Vol 1 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Now then
Or should it rather be ‘at last’, perhaps? Orto a head’?
I’ve been i for this day, yet I also wanted it to never come
St Liliana Acade ceremony
“…Okay”
I stood in front of the entranceway mirror in the 70-year-old, broken-down dorm
I had constantly been looking at myself for a while now
“I feel like that’s not good enough somehow… I don’t really knohy Does this even suit me?”
While twisting my neck, I turned my body halfway to the left
And then turned all the way back to the right
After thoroughly checking up on h
“No good I don’t kno to pull this off… I’ve never worn such a thing up until now”
I was talking about St Liliana Acadeakuran[1] Using solid cloth for it’s material, the sturdi- and sinificent However, the person who had chosen this uniform, had to compare to it
To be honest, it looked forced on soht as I
Well, let ht
This uniform didn’t suit me at all
The uniform wore me
Ah, damn it, I’ve screwed it up
If I had known that, I would’ve taken some measures beforehand If I only had worn the uniforet used to it… I raduates that are looking for jobs? If they can show off that they’ve gotten used to suits and thanks to that underline their ‘professionalis points in the interview
Yup This is bad
St Liliana Acade up to its name
‘A school where young ather to study’
My little sister’s the secretary of the student council…
As her older brother I can’t run around like that
I’ve known it ever since I’ve come under the care of the Takanomiyas, but… the elite of society’s really fussy about reputation If I were to show off disgraceful behavior, it would’ve have a direct effect on my sister’s too
Even though it’s unlikely that I’ll hurt my sister’s reputation, I’ve to use all my power to smash the tiniest of chance that that could happen
“Heeey! Akiko~”
With that, I tried calling out to the person in question
I wondered whether the really bad way this uniform looked on me was still within acceptable limits I wanted her verdict too, no matter what
“Akiko~? Heeey Come over here for a second”
“…”
“Akiko~?”
I called out to the room where my sister should’ve been, but there was no response
“Heeey, hurry up We don’t really have a lot of time and you must be busy yourself, but can you please come over here for a second?”
“…”
Still no response
That’s strange Usually she’d i and answersome difficulties herself
Thinking stuff like that, I tilted my neck
“…Onii-chan”
A voice came from the other side of the door A voice so s of a mosquito
“To be honest, I was hiding from Onii-chan”
“Eh?”
Being bewildered at this sudden confession, I said:
“What? So you hiding from me, huh? But I ht on the schedule”
“Anyway, it would’ve coht sooner or later”
My sister said with a subdued voice that sounded as if she had been driven into a corner and thus given up
“Even though I knew that the day would come eventually where it’d be revealed… until now I’ve delayed it to the uthable, then it’s fine to just laugh”
“Errr, I still don’t knohat you’re talking about though”
“A serious matter A very serious matter”
What’s going on?
I suddenly started to feel anxious
This wasbig and I shouldn’t have thought toosuch a serious tone made it hard on me to calm down
“Hey, hey Please don’t scare ht know, so when I feel threatened like that it makes my heart cower in fear”
“I’ are like a leap into the dark Please forgive me”
“You’re awfully calm, aren’t you? …But you know, if you’re over there anyhy don’t you come out already? It’s a bit difficult to talk to you if I can’t see your face”
“…I understand”
She said timidly
My sister caht she’d come out, but she suddenly retreated back into it like a small fish hunted by a predator
“Akiko?”
“…Um, Onii-chan”
“What?”
“…You won’t laugh?”
“Eh? Laugh? What do you mean?”
“Nothing at all Anyhow, please proh, no matter what”
“Ah… Well, it doesn’t matter to me Sure”
What does she h’ act?
Just what in the world’s she going to reveal here?
“You promised… Okay?”
She scraped these words together with a frightened voice
My sister’s figure nervously showed itself
“…?”
I tilted my head to the side
Eh?
What?
What has she been so anxious about?
There wasn’t anything strange about her, not even hable
If I had to nalasses and had her bangs pulled up But it couldn’t have been just that, right? I mean, certainly, this was the first ti those, but it couldn’t possibly be that alone… right?”
“I-I understand that this look doesn’t suit me at all”
Her face turned bright red and she averted her eyes
She looked like she couldn’t bear standing there any longer, her body was fidgeting all around while she continued with:
“If it were possible, I’d’ve liked to conceal this my entire life But at the acadelasses Nolike that would’ve been impossible”
“…”
Seems like it’s been that after all
“Akiko”
“Y-Yes?”
“Your eyes, are they bad?”
“That’s correct In a short timespan they suddenly went bad”
My sister had a terribly regretful expression
“The truth is, even these glasses appear to be a bit too low But if I switched to thicker lenses, it’d look even weirder So that’s ht now”
“…”
“U absurd of Onii-chan after all If anyone saw a strange-looking figure like this, they’d naturally want to laugh… I’hed at me It must be painful for you to endure such an unreasonable request, so…”
“Ah No, I mean…”
Then I gaveself-deprecatingly while she had said those words
“They don’t look weird on you at all Don’t they rather suit you quite well?”
“That’s a lie!”
She glared at me with teary eyes sharply
“It’s fine, you don’t need to try andsuch an unnatural thing onit’s not weird? …There’s no way that could be true”
How rude
Apologize to all the glasses-wearing girls in this country and to their fans as well!
“If you find glasses that unpleasant, why aren’t you wearing contacts then?”
“I couldn’t ever do such a frightening thing like putting a foreign object into my eye”
“But I lasses before YouHasn’t that been quite troublesome?”
“So that I wouldn’t get found out, I put in a great amount of effort For instance, I practiced how to appear like I could see so that I actually couldn’t”
“Those great efforts were obviously for naught… By the way, that aside, take a look at my uniform I’m a bit troubled about how bad it looks on me, what do you think? What could I do about that?”
“…? What in the world are you talking about? It suits you very well”
“Is that so? I can’t really see how it could look good though…”
“That’s a foolish thing to say I , it’ll always suit him”
“…”
Yep
Seeive me advice on this Our aesthetic senses seein with
“Well, forget that I really do think they’re cute, you know? Those glasses”
“It’s fine already, Onii-chan I’ve given up on this point of mine by now Even if the Onii-chan I dearly love says sohted by it… I’h you’ve finally made up your mind to compliment me”
“Errr, that hat I truly thought, though, you know?”
“Anyway, I’ll try to not wear eyeglasses in front of Onii-chan as ive me this terrible appearance for now”
“But you know, that’s dangerous, isn’t it? Not wearing glasses even though your eyesight’s bad”
“That’s so I’ve taken into account”
“You’re worrying erous was to happen to you, what am I supposed to do?”
“Even with that, it’s inexcusable, but… I’m sorry, my resolution won’t sway”
“A ball flying at you or a car that goes hurtling towards you You can’t see all those things, that’s considerably scary, you know?”
“Even if it’s fro to this matter!”
“But – I mean…”
Since she was being so obstinate to turn a deaf ear towards y
“If you don’t wear your glasses, then how can you see the face of your so-called ‘beloved Onii-chan’?”
“The critical spot!”
Giving off a scream, my sister collapsed onto the floor
“…That’s right, it’s exactly that I’m totally at a loss as to what to do about that… I don’t want Onii-chan to see lasses, but if I don’t wear them I can’t see Onii-chan… This dile secret, from now on it seems like I’ll have to just bear with it I fear that’s so I’ll have to live with for the rest of my life”
“Errr, if it’s going to be like that then why don’t you just wear your glasses?”
“It’s unpleasant”
“You want to see ht?”
“That’s true… However, think about it carefully, if I’ at Onii-chan, couldn’t I die fro too fast?”
“There’s no such thing!”
“Also, there’s a more si his face closer toour days, sleeping together with ’s solved, right?”
“If I stick close to you for even one day it’d bring various problems to my life”
“If possible I’d like us to be at a distance where our lips can touch”
“Don’t keep talking as if I’d sticklike that”
“Don’t be so cold! At least let us be separated by a piece of glass!”
“No If you wear your glasses then this discussion’s resolved, so make sure to properly wear them from now on Understood?”
“Uu…”
“That’s an order froht? Got it?”
“Uuuuuu~”
Even thoughwith tears in her eyes and scowling at hed and said:
“…I understand If Onii-chan says that it’d be unpleasant for hilasses as often as I can… However”
“However?”
“When it’s just the two of us, I won’t wear my them”
“Why?”
“I want to show off the cutest possible side of me when I’m near Onii-chan For my beloved Onii-chan that’s theI won’t yield in”
“Hmph”
She was saying cryptic stuff as usual
“I understand, that’s fine You’ll wear your glasses when you’re going about your daily life and when it’s just the two of us, you won’t Okay?”
“Yes I don’t mind it like that Onii-chan doesn’t ht?”
“Ah, like that I can compromise with it When it comes to just you and me – whether it’s a ball or a car, I’ll definitely protect you”
“Hau…”
My sister’s body suddenly started to shake uncontrollably
“A-Another love attack I didn’t see co… But Ilike that happens and collapse, it’ll hurtlady And, Iif I were to die from excessive blood loss…”
“What are you , we really don’t have much time”
Even though I originally had planned to giveceremony on my first day as a transfer student, it see The matter with my uniform hadn’t been settled either
Oh well, it’s fine
The s had co just now
And anye couldn’t keep worrying about every little thing
I’d have to deal with things like I did before, it’d be my everyday life from now on after all
That’s right
Just like I had declared in the beginning
This story…
This is a story about the peaceful, trouble-free daily life of an older brother and a younger sister ere separated for a while because of certain circumstances and then unexpectedly reunited to live under the saain With that said, we’re done with the introduction and can carry on withstory
No more, no less
From now on, I had to steadily live my peaceful everyday life
I had to give it all ive it my very best
Because I had put in a great deal of effort to get where I was right then
“Now then, let’s get pumped up and head out!”
Letting out a fighting shout, I vigorously opened the front door
Because today was the first day that I’d charge head-first into that new, brilliant everyday life of mine
…I was so enthusiastic on my way to school and yet…
“It seeain”
St Liliana Acadeate
Going against the stream of students, kind of like a salainst the flow – she walked through the archway towards my sister and me
Then she called out to me like she usually did
“I’ve prepared ed to shock ardless, our school uniforhtest Even if we consider that you’re not used to this new uniform, it’s still hard for me to believe how much it mismatches you Maybe I should call it a yet undiscovered ability of mankind This precious talent of which there’s no other in the world, make sure to treasure and develop it for all the world to see”
“Tch… It’s been how many days since we’veyou say?!”
I should’ve fixed this up before I left the house! Just so that she can’t have anything to nitpick me about!
“Please don’t worry about it too much”
And with her usual pokerface, she continued:
“There’s no real ht with you I was hoping you’d realize that I didn’t reallywhen I said that”
“Ah, that so? If that’s the case then fine But, well, I’m actually aware that this uniform doesn’t suit me…”
“There’s no need to say such a thing It suits you like a bodybuilding cha a miniskirt”
“…In short, there’s nothing in this world that’d look worse than I do?”
Wait, did she hope that I’d catch on or did she only diss me here?
Well, let’s leave it at that
It was Nasuhara Anastasia
“Good , Nasuhara-san”
“Ana’s fine”
“Ah, that’s right Good , Ana-san”
“Fuu To think that you’d call a wo of a man like you”
“…You’re really keen to keep that up, aren’t you?”
Business as usual Well, I’m already used to it
I’m kinda shocked, yet honestly happy about it
At any rate, this academy’s a place that puts me completely to awe I’ve only been here for a few days, but I already have an acquaintance That’s soreeted and called by her like this made me really happy
…Sigh, I’m really a timid person, huh?
Even though I one of my closest friends – my sister – is already at the school… Even with that I’ve still been somewhat nervous For a transfer student I’h
Actually,that I, turned my head to look at her
“DO-DO-DO-DO-DO…”
…It didn’t see the ‘Do’ from ‘Do-Re-Mi’
My sister’s eyes were blazing and herwide open Her body trembled all over, she looked at Nasuhara-san and I, she then said:
“DON’T JUST MOVE ON WITHOUT GIVING ME AN EXPLANATION WHAT THE MEANING OF ALL THIS IS, ONII-CHAN!”
“Explaining theof all what?”
“Why are you acting so friendly with that person?!”
Ah
I see, that’s what she’s talking about
“What do you mean by ‘that person’? Are you perhaps acquainted with Nasuhara-san?”
“No, she’s a coer!”
“There’s no way that’s possible Just look at how you’ve reacted right now”
“Anyway!”
She said with a ‘Fuuu~’ and let out an inti Nasuhara-san and I
“Please don’t go near my Onii-chan, vice president!”
Hm?
Vice president?
“There’s no need for you to be so rude, is there?”
Nasuhara-san continued on with a cool and composed expression:
“There’s no need to concern yourself on how your elder brother and I came to know each other No matter in ay or htest Even if you’re his blood-related sister Don’t you think so too? Attending the same school as rades, and a lower position than awa Akiko-san?”
“Please don’t try to blend in slander while giving me an explanation! And that all of this is true as well ry!”
“Well then, could you please step aside?”
“I don’t want to! No et close to my Onii-chan!”
“No, Akiko”
I decided to step in there
“You ht have your reasons, but can you please cal at us”
“Onii-chan doesn’t knohat kind of a heinous person she is, that’s why Onii-chan can still say things like that so easily!”
With that my sister turned a deaf ear on me
“In the first place, ht and chest size aren’t thatthe test scores I’m only one or two places behind her! She’s constantly, constantly nagging me about it nonetheless!”
“It’s the truth that I’h”
Even though ht up a specific exalaze over it
“Or perhaps the point that I always e to come out on top, even if only by a whisker, exemplifies all the more that there’s a wall between us which you can’t ever overcome? Don’t you think so? Position-that-is-lower-than-vice-president secretary Arisugawa Akiko-san?”
“Secretary’s a position that’s just as splendid! In the first place, don’t you always neglect the student council s? And yet you’re the vice president of the student council!”
“I can still accomplish my responsibilities as the vice president even without attending the student council s The job of the vice president at our school is to assist the president by offering advice on certain matters And as you know, our current president’s super capable and an ultra dictator So there’s no need for an advisor Also, you’re a member of the student council too, so you should be plenty aware of that, right? Don’t you think that singling out my attendance rate’s perhaps a bit unreasonable?”
…Looks like those two don’t get along at all
But this seems to be it, I finally understand
My sister and Nasuhara-san – the reason for their somewhat random oversensitivity to my smell must’ve been this
They were able to recognize a lingering scent onJust how bad of a relationshi+p do these two have that they’re having that kind of a reaction just from each other’s scent on me Wait, I mean, isn’t their sense of s?!
Anyway, that’s at least proof that the suspicions about my body odor were all false That’s a load off my mind…
“Ah,I say!”
It didn’t look like my sister’d join in on my innocent-after-all party
“Onii-chan! Onii-chan!”
“I can hear you just fine, you know, even if you don’t shout like that”
“You understand now, right?! That’s just how she is! That’s why I told you that you et close to her!”
“I certainly recall that you were telling et close to, but I never heard anything about who said person was, you know?”
“Even Onii-chan’s now retorting to all I say?! Ahh, that’s all because of the bad influence fro, the yen value’s stopped in its tracks, and we’re not seeing any improvement in the current deflation, there’s no doubt that all of that’s her fault!”
While saying solared fiercely at her blonde-haired superior with so or that her eyes seemed to be on fire
“In any case, on no account are you to get anywhere near Onii-chan! Because Onii-chan’s mine and mine only!”
“I’m very sorry, but that’d be troublesoainst your hopes from now on, unfortunately”
Saying that, Nasuhara-san turned towards me
“Himenokouji Akito-kun”
For the first time she had called me by my name She then continued with:
“I’ve a request Would you please hear me out?”
“Eh? What is it?”
And then she said with that expression of hers which ever scarcely moved:
“Please make me your woman”
With a small bow she lowered her head
…
…
…
“Eh?”
“Please make me your woman”
“No, I heard you the first time There’s no need to repeat Ehm, but what? What do you mean by that? When you say woman, do you mean like that kind of woman?”
“I’ht’ve been a bit too sudden”
Nasuhara-san’s expression didn’t show any clear change as always
“I’ll try and explain it a bit more In other words, whenever you come in contact with ht that we’re lovers in the back of your head You don’t need to give your answer right away”
“Huh? Well Um”
Uwaa
That’s bad
I wasn’t able to keep up with all those developments My body couldn’t, nor could my mind