The Villain Who Got Pinned Down Until He Ran Out Of Stamina ~ This Time I Raised The Protagonist's Affection Too Much And Everyone Fell For Me~

“Did someone just say something?”

“No.”

“Nope.”

“It wasn’t me.”

Both the beautiful sisters and Yuito shook their heads.

I thought I heard someone call “wait a minute,” but… none of the members present, including myself, said anything like that.

“Oh, must have been my imagination.”

“It was us…!”

“Hm?”

I heard a voice again. Looking around to see who it was, I noticed a group of popular students standing behind Yuito and the others who were surrounding my desk, wearing disgruntled expressions.

…It took quite some courage to approach this team.

Me, who was feared for my intimidating appearance, the beautiful sisters, and the protagonist who was adored by them… in a sense, this team had gathered the four strongest people, and I didn’t think there would be any heroes brave enough to interrupt us. Glancing around, I noticed the homeroom teacher was gone. I see, so that’s why…

“…”

The four of us stared intently at the popular students, waiting for their next words… but they seemed intimidated, just mumbling with their mouths without actually speaking.

…Could it be that since they failed to invite the beautiful sisters during the social gathering or individually, they were now trying to take it out on Yuito? Oh really?

As I was getting ready to glare menacingly the moment they lashed out at Yuito,

“What’s wrong? Do you need something from one of us?”

Yuito kindly asked to make it easier for them to speak. He was too nice… as expected of a protagonist.

With Yuito’s consideration, one of them finally opened their mouth.

“Saeki is… monopolizing the Sumino sisters… th-that’s unfair!”

…Huh?

“Y-yeah! We want to interact more with the Sumino sisters too…!”

“Give us a chance too!”

Once one person spoke up, the others started voicing their opinions as well.

Wait, were the popular kids in our class like this? They seemed to look at me much more harshly…

“Eh, ehhh!?”

Yuito was bewildered. Faced with this unexpected development, the beautiful sisters and I also froze.

Why were they telling Yuito… Oh, maybe because the beautiful sisters’ guard was so tight. But even with the beautiful sisters right here, what was the point of telling Yuito…?

“Come on, please, Saeki!!”

“W-wait a minute!”

“Whoa!?”

Pressed by the popular students, Yuito hid behind me as if escaping, calling for them to wait. Behind me!?

“That scared me… th-this is frightening…”

He was actually scared… Should I pat his head at times like this? No, wait. What would patting a guy’s head accomplish?

“Alright, alright. Everyone, that’s enough.”

When Mahiro clapped her hands, the popular students immediately quieted down. You could tell at a glance who the boss of this class was.

With the class’s attention on her, Mahiro spoke with a pleasant expression.

“I’m happy that you all want to form a team with Riina and me. But… we prefer to be with Yuito. If you’re all as kind as I think you are… you’ll understand, right?”

She finished speaking and smiled.

“If Mahiro-san says so…”

“Y-yeah, that’s right. If Mahiro-san says this team is best…”

“Sorry for crowding you, Saeki…”

“Ah, yeah…”

Their earlier enthusiasm vanished completely. The popular students returned to their seats smoothly, as if they had clearly given up.

“As expected of big sister~”

“Fufu. So it’s decided that we’ll be a team of four for the forest school trip.”

“Thank you, Mahiro-chan.”

“It’s nothing if it’s for Yuito.”

The class began to buzz again as if nothing had happened.

Getting those popular students to comply with just a smile… as expected of a prince.

“Hey.”

“…Hm? Huh!?”

Thinking I’d heard Mahiro’s voice, I turned to the side to find her figure right next to me.

As I froze in surprise, Mahiro brought her mouth close to my ear. Was she trying to have a private conversation while Yuito was looking the other way…?

“Thank you, Kasajima-kun.”

“Eh, no… I didn’t do anything…?”

If anything, I was just being excluded…

“Thanks to you, I got to see another cute side of Yuito. Fufu…♡”

“…”

Looking at Mahiro from a slight distance, her eyes seemed somewhat dreamy…

“Yuito is cute. Yes, the cutest in the world ♡.”

This had happened before too. Her being all happy about Yuito.

Perhaps Mahiro was experiencing a glitch because I, who should be harassing the protagonist Yuito, had instead taken the position of his friend, the complete opposite of the original situation…

“…♡”

No, this might be her true nature. Also, stop showing that melting expression just to me! It didn’t make me happy at all!!