ALL NOVEL chapter 74
74 Mio’s Day Off, Part 2
“Hmm, it’s such a nice day today.”
I stretched and got off at the station.
I had breakfast a little late and left the house before noon, but it seems like that was the right call.
The slightly chilly breeze was pleasant, and it felt like it was sweeping away the unpleasant mood I had when I woke up.
In that sense, I liked the spring breeze.
It becomes a little hot when May comes around, and it becomes muggy before you know it when June comes around, so you can only experience this kind of weather around this time.
It was a feeling that had nothing to do with Misori, who didn’t leave the house much, but since I liked going outside, I would get to experience various kinds of winds and air from now on.
I was looking forward to that, and I also felt a little sorry for her.
“I don’t really want to be at home on my days off. I still feel a little weird calling them ‘Dad’ and ‘Mom’.”
Even though they were the parents who gave birth to Misori, they weren’t my parents.
I was born from Misori, so the only person who could be called my parent was Misori.
Well, I guess you could say that Kishima, who was the indirect cause of my creation, was also my parent, but I didn’t want to think about him too much because he made me so mad.
There was no need for me to waste my brain resources on being angry.
In that sense, my cousin’s aunt, who was the main culprit, was also pretty bad, but since I only saw her once in a while, I could just ignore her.
“Although, I don’t really want to see her either. If I did, I’d want to punch her.”
Relatives are a pain. Blood relations are useless, but they’re persistent because they’re related by blood.
She became like that because of their meddling, so they were really just being nosy.
She thought of it as her own achievement and apparently bragged to all her relatives about how I had become more outgoing and cheerful because of her, so she was hopeless.
(It’s not because of you. I wasn’t really cheerful in the first place.)
Rather, I was as mean as you can see.
Even so, I purposely avoided her because I would have wanted to click my tongue at her if I had seen her, so I think I’m being pretty kind in my own way.
I’m actually being quite considerate. This body really belongs to her, so there are many ways to do it quickly, but I’ve been choosing the most peaceful methods as much as possible.
Even now, I could do things like beat up Kishima, strip him naked, take pictures of him, and get something on him, or use my followers to lynch him.
Of course, there would be a lot of risk involved. There’s a high chance that he would fight back, and if I pushed him too far with violence, he might hold a grudge and get revenge.
Most importantly, there were too many uncertain factors, so I had no intention of doing it. In the first place, it would be ridiculous to get revenge and then have revenge taken on me.
The reason I’ve been patient and haven’t made a move is because it wouldn’t satisfy me, and I wanted to avoid leaving any evidence or making any mistakes before I had a firm grasp of my surroundings.
In the first place, it’s obvious that if I took such a short-sighted approach, it would eventually fall apart. Therefore, I immediately rejected such methods.
Violence can be effective and make you feel better, but if you don’t choose your opponent and the situation carefully, it can be a double-edged sword.
Especially that Kishima guy, he’s very persistent. If he hated me, he would definitely use much more extreme methods than I would.
I don’t know much about those kinds of methods yet, and I need to learn about them too.
If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles. I suppose I need to be fully prepared.
Yes, I will win. He thinks he raised Misori, but he doesn’t know that he didn’t just raise Misori.
He messed up Misori’s life, but he acts like it’s none of his business and thinks he can control the world like a queen. I’ll crush him and strip naked him.
I’ll break his spirit and crush him so badly that he won’t even have the will to fight back.
“Fufu…”
Thinking about that made me feel a little better.
It seems that I am a bit of a sadist.
Maybe this is a reaction to Misori being so repressed.
Even if it’s just my imagination, thinking about winning and looking down on others makes me feel better.
However, I won’t show it.
My current goal is to act friendly towards everyone around me and make allies.
“My goal is to become the school idol! That’s right.”
Oh well, what a corny thing to say.
Being an idol has no perks at all.
Every move you make is watched and scrutinized, they have these arbitrary expectations of you, and if you do something that doesn’t fit their image, your stock plummets.
To put it bluntly, it’s a position that’s not worth it. If there’s someone who acts natural, they’re either a saint or a psychopath.
Someone like me, who’s full of ulterior motives and trying to fit in, is probably more human, don’t you think?
I mean, it’s true, right? I only put on a friendly face because I have to, if it wasn’t for that, I’d rather ignore everyone and just play on my phone by myself, it’s so much easier.
I can’t imagine trying to be well-liked by everyone and bottling up all that stress.
All I want is one boy.
I don’t care if a bunch of people fawn over me.
I just want to be loved by one person.
If I could just be loving-dovey with Kurenai-kun, that would be enough for me.
My greatest wish is to love each other again.
That’s all. That’s it.
I’m not asking for much. It’s really a modest wish.
If I asked God about it, he’d probably ask me if that’s all I want, it’s such a cliché wish.
“That’s all I want, though.”
But he’s not biting at all.
If I come onto him, he runs away, and if I wait, he doesn’t make a move.
So, I have no choice but to go to him, but he doesn’t like that either.
I’m at my wit’s end. What am I supposed to do?
I thought maybe if I gave him some space, things would get better, but in his case, he just gets even more stubborn.
Seriously, he has such a difficult personality.
If he were more straightforward, it would be easier for me.
I got on the bus that had finally arrived at the terminal while thinking about all this.
Since it’s a rural bus, it was late, and I had a lot of time to think without realizing it, but now I can finally take a break.
Just as I was thinking that, my phone made a “pling” sound. I wondered what it was and checked it, but the name of someone I didn’t want to see on my day off was displayed there, and I couldn’t help but frown.
“Ugh. It’s Kijima. Don’t call me on my day off. How annoying…”
When I looked, there was a message asking if I wanted to go see a movie with a group of people.
And it was a romance movie. To put it bluntly, that’s a hard pass, but what should I do?
As I was worrying over how to respond to my least favorite person, I glanced outside.
The sight of cherry blossom petals fluttering and dancing spread out before me, a refreshing spring scene that was the complete opposite of my current mood.
There was a couple on the cherry blossom-lined street that looked like a panorama passing by, as if they were on a date――
“…huh?”
I saw a scene like something out of a movie, and for some reason, I grimaced.