I Became a Supporting Character in an N*R Manga

16 – A moving manager and a caring prince – 3

I sit leaning against the barbed wire on the roof and observe the playground through a telescope while pressing the earphones in my ears. Now I feel like a sniper.

Isn’t it kind of cool?

I looked at the students on the playground who were slightly narcissistic even though it was something that no one should know about. One side is the track and field team, the other side is the soccer team. The practice schedules of the two places overlapped, so neither could use the playground.

I saw Sayoko talking to the soccer team through the telescope.

Among the soccer members, Sakai is also included.

Yes, it’s for you. There will be no opportunity like today.

The overlapping of practice schedules was intentional, disguised as a mistake.

It was all for now that I have been steadily working as a manager until now. When I first entered the track and field team, the eyes of the members were not good. What if you can’t even work on that subject? He must have been fired before he got here.

While working harder than necessary, earning the favor of the members and gaining a good reputation, one mistake can be overlooked.

Or rather, you might like the way you make mistakes as humane.

Is that going too far?

These days, the track and field activities weren’t bad enough for me to pretend to be proud of myself. Because I’ve heard a lot of compliments.

Is Sayoko the only member who doesn’t take a negative look at me?

And… Eri Takase.

It wasn’t the same negative feeling as Sayoko. But she still had the feeling that she hadn’t earned her trust in her. Rather, she was blunt to me in the track and field club, to the point that I wondered if it was better when I first met her.

Is she doing well or is she lacking? Any feedback would fix it in that direction. It’s not like you hate me, but did you like me… I don’t even know

“…… Well, think about that later.”

If you are faithful to the given task… At least there’s nothing to hate.

In the first place, there was no reason to be that friendly with Eri Takase.

What I was aiming for was to gain trust as a manager.

Sayoko and her soccer team split. It seemed to have been negotiated somehow.

Today, the track and field team decided to write.

I guess so.

There is no way that the soccer team, which is at the level of an insignificant club, would be proud of the track and field team with field training and competitions right in front of them.

The members of this side are all sincere.

When I turned the telescope, I saw Aoi.

I was approaching Sayoko with a pen and a measuring file.

Receiving it, Sayoko put the pen between the collars of her gym clothes.

That pen was the wiretapping device I prepared.

Sayoko had a habit of always putting the pen in her place if she wasn’t holding it. She was aiming for it He touched the earphones in her ears and turned her volume up.

Today was the day to measure the records of the 1st and 2nd grade members. Sayoko is looking after me.

I was watching her closely.

Concentrate on the voice you hear and your peripheral vision through the telescope.

Seeing the members concentrating on practicing like that, it was time to take a break.

I turned the telescope to follow Sayoko, who got out of her seat and headed somewhere. The pen is properly seated.

She looked around her in front of the locker room used by the soccer club and went behind her.

“……… Mr Sakai. What’s the matter?”

That’s right.

Concentrate with your eyes closed.

Sakai called her in the middle of her club activities. To a dark place where people can’t see.

“Ah, Mori-san. You came.”

“But… You’ve been watching me from afar… Sight… It felt great.”

“Is that so? Ahahahaha”

Sakai must be smiling with that handsome smile on his face by now.

She felt the same way when she called out Haruna.

“But, didn’t Mori-san glance over here too?”

“That, that… ! Because Sakai-kun saw it!”

Does a handsome man attract a woman just by looking at him from a distance?

I thought that was a bit envious.

You made good use of it and have been doing things like that until now.

Feels envy and shallow contempt at the same time.

After that, Sakai and Sayoko laughed and chatted without much meaning. What I can understand from listening to the conversation is that Sayoko-senpai has had a crush on Sakai for a long time.

Sakai said she knew that from before, and now she was stirring up that feeling.

Sayoko asked even though she was shy.

“I… Sakai-kun, so… Why did you call Break is over soon….”

“Oh, sorry. I forgot about it for a while because I enjoyed talking to Mori-san.”

Yes, it’s boring, so please get into the main topic soon.

“Because Mori-san has always been in her mind before me… If you have time, after school….”

Getting an appointment starts like that.

I quickly write down the place and time on my cell phone. Even though she was surprised and embarrassed, Sayoko firmly accepted the offer and left her seat.

Am I going to commit it today?

Then I need to prepare too.

Anyway, I got the clue.

While I was recording the rest on my cell phone, I felt something very popular. It’s strange, but nobody is on the roof….

“Huh? ……… hehehehe!”

There was someone watching me from right behind me.

Eri Takase was glaring at me with her big, ready-to-eat eyes.

I panicked and crashed into the barbed wire. The wireless earbuds fall out of the ear canal and fall down the rooftop. My phone fell to the floor, but I didn’t even have time to pick it up.

Come to think of it, I didn’t get to see Eri Takase throughout practice.

Even so, I never expected that you would come to a place like this to find me.

Takase slowly bends her body and puts her hand on my shoulder.

Then I pick up my phone and look at the screen.

It’s dangerous. This is definitely dead

Something about Sayoko is written on the phone screen. If I don’t explain right away….

“You…… Do you like Sayoko?”

I froze on the spot.

Eri Takase looks down at me with a stern expression, demanding her answer.

“I like Sayoko…… Did you come to the athletics club for that purpose?”

“……… ….”

No, that’s….

“Answer me.”

The hand gripping her shoulder is filled with strength. It seemed to be crushed.

“No! Senior, not really! Please listen to me!”

I shouted with all my might.

Takase finally released his hand from my shoulder.

However, the glaring look at me in front of my eyes remained the same.

If you run away, you will surely be caught.

That’s not a smart way.

However, I just needed time to draw the line, how far I should explain.

“Okay…… Say it.”

It was the feeling of a rabbit facing a lion.

She growls and asks me.

After thinking for a while, I first brought up the story of Haruna.

That’s the beginning.

Stopping Sakai from trying to trick Haruna into giving her medicine. After that, I knew they were targeting Sayoko from the track and field club, so I even struggled here to stop their ulterior motives.

Takase, who seemed to be pushing me down with force, gradually calmed down and calmed down.

The scary atmosphere was the same.

“……… Evidence… Is there?”

“Yes?”

“Convincing proof that the soccer team does that.”

“……… ….”

I saw it in a cartoon. If you say

, You will be dragged into a question and answer dance.

But that was the only evidence I saw.

You can listen to the recorded file. However, that wasn’t enough.

“Haruna is my precious little sister. She will not forgive you if you lie.”

“……… It’s real. I saw it with my own eyes.”

Those words are of no use whatsoever. I appealed to her looking straight at her.

“…… That is, the evidence… Are you yourself?”

“Yes?”

“You’re asking me to trust you, right? Manager.”

“……… ….”

That’s… If Takase had trust in me, he would certainly believe in me.

“I… I don’t believe anything except what I’ve seen with my own eyes.”

Takase looked at me seriously and said.

“So prove it to me.”

“……… ….”

“Yourself. I mean what you saw with your own eyes.”

Takase, clutching at the barbed wire, said right in front of me.

“……… Yes.”

I couldn’t.

For now, I have no choice but to accept it quietly.

“And… If you can’t show proof….”

“…… I know. At that time, I will accept any disposition.”

Takase nodded his head.

Then he said.

“You too… And me too… You will receive a fair punishment.”

“Yes?”

She looked up. Momentarily, Takase and her nose collide. She flinched and fell slightly behind her, but it didn’t matter.

“Why senior? It’s enough for me to be punished!”

“……… I was the one who brought you in as a manager.”

Ah….

When she introduced me as the manager, she said to the repulsive track and field crew.

If something goes wrong, I will take responsibility.

As a claim.

“That, that is nonsense. You don’t have to take responsibility because you used the seniors I trust to act as you please!”

Of course, I have no intention of being punished.

I wouldn’t make it that way, but I didn’t want to put her unnecessary guilt on her.

Because this is entirely my own work.

Takase gladly accepted me as the manager of the track and field club despite rumors of vicious rumors going around.

If it’s her fault, it’s that she obediently believed me when she saw me for the first time. Who gave me the job.

That was it.

If my work fails, it was right that I took full responsibility for it.

“No. I am the captain of this wealth. And it was I who brought you.”

“So that’s… !!”

My cry, which was about to protest strongly, stops.

She gently held the tip of her chin and stared at me quietly.

Her eyes calmed me down.

“Are you not confident? Manager.”

“That, that’s not it….”

“You can show it to me. Yourself.”

“……… ….”

When she came to her senses, she knelt down in front of me, staring at me from a distance that seemed within her reach.

“I will always be by your side.”

“That… ….”

Your cheeks are hot.

Why is my heart pounding at a time like this?

“I will keep an eye on you. Until this is over.”

“Watching?”

“Yes. Watch.”

She said firmly.

“If you don’t like that, clear up the misunderstanding. How did you answer my question?”

When she asked if I liked Sayoko, I said no.

That certainly wasn’t it.

“Okay.”

Takase stood up slowly.

She then fiddled with the cell phone in her hand. It was mine that I had just picked up.

“……… Here. Manager.”

“Yes?”

“My number. I haven’t registered yet.”

“……… ….”

Accept the cell phone.

The name of “Takase Eri” Was registered on the screen.

“Call or text… Accept it right away anytime.”

Slowly approaching the entrance to the rooftop, she opened the door.

“Because I have to keep an eye on you…. Until the misunderstanding is cleared up.”

The door closes.

My body loses strength without realizing it.

With her head down, she looked at Takase’s number registered on her cell phone.

I wanted to get a good impression as a manager, even if I didn’t get too close.

Is this firmly stamped?

Like Sayoko-senpai.

He sighed, worrying about the future.

I can solve the problem of the soccer club, but… Takase didn’t think it would be easy.