I’ve Been Reincarnated as the Strongest Villain in an NTR Eroge, so I’m Going to Break the Heroines’ Doom Flags on Behalf of the Main Character! - Chapter 30 - Threatening the Cheeky Heroine

Chapter 30 – Threatening the Cheeky Heroine

“Sniff… Hic, hic…”

“How long are you going to cry for…”

We came to a nearby bench to talk, but Sakura’s tears showed no signs of stopping. No matter how many times I tried to comfort her, she wouldn’t stop crying.

It would be pathetic if I didn’t manage to solve anything after trying to look cool in front of Shiori. If things keep going like this, my relationship with Akari will also become strained. I can’t let that happen.

I guess I have no choice… I’ll have to use a bit of a sneaky tactic.

“You like Kaede, don’t you?”

“…Of course, he’s my Onii-chan…”

“…Is that really all?”

“Eh…”

In the game, Miyano Sakura loved her older brother, Miyano Kaede. Of course, not as an older brother. She was in love with him as a man.

Their family life was a bit complicated. Kaede’s real mother died when she gave birth to Kaede. For a while, his father raised Kaede as a single parent.

When Kaede was about to turn two years old, her father remarried. His new wife came to the Miyano household with a newborn baby. That baby was Sakura.

Sakura’s real father was a hopeless man who disappeared as soon as he found out that her mother was pregnant.

The meeting between these parents was also miraculous. Sakura’s mother and Kaede’s father were actually classmates in high school. The two met at a local hospital and were drawn to each other as if to fill a hole… or so the story goes.

Kaede and Sakura grew up in that kind of environment. The two spent time together like real brother and sister, but Sakura secretly had feelings for Kaede. However, Sakura didn’t have the courage to tell him her feelings. It was only natural, since she thought of Kaede as her real family, and the two had a childhood friend, Mizukami Noa. That was more than enough reason for Sakura to back off.

“…Don’t say weird things, it’s gross.”

“Yes, yes.”

Sakura finally stopped crying, perhaps because I suddenly said something incomprehensible to her, and she calmed down.

“…I was wondering… Senpai… why didn’t you tell me to go home?”

Just when I thought she’d stopped crying, Sakura asked a question that was way too late to be asked. Even if I told her to go home, she definitely wouldn’t have done so.

“There’s no particular reason. You’re Akari’s friend, after all. I just thought it would be more fun for her to have classmates.”

“…Gross.”

“Say whatever you want.”

As usual, Sakura insulted me. Even though she’s become more shy, she’s still as rude as ever. But that just means she’s calmed down. I finally decided to ask Sakura what I wanted to hear.

“By the way. What are the rumors about me that you heard from Kaede?”

“…That you’re dating lots of women.”

That’s quite a sugar-coated way of putting it. How overprotective is that guy, really?

“And then… that Senpai is always fighting with bad boys from other schools… That Senpai’s a really scary guy…”

“Hmm…”

That’s not wrong in general. In reality, Ibuse Reo is even more evil than that.

“…That’s why I was told not to get close to Senpai no matter what… He said you’d do terrible things to me…”

“Then why are you here now?”

“…Because Akari looked like she was having fun.”

“Don’t go against your brother just because of that…”

“That’s not all!!”

Sakura loudly retorted to my sighing muttering, and finally began to pour out her own feelings.

“Around May… Akari was really depressed… She tried to hide it, but I could somehow tell. But there was nothing I could do… Akari didn’t rely on me…”

Given the timing, it was probably around the time Akari was shown Kaede and Noa’s interactions. No matter what, she couldn’t ask for advice from the little sister of the person she liked. Sakura was also childhood friends with Noa.

“But… in June, Akari stopped hiding her sadness. In fact, she seemed to be having more fun than before… and she would always go off somewhere during lunch break…”

This must have been around the time I helped Akari. Back then, Akari had certainly been free from all sorts of things and seemed to be having fun. Now, she’s breaking through in a different direction.

“…Actually, I knew about Senpai and Akari a little before Onii-chan told me. I’d seen you two walking together, and I’d heard a lot from Akari. She didn’t say Senpai’s name, but I knew it must have been that big, scary guy.”

“Sorry for being so big and scary.”

“…If you don’t like it, then just stop dyeing your hair blond.”

“…Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

Out of boredom, I gave Sakura some criticism, only to have it backfire perfectly. I decided to keep quiet and listen.

“…But no matter how big and scary Senpai is, I’ve always thought that as long as Akari is happy, it would be fine. Then I heard about Senpai from my Onii-chan. I knew it right away from the characteristics he told me about. The man next to Akari was the man called Ibuse Reo.”

Then, Sakura, who had been talking calmly up until that point, clenched her hands tightly in her lap and began to cry again.

“I… I don’t understand… Onii-chan says you’re a bad person… but Akari says you’re not like that… And you even talk normally with that scary President and Oppai-senpai…”

Oppai-senpai, huh? And I guess her image of Shiori is scary after all. That makes sense.

“Even today, I just followed you guys without asking, and… no one complained… Instead, Senpai even helped me, getting hurt in the process…”

“…You know——”

“Seriously!!!”

Just when I thought she was finished and tried to speak, Sakura suddenly changed, yelling at me with anger.

“It would have been better if you were really a bad person! Then Onii-chan would have been right! But instead, you were kind to me too! What’s the deal? Is it not enough with the President and Oppai-senpai? Just because you were nice to me doesn’t mean I’ll become yours or anything! Oh, I get it, that’s your trick! That’s how you seduce women! I’m going to tell Akari!”

“Why are you suddenly so loud…?”

Sakura is probably venting all her conflicting feelings as insults directed at me. Words from her beloved brother and her beloved best friend, the result of trying to accept both of those is why Sakura is raging right now. If she makes me the bad guy, she’ll have something to rely on.

However. Sakura is a bit too reckless. It’s fine because it’s me, but if I actually had a personality like Ibuse Reo, she’d be in serious trouble by now. I’ll use this as a lesson to make her understand the danger of what she’s doing. This is my villain time, just as she wished.

“Hey! Say something——”

“…Shut up.”

“Hyaa?!”

I grabbed Sakura’s right wrist tightly and whispered as low as I could.

“You came near me knowing the rumors about me… You wanted to be my woman too, right?”

“…No… that’s not it…”

“You got all cocky just because I was being nice to you… Looks like I need to teach a brat like you the difference between us, directly.”

“Ha… ha… st-stop…”

“You want me to let go of Akari, don’t you? Then it’s easy. Become mine in her place. Don’t worry, I’ll treat you with lots of love.”

“……ugh… n…”

Maybe I’d gone too far, as Sakura couldn’t even say anything back to me and fell silent. I think I’ve scared her enough.

“…Just kidding.”

“…Huh? Ah…”

When I let go of my wrist, Sakura, relieved to be free, continued to stare at it.

“……”

“Hm? Hey, are you listening——”

“Ibuse-kun????”

“!!?!!?”

A piercing glare and a voice as cold as ice. I turned around fearfully, and Shiori, holding shaved ice in both hands and with a ton of veins on her face, glared at me.

“Since when… No! …This is…!? It’s not what it looks like, right!?”

“Eh… Ah… yes! It’s really not what it looks like! Right!!”

Sakura finally regained her senses in response to my desperate plea, and with a red face, she tried to explain the situation, but…

“Not what it looks like??? Grabbing a girl’s wrist and getting close to her face isn’t what it looks like??? I see??? So you weren’t using me to flirt with Sakura, huh??? Hmm???”

“Senpai… even for you, a fourth girl is too much…”

“…Wait, four girls? Does that include me too!?”

“I’m telling you!! It’s not what it looks like!!!”

“I’ll listen to your excuses later. Sakura-chan, this is a good opportunity. Let me teach you how to handle a guy like him hitting on you. Here, hold this.”

“Ah, yes…”

Shiori handed Sakura the shaved ice she was holding and started to roll her shoulders, muttering, “Now then.”

“Um… Fujita-san…”

“Anything you want to say before I start?”

“I’m telling you… it’s a big misunderstanding…”

“…No excuses!”

After that, Shiori applied a painful joint lock on me, and while I writhed in pain, the other three happily ate the shaved ice they had bought, without any intention of stopping her.

By the way, I was made to pay the full bill.

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T/N: Ohoo, what’s with Sakura’s reaction?