I Possessed the Villain in a Romantic Comedy Game – Chapter 187

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Nekorune
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“Matsuda-kun. What brings you here?”

On Monday morning, I, who had come to the club room for a brief check of supplies, ran into Director Goro.

His eyes were hollow beneath them, and his expression looked like his vital energy had been thoroughly drained.

Had he been on the back foot all weekend at home? If he was having a hard time, I could help a little…

I had vowed not to touch Goro’s wife, but if it was by her own will, that was a different story, wasn’t it?

Almost makes me wanna ask him if he’s ever invited other men.

“Good morning. The delivery came this morning, so I came to check if everything arrived well.”

“I already checked earlier, though? Everything arrived well.”

“I had to check it myself too. I’m a manager, after all. Oh, I wasn’t trying to say that I don’t trust you, Director. I was just checking while also organizing.”

Goro let out a light laugh at my smooth words. He placed his immensely large, hairy hand squarely on my shoulder and asked,

“Alright. Is your training going well these days?”

“Yes. Thanks to Nanase-senpai, it’s going well.”

“You’re good at being humble with your words. I just wish you were a little less aggressive during the practice match.”

I understood why he said that. I had indeed acted a bit unsportingly in front of Goro.

As I scratched the back of my head in embarrassment, Goro continued.

“As I always say, kendo is a martial art based on etiquette. Only when respect for your opponent is upheld can you also be respected.”

“I’ll try my best to fix it.”

“That’s enough for me. When is your next class starting?”

“In about 20 minutes.”

“Really? Then should I teach you a quick tip?”

“Me? Well… If you want to teach me something personally, I have no reason to refuse…”

“Good attitude. Watch carefully.”

Goro, facing me, took a deep breath. At that, his already large upper body swelled up.

In that state, Goro feigned holding a bamboo sword and raised his arms above his head, taking the Jōdan stance.

In Chinami’s case, Jōdan was her main ready stance, but due to her small physique, hers doesn’t feel intimidating. Of course, if we were to spar, I would break a sweat from her sharp movements, but until then, it would be true that she would simply look too cute.

But Goro was different.

His physique was so large that when he took the Jōdan stance, the air itself would become heavy. It felt like facing a huge, solid wall that wouldn’t break no matter how many times you struck it.

I thought I was quite big, but compared to the naturally robust Goro, I felt insignificant.

“You look huge.”

“That I do, don’t you think? Before you start, try drawing a lot of air into your chest to make your upper body bigger. However, once you go on the offensive, you have to revert it so your movements don’t become dull.”

“Is it just for psychological dominance?”

“Precisely. As you know, if you face a Jōdan with good momentum in a situation where you don’t know if your opponent is better or worse than you, the psychological effect would be significant. Give it a try.”

I obediently followed Goro’s words, took a deep breath, and raised my arms, and Goro, who had been observing my posture, said,

“Here, spread both your elbows further to the sides.”

“Like this?”

“Yes. Widen your left and right width to make your already large physique appear even larger. If someone saw you while wearing a restricted-visibility men, they would feel like they were facing a big mountain. It would be even better if you glared at them, too.”

“I think I understand.”

“Good. You are the Senpou, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“I’m sure it must be a burdensome position, but did you have no thoughts of switching to another position?”

“No. I’m pretty satisfied.”

“Good thinking. The Senpou position is one that suits you perfectly. Make sure to learn a lot from Nanase.”

“Understood.”

“Now go check the supplies.”

I gave a simple bow to Goro and moved to the storage room.

There, I was checking and organizing the delivered supplies when—

“Ha…”

—a sigh was heard from behind me.

Wondering what it was, I turned around to see Renka with a sullen expression, arms crossed, staring at me. I felt like we were meeting alone often these days, was she stalking me?

“We met again?”

“…”

“Are you not even bothering to answer now?”

“…”

“Captain…?”

“…”

I thought about calling her name since she was silently still, but in the current situation, it seemed it would cross the line a bit.

“But did you just sigh?”

“…”

“Why? Could it be that you’re happy to see me?”

Renka squirmed as I tried to elicit a favorable response from her. I grinned and took a big step towards her, and—

“Ugh…!”

—I saw her neck visibly tense as she let out a short, small gasp.

“Why aren’t you answering?”

“B-because I have nothing to say, that’s why…”

What did you mean, ‘you have nothing to say?’ There were so many pretty words you could say to me.

“Did you get home well yesterday?”

“I got home well.”

“What did you do with Master?”

“Shopping.”

“Did you buy clothes?”

“No.”

“So… Momo-chan merch?”

“No.”

“Yeah, keep answering only in short, curt replies.”

“…I-we just took sticker pictures… and went window shopping, then went to eat dessert.”

Did she always have to be attacked like this to speak up?

No, it was more accurate to think that Renka was showing how well she was trained.

I’ll let it slide this time around as well. So be grateful for your generous master’s kindness.

“Sticker pictures? Could I see them?”

“Of course not…! I don’t want to.”

“Even if you don’t show them to me, Captain, I can just ask Master to show me anyway.”

“Then just ask Chinami to show you.”

“But I want to see them now, Captain, show me. I’ll even postpone my wish…”

When the word ‘wish’ popped out, Renka’s eyes flared.

“L-look at you…! I told you not to act like you were doing me a favor, but you just…”

“I’m not acting like I’m doing you a favor, I was going to ask if you could show me as an act of goodwill.”

“That was acting like you were doing me a favor…!”

“Was it? Anyway, show me. Then I’ll be off your back.”

“…”

Renka mumbled something, rummaged inside her coat, took out her phone, and showed me its back.

“Here.”

One sticker photo was stuck neatly inside the case.

The first thing that caught my eye was Chinami, with both hands raised above her shoulders as if doing a children’s song dance.

Her pose was fatally cute. It gave off a sense of untainted innocence.

And Renka… stood behind Chinami with a truly bright smile.

She had added cute chick characters on both sides of her face, which had been brightened, and it surprisingly suited her. She looked quite adorable as well.

“Is that enough?”

Perhaps feeling burdened by my unwavering gaze at the photo, Renka put her phone away again.

I wanted to take a picture with my slave too. If we got closer while working part-time together during vacation, I would try to ask her to take one after work.

“Oh, it’s enough alright. The picture came out pretty well, too.”

“…Now stop bothering me.”

“Got it.”

I nodded readily and brushed past Renka. Then Renka called out to me in a puzzled tone.

“Hey, where were you going?”

“I was leaving.”

“Weren’t you working?”

“We did agree on me getting off your back, didn’t we?”

“No… you just had to be quiet… Just go back to work. I’ll be leaving soon.”

Was she feeling sorry that I was leaving work because of her? Or was she pretending to dislike it, but felt empty when I actually left?

Considering my current relationship with Renka, the former was slightly more likely, but it might have been both.

“Alright. But, Captain…”

“What.”

“Did you know that the next volume of Asagao-san’s Family Circumstances is coming out soon?”

“…I had no idea? Why would I care about that?”

By the look on her face, she clearly knew.

She must have checked it out because she liked the book, right? It was understandable.

“I thought you looked it up because you said it was interesting.”

“There was no reason to look it up, as it’s not like it’s my hobby or anything in the first place. But you said you wouldn’t bother me, didn’t you? So just go back to work.”

“Alright.”

I replied indifferently and went back into the storage room to start organizing things again. Renka also went to where the protective gear was placed and checked the equipment’s condition, perhaps to prepare for today’s sparring.

How long had it been since we had been doing our respective tasks in the rustling storage room?

Just as I, having mostly finished my work, was thinking of returning to the classroom, Renka suddenly turned to me and asked,

“You said you got a tip from the director?”

“Yes.”

“Engrave it well in your mind. The director’s advice will be a great help for sure.”

“That’s the plan.”

She told me not to bother her… but it seemed like the silence became awkward after a while of being quiet together.

She was saying such obvious things… I chuckled imperceptibly, so that Renka, who was subtly glancing around and hesitating, wouldn’t notice, and opened the storage room door.

“I’m all done. I’ll be going now.”

“Goodbye.”

“Captain, aren’t you leaving? Class is starting soon.”

“I still have things to do.”

“Alright then. I’ll see you at club activities.”

“Okay.”

Listening to Renka’s meek reply, I left the storage room and trudged towards the classroom, thinking…

I felt like I had so much to do these days.

I had to worry about the upcoming threesome, as well as the tournament, and the school trip was still on the horizon.

And I had to seriously pursue Renka during vacation… Looks like I’ll be getting real busy soon.

Well, let’s do our best.

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“Matsuda-kouhai.”

“Yes, Master.”

“I had some peaches with Hanazawa-kouhai at lunch today, but I completely left you out.”

Ah, so that was why Miyuki had disappeared for a moment.

But was she trying to get a rise out of me now? There was no need to tell me every single one of those things.

“Oh, don’t worry about it. Was it yummy?”

“Yes.”

“Then that’s fine. What did you talk about with Miyuki?”

“A-Ah…? Th-that, I can’t tell you…!”

Chinami flinched and shook her head from side to side. It must have been a secret conversation among girls.

I didn’t know what they talked about, but it wouldn’t have been about the threesome.

If it had been, Chinami’s gaze would have been different.

“Okay. What are you going to do for Christmas? Sleep in?”

“Sleep in? Isn’t Christmas this year on a weekend?”

Come to think of it, Christmas isn’t even a holiday in Japan. What was I even talking about?

“Now that I thought about it, it was a weekday.”

“Then I’d have to go to school, right?”

“And after classes were all over?”

“Hmm… I wonder. I suppose I’d go out with Renka?”

“It seems you have no plans.”

“For now, yes. There’s still a little time until Christmas too.”

I had no intention of saying anything about Chinami sticking with Renka, her best friend, every day. But I have to do something about Christmas.

You must hang out with me and Miyuki on that day.

I gently brushed the bangs of her hair, which was sticking up, as she looked up at me with her chin raised, and asked,

“Why aren’t you wearing the gloves I gave you?”

“Oh, that’s because I’m in the middle of attaching some Momo-chan embroidery to them. I really want them to come out nicely, so it’s taking a little time.”

“Is that so?”

“Once I’m done with them, I was planning to show them to you first, Matsuda-kouhai.”

“How thoughtful of you. I’ll be waiting.”

I grinned, showing my teeth, and lightly pressed down on the top of Chinami’s head, which was sticking out. At that, her face turned bright red.

It was a somewhat exaggerated reaction for someone just being shy. She seemed to be having strange fantasies.

It suddenly occurred to me, what if Chinami had been on the tennis team?

Imagining her wearing a short tennis skirt and swinging her racket with a “Hoh!”… She would look so pretty.

Imagining her moaning in a tennis uniform at night made my desire surge.

“Master, could you come over here for a moment?”

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