How I, a Completely Ordinary Guy with No Special Traits, Risked My Life to Save Beautiful Twin Sisters, Only to Make Both of Them, Who Turned Out to Be Yandere, Fall Madly in Love with Me (REMAKE) - 112-113

Chapter 112: Yeah, I’m a Woman That Can Do Anything, After All

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The first day of the school festival ended without any particular incidents, and we finally moved into the second day. Today, the most troublesome event of this year’s festival—the play—was scheduled.

Since our class was up first for the day-two performances, everything had been hectic since morning. Personally, I was grateful for this order, since it meant the annoying part would be over quickly. If we had been last, it would’ve been the worst. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to eat lunch from the nerves.

Thinking about that, I sat backstage checking the script one last time after being surrounded by several girls who applied makeup to my face and dressed me up as Snow White. That was when Reona came over.

“You really do look good in that. You’re so adorable, Princess.”

“I can’t deny it, so I don’t even know how to respond to that.”

I let out a sigh in response to Reona’s full-blown teasing. For some reason, I apparently had a face that suited cross-dressing surprisingly well.

If I hadn’t been forced into a dress on a whim by those two during the shopping trip before the school trip, none of this would’ve happened. Then again, there was a chance they would’ve made me do something even more ridiculous, so maybe it was better that I only had to cross-dress for the play.

“You look really good too, Reona.”

“As a girl, being told I look good in a boy’s outfit is making me feel kind of complicated, you know.”

“You’re super popular with the other girls, and I’m honestly jealous.”

Reona, being a stylish quarter-Japanese, looked great in her male costume and had a lot of female fans—even some of our classmates were staring at her with passionate eyes. I was pretty sure she was more popular than most of the guys at school right now.

“…Oh? So Ryouya-kun is super jealous about me being popular with girls, huh?”

“Th-That didn’t have any deeper meaning, okay?”

“Really? I’m not so sure about that.”

“I swear it’s true. I swear on Mio.”

I really wished she wouldn’t pressure me right before the show—it might make me forget my lines. Just as I was thinking that, Reona suddenly smiled, her expression completely different from a moment ago, and she spoke again.

“So if you’re snarking at me like usual, I guess that means your nerves have settled a bit.”

“Oh, so that was your plan.”

“Yeah, I’m a woman that can do anything, after all.”

“As expected of Reona.”

She must’ve noticed I was nervous about the play and intentionally came over to mess with me. Thanks to her, I felt much more relaxed now. Even those icy glares from earlier—which had felt scarily real—were probably just part of her acting.

“If that hadn’t worked, I was going to have you write the kanji for ‘person’ three times on your palm and pretend to swallow it. But it looks like we won’t need to go that far.”

“If that kind of superstition really worked to calm nerves, nobody would ever have a problem.”

It was a well-known charm, so I had tried it a few times myself, but I’d never once found it helpful. If someone really did manage to relax with that trick, I’d love to meet them someday.

“Eh? I always calm down using that method. Neither Riona nor Mom nor my friends believe me though.”

“…Wait, seriously?”

I thought she was joking, but Reona didn’t look like she was lying at all. It turned out, the very person I’d wanted to meet someday was standing right in front of me all along.

“Reona, Yagami-kun, it’s almost showtime. Get ready!”

“It’s already time for the show, huh?”

“It’s our big performance with both of us in the lead roles, Ryouya-kun. Let’s give it our all and make it a success!”

“Yeah, I’ll do my best… Within reason, of course.”

Prompted by our play director Shiraishi-san, we moved to the wing of the stage. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the success of this play depended on the two leads—me as Snow White and Reona as the Prince.

Well, at this point, whatever happens, happens. 

Then, as the announcement for the start of the play rang out, all the lights in the gym went out. And so, this marked the start of our class’s play.

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Chapter 113: Don’t Worry, You’ll Understand Soon Enough

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The stage in the gymnasium lit up after being completely dark, and with a brief narration, the play began with the scene where the witch, played by Shirogane-san, questioned the mirror. At first, Shirogane-san, like me, clearly sounded like she was reading straight from the script, but she had improved tremendously compared to before. Well, that was only natural, considering Director Shiraishi, despite her gentle appearance, was incredibly strict and Spartan with us.

After a while, the stage went dark again, leading into the scene where Snow White was tricked into eating the poisoned apple by the witch. Since this would be the first time Snow White ever spoke, I had to deliver my lines with all of myself.

“Are you Snow White?”

“Obaa-san, do you need something?”

The moment I said that line in response to Shirogane-san’s, a wave of murmurs spread throughout the audience. Even though I pitched my voice a bit higher, my voice still sounded like a male’s voice. So it was no surprise the audience reacted that way—Snow White looked like a girl but clearly didn’t sound like one.

“Wait, it’s a guy!?”

“The gap between appearance and voice is unreal.”

“I could totally date him if I just ignore the voice.”

Considering I could hear these kinds of comments all the way from the stage, the audience must have been experiencing some intense cognitive dissonance. However, thanks to Shiraishi-san’s merciless acting lessons, any sense of shame had already been beaten out of me, so I played Snow White with absurd confidence. I thought I heard someone say something downright concerning, but I chose to ignore it.

And so, the play kept progressing, and before I knew it, we were at the final part. I had thought the play would feel long, but once I was actually performing, it all passed in a flash. At last, the scene where the prince kisses Snow White arrived. I, playing Snow White, lay down while Reona, playing the prince, approached me. After a few lines exchanged between the dwarfs and the prince, I was supposed to receive the awakening kiss. Of course, it was just staged—no actual kiss would happen.

“What a beautiful princess. She appears to be sleeping, but is she truly dead?”

“She ended up like this because she ate the cursed poisoned apple.”

“Perhaps my kiss can break the curse of the poisoned apple.”

After Reona finished her lines, she crouched down and slowly brought her face closer. After the kiss of awakening, there were a few more lines, and then a final narration would bring the play to an end.

At least, that’s what I was expecting.

But then something completely unexpected happened—Reona actually kissed me for real, unlike in any of our rehearsals.

“-!?”

And it wasn’t just some accidental brush of the lips from getting too close—she even made a move like she was trying to slip her tongue into my mouth. It was definitely intentional. No doubt about it. What the hell was she thinking, doing something like that in front of a huge audience?

While I was frozen in shock from her sudden move, the audience began to stir. Apparently, some people had figured out what had just happened on stage. If they were sitting in the front row, it wouldn’t be surprising if they saw everything.

Finally pulling her lips away, Reona looked inexplicably satisfied, while I was completely panicked and frozen in place. Then, with her face slightly flushed, Reona whispered in a voice only I could hear.

“Ryouya-kun, I get that you’re happy about the kiss, but if you don’t say your next line soon, the play will never end.”

“W-What was I doing…? Oh my, and who might you be?”

I finally came back to my senses and hurriedly delivered my line—but needless to say, I flubbed it terribly. If I had performed like that during rehearsal, Shiraishi-san would’ve gone full demon mode with her acting critique. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw my classmates playing the dwarfs looking just as shaken as I was. Well, Reona had suddenly gone off-script and kissed me for real, and on top of that, the kiss lasted nearly thirty seconds. Who wouldn’t be rattled?

“I am the prince of a neighboring kingdom. Snow White, please marry me.”

“Yes, with pleasure.”

After my line, the narration played, the stage went dark, and our class’s play came to an end. Normally, this would be the moment to breathe a sigh of relief—but to be honest, I was in no state for that.

“Hey, what the hell was that just now!?”

“What do you mean specifically by ‘that’?”

“Come on, I’m obviously talking about the kiss scene!”

“Oh, that? I just wanted to make it clear to everyone exactly who Ryouya-kun belongs to.”

“I don’t really get what you mean by that…”

“Don’t worry, you’ll understand soon enough.”

As she said that, Reona looked like a ferocious predator eyeing its helpless prey right before devouring it.

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