My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy - Volume 2 Chapter 3.1: Interlude: A Certain “What-if” - Part 2

Volume 2 Chapter 3.1: Interlude: A Certain “What-if” – Part 2

“I’m home!”

A ten-year-old boy burst into the living room, pinching his nipples.

“Welcome back,”

his father greeted warmly, also pinching his nipples.

“Hey Dad, can you tell me something?”

“Sure, what is it?”

“Why do we pinch our nipples when we greet each other?”

“Oh, that’s just how it’s always been done.”

In the 23rd century Japan, pinching nipples during greetings was a completely normal social convention.

“But why?”

The boy’s curiosity wasn’t satisfied with such a simple answer.

“Alright, let me look it up.”

The father snapped his fingers, and a translucent sphere appeared in the air.

“Greetings, nipples, pinching, origin.”

As soon as he spoke, a laser shot out from the sphere, projecting the optimized search results directly onto his retinas.

“Hmm… it says, ‘The origin dates back over two centuries, to the 21st century. A student, while mediating a fight, happened to pinch his nipples. A corporate CEO’s daughter, who witnessed this, was deeply inspired and incorporated the gesture into a product commercial. It became a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon. The trend persisted, and over time, it became a standard part of greetings.'”

“Huh… so people in the past didn’t pinch their nipples when greeting?”

“Apparently not.”

“Were people back then stupid?”

“Now, don’t say that. Common sense changes with the times—oh, looks like we have a visitor. Come on in!”

The father rushed to the door mid-conversation, answering the intercom.

Pinching his nipples as he went.

T/N: Hmm… Ouka and Yukihira for sure…