I Was Reincarnated as a Mob in a Completed School Rom-Com Manga, and When I Tried My Best to Cheer Up the Broken Losing Heroines, I Realized I Had Surpassed the Original Story - 4

Chapter 4: My Little Sister’s Friend

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“Ah, hello, Kirari? My big brother said he’d join the Manga Club! Yeah, and also, he said he has something he wants to talk about, so can I put him on?”

My wish was in vain. My sister’s friend picked up the phone. Seeing my sister happily chatting with her friend, I, a loner, felt a twinge of jealousy. We were supposed to be siblings from the same “mob” background, so why was there such a massive gap in communication skills and basic human power? Moe held out her smartphone to me with a completely carefree smile.

“Onii-chan, this is Moe’s best friend, Kirari. She said she’ll listen to your problem!”

I had sown the seeds myself, but even so, I wasn’t exactly eager as I took the phone and put it to my ear.

“H-hello…”

『Hellooo, are you Moe’s big brother? Nice to meet youuu, I’m Kirari, Moe’s best friend!』

From her friendly voice alone, I could tell—even without meeting her face-to-face—that she was a bright, cheerful person. But for me, that brightness actually intensified the nervousness I already felt. Characters from the original manga were one thing, but talking to someone who was a complete stranger to me was still a high hurdle to pass.

“S-sorry for suddenly asking something like this…”

『Oh, it’s totally fine! So what kind of problem are we talking about?』

“It’s a bit hard to discuss with someone I’m meeting for the first time, even if you’re my junior… Are you sure…?”

『Is this maaaybe… A love issue!?』

Judging from her lifted intonation and naturally high tension rising even further, I could tell she had gotten excited.

“K-kind of… Sort of… I guess…”

『I love that stuff! Go ahead, go ahead!』

“The truth is… A girl I know just got her heart broken, and I’ve been wondering how I should cheer her up…”

『Hmm, hmm… Okay, I get the gist.』

“What do you think I should do…?”

『Honestly, why not just confess to her yourself?』

“W-why would it turn into that!?”

『Eh? Because Onii-san likes her, right!?』

Just like with my sister, she had gotten the wrong idea.

“No, that’s not it…! And the ones who got their hearts broken aren’t just one person! There are multiple girls!”

『Multiple…? Onii-san, are you free tomorrow!?』

sounding strangely flustered, my sister’s friend abruptly yanked the steering wheel of the conversation.

“Tomorrow is Saturday, right? I’m free, but…”

『Then I’ll ask for the details in person tomorrow! I’ll come over to your house! Tell Moe that too!』

“W-wait, why all of a sudden—hey…”

Before I could even ask why she suddenly jumped to that decision, the call had already ended.

When I handed the phone back, Moe looked at me curiously.

“Eh, the call is already over? What did Kirari say?”

“She said she wants to talk directly, so she’s coming over tomorrow…”

“Really!? Then I have to hurry and clean my room!”

As Moe excitedly dashed back to her room, I just stood there, stunned, unable to process the situation.

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The next morning at 10 a.m., called by my sister, I went to the room next door. When I entered with Moe, a short-haired blonde girl who immediately drew the eye was sitting on the bed.

“Thanks for having me, Onii-san! Let me introduce myself—I’m Kirari Koganezaki!”

With her silky, glossy gold hair swaying as she smiled and flashed a peace sign, she was exactly the cheerful gyaru I had imagined from the phone call. Her jewel-like blue eyes and her slightly childlike features gave her the aura of a French doll. Even seeing her with my own eyes, I still couldn’t recall her appearing in the original manga. Which meant that, despite possessing beauty comparable to any of this world’s heroines, she was also a mob character like me.

Seriously—between my sister and everyone else—what was with the insane quality level of mobs in this world?

“Nice to meet you. I’m Moe’s brother, Kazuto. Please take care of me.”

“Nice to meet you toooo!”

As I stood there frozen, staring at Koganezaki-san’s radiant smile, Moe bent down and peeked up at my face with a knowing look.

“Onii-chan, are you nervous because Kirari is pretty? You can’t fall in love with Moe’s friends, okay?”

“It’s not like that…”

“Reaaally?”

I turned my face away from my suspicious sister, and Koganezaki-san’s clear laughter echoed.

“Ahaha, just like I heard—you two are such a close pair of siblings! Anyway, Moe, should we start the strategy meeting?”

“Yeah, let’s!”

Unable to join the flow of their conversation, I turned to Moe and asked.

“What do you mean, strategy meeting…?”

“About the Manga Research Club’s future, of course!”

“Eh, what about my problem…?”

With a suddenly light expression, Moe said, as if gently instructing me.

“We’ll talk about your problem after the meeting, okay?”

So my consultation was an afterthought… I slumped a little, but I couldn’t deny that I was a bit excited too. The meeting began with us identifying the issues going forward. The items we urgently needed to address were:

　・What our activity goals should be
　・How to recruit the remaining two members
　・Which teacher to ask to be our advisor

“Since it’s a manga club, how about we draw an original manga together!?”

“That sounds fun! I’m in!”

With Koganezaki-san’s suggestion backed by Moe, and no objections from me, the discussion moved on.

“So, Onii-san, what kind of manga would you want to draw?”

“Well… Maybe a story where the protagonist aims to become the Pirate King, or a battle manga where a guy becomes stronger to save his sister who turned into a demon?”

Without thinking, I explained the plots of some massively popular shōnen manga from my previous life as if they were my own ideas.

“I knew it…”

Koganezaki-san looked crestfallen.

“Ah, maybe girls prefer shōjo manga over shōnen manga…?”

“Moe doesn’t get the appeal of shōnen manga, so I want something cute and heart-throbbing!”

In contrast to Moe’s criticism, Koganezaki-san seemed interested but asked hesitantly.

“Um… Onii-san, do you have manga like that in your room…?”

“I do, but…”

“If it’s okay… Could you show me a little for reference…?”

“O-okay…”

It was the first time I was letting a girl other than Moe into my room, and that unexpected situation made me even more nervous.

“Then Moe will wait here since I don’t care about that stuff~”

Once we moved to my room, I faced the bookshelf. Thinking about it now, the manga I had collected in this world really didn’t hold a candle to what I had read in my previous life.

“There’s a variety, but Koganezaki-san, do you have a preferred genre?”

She didn’t move from the doorway, whether out of politeness or caution. Well, it made sense. No matter how you looked at it, she was alone in a boy’s room for the first time.

“Romcom… I think…”

“I like romcoms too, but unfortunately I don’t own any…”

“Um, Onii-san…Do you know Amakoi…?”

“Eh…”

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