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 32 - Ramen With My Sister and Junior

Chapter 32 – Ramen With My Sister and Junior

“So, where are we going?”

Tsumugi, who tightly held my left arm, asked me. Then, Kokoa, who took position on my right, smirked and deliberately shook her silver hair.

“Hmm… Where do you think?”

“Well… if we’re talking about a date, then maybe a movie theater or an amusement park? Going to a planetarium could also be lovely. Oh, but the sun will be setting soon, so being alone together in a park, gazing at the stars in the night sky…that would be nice too…♪”

Tsumugi, lost in her thoughts, began to speak dreamily. Each of her suggestions, though common, possessed a pure and romantic quality that was characteristic of her.

However, as Kokoa observed Tsumugi’s dreamy state, she shook her finger disapprovingly, making a “tch tch tch” sound.

“The correct answer is~~~ Ramen~~~♡”

“Ramen again?”

“Again…? Nii-san…???”

Her smile is pressuring me. And my arm hurts.

It appearsI’ve dug my own grave.

“It was so delicious the other day~ Senpai’s delicious and thick~~~…♡”

“Nii-san’s delicious and thick…?”

“It was ramen! She’s saying it like that purposely!”

My arm was twisted.

Tsumugi’s eyes had lost their sparkles and I was scared.

“…Amatsuyu-san, what is your relationship with Nii-san?”

“We’re just seniors and juniors—”

“Please shut up, Nii-san♪”

Ssh.

I was silenced immediately.

We can only hope that Kokoa chooses her words correctly…

“(Hehe♡)”

When I looked at Kokoa, she had a big smile on her face.

“Our relationship~? Well~~~”

While groaning softly, she cutely rested her finger on her chin. At that moment, I couldn’t shake off a sense of unease, but eventually, she exclaimed with a sudden burst of inspiration and answered.

“It’s an adult relationship that Tsumugi-senpai doesn’t understand yet, I guess♡”

“(…creaking sound)”

“ARGHH! Tsumugi!?”

Takuma’s muscular arm was easily twisted by his step sister’s slender arms.

How come Tsumugi has this much power!?

“K-Kokoa! Stop with the nonsense!”

“Eh~ But it’s true, isn’t it?”

Kokoa whispered softly in my ear.

“We have an adult relationship of mutual eroge interests that we can’t tell Tsumugi-senpai♡”

“Yes, that’s not wrong, but…!”

I can never tell Tsumugi that I like eroge.

However, the way Kokoa said it just now sounds like she was hinting at a bad relationship rather than an eroge hobby…!

“Ahahaha~ Senpai has a strange face~”

She laughed at me writhing in pain.

“Sorry, sorry, Tsumugi-senpai. That was a joke.”

“A joke…? Really…?”

“Really, really. Me and senpai are just friends.”

“Is that…so…?”

The pure-hearted Tsumugi believed Kokoa’s words, and her speech became weaker.

“Yeah. Lately, that is. Right?♡”

“…Nii-san? (creaks).”

My left arm is already numb.

“Ah, here we are~!”

Walking while engaging in crackling conversation with them both arms, we finally arrived in front of the ramen shop.

It was the same ramen shop that Kokoa and I visited last weekend. It was a shop with thick and rich tonkotsu broth.

“Nnn~ It’s about time we had some, isn’t it?”

“…Well, yes, indeed.”

Once you’ve had a bowl of thick ramen, you may think you’ve had enough for a while. But a few days later, you feel the urge to eat it again. It’s like a drug.

My tongue was already in tonkotsu mode when I smelled the smell in the shop.

“The smell is really something…”

Tsumugi frowned.

This thick tonkotsu smell will be hard for beginners.

“Are you okay? If you don’t like it, we can change shop…”

“No, it’s fine. No problem.”

But Tsumugi shook her head resolutely.

“Nii-san likes ramen, doesn’t he?”

“Y-Yeah. Right.”

It was something I had answered back when we had a Q&A session together.

And it turns out that Tsumugi has never eaten ramen outside.

“I’ve always wanted to eat ramen with you. I want to like what Nii-san likes, too…♪”

She held my hand and smiled at me.

As a younger sister, she tries to understand her brother’s preferences, and it warms my heart. My sister is really the cutest.

“Though it would have been better if it was just the two of us.”

“Ehh, that’s terrible. I’m the one who told  senpai about this shop~”

Complaints came from my right hand side.

“If we eat ramen together, we’re all good friends~♡”

Saying this, Kokoa reached out her hand, but Tsumugi bluntly avoided it.

Bitchy and pure individuals naturally aren’t compatible with each other.

Even so, I feel like it’s rare for Tsumugi to be this cold towards others…

With this in mind, we entered the shop .

“Itadakimasu♡ Slurp, slurp, slurp…!”

Kokoa enthusiastically slurped the ramen after taking a bite.

Her slurping is still as impressive as ever.

“S-So this is a rich tonkotsu ramen…”

In contrast, Tsumugi next to me was frozen in front of her ramen.

“If you can’t finish it, I’ll eat it for you.”

“Y-Yes…!”

Tsumugi picked up the wooden spoon as if she had made up her mind.

Looks like she’s going to start with the soup.

She scooped up a semi-solid soup that is thick and almost clay-like.

At first, she looked a little reluctant, but…

“The scent is…strong, but not as bad as I thought it would be…”

As if lured by the scent, she brought the wooden spoon to her mouth.

“…! …It’s…! Delicious…?”

She muttered to herself and immediately picked up a pair of chopsticks.

She used the chopsticks to raise the noodles from the thick soup.

“…(Gulp)”

Tsumugi put the noodles on the bamboo stick and let them cool down before slowly putting them in her mouth. The way she eats without slurping the noodle is the ultimate in elegance, and it even looks sacred.

“Nii-san.”

After swallowing the first mouthful, Tsumugi pulled my sleeve.

“…This is delicious. It’s very delicious.”

“Y-Yeah…”

As a ramen lover, I couldn’t be happier to hear these words. Now I can eat ramen with Tsumugi.

“Have you been hiding this from me until now…? You made me an outcast and only eats with Kokoa-san…?”

“N-No! In the first place, I’ve only been here once with Kokoa…”

I had thought that someday I would come to a ramen shop with Tsumugi too…

I probably wouldn’t choose this shop, though.

“Well, fine. I’ll forgive you for this ramen.”

Smiling gently, Tsumugi began to eat her ramen again.

The way she was eating was very unfamiliar to me, but she seemed to be very happy as she carefully ate each bite with sweat on her forehead.

“Uncle. Give me some garlic~”

“Sure thing!”

“Wow!”

On my other side, there was Kokoa delightedly using a garlic crusher to sprinkle garlic into her bowl.

“Nnn~ Garlic, nnn~♡”.

This is a sight I like as a ramen lover. Though I still prefer looking at eroge.

“I definitely can’t imitate that…”

Tsumugi looked at Kokoa warily.

“…If Nii-san is joining, then I’ll join too.”

“Huh?”

“If we both have smelly mouths. we can…kiss….♡”

I don’t have any plans to engage in lip-to-lip contact though…

This little sister of mine has become good at making suggestive remarks…

……

…

“How was it? Tsumugi-senpai?”

After leaving the shop, Kokoa took Tsumugi’s hand and approached her.

“It was…delicious.”

“I see~ I’m glad to hear that♡”

Kokoa smiled gently.

Tsumugi finished her ramen and drank most of the soup. She can’t say it wasn’t tasty.

“Then let’s eat together again.”

“Eh…?”

“We’re already good friends who like ramen, aren’t we?”

Those words, spoken so close to one another, were unmistakable.

Kokoa always seems to be free and unrestrained, always acting from her true heart.

“Well then, senpai, Tsumugi-senpai. See you tomorrow♡”

With a big wave of her hand, Kokoa left.