CH 41

Yō continued to eat his lunch in silence while Marin kept staring at him with joy.

At first glance, the bento box appeared completely dyed in red spices, but as he ate it, he found that the flavors varied from one another, and the spiciness was either strong or weak.

Some of the vegetables were seasoned like kimchi, some were stir-fried with a lot of chili peppers, and so on.

It was hard to imagine how much time and effort she has put into this one bento.

But one thing that Yō knows for sure, that the reason why Marin came to school at the last minute today was probably because of preparing this bento.

“―So, what’s the consultation about?”

When Yō had eaten about half of his lunch, he asked Marin, who was watching him happily with a beaming smile, what the main subject was.

Then, Marin suddenly started to fidget again.

Her face was flushed red, indicating that what she was about to say was something really embarrassing.

Instead of rushing her, Yō decided to wait for Marin to resolve herself.

Eventually, as if she finally made a decision, Marin looked up at Yō and opened her mouth.

“Um― I’m thinking of becoming a streamer…!”

Marin’s face turned bright red as she said this with a serious expression.

In front of Marin, Yō nodded with his hand on his forehead in response to the story that went beyond his imagination.

“I see…”

(Oh, so that’s where it comes from…)

After imagining the flow to some extent, behind the reason why Marin said she wanted to become a content creator, Yō started to speak again.

“Did Nagisa invite you?”

“――!”

When Yō asked, Marin looked very surprised.

Apparently, he was right.

(Well, it’s only natural that he would set his eyes on Akimi…)

Marin was so cute that she was called one of the two most beautiful girls in this school.

And she comes with the bonus feature of her blonde hair and badonkerhonker loli tits.

She was certainly eye-catching, and her cute personality was sure to attract people.

Yō could easily imagine Marin becoming a popular video streamer.

But―

“You probably shouldn’t do that.”

Yō was against the idea of Marin becoming a streamer.

“Ehh…?”

“What Nagisa does may look fun, but it also makes him a target of resentment from bad guys. But the reason why he’s still safe is because he has a lot of money and lives in a highly secured place. Besides, he’s actually pretty skilled at self-defense, so he’s very good in fights. To sum it up, he possesses the power to strike back at anyone who holds a grudge against him.”

But Marin was different.

Anyone could tell from her elegant gestures and language that she has a good upbringing, but she was not a daughter of a major company or some sorts.

And undoubtedly, she was both a weak fighter and a softie.

He didn’t need to imagine what would happen to such a girl if she attracted the enmity of bad people.

Above all, Marin looks extremely cute and might attract a lot of fanatics.

The thought of what she might be subjected to if she caught the attention of some strange people made Yō feel sick.

But Marin in response opened her mouth and said to Yō.

“Ah, well… to be exact, what I was invited for was to be a video streamer, not to be part of Nagisa-chan’s channel…”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

“Well, he told me that being a streamer was fun and that I should try making a channel.”

In other words, Nagisa was only encouraging Marin to make her debut as a content creator, but had no intention of making her a member of his channel.

Yō was relieved to hear this, but also felt a bit uncomfortable.

“I don’t think he would act on something that doesn’t benefit him, how did it all lead to that?”

It was a simple question that Yō had asked out of curiosity.

However, when Marin heard the question, she immediately began to panic.

“N-No, it’s just a light talk! It’s girl talk, like a girls’ night out!”

“Girls’ night out…?”

Yō got caught up in Marin’s words, but she proceeded to speak with more enthusiasm.

“Well, rather than that, I have a favor to ask of you, Hazakura-kun, no― Yō-kun…!”

“No, yes. I mean, why did you suddenly start calling me by my first name?”

She called out Yō’s name as if to emphasize it, so Yō asked Marin without overlooking her words.

Marin looked relieved for a moment that she was able to divert the topic from Yō, and then she looked up at Yō’s face with an upward glance.

“Is it bad…?”

She asked him back as if she was begging cutely like a puppy, and Yō thought about it for a moment.

And then―

“No good.”

He simply refused Marin’s begging.

Marin shrank back in shock upon hearing this.

Then she starts to pick up little grains of rice and put them in her mouth repeatedly.

Yō felt very guilty as he watched Marin, but he wanted her to stop, because if he allowed her to call him by his first name, he could not help imagining the existence of the girl who would become extremely moody.

However, he hesitated to push away the girl who had taken the trouble to prepare an elaborate lunch for him, and as a result―

“Well, that’s fine, just when we’re alone.”

Thinking that Kasumi wouldn’t find out if it were just Marin and him alone, Yō allowed her to call him by his first name.

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Proofreader Comments: Although I’ve said this in PRN of Chapter 39, I’ll repeat it here. I am indebted to Mowaso for suggesting to be the Translator in my stead because we’re busy moving stuff to our new house. We’ve been moving stuff for 2 days now, and will continue again tomorrow marking it as the 3rd day. I’m sorry for the minor inconveniences it gives off.