After Reaching the Happy Ending, I Was Locked up by the Extremely Possessive Heroines I Had Conquered

Chapter 15.2: The Battlefield

“‘I’m going on a trip. I’ll return home soon.’ What is that?”

“No, that’s…”

“What is it?”

The second questioning.

Overwhelmed by the intensity, Toa backed away forcefully.

“For Onii-chan, home is not here. It’s the shack, right?”

“No, that’s the only thing…”

“Good children should go home now. Please return to the shack quickly.”

“It’s not time to go home yet since it’s before noon.”

“…………Anyway!”

Against my point, Mahiru pushed through forcefully with volume, then stood up sharply.

At the same time, from behind, there was a thud as Toa bumped into the door.

Mahiru took a step closer and demanded with tremendous force.

“Please return to the shack quickly!”

“It’s a typhoon, so it’s dangerous.”

“Leaving the shack is more dangerous!”

“Humans can’t win against the power of nature! See, the island broadcast said it too, right? Avoid unnecessary outings.”

On this day of all days, staying indoors was the right choice. Going out on purpose was not sane.

Mahiru seemed to realize that inwardly too, as she looked down for a moment, bit her lip, and fell silent.

But then she immediately raised her face and directed a sharp gaze at me.

“Besides, why did you leave the shack in the first place?”

Just when I thought the interrogation was over, she pressed me again.

My relaxed body tensed up in an instant.

“No, so… See, since the typhoon is coming, I thought I’d return home to prepare…”

“…I see. Then why didn’t you wake me? Why did you do something as ridiculous as leaving a note?”

“Even if you ask multiple questions at once, I can’t ans—”

“—Answer me!”

“…Yes.”

Ah, this is bad. She’s scary, so I think I’ll answer honestly.

“…No, um… because I wanted to sneak out of the shack quietly.”

“Was being confined that hateful?”

“Because you make me wear diapers.”

“…I see. …I see.”

Mahiru muttered that repeatedly, as if in repetition. At first glance, it seemed like she was staring at me intently, but upon closer look, her eyes were deep as if peering into the abyss, cloaked in darkness.

Such a gaze glanced toward my back—Toa.

“So, why didn’t Toa-san stop Onii-chan from going outside?”

“…W-Why do you think?”

Toa pretended to be calm, but the hand gripping my back trembled. She must have been terribly scared inside.

“Did Toa-san let him escape? If so, this is a big problem.”

“……………………”

“Toa-san?”

Mahiru took a step closer to the cowering Toa.

Yielding to her sharp eyes, Toa muttered sulkily.

“…Becauseee, I wanted to be alone with Senpai.”

“It seems the culprit is Toa-san. This requires holding you accountable.”

“But but, that shift was Mahiru-chan’s time, so isn’t the responsibility on Mahiru-chan too?”

“Yes. Of course. And Satori-san bears responsibility too for not noticing Onii-chan’s escape despite the surveillance cameras. In other words, joint liability.”

Joint liability? Not the fault of the Gosanke?

That’s unusual. Well, but…

“If everyone’s at fault, doesn’t it cancel out and we’re even?”

“—Onii-chan, please be quiet for a bit.”

“…Yes.”

Just one word, and she says that. Isn’t the treatment of the brother too rough?

“Besides, to begin with, it’s all Onii-chan’s fault, isn’t it? Don’t act like a bystander. Onii-chan is the main culprit.”

“…Sorry.”

Why is Toa apologizing too?

I get that Mahiru is scary.

Also, stop hiding behind my back already.

When talking to people, you should face them directly, look them in the eye—that’s manners. It’s rude otherwise.

See, because of that, Mahiru took another step closer.

“………………………………………….”

It was truly a desperate situation.

If Satori were here right now, she would stop Mahiru’s rampage…

“By the way, where’s Satori?”

She should have read the note by now and arrived home, but there were no shoes of Satori’s at the entrance.

Where on earth was she?

“Satori-san hasn’t come home yet.”

“I see. Maybe she hasn’t read the note…”

“Note? This one?”

Mahiru tilted her head and took a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket. It was the memo I left for Satori.

“Why do you have it, Mahiru?”

“It was at Satori-san’s house.”

“Mahiru, you did it again—”

“This time it’s true. It was crumpled and fallen on the floor.”

I see. Strange things do happen. The reason it was crumpled and fallen on the floor remained a mystery.

It could only be called a mystery.

Well, but it seemed certain that Satori had read the note.

“See, Senpai said it, right? That reading such a note would make us anxious.”

Toa said while pursing her lips.

“Was the content that weird?”

I took the note from Mahiru and confirmed the contents again.

“Before the sun sets, I’m returning to my family home. Come to my house because I have something to talk about. Also, it’s better to lock the house properly. Thieves might enter, and it’s dangerous. Also, since it looks like rain, I’ll borrow an umbrella.”

“…………Who the hell wrote such a ridiculous note?”

“You did, Senpai.”

It must be the Gosanke. The Gosanke are the worst after all.

However, Toa’s sullen glare was directed at me.

When I averted my gaze awkwardly, Mahiru’s face was right there, glaring at me intensely.

“Onii-chan needs to study how to write love letters a bit more.”

“It’s not a love letter.”

“And you should fix the part where you make light of your little sister’s lecture.”

“…Sorry.”

When I apologized honestly, a cute sneeze, kushun, came.

The source of the sneeze was Mahiru. She must have caught a chill from getting wet in the rain.

“Why don’t you take a bath?”

“…Yes. I will.”

“If you catch a cold, it’ll be serious. After the bath, make sure to drink something warm.”

“I know. For now, Onii-chan, please wait in the living room. We’ll talk in detail after I get out of the bath.”

“…In detail?”

The phrasing was a bit concerning, but it seemed I finally got permission to stay. I had thought she would forcibly drag me back to the shack, so I was grateful.

With this, I could finally say that the confinement life had truly ended.

I sincerely hoped so.