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Episode 26

“Well then, Sakuragi-san. See you later.”

“Yeah, see you later too. Yuugao-kun.”

“Ah, Nii-san. I still have something I want to talk to Sakuragi-san about.”

“Eh, is that so?”

“Yes, I want to talk with Sakuragi-san for a bit more.”

I’m sorry for my Nii-san, but I have something important to talk about with this woman before I get home.

“Then~ come home early, okay. Try to not get too late.”

“Yes, thank you very much.”

“Ah, about the house…”

“I won’t get too late, so I’ll do the chores. So Nii-san, please DON’T do ANYTHING, okay?”

“…Uh, un. I understand.”

That’s the only thing I will never compromise on. Because I want my Nii-san to live without doing anything for the rest of his life.

As I see Nii-san off, I face this woman… Kaede.

“Haaah…Yuugao-kun already left. Then, now what?”

“No, I just had a little concern I wish to address.”

“There are more things I want to say and ask myself.”

“Oh my, what are those, I wonder?”

“Can you please not disturb Yuugao-kun and me as we go home from school?

“Fufu, why? My Nii-san is mine, though.”

“Can you keep your jokes in moderation?”

Our gazes collided.

“And so, What happened to that man?”

“Is that about the man responsible for Yuugao-kun getting hurt and falling?”

“Yes. I thought that if your response was lax in comparison, I would impose further sanctions on that guy. Although I can guess the circumstances you put him into to some extent, it would be better to hear it directly from you specifically.”

“Oh well. At this point, he is busy being looked down upon by the whole class and the school as a two-timer bastard in school.”

… I see, so that is the kind of compromise she makes in response to that, huh.

“… Well, I guess it achieves a passing mark.”

“It can’t be helped. Till this outcome was my limit. However, if that guy had done something even terrible to Yuugao-kun, he’d be hospitalized at worst. For the rest of his life, that is.”

“…fufu. Wouldn’t you have made him quite unhappy if you had used your parent’s authority?”

“… you… you do know, don’t you? That I’m not on good terms with my parents.”

“Well, I did some research.”

“You have such a bad personality. Are you really Yuugao-kun’s little sister?”

“Yes, I am genuinely Nii-san’s sister. Non-blood related, though.

“Well, I can deduce why you have that kind of personality with the fact that you don’t share the same blood as Yuugao-kun.”

No matter what people say, I’m Nii-san’s little sister. I don’t know how often I resented the fact that I was not related by blood to Nii-san. Still, on the contrary, I have also felt glad that we are not related by blood after all.

“Because I can marry Nii-san.”

“Haah? Obviously, you can’t. After all, Yuugao-kun likes me.”

“Haa~ah, please don’t start talking nonsense. Such jokes have a bland taste.”

“These aren’t jokes, though. Do you even have your eyes still attached?”

I stared into the eyes of this person who was glaring at me. Cloudy and black. Eyes that can’t see anything else because they’re completely infatuated with my Nii-san.

It’s true that I love Nii-san from the bottom of my heart. I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him. I love him to the point of madness. But unlike her, I’m an excellent woman who can keep herself in control and conscience.

Although even I was also just completely infatuated with him in the past.

“…Well, I’m going home. Nii-san is waiting for me.”

“Shall I go home with you? As an upperclassman, I don’t think leaving a first-year student to go home alone is good.”

“Wouldn’t it just make you look miserable if you were to come to our home trying such underhand means? Shouldn’t it be just about fine if you were asked to visit by Nii-san himself or if you were to say it to him before visiting by yourself?”

“B–But T–That might make him think I might be a lose-woman.”

“Haa~h, well, please do your best by your limited means. Well then.”

I start walking in the direction of my house.

After talking to her, I could somehow envision a new future for ourselves.

End Of Chapter