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 40: Shigure Sakama

Chapter 40: Shigure Sakama

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I had a boy as a childhood friend.

His name was Yuki, I think.

At the time, I felt no sense of discomfort and interacted with him as a child who lived next door.

But around the time I entered the senior year of kindergarten, I started to be envied by those around me.

“Shigure, you’re so lucky. You have a boy living nearby.”

“Why?”

“If he’s close by, you’ll eventually get married, won’t you? I hear it’s not easy to get married.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah, and since you’re Shigure, you could even become the first wife.”

At the time, I had no feelings about marriage, and just thought, “Oh, is that so?”

My mother also told me, “Shigure, you’ll marry the boy next door someday, won’t you? Be nice to him.” So I decided to be nice to him.

As I approached elementary school age, I gradually began to understand the meaning of marriage.

Oh, so I’m going to be this boy’s wife.

There were no romantic feelings involved, and it was simply an engagement.

Around this time, I started reading romance manga and longed the relationship between lovers.

I wondered if we would become more friendly and closer to a lover’s relationship in the future. I thought that for now, I would just be nice to him.

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I thought I would continue to spend peaceful days like this as I entered elementary school, but then an incident occurred.

I was asked to do something for my teacher and was away from Yuki. When I returned to the classroom, I had a bad feeling, and Yuki was surrounded by not only the girls in our class but also those from other classes, and he was crying and kissing them.

I rushed to stop it and somehow managed to protect him, but after that, Yuki developed a fear of women.

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After that, Yuki started to keep a little distance from me as well.

I thought that time would solve the problem, but I was wrong.

Yuki probably wanted to live peacefully, but his surroundings wouldn’t allow it. Although I had prevented him from getting into serious trouble several times, it was impossible to prevent everything.

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As a result, by the time we entered middle school, we hardly spoke to each other, and Yuki became a shut-in, staying in his room all the time.

Occasionally, he would appear to go to school, but even if I tried to talk to him, he wouldn’t respond.

I knew that this situation wasn’t good, but even after consulting with Yuki’s mother, trying to go out and camp together, and doing various other things, I could count the number of times I heard Yuki’s voice with my two hands.

And those were mostly one-word answers like, ‘Ah’, ‘Yes’, ‘No’, and ‘Hey’.

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I used to wonder what I should do.

By this time, I understood that there was no romantic relationship between us.

But since we were going to get married anyway, I thought that when he entered high school, he would have to look for a bride whether he liked it or not, so I decided to leave him alone for the time being.

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While I was waiting for that time, Yuki fell down the stairs and became unconscious.

How much more misfortune does he have to face in his life?

However, there was nothing I could do, and I could only pray for his safety in my heart.

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Then, I received a message from Umi that Yuki had woken up.

“Onii-chan is awake.”

“I’m glad he’s safe.”

“But…”

“What is it?”

“It seems he’s lost his memory.”

“…… Huh?”

I was stunned. Did I make a wrong choice somewhere?

… Was it a mistake to not be by his side?

Umi said it would be fine, but I decided to go to the hospital with her anyway.

And that’s where I met the current Yuki.

“Umm… hello. Are you… my acquaintance or something?”

He really seemed to have lost his memory.

I thought, “Well, this is my chance,” and decided to tease him a little.

“I’m Shigure Sakama, your childhood friend… and your lover♪”

Yuki made a very surprised face.

It had been a long time since I had seen such an expression on his face.

But Umi didn’t let my joke slide.

Slap!

I was hit on the head with a paper fan… it hurt a little.

“Why are you suddenly his lover? Even if you’re Shigure-nee, I won’t allow it!”

“That hurts! I was just checking if he really lost his memory…”

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Lover… I used to longed about it when I read manga.

But in reality, there was no such thing, and we were just going to get married..

But at least, I wanted to be the first wife.

Being the first wife comes with its own power. Understanding this, I decided to make one more move on the current Yuki.

“Well… I’ll tell you one more good thing.”

“What is it?”

“We’re childhood friends who promised to marry each other in the future!”

“Really!?”

Slap!

“So don’t try to create a done deal.”

“…… We promised when we were in kindergarten…”

Actually, we didn’t. But since I became friends with him before you did, wouldn’t it be fine to let me be the first wife?

No matter how much she was Yuki’s sister, I thought she was being a little too forceful.

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After finishing my conversation with Yuki, I decided to make contact with him again when he was discharged from the hospital.

The current Yuki was, in a way, defenseless.

His sense of chastity was gone, and he would take whatever I said at face value.

Compared to the previous Yuki, he was much easier to handle.

So I decided to actively appeal to him.

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Honestly, it was fun.

Umi paved the way, and I widened the path.

In the King’s Game, he reacted to me as expected, and I felt reassured about the future.

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After that, I found out that the current Yuki wasn’t the real Yuki, but even though I felt sad, Yuki gently followed up, and a new kind of happiness began to grow in me.

After that, Yuki and I talked about various things.

Just seeing Yuki’s reactions, happy or troubled, to my words was enough to make me happy.

His delighted face, his pleading face, his troubled face, his embarrassed face… they all seemed fresh to me.

And when Yuki hugged me or kissed me, I felt a definite sense of happiness.

When Yuki hugged me and we fell asleep together, my heart felt warm all night.

I was enjoying these days so much that I almost forgot about the past.

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I wanted this happiness—I wanted these happy days to continue forever—

I couldn’t protect the previous Yuki, but I resolved to definitely protect the current Yuki.

This time, I won’t let Yuki feel sad.

I never want him to go through that kind of pain again.

I wished for our current happiness to continue forever.

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—But why does fate have to be so cruel?

No matter how much we wish for peace, trouble always finds us.

On our way home from shopping at the shopping mall, I confronted three women who had seen Yuki in this area.

I couldn’t let them get away.

If I did, they would come after Yuki again soon.

He was about to enter high school, an important time to look for a wife, and I couldn’t let them interfere.

“Get out of the way, girl!”

“Do you think I’ll move in this situation? You’re so naive.”

“You little bitch!!!”

The woman with the stun gun tried to press it against me.

But unfortunately for her, I know self-defense techniques.

I dodged her attack and tried to twist her wrist as we passed each other—

“Don’t move!”

“Now you can’t move!”

The other two women clung to me, one on my upper body and the other on my lower body.

I couldn’t move at all like this.

If it had been a 1-on-1 fight, I might have had a chance, but against three people, it was impossible. They weren’t as naive as I thought.

“We’ll torture you until you tell us where that man is!”

The woman with the stun gun approached me.

It would probably hurt if it hit me…

After that… I think I’ll be assaulted…

What if I get bruises all over my body? Will Yuki still look at me if I’m covered in bruises?

I wanted to show him the clothes we bought together while I was still unbruised and beautiful…

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And the woman pressed the stun gun against me—