I Reincarnated as the Villain of an NTR Game, But I Don't Want to Make the Main Heroine Unhappy so I'll Live Earnestly - Chapter 120-121

Chapter 120: When I Arrived at School…

The next morning.

“Hmm?”

As usual, I arrived at school early and quickly changed my shoes before walking down the hallway. Up ahead, I noticed a male student crouched down on the floor.

“Ugh…”

The boy was groaning as he crouched there. He was wearing gym clothes, so he was probably here for morning practice with one of the sports clubs.

(No, now’s not the time to be thinking about that.)

With that thought, I hurried over to the boy.

“What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

I called out to him.

“Ugh… Huh? Oh, yes… I’m fine, senpai…”

The boy looked up at me, swaying slightly. He noticed the color of my tie and realized I was a second-year student, calling me “senpai” right away.

So, it seems this boy is a first-year student. At least he seems to be conscious, which was a relief.

“Good, you’re conscious at least. So, what happened? Are you feeling unwell?”

“Ah… Yes, that’s right… We had morning practice today for the first time in a while, so I got up early… But now, I’m feeling a bit dizzy…”

The boy explained. His face did look a bit pale.

“I see. In that case, it might be best to head to the nurse’s office for now. Here, I’ll help you walk. Let’s go together.”

“Huh? But… I don’t want to trouble you, senpai…”

“Don’t worry about it. Come on, let’s get going.”

“Oh… Okay, then… I’ll accept your help…”

“That’s the spirit.”

So, I offered him my shoulder and helped him to the nurse’s office.

—

A few minutes later.

“Good morning!”

“Oh, morning.”

When I entered my classroom, as usual, Yukimura was already seated at her desk, studying on her own.

“You’re a bit late today, aren’t you?”

“Hmm? Oh, yeah, I ran into a first-year student in the hallway who wasn’t feeling well, so I took him to the nurse’s office.”

“…Huh?”

Yukimura looked a bit worried and asked me more.

“Is that student okay?”

“Yeah, the nurse said it was just a mild case of anemia. A bit of rest, and he’ll be fine.”

“I see. I’m glad it wasn’t anything serious.”

“Yeah, me too. But it’s getting colder, so you should take care of your health too, Yukimura.”

“Of course, I will.”

After warning Yukimura to be careful, I took my seat and pulled out my study materials from my school bag with a sigh.

“Phew… But it feels like I’ve been talking with the underclassmen a lot lately.”

“Oh? Is that so?”

“Yeah, just yesterday, I helped a first-year student who was having trouble during lunch. A few months ago, if I had tried to help, they probably would’ve run away as soon as I approached, haha.”

“…Don’t make it difficult for me to respond to that.”

“Sorry, sorry.”

Yukimura scolded me for my dark humor. Maybe I did take it a bit too far.

“Sigh, honestly… But, thinking back to the time when you had that flashy blond hair and all those piercings, you’ve really turned around, haven’t you?”

“Really? Well, it’s nice to hear you say that.”

“Yes, and lately, I haven’t heard any bad rumors about you at all.”

“Bad rumors? Oh, right, there were some, weren’t there?”

Come to think of it, I used to be the subject of all sorts of rumors among the students.

When I was still ‘Kuzuma,’ I didn’t care about those things at all. But now that I’m trying to be more serious, I’m a bit curious about how others saw me. So…

“Hey, by the way… What kind of bad rumors were there about me?”

“…Huh? W-Well, they were really awful, so you don’t need to worry about them…”

“The way you’re saying that makes me even more curious. Just tell me a little. What kind of rumors were there?”

“W-Well… Just a few, but… There were rumors that you extorted money from other students, that you were violent… And the worst one was that you assaulted a girl and… made her pregnant…”

“What? There was even that terrible rumor… Well, yeah, I guess I was the kind of person who could’ve done that…”

I felt a bit down after hearing what Yukimura said. I was reminded that I really had been someone feared by the other students.

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Chapter 121: Who Could Have Spread Such a Terrible Rumor?

“Still, it’s awful that someone would spread such rumors. Though, I suppose it’s our fault for believing them…”

“No, Yukimura and the other students aren’t at fault at all. The blame lies with me for being a delinquent in the first place, so don’t worry about it.”

Seeing Yukimura looking down, I said that to comfort her. I really do have good people like Yukimura and Kuroki around me.

“…Thank you. Hearing that from you makes me feel a bit better. But now that I think about it, I wonder why we were so easily fooled by such an obvious lie…”

“Well, most rumors are hard to tell whether they’re true or false. It’s natural for people to get caught up in them.”

“That may be true, but… The last rumor I told you about should have been obviously false.”

“Huh? What do you mean by that?”

Yukimura said something intriguing. It seems there was one rumor she was sure was false.

“Oh, well… There was a rumor that you got a female student pregnant and forced her to drop out. But since we’ve been at this school, not a single student has dropped out. Yet, we all kind of believed that rumor.”

“I see… Well, back then, I did look like someone who could do something like that, so it’s understandable.”

“Don’t put yourself down like that. I don’t like it.”

“Uh… Sorry.”

Yukimura sternly told me off with a serious expression. It was entirely my fault, so I apologized right away.

“Good. As long as you understand. Anyway, back to what I was saying… Now that I think about it, that rumor was strange in many ways…”

“Huh? What exactly seemed strange about it?”

“Well, the name of the student who supposedly dropped out… The rumor was that a girl named ‘Kuzuhara’ got pregnant and left the school.”

“…Huh?”

Yukimura’s words were so confusing that I let out a surprised sound.

“N-No, I think this should be obvious to anyone, but… I’m not a girl, you know?”

“Of course I know that. But the original rumor was about a girl named Kuzuhara getting pregnant and dropping out. For us second-year students, the name Kuzuhara is only associated with you, the blond delinquent. And there’s no other student named Kuzuhara at this school. So, the rumor eventually changed to ‘the delinquent boy Kuzuhara got a girl pregnant and made her drop out.’”

“I see… So that’s how the rumor spread…”

“Yeah, when you think about it now, it’s a terrible rumor. The original one didn’t make sense, and the altered version was just as bad.”

“…But, you know… The first part of the rumor is true…”

“What?”

When I said that, Yukimura reacted with surprise.

“Huh? W-What do you mean?”

“I might have mentioned this before, but Ayako was a former student at this school. She got pregnant while she was still in high school and dropped out. And I’m the child she gave birth to at that time.”

“Wh-What!? R-Really!?”

Yukimura looked utterly shocked as I told her the truth.

“Yeah. So, it’s true that a girl named ‘Kuzuhara’ got pregnant and dropped out of this school.”

“I-I see… But then, this raises another question…”

“Yeah, exactly. Now there’s a new mystery to solve.”

“Y-Yeah, there is…”

If that rumor isn’t a lie but the truth, then a new mystery emerges. And that mystery is, of course…

“Who on earth spread that rumor…?”

We both tilted our heads in confusion as we spoke.

After all, Ayako getting pregnant and dropping out of school happened 18 years ago. How could anyone here know about that…?

I crossed my arms, feeling uneasy about the person who spread the rumor, but without any leads, I decided to stop thinking about it for now.