Chapter 61: Aoyama Akiha (2/2)

As soon as he sat, wind blew. Taiyou who was not yet used to it, wobbled for an instant, and panicked.

「Ahaha, feels good right. I, like this kind of wind」

「Don’t you mean, the wind here」

「The wind here is good too, but I like winds on high places. Maybe it’s because I’m stupid」 (TR: there’s a saying in Japan 馬鹿と煙は高いとこのぼる which literally means stupid people and smoke rises to high places, smart people doesn’t climb to high places cause it’s dangerous so those who do are stupid, smoke doesn’t need to be explained)

「Drunk people say they’re not drunk though」

「Yes? What does that mean」

「No, It’s nothing」

Taiyou answered in phrases, as if he was talking to Sakura or Kohaku, but Akiha did not understand what he meant. He wondered what type of person she was. What came to mind was that she was the exact opposite of the uptight Yurikago.

「Why are you saying that it means nothing? That saying must have some kind meaning right. If you said it once, explain it until the end properly」

「No, explaining the story is—」(TR: explaining a story/joke that wasn’t get is torture,)

「T~e~a~c~h~m~e~」

When Taiyou was reluctant to explain, Akiha shook her body like a spoiled child. Considering that she was at least 20 meters off the ground, swaying her body like that made Taiyou flinch….

「I got it, I got it so stop shaking」

「Then, teach me」

「Fuu……You’re scary you know. I understand, so put away that hand!!It’s not a special story, it’s just like drunk people saying that they’re not drunk, a real stupid person doesn’t call themselves stupid, I just meant that」

「What, You were praising me. Well! Thanks」

Akiha made a wholehearted, dazzling smile. Taiyou was forced on explaining a story that wasn’t get, one of the three most embarrassing thing in this world, but seeing her smile, he thought that it was worth it.

But, there was a side effect. These days, Taiyou’s lower half was prone to ‘excitement’—and he felt like his groins were going to engorge with blood.

That was how bad the situation was for him right now, in order to stop that, Taiyou shook his body left and right.

「What are you doing?」

「I’m trying to shrink it」

「What?」

「……My internal organs」(PR: Internal organ/intestine, a lie of course.)

To Akiha who was doubtful, Taiyou replied a lie that is in some way the truth. After shaking like that for a few times, a feeling that his feet cringes went up, with that, the sensation that he felt in his groin subsided as well.

「Hey, rather than that, can I ask you something?」

「Sure, I mean I wouldn’t come here if it wasn’t alright」

「I see, well that’s true. Then I’ll ask you without reserve, why did you make something like a harem?」

「You really not holding back huh」

Taiyou thought for a second, and answered.

「Because of certain developments, I guess」

「Eh? It was because of certain events? 」

「Yeah, it was out of certain circumstances」

「So it wasn’t because you liked or fell in love with each other?」

「Right now, there is a dam full of….. Well let’s just say that right now, my relationship with them does have love and affection」

He might be asked to explain again if he continued with his dam analogy, so Taiyou changed his words.

「At the present time? Then in the beginning you got together even though, you didn’t particularly like each other? 」

「Well, that’s how it was」

Taiyou nodded. Although it did not start with love and was more like an arranged marriage type of setting, he didn’t think that this was a bad thing, that’s because—.

「Even if it’s not like that from the start though, after being in love, I just need to love them for the rest of my life, right?」

「Hmm, no, I get that but. I guess that’s fine but……well」

「What, do you have any problem?」

「No, I don’t have any problems with you, but I do have a problem」

「What is the problem?」

「Well it’s not my problem to be exact……But, A friend of mine, has that kind of household……She was born from a family that has a harem and she’s really troubled. That’s why I’m asking you a lot of things, I want to be of help to her and possible find some points for reference」

Akiha said, it’s the first time she made a troubled face since he met her, she continued.

「It’s about Aoba, she’s the girl that you saved a little earlier」

Once again, the wind blows through the two people. (Light Novel Illustration: Aoyama Akiha)