Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - Chapter 72

Chapter 72: “Isn’t it time for a conclusion?” ②

Yuto Miyahara had always enjoyed taking something precious from someone.

It started when he forcibly took a toy from his brother. It was not intentional, but he ended up breaking the toy. However, the sight of Kazuto’s face distorted in sadness and his crying gave Yuto an immense sense of pleasure.

Since then, Yuto began to take little things that were precious to various people. 

He realized something simultaneously: instead of physically taking things, taking something that was emotionally significant to someone gave him a greater pleasure.

He decided to focus on taking people who were precious to others.

From a young age, Yuto knew that he was blessed with good looks and that the girls fawned over him. However, not understanding the reason, he made efforts to be liked by the girls.

His efforts paid off, and he became capable of developing a slight affection into a full-blown love. Initially, he was a popular boy in his class.

He targeted a girl who was a childhood friend of a boy he knew. The two children, who had mutual affection for each other, but within a month, the girl had fallen deeply for Yuto. He even tried to make her dislike the boy, and she quickly came to do so. The despair on the boy’s face, knowing that the girl he had grown up with disliked him, gave Yuto a sweet thrill similar to an electric shock running down his spine – a moment of epiphany.

Later he tried taking away each of the female friends of his brother, one by one.

Though his brother was not left completely isolated, the sadness in being coldly treated by the girls seemed to affect him deeply.

Yuto continued to take precious people away from others, but he quickly grew bored of it.

Yuto found himself unable to maintain interest in girls who easily switched their affections from one person to another. At the same time, he held a disdain for and distrust towards girls. 

However, there was an exception: his childhood friend, Natsuki Yura. 

Yuto thought he was a good kid as a friend, but it was precisely because they were friends that he wanted to take something away from him. 

But Natsuki didn’t have anyone special in his life, which Yuto found boring. 

However, one day, Natsuki gained a stepfather and a stepsister.

Initially, the stepsister was not fond of Natsuki, but eventually, they warmed up to each other, and she began to follow him around. It was clear she harbored a tender affection for Natsuki, dreaming of marrying him someday.

Yuto, who had been observing from a distance, thought now was the time. And as usual, he started with a handshake.

Yuto possessed a mysterious power. 

Even he didn’t fully understand it, but when he touched someone of the opposite sex, they would temporarily harbor affection for him.

He utilized this, touching the opposite sex to induce affection. However, he knew that wasn’t enough. So, he whispered sweet nothings, sometimes lying about his feelings, sending gifts, and doting on them.

Girls at an age to romanticize love could quickly develop real affection with just this much effort. Anzu was no exception. All that was left was to gradually make her dislike Natsuki.

—However, Yuto encountered an unexpected miscalculation.

First, Anzu developed feelings for Yuto far too easily. Without Yuto having to say anything, Anzu spoke ill of Natsuki out of a desire to catch Yuto’s attention. She vulgarly claimed Yuto was better than Natsuki.

Perhaps she had always been this type of girl. Yuto felt disappointed and developed a sense of disgust.

The second miscalculation was that Natsuki did not despair. He merely looked troubled, almost as if saying, “Well, it’s alright,” with a nonchalant attitude. 

On reflection, it might have been because he only saw Anzu as family and, given the short time, perhaps she wasn’t that important to him after all.

Yuto felt let down, but seeing his brother Kazuto, who seemed to have had a crush on Anzu, shocked and hurt by his brother taking her away provided some satisfaction.

Wanting somehow to make Natsuki despair, Yuto next took away a childhood friend girl. However, it turned out Natsuki had always thought of her as a boy and didn’t seem to care much beyond having a different playmate.

Then, he took away a high school girl who had been fond of Natsuki and volunteered as his tutor. Natsuki was merely happy not to have to study. Frustrated and angry, Yuto ended up sleeping with the girl.

How could he see Natsuki’s face in despair? How could he make him cry? Yuto pondered these questions.

Meanwhile, he continued to take away what was precious to others to satisfy his own self-esteem. Interestingly, boys began to complain to Natsuki, sometimes even resorting to violence. However, Natsuki didn’t lose; he fought back with violence when necessary.

Before he knew it, Natsuki had more male friends, and even his brother Kazuto admired Natsuki more like an older brother than himself. Incredibly, even their parents began to say things like they should learn from Natsuki.

While they were never truly precious to him, Yuto felt as if something had been taken from him instead.

Natsuki was surrounded by friends. 

Although girls flocked around Yuto, Natsuki never envied him.

Unbeknownst to him, Anzu had caused a rampage, leading to the collapse of the Yura family’s household, yet Natsuki remained unchanged.

How could he inflict pain on him? How could he see Natsuki’s face contorted in despair?

The continual pondering only accumulated stress.

—Let’s mess up everything around him. 

So he decided to drive Natsuki to despair by declaring that if not for their childhood friendship, they wouldn’t even be friends.

〜〜Afterword〜〜

Gross.