Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 8 – My stepbrother became a hikikomori shut-in

The day after I got carried away and sent flying by the earth gole to apologize, , there’s no reply no matter how , and I’ht that surely he would come to breakfast

Keith didn’t come to breakfast

Since Keith had shut himself in and missed a meal, mother and father were also very worried

Mother even suspiciously askedto hi?” How rude! Man, I didn’t do anything!

But anyways, because I orried as well, I headed to Keith’s roo, no h the door there was no reply

“Keith It’s me Katarina Since you didn’t come for breakfast, are you in bad shape?”

Then from within the room, a feeble voice answered

“……Nee-san”

“Yes, it’s , Keith? Does your stomach hurt? Are you okay?”

“Nothing’s wrong with me More importantly, are nee-san’s injuries okay?”

“Yep, I’m fine It’s just a little bu to say May I come in?”

I have to properly apologize to his face about the incident yesterday However……

“I’m sorry You can’t”

I was flat out rejected by his answer

“Wh, What?”

“I can’t stay by nee-san anymore”

Keith wouldn’t say anything else after that Really, I have no idea what’s going on What’s this, I think Keith hates me now

Anyways, since I can’t do anything like this, I tried getting into his room, but the door knob wouldn’t turn when I placed my hand on it Apparently, it see Keith to open it, there is no reply What should I do? At this rate, if Keith beco me…

Keith becomes a shut-in → Keith becomes lonely → He enters school like this → Has an encounter with the heroine which heals his loneliness → Keith falls in love with the heroine → Katarina gets in the way → the nuisance Katarina gets exiled or gets finished off by ic

Oh no! This is so terrible! This is heading straight towards a destruction flag!!

And as I was desperately trying to break the door open with all ht, I heard Anne’s voice

“Ojou-sa?”

“Well, Keith locked et in”

“Well, doesn’t that mean that he doesn’t want Ojou-sama to enter?”

Anne coolly sent me a look of compassion

“Ugh, certainly, that e about Keith”

I’m also in quite the desperate situation

“For the tiet in that badly, there’s a spare key for each room in the servants’ room…… Ojou-sama”

As soon as Anne told me, I dashed off to the servants’ room

However…… Once there, it became clear that Keith was holed up with the duplicate key as well How smart Keith is!

However, this has confiretting dangerous, so so dangerous~

At this point, I have no choice but to use my last resort And so, I went to a certain place

I got the ite for, and headed back towards Keith’s room

“Ah, Ojou-sama Did you find the spare key? Ojou-sa to do!?”

Anne as still in front of Keith’s room noticed me and spoke up, but suddenly let out a surprised voice when she saas in h snort

“I’onna open this door If Keith stays shut-in like this, it’ll turn into a big deal!”

“It couldn’t be that you’re going to open the door with that!? And if so, how are you going to open the door with that!? You’re not planning to break the door down, are you…… Anyways, please cal in your hands down”

Anne desperately tried coaxing me, but I paid her no mind at all I mean, at this rate, the destruction end that I tried so hard to avoid at great length has turned into a straight path towards ruin

“Keith If you’re close to the door right now, get away from the door”

I spoke towards inside Keith’s room

And then – I slaarden shed into the door

“Ojou-sama~~~!!”

The crackling sounds of the door breaking mixed in with Anne’s screams

After breaking down the door, when entering the room I saw Keith on his bed ide, round eyes It looked like he had no idea as going on It seems as if Anne as behind me went off to find someone to tattle on what the Ojou-sama did Well, I’ll leave the ize later Keith comes first

“……Nee-san”

I drew close to Keith who had wide round eyes and his ape And then……

“I’m so sorry about yesterday!!”

I kneeled down on the floor and bowed my head until it hit his bed A so-called prostration After all, it would not count as a sincere apology unless it was to this degree

“Unreasonably asking you to use ic you could not control yet, I’ and trying to touch the earth gole you worry!!”

I desperately bowed my head as I said so Before I realized it, Keith was crouching next to me

“……Why is nee-san apologizing…… It was all my fault……”