Chapter 343: Buildup of Trus (2/2)
“And it’s the same for all of you. Why would I choose you? No, I fell in love with you. I never did anything like trying to compare all of you on a scale.”
“…Sorry, lad.”
Kohaku apologized with a meek expression.
“Ye were always that way, Husband. Mayhaps I was the one who strongly felt that ye had chosen me.”
“…”
He understood what Kohaku was trying to say. Based on her personal life, it was reasonable for her to come to such a conclusion. Taiyou thought of some way to cheer her up, as he loved her and wanted her to be happy above all else.
“Then how about another possibility, ja?”
“Huh?”
Kohaku spoke out before Taiyou had the chance to say anything. She dexterously moved the corner of her mouth up into a smirk.
“What is this possibility you speak of?”
“The possibility that yer aiming for someone’s body.”
“Wow, fantastic!”
“No that’s not ‘fantastic’. What are you even saying, Kohaku-san? And don’t just swallow what she says, Sakura! Why are you looking at me like I’m trash?”
“You are after all at that age. I don’t see why not.”
“So first you glare at me, and now you’re accepting all this?! Man, I just got cut deeply into two ways!”
“I actually thought that this possibility be more likely, but it be a bit difficult to say out loud, ja.”
“There is no possibility of something like that! What is all this nonsense about aiming for her body?”
“Well, what I mean be this…”
Kohaku pointed at Juurokuya before speaking again.
“She be the same as ye.”
“Huh?”
“W-W-What about me?”
The twin tailed girl panicked. She probably hadn’t thought that the conversation would turn to her.
“Aye, amongst ye…it is highly likely that Aoba already knows what I mean, ja.”
“Huh?”
Surprised, Taiyou looked at Aoba. The ponytailed girl who had been quietly attending to Akiha averted her eyes apologetically.
“Aoba?”
“Judging from yer reaction, ye seem to get what I be talking about.”
“I just kind of thought that I might understand, that’s all.”
“You might…what?”
Taiyou was at a loss. He was extremely confused as to what she meant.
“Although in me case, I be a lot more certain, ja.”
“Um…yeah.”
“Aye.”
Sakura nodded in a composed manner, maybe understanding the gist of the matter.
“In other words, he has always been looking at Juurokuya with an ulterior motive, right?”
“Ye put it quite eloquently, but I would go further and say he looks at the lass with eyes full of lust.”
“Nope, nope—-”
Taiyou denied this, but gave a start when he noticed Aoba’s reaction. If it was only Kohaku who claimed something like this, then he could deny it, because he knew she liked to tell jokes. Even if Sakura chimed in, he could still deny it, because she was the type of person who enjoyed befuddling people.
But if Aoba was now part of this, everything changed. Out of all the girls that he knew, Aoba was the most ‘normal’ and ‘serious’ one he knew. Even if she wasn’t uptight, she still didn’t enjoy those types of jokes.
She was just an earnest girl, and this showed in her reaction just now, as she continued to avert her eyes apologetically. And this raised the believability way up high.
“You’ve…got to be kidding me.”