I Was Reincarnated as the Villain in an NTR Eroge, but Since I Don’t Actually Want to Be a Villain, I’m Just Going to Live Normally - 27

Chapter 27: Helping Yukishiro

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The next day, Friday. After school. I was studying in the library. As expected, the library was the quietest place and the best for getting work done.

“But if I stay too late, that’d be bad, so I should probably head home soon.”

When I checked the clock, it was getting close to evening. A perfect time to leave. So I quickly stuffed my textbook and notebook into my bag and headed out of the library right away.

“Alright, I’ll just head home now… Huh?”

“…Oh. Good work today, Kuze-kun.”

“Ah, good work. Yukishiro.”

At that moment, I happened to run into Yukishiro walking down the hallway. She was holding a slightly large poster in her hands.

“That’s a pretty big poster. What is it?”

“This is this month’s student council bulletin. I’ve been going around replacing the old ones on the school bulletin boards.”

“Oh, I see. Come to think of it, you’re an officer in the student council. Must be tough having council work this late.”

“Yes, it is. The upperclassmen in the council are getting busy with exam preparation, so more and more of the student council work is being pushed onto me. It can’t be helped, though.”

“Huh, is that so? Well, if you’d like, I can help you put up the posters.”

“Eh? You, Kuze-kun?”

“Yeah. I’m heading home anyway, so I figured I might as well help you out.”

I told Yukishiro that with a serious expression. Helping someone in trouble was a natural feeling. And I had promised Sakurajima yesterday that I would work hard to become someone who wasn’t hated anymore. If I built up good deeds every day, maybe I could work my way out of being the guy everyone disliked. With that in mind, I immediately offered to help Yukishiro.

Well…I had to admit I had ulterior motives in mind. My desire to help her wasn’t exactly pure. I was hoping I could fix my reputation with this. 

“I see. I appreciate the offer, but… Why is a delinquent boy like you saying something so kind?”

“I told you before, didn’t I? I’ve turned over a new leaf. I’m a serious person now. And if I’m a serious person, then helping someone in trouble is only natural, right?”

“…Hehe, that’s true. You did say something like that. Alright. Then may I ask you to help me put the posters up?”

“Yeah, of course. Here, I’ll carry the posters.”

“Thank you. Let’s head to the bulletin boards where we need to put these up. This way.”

And so, guided by Yukishiro, I headed toward the boards where the posters needed to be placed.

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After a while—

“That’s all of them. Good work today. Thank you, Kuze-kun.”

“Yeah.”

Following Yukishiro’s directions, I finished replacing all the posters for this month’s student council bulletin. There were a lot of places to put them up, so it was pretty exhausting.

“It would’ve been really tough doing all this alone.”

“Yes, it would’ve. You really helped me out, Kuze-kun. Thank you so much.”

“Yeah. As long as I can help you out, that’s what matters. If you ever need help with something else, just tell me. If I’m free, I’ll give you a hand.”

“Thank you. That really does help. Hehe, you really have become a very kind boy, Kuze-kun. Also… This has been on my mind for a little while now, but… You seemed a bit out of it the whole time we were putting up posters. Did something happen?”

“…Huh? Was I really that spaced out while we were putting them up?”

“Yes, you were kind of dazed. Did something happen?”

Yukishiro suddenly pointed it out. Apparently, she had noticed that I was spacing out.

That was pretty embarrassing. And I knew exactly why I had been distracted. I still felt bothered about making Sakurajima cry yesterday. I wanted to hurry up and become someone people didn’t hate so I could put her at ease, but no one knew when that day would come.

Because of that, the frustration and impatience had been swirling inside me since yesterday, and that probably caused me to be spaced out the whole time. But saying all that to Yukishiro was embarrassing, so I laughed it off.

“Ah, no, it’s nothing. I was just spacing out.”

“I see. Well, if that’s all, then fine. Anyway, thanks a lot for helping with all the posters today. You really saved me, so let’s consider I owe you a favor because of this one, okay?”

“No, don’t worry about favors or anything. I’m not helping because I want something in return. I just want to steadily build up some good deeds.”

“Hm? Build up good deeds? That’s a pretty admirable mindset…But what do you mean by that exactly?”

“Well, you know… Everyone hates me, right? So even if I say I’ve become a decent person, no one believes me. But if I build up good deeds every day, I figured maybe, gradually, the other students will recognize that I’ve actually changed.”

“I see… So that’s how it is. Well, I know you’re trying to be serious, but becoming someone everyone doesn’t hate sounds like a really hard goal. But if that’s what you’re aiming for… Then wouldn’t it be better if you stopped dressing like that in the first place?”

“…Huh? You mean, my appearance?”

“Exactly. I mean, Kuze-kun, your appearance is completely that of a delinquent boy, isn’t it? If you really are a serious person now, shouldn’t you stop dressing like that? I think that alone would have a big effect on your image.”

“Eh? Ah—oh! Y-yeah, that makes sense!!”

“…Huh?”

Yukishiro made that suggestion, and the moment I heard it, I snapped to attention and yelled out loud. How did I not realize something that simple!?

“U-um, what’s wrong? Why are you suddenly shouting?”

“Ah, sorry! I must’ve startled you. It’s just, I had a really good idea! Thanks to you!! Seriously, thank you so much!”

“Eh? Ah…y-you’re welcome?”

“Alright, then I’ll head home first. See you later, Yukishiro!”

“Ah—y-yeah. See you.”

With that, I parted ways with Yukishiro and immediately went home. Alright. Now I knew exactly what I needed to do next!

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