I Came to a World Where the Concept of Chastity is Reversed, so I Tried to Change my Job to a Playboy, but the Interference is Intense. Please Help me. - Chapter 17: "Let's... talk?"

Chapter 17: “Let’s… talk?”

When I opened my eyes, I was still in my room.

I had collapsed there and was sitting on the floor.

“Yuki!? Yuki!? Are you okay!?”

“Onii-chan!?”

Both of them looked at me with faces about to cry.

“…Ah, I’m fine now.”

I stood up unsteadily and sat on my bed.

Umi and Shigure sat next to me, snuggling close.

“Right… the will…”

I looked at the opened letter.

“‘Take care of Mother, Umi, and Shigure,’ huh… I see…”

He didn’t trust them, yet he still worried about them at the end of his life…

“Yuki…?”

“Onii-chan…?”

“Haah…”

“Did you remember something?”

“……”

“Onii-chan?”

“Yeah… I have something I need to tell you two, something I must convey.”

“…Does it have to do with that letter?”

“Yeah…”

As I answered, Umi hugged me tightly from the side. She was looking at me with large tears streaming down her face.

“No! Don’t die! Don’t die! Why!? We were finally starting to get along!”

“Umi!?”

“It would have been better if you never got your memory back! I liked the kind Onii-chan without his memory!”

“Calm down.”

“I don’t want you to dieeee aaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaa!”

She’s bawling her eyes out. This is nothing compared to when she cried in the hospital. I hurriedly hugged Umi.

“It’s okay! It’s okay!”

“Aaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa!”

I can’t tell her anything like this…

To calm Umi down, I patted her head.

With this much crying, there’s no way our mother wouldn’t notice…

“Umi!! What’s wrong!?”

Our mother entered the room as if to break down the door.

“Onii-chan’s going to diiiiie aaaaaa aaaaaaaa!”

“He’s not going to die! He’s not going to die!”

“See, Umi? Yuki says he’s not going to die, so calm down, okay?”

Shigure hugged Umi from behind as she spoke.

“…We should wait until Umi calms down… I’ll go get some drinks.”

“Ah, thanks, Mom.”

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After some time, Umi finally calmed down.

“…Sniff… Onii-chan won’t die…?”

“Yeah, I won’t die.”

“…You’ll stay with me forever?… Sniff.”

“Yeah, I’ll be by your side.”

“Sniff…”

“So, Yuki, what happened?”

“Ah… I wanted to tell you, Mom, you too, so this is perfect.”

“It has to do with this, right?”

She said as she looked at Yuki’s will.

“Yeah, there’s something I need you three to hear. It’s a ridiculous story, but it’s the truth, so please listen.”

Then, I told them about myself and the conversation I had with Yuki from this world.

“……”

“So, I’m Yuki, but I’m not your Yuki. I’m sorry for not telling you sooner…”

I was filled with guilt and bowed my head.

“Lift your head, Yuki.”

At my mother’s words, I lifted my head.

She looked like she was about to cry.

“…Yuki is… Yuki is no longer here, huh…”

“Yeah… I don’t know what happened to him, but I think he had reached his limit…”

“I see… Thank you for hearing Yuki’s feelings…”

“I couldn’t ease his feelings… that’s all I could have done…”

“That’s… our fault… It’s not something you should worry about.”

“Thank you for saying that.”

“Fuu… I’m sorry… I’ll go rest now…”

“Yeah… Good night.”

“…Yuki?”

“Yes?”

“You can stay here, okay?”

“…Is that okay?”

“Yes, it’s the life that Yuki entrusted to you. If you were to leave too, I wouldn’t know what to do…”

“…Thank you.”

“Please continue to be part of our family.”

“…Yeah, I’ll be in your care from now on.”

With that, my mother said good night and went back to her room.

Shigure, who was beside me, sighed deeply and started talking.

“It’s like a fairy tale…”

“Yeah, it’s a natural reaction.”

“Yeah… but it’s a bit shocking to know we weren’t trusted…”

“…It’s not Shigure’s fault.”

“Really…?”

“Yeah, I’m confident in saying that. This world’s circumstances made him like that. Shigure always tried to help him, right?”

“Yeah…”

“That’s why he wrote in his will to rely on Shigure. Shigure did nothing wrong.”

“Thank you, Yuki.”

I silently patted Shigure’s head.

“Maybe it’s for the best. Being forced into a marriage you don’t want is painful.”

“Yeah…”

“Yeah, so instead, Yuki will take responsibility, right?”

“Ah… huh?”

“That’s what he meant by relying on me. What, do you not want to marry me?”

“…If I can marry a beauty like Shigure, I’ll be happy.”

“Good. Let’s nurture the love you talked about, okay?”

“Yeah, I’ll be counting on you.”

“Fufu, well, I’ll be going home now.”

Shigure said that and left… through the window of my room.

“Wait, you’re leaving through there!?”

“I’ll come see you in the morning, so this is fine.”

“Alright… good night, Shigure.”

“Yeah, good night.”

Then, it was just me and Umi left in the room.

“Onii-chan…”

“What?”

“Let’s… talk?”

“Sure.”

“In the bath.”

“Sure… huh!?”

“I got your word, so come to the bath! Your change of clothes is in the dressing room! I’ll go in first!”

Leaving those words, Umi left.

…Eh, seriously, are we going to bathe together?