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 67 - Adachi Sakura Can’t Be Honest
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Chapter 67 – Adachi Sakura Can’t Be Honest
Wednesday, September 25th.
It was lunchtime the day after Sakura had started going to school again. We were eating lunch as usual when Akari, who seemed quite nervous, asked me.
“Hey, Senpai. Sakura is…cute, isn’t she?”
“What’s with your question all of a sudden?”
“No. There’s nothing particularly deep about it, but… She’s small and cute, isn’t she?”
“If you tell her that, she’ll probably get mad.”
“…She’s cute, isn’t she!”
“What’s up with you, you keep asking this for some reason…”
Akari kept asking me for some reason. She was obviously suspicious. Could it be that she’s trying to lead me into a trap question? If I said “She’s cute” after that, wouldn’t she get mad?
“Just answer already! She’s cute, isn’t she?!”
“…Well, isn’t it obvious she’s cute?”
“Yes, that’s it! Yes, yes!”
When I gave up and said my true feelings, Akari started nodding with a satisfied look on her face for some reason. What on earth is going on?
“Ahemm!!”
Then Shiori cleared her throat loudly and asked me in a contrived way.
“Well… Sakura-chan is quite earnest, so… I’m sure she’d be very devoted to her boyfriend… yeah…”
“…Hey, look over here.”
“…I guess so…”
The clumsy way Shiori was speaking confirmed my suspicion. They’re trying to trap me after all. And it’s not just Akari and Shiori, Nanami has been acting all flustered for a while now.
“Nanami. Is there something you want to say?”
“Huh? Well… um… Sakura-chan is… really cute, don’t you think?!”
“I heard that just now.”
It’s rare for all three of them to be in cahoots. I’ll just ask it straight…
“Hey, Ibuse-kun. Sakura can’t sleep without a stuffed animal.”
“…Ah, is that so?”
“Plus, she likes pretty mature types… She often says she wants her boyfriend to take the lead.”
“…Is that something you can talk about so freely?”
Noa, who was sitting next to Shiori, started babbling away Sakura’s personal information. Come to think of it, I think I heard something similar in the game… Wait.
“…Mizukami, how long have you been here?”
“Eh, since the beginning, you know? We all came here together, remember?”
“Ah… Now that I think about it, that’s right.”
Anyway, it’s clear that Akari and the others are trying to lead me in some way. I don’t know what they’re thinking, but it’s definitely about Sakura. If that’s the case, the root of it must be Akari.
Thinking that, I was about to ask Akari for more details when…
Knock, knock
“Excuse me.”
Along with the sound of a knock on the door to the student council room, a girl’s voice sounded somewhat nervous.
“Phew… Come in.”
Shiori took a breath and let the girl in. The door opened to reveal Sakura, who had been praised by everyone for a while now.
“…I’m Sakura. Is Ibuse Reo-senpai here?”
While I was wondering what to do about Sakura’s call, Shiori started talking on her own.
“Yeah, he’s here! Look, Reo! She’s calling you!”
“…What is it, really?”
Not only Shiori, but the others are also strangely nervous. At this point, it was becoming somewhat clear.
That said, there’s no point in not answering Sakura’s call. I stood up and headed towards Sakura, who was waiting for me near the door.
“What’s wrong?”
“…Please follow me.”
“…Okay.”
The nervous Sakura led me to the school rooftop. Sakura was silent for a while, then began to speak bit by bit.
“…Actually, I didn’t remember anything while I was at the President’s house.”
“Oh… I see.”
I guess it must have been quite a shock for her. And if she’s giving this kind of preface…
“But Senpai encouraged me, showed me a fun future, and even though I was really scared, I thought to myself, ‘I’ll try my best…’”
Sakura faced me while desperately trying to hold back her tears. I simply watched over her, not wanting to get in the way of her efforts.
“I’ve… cried so many times… even though the doctor said I shouldn’t push myself… but I made a promise with Senpai… and I wanted to see everyone soon too…”
Unable to hold back her tears, Sakura bursts into tears. Desperately wiping them away with her hands, she slowly came closer to me.
“Senpai, I did my best. I overcame all the pain, sadness, and suffering.”
“Yeah, Sakura’s really amazing. You’re really…a lot stronger than me.”
“…Then, will you keep your promise?”
“Yeah. Let’s all make plans and go and hang out. Why don’t we invite Mizukami too? It would be better if we had more members——”
“Not that!”
As I played dumb and tried to avoid the conversation, Sakura got even angrier and came even closer.
“…Senpai, we promised to hang out together.”
“…Yeah, I’ll come too.”
“I know that.”
“…It’d be embarrassing if it’s a misunderstanding. I need to hear it from you.”
“…really the worst.”
Even as she cursed at me, Sakura’s face was bright red, and she asked me a question to confirm something.
“…Senpai, do you like small girls?”
“…That sounds a bit misleading, but yeah, I do.”
“…Is your current relationship with everyone tough?”
“It’s tough, but… I’m so happy that I think the positives outweigh the negatives.”
“…Ugh… Senpai…umm… Do you…hate me?”
“…I don’t hate you. Not at all.”
“T-then!!!”
Sakura looked up at me, her eyes still glistening, and stretched herself as much as she could.
And then…
“I… I-I… I l-l-l-like…”
“Like?”
Sakura’s embarrassment was so cute that I wanted to play a prank on her. Then, Sakura’s face turned even redder and she yelled.
“You’re the worst!!!!! I’m trying so hard to confess to you!!! You could have been a bit more considerate…”
“Confess?”
“Um… No… um… It’s not… Well… I mean…”
Sakura desperately tried to cover up the words she had accidentally blurted out. I just watched her, enjoying her cute, flustered appearance as if it was my usual revenge.
Then, Sakura’s embarrassment seemed to have reached its limit, as she began to shout again.
“I’m only going to say this once!!! If you miss it, I won’t forgive you!!”
“Sure.”
“…I’ll make you my boyfriend!!! So go out with me!!!”
“…O-ohh.”
The forcefulness of her confession left me with a weak reaction. I could almost hear the sighs of the four people behind the rooftop door… I’ll punish them later.
“What do you think?!! Four or five doesn’t really matter now!!! You pervert!! Don’t be so picky!!”
“Okay, okay…”
I knelt down to calm Sakura, who was still barking, and looked up at her bright red face.
“…Are you okay with that, Sakura? Going out with a terrible guy like me?”
“I’m telling you I’m okay!!! I didn’t want to either, but… I ended up falling in love!!! There’s no helping it!!!”
“…I see. …Then…”
Since she has these feelings for me, I need to respond clearly. With the intense gazes from the crowd behind us, it must be how it is. I need to take responsibility.
Having made that decision, I looked Sakura straight in the eye and replied in a slightly cheesy tone.
“…Please make me Sakura’s boyfriend”
“Huh… Aaaahhhh…”
Sakura’s head seemed to have completely short-circuited after my reply. But I didn’t let up on my pursuit of her.
“…Is that a no?”
“…It’s not a no!!! It’s not a no, but… not right now…”
“…So this is how Sakura treats her boyfriend?”
“Huh!? That’s cheating… Seriously… so gross… You’re the worst…”
“…I’m sorry. I got carried away because I was too happy.”
“Nnnhnnn!!!!!!”
Sakura’s reaction every time I tease her is so cute that I can’t help but mess around with her. The teasing felt especially sweet after all the previous tsundere behavior.
Now…………
“To the onlookers over there…”
““““?!?!””””
When I called out to the rooftop door, the onlookers suddenly started making a fuss, as if they were trying to escape.
“Ouch!!”
“Nanami?! Are you alright… Wait?!”
“Eh?! That was close… Aaghhh?!”
“…Are you three okay?”
When I opened the door, Akari and the others were piled up on top of each other, with Noa looking at them worriedly.
“…You’ve got a good hobby.”
“That’s not… It’s not like that, Senpai!!”
“That’s right, Reo! We were worried about you two…”
“Yes, yes! That’s right!!”
“…Yeah. I get it, so just get up. We’ll talk about it after that.”
“””Yes…”””
In the end, they didn’t tell me how much of it was a plan and how much was just meddling, but I decided to give the three of them a gentle scolding for secretly looking at someone’s confession.
And after I’d finished giving them all my scoldings, it was my turn to kneel down and apologize to them.
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