Hi, everyone. It’s me, Chikara Akane. And right now, I’m really, really angry. And it’s all because I have to watch my Daisuke-nii be all lovey-dovey with another woman.
Normally, this wouldn’t be too much of a problem, as I share his sweet affections with my friends Yoko-chan and Arianne-chan. But this time, it’s different.
“Don’t worry about it, Shizu. You’ll definitely make the roster.”
“Of course I will. After all, there’s no way that I can be away from my master.”
Because it’s the whore, Hisakawa Shizuku. I don’t know what kind of Magic she used to manipute Daisuke-nii’s mind, but once I find out, I’m going to make her suffer.
“Alright, Shizuku-chan, please step into the training room.”, Miyamura-senpai gestures.
She nods and strides into the training room. Ninomiya adjusts the setting for Scarecrow to Blue and activates it.
With a violent jolt, it springs to life and rushes towards Hisakawa. I hope that it breaks her jaw in five pces.
Unfortunately, she readies her bow and knocks an arrow into it with astounding speed and precision. She lets it fly, and the arrow pierces Scarecrow’s head in less than a second, causing it to crumple to the floor in a limp, useless heap. Damn it! Scarecrow is so worthless!
“SIM MATCH OVER”
Naoya-kun lets out a long, low whistle as Scarecrow snaps back into its usual rigidity.
“Holy hell. That arrow was so fast that I hardly even saw it. What about you, Akai?”
“Yeah, it was super fast. I think that I would just barely be able to evade it if it was aimed for me.”
Shirogane-senpai puts her hand on her chin thoughtfully.
“It seems that she’s either imbuing the arrows with a hint of mana or using Reinforcement on her bow.”, she analyses.
“Actually, she’s doing both simultaneously.”, Daisuke-nii cims.
“Woah, seriously?”
Ninomiya-senpai expresses his amazement in an atypical dispy of emotion.
Hey, you’ve never been impressed by me before! Praise me too!
“Incredible…That takes a great deal of mana control. I guess that’s an advantage of having yokai blood flowing in your veins.”
“Is her’s better than Arianne-san’s?”, Gege-kun asks.
“I would say yes.”, Miyamura-senpai nods. “Although, I don’t think that the gap is all that rge.”
I look over at Arianne-chan to see her reaction, and she looks unbothered. What’s with her and Yoko-chan? They’re both staying silent like me, but it feels like the intent behind it is different.
Am I just being pedantic? No, they definitely hate the doll-bitch as much as I do! I’m sure of it!
The mangy doll-bitch steps out of the training room and stands right next to Daisuke-nii, who pats her on the head lovingly. My blood begins to boil at the sight of her daring to get that close to him.
“Of course, there’s a lot more that Shizu can do. Her elements are Water and Wind, she has level nine Rejuvenation, and best of all, she can use Summoning Magic.”
“Oh, Summoning Magic, you say?”, Miyamura-senpai says excitedly. “Now you’ve really got my attention.”
“Yeah, Summoning Magic is pretty rare! Can you please show it to us, Shizuku-chan?”, Shirogane-senpai begs.
“Seeing how you’re all Dai-sama’s trusted allies, it should be fine.”
The mangy doll-bitch csps her hands together tightly, as if she’s about to recite a prayer, and starts muttering.
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A magic circle forms on the floor, spinning rapidly in a counter-clockwise motion as it steadily grows brighter and brighter until-
“Moooooooo!”
Huh?! What the heck is that thing? A sea cow? It’s actually kinda cute. Unlike its sg mistress.
“IT’S SOOOOOOO CUTE!”
Haruhi-chan, who was diligently jotting down notes about the doll-bitch’s abilities in silence, drops her Hello Puppy! notebook and embraces the creature.
Don’t let yourself get fooled by its cuteness, Haruhi-chan! Since it came from her, it has to be an enemy!
But darn it, it sure is cute!
“A bitan, eh?”, Miyamura-senpai observes. “It seems pretty friendly.”
The so-called bitan contentedly accepts Haruhi-chan’s hugs and petting. It looks pretty harmless, which only succeeds in making it more adorable.
“His name is Puyo, and he’s an aquatic yokai.”, the doll-bitch expounds. “He can move on nd, but he’ll be very sluggish. And while he has good attack power, defensive and curative skills are his true strength.”
“You could basically consider him to be a horned walrus, and as you can tell, he’s rather amiable.”, Daisuke-nii smiles, rubbing Puyo’s back. “He was trying to get all cuddly with me when we first met.”
Suddenly, Yonaguni grabs Daisuke-nii by the colr, his expression sullen and bitter. He’s been deathly silent since the doll-bitch arrived, but it seems like he’s finally reached the limit.
“How?! HOW?! HOW DID YOU OF ALL PEOPLE MANAGE TO GET IN THE GOOD GRACES OF A DOG-GIRL, HUH?!”
“I see that you’re taking things calmly as per usual.”, Daisuke-nii says pallidly.
“Listen, ya damn punk-eh?”
Before I or the others can get our hands on him, Puyo is bearing down on Yonaguni, all traces of his good nature having disappeared.
“Easy, Puyo. This is just how this guy expresses his feelings.”
Yonaguni weakly releases Daisuke-nii and Puyo relents on his attack, still giving him a suspicious gre.
“Ha! Shizuku-chan didn’t even have to give an order.”, Shirogane-senpai ughs. “Even yokai don’t like you, Nariki.”
Yonaguni loudly clicks his tongue and storms out of the training room, grumbling under his breath.
The doll-bitch watches him exit with an ominous stare, her bck ears and tail standing straight up.
“That senior of yours seems quite uncouth, Dai-sama. I prefer that you avoid having any association with him.”, she says.
For the first time, I find myself agreeing with her.
Unfortunately, the filthy, homewrecking mutt passed the entrance test with fucking flying colours. Hurray.
While Daisuke-nii is finalising the paper-work, Yoko-chan, Arianne-chan and I confront her.
“So, what trick did you use to put Daisuke-nii under your control?”
The doll-bitch, standing patiently with her hands in front of her, answers me without even opening her eyes.
“How rude of you to be so accustory of me. My and Dai-sama’s feelings for each other grew naturally over time.”
“What a load of crap! Hinnagami are known for their skills at mental manipution!”
“And how does that refute the fact that he and I grew to love each other by normal means?”
Gritting my teeth, I hopelessly try to hold back the aggression brewing within me. Ignoring my quickly fading patience, the doll-bitch continues.
“Firstly, the only reason why we’re in this retionship is because Haha-ue tested him and discovered that he not only has an enviable resistance to mental manipution, but he also cks avarice and greed.”
To my shock, Yoko-chan nods her head vigorously.
“Of course my Aniki wouldn’t let himself get controlled so easily.”, she says proudly. “He’s too brave for that to happen!”
“And he’s as selfless as usual!”, Arianne-chan smiles gleefully. “He never has been interested in those things!”
I turn to face them in sheer disbelief. Am I hearing things correctly? I haven’t gone deaf, right?!
“Why are you two agreeing with her?!”, I say incredulously. “Have you forgotten that she’s some filthy homewrecker?!”
Yoko-chan heaves a deep, exasperated sigh.
“Akane, are you still going on with that?”
“Even I thought that you would’ve gotten past it by now.”, Arianne-chan shakes her head.
I’m gonna lose my mind. I swear I am.
I thunder over to them, switching the nguage from Japanese to English so that the harlot can’t understand our conversation. I know that Daisuke-nii’s been tutoring her, but if she’s only half as bad as he described, she’ll still be left in the dark.
“Have you two gone bloody mental?”, I say through bared teeth. “The three of us wanted the doll-bitch dead just st week, what happened?”
“Well, we’ve had a change of heart, Akane. With polygamy being legal, there’s no reason not to come to a covenant. And besides, it’s clear to see.”
Arianne-chan smiles eerily, almost as if she can’t contain herself.
“She loves Govvy the same way we do.”
“Please, I doubt it.”, I scoff. “She’s just faking it!”
“Don’t be thick, Akane.”, Yoko-chan retorts sharply. “Do you really think that we of all people wouldn’t be able to tell? No matter how much you try to deny it, you can see it too, can’t you?”
“But-”
“With another girl like us around, we can increase the chances of keeping Aniki with us forever. This outcome is nothing but beneficial.”
Ughhhhh! Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why do their points have to make sense?! Why can’t we just beat her up or kill her or something?!
“Please don’t throw a temper tantrum, Chikara-san. It’ll make you look even more like a spoiled child.”
“Shut up, you-”
Wait, English….? Did she just speak English?
“Ah, I see that Aniki taught you well, Shizuku-san.”
“Yeh, he did. Dai-sama was quite patient and thorough with me during our tutoring sessions.”
The three of them start talking amongst themselves, but I…I’m too stunned to speak.
Because she sounded just like Daisuke-nii.
Her intonation, inflection and cadence are all mirror copies of how Daisuke-nii talks.
She even did the, ‘Yeh’, that he says sometimes!
“Hey, you!”, I yell, barely maintaining control. “Why do you sound like that?!”
“It’s rather crude to refer to someone in that tone, Chikara-san. I must admit that you’re very puerile.”
“Right? She’s so immature sometimes.”
“I’m literally four months older than you, Yoko-chan!”
“You could’ve fooled me.”
I’m going to throttle her, I swear to God I am.
“Why do you sound like Daisuke-nii?! Everything about the way you speak English is exactly like his!”
“Perhaps it’s because he tutored her?”, Yoko-chan suggests sarcastically.
“He taught me English too, you bitch!”, I snarl. “Did I pick up every speech habit of his?!”
“Come now, Akane, don’t be harsh.”, Arianne says gently. “I know you’re upset but there’s no need to talk to Yoko like that.”
“Then why won’t she just take my side?! Instead, the both of you are oh so happy to have the homewrecker join us!”
“Pardon me, but are you just jealous of me?”
“Haa?”
The Hinna-Inubaba makes some absurd comment that only succeeds in incensing me even further.
“It’s fine if you are.”, she continues, her silver-grey looking at me intently. “I was jealous of you all at first, especially Arianne-san. But now that I understand Dai-sama’s feelings and pns for the future, I feel fully reassured.”
“Hear, hear!”, Arianne-chan nods.
“Seems like she gets it. What about you, Akane?”
“I still don’t trust her!”
I don’t care! I’m not stopping until I find proof of her deception!
Suddenly, the cow starts sniggering lowly.
“Hihihi…Poor girl, you just don’t understand that Dai-sama and I are eternally bound together.”
Her once silver-grey eyes now have a bck-grey hue to them as a haunting smiles grows on her face.
“Even in death, he and I will remain as one. And nothing you do will ever be able to change that."
…..So now she shows her true colours...
Activating R.S.P., I steadily approach her, fully intent on ripping her limb from limb, but Yoko-chan and Arianne-chan stop me.
“Akane, stop. Just rex.”
“Yoko-chan, Arianne-chan, don’t get in my way.”
The whore releases her mana, still smiling at me.
“I told you before, didn't I? If you try to get in between me and my master, you’ll live to regret it.”
“Try me.”
Without warning, the door flies open, gaining our attention. It’s Daisuke-nii, who sighs in alleviation.
“Good, I made it in time…Red, Shizu, please keep the enmity to a zero.”
With only a little hesitation, she and I lower our aggression, and simultaneously reduce our flow of mana.
“Yes, Dai-sama.”
“Fine. But I still don’t trust her, Daisuke-nii!”
He saunters over to me and rests his hand on my head. It does help with assuaging my anger a little.
“It’s all going to be alright, trust me.”, he soothes. “As a matter of fact, I think that you two will get along quite well.”
“Absolutely not!”
She and I speak at the same time, causing Daisuke-nii and the others to chuckle.
“See? You two are already on the same wavelength.”
Having no solid rebuttal to stand on, I begrudgingly decide to just keep my mouth shut.