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 19 - Sweat-Wiping Towel

Chapter 19 – Sweat-Wiping Towel

“Good work. Here, take this.”

After finishing volunteer work, I was handed a bottle of tea by Minase…

“Don’t get me wrong. This one is handed out to all participants.”

“O-Ooh…”

“And take this too.”

Next, I was handed a sandwich.

It doesn’t look store-bought, looks like it was homemade.

“D-Don’t get me wrong. This is just something I give out to everyone all the time. I didn’t make it for your sake.”

“Y-Yeah…”

“…You have a big body, don’t you?”

“Huh? …Well, yes?”

“You eat a lot, don’t you?”

“Well, I guess.”

Glancing sneakily at me in a fidgety manner, Minase took out another sandwich from her pocket.

“T-Then I’ll give you this one too.”

“Aren’t you giving them out to everyone? I’m the only one who gets two…”

Moreover, the bread was bigger than the first one and had more ingredients.

“Just eat it! I put my heart and soul into it!”

She pressed it against my chest and I had no choice but to accept it.

I’ll take it as a reward for my first volunteer work.

“Also…”

Minase was still glancing at me with a perky look on her face.

“You’re sweating so much. Don’t you have a towel?”

“Ah, I should have brought it with me. Volunteering is quite hard…”

To be honest, I underestimated it.

“Of course it is.”

Minase took out a towel.

“…Come on, bend over. Face this way.”

Apparently she’s going to wipe me off.

With both hands full of sandwiches and tea, I graciously obeyed.

Minase’s towel gently caressed my neck.

“…It’s a bit damp?”

“W-Whaa! T-There’s no other way, is there!? I’ve only got one towel!”

So this towel was used by Minase…?

I felt my face getting hotter.

“…What?If you don’t like it, I’ll stop…”

“N-No, I don’t mind. I really don’t mind, so thank you…”

“Hmph.”

Minase seemed to be angry throughout, but she wiped off the sweat more carefully than I expected.

I was able to have a lot of conversations with Minase, and engaging in volunteering work was quite fulfilling and enjoyable. I had a satisfying time overall.

……

…

“Nii-san, where have you been?”

When the sun was high in the sky, I returned home after volunteering and was greeted by Tsumugi who had already woken up.

“I volunteered a bit for a beach clean-up.”

“Volunteered? If Nii-san was going, I wanted to come too!”

“Tsumugi was sleeping so soundly.”

It is both a fact and an assumption that she slept well.

It’s really awkward talking to Tsumugi in the morning…

That’s because of Tsumugi’s late-night masturbation…

It had become an occasional event. To be more specific, once every 2. or 3 days. The Friday night before the weekend was especially intense.

Last night was just as crazy.

I don’t have the courage to talk to her in bed.

“By the way, what is that sandwich?”

“Ah, this was given to me by Minase.”

“Minase is… Is she the head of the public morals committee?”

“Yes, that’s right. Minase was the one who told me about volunteering. This is part of my bad image-breaking process.”

Tsumugi didn’t show even a trace of anything illicit like she did with Kokoa.

“I see. Then I will definitely accompany Nii-san the next time he volunteers. I look forward to working with you then, Nii-san.”

“Tsumugi doesn’t have to go out of her way to stay with me, okay?”

“I will definitely accompany you, thank you very much.”

“…Yes.”

Under pressure, I nodded my head.

……

…

“Itadakimasu, Nii-san.”

Afterwards, Tsumugi prepared breakfast for us.

I had a sandwich which I receive from Minase, so Tsumugi didn’t have to go to the trouble of preparing breakfast, but as expected, I didn’t get to refuse.

There are omelets, salad, soup, and so on.

Tsumugi seems to be completely addicted to cooking these days. She helps out not only with lunch boxes but also with breakfast and supper every day.

“How is it? Is it delicious, Nii-san?”

“Yeah, it’s delicious.”

“Ehehe, I’m glad.”

Tsumugi is most delighted when her cooking are appreciated like this.

“Which one is more delicious, Minase-senpai’s sandwich or my cooking?”

And she always wants to be the best.

“Tsumugi’s cooking tastes better.”

“I see♪ I see♪”

Let’s indulge Tsumugi for now…

Minase’s sandwich was, of course, delicious, but…

Seeing Tsumugi’s smiling face, it made me have an appetite too… In no time at all, I finished all the food.

“By the way, do you have anything you want, Tsumugi?”

Subtly… but not really, I’ll ask in anticipation of her birthday.

“As long as I have Nii-san, I don’t need anything.”

“T-That’s not what I asked…”

“Nii-san♪ Ni~i~san~♪”

Tsumugi, who has gone into full pampering mode, is now taking advantage of the opportunity to rub herself up against me.

In the end, I didn’t hear anything very helpful.

☆

After school at the beginning of the week.

I headed straight for the library.

I asked Tsumugi to go home first. At first she didn’t listen to me, saying she would go to the library with me, but she backed down because she had to prepare dinner.

Sorry I’m doing my own thing, but it’s nice to be able to do things separately, especially since it’s her birthday this week.

By the time I got to the library, Minase was already there. She was wearing glasses. That seems to be her style when she studies.

“I’ll be in your care today.”

Then, I took the seat opposite of her.

Hmm…?

At that moment, I thought I felt a gaze from around the book-lending counter.

Come to think of it, this is that girl’s stronghold…

I looked around, but couldn’t see her.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I doubt she’ll get involved with me from now on. After all, she’s finally been freed from Takuma’s clutches…

I have also decided to maintain non-interference.

“Well, why don’t you solve this first?”

“What’s this?”

“It’s like a quiz. I want to know how good you are first.”

From the looks of it, it’s handmade. I can’t believe she made something like this in the space of one free day…

I was very grateful for the test.

—Several tens of minutes later.

“This is terrible.”

“I’m sorry.”

When Minase finished grading, I rubbed my head against the desk in sincerity.

“I can’t even bear to look at anything except for Japanese and history. How on earth did you manage to get into this high school…?”

In fact, I didn’t even take the test, so it’s no wonder.

By the way, I got a perfect score only in modern Japanese. This is the power of an eroge otaku. Leave the task of reading text to me. I can even read between the lines.

I am also good at history because there are many related stories.

Science? I know nothing about that.

But quantum mechanics is kind of cool.

“Since this is the case, I should teach you from scratch, but to do that… I’ll have to start from primary school all over again. There’s just not enough time.”

“I’m truly ashamed.”

I seriously can’t help but respect Minase, who no longer emotionally rants like usual and instead engages in serious discussions that make me genuinely impressed.

Eventually, Minase let out a sigh.

“This time, I’m going to teach you the essentials so that you can get a good score on the test. This is just as a first aid kit. It won’t help you much in the exam, so keep that in mind.”

“Yes.”

That’s good enough for me.

The priority right now is to pass the test.

“Shall we start with English? I’m surprised you can read long sentences quite well.”

“Well, should we go about it gently?”

I’m just making analogies based on the few words I know. I think my reading comprehension ability and reading experience are also helpful here. Eroge is versatile.

“You’re lucky. It’s impossible to study long texts in a short time, so just go with the flow. If you hit the mark, then lucky for you.”

It’s an unexpected remark from the serious Minase, but I suppose that’s just how hopeless my academic abilities are right now.

“I will make sure that you memorize the English words covered in the exam thoroughly.”

“How much is that?”

“300.”

“Ughh…”

“That’s on the lower end. For university entrance exams, it’s said that you need to memorize 4,000 to 6,000 words.”

The numbers made my head spin.

“We’ve got three weeks to go before the test, so let’s just do it steadily. Ah, right… Memorize it at home every night and we’ll test again like we did today.”

“Yeah…”

“Can you do that?”

Minase became slightly irritated.

“Y-Yes, I can do it. Yes…”

I can’t whine after everything she’s done for me. I deliberately puffed out my chest.

“Well said.”

She smiled at me in an unusually gentle way.

“If you get a good score on the test, well, um… I just might give you a reward…”

“Eh, a reward? Could it be that Minase is going to do something for me?”

“Y-Yes…. That’s right. So do your best, okay?”

“I’m suddenly very motivated.”

“Mou~ It’s nothing much.”

“It’s because it’s a reward from Minase. That’s a hundred times more motivation.”

“A hundred times… That’s too much…”

“I’m looking forward to Minase’s reward.”

“Before you raise my expectations, focus on getting results yourself!”

In the end, as usual, she got angry.

However, I felt that I was getting closer to Minase thanks to the volunteer work.

And then, for the rest of the day, we made a study plan for each subject.

All the while, I occasionally felt a gaze from behind me, but I decided not to pay attention to it.