Volume 5 - CH 45

The Favorability rating of Akechi Hideyori

I mad dashed away from Irene-somethingsomething-san and arrived back at the swimsuit section in the department store.

By the time I arrived, everyone was already gathered in front.

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“Oi, Hideyori? Where have you been?”

“Haa, Haa, Haa……Haa, No-, Haa–where…….”

“What nowhere!? You practically just ran here right!?”

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I try to get my breathing under control.

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“Haa, that aside, gimme……some water…….”

“Ah, here! Hideyori-san.”

“Thanks.”

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I received a PET bottle from Takeru and immediately poured its content down my throat.

It was green tea so it was rather easy to drink.

“Awawa……”

Someone raised a flustered voice.

What’s wrong I wonder.

I was paranoid that some thief might come running again but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

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“Haa……that was good……sorry I drank it all, Takeru. I drank with my lips so sorry about that too.”

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Since my lips touched the bottle directly, it could be taken as an indirect kiss so I apologized to him.

“Ha? That’s not my tea you know?”

“Eh? Then whose was……IT!?”

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Eien-chan’s face was bright red.

Seeing that, I looked down at the bottle.

It’s a smallish one of only 350ml.

And Takeru always buys the 500ml ones.

Unlike the sweat I got from my earlier sprint, a different kind of sweat started to flow down my back.

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“Eien-chan! I’m so sorry!”

“No, uhh…..”

“I’m gonna buy you a juice no, 10 bottles of juice as an apology! “

“Ara? So an indirect kiss with Eien-chan only cost about a thousand yen for you huh?”

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Tsugaru’s words shocked me to the core.

An indirect kiss with Eien-chan only worth a thousand yen?

There’s no way that’s the case.

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“I’ll pay with my life. If you don’t need it then please sell off my organs for money!”

“Umm……, well……., it’s fine………it’s also my fault since I forgot that it might become an indirect kiss when I handed you the bottle……..”

“………”

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Eien-chan didn’t even look at my face.

This is……..it’s happening again…………

The same thing that happened with Emi the other day………

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I made someone hate me again…….

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“Don’t worry about it, Hideyori.”

“Sakuya……”

“Anyway, do you want my canned coffee?”

“Please, no………..”

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Don’t look at me like that…….

Damn you, Irene-somethingsomething-san…….

You won’t get off scot-free if I see you again……..

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“Are you okay? Towa-san?”

“I’m, I’m fine! Don’t worry about it, Risa.”

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Risa checked up on Eien-chan.

Seeing her try to comfort Eien-chan in front of me is too hurtful.

“I was just embarrassed……but I don’t hate it……..”

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Eien-chan muttered something while sneaking a peek at me.

She must be looking at me like I’m a scumbag……

The game’s correction force is too strong………

If the world is trying to make itself more convenient for Takeru then it would toss me into hell in the process.

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“……….”

Emi is staring at me.

I wondered what she wanted so I looked back.

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“Hideyori-kun is misunderstanding something.”

“Eh?”

“But I’m not going to correct it.”

“Are you some kind of demon……..”

“I mean, she’s my rival.”

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Recently, I think I have lost my understanding of Emi.

What rival?

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“How about you try dying again?”

“Tsugaru……keep on insulting me like this for the rest of my life please.”

“Now you just sound disgusting.”

“………….”

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I can clearly see that the favorability toward Hideyori of everyone here is Zero.

So a department store is where a heart comes to die huh.

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“Hideyori, do your best.”

“Treating it like it’s none of your business huh.”

“It’s actually not my business after all.”

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Among them, Takeru’s words sound the gentlest to me.

Seriously, at this rate, I might actually fall for him.

I’m so thankful that I almost want to apologize for calling him useless in the game.

Thanks to my indirect kiss blunder, the topic of ‘where I disappeared to’ seems to have slipped everyone’s mind.

The topic of a thief stealing a katana box is just so far removed from our peaceful daily life, if I want to keep them away from danger then I probably should be thankful for my blunder though.

I started thinking so.

TLN: Next up, Miyamura Towa’s Ending and the game’s backstory