Kurasu No Daikirai Na Joshi To Kekkon Suru Koto Ni Natta Volume 4
Kurasu No Daikirai Na Joshi To Kekkon Suru Koto Ni Natta Volume 4
1. Prologue
2. Chapter 1 - Junior
3. Chapter 2 - Sisters
4. Chapter 3 - Ensnaring
5. Chapter 4 - Little Sister Love
6. Epilogue
7. Afterword
8. Extra - Chapter 1
1. Chapter 2
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
Prologue
Akane was in high spirits first thing in the morning. She stood in the
relatively new kitchen, humming to herself as she prepared breakfast. Her
steps between the fridge and stove were as light as a ballerina’s, resembling a
dancer. When she was stirring up the contents of the hot pot, her shoulders
jumped up and down to a rhythm.
“Did something good happen?” Saito entered the kitchen, evidently confused
as he asked Akane in such fashion.
“What exactly?”
“You wanna know? Are you that curious?” Akane held the ladle in one hand,
closing in on Saito’s face, her eyes sparkling with joy.
Her personality could be a bit difficult at times, but because of her good
looks, seeing her this thrilled first thing in the morning was a bit too
stimulating.
“What, just be honest and say you want to know! This is top-class classified
information, you know?!”
“Okay then! I don’t care anymore! Not telling you!” Akane raised the pot
filled with miso soup, leaving Saito terrified.
Her gesture made it seem like she was planning on throwing the entire pot at
him. It may be different in other households of this world, but here with these
two, even miso soup could be used as a murder weapon. Without any safety
measure and defensive posture, the miso soup would end up drenching
Saito’s uniform before even leaving the house. Naturally, he was wary about
Akane, but she didn’t attempt to throw it at all. She instead showed a gleeful
smile, pouring some miso soup into a small bowl.
“Do you want me to…?” Akane looked at Saito like she was dealing with a
pervert.
“No…that’s not what this is…I was just feeling restless because you didn’t
do anything.”
“You need to stir your rice-bran paste on a daily basis, or it’ll rot, you know?
That’s what grandma told me.”
Saito was confident that his brain cells had a much more pristine consistency
than some paste.
Despite their severe verbal fight in regards to anything you could possibly
stir, Akane never once showed any signs of throwing the miso soup.
Saito couldn’t help but feel emotional. Having lived through fierce battles
happening on a daily basis, his idea of kindness had gotten far too twisted.
That being said, something was definitely off about Akane this morning. In a
situation where she would normally be fuming with anger, she was smiling.
—Does this mean that she’s made progress with her assassination plot that
has me has her target? Is this why she’s smiling?
Doubts filled Saito’s head, but there were no signs of that either. Ticklish,
unable to hold back her joy, an immense and oppressive aura of happiness
emitted from Akane’s entire body. At the same time, Akane put some
chicken teriyaki on a plate, looking at Saito simultaneously.
Saito completely lost any context related to the conversation. Rather, he was
worried that Akane might end up depressed again if he carelessly touched the
subject of her deceased younger sister. And yet, Akane seemed like she could
barely hold herself back from endlessly bragging about her sister.
“When I cooked something for her, she’d eat up everything while saying
‘Delicious delicious delicious!’. Even when I made a gratin with partially
burned charcoal, she still said ‘Onee-chan’s food is the best in the entire
world!’, and forced herself to eat it.”
“I did stop her! I left it alone so that I could clean it up later, but she ate it.
Said she couldn’t allow herself to waste my cooking.”
“What a kind sister you had,” Saito spoke with admiration, as Akane’s
cheeks relaxed.
“Right? Even the cat in our neighborhood that kept running away from me
was attached to her.”
“Not at all. I was just playing with her and some foxtail for about ten hours.”
She exclaimed, not a single shred of regret in her eyes.
Even if you’re having the time of your life, once that continues for all
eternity, it’ll soon turn into torture. That cat must have gotten fed up with
seeing that foxtail. If Akane were to ever fall in love with someone, she
would most likely devote herself and her entire being to that person, until
they start raising screams of terror. Thinking that this had nothing to do with
Saito, he simply felt sympathy for that person.
“And then, and then, when I left for some errands or school, she’d ask me
‘When will you be back…?’ like she couldn’t bear to see me leave. When I
saw her tearing up like a small animal, I just couldn’t leave her alone. It’s like
she couldn’t live without me, and I couldn’t neglect her.” Akane spoke like
she was in a daydream.
Seeing her dwelling in her memories, Saito was starting to feel restless. No
matter how much she may have cared for her younger sister, these were all
stories of the past. Akane may wish for it dearly, but her sister was in a place
far far away from her.
“When she had a fever, she was especially clingy, so she’d always ask me to
hold her hand until she’d fallen asleep.”
The fork fired off by Akane’s strong arm stabbed directly into the table.
Seeing the fork made out of metal turning wobbly like jelly, Saito once again
felt danger for his own life.
“She even said ‘Once I become an adult, I’ll become Onee-chan’s wife!’, you
know? She’s so adorable!” Akane narrowed her eyes, embracing her own
twisting and turning body.
“I don’t really get it, but I can see how much you cared for your sister, at
least.”
If Akane, being strict with her own feelings, fell head over heels for that
younger sister, she sure must have been adorable. Saito imagined her as a
noble lady reading books in a secluded room on her bed.
Saito was reading a book in the courtyard while the sun showered him with
some gentle light. During the lunch break, not many people were present in
the courtyard, nor was Akane around picking a fight with him, which allowed
Saito to read his book in peace. A breeze filled with the scent of grass and
flowers tickled his cheek, as he flipped over page after page. Right as he
enjoyed this silence that not even his own home could grant him, someone
called out to Saito from behind his back.
“Senpaaaai~”
It was a sweet, nasal voice. There shouldn’t be any person addressing Saito in
such a way. Wondering who it could be, he turned around. In doing so, he
was greeted by a girl with long hair, locking her hands behind her back,
pushing her body towards Saito. She still had an innocent touch to her face,
but she possessed the cuteness of an idol. Her large eyes were brimming with
energy, almost in a teasing way. The reason she had kept this youthful
atmosphere to her was most likely because of the two heart-shaped hair clips
she used to tie her hair in two braids. However, her slender figure was
emphasized where it needed to be, granting her a mature charm, and her
thighs covered with a garter belt were alluring, to say the least.
Immediately upon seeing, Saito was greeted with a sense of deja-vu. Despite
him not even knowing her, it felt like they had met before. Saito searched
through his memories, finding a lead. She resembled a girl he had gotten
attracted to at first glance before. During a party held to celebrate Saito’s
graduation held at Tenryuu’s villa, he had seen such a long-haired girl before.
At the time, she must have been in grade school, but it would be plausible for
her to grow up this way.
In response, the girl covered her mouth, her eyes opening wide in shock.
“Eh, Senpai, you don’t know who I am? Come on, it’s me! Maho!”
“You didn’t hear about me at all? I’m Maho, the first person who managed to
fly to space without any rocket!”
As long as Saito hadn’t lost his memories from one of Akane’s attacks, this
should be their first encounter. Saito became dubious if this wasn’t some kind
of scam. In response, the girl calling herself Maho put her fingers on her lips,
muttering.
“I don’t know what you’re so excited about, but…what do you want from
me?”
In the face of Saito’s question, Maho walked in front of him. Her handsome
face drew closer to Saito, her lively reddened lips stimulating his eyes. From
her skin drifted a sweet scent, as she faintly moved her lips, whispering.
“Can you blame me…? A girl I don’t even know suddenly asked me out.”
More than anything, she resembled that girl. Saito felt his heart racing faster.
Maho energetically sat down next to Saito, her legs swaying up and down.
“Yup! Senpai is always at the top of the student year, right? Not only in high
school but also in grade school and middle school! A clever man is so cool~!
I can’t help but respect you!”
“R-Right…” Met with such straight praise, Saito scratched his cheek.
He had always been at the top when it came to studies, but since there
weren’t many people actually praising him for that with full earnest,
receiving it now just made him feel restless. Despite this being their first
meeting, the girl sat close enough to Saito their bodies might touch any
second. She most likely was aware—aware that she was exceptionally
charming, and that simply sitting this close would put pressure on the man.
“Not to mention that you’ll be the next family head of the Houjou Group, no?
You’re in the winner group of life! You’re bound to be popular with the
girls.”
“That’s a lie. I heard of it, you know? You were confessed to by third-year
Himari-senpai, and yet you rejected her. She’s a beauty, kind, and popular
with everybody, so why’d you say no~? You greedy guy~” Maho slammed
her elbow into Saito’s side, grinding it back and forth.
“That’s…”
Nobody outside their closest family members should know about this, and
not a person was allowed to be aware of this fact. Saito frantically looked
around, worried that somebody might have overheard them. As if she had
seen through that, Maho smiled.
She pulled it off perfectly, creating a cute gesture, but that only annoyed
Saito more.
“Grandma~”
“Stop fooling around! Now that you know…I need to silence you and make
sure you never talk again…!” Saito grabbed Maho’s shoulders.
“Who the hell would do that!” Saito immediately pulled his hands away
again.
Yet, Maho showed no signs of trying to run. On the contrary, she seemed to
very much enjoy the situation, with her legs flapping up and down. She
clearly underestimated what it meant to make a man angry.
“Just Maho!”
Not knowing her goal was like dealing with a wild card. Her words and
actions were so over the top, Saito couldn’t calculate how to deal with her. At
“Why would you think I’d say yes after that entire previous conversation?!”
She took a deep breath that pushed out her chest, opened her mouth wide as if
to create a human megaphone, and raised a voice loud enough to reach the
school building.
“Wait wait wait!” Saito frantically stopped her, closing off her mouth.
With the momentum he used, Maho’s body fell over, ending up with the back
on the bench. Her long hair reached the ground, dangling in the air. Her
charm didn’t befit her age as a junior, and the sensation of her lips was fresh,
burning into Saito’s mind. While being pushed down, Maho let out a snicker.
“This is an emergency, so let’s just talk this through…” Saito felt like he had
stepped on a landmine, rather than pushed down a girl.
“Would you like to try feeling them again? Maybe with your lips this time?”
Maho grabbed Saito’s chest, pulled herself up, and pushed her lips closer to
him. Because of this sudden happening, Saito didn’t manage to evade it in
time. Right as their bodies approached, something like a projectile flew
between the two. Nay, it was not any projectile, it was Shisei’s body that shot
up from the ground at immense speed. She crashed into the bench, pushing
Saito and Maho away from each other. With a shriek, Maho fell off the
bench. At the same time, Shisei stood on the bench like a king with crossed
arms, wiping the sweat off her forehead.
“Shise…!”
What a brave figure. What heroic deed. Kyle felt like a maiden who was
saved by a hero. He was fully aware that his expression turned into that of a
shoujo manga’s female protagonist. At the same time, Shisei declared with a
reliable expression.
“Shise will protect Brother. No matter who may stand against Shise, she will
defeat whatever enemy, and make them surrenmgh!”
Right as Shisei was declaring her determination, Maho suddenly jumped up,
hugging her tightly, and twirled her around in her arms.
“So…So so so so cute! What the heck?! Her eyelashes are so long! Her
cheeks are so fluffy! Her skin is so smooth! She’s way too adorable! Is she a
fairy?! Or, a puppet?!”
“She’s my cousin Shisei…Could you stop shaking her around like that?”
Shisei’s eyes were already turning into small marbles from all the dizziness.
Like a small animal, she must have realized that all resistance was futile, and
just let her legs dangle in the air. Maho asked with hope in her voice.
“I’ll make her happy! I’ll build a small shrine for her, and feed her
marshmallows every day!”
“It’s okay, right?! I want her, I want her so badly! I might just abduct her!”
“Don’t abduct her.” Saito forcefully stole Shisei back from Maho, who was
about to run off.
“To confess to Senpai, of course! But, it makes sense for me to abduct and
spoil a cute girl like her, right?!”
“A molester?!”
Maho moved her hands like small tentacles, approaching Shisei. Saito tried
his best to protect Shisei from her, embracing her in his arms. However, this
allowed Shisei to fondle all of Saito’s chest, so she was plenty of a molester.
“Shise refuses. A younger sister has the duty of making her brother’s chest
grow.”
“I never heard of any duty like that…Also, my chest isn’t going to grow any
further!”
Saito realized that he would have to give her a good scolding later on. As the
situation and mood were critical, the chime rang, declaring the end of the
lunch break. In response, Maho lowered her hands, erasing her fighting
posture.
“You managed to get away this once, Senpai, but this isn’t the end, okay?
This is just the beginning.”
The world already had enough trouble with the last boss known as Akane.
“See you later, Senpai~” Maho showed a wink, and walked away.
Even as Saito returned to the classroom, the teacher for 5th period had yet to
arrive. The students were excited about a January lunch break you wouldn’t
normally expect, discussing their experiences on and on. As for Akane, she
was still in as much of a great mood as this morning, while she was talking to
Himari. Saito was curious just what happened, but he couldn’t just ask this
late into the game.
“Was that girl just now your type?” Shisei sat on Saito’s desk, asking him.
“Not at all.”
“But, you looked happy while she was approaching you. You had a lewd look
on your face.”
“I did not!”
“It’s great that you’re confident, but not if you’re accusing me of nonsense.”
“Brother, you didn’t actually try to avoid that girl. Would you kiss about any
girl as long as she’s cute?” Shisei faintly tilted her head.
Her translucent, sapphire-colored eyes stared directly at Saito. Her pure gaze
made Saito feel like she could see through all his wicked desires.
“That doesn’t make any sense. The normal Brother would beat her to death
without hesitation.”
She resembled that girl, who Saito had once been attracted to, after all. Then
again, that girl was more pure and proper than devilish.
“So Brother judges girls based on their looks. You think with your lower
body. Shise will remember that.”
“Wanna kiss Shise as well?” Shisei pushed her lips towards Saito, blinking
with her long eyelashes.
If the people of her fan club saw this, Saito would be a dead man.
“Yeah, emphasis on younger. And it wasn’t on the lips, it was a family’s kiss
on the cheeks.”
“Not here.”
If Saito was not used to Shisei’s undeniable beauty, he might have been
unable to protect himself against that attack. Finally, Shisei slid off the desk,
which almost caused her skirt to be flipped up, so Saito pushed it down.
Despite being so devilishly assertive, she had this youthful side to her, which
is why Saito couldn’t leave her alone.
“That’s not what Shise meant.” She said and returned to her seat.
Classes ended for the day, and Saito was finally able to enjoy some freedom
in class 3-A’s classroom. Akane had plans to hang out with Himari, no time
to go shopping as the married couple they were. Shisei went off shopping
with her parents, so that maid driver came to pick her up. In other words, as
soon as he walked out of the school, he was free. Walking around town with
Shisei was fun, but sometimes, he preferred being alone after all. For
example…during the release day of a novel with erotic content.
“Senpaaaai!”
A scream that sounded like a death sentence to Saito rang out inside the
classroom. Maho stood at the door to the room, waving her hand from across
“Shise, run!” Saito looked next to him, but Shisei was nowhere to be seen.
—Who was the one who said ‘I’ll protect Brother no matter what’, huh?!
Saito cursed, but it was a wise decision on Shisei’s end. Even a small animal
would run away in the face of an approaching storm. At the same time, the
classmates still present in the classroom went noisy.
“A first-year?”
All the boys’ gazes focussed on the girl. Especially Maho’s thighs, that is.
Said Maho started fidgeting, asking the boys near the door.
However, she must have seen Saito in the corner of her view, so all that was
evidently an act. Not to mention that gazes fueled with anger and fury
focussed on said Saito a second after.
“Houjou…You again?!”
“You’re not satisfied with Ishikura, and now you got a cute junior as well?!”
“You treacherous beast! Even if the gods may forgive you, we sure as hell
won’t!”
Together with energetic voices, the boys carried Saito to the balcony. As a
group, they were trying to throw him out.
“What kind of chant is that?! Somebody call the city guards! Call for help!”
The boys started shedding tears of blood, swinging Saito around even more
violently. They weren’t just satisfied with pushing him off the fourth floor,
they wanted to shoot him off like a cannonball. It was clear that Maho was
purposefully aggravating the boys. Saito somehow managed to break free
using his own strength, stepping on their heads to make it back inside.
Following that, he grabbed his back, dashing out of the classroom. Maho let
out a snicker, immediately following him.
“Whose fault do you think this is…” Saito confirmed that the boys were not
chasing after him, sighing in relief.
They most likely were taken in by the moment, not actually plotting on
murdering a classmate of theirs in cold blood—probably.
“So, what do you want now?” Saito asked, a bit of annoyance filling his
“You’re asking me?! So kind!” Maho put her hands together in front of her
chest.
“Not in the slightest, and the best I know about you is that you’re not from
this earth.”
“Eh? Does that mean you want to know more about me? You want to know
about every part of my body? Jeez, you’re so lewd!” She slapped one hand on
Saito’s shoulder.
Saito’s cheek was twitching in anger. She felt like a cicada chirping right next
to his window, but that cuteness made it impossible for him to shoo her away.
“Alright, tell me your address and phone number. I’ll give you parents an
earful.”
“Hmm, I think it’s a bit early to introduce you to my parents. We didn’t even
make any children yet.”
“If we had children, we’d be way too late in telling them, don’t you think?!”
That’d be a stage where marriage was a given, imagine the parents’ reactions.
However, Maho just introduced herself with a grin.
“What’s it matter? We’ll just have to learn more about each other from now
on…okay? We’ll walk this path together, next to each other…yeah?” She
was blurting out romantic nonsense, but that was just more smoke from the
fire.
“I just transferred here today, so I don’t know anything about this school.
That’s why I came here to ask Senpai for a tour! Thanks for accepting!”
“I never said anything about accepting, all right. Ask your classmates in
regards to that.”
“The girls in my class apparently don’t like me too much…Even though I’m
so cute, it’s weird, right~?”
“Right…”
Seeing Maho show a wink, Saito had to agree. Even if she were to be treated
like a princess by all the boys, the girls will surely not enjoy her hogging all
the attention. Although it was all thanks to his doing, Saito doesn’t have any
close friends in class, and everybody but Akane and Himari were keeping
their distance from him, so he sort of understood how she felt. He
remembered being shut out by groups in class back in grade school.
“So is it love?!”
“Not love.”
“Not at all. Might just be me, but do people often tell you how positive you
are?”
“They really do! You know a lot about me, Senpai! Are you my stalker?!”
“Even with a plan, some things are just impossible, you hear me?”
Saito saw himself as a genius, and even he could not achieve something that
surpassed reason and logic. Saito started walking again, with Maho walking
next to him.
“For starters, you should probably remember where the staff office and
principal’s office are. I feel like they’d often call you there.”
“You’re right, it makes sense that the teachers would be dying to talk with
someone as cute as me~”
He took Maho, who was noisy for ten people, to the first floor, showing her
around. He started with the peculiar classrooms, followed by the office, the
school broadcast room. The fact of her just transferring today seemed to be
the truth, as she passionately listened to all of Saito’s descriptions.
“Excuse me, I have a question! If I want to flirt with Senpai, which classroom
should I use?!”
“There won’t ever be a future with that happening, so I don’t need to respond
to that question.”
“There will be a future! A bright future with just the two of us! Or, are you
the type who gets excited at doing it in front of everyone?! I’m
disappointed!”
“This woman…” Saito held back his desire of just leaving her behind, but he
wouldn’t be able to either way, as she clung to his arm.
As a result of that, they gathered a lot of attention by just walking down the
hallway. The boys they passed stopped in their tracks, turning around to look
at Maho. She should have an endless amount of choices for boyfriend
candidates. Yet, she came to confess to Saito on her first day after
transferring, so something was definitely off. It would be safe to assume that
she was hiding something.
Making sure that the other students wouldn’t be able to hear him, Saito asked
Maho with a quiet voice.
“Ehhh? Because I fell for you at first glance, I guess?” Maho showed a
bashful smile.
“Don’t dodge the question. I’m not that good-looking.” Sait expressed his
honest self-evaluation, only for Maho to walk in front of him.
She put her hands together behind her back, closely inspecting Saito’s face.
“W-What is it…?”
However, the way Maho oddly emphasized the last part made it seem like
there were ill feelings involved or even a bit of hostility. Maybe it was just
Saito imagining things? He knew it was dangerous to take her words and
actions at face value. She knew private information about him, so he needed
“Senpai! Look look, look at this!” She sat down on the railing at the top of
the stairs.
Saito wasn’t given any chance to stop her, as she slid down in one go. Her
hair fluttered in the wind, her skirt practically flipped up on the way.
“Careful!”
Maho naturally lost her balance, about to topple over, so Saito reflexively
caught her. Her slender body jumped right into his arms, fragile beyond what
he could believe, and softer like a cloud. Maho laughed with all her might,
looking up at Saito.
“Nice catch!”
“I always wanted to try this before! Isn’t this a lot faster than just falling
normally?”
“Why do you have so much trust in someone you barely met a few hours
ago…”
Trust is something you build up over experience with the other person, not
something you develop without any basis.
That being said, hearing these philosophical words from such a nonchalant
“So Senpai, are you fine with never confessing to the girl you like, graduating
while suffering in one-sided feelings, and then thinking ‘Man, I should have
confessed to her’ ten years down the line?”
Together with a sharp pain in his chest, he was reminded of that girl, whose
name he didn’t even ask for. If they had at least exchanged contact
information, something might have grown from that, and yet…
“You…”
“So, you don’t have any feelings for Akane-senpai despite the two of you
living together?”
Saito’s words ended up stuck in his throat. Of course, the other person was
his archenemy, so he obviously had no feelings for her. However, the two
had spent too much time together, learning more about the other, for Saito to
just brush it off with the word ‘hate’. He felt surprised at his hesitation. Just a
while ago, he would have been able to answer that question without a second
thought.
“Well, that makes sense. Family-related circumstances are never easy.” Maho
nodded.
Saito felt anxious, unable to guess just how much this girl knew. Did she
know about the fact that this marriage had been pressed onto them by their
grandparents?
A sweet scent drifted up to Saito’s nose, and her long hair shone, as it was
illuminated by the sunlight. She was acting cheeky all the time, and Saito
couldn’t let down his guard for a moment because she was evidently plotting
something, but at the same time, he couldn’t push her away. Despite having
barely met her, she felt so familiar to him.
“That’s a lie~! Having such a beauty like me cling to you, there’s no way you
wouldn’t be excited! You seem like a virgin, so your heart must be racing
right now, no?”
“I admit that I’m a virgin, but I am perfectly calm right now.” Or so he said,
but Saito felt his body burning up on the inside.
“Since you showed me around at school, let me treat you to some sweets in
town.”
Saito was used to taking care of people, and the younger spoiled Maho
resembled Shisei a whole lot.
“You plan to make me feel guilty, and then ask for something even crazier
later?!” Maho embraced her body in fear.
“Maybe if five billion people did their best and lower their energy
consumption?”
At first glance, she might not seem like the brightest tool in the shed, but
maybe she was just playing around. Saito couldn’t see who she really was.
“Also, I never went to the shopping district near the school, so could you
show me around, Senpai? For me to get along with the girls in my class, I
should be knowledgeable about any good spots around. Would that be too
much?” She blinked several times, looking up at Saito.
As someone who’s an experienced older brother, Saito was weak against the
begging of a younger girl.
“…Alright then.”
“Yay! It’s a date with Senpai!” Maho jumped in joy, clinging to Saito’s arm.
“It sure is a date~ Two lovers are heading out to have fun~”
“We loved each other so much, and yet…Senpai, did you lose your
memories?!”
“So if I land a full swing on your head like back then, you’ll regain your
memories?!”
Maho however ignored that comment, pulling Saito down the stairs. She was
like a bullet, brimming with vitality. She probably never even caught a cold
her entire life. The two walked away from school, heading to the nearby
shopping district. Saito didn’t know too many stylish places either, but he
looked into several of them when taking a stroll with Shisei, or out shopping
with Akane. He compared quality to cost-performance and took Maho to a
sweets shop.
“How about this? Their fruit cakes and fruit jello are great, with low calories
and fairly healthy, and it’s popular with our school.”
“Hey hey, Senpai! Let’s just go eat some hamburgers instead!” Maho pointed
at a fast-food restaurant.
“You told me to take you to a sweets shop, no?!” Saito felt exhausted.
“Not wrong, but aren’t juicy burgers more delicious than some healthy
sweets?”
In fact, he was only eating sweet stuff to please Shisei and Akane, but it
wasn’t Saito’s personal preference. If he could choose freely, then he’d
definitely take meat.
“Right, right? Isn’t this new one sounding mighty good? Beefsteak pork
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cutlet pizza burger !”
“Almost like it’ll lower your IQ just by eating it, right? How about it?” Maho
showed a wink, raising her thumb.
“Lezzgo!”
The two completely cast aside their original goal, entering the fast-food
restaurant. The two of them ordered a beefsteak pork cutlet pizza burger with
some fries and a coke (not zero, of course), and carried their food to the table.
The burgers on their trays were even more overwhelming than what they
seemed like on the poster outside. Between the two buns were beefsteak,
pork cutlet, and a pizza slice, about to fall apart at the smallest touch. It was a
calorie monster of protein, fats, carbohydrates, and nutrients.
“Oh~? Senpai, are you scared~?” Maho looked at Saito, ridiculing him.
“This is easy peasy! Time to dig in~!” Maho picked up the burger with both
hands.
She didn’t even care about getting her mouth dirty, as she took a huge bite of
the burger. Her shoulders twitched, and her legs flapped up and down in joy.
“Mmmmmm! Delish~!”
“Alright, let me get a bite myself…” Saito equally took a bite from the giant
hamburger.
From the pizza, he tasted the overflowing cheese and tomato sauce, blessing
his tongue’s tastebuds with an abundant taste. Contrary to that softness was
the pork roast, which showed a stronger response when biting on it. The
beefsteak gave off a meaty sauce with garlic taste at every bite, creating a
hybrid flavor that blessed one’s brain in ecstasy. It was order amidst
confusion—a chaotic combination.
“This…is awesome.”
“Actually, I can eat as much as I want, and I still don’t get fat. It’s like the
word diet is an urban legend to me?” Maho shrugged her shoulders in
confidence.
Just as she said, her limbs and entire body were almost worryingly slender,
not a single sight of fat anywhere. However, she still had the right feminine
proportions, making it seem like she was intentionally blessed by life itself.
“You’ll get killed by all of the girls in the world if they heard that.”
“I’m a weak and fragile girl, okay!” Maho put the straw in her mouth,
gulping a great amount of coke in one go.
Following that, she bit into the hamburger again, making good progress.
Shisei’s eating habit was more like she was sucking up all the food like a
vacuum, but watching Maho eat was enjoyable, and made the food even more
delicious.
“Healthy food is great, but sometimes it’s great to go all out in taste like
this.”
“I like cup ramen, but I just get scolded if I eat it at home…Saying I should
eat something more healthy and all that.”
Maho pouted.
“What’s the problem with cup ramen, seriously. Just like normal noodles or
sweets, I want to eat as much of it until my tongue goes numb from the
chemical seasoning.”
He might actually have similar beliefs compared to the girl. At the same time,
Maho blushed, covering her cheeks with her hands.
“Of course, I know that Onee-chan is just saying that out of care for me,
though.”
“But, you think of that as cute, right? Right?” Maho pushed her body over the
table, approaching Saito relentlessly.
“That assertive side of yours also makes you seem more like a younger
sister.”
“She may be the cheekiest girl in the world, but it’s fine because she’s also
the cutest girl in the world,” Saito spoke with infinite confidence in his voice.
“What a siscon~ But, the cutest girl in the world is my Onee-chan!” Maho
“My Onee-chan is perfect after all! She’s really kind, considerate, and acts
like an adult no matter what I do!”
“I don’t want her either. I’m just curious what kind of person she is if you
praise her this lovingly.”
If she’s Maho’s older sister, she must be quite the beauty herself. Saito
wondered if there was even a beauty like that at his school. The only person
coming to his mind was Himari, but he never heard of her having a younger
sister.
“Mm, well, you are, yeah…Wait a second! You can’t just talk about another
girl while being on a date with me! You’re the worst, Senpai~!” Maho
grabbed the table and glared at Saito.
“Don’t blow a fuse like that, you were the one who brought up your older
sister.”
“Senpai, you have some sauce on your finger~ Let me lick that clean for
you~” Maho suddenly put Saito’s finger in his mouth.
Maho moved her tongue along his finger, sucking on it like a lollipop. The
sensation of her soft tongue and the feeling of her lovable lips created a sweet
cage for Saito’s finger. As his reaction was belated because of all this sudden
development, Maho used that opening to take out her smartphone and formed
a peace sign with her fingers. Following that, Saito heard several snapping
sounds, which finally allowed him to pull his finger away.
“What do you mean? I’m cleaning your finger~ Of course, I’d only do this
for Senpai, so you better be thankful~” Maho seductively licked her lips.
Seeing the slick movement of the tip of her tongue, Saito was filled with an
obscene sensation.
“Nobody asked you for that! And why did you take pictures?!”
“We’re not being lovey-dovey in the slightest! Delete those right now!”
Saito tried to steal Maho’s phone from her, to which she ran away. She
stormed out of the family restaurant, onto the shopping district street,
immediately vanishing.
“Damn it…Where did she go?!” Saito ran after her and looked around.
If she were to spread that picture, reaching Akane or even Tenryuu, he would
not get out of that situation safely. Since he couldn’t read Maho’s motive and
thought pattern, he had no way of knowing what she would even do with this
material. Maybe someone high in the Houjou Group sent Maho after Saito to
obstruct his marriage, thus gaining access to the seat of the next family head.
Feeling frustrated, Saito could only run around like a blind chicken.
However, it didn’t take long for him to find Maho. She entered a side alley,
Saito was cautious of her possibly attempting to run away again and
approached Maho.
“Chasing a girl around to make her gasp for air like this, you’re such a
pervert, Senpai…”
“You just ran away on your own accord! Anyway, I’ll have you delete those
pictures now.”
“Urk, can’t be helped then…” Maho showed Saito her phone as she worked
through deleting all the pictures she had taken.
“You didn’t make any back-ups of that, right?” Saito confirmed, just to make
sure.
“Alright, then let me show you around the shopping district some more.”
If he got angry at every small selfish action from a girl younger than him, he
wouldn’t survive as Shisei’s older brother, who basically acted like a princess
who came from space.
“Hmmm…Even though you fight with Akane-senpai about every small thing,
you’re surprisingly forgiving…”
Saito remembered the countless they had since they enrolled at their high
school.
“Yet you’re forced to live together, that must be a lot of trouble…would you
rather break up?” Maho looked at Saito’s gaze, asking.
“I can’t do that either way. Circumstances don’t allow me to.” Saito shrugged
his shoulders.
From game centers to accessory shops, karaoke boxes, and cafes, by the time
Saito had taken Maho to any possible location needed for social interaction,
the day had already begun to end. Walking down the main street of the
business district, Maho stretched her arms.
She did possess beauty not often found, but she also didn’t seem like she had
American blood like Shisei. Maho however didn’t answer Saito’s question,
smiling.
Seeing her this happy, Saito felt glad that he sacrificed some of his free time.
She could be a bit vexing from time to time, but spending time with her
didn’t give him much of a headache in the end. Maho bumped her shoulder
into Saito, looking at him from the side.
“Don’t tell me, Senpai, are you actually used to going on dates? A playboy?”
“Yes yes yes, I’ll just leave it at that~” Maho showed an expression like she
understood everything.
As Saito had no real interest in love and everything around it, it was a
suspicion he was unwilling to let stand. If he had time to trifle with love and
romance, it was a lot more efficient to read a calming book. If he was so
fixated on love, he might have protested more fiercely when the talk of the
marriage came up as well. At the entrance of the shopping district, Saito
stopped in his tracks.
“Alright, I’ll be taking off here. You know the way home, right?”
“Eh? I’m not going home yet, I’ll follow Senpai to your house~” Maho
seemed genuinely confused, speaking like it was obvious.
“What kind of sheltered village at the end of the world is this supposed to
be?!”
“It’s common sense to end off a date with lewd stuff at the boyfriend’s house,
don’t you think?!”
“Wha…”
They started gathering attention from the people around them, which had
Saito panicking. The bystanders saw a charming and good-looking girl, with
a man trying to run away, so of course their looks were sharp. Some even had
their smartphones ready to take pictures. The police officer in front of the
police box also gave him a stern gaze. Saito pushed his face towards Maho,
whispering.
“We’ll make some from now on…” She said this with a straight face.
Although this was an invitation from a beauty that would make everybody’s
head turn, Saito still only met her today. Naturally, he felt fear down to his
bones. Being unable to read her intent was what made her most terrifying,
and the biggest threat. Maho brought her lips close enough to touch Saito’s
ear and whispered with a sweet voice.
“Senpai, are you sure…? I might have to tell everyone at school that you and
Akane-senpai are living together…?”
“It’s not a threat, it’s a trade~” Maho snickered like a witch. “The gentle
Senpai will surely accept the request of a girl who wishes to visit her beloved
She was asking cutely, but she had this ‘If not, you’re dead’ aura emitting
from her entire body, completely ruining her cute looks. Indeed, she was a
calamity, a natural disaster.
Saito could tell that this wasn’t her way of showing affection, but rather as a
means of restraining him, as the amount of strength she put into that grip told
him. Running into Akane like this would be the worst-case scenario.
Knowing how crazy Akane was about morals and such, she might just slam
down divorce papers. The only other option was to take a large detour on the
way home and pray to the gods that Maho got fed up with it. With that
thought in mind, Saito was about to set foot in the opposite direction of his
home. However, Maho stopped.
“Of course I do? Everybody would look up where the person you like lives,
right?”
“My privacy?!”
“Senpai? You wouldn’t contact another girl while we’re on a date, right?”
“How did you know…?” A cold sweat ran down Saito’s back.
She really was just playing dumb. Deep down, she was calculative and
clever.
“I know everything there is to know about Senpai~ I love you lots after all!”
“If you call this love, then I don’t ever want to experience it myself!”
“You say that again~ You get embarrassed so easily, Senpai~” Maho
restrained Saito’s right hand with her left arm, clinging to him to the point he
couldn’t move it at all.
Normally, any adolescent boy would be delighted to enjoy this situation, but
Saito’s heart wasn’t racing out of love, but fear for his life. Eventually, they
reached his home, and Maho rang the doorbell without hesitation. Footsteps
approached, with Akane opening the door.
“You sure are late. What were you—” She said, only to spot Maho next to
Saito, her eyes opening wide in shock.
Maho still had her arms wrapped around Saito, leaning against him. Although
Saito and Akane were only married on paper, this truly was the worst
possible sight to show her right after returning home.
Saito desperately looked for a way out of this disastrous situation. Since
Maho already knew about their circumstances, maybe he should just come
clean that he’s being threatened. However, will Akane even accept that as the
truth?
“Akane, listen to me, there’s a good reason for this—” Right as Saito tried to
muster up any excuse, Akane screamed.
“Yeah, mine! She’s Sakuramori Maho! Did she not tell you?!”
Now that Akane pointed it out, he could see a faint resemblance to Akane in
Maho’s facial features. However, the chances of that were—
“Ah, I was found out~” Sakuramori Maho stuck out her tongue like a little
devil.
“Onee-chaaaan!”
“Kyaa?!”
Like a bullet shot from a gun, Maho ran towards Akane. Unable to fight
against the momentum, Akane fell backward, Maho snuggling up to her.
“I’m back I’m back I’m back! It’s been so so so so long! I couldn’t wait to
see you again! I was so desperate to hug you!”
Hugged tightly by Maho, Akane was starting to grow pale. She had already
begun slapping her palm on the floor, signaling that she gave up. Maho
however buried her face in Akane’s chest, taking deep breaths.
“Can’t help it, there there.” Akane gently caressed Maho’s head.
Saito stood frozen stiff at the front entrance, feeling absolutely bewildered.
He had never seen Akane acting as much as a saint as she was now, and he
found himself dubious if that person he looked at really was Akane. Maho
also had completely lost her cheeky attitude, simply turned into a living being
whose sole purpose was to rub herself against Akane. Not to mention that
“T-They haven’t…”
When Saito touched her chest with a single finger, Akane got close to
executing him on the spot, but she showed no resistance towards Maho’s
sexual harassment, simply accepting it. Once again, Saito felt the inequality
befalling this earth.
“J-Jeez…Saito is looking…”
“So it’d be fine if he wasn’t~? There, there~” Maho got even more assertive,
now poking her fingers at Akane’s chest like a pervert.
“Will you give it a rest already!” Having had enough, Akane pushed Maho
away.
She fell at the entrance. As she weakly lifted her body, she looked at Akane
with tears in her eyes.
“Just kidding! I’m totally fine! Since you held back, I’m not hurt at all!”
Maho jumped up, clinging to Akane again.
“You are just…” Akane’s fist quivered in rage, but she didn’t attempt to
swing it down on Maho.
She was suddenly a peaceful Akane, one that Saito had never seen before.
Saito himself still was a bit bewildered at the sudden act of the siblings but
uttered one point that had him curious.
“But…your younger sister…was supposed to have died a long time ago, no?”
If so, then who was the girl in front of Saito’s eyes? If she was a ghost, then
her body had odd physical properties.
“You said she went a place somewhere far away, and that you can’t meet her
again, and you looked like you were close to breaking out in tears.”
“Trip…overseas…?”
“That’s right! When I asked Grandma cutely as I always would, she gave me
a lot of money for my allowance! That’s why I’ve been traveling since my
third year in middle school, so it’s been a while since I came home!” Maho
energetically showed a V-sign with her fingers.
He assumed that Akane was sad and in a bad mood because she remembered
the fact of her younger sister passing, which is why he came up with a plan
for the two of them to head out, gave her a ring as a present, searched for that
ring, and went through lots more trouble. Yet, everything had simply been
Saito’s misunderstanding. Though it helped repair and improve his
relationship with Akane, so it ended up all right in the end.
“But, the image I had is completely different. From the story you told me, she
was supposed to be a graceful, honest, and cute fragile girl…” Saito looked at
every part of Maho, raising one eyebrow.
“Ehhh? I am graceful, honest, and cute, right? Look, look, look~” She put
both her index fingers on her cheeks, showing a provoking grin.
That gesture indeed was cute, but the bratty vibes were even stronger.
“Of course! It’s a younger sister’s special right to sexually harass their older
sisters!!”
She could act as a good rival against Shisei, who practically held a free
coupon for the entire world in her hands. Maybe the thought processes of all
younger sisters in this world are somewhat aligned.
“Why?”
“W-Wait a second, don’t cry! It’s fine, you don’t have to hold back!”
“That’s a bit…”
That sight was so unbelievably destructive, as she engaged her full little sister
mode, even Saito could visibly see Akane’s older sister meter rising.
“Yay~!”
“Kyaaaaa?!”
“…I’m fine…”
Akane’s eyes had turned into dots, clearly not fine. Maho however seemed
satisfied, as she showed a satisfied stretch.
“Haaa, I’m fully charged now~ I’ve missed this Onee-chan Energy~ Since
we didn’t see each other for a while, I was starving~!”
Not even words got through to her. It was probably conveniently translated
into her Maho Land language.
“No need. Also, don’t call me Onii-chan out of nowhere like that.”
The way she kept calling him Senpai up to this point was most likely meant
as a disguise. Why she would do that, Saito had no idea, but it was probably a
pleasure crime meant to surprise Saito and Akane.
“Not to mention that you’re the type of person who gets happy being called
Onii-chan by a beauty like me, right? To the point it makes you drool!”
Receiving a death stare from Akane, Saito fiercely denied that statement. He
could not afford to let Akane misunderstand having such wicked interests. It
could ruin their relationship down the line. Maho however raised her fist
right, brimming with energy.
“So then, I’ll be checking out the kind of life you both are leading here!”
Saito also readied himself. If this was some kind of investigation ordered by
Tenryuu or Chiyo, they could not afford to show anything that could be
suspicious.
“I wasnt~ As your younger sister, I just want to learn what kind of married
lifestyle my older sister is sharing with her husband, you know?”
“W-Wait a second!”
Akane frantically tried to stop Maho, but she wouldn’t stop. She opened any
door she could find, eventually finding the bedroom and storming inside.
“Found it~! …Wait, what the heck is this?! Two pillows and two bedside
tables?! The bed is gigantic as well!” Maho’s eyes opened wide in shock.
“E-Every night…”
“That’s a lie! You’re definitely doing it, right! Sleeping together every night
with nothing happening, that’s impossible! Waaaaah, Onee-chan’s virginity!
Kill! I’ll kill you, Onii-chan!” Maho leaped at Saito.
He easily avoided this, which led Maho to slam into the wall, almost breaking
her nose. She turned around with tears in her eyes, and glared at Saito while
howling like a wild beast.
“Right now, you turned all Mahos in this world as your enemy…!”
“Sorry, I can’t follow that logic in the slightest.” Saito was genuinely
confused.
“…Huh?”
“Really really?”
“Really! Saito and I were forced to get married! Under our grandparents’
orders, we have to use the same bed, but there’s no way we would do
anything lewd!”
The soft sensation of Akane’s palm as they walked outside while holding
hands came back to Saito. Akane must have remembered that herself, as she
tightly formed a fist.
Maho’s bright and relieved smile pierced Saito right through the chest.
“..Can’t get it up?” Maho suddenly used an oddly considerate and caring
tone.
“No!”
Saito at least wished she would hold back her laughter until the very end if
she was going to show fake kindness.
“But, I still can’t rest easy yet, so I’ll be investigating your nightly
performance!”
“Maybe until now, but there’s no guarantee it will never happen, right?
Maybe one of you is half asleep, so you just happen to~ Or maybe you get
swept along a certain modd~ stuff like that.”
“There’s no way there will ever be such a mood between me and Saito.”
Akane fiercely denied Maho’s assumptions.
“Ehhh, are you sure? You both are pretty handsome, so you must have at
least lewd fantasies of each other.”
Akane and Saito immediately turned their gazes away from each other.
Saito started sweating profusely. He may be living together with his mortal
enemy, but he was a healthy high school boy, and Akane was a cute and
feminine girl, which is why these kinds of thoughts were unavoidable. When
she appeared in his dream at one point, he could not look at her face the
entire day because of the guilt and regret.
“To make sure that nothing weird happens, I’ll be standing guard. It’ll make
things a lot safer, right?”
“Things will be even safer if you don’t stay here for too long.”
“Eh, what, wait, does that mean you might just assault me, Onii-chan?!
Kyaaa, you wild beast~”
“Saito?! If you dare lay your hand on my sister, I’ll pull off your limbs
without any anesthesia with a surgery!”
—You definitely can’t let this woman study treatment surgery in any shape or
form, Saito felt danger crawl upon his body. He was ready to run away at any
second.
“Of course you can! Stay over as long as you want! This is your home,
Maho!”
“This girl…” He pulled on Maho’s cheeks, but she hid behind Akane,
seeking shelter.
“That being the case, since this has become mine and Onee-chan’s home, it’s
time for you to move out, Onii-chan!”
Having his own home stolen from him, Saito emphasized his personal right to
this propriety. In the end, he could never let down his guard once when she
was around.
Akane and Maho both looked at Saito like he was a home invader. The two
siblings put their bodies together, threatening him with immense pressure.
“Could you stop acting like I’m some stranger?” Saito started to feel hurt for
real.
Losing your home, the one place you can return to, is one of the greatest
horrors you could experience. Maho however burst out laughing, tapping her
curled fist on Saito’s chest.
—Maybe I should start writing my name all over the house to make sure I
don’t actually get kicked out.
Saito was considering securing proof for his right of residence. Since he was
practically chased out of his family’s home, if he lost even this place, he’d
end up on the streets. Entering the kitchen, Akane put on an apron, and tied
the ribbon together at her back.
“For dinner?!”
That was far off from the typical dinner she would prepare. Usually, dinner
would be all about meat, or meat, or maybe some meat.
“Yes, since Maho came home after all.” Akane gently smiled.
“No! Anything but rice porridge!” Maho’s face had gotten pale like white
rice.
“You need to eat what’s on the table. Rice porridge is very good for your
body.”
“Why do you hate rice porridge that much? Does Akane add poison or
something?”
“An assassin…?”
“When I was young, I was constantly fed rice porridge, I can’t stand it
anymore…Doesn’t taste like much either, and it’s as sticky as nori…”
“Fine.”
“Onee-chan…!”
Akane seemed to have given in, which made Maho’s face lit up in hope.
“That’s not the problem here!!” The cheeky girl Maho was close to breaking
out in tears.
She had played around with Saito all day, so now he saw his chance to pay
her back, and stood on Akane’s side.
“Maho?! I told you that you shouldn’t eat something like hamburgers, they’re
bad for your health!”
“You bastard! You changed sides, huh!” Maho attacked Saito with tears in
her eyes.
“Ehehe…I do like Onee-chan’s rice porridge, you know? I just have to make
myself think that, and everything will be better…”
Looking at Maho, who sat in the corner of the room, muttering something to
herself, Saito felt refreshed and satisfied. He learned that the only
countermeasure against Maho was rice porridge.
“Maybe some extra proteins wouldn’t hurt…do we still have some eggs, I
wonder?” Akane opened the door to the fridge.
Inside was Shisei’s body, curled up. Akane raised a shriek, to which Shisei’s
body fell out of the fridge.
“Don’t tell me…Akane, did you…” Saito immediately looked at Akane with
doubts and his own suspicions.
“The one who brings up an alibi first is the one most suspicious.”
“It’s the truth! I would have no motive either! I’d have plenty to kill you,
though!”
“…………Hm.” Saito decided he didn’t hear that last part, as he was too
scared to ask about that.
“She’s…cold…”
“Our fridge is brand-new and highly functional after all…” Akane carefully
glanced at Shisei’s body.
Her innate beautiful facial features were not moving at all, looking like a doll
even more than usual. To confirm if she was still breathing, Saito carefully
put his cheek over Shisei’s lips. From said lips came a faint voice.
“Yup, she’s fine. Alive and kicking.” Saito tried to quickly move away, only
to have his wrist grabbed by Shisei.
“Shise will die. That’s why, hurry up, Brother. You can do it directly.”
“That’s right, which makes it weak and fragile. Massage her heart with a
regular rhythm.”
Saito tried his best to resist Shisei, who was attempting to forcefully place his
hand on her chest. He fought against being wrapped up in sexual harassment
forced onto him. Since he had no interest in his little sister, or felt any lust for
her, that in itself wouldn’t be a problem, but he had witnesses now. There
was a good chance it would invite far too many painful misunderstandings.
“Shise was looking for some left-overs made by Akane, when she ended up
stuck inside the fridge, unable to get out. Happens often.”
“Please don’t.”
Shisei clung to Saito, who was unable to push her away, as their fusion
began.
Shisei instantly hid in the fridge again, with Maho trying to pull the door
open.
“I’ll do the heart massage for you, then! As well as artificial respiration!”
“No thank you. The only one allowed to kiss Shise is Brother.”
“Saito?! You…!” Akane held her black rice scoop like the legendary sword
used to banish the Demon Lord.
“That’s not what this is, okay?!” Saito howled, definitely not wanting to be
hit by Akane’s wrath.
However, Akane most certainly was not listening. With lightning speed, she
swung down the rice scoop, slamming into the pillar behind Saito.
“To think you not only ate Onee-chan, but Shii-chan as well…Unforgivable.”
Maho looked at Saito in disgust, when Shisei commented.
“Most certainly am not making the situation worse. To keep the situation
hazy, Shise will fire off a meteor strike and destroy the city as a whole.”
Saito most certainly did not have the necessary defense power to survive such
a meteor strike. Shisei jumped out of the fridge, and hid behind Saito. Maho
grabbed two nearby long chopsticks, slowly approaching Saito.
“Onii-chan, hand Shii-chan over…I’ll make sure to take good care of her…!”
“Your way of taking care of her smells highly illegal to me, so I won’t!”
“It’s at least better than what you are doing! I’ll make her my pet plus play
doll plus lover!”
“As her older brother, I will never allow you to have my little sister!” Saito
used his entire being to protect Shisei.
Unless the person asking for Shisei’s hand was gifted with intelligence and
beauty, blessed with a flawless personality, and had a mountain of money at
their disposal, Saito had no intention of handing her over.
“Why…is she calling Brother ‘Onii-chan’…?” Shisei let out an awfully cold
voice, as she was sheltered inside Saito’s arms.
“That’s…Shise’s place…”
“…Shii-chan?”
Oddly freezing fluctuations emitted from Shisei. Despite her now often
showing her expression, she was clearly angry—No, furious. With this
expression, she pointed at Maho.
“What kind? We’ll tickle each other until the first person passes out? I’m
down!”
“Why would you do that…” Saito stepped in front of Shisei, blocking Maho
off.
“Rest assured.”
Saito started thinking that the little sister strength they were talking about
actually meant ‘Brother-killing strength’ instead. Then again, Saito had no
idea what they were talking about. At the same time, Maho crossed her arms,
and started thinking.
“After crushing your eyes, I would tenderly care for you! This’ll raise your
affection for me, and I will be accepted as the ultimate little sister! Or
something along those lines.”
Being treated kindly after being tortured would most certainly not raise his
affection. Rather, it would leave him unable to ever trust a human person.
“……?!”
Maho started running, instantly closing the distance between her and Saito.
The eye-crushing rule was prohibited, but any other physical attacks were
still an option. Saito put his arms in front of his face in the shape of an X,
ready to block any incoming attack with a solid guard. Having lived through
various battles against Akane, he had gotten fairly good at defending.
However, the anticipated impact never arrived. When he went to check,
Maho had vanished.
Saito felt an odd pressure from behind him, turning around, when Maho
suddenly clung to him. Her arms wrapped around his neck, and she
whispered into his ears with a sweet tone.
“Hey, Onii-chan…If you make Maho your little sister, I’ll do something that
will feel really good, you know…?”
“Sorry, but I won’t feel any pleasure of having my eyes crushed.” Saito said,
just to make sure.
“How am I supposed to make her hands explode…” Saito commented but felt
relief when Akane pulled Maho away.
Maho stood in front of Saito, crossing her own fingers, as she looked up at
Saito.
“How was that, Oni-chan? My little sister strength sure is strong, right? How
many points?”
“Zero.”
“Huuuuh?! Why?!”
“That’s the best part! Every boy would prefer a sister who does lewd stuff to
them! I know that!”
“Guess I’ll have to crush your eyes after all! Are you fine with that?!”
Saito intercepted Maho’s arms who came to attack him, trying to push her
away. Instead of a battle of little sister strength, it turned to a battle of arm
strength. Soon after, Maho’s strength ran out, and she sunk to the ground.
“Yes, leave it to me. No matter what method necessary, I will defeat Saito.”
He had started looking forward to Akane’s cooking every day. He might have
already been tamed by her skillful and delicious cooking. Shisei shook her
head in a dignified manner.
“Maho is no good at all. Shise is the one worthy to be Brother’s little sister.”
She moved towards Saito, slipping in a flashy manner, and fell over. She
tried to push herself up, but fell again. Another attempt followed but to no
avail. That sight of hers could only be compared to—a young baby
attempting its first steps. Saito’s protective desires grew the more she tried it.
He knew that he couldn’t offer her a hand and that she had to stand with her
own strength, but he slowly pushed his hand towards her. Saito had watched
over her growth since she was young, so the nostalgia was strong. With
quivering eyes, Shisei looked up at Saito.
“Brother…carry Shise?”
And Shisei wasn’t done yet. A faint rumble of her stomach could be heard.
She had the special talent of making her stomach growl whenever she
wanted. As Saito had spent his life offering snacks to Shisei whenever she
asked for it, the moment he heard this growling, he felt the unconditional
urge to feed her something. The way she tumbled over, and had her stomach
“Carry………”
Or rather, he threw her into the air. It was playful fun by brother and sister.
Shisei showed a V-sign with her usual emotionless expression. Maho was
forced to grit her teeth.
“It’s fine, Maho, to me you’ll always be the number one little sister in the
world.”
Akane and Maho put their hands together, creating an absolute atmosphere of
sisters that nobody would be able to invade.
“Now now, it’s fine~ Just leave it all to me, Onee-chan. You stand still~”
Akane tried to resist, but Maho already pushed her lips closer to her.
“Crunch! Crunch!”
“Phew~ Finally it’s just the two of us! This sense of relief I only get in my
own home~” Maho sat down on Akane’s chair, twirling around. She had the
lean between her thighs, stretching out her legs as she flailed them up and
down. Simply from that, she didn’t look like a girl in her first year of high
school.
“Listen, Maho, I don’t think that a kiss between sisters would be…” Akane
tried to persuade Maho, who simply burst out laughing.
“R-Really…?”
“For crying out loud…Can you stop teasing me already?” Akane sighed.
“My bad, my bad. But, we can always do it if you feel like it~” Maho showed
a wink, throwing Akane a kiss.
With how much she had grown and become charming, Akane was worried
about her future.
“If you planned on coming over to visit, you could have just let me know. I
would have prepared something for you.”
“Of course you did…Especially when you stood at the front door, linking
arms with Saito.”
“That was normal~ We went on a date on the way home after all.”
“I wonder…how does he feel about me?” Akane was oddly curious about
that.
They were still the same mortal enemies as before. However, Saito had been
acting like the complete opposite recently. Making plans to head out and
cheer up Akane, buying a ring as proof of their reconciliation—Akane
couldn’t read what Saito was feeling.
“What is it?”
Maho pushed her body forward, taking a peek at Akane’s face. Right now,
her expression had turned deadly serious, something you wouldn’t expect
from her.
“Wha………” Akane was at an utter loss of words, not having expected that.
“His grandad and our grandmom’s goal is to have their unaccomplished first
love to be realized through their grandchildren, right?”
“If so, then I should be able to take your palace, no? Negotiate with
Grandma, and pay your student fees and everything with the reward. How
does that sound?” Maho took Akane’s hand, asking her.
Her thoughts had come to an absolute halt, and even the sight in front of her
felt so blurry and distant. So far, she assumed that she was forced to live a
married life with Saito to achieve her own dream, so she never imagined that
possibility.
“So, um…I don’t think he’s that good of a match for you…” Akane
explained with vague words.
“Why?”
“He’s totally self-centered. He also has to confirm that he’s the best, looking
down on the people around him…” She said, remembering Saito’s usual
activities, and started to get angry.
“Totally fine! He might be the clever one out of us two, but I’m way cuter, so
I can win! I’ll make him fall head over heels for me with my charm!” Maho
spoke with absolute confidence.
With how much she loved herself, she might be able to rival Saito’s love for
himself. Akane continued complaining about Saito.
“He’s really weird when it comes to hygiene, saying there’s no need to wash
the rice bowl after every single time.”
“He can’t cook much either, and the second I look away, he goes for instant
cup ramen.”
“………”
Saito and Maho might actually be an unexpectedly good fit. At the very least,
they weren’t fighting nearly as much as Akane and Saito.
“Are you…fine with that? Marrying someone you don’t even like?”
“That you haven’t changed at all compared to before, and you’re still as
immature.”
“Not at all! I like how you have no sex appeal at all, with no boy interested in
you, so you’ll probably end up all alone as an old lady!”
She wanted to live while being surrounded by friends and cats, although her
only reliable friend was Himari.
“H-Huh, I see…”
“When it comes to his hairstyle, he has no sense whatsoever, but he’s got the
ability to be handsome, no? If I properly coordinate his fashion, he’ll be a
man I would never be embarrassed to have around wherever we’re going.”
“Space, I guess?”
Akane was worried that Maho might have seen herself as a robot.
“When his face is my type, I can easily do lewd stuff with him, so no
problems there, right?”
“L-Lewd stuff…” Akane felt his net growing hot at her little sister’s blatant
words.
Maho put her knees on the chair, embracing her beautiful legs.
“If you’re married, you have to do lewd stuff, right? Sexless, you’ll just end
up getting divorced. Do you plan on being his partner for the rest of your
life?”
“That’s…He doesn’t wish for that either, and our marriage simply exists on
paper, to which we agreed…”
“I really think that a genuine marriage would make both of you happy~”
“Urk…”
“Come on, come on, look~ The two of us have already gotten this close~”
Maho took out her smartphone, showing Akane a picture.
It showed the self where she had Saito’s finger in her mouth, flashing a peace
sign. Saito didn’t try to deny that, as she showed a troubled but happy
expression.
“He had some hamburger sauce stuck to his finger, so I licked it clean. He
was happy, saying I was ‘cute like a happy’.”
Leaving aside Shisei, Saito would never open up his heart and show such
weakness towards any other girl. Akane could never imagine him doing
something like that. Saito was more of a stubborn person than anything.
“It’s the truth. I really sucked on his finger!” Maho said reenacting the
motion she did.
The way her tongue moved along her finger truly looked obscene. If a girl
with Maho’s looks did that to a boy, they would fall to her charm
immediately.
They would at least be a better couple than the always-fighting Saito and
“I’m glad~! Just leave him to me, we’ll get along really we~!”
“Ah…”
Akane tried to grab Maho’s hand in an attempt to stop her, but Maho already
stormed out of the room. Footsteps could be heard dashing down the stairs.
Akane was bewildered at her own actions. And that wasn’t the only thing that
confused her. Why was she unable to immediately respond when Maho
offered to marry Saito in her stead? That was the perfect chance to get rid of
the male classmate she hated the most, and achieve her dream with the
student fees she would receive. And if that wasn’t enough…when she saw the
picture of Maho and Saito, why did her chest hurt? That pain had yet to
vanish, tearing itself into Akane as a sharp feeling of discomfort.
“Maybe…I’m not feeling too well.” She pressed her hand on her chest,
standing in the corner of the room.
Saito lowered his body into the warm water, as he relaxed all of his limbs.
Even back when he lived in the main house, this was one of the places he
could be alone. It allowed him to evade his parents’ ill-will, with his room
and bathroom the only area of privacy. Maybe he fell in love with reading
books because it allowed him to enjoy a bit of solitude simply by indulging in
the various worlds he read about. Same goes for the bath, it allowed him to
escape from the continuous battlefield that was his home.
No matter the situation, not even Akane would storm into the bath, so he
could really enjoy a moment of peace and tranquility. Since both Shisei and
Maho would be staying over, he decided to thoroughly enjoy this freedom for
as long as he could.
The door swung open, utterly breaking the peaceful tranquility he had
“So I’m supposed to wash an even crazier place?! Onii-chan, you pervert!”
“Your duodenum!”
“Forcing a girl to wash your duodenum, you really are a pervert, Onii-chan!”
“Neither of those, please?!” Saito pleaded as his life depended on it, which it
technically did.
That was the same connection Saito had with the other seven billion people
on earth.
“We sure did! Because I decided so! Right to deny? You don’t have that!”
“Are you some evil Empress?! Leave! Right now!” Saito howled like he was
trying to exorcise an even ghost.
From behind, Maho’s arms wrapped around Saito’s neck. Her white arms,
shining bright enough to blind him, ran their fingers along his body. A breath
warmer than the summer air tickled his ears.
“If you chase me out, I’ll tell Onee-chan that you assaulted me, okay?”
“?!” Saito’s body twitched. “Akane isn’t the kind of fool to believe such
nonsense…”
“I wonder about that~ Whose words would she believe? Those of the person
she can’t stand, which is yours, or mine, the words of the little sister she
loves?”
“Ahhh, how pitiful you are, Onii-chan. You’ll get reported to the police, put
in jail, and serve 350 years!”
“Until you fully served your sentence, you’ll be continuously revived over
Saito at least would wish for some human empathy and kill him right on the
spot. It was a fact that, if he maid Maho his enemy, living together with
Akane would turn into an even worse hell than it could already be. Not to
mention that this girl was probably dead serious when she once decided on
doing something.
“So, what will it be? Surely, the two of us will get along just fine, right…?”
She gently whispered in his ear, but this evidently was nothing but a threat.
“…Do what you want.” Hence, Saito had no choice but to give up.
“I didn’t agree to that! Just wash my back and get out of here!”
“If you already washed your own back, then you can wash my body if you
want?”
“Urk…”
Hearing it from that girl of all people was especially agitating. Being Akane’s
younger sister, she probably knew exactly where to hit for it to hurt. Maho sat
down on a small chair, and started washing her hair. While she had her eyes
closed, Saito could see himself escaping from the bath, so he got up.
“Haha…Guess that option falls flat as well.” Saito let out a faint and resigned
laugh, returning to the bathtub.
He could not tell if that girl was actually clever or not. Now that it’s come to
this, he had to make sure to satisfy all her desires. At the same time, Maho
rinsed off her hair, using a sponge to clean her body next. Saito tried his best
to look away, but that sight still kept on appearing in his gaze.
“I need to make sure you don’t suddenly attack me while I have my back
towards you.”
“You can look as much as you want. We’re a couple after all.” Maho raised
her arms, revealing her charming armpits, proceeding to wash them.
After that, she pushed out her bare legs as if she wanted to show off, running
the sponge along these as well. Despite it being so provocative, her looks
gave her all the right to do so. Saito couldn’t afford to be entranced by her,
“All right…” Maho finished washing her body, put the bucket down, and
looked over at Saito.
“Just forget about that, and let’s do something even more interesting…okay?”
Maho’s toes touched the bathtub, as her long and slender leg sunk deep into
the hot water.
She—is beautiful. So much that she could easily rival her older sister. Most
terrifying of all is that she didn’t hate Saito. She sat down facing him, sinking
her body into the warm water. With her knees up to her chest, she rested her
arms on them, looking at Saito in a bit of curiosity.
“…No.”
Saito didn’t know where to look. Even forcefully averting his gaze might
make it seem like he was overly conscious of her, which is why he hesitated
to do so. If Maho confirmed that she had the upper hand, she would
completely play her cards that way.
“That means I’m your first, then. Also, you’re my first as well, Onii-chan.”
Maho showed an innocent smile.
The surface of the water swayed ever so slightly, revealing her snow-white
body beneath it. Her waist looked slim enough that Saito could pick her up
with both hands alone. Maho faintly breathed in, and looked at Saito.
“Wha…? What are you talking about?” Saito was bewildered, returning a
question.
“Our grandma and your grandpa want their grandchildren to get married to
each other, right?”
“Then I should be totally fine, no?” Maho put one hand onto the ground of
the bathtub, pushing her body forwards toward Saito.
Her bare shoulders came closer to him, as a sweet fragrance drifted up from
her being.
“…Yeah. I never had any time to relax after enrolling at high school.”
“Rather than Onee-chan, who you can’t even sympathize with, getting
married to me should be a lot more fun, right?”
After Maho appeared, more and more exhaustion had been accumulated
inside Saito. It appeared to like both sisters possessed the skill of
manipulating boys.
“I’m the type who really offers herself to the person she likes, so I’ll do
No glimmer of a lie could be seen in her large eyes. Her long hair had drops
of water falling into the bathtub.
“Whatever I want…”
Even though they were surrounded by water, Saito’s throat felt dry.
“Everything. As long as you say ‘Yes’, this body is yours. You can play with
it as much as you want, and I’ll do anything.” Maho used her wet hand to
touch Saito’s cheek.
Her knee pushed between Saito’s legs, making it look like he was embracing
her.
“Not being able to do anything while living together with a beauty like Onee-
chan, it must be rough for you?”
“That’s just sad. You’re married, right? Do you not have any interest in
girls?”
As he was a perfectly healthy high school boy, he had his own desires. If he
wasn’t living together with his mortal enemy Akane, he would not know how
far things have gotten otherwise.
“Right? Then, I’ll take over and relieve you.” She whispered with a
seductive, passionately hot tone.
“……!”
Her temptation was far too strong. Just as Maho said, Maho would be able to
offer Saito a much more peaceful life than his mortal enemy Akane. So long
as he married the grandchild of the Sakuramori Family, Tenryuu would offer
Saito the Houjou Group. Maho could be a bit annoying and cheeky at times,
“Let me…think about it for a bit.” Saito put his palm on his forehead.
“Why do you need to think about it? I’m much more of a convenient woman
than Onee-chan, right?” Maho scowled.
“It’s the truth, though. Would Onee-chan take a bath with you? Would she
accept all your wishes and desires? She wouldn’t, right? But, I will.” Maho
embraced Saito.
Her soft chest was pressed onto Saito, changing shape. This sudden sensation
made Saito’s blood boil.
Feeling extremely exhausted all over, Saito reached the bedroom. When he
snuggled under the blanket, he let out a sigh. He didn’t even have the energy
or time to read before bed like he always would.
“You sound exhausted, did something happen?” Akane had already entered
the bed before Saito, closing her reference book while asking him.
“Your sister is just playing with me too much. Can’t tell if she’s too free, or
too energetic.”
Saito didn’t tell Akane about Maho’s offer to marry him. Not like anything
would change even if he did, and it would probably be better to inform Akane
if he was seriously considering it, and yet he found himself hesitating for
some reason.
“You know, I’m happy being able to see her this lively.”
Akane turned towards the guest room Maho was sleeping in, showing a
nostalgic but also difficult expression. When she had guided Maho to that
room, she prepared sleeping goods and sleepwear that would keep her warm
at all costs. Her care and worry for her younger sister might still be going
strong as before.
“She was, and she also had a severe sickness when she was born. Back in
grade school, she could barely even attend it, and the only person she could
regularly talk to was me as well.”
Looking at how open and communicative Maho was right now, it was hard to
believe she had a time she was locked inside her room. Saito couldn’t help
but wonder where she got that endless energy from. Akane simply continued
with a smile.
“If she’s living happily, then that’s all that matters to me. She can be a bit
selfish from time to time, but I want to respond to her selfishness despite that.
I want her to live a peaceful and happy life.”
“You’re oddly kind when it comes to your little sister.” Saito felt admiration
for that fact.
“I’m saying that I’d like to see some of that kindness directed at me once in a
while.”
“Huh? Could you stop saying gross stuff like that?” Akane looked at Saito
like he was living trash.
“That’s exactly what I mean…” Saito started to feel hurt and defeated.
“What?”
He wondered if she might have heard what Saito and Maho talked about in
the bathroom. That she might have figured out they were taking a bath
together. Cold sweat and burning heat emitted from him.
“Why…are you asking me that?” Saito didn’t know how much she knew, so
he had to process carefully.
“Why?”
“What’s it matter! Just answer me! You don’t have any privacy after all!”
“You don’t! You’re like a monkey in a zoo being watched all day!”
This place wasn’t a zoo, and Saito most certainly was not a monkey. He at
least wanted the bare minimum of privacy.
“If I said I wanted to break up, would you be okay with that?”
“What is it? If you’re asking me, then you should have your own answer
ready, no?”
So that she wouldn’t find out what happened in the bathroom, Saito
forcefully cornered Akane with that question. Seemingly, that showed its
effect, as Akane winced.
Saito and Akane turned their backs to each other, soon after falling asleep.
This happened in the classroom of class 3-A. As Saito was indulging in a bit
of tranquility, reading a book, he suddenly felt a gentle breath tickling his ear.
Turning around, Maho was looking down at him with a teasing grin.
“Morning, Onii-chan~”
“You…what are you doing…” Saito protected his ear with his palm.
“Just greeting you? Since you’re locked up here in Japan, you might not
know, but this is common sense overseas!”
“Not even overseas, this has got to be common sense outside of this galaxy.
Go back to the planet you were born on!” Saito glared at Maho in disbelief.
He was enjoying a bit of free time until the morning homeroom would start,
and yet the troublemaker had already arrived. Seeing this reaction, Maho
covered her mouth with her hand, grinning.
“Ahhh, Onii-chan, you got all sensitive because I blew in your ear~”
“I did not!”
“You clearly did~ Look, you got goosebumps~” Maho’s fingertips ran along
Saito’s neck.
“Could you stop with that blatant sexual harassment while we’re at
She clearly did this on purpose, but it was more than enough to have the
deadly gazes of all his male classmates gather on Saito.
“I’ll kill him. I’ll murder him without getting into legal trouble.”
“Isoflavone! Isoflavone!”
Saito attempted to protest, but nobody bothered to listen. All of the boys were
dancing atop the idol-class beauty’s (internally a demon) palm.
“Onii-chan, you really are hated at school, huh! I feel bad for you.”
“Right, it’s because I’m so cute. Sorry about that~” She put her index fingers
on both her cheeks, sticking out her tongue.
It was evident that this gesture was a simple calculation, but she still
absolutely nailed the pose.
“““So cute!!”””
“You really are good at handling boys, it’s hard to believe that you’re
Akane’s sister…” Saito commented with mixed admiration and disbelief.
“I’m not good at all~ Men are just so stupid and simple, they immediately
show ulterior motives, so it’s easy to use that~”
“Ah, just kidding! I love how kind and charming boys are! I totally respect
it~”
“Even if you try to correct yourself, it has the absolute opposite effect.”
Saito was slowly building up an inability to trust women. He knew that every
human had two sides to them, but even he had limits with how much of a
dark side Maho possessed.
“Like hell I would marry someone who would so openly use men!”
This time, Saito received painful glares from all the girls in his class.
“I-I’m sorry, Master…I’ll do my best to serve you, so…!” She ran her mouth,
and shed fake tears.
The sharp glares of the girls turned into a wave of killing intent, about to
explode any second. At this rate, Saito’s life was in danger. In the eyes of
society, he may have already dug his own grave, but now his physical well-
being would be pulled down into the deep abyss.
—Damn it, what is this? How am I supposed to prove my innocence and her
guilt?
Saito desperately used his brain, when Himari entered the classroom. She
looked at Saito and Maho, her eyes lighting up as she ran over.
“Himarin! Yay~!”
“Yaaay~!”
Maho and Himari raised cheers of joy, jumping up and down as they did a
high-five. It was evident even as a bystander that they were delighted to see
each other like this.
“I heard from Akane that you came home, but you’re already at our school,
huh!”
“Then come!”
Himari opened both her arms, with Maho at her without hesitation. She
embraced Himai’s chest with her hands, rubbing her cheeks against those two
mounds.
“Haaa, Himarin’s boobs are the best! They’re bigger than Onee-chan’s and
comfy like a bed of clouds! Yet they’re also so voluptuous and lewd!”
“Sorry that mine can’t compare…” Akane appeared with a vein popping out
from her face.
“I-I mean, Onee-chan’s boobs are good in their own way! They fit right into
my hand, and they always calm me down! Makes me feel that I’ve really
come home. You get it, right?”
“It’s something you need to experience at least once! It feels awesome, you
know? You’ll be unable to ever let go of Himarin!” Maho closely evaluated
her older sister’s friend’s chest.
“I-If you want to cop a feel then…I don’t mind?” Himari blushed
aggressively, opening her arms to welcome Saito.
Her chest was overflowing with a divine charm, shaking up and down as if
they were inviting Saito.
“I’ve been wondering for a while, but why do you keep calling him ‘Onii-
chan’?” Himari seemed a bit dubious.
“You morooooooooooon!!”
Maho was about to drop the bomb about the marriage, so Saito frantically
covered her mouth, confirming that she couldn’t utter another word.
Maho somehow managed to break free of Saito’s grasp, gasping for air.
“Oh yeah, we are! We’re the closest pair of besties in the entire galaxy!”
“Galaxy!”
“Himarin, Himarin! Let’s hang out somewhere next weekend~ As the five of
us!”
“What…did you say…?” Saito felt a shiver creeping down his back.
It turned out to be Shisei. She had melon bread in her mouth like during a
bread-eating race, munching on it. There were some days she spent more like
a wild animal eating food than an actual human being, and today seemed to
be one of these.
“Who did you think it was? Taira no Ason Oda Kazusanosuke Saburou
Nobunaga or something?” Shisei casually dropped Oda Nobunaga’s full
name.
“Believe me or not…That happened 400 years ago, and I wasn’t alive back
then!”
Even if they tried their hardest to explain this theory, the age gap was far too
great.
“I’m worried about you, Himari…Maybe I should help you study again
sometime…”
It was clearly dangerous to leave such an airhead alone. There’s a big chance
she might not even graduate.
“If we’re going to have fun, maybe we should just leave Saito out, no?”
“You really have no remorse whatsoever, huh.” Saito glared at Akane, who
fired off these words.
“That has to be it! I can perfectly see through everything you’re thinking! It
even says ‘Horny’ in your eyes!”
“Having words carved into my eyeballs would be hella dope.” Saito felt his
manliness stimulated at the sheer idea.
“But you’re right, I bet it’d be more fun as the four girls of you, so I’ll stay
behind this time.”
“We’ll tie your arms and legs to for respective horses, and then~”
“I’ll die for good that time! They’ll split me into pieces!”
Saito felt terrified of the evil deeds done in Europe during the Middle Ages.
“Akane…please…”
“Urk…”
Being pressured by her beloved younger sister and best friend, Akane started
to falter.
“F-Fine, it can’t be helped then! If you’ll pull him along with a horse, I don’t
mind!”
“Akane is so kind!”
“As a practice, maybe we really should have Saito be split into pieces
“That practice will turn into the real deal real soon!”
Saito was assaulted by the strong desire to rush home and lock himself up in
the locker. Use anything that could be used as a weapon and defensive item,
and create a blockade so that they couldn’t pull him out.
“The bookstore.”
Sparks flew between Saito and Akane. Maho observed this and shrugged her
shoulders.
With this inexplicable term they were categorized as, both Saito and Akane
were shocked. They may be married, but they most certainly were not a
couple, and Saito never saw himself as the excessive crammer. At the same
time, Shisei raised her arm.
“Social sciences? You want to study even during our break, Shii-chan?”
“No. Eat lots of fish from the fish market.” She was dead serious, but in her
eyes and drool.
“Even if it’s as a joke, you definitely can’t let Shise say something like that.
Never.”
She was indeed a cheeky girl at times, but even so, Saito didn’t wish for her
to suddenly disappear in Shisei’s stomach.
“Still…if a bookstore, library, and fish market are no good, then where
should we go…”
“Not like these places really offered much fun for a group, right?” Himari
brought up a valid point.
Saito would have probably bought a book and then immediately went home
to read it, turning it into a simple shopping trip. Maho energetically waved
her hand.
“That’s right. It’ll be a group date! Enjoy a romantic ride with the merry-go-
round, and then play around with your butt!”
“It’d ruin the romantic mood, so I’ll put up with that during the ride, but…An
amusement park sounds nice! I’d love to go there!” Himari joined in.
“Churros, crispy ice cream, popcorn, hot dogs, soft cream…” Shisei counted
all the food, looking like a maiden in love.
“If Shise gets to eat, she’d be fine in a wheat storehouse,” Saito commented.
“Shii-chan, you’re a lot more wild than you look~!” Maho showed
admiration. “What about you, Onee-chan? Is the amusement park fine for
you?”
“Yes…it’s fine…I’ll make sure to have my final words with Mom and
Dad…” Akane had the face of a soldier about to head into battle, ready to die.
“I’m totally fine…this is just bad luck…Ever since I was born…” She looked
This clearly wasn’t the kind of expression a high school girl would have
when talking about an amusement park.
They agreed to meet up at an avenue a bit further away from the train station.
It was a popular street with tourists walking up and down, or simply
exercising. After walking for a bit, he met Akane, Himari, and Maho, already
waiting for the car, which was organized by Shisei and her family. As they
went to an amusement park, spending the day beneath the sun, the girls’
clothes were flashy and showy. Standing amidst them filled Saito with a
severe sense of discomfort.
“…Could you stop staring at me?” Akane glared at Saito, clearly in a sour
mood.
“Huh?! Are you picking a fight with me already?! Fine then! I’ll turn the
entire world into a sea of flames!”
He couldn’t exactly tell her that her clothes looked great on her, especially
not in front of everyone. They are mortal enemies, and that relationship could
not be allowed to be misunderstood.
“Now now, you two, we’re going to the amusement park, so try to get along.”
The goddess who saved Saito—turned out to be Himari, who separated the
“Onii-chan, how does Maho look today? Cute? It’s perfect, right?” Maho
emphasized her own look, showing off her coordination with absolute
confidence. With a shoulder strap, it was a top that revealed her navel. The
way her appearance was made to seduce a man, was hard on the eyes in a
different way. Between her short pants and high knee-socks shone the
absolute territory that was her thighs.
“Rather than Akane’s younger sister, you feel more like Himari’s.”
“Since Onee-chan and I aren’t blood-related, that means we can get married,
right?! Yay~ Onee-chan, let’s get married! I want at least 50 children!”
“Huh?! When did I turn into your teacher?!” Himari seemed to struggle with
following the conversation.
“You know, when I was still a fragile and secluded beauty, you often came to
visit me at home, right, Himarin?”
Being able to proudly declare herself as a beauty most certainly was part of
Maho’s charm. Himari must have been used to that, as she bluntly returned.
“Really?”
“You have the wrong idea~!” Himari clung to Saito’s arm, pleading for him
to understand, but the way she pressed her chest against him left her entire
argument awfully weak.
As they were talking back and forth, a car came driving down the avenue. It
was a limousine that could easily fit ten people. Its white body looked
polished to create a strong shine. The smoked glass slowly lowered, with
Shisei poking her head out.
“Huh…?! This was the car you told us about?!” Himari’s eyes opened wide.
Maho ran towards the car with her usual high tension.
“Woah! Woah! It’s a limousine! First time I’ve ever seen one! Shii-chan
really is like a rich lady!”
“Shise’s place is a residence looks like it could come straight out of a gothic
horror movie, after all.”
“You probably shouldn’t, you will die.” Saito commented, knowing the maid
driver’s driving tendencies.
“What an energetic fiend you have. I would be thankful if you came over to
play with Shisei from time to time.”
Shisei’s mother Reiko sat at the front of the limousine, greeting the group
with crossed legs. She wore a suit from head to toe, being in business mode.
“That you probably won’t get in the way—is what I’m saying.”
“Hello. I heard about you from Shisei. You seem to be skilled at seizing the
“That’s not…”
“Wha…”
“Are you joining us at the amusement park, Auntie?” Saito asked, to which
Reika shrugged her shoulders.
“You’re on quite bad terms with Saito-kun, no? Yet you tagged along today
on a school-free day, where did that wind blow from?”
“Hmmm…so you’ll put up with having Saito-kun, is that what this is?”
“Yes…”
At the same time, Akane was oddly docile ever since she hopped inside the
car. Was this really their first meeting? Maybe something happened without
Saito knowing. Amidst this awkward atmosphere, the girls all seemed
weirdly nervous and meek. You wouldn’t expect they were heading to a
popular amusement park. Saito sat down next to Reiko, whispering.
Now that she mentioned it, Saito felt like she had always been oddly
protective. Especially in regards to his friendships, where she often looked
into those people. Maybe she felt the duty to protect Saito in her brother’s
stead.
“I’m happy you are trying to care for me, but…keep it to a minimum, okay?”
“Can’t help it then, I’ll let them off the hook today.”
“Ohhhh!”
Standing at the entrance gate, Maho and Himari let out voices of excitement.
Looking like gals, they seemed very experienced with amusement parks.
Immediately after, Maho clung to Saito’s arm.
“Basically, you want to kiss even without it being a goal?! Passionate kisses
that we’ll end up losing count?! Leave it to me! Mmmnn!”
Maho pursed her lips like an octopus’ tentacle as she approached him,
stopped by Saito’s iron claw. Himari watched this exchange, evidently
confused.
“Um…Saito-kun and Maho-chan, what kind of relationship are you two in?”
“The only thing weird here is your memories.” Saito felt like he traveled to
the future of a hundred years.
“…Yeah.”
“That means I’m Himarin’s rival in love! I’ll be taking Onii-chan at this rate,
you know?” Maho clung to Saito’s arm, pulling him towards her.
“No, me.”
Maho and Himari both simultaneously tightened their grip on Saito’s arms,
closing in on him. Since they both wore relatively revealing clothes, the
stimulus was awfully strong. The sound of accessories rubbing against each
other was heard, as Himari’s mature scent from her perfume and Maho’s
sweet scent from her skin mixed, stimulating Saito’s nose.
“You’re actually happy right, Saito-kun?” Himari whispered into his ear.
This was a hundred times worse than her usual and daily verbal abuse,
making Saito feel like he was nothing short of rubbish in human shape. He
felt so isolated, reminded that he had no ally. But then, from the ticket
window came Shisei, holding the tickets.
“Mgh.”
Feeling emotional, Saito tightly squeezed Shisei. She let out a sound like she
was being crushed, but he didn’t bother much with that. Amidst everyone
doing whatever they wanted to then blame Saito in the end, she was the only
one who actually thought about him. He once again realized that his only ally
in the world was Shisei.
“Let’s go, Shise! We’ll enjoy the amusement park to our fullest!”
Saito grabbed the hand of his faithful Shisei and walked through the entrance
gate. They had the scanner read their tickets and entered the park in order.
Right after entering, they were greeted with an open plaza, a large monument
standing in the middle which was illuminated by the sun, with water
fountains around it in all directions. In front of the monument stood what
looked to be the mascot of this amusement park, welcoming visitors and
taking pictures. It was designed as a cat with a somewhat nasty look in its
eyes. However, Akane’s face lit up in joy.
“It is cute! It’s wide-open eyes that’ll probably end up dry, and it’s grin like
it’s plotting something evil!”
“Even if you think so, the one wearing that costume is most likely an old
man.”
“Why do you have to crush my hopes and dreams like that?!” Akane started
tearing up.
“Tsk tsk tsk, you can’t say that, Onii-chan. There’s no person inside that
costume, you know?”
“Organs, of course!”
“It’s not grotesque at all! We all have organs stuffed together inside of us!”
This innocent-looking sister of his actually could not draw the line between
what she could—or rather, should and should not eat. At the same time,
Himari put one finger on her lips, thinking.
“Hmm, there’s no guarantee that there’s an old man inside, you know? When
I was working part-time before, I had to wear one myself.”
Despite looking like a gal on the outside, she was a very strong-willed girl. It
made sense that someone who focussed a lot on saving money like Akane
would choose her as a friend. At the same time, Akane frantically declared.
“What’s inside doesn’t matter! It’s a cat! And there’s a cat inside as well!
And inside of that cat are more cats! Cat purity 100%!”
“What is this, a matryoshka doll?” Saito imagined a box of cats with more
cats inside those cats.
“Anyway! I want a picture! If I don’t take a picture of that cat, I’ll fail as a
Akane must have been in a trance already, as she didn’t even respond, simply
running towards that cat costume. She talked to the nearby staff, handed over
her phone, and asked for a group picture to be taken. With the cat costume in
the middle, Saito stood to the left, and Akane to the right. Saito had Maho
and Himari cling to both his arms, Shisei leaning against his chest with the
back of his head, creating an oddly high population in his close vicinity. The
female staff who held the phone showed a snicker.
Leaving aside Himari, Shisei was his little sister, Akane his wife, and Maho
his wife’s little sister, so this felt more like a family trip than anything.
However, Maho naturally has to give her own two scents.
“He’s such a womanizer! Two out of the girls here already confessed to him,
and two are always sleeping together with him!”
“Youuuuuu?!”
Saito tried to shut up Maho, but she just kept on laughing, running around as
she evaded Saito. What an evident pleasure crime once again.
“Saito-kun?! Who are those two people you slept together with?!” Himari
screamed, her facial color-changing drastically.
“…Rot in hell.”
“?!” Saito was baffled and looked around for the source of that voice.
Without a doubt, this curse came from the person inside the costume. A dark
aura emitted to the outside of the costume even. It couldn’t be further from a
cute cat, resembling a lump of pent-up anger and resentment. Yet, none of the
girls showed any reaction towards that curse.
Saito felt like he touched upon a conspiracy theory. As chaos ensued like this,
the female staff readied the smartphone to prepare the picture.
Akane was evidently excited. It sounded like her life was on the line at this
single photoshoot, her hand on her shoulder bag, slightly tilting her head,
flashing the perfect smile. At that exact moment, Saito witnessed it with his
own eyes. The cat costume emitting the evil frequency wrapped its hand
around Akane’s waist, slowly moving it down towards her butt.
“Get away from him!” Saito pulled on Akane’s hand, away from the
costume.
At the same time, the female staff took the picture, creating a clicking sound.
“It is!”
As the two were having a verbal argument, the cat costume in question raised
its paws high, letting out a loud meow.
—This moron!
The urge to slap the ever-living hell out of the cat costume filled Saito, but
since Akane acted as a shield between the two, that was impossible. Behind
her however stood the cat costume, evidently raising his middle finger
towards Saito. He wasn’t even trying to hide his ill-will and grudges.
“Please check the picture~” The female staff approached them with the
smartphone in hand.
Shown on the screen were Saito and Akane, holding hands in a perfect
position right after the picture was taken.
“I-I’d like to redo the picture!” Akane pleaded with a beet-red face, but the
staff was forced to lower her head.
“Ah…”
A long line had formed around the monument, all waiting visitors looking
forward to taking pictures. Their gazes hurt quite a lot, and they seemed
ready to throw stones at the group at any moment. Especially at Saito.
“You know…sorry. If you don’t like it, then you’re free to delete it.”
“I won’t do that…I’ll have to keep living with this memory that I won’t ever
be able to erase…” Akane showed a dignified but equally fragile smile.
—Maybe I should have had that old man touch my butt instead?!
Saito doubted the choice he made. Not to mention that he really shouldn’t
care even if that old man did something to Akane. Yet, he intervened like that
for some reason.
“Jeez…Can’t help it.” Akane looked at the picture, shrugging as she put the
smartphone in her shoulder bag.
Her not showing much anger beyond that was genuinely a rare sight.
“Hey hey, let’s hurry up and ride something!” Maho pulled on Saito’s arm,
with Himari looked at the map of the park.
“Over there’s a jungle water ride. It’s the river rafting type as well. Should
we check that out?”
“Don’t worry, they won’t have any crocodiles in a theme park jungle.”
With perfect timing, a boat able to fit five people arrived in front of the group
at the platform. The group before them left the boat while saying stuff like
‘That was crazy!’ or ‘I thought I was going to die!’. The splashing of the
water seemed to be quite extreme this time because they were wet on hair and
trousers.
“You’re not gonna die. It’s a perfectly safe and controlled thrill.”
“I feel like you’ll only get more scared if you read that…?” Himari
commented.
“Dear visitors, the boat will leave without you at this rate~!”
Urged by the staff, Saito’s group of five hopped on the boat. Swaying along
with the flow of the water, the boat moved away from the platform, down the
artificially created river. To create a strong feeling of authenticity, they added
statues of animals like tigers or jaguars on both sides of the river. Several
crocodiles were poking their heads out of the river, spraying water into the
air.
“Brother, fish. So many fish.” Shisei was drooling from her mouth, pushing
her body outside the boat.
“…Don’t fall off, all right?” Saito put Shisei on his lap, restraining her.
“Shise managed to grab one with her hand, would you like a bite?” Shisei
pushed the (still alive) squish and struggling creature, that did not look like a
fish towards Saito’s mouth.
“Ahhhhh.”
Saito stole that living thing from Shisei, throwing it far into the distance. He
wanted to keep any possible danger away from his family and friends. At the
same time, Maho pulled on Saito’s arm.
Saito assumed it was just Maho making up nonsense again as he glanced over
there, but it turned out to the true. A group of elephants was doing group
gymnastics while dancing. First, it was a three-headed elephant, then a two-
headed one, and on the final step below the two was an elephant with a
crown, standing with open legs and crossed arms, violently shaking their
hips. The elephant at the top of the group used its trunk as a water sprinkler,
spraying it everywhere.
“We’ll end up going down, right?! We’ll get drenched for sure!”
“Then you’ll get wet for sure!” Saito grabbed Akane by the clothes, stopping
her dive.
“Ahoy.”
Maho and Shisei raised their fists, as the boat rammed right into the area of
effect by the sprinklers. A splash of water stronger than anticipated hit the
boat, making it less of a sprinkler, and more of a tornado.
Shisei was about to get carried away by the stream of water, so Saito did the
best he could in holding her close. Maho and Himari raised cheers, and
Akane was screaming in terror. It was absolute chaos no matter where you
looked.
Amidst all the chaos, with the boat shaking violently, nobody had any time to
protect themselves against any possible sexual harassment. Before the eyes of
pleasure and excitement, humanity was powerless, and so was the law. In the
end, they went off the boat as wet rats at the end of the ride. Maho’s shirt
clung to her skin, revealing her underwear beneath. The drops of water on her
shoulders and thighs created an odd charm. Yet, she showed no remorse
whatsoever, simply pulling on her pants as she laughed.
“I mean, it’s the truth, right? Even your panties are wet, right Onee-chan?”
Saito tried his best to not look at the drenched girls, which is why he directed
his gaze far into the distance. Yet, Akane did not gratify any of these efforts,
glaring at him nonetheless.
“Don’t look over here! Until all our clothes are dry, you’re not allowed to
look!”
“Hell I can!”
“Shise can.”
“Seriously?!”
Most crazy of all is that Shisei might actually be able to pull it off.
“Lewd Himari!”
“…Pervert.”
“I didn’t do anything, though?!” Saito pleaded innocence with all his might.
“That’s not…the…case?”
“Why are you fumbling over your own words like that?! As I thought…you
probably made me wear a bunny suit in your dream, right?!” Akane took a
step backward.
“Don’t be ridiculous!”
Saito wasn’t some metahuman who could live without any sleep. If Akane
were to rob him of his sleep, it would surely influence his life at school.
“Everyone, let’s try that one out next!” Maho pointed at a nearby building.
It was a compact building with a dome-shaped roof. The walls were covered
with drawings of polar bears and penguins, it saying ‘House of Ice’.
“We’re all still drenched from the jungle ride, so we might just freeze to
“You two really don’t get it! It’s fun because we’re freezing!”
She most likely loved going to amusement parks, as she was even more
excited than usual, unable to be held back. They walked through a translucent
plastic door when they were hit with a wave of cold air. Their wet clothes
immediately hardened. The inside of the building was made out of walls of
ice blocks, and the path was like a labyrinth almost. Several ice statues were
showing Santa Claus, reindeers, or ice bears. Maho ran her palm along the
wall of ice.
“Are you sure you would want that?!” Akane carefully moved away Maho’s
from the ice.
She put her hands together with Maho’s, like she was holding glass, and
rubbed them as best as she could.
“Are you okay? You’re not hurt anywhere, are you? Do you feel any pain?”
“I’m fine~! You just worry too much!” Maho laughed with all her heart, and
walked ahead.
“Correct.”
“Please no.”
Once again, from the bottom of his heart, Saito was glad that Japan is a
country with a constitutional government. If reigns had been left to some
demon like Akane, he would have been dead ten times over by now.
Hearing Himari’s words, Saito and Akane both stopped dead in their tracks.
“Now that you mention it…I haven’t seen her for a while…”
Akane crossed her arms, showing the face of a detective as she began to
“No chance. They don’t have any actual polar bears here.” Saito immediately
ruined Akane’s detective mood.
If there existed a petting area for polar bears, there would be constant
casualties with the visitors.
“Shise! Where are you?! Shise!” Saito screamed, but only silence came back
as a response.
“In this narrow space?!” Saito took out his smartphone, about to call Shisei.
Saito pulled up Shisei from the floor of ice, which created the sound of
splitting ice. With pale lips, Shisei muttered.
“I’ll unfreeze you right away!” Saito carried Shisei out of the ice labyrinth,
He put her down on a bench met with lots of sunlight, as the ice on Shisei’s
body melted. Shisei was finally able to move again, stretching every part of
her body.
“You really helped out Shise there. She wanted to eat some ice, and lay down
when she was frozen to the ground.”
Even after becoming a high school student, Shisei still was too dangerous of
an individual to leave alone. Saito fully understood how Akane must feel
looking after Maho. After the House of Ice, they went to the rollercoaster
next. Saito wasn’t exactly comfortable with it, but it was at least better than
the driving Shisei’s maid would do. Unlike this perfectly secure thrill
attraction, sitting in that car could actually be life-threatening.
“It’s been so long since Onee-chan and I rode the rollercoaster last! I’m
looking forward to it!”
“Woohoo! The first row is open! Let’s sit here! We sure are lucky!”
“I am the luckiest person in the world…” Akane looked like she was about to
die any minute, with Himari behind her, and one row behind them Saito and
Shisei.
Saito was far too worried about Shisei to leave her alone, so he had to watch
over her.
“Let’s eat that after we’re off this thing, alright!” Saito stuffed the churros
back into Shisei’s pockets after she tried to take them out.
“Being able to enjoy a beautiful scenery while eating is one of the pleasures
in life.”
“You won’t have the time to enjoy the scenery. No eating during the ride.”
“Shise will just stuff it into her cheek, and swallow them after getting off.”
As the two were talking, the coaster started moving. It moved up to the
summit and came to a complete halt with a metallic sound. Right after, the
rollercoaster zoomed downwards. Shortly after they felt his legs floating, and
the odd feeling of discomfort at having your organs moving around. Himari
and Maho let out screams. Shisei showed no reaction whatsoever, simply
talking to Saito.
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“They apparently are selling some original taiyaki here. The inside is made
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of okonomiyaki , using sauce that tastes like seafood.”
Unlike Shisei, who was used to being driven around by that insane maid
driver, it ook Saito everything to deal with this rollercoaster experience. As
Saito preferred peace over war, tranquility over fighting, he most certainly
did not prefer this kind of attraction. If possible, he preferred reading books
“Wait, is she going for a second round right after…?” Saito approached
Akane, looking at her face.
There, he spotted her with her eyes closed, showing a peaceful expression.
“She passed out?!” Saito screamed, to which Akane slowly opened her eyes,
looking at her surroundings with a confused gaze.
“Don’t stand around like that, hop on in, Saito. Something like this isn’t scary
at all. A roller coaster is as easy as making breakfast.” Akane played tough,
as Saito fought hard to hold back the tears.
“Battle? What are you talking about? Riding a rollercoaster is easy as riding a
tricycle. I’m the type of woman who has no problems with a rollercoaster!”
Even the staff who watched this exchange happen wiped their eyes, saying
‘Um, it might be best for her to not ride rollercoasters that frequently…” and
Saito nodded in silence, making up his mind that he wouldn’t make her force
herself like this anymore.
“You’re still not done?!” Akane’s honest feeling spilled right as Maho started
walking.
The attraction she pointed at this time was a lot more docile than a
rollercoaster. It was a Ferris Wheel with gondolas attached, slowly drawing
circles.
“Says we can ride as four people, but how should we split things up?” Himari
asked, to which Akane raised her hand.
“A, then I’ll just wait for you here. You can go without me—”
“No, Oneechan! You’re coming with us! I don’t want to leave out Onee-
chan.” Maho said with a serious expression, forming a fist.
“Urk…Thank you…Maho…”
“Jeez, don’t cry because of this, Onee-chan! This is to be expected from your
little sister!” Maho bashfully shrugged her shoulders.
However, Saito blindly guessed these tears didn’t come out of joy and
emotion, but rather out of simple fear and sadness.
They played a quick game of rock, paper, scissors with Maho, Himari, and
Shisei ended up in one group, and Saito plus Akane in the other, making it a
group of three and two. After entering the gondola, Akane put the tips of her
sandals together, not moving a millimeter from the place she had sat down.
“You…really are bad with this sort of stuff, huh?” Saito started to feel bad
for real.
“I-I’m totally fine! I just can’t focus on it! Going from point A to point B and
using electricity, it’s bad for the environment.”
“It’s us humans’ fault for making such a thing! The root of all evil is
humans…If only humans didn’t exist…” Akane started sounding like the last
boss of an eco group.
“As the presentative of these evil humans, let me tell you the story of when
the Ferris Wheel stopped mid-air. It was back when Shisei and I were six
years old, as the gondola reached the top, and—”
She put her back against the wall, embracing her knees, as she went into
defense mode, confessing everything.
“That’s right! Be it the rollercoaster, the Ferris Wheel, I can’t deal with many
of the attractions! Just kill me already! Finish it!”
“So you want me to let down my guard and then push me off the Ferris
Wheel, I see! Save meee! Somebodyyyy!”
First, she wants to be killed, now she’s begging to be saved, she really was
torn between two choices. Then again, Akane was probably just as confused
herself.
“It sure is. If you’re that bad with amusement parks in general, why did you
agree to join?” Saito was confused.
“Absolute siscon.”
Tagging along with a rollercoaster that makes you pass out just because you
want to make the other person happy, it’s actually something very admirable.
Considering that it’s Akane, who gets scared about everything, even more so.
“That girl loves stuff like amusement parks or festivals, anything that’ll offer
her a lot of fun. And, she much rather prefers going in a group of people. It’s
probably because she was always alone, bedridden.”
“She’s been through a lot, which is why I want to make her happy as best as I
can.” Akane bit her lip like she was reliving painful memories herself.
To her, her little sister’s pain must be equal to her own. That’s how much she
cared for Maho, making Saito feel jealous for some reason.
“But, I don’t think you need to force yourself this much. You can just leave
her to us, and—”
“She’s been so far all this time, and now she’s finally back to Japan. It was
her dream to travel outside of Japan, so I wanted her to be free, but…I was
Usually, Akane stood out because of her strong points, but today she was
oddly sister-like. However, her face was pale, and her knees shaking. Even as
the two were talking, she tried her hardest to not look down. Saito watched
the girl, unable to hold back a wry smile.
“Huh?! W-Where did that come from?! Don’t try to do weird stuff just
because it’s the two of us!”
“M-Mind your own business…” Akane pouted, but still reluctantly accepted
Saito’s hand.
When he tightly held her hand, he could feel her shaking less than before.
While feeling Akane’s soft palm inside of his own, Saito looked outside the
window. The gondola they sat in reached the summit, making it seems like it
stood still. The people down on the ground looked like small ants, filling the
earth beneath them. He heard Akane’s faint breathing. She closed her eyes,
giving in to Saito.
Seeing his mortal enemy so defenseless, Saito couldn’t help but be entranced.
This brief time of peace between them felt so fulfilling, he found himself
wishing for time to stop completely. Before even realizing it, the gondola had
already returned to the ground. With the sound of the door opening, Akane’s
eyes shot open. She frantically pulled her hand away from Saito, storming out
of the gondola to the point she almost fell. To that, Himari tilted her head.
“Huh? Akane, were you holding hands with Saito-kun just now?”
“No way! My hand would rot!” Akane screamed, her face tomato-red.
Saito wanted to protest about that last part, but eventually just kept it to
himself. He only thought of her as cute for a brief moment, deep down they
were still mortal enemies. He was simply deceived temporarily because of
her good looks. At the same time, Maho clung to Akane’s arm.
“Onee-chan, Onee-chan, let’s check out the haunted house next! It’s famous
for being the world’s scariest haunted house!”
“That’s right! They hired professionals, so when you enter, there’s a warning
you might pass out and not wake up for the next two weeks! I’m looking
forward to it!”
“…………” Akane’s mouth opened and closed like she was hyperventilating,
as she glanced over at Saito.
Her gaze practically screamed ‘Save me’. Even if they are mortal enemies,
Saito could not abandon her like this.
“Akane mentioned she had something to take care of, so I’ll be checking out
the haunted house with you.”
“I think she can pass up on that right now! We’re at an amusement park, you
know?!”
“As the crammer that she is, Akane has withdrawal symptoms if she doesn’t
study enough in a day. She’ll just attack random people.”
“Thanks…”
Or so Akane said, but her gaze was screaming ‘I’ll kill you 3000 times over
later!’. Saito wanted to gain a few bonus points with her, but because he
couldn’t come up with a convenient excuse, that seemingly only backfired.
“Can’t help it then, I’ll have Onii-chan take over~ I am tolerant after all!”
“I’m not too sure we have the time to do that if we’ll pass out…”
Maho and Saito entered the haunted house together. The inside was wrapped
up in darkness, only allowing you to see a few meters ahead. Several white
hands grew from the walls, shaking as if they were real. There were even
some faint groans able to be heard. Only a small light could be seen ahead in
the path. Bloodstains shone in the light, coloring both sides of the path. From
the depths came a shadow approaching, open arms to attack the two. A foul
stench and strong pressure blew towards them.
“Do you know what kind of loss it would be for the world if a cute girl like
“You can still grow brains from the ground, so it’s fine!”
Saito and Maho discussed their value to the world despite the dire situation.
Despite them wanting to run away, they used their chance and stood still.
Eventually, that shadow grew closer, attacking them.
“Kishaaaaaaaaaaa!”
““………””
The two looked at the black shadow. Its both eyeballs were about to fall from
its eye sockets, the body rotten all over, resembling a common zombie.
“Kishaaaaaaaaaaa!”
““………””
“It’s like the real deal…To think it could spit out like that…” Saito closely
inspected the zombie.
It was a common enemy in games, but seeing it up this close felt fresh to him.
Maho imitated the zombie, raising both her hands.
“Perfectly done. That’s what I love to see from the management.” Saito
argued from the management side of things.
The three stood together, taking a selfie. With the flash of the camera, the
blood-red walls lit up.
“Waaaaaaah…” The zombie cried to himself and ran back to where it came
from.
Saito regretted not acting more scared than that, but it was a familiar enemy
from games he regularly played, so he could only send it off with a casual
“See you again!”. Shortly after, Saito and Maho continued their trip through
the haunted house.
“I don’t see any piano strings, so I wonder how they did that…I’m interested
in the set-up of that.”
“Hmm…judging from the state it’s in, it probably died around two days
ago…”
“Why are there both Western and Japanese dolls mixed in there? At least
make the concept clear from the start.”
While discussing this and that from the haunted house, it felt less like an
attempt of escaping, and more like a stroll. Even though this was supposed to
be the world’s scariest haunted house, neither of them felt any tension.
“…Are you sure you should be walking through a haunted house with that
attitude?”
“Ehhh? Why? I love haunted houses, and I love seeing the scared reactions of
the people I walk around with!”
“It’s not bullying at all, it’s pure love! Having a scared girl cling to you in
fear is the best, don’t you think?”
“You wench…”
Saito was teased with an improvised song, now pulling on Maho’s cheeks.
He was perfectly fine with being a virgin, but being called out for it over and
over annoyed him.
—Maybe I should leave her alone in this haunted house to teach her a
lesson? No, she probably won’t receive much damage from that…
As Saito was thinking, Maho suddenly crouched down, putting her hand on
the floor, as her shoulders went up and down, gasping for air.
“What’s wrong?”
“Mm…I’m suddenly not feeling too well…Maybe I was having too much fun
that the exhaustion caught up with me…”
Just a few seconds ago, she was brimming with energy, so the sudden 180
“Can’t help it. Up you go.” He crouched down in front of Maho, his back
turned towards her.
Maho wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him with barely any
strength. He put his hands on her thighs, pushing up her body. The soft
sensation of her bare thighs was directly conveyed on his hands, as they bit
into them. A sweet scent drifted up from her, covering all of Saito.
Carrying her on his back, Saito ran towards the exit. Before, Saito had to
carry a sickly Akane through the rain to the hospital. Compared to that, Maho
felt even lighter. Her arms and legs felt worryingly slim, and her breathing
grew weaker which had Saito genuinely worried. After leaving the haunted
house, the strong sun made him feel dizzy for a moment.
“Haha, just kidding! I just wanted Onii-chan to carry me~!” Maho jumped
up, leaping at Saito.
“Wha…? Kidding…?”
“Falling even for a simple lie like this, that’s why you’re still a virgin~!”
Maho laughed.
It seemingly was so funny that she started tearing up, poking her fingers at
“Of course! Even if it’s a joke, there are things you should and should not do!
What if I won’t believe you if you actually end up sick? What if the
ambulance comes in late? Then it’s all over because of one stupid joke!”
“I will. And I’ll keep being angry until you understand it.”
“Urk…Look, look! I’m totally fine!” Maho twirled around in front of Maho.
Because she suddenly got up like that, her legs were still wobbly, as she fell
towards Saito, who let out a deep sigh.
“I’m exhausted…I’d love to just stay at home for the next ten years…”
“Bet.”
Akane did her best to fulfill all of Maho’s desires after all, although Saito
didn’t say that out loud. After the event at the haunted house, they were
dragged around a biking space, 360° swings, a theater, and other stimulating,
as well as exhausting, attractions, which led Akane to scream about every
single time.
“Maybe…another time…” Akane faltered, looking like she had been woken
up by a child first thing Sunday morning.
She didn’t even have the time to shut down the idea entirely because she was
so exhausted.
Saito simply wanted to show some of his rare benevolence, but Akane’s eyes
shot wide open in shock.
“You were probably thinking of making some rice porridge with lots of
protein, no?”
“Don’t give me that confused look! Any average human being wouldn’t take
in this much protein at night!”
“That bad?”
Being rejected by both sisters, Saito was forced to take a new approach after
all. He believed that any nourishment was good nourishment, but it would
also be a waste to leave over perfectly edible food.
“Doesn’t really sit right with me, but…I can make some curry with corn,
carrots, green peppers, and some minced meat. With no protein, of course.
Are you okay with that?”
“Utterly satisfied! You could have just made that from the beginning!”
“…Guess so.”
Even if they fought based on their opinion again, it would just tire them both
out more. Maybe not on the level of Akane, who was forced through all the
attractions at the amusement park, but Saito was exhausted himself.
He ignored the rude sisters whispering behind his back, and went to work. He
added rice and water to the rice cooker, turning on the quick-cooking switch.
He didn’t bother washing the rice, as the number of nutrients would drop
during that act. He had never seen corn or green peppers added in a curry, but
he read in a book that the more colors it had, the more well-balanced the dish
was.
“I always knew how to cook, alright. Back in grade school, I always cooked
instant cup ramen.”
Receiving such a gentle gaze from Akane, Saito felt as if he was being treated
like a child.
“It doesn’t even hope to compare with Onee-chan’s cooking, but I guess…I
can give it a pass? You can be proud of yourself, Onii-chan.”
“I’d be happy to take you as my wife!” Maho closed one eye, showing Saito
a thumbs-up.
Saito was a man, and already married, so of course, he could manage this
much of a menu. However, it was the first time he actually made curry. When
he was living alone, he wouldn’t bother cooking something. Even though he
was being ridiculed as always by those two sisters, seeing them eat it with a
smile didn’t feel that bad. And with these thoughts, Saito joined them for
dinner.
Having finished cleaning up after dinner, Saito took a quick shower and
headed to his bedroom. Because they were out and about all day, he got no
Immediately after, he felt a slim body rubbing against his back. He assumed
that it was just Akane turning around in her sleep, but it didn’t feel that way.
The girl pushed up the blanket, and sat down on Saito’s waist, looking down
at him.
“You—”
“Shhh…”
A finger was placed on Saito’s lips. Eyes shone in the darkness, like a
vampire’s looking for its prey—belonging to Maho.
“Don’t scream. If Onee-chan sees this, you’ll be in trouble, right?” She let
out a snicker, like she was spoiling a young child.
Just as her words suggested, she was wearing nothing but lascivious
underwear. It was a babydoll with laces everywhere. The chest area was
pretty much see-through, greatly revealing their shape. From her chest to the
bottom part, the babydoll was split in two, revealing her waist even slimmer
than a mannequin’s. The lower part was covered with fabric, but it looked
like she wasn’t wearing anything beneath that. That sight of hers resembled a
butterfly who had descended during a moon-lit night. Her impeccable
collarbone, her shoulders drawing charming hills, her soft-looking arms, and
Indeed, she looked like the girl Saito had met during his graduation party,
flaming up his passionate feelings that would not disappear no matter how
much time has passed. If not for Saito’s extremely strong memory, he might
have already forgotten about her.
“Yes?” The girl slightly tilted her head—and showed the same smile as the
girl in Saito’s memories.
At that party, Saito’s grandfather Tenryuu called over a lot of people. Since
he and Chiyo had known each other for ages, it would have made sense for
Maho to be there as well. With tension filling his body, Saito moved his
mouth.
“When?”
“When I graduated from grade school, they held a party at a residence of his.
You resemble the girl I met back then. She was a beautiful girl with long hair,
and even though we talked a lot, she never told me her name, or how to
contact her again. Even if I looked for her now, I’m worried it would make
me sound seem gross…”
Even though he had no interest in love and all that, he was so oddly desperate
at a time like this. However, when he thought that the girl he was looking for
might be in reach, he was getting restless.
“That girl, is it possibly…” Maho stared into the void, but eventually shook
“Huh…?”
“…!”
It felt like a shock ran through Saito’s body, accelerating his heart rate.
Something deep inside of his head made his pulse beating.
“We finally met. So you were still thinking about me this passionately?”
“Why did you keep quiet about it?” He had trouble forming these words, his
breathing out of control.
Maho gently pushed her nose against Saito’s neck. A sweet scent drifted up
to Saito’s own nose, as Maho pushed her hips onto him even stronger. Even
though Saito knew he had to stop this, but he couldn’t push her away. He was
so moved and bewildered at this unexpected reunion, his thoughts didn’t
work properly. He had never known that his feelings from back then still
burned strong to this day. At the same time, Maho put her hands on Saito’s
sleepwear, opening up the buttons.
“H-Hey…”
“It’s fine, right? You’ll get to marry your beloved Maho. So, doing
something like this is totally normal, right?”
Saito had longed to talk to the girl. He never even imagined anything beyond
“Getting to know each other with our bodies would be the fastest, right? Or,
do you not like being touched by your first love, Onii-chan?”
Those words were as sweet as honey and syrup. It was sweet enough to melt
away Saito’s brain. And yet, Saito felt a sense of discomfort. Something was
off. He felt a sharpness behind her sweet voice that shouldn’t be there. Saito
wasn’t even reflected in Maho’s eyes.
“No matter how carefully you play your act, it’s painfully obvious that it’s all
superficial. Your words lack the strength and force Akane’s words have.”
Every single word spoken by Akane was filled with passion and honesty.
Used to receiving such fierce energy every single time, Saito could only see
Maho’s actions as mere acting.
For the first time, she showed her genuine expression. It was a strong wave of
hatred, somewhat resembling Akane to a certain degree.
“But, that doesn’t matter!” Maho tried to push her lips onto Saito’s.
He grabbed her head to keep it away, as they ended up wrestling on the bed,
“What’s a little kiss gonna be? It’s my first kiss, you know? Isn’t that
something all boys would want?”
“What’s the meaning in kissing someone you hate, huh? For starters, go
explain yourself!”
She had witnessed Saito and Maho on the bed, practically embracing each
other with half their bodies naked.
Saito froze up in fear and terror. Akane was always the innocent type, so
there was no telling what she would do mistaking Saito having laid his hands
on her younger sister. This situation was already dangerous enough, and yet
Maho made things even worse.
“I went ahead and enjoyed Onii-chan myself. Thanks for the treat~”
“W-Wait a second! Calm down, Akane! Let me explain things…” Saito tried
to defuse the situation, but reason didn’t work with Akane anymore.
She formed a fist, and opened her mouth with a quivering voice.
Without giving the two any chance to gather their things, they were kicked
out of the house.
Saito and Maho waited in front of the entrance, but the door was locked tight,
showing no signs of opening again no matter how long they waited. Even so,
they could pick up Akane’s fierce fury even through the thick door.
If anything, Saito felt worried that such a day might never come.
Even in a situation like this, Maho seemed excited at the thought of camping
outdoors. You wouldn’t expect her to have been severely sick at one point in
her life, looking at how much energy she had now.
“The weather report said it’ll rain tonight, so I’d like to avoid that.”
Not to mention that the neighborhood had its eyes on them, so they couldn’t
just sleep in front of their own house. Saito may have been wearing his
sleepwear, but Maho was still in her babydoll appearance. If someone were to
see them here, it’d cause a ruckus for everybody involved.
Saito used his smartphone which he luckily managed to grab amidst all the
chaos, and started walking.
“If it was me, I’d assault you for sure! Especially with those sexy clothes of
yours!”
“You’re the only outlaw in the whole world who would do that.”
Saito fixed his disarranged clothes. He had completely forgotten about Maho
having unbuttoned his shirt. If he kept on walking like that, he probably
would have been reported for sure.
—Maho probably felt like I was stealing her older sister from her.
While aiming for the nearest convenience store, Saito started thinking. Those
two were exceptionally close as sisters. This may have been born from the
bonds they forged when Akane took care of the sickly Maho, but Maho now
was very attached to her sister. Now that her older sister had gotten off
married to a random guy, she probably felt cast aside and forgotten. That’s
why Maho attempted to win over Saito to tear him away from Akane. This
must be the reason for her actions tonight. And if that was the case, she
succeeded with that.
Saito entered the nearest convenience store, looking for any usable clothes.
Of course, he wasn’t able to find pants or a skirt. He instead reached for a
male-sized t-shirt, paying for it with his smartphone. Bless modern
civilization for this. Upon returning back to his home, he found Maho waiting
for him, sitting on the floor. She put on the shirt, and thanks to it being too
big for her, it at least safely covered her thighs. Any benevolent passersby
might think she’s just wearing a shirt with short pants below. However, the
person in question didn’t seem to like it very much, as she pulled down the
hem of the shirt.
“I mean, the clothes you wore during our trip to the amusement park were
just as yikes. It’s like you were wearing stuff that was popular ten years ago. I
could tell they were at least expensive, though~”
Saito and Maho walked away from their home. Deep in this residential
district, you barely encountered any cars. The streetlights gave off buzzing
sounds, as bugs and insects flew around them. A faint scent of flowers drifted
towards them from the invisible hedge. Having their path illuminated by the
periodical nightlights, the two walked down the dark path.
“You need to properly dress up, Onii-chan. I’ll teach you the basics next
time~”
Now that he was married already, he would just create more trouble if he was
involved with love. Just like tonight, for example.
“You could have all the girls in the world shower you with money?”
“Also, you can just go back to your own home, right? I’ll escort you.”
“Send-home capybara?”
“Send-home mushroom?”
“What about you, Onii-chan? Are you going back to your main family’s
home? If so, then I’ll go with you! I wanna stay over at your place~ Doki
doki~”
Saito firmly believed that people who used onomatopoeia in their speech
should not be trusted. As always, letting down his guard around her could
prove fatal.
“I can’t go back there. Now that I’ve gotten married, they changed the lock
on the front door.”
“H-Huh…Well…sorry?”
“It’d be great if we could stay over at Shise’s place, but…I don’t want to
trouble them this late. I’ll just look for a random cafe to pass the night.”
“I’ll come with you, then! I’d feel bad for you to be all alone.” Maho tapped
her fist on her chest.
“No, please just go home.” Saito waved his hand with a serious expression.
“I am fine myself.”
“It’s not good to hold back! Just rely on me when you’re lonely!”
Saito would have preferred to send Maho home to her parents, but he sadly
didn’t know her address. Forcing her to take him there also wasn’t a great
option.
“Come on, Onii-chan, let’s check out the city at night!” Maho clung to
Saito’s arm, raising a fist. “Ohhh!”
It felt like he was dragged along by a drunkard who wanted to visit the next
bar. If it was Saito, he could have just stayed at an internet cafe, reading
manga all night, but taking a girl with him like this, he was not the biggest
fan of.
“I’d love to ask for a love hotel! I would die to see those rotating beds!”
“Rejected. If you have any complaints, then go back to your own home.”
Saito’s relationship with Akane was already at a low point, so if he took her
little sister to a love hotel, it’ll only make things worse, and probably kill
Saito in the process. Stepping out on the main street, Saito used his phone to
look for nearby business hotels. In the end, he found a simple ten-floor
building. In the large parking lot, several trucks had stopped, the rest of the
garage buried with visitor cars.
“Whatever, that’ll do. Doesn’t change the fact that Onii-chan and I will be
staying over together, so we might just climb the stairs to adulthood!” Maho
said, passing through the automatic entrance door.
“Here.” He raised his hand, giving the shortest possible farewell, and entered
his room.
He heard Maho’s roars of anger across the door, but he didn’t have time to
bother with her. He finally managed to have some peace for himself. As he
lowered his waist on the sturdy bed, he let out a sigh and looked around the
room. From the outside, it looked like a plain hotel, but the interior was oddly
luxurious. There was a desk placed at the wall, with a high-value TV.
Additionally, there was a sofa that could fit two people, with a mini table,
The bathroom was rather small, connected to a shower room, but he had
already taken a shower at home, so he didn’t need one. The fridge was full of
free mineral water, so he should be good until the morning. Saito put his
phone on the charger, taking out a water bottle to take a sip when somebody
knocked on the door.
“I know you’re present! Open the door! If not, I’ll bust it open!” Maho
screamed from across the door.
“Do what you want. I doubt you can kick the door open with your fragile
legs.”
“Not with my legs! I’ll use the fire extinguisher from the hallway!”
She was evidently bothering the other customers of the hotel, considering
how late it was.
“I’ll scream that you took me to this hotel without the consent of my parents!
What do you call this, child abduction? I’m only wearing a t-shirt as well,
what do you think the police will think, huh?!”
“Alright let’s talk things through, please?!” Saito frantically opened the door.
Maho used the smallest opening to slip through, leaping inside Saito’s room.
In her arms, she still carried the fire extinguisher. She was actually planning
on breaking the door down. This realization sent a shiver down Saito’s back.
“Ha ha ha, now that I’m in here, I will be the ruler! I have conquered this
room!”
“It’s fine! I know how to use this thing, but I don’t know how to stop it!”
If the entire room was covered with fire extinguisher foam, the repair fees
will cost half a fortune, surely. The police will come, and then their parents
would be notified as well. Saito attempted to take the fire extinguisher from
Maho, running towards her. At the same time, Maho evaded him, jumping on
the bed, kicking over the chair, falling onto the sofa. However, this was still a
narrow single-person room, so she couldn’t run away forever. After a few
minutes, Saito managed to steal the fire extinguisher from Maho, restraining
both her hands in the process.
“So even you…will chase me out…?” Tears came streaming down Maho’s
cheeks.
“S-Stop with those fake tears,” Saito said but was terrified deep down.
“These aren’t fake tears! What’s wrong with me wanting to be together for a
bit?! Do you hate me as well now, Onii-chan?!” Maho sunk down on the bed,
her shoulders shaking as she was crying.
“Um…was it actually that much of a shock? You know, Akane saying that
she hated you.”
“That’s right! This is the first time she ever said something like this to me!
No matter what kind of pranks I would play on her, she never got angry for
real! And yet…she now…she now hates me for real…She won’t ever talk to
me.” Maho was weeping like a child that was scolded by her parents.
“This happens from time to time. Not to mention that Akane tells me every
single day that she hates me.”
“You’re kidding…”
“It’s true. She wishes for my death every single day, and being woken with
screams of anger is a daily routine of mine.”
“How can you even put up with that? Hated by your parents, hated by your
wife, I would rather die than keep on living like that…”
“Well, you’re not wrong. I often think about it when I’ve calmed down.”
Even more so since his classmates couldn’t stand Saito either, so it was hard
for him in his own right. However, he had Shisei. Simply by having an ally at
his side at any given moment, he didn’t feel lonely at all. He could tell
himself that he was fine.
“Akane might be a bit extreme with her motions, and often blows a fuse, but
she quickly calms down, so I’m sure she’ll forgive you soon enough.”
“Yeah. Though it’ll take some extra time before she forgives me. She’s hated
me for the longest time after all.”
“Sorry…”
Hearing an honest apology from Maho made Saito feel restless. That just
showed how weak and fragile she was right now. To her, Akane must be
everything. Unable to really respond with anything, Saito simply grumbled
over a possible response, when Maho suddenly took off her t-shirt.
“It’s my fault that you got kicked out ofo the house, so I thought I had to at
least take responsibility…and offer you my body…”
“No need!”
The babydoll was pulled along the t-shirt she was trying to take off, revealing
two white bounds and her slender waist. Seeing her weeping on the bed with
this kind of outfit, it was plenty alluring to awaken any boy’s instincts.
“You’re plenty charming, but there’s no way I could such a thing with a
crying child!”
“I-I’m not even crying anymore! And I’m an adult, so I can do it just fine!”
Maho seemingly was agitated by Saito’s comment, forcefully trying to pull
his pants off.
“Stop that! What are you, some molester?! Get your hands off me!” Saito
desperately held onto his pants.
“You need to let go already! If you don’t shut up and lay down, I will cut it
off!”
“Scary! Like hell I can lay down next to someone who threatens me with
that!”
“Shut up! I’m trying to serve you as thanks, so just be quiet and accept it!”
Maho lined up ridiculous arguments one after the other, as they both kept on
fighting to the point they were both gasping for air. With this still being the
same day after the amusement park trip, they were both out of stamina.
“Even with an arm pillow?” Maho asked like Shisei usually would.
If he didn’t think of her as a female junior of his, but just as his own little
sister, he felt no wicked emotions whatsoever. Saito laid down in bed, Maho
laying right next to him. She still wasn’t done crying, as she kept sniffling
with her nose, burying her face in Saito’s chest.
The inside of his arm felt heavy. Something soft and pleasurable was pressed
against his body. Sounding relieved, faint breathing, with calm rhythm,
reached Saito’s ears. Feeling that all the exhaustion from the previous night
had not yet fully disappeared, Saito slowly opened his heavy eyelids. From
the curtains of the windows entered the faint morning sunlight. The air
conditioning in the room seemingly wasn’t the greatest, as the air in the
dimly-lit room felt stuffy, but also had a sweet scent drifting inside of it.
He lowered his gaze down at himself, spotted Maho clinging to him like a
spoiled cat—and was bewildered. She was naked. Let alone the single shirt
he bought, she had also taken off her thin babydoll. Her slippery skin was
glued to Saito. Her slim waist was wrapped around Saito.
Saito felt his heart freeze. Sleeping together in the same bed with his wife’s
younger sister was already barely acceptable, but if they happened to cross
the line right here, he had absolutely no justification. Maho would report the
circumstances to Akane, and Akane would break down everything they had
worked so hard for. Maybe everything that happened the last night was
Saito panicked and confirmed his own appearance. He was properly wearing
his sleepwear and the underwear beneath, the sheets seemed clean as before,
so they probably had slept this way since last night. Saito sighed in relief
when he realized that Maho’s body felt awfully hot. She was wearing like she
had been in the sauna for the past three hours, and her breathing felt slow and
out of rhythm. Her facial expression was distorted in pain.
“Hey, you alright? Are you not feeling well?” Saito asked, to which Maho
reluctantly opened her eyes.
“I did…As long as I drink that medicine, I can live like every other person…I
just get tired a bit easier, but if I don’t overdo it, I’m fine…”
That didn’t sound like she completely recovered. Saito remembered how
Maho would often be out of breath or stagger after running around.
Especially back at the haunted house before, that might just have been her
actually being sick, and not just faking it. She was just playing it off, trying to
hide it—this liar of a girl.
“I couldn’t.”
“Where is it?”
She had lost all her usual vigor, her smile about to vanish like a torch, making
it evident that she was acting tough. Seeing this, Saito reached for the
smartphone next to his pillow.
“Stop!!”
A scream rang out. It must have been a big burden on Maho’s body, as she
curled up on the bed, having a violent coughing fit. Saito gently rubbed her
back. He couldn’t afford to hesitate now, but he felt worried. Her back felt so
soft and fragile, he thought he might break it easily like glass.
“If you call for an ambulance, they’ll contact my family…and it’ll cause a
ruckus. Onee-chan will find out…”
“This happens from time to time…The doctor said I’m fine, and that I can
live a normal life…”
“Really?”
“Really. I still have many more things I want to do, so I wouldn’t lie about
something like this…”
As this was a business hotel, they had paid for the stay the previous night.
Saito called the reception, asking for them to call a taxi, and helped Maho put
on her clothes. Her skin felt burning hot to the point Saito might burn his
fingers. Simply putting up her arms seemed to be a lot of work for her, and
her head was swaying back and forth, unreliably. She couldn’t even walk on
her own. Saito received information that the taxi had arrived, so he picked up
Maho.
“Ahaha…a princess carry, that’s a first for me. You seem used to it, Onii-
chan…”
“Shut up.”
Saito didn’t want Maho to waste her precious energy with idle talk, so he
forcefully silenced her. Even though Maho was scolded, she seemed happy
about it, wrapping her arms around his neck. However, those arms
immediately lost their strength. Saito took the elevator down to the entry hall,
putting Maho inside the taxi. He told the driver to take them to the hospital,
and the taxi started driving. Inside, Maho’s shoulders leaned against Saito’s,
making it evident she could barely even sit up straight.
Saito made Maho’s head rest on his lap, calling the hospital. Maho seemed to
still be suffering from a fever, as she tightly grasped Saito’s clothes like a
small child. Arriving at the hospital, Maho was immediately brought to an
examining room. She ended up getting scolded why she didn’t take her
medicine, and why she was so lightly clothed, and then examined in greater
detail. Just as Maho stated, there was no danger to her life, but she would
have to be hospitalized for a while. Both the doctor and nurses seemed to
know her, creating this ‘Back again, huh?’ atmosphere.
“Guess I really messed it up…” Maho laid in the bed of the hospital room,
muttering as she looked up at the ceiling.
She changed from her thin shirt, given faint pink hospital clothes. She had
calmed down a lot more compared to before, but her breathing still felt a bit
heavy.
“Your parents should be here in thirty minutes. Things would only turn
complicated if I was here, so I’m leaving now.”
“What?”
As it was Akane’s dream to become a doctor, she would surely nurse Maho
with all her skill and ability. The reason she aimed to become a doctor was all
so that she could save people who are suffering like her younger sister.
“You can’t. Because I was always so weak, I’ve been a bother for Onee-chan
forever. She always had to look after me, which is why she never had time to
play with her friends, let alone making many.”
“That sure doesn’t sound like the only reason, but…the biggest problem
seems to be her personality.”
“Onee-chan is very kind. Almost too kind…and I don’t want to worry her
more. I want her to focus on herself, instead of worrying about me.” Maho
pleaded with all her might.
No sign of her usual attitude was to be found here. Saito felt like this was
how she truly was.
On the way out of the room, Maho’s expression and gesture looked so sad
and defeated, it made Saito’s chest feel painful.
Having left the hospital, he stepped out onto the main street, filled with
exhaust fumes, as he called Shisei. Akane was probably still fuming in anger,
so he needed to secure temporary lodging.
‘What?’
“Divorced…who knows.”
Saito wanted to think that things weren’t that bad. Nothing beats peace. If
Tenryuu and Chiyo learned of this situation, all hell would break loose.
‘Shise is outside for a drive right now, so stay there. We’ll take you right to
court.’
‘No need to hold back like this. I’ll introduce you to a great lawyer of ours.
He’s got a 120% court win rate, and he can turn every black piece into a
white one.’
‘No idea, but his phrase is that it’s not a crime if nobody finds out.’
Even the Houjou Group lived under the principle of not choosing their
methods solely using law and people as tools, but that lawyer was even
worse. Saito sat down on a car bumper, waiting for the car to arrive when
Shisei’s car came. It was a wealthy-class white car. Even the sound of the
door opening sounded upper caste. Of course, the same aggressive maid
driver was sitting behind the wheel.
“Apologies for the wait, Saito-sama. I tried my hardest to break the sound
barrier to get here, but…”
“I’d love to believe you, but the second you tried to break the sound barrier, it
really is too hard for me.”
Saito sat in the back seat, tightly closing the seatbelt. This was all to protect
his own life. Who knew, maybe that maid driver had put rockets on the back
of the car, so he needed any security he could get. Once again, the car shot
through the streets. At the same time, Shisei looked at Saito in his sleepwear
with a dubious gaze.
“…With somebody?”
Not expecting that question, Saito froze up. How did she realize that Saito
wasn’t alone? Sometimes, Shisei was way too sharp.
Immediately, the cold aura around Shisei grew even stronger. It sent shivers
down Saito’s spine, making him feel like he walked into a giant freezer.
Shisei moved on top of Saito’s lap, putting her nose to his neck.
“The scent of a woman. Not Akane. So you spend the night with someone
other than Akane.”
“Since you’re wearing clothes, the scent shouldn’t be that strong…The other
person must have been naked, and Brother as well…”
Saito tried to argue that he was indeed wearing clothes back then, but he bit
his lips and silenced himself. This evidently was a lead question, and he was
about to play along with Shisei’s game. Shisei’s deductive ability was only
second to Saito’s, so he couldn’t fall into her trap. With that thought in mind,
Saito was about to use his top-grade brain cells, but—Shisei called out to the
maid driver.
“Roger.” The maid driver stepped on the gas pedal, as redshift appeared
outside.
It wasn’t a battle of brains after all. It was a simple threat and coercion. The
maid driver swung around the wheel, announcing.
“Don’t make it sound like ‘Oh, I actually bought a new bag recently~’,
alright?!”
Common name: Nitro. It’s a system that, with an extra engine, allows you to
gain explosive acceleration.
“I actually use most of my salary to improve this care in any possible way.”
“Shise is her ally. Even if she burns up the car during her drive, she won’t get
angry.”
“Shise did get angry at her when she ate the pudding without asking.”
The maid driver deeply lowered her head, not looking at the street anymore.
“My sincerest apologies. I personally wanted to see the lady anger for once,
and…it was a lot more adorable than I had assumed, so I am thinking of
doing something similar again in the near future.”
At the same time, it was very much like Shisei to value a pudding higher than
a high-cost car.
Seeing the maid driver out her fingers on and around a switch with a skull
symbol on it, Saito immediately confessed his sin. He told Shisei about Maho
sneaking into his bed, how they were spotted by Akane in a very unfortunate
moment, how she kicked them out, how they stayed at the hotel, how Maho
suddenly got sick, and so on.
“My lady, what should we do? Putting his beheaded head on public display?”
The gazes of the maid driver and Shisei were painful. Saito at least wished
the maid was focussing on the road ahead.
“It’s fine, Shise fully understands. Brother couldn’t be satisfied with having a
beauty of a wife, so he also went for his wife’s cute younger sister. Oh how
embarrassed Shise is for having such a brother.” Shisei moved away from
Saito.
“Could you stop acting so disgusted? I couldn’t help it—” Saito said,
pleading for forgiveness.
Feeling resting anxiety that wouldn’t go away, Saito stayed seated in the
moving death trap until they reached Shisei’s residence.
However, Akane closed the distance between them, grabbing his necktie so
that he couldn’t run away.
“Do you know where Maho is? She hasn’t shown up at school since then, and
she wasn’t at my own home either.”
“No idea…Maybe you should ask your parents instead?” Saito shrugged his
shoulders.
“I sure did. Both Mom and Dad said ‘She went back to traveling’, not giving
me a proper answer.”
“She would have said goodbye to me before she left. I can’t reach her with
phone calls, she’s not even reading my messages, something doesn’t add
up…” Akane grit her teeth.
She was probably afraid that Maho might have started to hate her after she
chased her out. But, Akane had all the right to be angry. After all, Akane had
yet to agree that Maho could take her place in marrying Saito.
“You’re not the type of person who believes in that sort of thing. You were
awfully close with Maho as well, so you should know something.”
“I did not!”
“You sure did! You were embracing each other, half-naked on the bed…
Mguh!” She was interrupted by Saito putting his hand on her mouth.
“Don’t talk badly about people like that. What if somebody else heard us?”
“Then you and Maho should just explain everything to me! Let me meet
her!”
“……!”
Akane seemingly felt agitated that only she was left out, feeling her stomach
burning in anger. Even though she was dying of worry for Maho, she didn’t
even know where she was. She started making up assumptions that maybe
Maho had collapsed again, or that her sickness had gotten worse, which is
why she wasn’t meeting Akane.
She tried to ask him about his return, but bring herself to voice these words.
The one who chased Saito out was herself. She couldn’t ask him to come
back quickly. Shisei stopped by to get the absolute minimum of his
belongings, so maybe Saito planned on never coming back. Now both Maho
and Saito hated her. Akane and he had always been on bad terms, but their
She couldn’t have said something like that. Akane was riddled with regret,
covering her blurry view with the palm of her hand.
As Akane didn’t know about Maho’s situation, Saito was the one visiting her
on a daily basis. After classes, he left the classroom, shaken by the old bus
outside the town. Inside the bus, an elderly person stood out. Two girls who
looked to be grade school students were nervously sitting in their seats. They
looked oddly similar, so they may have been sisters.
Since Saito was asked to go shopping for Maho, he got off the bus one before
the hospital, stopping by at a fast-food place, and then arrived at the hospital.
It was a large hospital with 20 floors, and the reception hall was crowded
with visitors. Saito took the elevator up, inspecting himself in the mirror.
Despite Maho being the reason why he was chased out of his own home, he
oddly enough couldn’t leave her alone. Maybe he still had lingering feelings
for her because of that time he met her at the party, it was genuinely
confusing.
Maho was laying on the bed, gazing at the ceiling. When Saito entered the
room, she shot upwards, frantically wiping her eyes to smile at Saito.
“Yaho, Onii-chan. Came to meet me again? You really like me that much,
huh~”
“We’re indoors.”
Inability to become honest, she really had that from her older sister. She
didn’t seem like a person with many friends, so she was probably sad that her
older sister wouldn’t come to visit. Saito moved the small table next to the
bed, placing the fast food on it.
“Yaaay~ The food they serve here basically tastes like anything, and it’s only
vegetables~” Maho enthusiastically opened the plastic bag, taking out its
contents.
“If I spoil you too much, I’ll be the one getting an earful from the doctor and
your parents.”
Because she was so adamant about wanting to eat a hamburger when Saito
would come over the next time, he saw no other choice but to give in. The
healthy and well-balanced food of the hospital may be better for her health,
but the well-being of her heart was also important. She probably lacked the
energy to take a huge bite, as she slowly chomped away at the hamburger,
raising an ecstatic voice.
“Mmmmm! This is it! Eating junk food in secret from the doctors never gets
old~!”
“She would never buy it for me, you know. She’d instead feed me some
weird seafood, mushrooms, or other healthy nonsense.” Maho put the straw
of the coke in her mouth, taking a deep sip. “The MCs in America are pretty
different from the ones in Japan.”
“Really?”
“They’re selling those steak burgers first thing in the morning, and even if
“I’m a returner after all.” Maho puffed out her chest in confidence.
She put down the half-eaten hamburger on the table, glaring at it with a sharp
gaze. She probably wanted to eat all of it, but her body wouldn’t allow it.
“If you’re still that weak, why are you going around traveling the world?”
“It was my dream. Because Mom and Dad worked a lot, earning money for a
big surgery, I finally stopped being bedridden, but…I’m still not fully back to
normal.”
“I’m scared.”
“Of what?”
“That I might not be able to get up again one day. I don’t know when my
final day will be. So, I want to do everything I want while I still can.”
“…Right.”
Saito felt like he was starting to understand where Maho’s endless energy
came from. She was pushed by a feeling of panic and pressure. She was just
trying to run from her own fears.
“And, when I’m out traveling the world, Onee-chan will be at peace as well.
If I end up sick again, she won’t see me like that at least.”
“…Yeah. I’ve always made Onee-chan worry ever since I was small…She
Yet she loved Akane as much, is what Saito thought. Because they care for
each other, they barely miss the other, hurting them in the process. It really
was a weird thought that too much love could hurt the other person.
“Wha…”
“At first, I thought you were simply jealous that I stole your older sister from
you. But, that’s not it. You just…wanted her to be happy.”
Maho lowered her head, putting her hands together on the blanket.
“What bothered me was the lack of hostility you had towards me. It’s clear
that you don’t like me, but it wasn’t nearly as strong as I expected it to be. I
feel true hostility directed at me every day, after all, so I can tell.”
Although he really wished he didn’t. After spending the year in the same
class with Akane, and marrying her, he became quite skilled at being able to
differentiate the level of hostility directed at him.
“I surrender.” Maho sighed. “You’re absolutely right. I heard about a boy that
Onee-chan couldn’t stand. Because of him, she couldn’t be in the top spot of
the student year, and she was always frustrated about it. And yet, she was
forced to marry him, that’s just too cruel.”
They were forcing water to mix with oil. Although their motive of granting
their unfulfilled love in a different way, it was far too ridiculous.
“If Onee-chan would just suffer through this marriage, I thought it’d be best
if I took her place. So that she can live her life the way she wants to.”
“Even if it meant marrying me, and never being together with the person you
“If it makes Onee-chan happy, then yeah,” Maho said without hesitation.
Finally, the image of a graceful, honest, and sickly girl, which he was told
about from Akane, overlapped with the girl in front of him. Her innocent and
cheeky attitude was nothing but a fake mask, and this is who she really was.
“But…I guess I made a mistake. Onee-chan seemed really angry. She even
said that she hated me now. I guess…it’s all over now.” Tears started to build
up in her eyes, her lips shaking.
“She still likes you even now. And that won’t change no matter what you
do.”
Just like Saito would never come to hate Shisei, despite her being difficult a
lot of times. Their bonds wouldn’t shatter because of a fight or two.
“But…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll be right here, so you get some sleep. Get better soon, and
then meet Akane.” Saito told her, to which Maho finally laid down.
Her slim hand poked out from beneath the blanket. Saito remembered the
time he held Akane’s hand and now grabbed Maho’s. When he wrapped her
small palm inside both of his hands, she peacefully closed her eyes.
“I often stay with Shise like this until she falls asleep.”
“Why are you looking after me like this? All I did was trouble you…”
“That’s…”
Saito wasn’t quite sure of it himself. He definitely didn’t hate Maho, and he
was aware of the danger if he left her alone. But, that seemingly wasn’t all.
He couldn’t allow Maho to be alone. He had to take responsibility and look
—Ahh, I see.
“When you’re out of your usual energy, suffering in a place like this, she
would be sad. And…I don’t want her smile to disappear.”
“You’re probably worried that this marriage will rob Akane of her happiness,
but I don’t plan on making her suffer. Nor will I steal your older sister from
you. That’s why, stop worrying about it.”
“…What, I feel like an idiot now. Maybe I shouldn’t have come home after
all.” Maho showed a self-deprecating, but Saito shook his head.
“That’s not true. Akane was pretty sad that she couldn’t meet you for such a
long time. That’s why I know she’ll be with you no matter what.”
Being a handful for someone isn’t always a bad thing. Taking care of
someone who feels very strongly about can shape another person’s happiness.
“What abt you, Onii-chan? Are you okay with having me around?”
“…Me too.” Maho showed her face from beneath the blanket, showing a
bashful smile.
After following Saito all the way to the hospital, Akane listened in on their
conversation. She couldn’t allow them for keeping her out and didn’t enjoy
the fact how Saito was holding Maho’s hand. So, she wanted to step in,
fuming with anger once more, when—
Hearing these words from Saito, Akane doubted her ears. She couldn’t
believe that Saito would say something like that. She assumed that he only
cared about his own happiness. And yet, she didn’t hate this. Her heart rate
accelerated, and she felt restless. The inside of her chest felt like it was
burning, heat filling her whole body, leaving her unsure of how to even react.
Saito is thinking that her smile looks cute. Saito wished for Akane to be with
Maho. Receiving such gentle words from the boy in her class she hated the
most, naturally, Akane was bewildered. Even though she should hate him,
even though she always wanted him to be gone.
“Ah…”
Akane didn’t know what to say, what kind of face to make. Out of reflex, she
simply ran down the hallway, storming inside the elevator. Her heart was
racing painfully fast to the point she worried it might jump out of her chest.
—What…is this…?!
The hallway during the lunch break was filled with people, as a ray of gentle
sunshine entered from the window. The distant sound of a plane could be
heard, as Saito stood next to Maho, watching over the conversation.
“I’ve been trying to seduce Onii-chan ever since I came home. I didn’t want
you to suffer, so I wanted to become your stand-in.”
“So when you two were hugging each other in the bedroom, that was also
because of that…?”
“I really did my best, but Onii-chan really didn’t budge at all. I think…he
might not have one down there.”
“Ah, now that I think about it, he actually has one! I checked that before!”
“How?!”
Saito’s hand moved faster than the speed of light, covering Maho’s mouth.
Right when she was getting tight for air, she slipped away from Saito’s arms.
Saito sent her a sharp gaze with that meaning, to which Maho showed a
teasing smile. She’s perfectly recovered, back to her usual devilish attitude.
Saito already missed the time she was docile and meek, but he was relieved
that she had regained her strength.
“Maho, you…”
Receiving so much positive evaluation from the girl, Saito felt his chest
growing hot. At the same time, Akane showed a bit of hesitation in her tone.
“If you’re that adamant on it, then I guess I can think about it…but, don’t try
to become my replacement anymore, okay?”
“Why?”
“I want you to be happy. I’m plenty to survive through this hell of pain and
agony.”
Saito felt treated like some demon, completely losing all the warmth he felt.
That being said, he didn’t deny the fact that it was hell.
“Okay, got it. I won’t try to become your replacement anymore, and live the
way I want to!” Maho nodded.
With this, Maho probably would never attempt to seduce Saito again.
“But, Onee-chan.” Maho approached Saito, pressing her lips against his
cheek.
““Wha…””
Saito and Akane both froze up at the same time. Maho ignored their reaction,
grabbed Saito’s arm, and let out a snicker.
“I actually came to like Onii-chan for good. That’s why I’ll be taking him~”
“Saito…? How dare you seduce my little sister…!” Akane glared at him.
“You did~ If you treat me that nicely, there’s no way I wouldn’t start liking
you~ You probably went all out so that I’d fall for you, no?”
“Hell no I didn’t!”
Saito simply couldn’t ignore the girl, nothing more than that.
“But, we still slept in the same one, right? Your arm pillow felt really good,
“Seems like you’ve gotten quite close…” Akane shoulders started shaking.
“Stooooooooooooooop!!”
Akane started running around the classroom looking for any potential
weapon to use, which made Saito feel a sense of danger on his body. Maho
was supposed to resolve the initial misunderstanding, and yet she only made
things worse now.
“That reminds me~ Onii-chan, I found out who that girl is you met at the
party!”
“Huh?! Who?! I thought it was you?!” Saito bit on to that bait, as Maho’s
mouth formed a devious smile, making him immediately regret that.
“Full of lies. You are literally dying to know~” Maho put her finger on her
crimson lips, approaching Saito. “If you can kiss me with your own initiative,
I’d be willing to tell you~”
“You wench…”
“It’s fine, let’s go to a place where it’s just the two of us! Who cares about
class, I feel more like karaoke right now!”
Once again, Saito realized how troublesome this girl could be.
As Akane was sulking at her own desk, Saito approached her. Since not many
students were around at that time, it was his golden chance to talk to Akane.
He couldn’t stay at Shisei’s residence forever, so he wanted to finally make
up with Akane. His aunt of course was more than willing to let him stay
forever, but he couldn’t rely on her forever. Even if it was hell, his home with
Akane was where he belonged.
“…Akane,” Saito called out to her, but she didn’t turn towards him, keeping
her head down.
“…What?”
“Um…I’m sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing? Because not only my friend but now my little
“What is it?”
“Wha…”
Saito realized that he had been heard, and panicked. He was able to say that
in all his honesty because he thought only Maho was the one hearing it but to
think Akane happened to overhear that. She must have been grossed out
beyond belief, hearing that from her mortal enemy.
Her sharp gaze made it seem like she could see through everything. Saito had
no escape room left.
“Not really! Waking up next to you still grosses me out! But…if you’re out
for too long, our grandparents might find out, and I’ll be the one who’ll get
scolded then!” Akane complained with a crimson red face.
It was evident that she was about to pass out from the shame.
“Okay…”
An awkward yet sweet atmosphere filled the air between the two. Saito never
could have imagined that Akane herself would be the one to invite him home.
Their fight this time around was pretty serious, but at least things could calm
down now—Or so he thought.
“Wha, no way…?”
That story spread like a wildfire, as the classroom soon was wrapped up in
explosive noise.
They say that a human is nothing more than the pebble in a river. At first, we
try to remain stationary, but the flow of the river makes us bump into other
pebbles, and the more time passes, the more smooth and round we become. A
human personality is something that, more or less, is influenced by the
encounters we have with other people. Some people grow from these, others
become more twisted.
Talking about Saito and Akane, I believe they are quite isolated and
lonesome rangers. They’ve been locked up inside their own narrow world,
now clashing every single day, influencing each other. Amidst this harsh hell
they live through, their hearts begin to change. And this change might have
already started to show itself.
In order to bring you this volume, I have been in great help of several people.
My editor K-sama, N-sama, everyone from the MF Bunko J editorial
department, thank you for the continued support and the push I always
needed. The interesting challenges you give me are always something I look
forward to.
Finally, all my dear readers. Thank you very much for all the support,
especially from volume one. Because of your impressions and
recommendations, KuraKon has been brought to more and more people, and
it feels like we’ve come a long way.
At the same time as the release of this light novel volume, the compiled
manga volume number one comes out as well. It is filled to the brim with
many of Akane’s adorable expressions we sadly can’t show in the light novel,
so please please check it out.