel the same way about meโฆ but I can’t be sure.
Of course, I want to be lovers someday, but when I think about the risk of failure, I can’t help but hesitate.
Right now, if I have to take that risk, it’s definitely better to keep things as they are.
Also, when people ask me if I’m dating anyone, I give a vague answer, but then some people misunderstand, and their reactions make me feel pretty good.
I’m too scared to lie and say we’re definitely dating, but it’s not a big deal, right? It’s just that the other person is misunderstanding.
โGood morning, Kana.โ
โOh, good morning, onii san. You finally woke up.โ
โHmm, is there any food?โ
โThere’s a bento box. Do you want it?โ
โHmm, sure.โ
โSureโฆ but it’s just heating up, so you can do it yourself, right?โ
Usually, she would do it without saying anything, but today’s response surprised me.
Come to think of it, Kana has been spending more time happily playing with her smartphone lately. What on earth is she doing?
I thought so and tried to peek at Kana’s smartphoneโฆ
โHey!! Don’t look at my smartphone, nii san!!!โ
Saying that, Kana jumped up from the sofa and hid her smartphone.
In the end, I couldn’t see the screen of her smartphone, but was it something to get so angry about?
I thought so and felt a little irritated.
โIs it something to get so angry about? Were you looking at something you shouldn’t have been?โ
โNo, I wasn’t. I was just chatting with my friends on LINE.โ
Just then, Kana’s smartphone rang.
โI’ll just take this call.โ
โOkay.โ
While Kana was on the phone, I warmed up some food.
โUghโฆ I’m still sleepy.โ
I did manage to sleep a little, but I’m still sleepyโฆ
ใ
โMaybe I’ll eat this and then go back to sleep?โ
Tomorrow is school, but if I go back to sleep now, I’ll probably wake up at night, so it would be easier to adjust if I just went to school without sleeping.
Thinking about such things, I took my lunch box to the table and started eating, butโฆ
(Bang!)
Kana burst through the door.
โNii san!!!!โ
โCoughโฆ What is it? Could you call me a little more quietlyโฆโ
โThis isn’t the time for that!! You had an appointment today, didn’t you!!??โ
โHuh? An appointment?โ
โAre you kidding? Did you really forget!!??โ
An appointmentโฆ An appointmentโฆ An appointment?
Yesterday, I was so excited about the game that I didn’t think about anything elseโฆ An appointment.
Oh! That’s right, I talked about going to see a movie with Saki!
โโฆDid you finally remember?โ
โYeahโฆโ
โWhat time was the appointment?โ
โOne o’clockโฆโ
โWhat time is it now?โ
โFour o’clockโฆโ
What’s more, it was my idea to go see the movie today.
I wanted to see an anime movie, but Seiya said he wouldn’t go because it was outside his area of expertise, so I gave up and invited Saki, Kana, and Miku instead.
But in the end, Miku and Kana said they didn’t watch anime at all, so they wouldn’t be able to give their opinions even if they went, so they said they wouldn’t go.
The only one who said she would go was Saki.
It was just a movie that I was a little interested in, so it was completely overshadowed by yesterday’s gameโฆ
โIf I go nowโฆโ
Before I could ask if I could make it in time, she interrupted me.
โYou won’t make it. It wasn’t Saki nee who called me, it was Miku nee.โ
โWhy Miku?โ
โApparently, they happened to meet a little before the call came inโฆ Miku nee was out shopping with her family and she was waiting for her near the movie theater. It seems that Saki nee couldn’t charge her phone before going to bed, so she sent a message to nii san and then her phone diedโฆ She stayed there because she didn’t want to run into him on her way home. And now they’re going out together.โ
Damn itโฆ I should have made the meeting place closer to home.
My plan was to meet up after playing coin games near the movie theater in the morning.
Huh? But if Miku is there, maybe I don’t need to go?
I didn’t buy tickets for the movie theater in advance, so it won’t be a waste.
Then there’s no need to rush.
โIs that so? Then that’s good. It seems like I don’t need to go after all. I’ll apologize later.โ
โDo you really think so?โ
โYeah, why?โ
โCheck your phone notificationsโฆโ
When she said that, I looked at my phone, which I had brought with me to play with while eating.
There were two calls and eight messages from Saki. Moreover, I hadn’t noticed them yesterday because I was concentrating on the game, but it seemed that there had been two messages from her last night as well.
In addition, there were five consecutive calls from Miku just before I woke up.
โThere have been so many callsโฆโ
โDon’t you feel anything when you see that?โ
No, I feel bad about it, but I can’t respond to calls that come while I’m sleepingโฆ Last night, I was hanging out with other people, so it wasn’t on purposeโฆ
Besides, I’ll apologize later and it’ll be fine.
If it had been Miku, it would have been really bad, but Saki is very kind to me, and we’ve never even had an argument before.
Actually, Miku can be a bit naggy, so that part is pretty troublesome.
When I think about it, Saki basically helps me with everything, so she’s really a big help.
โNii san you don’t think Saki nee will forgive you, do you?โ
โโฆHow did you know?โ
When I replied like that, she sighed.
โHaaa.. Well, never mind. Just make sure to apologize properly later, okay?โ
โI knowโฆ I know I was wrong too.โ
โYeah, yeah.โ
And with that, Kana left.
โIf Saki was angry, I’d understand, but why is Kana angry?โ
She would forgive me, but I don’t understand why Kana, who isn’t involved, is angry.
Well, no matter what, Miku, Kana, and Saki have been together for nearly ten years, so I’m sure they’ll forgive me soon.
I panicked for a moment, but then I calmed down.
I thought about that as I ate dinner and sent Saki an apology message.
Maiban
Another Insensitive Protagonist.