CH 35

In a blink of an eye, Himegasaki no longer hid her affection for me. She decided the right time to hold another study session and called other classmates to join us at my house. Please read this chapter only at ChocoCats.

I let Mai see when Himegasaki and I are together, to make her realize that her brother was getting close to other people of the opposite sex that wasn’t herself. I instilled that into her to show that her brother is actually a man.

But I also have been careful not to make my classmates think that I like Himegasaki. Because if later she becomes a hindrance and I need to eliminate her, I won’t need that kind of after-effect.

On the other hand, I emphasized to Himegasaki that I am not blood-related with Mai, to incite her jealousy toward Mai and raised the sense of competition.

As a result, Himegasaki worked well as bait. Whether it was in front of other classmates during the study session or in any other situation, she showed a good favour towards me with her attitude and speech in every possible way. Please read this chapter only at ChocoCats.

Of course, even in front of Mai.

However, it is useless. When I asked Mai for sweets or cutlery, rather than creating opportunities for me to have contact with her, it seemed that Mai was trying to set me up with Himegasaki.

She sent me together with Himegasaki to buy a drink and created an opportunity for just the two of us alone. She pretended to be nonchalant about it, but I knew. In the end, the plan failed.

Also, my classmates who come over to my house treated her favourably, saying she’s so cute and all.

Some asked me for her number, and some tried to contact Mai privately.

There is even someone who already invited her out. I would never made such a mistake before. Come to think of it, Mai’s way of thinking was unique. On the other hand, I applied a pattern of common people’s way of thinking to my plan, so no wonder it failed. I noticed that right after I failed. I wonder how foolish I have become. Please read this chapter only at ChocoCats.

If it was me before I fell in love with Mai, I might have ridiculed my own idiocy.

“Kurobe, is it okay if I ask your sister out?”

When the boring class was over and I was collecting the notes the teacher told me to, Nagatani, who was in the same class, lightheartedly asked me.

“…What do you mean?”

“Ah, how I should say it… I think your sister is cute. But she’s your sister, so I thought I should ask for your permission first just in case.”

After entering high school, in order to not get suspicious when I leave early and worried about my sister’s wellbeing, I gave the impression to those around me that she had a severely frail constitution. Just in case Mai won’t receive a low valuation when entering high school, I also added that there are so many times she couldn’t calm down because she often stayed at home.

“Your sister is cute and I feel like I need to protect her.”

Just like that, when I saw his smiling face while playing dumb, I felt my body freeze all in one breath.

Is it her face, or her behaviour, I don’t know. Or maybe he just like younger people. However, I understood well that his definition of “cute” is different from what humans said to a newborn baby.

But it didn’t matter what his intentions are. I thought I’d eliminate it. Please read this chapter only at ChocoCats.

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T/N: Hello, I hope you enjoy the chapter, sorry I was late again, last week was a hectic week, I tried to catch up and luckily the chapter is pretty short, I hope I can keep this schedule up until the end!