I Was Reincarnated as a Stepping-Stone Character in an Eroge, and by Breaking the Heroines’ NTR Flags in Place of the Protagonist, They Ended Up Falling for Me - Chapter 12 - Being Someone Special
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Chapter 12 – Being Someone Special
On the way home, as I walked side by side with Reika, I remembered the events that had happened today.
In order to protect Reika from an NTR event, I beat up Kuzushima and the others, almost got expelled, and got saved by Hinano… A lot really happened.
…Isn’t this what the main character, Sasaki Yuuma, would normally do?
I suddenly looked at Reika’s profile as she walked next to me.
Tsukishima Reika.
The heroine of this game, “Ama x Kiss,” and a popular student at school.
In reality, it should be Sasaki Yuuma, the main character, walking next to her right now, not me.
There’s something I’ve been wondering.
Which heroine will Sasaki Yuuma end up with in this world?
Will it be the “Tsukishima Reika route,” or a different heroine route?
Incidentally, in the Tsukishima Reika Route, Ishibashi dies on the last day of the first semester. In other words, it’s the route where I die the earliest in the game.
Since he’s been neglecting Reika so much, is it possible that this is another heroine’s route?
Or could it be that he’s just a dud protagonist destined to head straight for an NTR ending?
But the two of them were talking nicely the other day. And he was also showing his determination to protect Reika from Kuzushima… Whatever, I don’t know.
“…What is it?”
“Huh?”
When Reika called out to me, I realized that I had been staring at her the whole time.
“Oh, well… Don’t you have a guy you like, Tsukishima?”
“What’s with that? All of a sudden?”
Reika looked puzzled at my question.
“Well, I was just…wondering.”
“Eh… co-could it be that…”
“You get confessed to a lot, right? Isn’t there anyone who makes you think, ‘Hmm, maybe this guy’s alright?’”
“Ah… so that’s what you mean…”
Eh, why did her mood suddenly drop?
“It’s not like I want to date anyone or anything.”
“Any boys you’re interested in?”
“…No.”
What was that pause just now?
“M-more importantly, I wonder what Tsu-kun’s punishment will be.”
“Maybe a week suspension?”
“…Eh? A whole week not coming to school? That means you won’t be here for a while, right!?”
“I don’t get why you had to say it twice, but yeah, that’s pretty much it.”
“Wait a second. Then who should I eat lunch with?!”
“Why don’t you just eat with someone else?”
“…!? Don’t be ridiculous!”
Yeah… That was the most pissed she’s ever been.
“Why don’t you invite Sasaki or something? He’s in the same student council as you, and he’s always by himself anyway.”
“Sigh…”
Reika looked at me in exasperation.
“Listen here, I have an image to maintain, you know.”
H-huh… I-is that so…
“By the way… What kind of image is it?”
“The other day, I happened to overhear someone say… I’m seen as cool and solitary.”
“I-I see…”
“Well, I guess I’m kind of the cool type who doesn’t really hang out in groups.”
Tsukishima Reika puffed out her chest and began to speak with a smug look on her face.
Cool and solitary… Aren’t you just a loner?
I was about to say that, but I stopped myself.
It would definitely cause trouble.
“Despite that, you seemed to be having a good time talking with Sasaki. The atmosphere was just normal and nice.”
I was about to add that she didn’t need to worry so much about her image and could just act naturally. At the very least, someone like Sasaki Yuuma would accept her for who she is.
But before I can finish, Reika freezes like she’s just realized something and fixes me with a sharp stare.
“Tsu-kun… Are you jealous of Sasaki-kun?”
“Huh? No, that’s not it…”
“Yes, you are. You’re definitely jealous. You keep asking about my relationship with Sasaki-kun.”
“Ugh…”
That’s because I’m curious about how the flags are being managed between the protagonist Sasaki and the heroine Reika.
But there’s no way I can say something like that…
Reika’s eyes lit up when she saw me unable to argue. Her excitement went up another gear.
“I see, so you were worried that Sasaki-kun might take me away. There’s no need to be embarrassed. Don’t worry. I do respect Sasaki-kun, but we’re just fellow student council members, and I don’t have any romantic feelings for him~”
Reika patted me on the shoulder with a smug look on her face. I couldn’t help but hold my head in my hands.
Seriously, getting jealous just because I talked to another boy. Tsu-kun is really hopeless…
Contrary to what she was thinking, she looked really happy.
Sigh. Well… fine. Not really fine, but whatever.
It seems that the “Tsukishima Reika” route hasn’t been decided yet.
Is it because I protected Reika from the NTR event in place of the protagonist?
If anything, I feel like I’m closer to her than to the main character, Yuuma.
“…Besides, Tsu-kun might be ‘special’ to me.”
“…Special?”
Reika smiled gently at me as I repeated what she said.
“I tend to try and look cool, you know? I want everyone to see the best version of me, so I put on airs… but with you, Ishibashi, you’re ‘special.’ I feel like I can just be myself around you. Lately, I’ve started thinking that way.”
The show-off Reika is a cool and composed character until the very end in the eroge.
But this is her true self, which she never showed to the main character until the very end.
To Sasaki Yuuma, the protagonist, Reika could never be her true self. But to me, Ishibashi, the throwaway character, she might have.
…Could it be that I, a throwaway character, have stolen the heroine from the protagonist?
No, that’s overthinking it. In the first place, this thought is odd when I’m not even dating Reika.
I shake off the wild theories crossing my mind and head home.
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