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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Nekorune
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[Why?]
[Because I was busy.]
[So, why were you busy?]
Was she not trying to meddle, but rather subtly trying to dig information out of me? If I had answered that I had read it, would she have asked about yesterday’s events with a different subject?
No. Let’s not be so radical about this. She might have genuinely asked out of pure curiosity… Although the chances of that being the case are very low.
[Because I was busy.]
[You’ve been saying strange things since earlier. Is there something wrong with your head?]
[You shouldn’t speak to your master that way.]
[What do you mean my master? Do yu want to die?]
The reply came very quickly, and it even had a typo. This was proof that Renka’s emotions were agitated. Imagining her face turning red and blue was arousing.
[It’s troublesome if you keep being disrespectful. What did I tell you last time?]
[What did you tell me?]
[I told you to speak politely. Don’t you remember?]
[No.]
[Oh, that’s a shame. But why were you curious if I had read the manga or not?]
The “read” receipt appeared as soon as I sent the message, but no reply came. This meant that Renka was thinking of an excuse.
As I expected, my hunch was right. How dare she test her master… I’m taking back everything about her being praiseworthy. What a vixen.
[If you had finished it, I was going to ask to borrow it.]
The excuse she came up with was merely borrowing. Our Renka needs to learn how to lie well.
[Adult material?]
[You said sometimes you read it when you’re bored.]
[I’ll bring it on Monday.]
[You said you hadn’t read it.]
[I was planning to start reading it today. It’s only one volume anyway, so I’ll finish it quickly.]
[Really? Okay. Thanks.]
[No, thank you, Captain.]
I ended the conversation and put my phone in my pocket.
Then, as I was spending time thinking about how to humiliate Renka,
“Matsu… Ahem. Matsuda-kun.”
Kana’s voice came from behind me. She tried to imitate Miyuki but quickly switched back to her own unique tone. It seemed she remembered the time she tried to tease me and I grabbed her waist.
“Hey, sis.”
“Are you and Miyuki getting along well?”
Seeing her ask such trivial questions, it seemed she had nothing particular to say.
Perhaps she was bored being inside the house with only familiar people, so she wanted to talk to me, who happened to be the new person in the house for a while?
“Of course.”
“Yeah, that was a pointless question. You’re getting along well, so that’s why you came here. Right?”
“Hey, no shame in asking that. Did you finish talking with Miyuki?”
“Yeah. She asked me to come fetch you. She said she’s preparing to study.”
“Really? Thank you.”
“But what kind of studying? I’m curious.”
There was a certain meaning behind Kana’s question, which she asked with her hands behind her back.
Seeing her beaming face, she seemed to think that “that kind of thing” would happen in her sister’s room.
“Just studying. If you’re so curious about it, do you want to join us?”
“Uhm…? I-I had no intention of that at all…?”
Her reaction was unexpectedly strong. As if she had just startled herself.
I had spoken in a way that could be misunderstood, but her reaction was proof that she had been thinking something naughty. Kana was also full of sexual curiosity, just like Miyuki.
They say blood is thicker than water, so then Midori would be the same, wouldn’t she?
A foursome with a mother and her beautiful daughters… Just imagining it made my brain burn with pleasure.
I suppressed the wicked temptation that was slowly crawling up from my lower body and spreading throughout my entire body, keeping it deep in my heart, and said,
“Understood. I’ll go upstairs now.”
“Okay… Want some fruit?”
“Will you bring it to me?”
“No. There’s some in the kitchen, so I meant for you to get it. I’m leaving now, okay? Goodbye.”
Kana quickly waved one hand and went back inside the house.
What was her usual demeanor like? Her walk was brisk, giving the impression that she was more lively than Miyuki.
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“Captain!”
Renka’s steps quickened, startled by the loud call.
She tried to pretend she didn’t hear me and move away, but it was impossible to shake me off as I ran closer.
“Captain! Why are you ignoring me?”
Eventually, I was so close to her that she could no longer ignore me, and had no choice but to turn around to face me.
“Be quiet…! People will hear…!”
“What’s wrong with them hearing? Am I making you uncomfortable?”
“It’s not that… you should be polite…”
“This is a sports field, though?”
“Even if it’s a sports field… it’s a public place…”
“And people are far away.”
“…Never mind. Why did you call me?”
“To give you this.”
I smiled, showing my teeth, and held out a paper shopping bag. Renka’s face turned to a muddy shade, as if she had deduced the contents inside.
“This… is that it?”
“Yes. Asagao-san’s Household Affairs.”
“Hey…! Be quiet…!”
Renka urgently brought her index finger to her lips. It was amusing to see her looking around nervously.
“This is really fun, you know. It’s not just explicit, the story is really good.”
“R-really…?”
Renka, with an awkward smile, subtly opened the shopping bag and then complained to me,
“Why are you giving this to me now, of all times…! How am I supposed to take it with me…?”
“It’s in a shopping bag, what’s wrong with that? You can just put it in your locker.”
“…If I get caught, I’ll get demerit points…”
“Just be grateful I didn’t give it to you openly.”
“What the…! Haa… No, never mind.”
“Make sure to read it and tell me what you think.”
“Tell you what I think…? Why would I…?”
“It’s nice to have someone to talk about it with, isn’t it? But where’s Master? Why are you alone?”
“They said there’s a new peach bun at the snack bar, so I went to buy it.”
Peach bun… I’m scared. I somehow felt like Chinami would ask me to try it during club activities today.
“Understood. Then I’ll be going.”
“Just go quickly…”
“Aren’t you going to say thank you?”
“What?”
“You asked to borrow it, so I lent it to you. Then what should you say?”
“…Th-thank you…”
A half-forced thank you… Not bad.
I told Renka to take her time reading it before returning it, then turned towards the snack bar.
There wasn’t much time left until class, but I had time to touch Chinami’s cheek.
I should recharge my energy by pressing her reddish cheeks, which had changed color due to the cold.
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[My husband’s pitiful little seed is incomparable to these genes…! Please fill me with them…!]
The female protagonist, whose face had completely melted, was making a request to the man on top of her, drenched in sweat.
Her appearance, dressed in a police uniform cosplay and handcuffed to the bed, was extremely lewd.
Even the dialogue was utterly cheap.
“Ha… This is truly driving me crazy.”
Matsuda must have gone slightly mad. How could this be considered a good story?
It was just a manga filled with stimulating pictures, purely for a good time.
This manga was what was commonly called “smut.”
Of course, she knew this author’s style and had seen some of their early works, but this one was too… explicit. However, the fact that the drawing was really good and the facial expressions were excellent was a plus.
Renka, who had been silently appreciating and analyzing Asagao-san’s various facial expressions and body, closed the book.
Other than for obscene purposes, there was no need to read further.
Matsuda had a very flushed expression when he lent her this book… Surely he didn’t do “that” while reading this, did he?
If so… did that mean she was touching a book that Matsuda had handled his “thing” with?
“Eek…!”
Renka, startled, threw the book onto the bed when that thought reached her. Then she was startled again and checked if the book was damaged.
It was okay. There were no crumpled parts.
That was a relief. She felt both dumbfounded and ashamed for her sudden outburst.
What was she doing alone during her precious break time…?
Renka, feeling self-loathing, placed the book next to her pillow and flopped onto the bed.
And then she thought to herself, ‘…Do I have to read it all…?’
Matsuda had told her to tell him what she thought, but she hadn’t explicitly refused then.
What if Matsuda made an issue out of this? It seemed like an overreaction, but it felt like he might be capable of it.
She would just need to remember one of the important scenes from the early, middle, and late parts. If he asked what she liked, she would just vaguely talk about that.
Thinking so, Renka picked up the book again.
‘Ugh…’
The sex scenes that appeared from the beginning were truly… embarrassing.
She didn’t quite understand why people liked such things.
Renka, grumbling inwardly, slowly scanned the book with her eyes.
“…”
She had thought it was just a doujinshi purely for pleasure, but looking closely, there were indeed interesting points in the everyday conversations.
It seemed to show why the female protagonist grew tired of her husband and how she gradually fell for another man.
The standard for this genre was that the female protagonist meets another man and falls for his large penis. But the attempt to break from that standard brought by this story was fresh.
Revising some of her initial pessimistic evaluation, Renka took the peach jelly Chinami had given her to her mouth and continued reading the manga.
*bzz-bzzt!*
Just then, her phone vibrated.
Curious, she checked and saw that a call was coming from one of her uncles, who ran a restaurant in a tourist spot.
Renka inserted the character bookmark she had bought herself between the pages of the book she was reading, closed it, and pressed the call button.
“Yes, uncle.”
-Renka, how are you doing?
“Me? Well… same as always. How are you and little uncle?”
-Same here. But… you’re going to have winter break soon, aren’t you?
“Yes. After the final exams.”
-Then, why don’t you come down with Ken sometime? Ask him if he’d like to sightsee for free and even get a good part-time job salary.
At that, Renka sat up abruptly.
“No.”
-Why?
Why? Was that even a question?
Was she supposed to watch Matsuda gloat and act superior after helping her uncles?
And then he’d go on about how since she was the one receiving help, she should remain quiet… Just imagining it made her shiver.
And what was this “Ken” business?
They had only seen him once, and were already calling him by his first name… Her uncles were truly funny. They weren’t exactly what you’d call ‘affectionate people’ either.
Matsuda’s pretense… no, it was more like his friendly demeanor had completely charmed her uncles, and she felt sorry for them.
Renka, twisting her long bangs with her fingers, replied,
“Why, you ask…? That’s rude. Your restaurant is far away… It’s an hour’s drive…”
-No, is it rude to just ask? I’m not forcing it, am I?
“And you look scary. Matsuda will be scared just imagining it.”
-Ken? Scared of us?
Her uncle raised his voice, as if saying, “What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
Renka, recalling Matsuda’s behavior at the restaurant last time, sighed softly.
Indeed, he wasn’t someone who would be scared of her uncles.
“Anyway, it’s difficult…”
-If it’s awkward for you to ask him directly, at least give us his phone number. We’ll ask him.
“No.”
-Why not?
“Just because.”
-What? Are you drunk?
“Ah, what are you talking about…! I’m busy right now, can you hang up?”
-Is that so? Business hasn’t been good lately… That’s troublesome.
How petty, bringing up financial matters… But this made her heart waver.
“Are you having a lot of trouble?”
-Not much, just a little.
“For someone who’s struggling, your voice is quite bright… Are you lying?”
-Huh, would we ever trick you?
“You used to pull tricks on me a lot when I was little. You always made me run errands by playing on my sympathy…”
-That was true back then. Anyway, if you’re not going to give me his number, please ask him instead. I need to go now.
“What? I said no…”
*click*
Her uncle hung up the phone without even waiting for an answer.
Renka, her anger flaring, muttered,
“Ha… How ridiculous…”
He was just as stubborn as Matsuda. Is that why the three of them get along so well? Perhaps.
“Oh, for goodness sake…!”
Renka scratched her head vigorously and then lay back down on the bed.
She would think about this tomorrow. Today, she just wanted to peacefully read her manga.
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Thx for the chapter ❤️
Thanks Neko!