Enchanted by the Power of the Evil Eye ~The Harem School Life Crafted by a Girl Falling Under My Hypnosis~

Chapter 25: From Despair to a Chance!

“Why… I was just trying to protect Yuna… I’ve always had to protect her…”

Utashiro-san, unable to accept the words her best friend threw at her, was panicking.

“Yeah, you’ve always protected me, right? I was so happy. I thought we were best friends, that this was true friendship… but I guess I was wrong?”

Yuna mumbled disappointedly, twirling her long, beautiful hair with her finger.

“Huh?”

Utashiro-san froze, sweat beading on her forehead.

“Utashiro-san liked Yuna as more than a friend, as a woman, right?”

Exposed by me, Utashiro-san trembled and glared at me.

“Kageyama… You…”

Yes, that’s the look, Utashiro-san. That glare makes breaking you all the more meaningful.

Ahh, so good… It’s thrilling…

I was getting excited, my thing swelling up.

“I was shocked when Mamoru told me… It wasn’t friendship…”

Utashiro-san hurriedly looked at Yuna.

“N-No, that’s not true! I saw Yuna purely as my best friend… N-No—?! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! W-What’s happening?! My head’s splitting, it’s gonna break—?!”

Trying to explain herself, Utashiro-san suddenly shook her head violently, crying out in pain.

The suggestion I planted—“Answer our questions honestly, or you’ll feel intense headaches”—had kicked in.

I could’ve just made it so she couldn’t lie, but this would be more useful later.

“It hurts, it hurts, gyaa! W-Why?! No, s-stop, it hurts, it hurts… No… Stop!”

Unable to move her body or hold her head, she spat and pleaded in agony… A beautiful girl writhing in pain is quite a sight…

I felt a tiny bit sorry for her… but my neck still hurts from when she choked me.

I rubbed my neck, recalling how Utashiro-san had strangled me in the park.

“Asuka-chan, answer our questions honestly, and the headache will stop, okay?”

Yuna spoke cheerfully to her suffering best friend.

“Agya, gaa, gaa, it hurts… I-I’m looking at Yuna… a-as a woman… Ha, ha, ha…”

Answering honestly, Utashiro-san was freed from the headache.

“Ha… Haa… Ahh? Haan? Ah, ahn, hafu, ahh…”

Utashiro-san’s eyes grew dreamy, her face slightly flushed.

I’d also planted a suggestion that answering our questions honestly would make her “feel happy and more sensitive.”

Utashiro-san would gradually lose her ability to think as waves of euphoria and pleasure hit her.

“Asuka-chan, does it feel good?”

Yuna watched Utashiro-san with a grin, clearly enjoying herself.

“Haa… Haa, haan… Ahh… Yeah… It feels good… So good… Haha…”

Utashiro-san nodded, though she didn’t seem to fully grasp what was happening to her.

She stared at Yuna with dreamy eyes.

“So, all the times you helped me or were kind to me weren’t out of friendship… but because you had ulterior motives? I’m disappointed… I thought you were my best friend… Sigh.”

Utashiro-san snapped out of her daze.

“…?! N-No, I thought of you as a friend… my best friend…?! Gyaaa! It hurts, it hurts, no, no, no, no, it hurts, it hurts… I-I did… have ulterior motives… I looked at Yuna… as a woman… Haa, ahh, haan… Yaa, haan… Aha, aha, haha…”

Well, it’s not entirely a lie, but since she did have some ulterior motives, the headache kicked in, huh?

After the intense headache, Utashiro-san, overwhelmed by euphoria and pleasure again, seemed to lose herself and started laughing.

Pretty harsh… It’s fun to watch, though.

Yuna was covering her mouth, trembling… Maybe seeing her best friend lose it was too much…

Feeling a bit sorry for her, I leaned in to check on Yuna.

(Woah?! She’s laughing…)

Yuna was desperately trying to stifle her laughter… Scary!

“Haa, ahh, ahaan… Nn…”

‘Pan!’

I clapped my hands in front of Utashiro-san’s face.

Utashiro-san’s body jolted, and she blinked several times.

“W-What… Just now… No, nooo—!”

Utashiro-san was forcibly brought back to her senses, fully aware of everything.

“N-No, Yuna… This is, um, ahh, no…”

If she denies what just happened, the intense pain will return. Remembering that, she seems to be at a loss for words, unable to take it back.

Her thoughts are in chaos, unable to do anything.

“I’m glad I got to hear your true feelings, Asuka-chan. Well, goodbye.”

Yuna stood up smoothly and turned her back on Utashiro-san.

A pleasant fragrance wafted through the air.

“Huh, w-why, why?”

The usual cool, beautiful girl was gone. All that remained was a female trembling with fear of being hated by the one she loved.

“I said, it’s because you did something bad to my boyfriend. See ya, Utashiro-san.”

“No… No, noo, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry… Don’t go…”

Utashiro-san pleaded frantically, like she’d lost her mind. Yuna glanced at her and winked at me.

My turn. Time to extend a lifeline to Utashiro-san.

“Wait, Yuna. I don’t really like the idea of you two parting like this. Yuna, you prioritized me, but you still think of Utashiro-san as a friend, right?”

Utashiro-san looked at me in shock, her eyes clinging to a shred of hope.

“That’s true, but… that person did something awful to you, Mamoru.”

Yuna pointed at Utashiro-san.

Utashiro-san was stunned, called “that person” by her best friend… her beloved.

“That’s why I’m not that mad, you know? Just a little. So, if she does what I ask, I’ll happily forgive her. That’s okay with you, right, Yuna?”

Utashiro-san looked at Yuna, her trembling causing her teeth to chatter.

“Well, if Mamoru forgives her, I’m fine with it… I do like Asuka-chan…”

Yuna fidgeted shyly, but a faint smirk played on her face.

“Kageyama…”

Utashiro-san seemed to find hope in being called by name and hearing Yuna say she liked her.

“No honorifics, huh… Maybe I should rethink this?”

Of course, I’ll bring her down again. I said it as coldly as I could.