Academy SP 〜An Ex-Mercenary Reincarnated as a Mob in a Gal Game. I Ditched My Bodyguard Job to Enjoy High School Life, but When the Ultra-Rich Heroines Were About to Get Killed, I Stepped In… and Somehow Built a Harem Powerful Enough to Control Japan〜 - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

I’d already noticed from his presence, but this glasses guy had been walking right beside me the whole time.

“You’re going to the arcade, right?”

“Huh?”

“I know a really good place! Wanna go together?”

Wakita flashed a big grin.

Honestly, I’d wanted him to stick by Amagaya and support him as his best friend… but well, things would probably work out somehow.

After all, Amagaya was the protagonist.

My faith in the protagonist was rock solid.

“Alright then, let’s go.”

“Hehehe!”

After that, Wakita and I went all out at an arcade in the next town over.

It’d been a long time since I’d relaxed like this… and yeah, it was seriously fun.

“Whoa, Yuuji, you’re amazing at shooting games! You never miss!”

“Hah. This is nothing!”

I landed clean headshots on the zombies on the screen.

No smell of gunpowder.

No blood splashing back at me.

And no one actually dying—just an arcade gun.

Ahh… what a gentle world this was.

Maybe… this kind of time was what I’d been wanting all along.

〇

The Next Day—

I arrived at school and sat down in my seat.

Yesterday, my Papa and Mama from this life had celebrated my enrollment with me.

I’d eaten some really good delivery sushi, soaked in a decently large bath, and slept in a warm bed.

I still had the habit of jolting awake in the morning… but all in all, it had been a very fulfilling day.

I hoped peaceful days like this would keep going.

I casually glanced over at Shirou Amagaya’s seat.

He wasn’t there yet.

Well, maybe he was out on a date with Sara Hagoromo right now.

The reason I thought that was simple.

There was an early event involving Amagaya and Sara.

And once it happened, the distance between them closed all at once.

That event was—plain and simple—

A “lucky pervert moment.”

Below: Scenario details (vague memory)

〇〇〇

Amagaya had been chosen as Sara Hagoromo’s escort—

But then, he tripped over a small stone, lost his footing, and before he knew it, he ended up burying his face straight into Sara’s exposed cleavage—!

Amagaya: “N-Ngh…!? W-What is this soft thing…?”

In the process, he ended up grabbing Sara’s chest, which felt just like marshmallows.

Sara: “Kyaaaaaa!! That’s the worst! Disgusting! Idiot!! Pervert!!”

Tears welled up in Sara’s eyes as she hurriedly pulled her chest back.

Amagaya: “I-It wasn’t on purpose! I swear!”

He desperately tried to explain, but Sara shot him a sharp, cold glare.

Then, Wakita—who had been nearby—quickly jumped in to help.

Wakita: “No, no, Sara-san! That was totally an accident! A complete accident! Hahaha!”

Sara: “Hmph… fine. If that’s the case, I’ll forgive you—but only if you do whatever I ask next!”

After that, one thing led to another, and before anyone realized it, the distance between Amagaya and Sara had suddenly closed—

(To be continued)

〇〇〇

Yeah, right—that’s it.

I was starting to remember the scenario pretty clearly now.

Anyway, from here on, Amagaya would probably clear the Sara route on his own.

With that, the mob character Yuuji Takahashi was officially done with his role—

SLAM!!

“Y-Yuuji! This is bad!!”

Wakita came rushing into the classroom just barely before the bell rang.

I let out a deep sigh at the sight of him.

“Seriously… you’re the real problem here.”

“Hoeh?”

“If this were a battlefield, you’d already be dead. In a world where every second decides life or death, someone who can’t keep time can’t protect what matters. Burn that into your brain.”

“Now’s not the time for some drill-sergeant lecture! This is serious! Amagaya-kun—”

“Amagaya…?”

Then he said the words that sent a chill straight down my spine.

“He… he got expelled yesterday…”

“………………………………HAAA!?”

Before I realized it, I’d grabbed Wakita by the collar.

“Geh!? C-Can’t breathe!!”

“H-Hey! Expelled!? What do you mean expelled!? Why!?”

“I-I don’t know the details, but apparently Amagaya-kun did something really bad…”

“Something really bad…!?”

That serious, straight-laced protagonist—

Just what in the world could he have done…?

“…Apparently, he touched Sara-chan’s chest.”

“……………………eh?”

“Yeah, like—he tripped, went face-first into her, yelled ‘What is this soft thing!?’ and somehow ended up grabbing her chest.”

“………………………”

Inside my head, I screamed at the top of my lungs—Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

“Man, I never thought Amagaya-kun was that kind of lowlife. I’m disappointed.”

“H-Hold on! T-That was an event—no, an accident caused by tripping over a stone—”

“Huh? Come on. How do you trip in real life, crash face-first into someone’s chest, shout something weird, and grab it at the same time? He’s not some gal-game protagonist. That was totally on purpose.”

No, no, no, no!!

He is a gal-game protagonist!!

It was a lucky accident!!

A classic trope!!

He was just answering the player’s expectations!!

Don’t go all serious on a scene like that!!

“Well, anyway, it looks like Amagaya-kun’s being reported to the authorities. Yeah… doing something that outrageous to a conglomerate lady… his future’s looking pretty dark.”

Wakita—who was supposed to be Amagaya’s best friend—coolly pushed his glasses back into place.

H-Hey… wait a second… how did things end up like this…!?

—Ah!! That’s right.

Wakita wasn’t there for yesterday’s lucky accident event!!

Because he was busy having fun with me at the arcade!!

Crapppp!!

That’s why Wakita couldn’t step in and cover for him—and Amagaya ended up hitting a bad end!!

I shouldn’t have invited this guy out to play aaaahhhh!!

“So yeah, that means the Hagoromo Conglomerate faction is down to seven people now, since Amagaya-kun’s gone. Well—let’s do our best together.”

“Eh… w-wait… huh… what…!?”

It was only then that it finally hit me.

The protagonist of the gal game Academy SP had actually gotten expelled on day one—

Which meant that from here on out, no one had any idea what would happen.

A completely chaotic academy world was waiting ahead.

I mean… seriously, Amagaya, I’m really sorry.

Uh… yeah.

…Do your best out there.