LIGHTNOVELONLINE chapter 89
89
45, The Surrounding Favorability Towards Akechi Hidetaka
I dashed back from Eileen Something’s place to the department store’s swimsuit section.
Everyone was already gathered, and it was just about to turn into a commotion.
“Hey, Hideyori? Where were you?”
“Huff, huff, huff… I’m here…”
“That panting doesn’t look like ‘nothing’s wrong’ to me!?”
Panting heavily, he catches his breath.
“Please… a drink…”
“Ah, yes! Here you go, Hideyori-san.”
“Thank you.”
He takes the bottle of drink from Takeru and drinks it straight away.
It was green tea, so it went down easily.
“Awawa…”
Someone’s flustered voice can be heard.
What’s wrong?
I wonder if there’s been another snatch theft, but nothing like that had happened.
“Haa… That was good… Sorry, Takeru, I drank it all. I even put my lips on it, forgive me.”
I’m truly sorry for the indirect kiss.
“Huh? That’s not my tea.”
“Eh? Then whose… what!?”
Eien-chan’s face was red.
Taking a closer look at the bottle.
It’s a slightly smaller size, 350 milliliters.
Takeru usually only buys 500-milliliter drinks.
A different kind of sweat flows down my back from when I was out of breath.
“Eien-chan! I’m really sorry!”
“No, it’s… um…”
“I’ll treat you to juice! I’ll even buy ten bottles.”
“Oh? Is an indirect kiss from Eien-chan worth only a thousand yen?”
Tsugaru’s remark sends a shockwave.
An indirect kiss from Eien-chan for a thousand yen?
It can’t be that cheap.
“I’ll give you my life. If you don’t want it, sell my organs and turn them into money.”
“Um… no… I’m fine… It’s my fault for reflexively passing it without considering the possibility of an indirect kiss…”
…
Eien-chan wasn’t looking at my face.
This is… that thing…
The Emi pattern from the other day…
I’ve been disliked again…
“Don’t worry, Hideyoshi.”
“Sakiya…”
“Do you want one of our canned coffees?”
“Please stop…”
Don’t look at me with those eyes…
Damn it, Eileen something-or-other…
I won’t forgive you the next time we meet…
I can’t go on without shifting the blame…
“Are you okay, Eien-san?”
“I-I’m fine! Don’t worry about it, Risa.”
Risa is rushing over to Eien-chan.
Seeing her being comforted right in front of me makes me feel even more depressed.
“It’s just embarrassing… I don’t hate it…”
Eien-chan muttered something while not looking at me.
And at the same time, she looked at me as if she thought I was trash…
The coercive power of the game is surprisingly too strong…
If Takeru moves conveniently, the world’s will seems to push Hideyoshi into hell.
…
Emi is staring at me intently.
That makes me concerned, so I look back at Emi.
“You’re misunderstanding something.”
“Eh?”
“But I’ll never point it out.”
“You’re the devil, aren’t you…”
“Because we’re rivals, after all.”
I can’t understand Emi’s recent aloofness at all.
What’s she talking about, ‘rivals’?
“Why don’t you die one more time?”
“Tsugaru… Curse me for a lifetime.”
“That’s just plain creepy.”
“…………”
It’s clear that Hidetoyo’s likability is averaging zero…
Ever since coming to the department store, my heart feels like it’s dying.
“Hidetoyo, hang in there.”
“That’s someone else’s problem.”
“It is someone else’s problem.”
Takeru’s words are the kindest of all.
Truly, I think I’m falling for Takeru.
He’s such a good guy, I feel like apologizing for making fun of him as the ‘incompetent’ or ‘worst timing man’ in the original work.
My disappearance, and the mess I made, have already been forgotten.
The story of a thief stealing something like a sword is so far removed from our daily lives that if you think of it as keeping us away from danger, then there must be some value to my blunder.
That’s what I choose to believe.