Reincarnated as the Promiscuous Protagonist in a Netori Game, Only to Find the Heroine, My Step-Sister, Already Threatened to Be a Submissive Slave~ Liberating the Slave and Planning to Leave Home, Yet Unexpectedly Becoming Loved by My Step-Sister~ - Chapter 15 - Menhera

Chapter 15 – Menhera

(T/N: Menhera is a Japanese slang for people who are mentally ill or are in need of mental health care. When it comes to love, you can think of Menhera as something similar to Yandere.)

It has been about two weeks since I reincarnated into this world.

My high school life started with the aim of shedding the image of being a scumbag.

A lot has happened already, but so far I think I’m doing well in my second life.

As a reborn Tsukishiro Takuma, I’ve been living a life like a normal high school boy.

Thanks in part to the fact that my younger sister Tsumugi is so friendly to me without worrying about appearances, I feel that the gazes of students around me are beginning to change.

Well, I think I’m also getting a lot of unnecessary resentment for my situation with Tsumugi…

When she’s the most beautiful girl in school, a little envy is inevitable.

Today, again, us siblings went to school together.

“See you after school.”

Second years are on the second floor, third years on the third.

After we said goodbye, I turned around to walk up the stairs to the third food.

“Ah… Wait, Nii-san.”

“Whoa?”

I could feel someone hugging me from my back. Tsumugi’s hands were around my stomach and I felt a soft touch on my back.

“T-Tsumugi? What are you doing…?”

“I’m replenishing my Nii-san energy.”

“Nii-san energy…!?”

“When I do this, Nii-san’s warmth flows into me…♪”

She hugged me even tighter.

“People are looking…”

Of course we weren’t the only ones there. Students were passing by on their way to class.

I could see that everyone was looking at me with varying reactions.

“It’s just a healthy bonding between brother and sister. There is nothing wrong with that.”

“I-Is that so…?”

From the perspective of the head of the public morals committee, regardless of being siblings or not, this would be an automatic violation. If we were discovered, it would turn into a problem.

“……”

As I gulped and looked around nervously, a certain person walked by at the wrong moment.

It wasn’t Minase, but in a way, it was the worst encounter.

Our gazes met.

“Tsk.”

The moment Tsumugi’s ex-boyfriend, Reo Kaido, noticed us, he contorted his face into a grim expression and clicked his tongue.

I froze, unable to even take my eyes off him, and broke out in a cold sweat as my heart pounded violently.

“O-Oi, Tsumugi…”

I urged her to let go.

However, Tsumugi shook her head indulgently and remained in the same position.

I wonder if she’s aware of Reo’s presence or not. Maybe she can’t see him because she’s pressing her face against me…

I think it made the atmosphere even worse.

“””……”””

The three of us stayed silent.

Without saying a word, Reo walked past us into the second year classroom.

After a while, Tsumugi finally let go of her hand.

I immediately turned around. I was trying to say something, even though I couldn’t put it into words.

“Tsumugi…”

Then, Tsumugi gently held my palm as if to wrap it and smiled.

“Thanks to Nii-san, I think I can do my best today as well.”

“…I-I see… That’s good to know.”

“Yes♪ Thank you, Nii-san.”

No matter what, I ended up realizing it.

She no longer sees her ex-boyfriend in her eyes.

☆

“—Tsukishiro Takuma!!!”

When I entered the classroom with mixed feelings about Tsumugi and Reo, Minasee immediately got up from her seat and stormed over to me.

For a brief moment, our classmates’ attention turned to us, but they quickly averted their gaze, as if saying, “Again, huh…”

Although there has been a week and a half gap, this is probably a routine scene for this class.

“M-Minase…!? W-What is it…!?”

Did I do anything wrong?

I can’t think of anything… But then why is the head of the public morals committee in front of me so red-faced and breathing heavily…?

“Come here for a minute!”

“O-Oi…!”

I was forcibly taken by the hand and moved to an empty classroom.

—Don!

And then, Minase did the kabedon on me.

Because of Takuma’s height, even Minase, who is taller than most girls, has to look upwards quite a bit.

Looking at it calmly, it’s a little awkward, but I was in a normal state of panic.

She’s really angry!!!

It’s clear from the fact that I was purposely brought to a secluded place.

I can’t even imagine what kind of educational guidance, or punishment, awaits me.

“U-Um, what is it…?”

“Look. At. This!”

“Eh?”

I was confronted with the screen of a mobile phone.

It appears to be an exchange of messages between Minase and someone—No, it’s with Takuma.

I could see some of the messages.

“Hey, what’s wrong? Why won’t you respond? Why? Hey, why? Why? Why? Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why…”

Eh, what’s this… She’s scary…

“…Menhera?”

“Huh…!?!?!??”

Minase’s face lit up with red.

“W-Who told you to read it! Baka~!!”

“You’re the one who showed them to me!”

“I don’t know anymore, baka! Ecchi! Hentai!”

Minase hurriedly put away her phone and took a few steps backwards. She turned her head and started mumbling to herself.

“What the hell. Just what the hell is going on…! I was worried, you know? I was thinking, ‘What if something serious happened? What should I do?’ I couldn’t calm down and couldn’t sleep at night… And yet you came to school as if nothing happened… Ughhh… I feel relieved…but still…it makes me so angry. So angry!!!”

In the end, she stomped on the ground in a tantrum.

It seems that my unintentional comment made her even angrier.

I took a step forward.

“Um, sorry. You’re mad that I didn’t reply to your message… right?”

“N-No, I’m not angry at all…!”

“I see. But I’m sorry. I apologize.”

I bowed down.

“I have a reason, would you like to hear it?”

“…What?”

“I can’t reply to your message. In fact, I can’t even look at it.”

“Eh? What do you mean?”

“My phone broke, but I’ve got a new one now.”

I showed her my new phone.

The contact list was still registered with only family members.

“I-Is that so… T-Then, you didn’t…ignore me…?”

“Of course. If Minase sent me a message, I would reply immediately.”

Because if not, I’d get in trouble.

“I-Is that so… Hmph, well… In that case, it’s fine. Hmph!”

Minase, with a perplexing expression that was hard to tell whether she was angry or smiling, turned her head away with a slight pout.

“Will you forgive me?”

“Well… I’ll forgive you.”

“I’m glad to hear that. Thank you.”

I was relieved when I saw that Minase had managed to calm her anger.

To be honest, the hardest challenge since my reincarnation as Takuma is dealing with this Minase.

She completely dislikes me, is almost always angry when she speaks, has a loud voice, and yet she has a very nice face—A combination of characteristics that make it difficult to communicate with for a loner like me.

But to be recognised by her, the head of the public morals committee, will be a big step for the scumbag Takuma. I can’t avoid interacting with her.

“So what was the message about?”

“That’s…”

“Oh, yes, can you show me again? Then it will be easier to understand.”

Verbally, she might get into a bad mood again, and it’s faster to read.

Also, that message really bothers me.

“O-O-O-Of course you can’t!!! You idiot!”

“Eh…? I-Is something there?”

“No, nothing is there. I’ll delete it!”

“Ooh…”

As Minase said, she deleted all the messages to Takuma’s former contact. She then took a breath, perhaps relieved, and started talking again.

“There’s a volunteer activity this weekend that I’m going to be part of.”

“Volunteer?”

“You said it, didn’t you?”

Come to think of it, we talked about that when we first met. Even though I asked her for that, I didn’t think that she would ever listen to Takuma… Apparently, she did remember.

“Are you going to participate? Or not? Well, since it’s you, you’re probably just all talk when it comes to volunteering motivation anyway—”

“I’m in. Let me participate.”

“…Eh? Really? You’re going to…participate…?”

“Of course.”

“Eh… So you’re really participating, heh… Ehehe.”

This time, Minase seemed to raise the corners of her lips slightly and smiled.

From her point of view, she must be happy that Takuma is on the road to rehabilitation.

“T-Then, I’ll contact you later with more details.”

“Yeah. Thanks.”

“Hmph, it’s nothing.”

As expected, Minase, with a pouty expression, still refused to meet my gaze.

“Well, let’s go back to the classroom.”

“H-Huh!? Wait, wait a minute!”

“Hmm? Is there anything more you want to say…?”

“T-There is! Of course there is…!”

Suddenly, she approached me with an unsettled scowl.

“I-I said I was going to contact you again later, didn’t I…?”

“Yeah, I already said that the next time you message me, I’ll—”

“N-No! It’s not that…! So, um… Ugghh~~~”

She turned red again and her gaze wandered around.

“Y-Your new contact details! T-Tell me! Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to message you!”

“O-Ooh… Eh, you want my contact details…? “

I thought that Takuma had forced her to exchange contact details before, so now that I have a new one, I thought that Minase and I didn’t have to exchange contact details because we’re not that close.

“I-I don’t want it!”

“I guess that makes sense.”

“But there’s no other way. It’s more convenient for me to have it. Ah, this is not the only time you’re volunteering, is it? I’ll be contacting you then. And s-sometimes, I don’t mind having small talk with you, just sometimes…”

“I don’t think I’d contact you though…”

You wouldn’t contact someone who, for all intents and purposes, dislikes you very much.

“Why not! Do it!”

“Ehh…”

I really don’t understand this head of the public morals committee…

“Okay, okay. Let’s exchange contact details. It’d be great to get some more volunteer information.”

“Eh, really? Really, really? A man doesn’t go back on his word, you know?”

“Yeah, I won’t.”

“Yayy! Yayyyy!!!”

For some reason, she was jumping up and down with joy.

Let’s just stop worrying about it. It’s pointless to think about her emotions. After all, I’ll never understand them.

I’m just trying to be sincere and maintain the right distance so that I don’t get yelled at.

We completed exchanging contact details.

She’s the 4th person. The first outside of my family.

I didn’t think that it would be Minase.

“Well then, I’ll count on you this weekend. Don’t you dare run away. I won’t forgive you if you do.”

“I won’t do that. Because I get to volunteer with Minase.”

“W-Whaa…!?”

Oh no, I might have stepped on a landmine again.

“I-If you want to be with me that much, it can’t be helped…”

She didn’t explode…?

I secretly patted myself on the back.

I really don’t know why a simple conversation can have such a thrill.

It might be impossible for me to get Minase Rion to change her opinion of me, after all…

Since then, I’ve been bombarded with Minase’s messages of politely worded daily small talk(?). But that’s a story for another time…