CH 99

(**Kaito’s POV**)

“What does Kai… think… of the blonde gal…?”

As soon as I boarded Alice-san’s private jet, Alice-san, who was sitting next to me, asked me that question.

…She’s really that rich for her to own a private jet, isn’t she?

I realized once again that Alice-san is a wealthy person, but for now I should answer her question.

However, it’s about Kirara…

To be honest, I don’t know how I feel about that person either.

At first I thought she was scary, and then after the Momoi incident I thought she was a jerk.

But in reality, she was a person with just a lot of problems in her life, and she was sincere about what she did and tried to make amends.

More importantly, she has a lot of affection for me.

And not only that, she’s even trying to make me like her.

To put it bluntly, I think Kirara is a good woman.

There are not many girls like her nowadays.

But I don’t think that’s what Alice-san wants to hear.

I’m sure she wants to know if I like Kirara or not.

Of course I care about Kirara.

I want to protect her, I want to make her happy.

But that’s because I think of her as my friend and she needs me.

So maybe it doesn’t mean that I like her as a girl, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t care about Kirara.

In other words, I’m not sure.

I’m a little concerned about Sakihime, and I’m also starting to be concerned about Kirara.

I can’t say such a thing even if I had to, so I just answer the first conclusion to Alice-san.

“I don’t know how I feel about that person myself.”

When I answered, Alice-san looked up at me.

Then she slowly opened her mouth.

“If you’re interested in her, I’d recommend… going out with her…”

“Eh? Why?”

Surprised by Alice-san’s sudden words, I couldn’t help but ask back.

“So you gave Kirara a chance to make amends? The conditions that Sakihime set for Kirara could not normally be met. The reason is that you almost never think of someone who has treated you badly as a friend. If you do, it would be someone who has helped you or supported you. That’s why you broke Sakihime’s heart on purpose. So that Kirara could come to her aid by supporting her broken heart. But even if you just break Sakihime’s heart, Sakihime still has Sakura-chan. So you deliberately pulled Sakura-chan away from Sakihime so that Kirara could be in a position to support her?”

When I asked with certainty, Alice-san smiled gently.

Her mood changed to one of dignity.

“Yes, that’s almost… right.”

“Almost?”

“Yes, Kai is right about most of what Alice did this time, but there is another reason.”

“What’s the other reason?”

I asked curiously, and Alice-san said something strange.

“Fate is amazing, isn’t it? Even when we think we can’t cross paths anymore, we do.”

“What do you mean…?”

“The reason why Alice broke her heart this time was because she thought that if things continued like this, there was a possibility that her heart would break.”

“Sakihime’s heart?”

“Yes. Kai, spoiling someone means that the spoiled person is in danger of becoming dependent on the one who spoiled them. If you are aware of this, you only need to draw the line. But since you’re not aware of it, you don’t draw the line and continue to spoil her. You’ve never thought about the dangers that lie behind it, have you?”

“First of all, how come I’m supposed to be the one who spoiled Sakihime?”

No, I’m aware of it.

I’ve been listening to Sakihime’s selfishness at home for quite a while now, and her indulgence has gotten worse and worse.

Even though we’re siblings, it’s true that we’ve become too close.

However, Sakihime’s true personality rarely came out in the open.

I wondered how Alice-san knew about it.

No, there was something else that was bothering her.

Why does Alice-san know about what Kirara did and the promise between Kirara and Sakihime?

It’s unlikely that Kirara would tell her, so only Kisaragi-sensei or Sakura-chan would know.

However, I don’t think there’s any connection between that clumsy teacher and Alice-san.

First of all, their personalities are too different, and I can’t see any other connection between them.

Could it be that Sakura-chan had told her?　

That’s what I thought, and I looked over to Sakura-chan, who was chatting with Camilla-chan.

For some reason, Shirousagi was slumped over beside Camilla-chan.

Sakura-chan looks like a schoolgirl, but she’s a very caring girl.

I don’t think she would ever tell anyone about what happened.

That’s why Alice-san must have a network of information that I can’t even think of.

That’s all I can think of.

“―I’ll know that as soon as I see the two of you.”

Alice-san replied to my question with a dumbfounded look on her face.

I’ve never seen this expression on Alice’s face before.

It’s because she always shows me either a blank expression or a smile.

It seems that I’ve been taken aback by her to the point of making her look like this.

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

When I asked back, thinking that it was hard to tell just by looking at us, Alice-san nodded immediately.

It seems that she thinks that I’ve been spoiling Sakihime.

“F-For now, let’s proceed with the story. So, what’s the danger?”

“You can imagine, can’t you? What would happen to a person if someone stole his or her heart? It depends on the degree of dependence, but it must hurt deeply, right? And from the look of that Momoi girl, I knew that if that happened, her heart would be broken. So I figured I needed to let her grow up.”

“I see… So you wanted Momoi to grow up independent of her family?”

“Kai, would you like me to give you a serious slap on the cheek?”

“Why!?”

When I confirmed to Alice-san that she was making sure that Momoi would not be dependent on her family, Alice-san got angry for some reason.

That’s strange… I swear I was just trying to be serious.

“Haa~… Kai’s way of thinking is really disgusting…”

“No, I didn’t say anything strange, did I?”

When I asked, Alice-san looked at me with white eyes.

What should I do? I’ve never seen Alice-san like this before.

What am I saying that’s so crazy?

“I’ll tell you one thing, fate is working in places you don’t know, and you’ll catch hell in the second semester if you feel that way.”

That’s all Alice-san told me, and then she looked out the window.

It seems that she was completely taken aback.

But what does it mean “to go through hell” in the second semester?

I didn’t know what Alice-san meant by that, but I continued to think about it on the jet plane until we arrived in America―.

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Translator’s Afterword: You fukken dense mf. REEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Also I have picked up a new light novel series. But uhh, it’s a pure-blood related incest. If you’re not into those you may disregard this message of mine. The title is “No One Should Ever Know That I’m Seriously In Love With My Brother, Right?”. I’ve only translated the prologue, and c1 is currently being TL’d. It even reached #1 KimiRano daily rankings for a week if I’m not mistaken. Well anyway, I hope that you guys can give it a read since you’ve already read this far into this clusterf*ck of a series kekw.