I can’t become a villain… I didn’t expect to be told so clearly.
Of course, I recognize that I’m plenty villainous and the worst of scum for using a hypnosis app to do whatever I want with them.
“…Hmm”
In the end, I’ve been thinking about this ever since.
Because of that, even now that I’m home after school, I’m still reflecting on my interactions with Aisaka and the others… Phew.
“No, no… I’m trying to think seriously, but I keep remembering the feeling of the three of them.”
It’s fine to reminisce and laugh, but if I keep doing this in front of the entrance, who knows what the neighbors will say if they see me, so I quickly opened the front door and went inside.
“I’m home~ …Oh?”
I thought no one was home yet, but my sister’s and mom’s shoes were there.
I can hear conversation coming from the living room, so I’ll just call out and then go to my room.
“I’m home~”
“Ah, welcome back, Kai.”
“Welcome home.”
The two formidable women who support our household.
…Still, every time I see my sister and mom together like this, I feel like laughing.
Why, you ask?
Well, besides Mom, my sister looks like an elementary school kid who still clings to her mother.
“Kai? Did you just think something very rude?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about…”
Damn it! Why is my sister so sharp?!
As I try to escape her piercing glare, I grab some barley tea from the fridge since I’m thirsty.
While I’m gulping down the ice-cold tea, Mom decides to say something unnecessary.
“Knowing Kai, I bet he was thinking Miyako looks like an elementary schooler again today.”
“Pffft!?”
Mom loves teasing us… especially when it comes to me and my sister, her playful jabs are relentless! But this time, she hit the nail on the head so accurately that I couldn’t help but react!
“Kai… is that true?”
“Well, um…”
“Death sentence.”
“That’s so unfair!!!”
I should be free to think whatever I want in my head, right?!
If I don’t say it out loud and they can’t hear it, it doesn’t count, right?!
Yet here I am facing this injustice! Mom’s having fun, but I need to prepare for my sister who’s about to pounce on me!
“You wanna go?!”
“What a bad attitude, you little brat… Hyaaaah!!”
And just like that, a war broke out between me and my sister as soon as I got home—of course, the outcome was quickly decided, and I was the loser.
“No little brother can beat his big sister.”
“…”
My sister is sitting on my back as I’m on all fours.
Damn it… my sister is seriously too strong… Sure, maybe little brothers can’t beat their big sisters, but she has the body of a kid! How come I, who’s grown up properly, can’t even put up a fight?!
“Hey, I bet you’re thinking something rude again.”
My sharp sister says this and then squeezes my face between her thighs.
She probably thinks she’s annoying me, but it’s way too vulgar for a lady to do.
“Hey, that’s too crude, Miyako.”
“Okay, okay.”
“Geez…”
With Mom’s voice, the cause of our fight, my sister moves away from me.
(Seriously, there’s no place for men in this house, huh, Dad?)
I should invite Dad out for sushi soon… We can complain all we want about my sister and Mom there.
(But still…)
No matter what they do to me or say to me, I can’t bring myself to hate them.
My sister, Mom, and even Dad have mentioned this to me several times… that I’ve never gone through a rebellious phase.
“…”
A rebellious phase… I hear it’s when you want to rebel against your parents, right?
I’ve never had anything like that… Not even once have I thought that my parents or my sister were a nuisance.
I mean, come on.
Family… to me, family is precious, they’re the people I love… I could never say or even think that I hate such people, not even as a joke.
“…Haha.”
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Man, I’m thinking about some embarrassingly sappy stuff… This isn’t like me at all.
The barley tea in my cup is gone, so I pour myself another as I want more.
“Oh, by the way, we were actually talking about you, Kai.”
“About me…?”
As I tilt my head in confusion, Mom cheerfully explains.
“I heard from Miyako that you helped a girl named Aisaka. I always knew our son was a good kid, but hearing that you actually helped someone makes me so proud!”
“…”
Damn it, sis, you blabbed…!
It’s not a bad story to hear about, but it’s seriously embarrassing for even Mom to know!
“Don’t forget about Agatsuma-chan too, not just Aisaka-chan.”
“Oh, that’s right. Geez, Kai, you should tell us these things! I know it’s private, and I won’t talk about those girls, but I wanted to brag to the neighbors about how great my son is!”
“No, no, please stop!? I didn’t help them for that kind of reason!”
“Oh my, how modest! Come here, Kai! Come on, let Mommy give you a big hug!”
“Please spare me the embarrassment!”
I can’t take any more of this!!!
Usually, I’d wash the cup I used myself, but I’m sorry—this time I’m leaving it and running away!
Feeling a warm… and kind gaze on my back, I fled and locked myself in my room.
“…Sigh.”
I put my bag on the desk and sit down on the bed with a sigh.
“Somehow today… I’ve been praised a lot.”
From the exchange during lunch break to just now… I feel like I’ve been praised enough for several years, but I realize that both have something in common—it’s all happened since I got my partner.
“This isn’t how it was supposed to be…”
I just wanted to mess around with girls as I pleased.
But for some reason, my reputation keeps going up… The secrets of those girls that were exposed because I used my partner.
I couldn’t ignore it and tried to solve their problems… Of course, I wasn’t confident that I could solve them, but I overestimated the overwhelming power of my partner, hoping I could do something good.
“Life really is unpredictable, huh?”
I pick up my smartphone and start up my partner.
The battery is almost dead, probably because I hypnotized three people simultaneously during lunch break… Seriously, just dealing with three people during lunch break is enough to drain it completely?
“Well, I guess that’s the price for having such an overpowered ability!”
Thanks again for today, partner.
As I say my usual thanks, I’m suddenly hit with a stomachache and rush to the toilet… I really can’t end things on a cool note, can I?
▼▽
Right after Kai left the room, clutching his stomach.
The screen Kai was looking at when he activated the app is the mysterious relationship chart that puzzles him.
In the center is Kai’s name, with pink and black threads wriggling around it.
As Kai said, the pink threads seem somewhat erotic, while the black threads are a bit creepy—anyone would probably have the same impression of the writhing black threads.
[…]
Right now, there’s no one in this room.
That’s why it’s natural that there’s no sound or presence… However, the screen of the smartphone, which should have been left behind by Kai, flashes as if it has a will of its own.
[…]
On that screen, the black threads approach Kai’s name.
However, the pink threads repel them all… as if protecting him.
Their strength is like that of a whip… The black threads are forced to retreat, unable to do anything against the pink threads.
[…]
And then, in the blink of an eye.
The screen seems to flicker, and a completely different screen appears.
[…]
It’s similar to the previous relationship chart, but entirely different.
Only black threads are visible, countless of them writhing and gathering as if to crush something in the center.
There are no pink threads protecting Kai’s name, and all that’s there are black threads—an eerie sight that seems to concentrate hatred, sadness, and grudges.
“Phew… Sudden stomachaches are the worst.”
Kai, the owner of the smartphone, returns with a silly look on his face.
As if reacting to his return, the screen reverts to the one with pink threads and Kai’s name.
“Huh, I just noticed, but aren’t there more black threads now…? What’s up with this, seriously?”
There’s no one to answer his question.
What was that screen just now… It’s something that even Kai doesn’t understand yet.
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Being thanked is something that never happens… Usually, I just faithfully follow desires and end up making people unhappy. But you’re different… You’re the first person to thank me… Being thanked isn’t so bad… Master, why do you thank me?
♡ ♡ ♡
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