It must be acknowledged, of course, that he now had a girlfriend.
After learning that Sora saw him heading to school with Masuzu from upstairs, Yuu knew it was ti for another family eting.
Was this a misfortune for him?
He didn’t think so. If true misfortune struck, it would be far worse than this.
For instance, if Masuzu showed up at his doorstep in the morning, confronting Sora directly and sparking a fight between girlfriend and little sister...
Or, if two certain people regained their mories due to another system glitch, then ca along with Masuzu, facing Sora in a tragic showdown between girlfriend, ex-girlfriends, and little sister...
If things like that happened, that could be called true misfortune.
Dating and getting caught by his little sister was just a matter of ti. There was a limit to how much he could avoid it—though troubleso, Yuu was ntally prepared.
So, during dinner, he roughly recounted everything about Masuzu to Sora.
That included how he was asked to be her fake boyfriend, how their relationship improved during the pretense, and how it now felt no different from a real couple.
Excluding the part about the system, their story was actually quite simple, with little need for embellishnt or omission—just leaving out the kisses, hugs, and touches so Sora wouldn’t think he was so perverted creep who liked groping won.
After finishing, Sora fell silent for over ten minutes. She seed unwilling to talk to him, or perhaps she was just processing the information. Her flat, cold expression showed no change, far calr than Yuu had expected.
After all, in both the first and second missions, when Sora realized Yuu had soone in his heart and supposedly a girlfriend, she revealed an insecure, clingy side. Though she didn’t throw a tantrum due to her maturity, Yuu had spent considerable effort soothing her emotions and reassuring her that he wouldn’t abandon his only family for an outsider.
Logically, Sora having experienced a world-line shift and mory loss, shouldn’t have changed her behavioral patterns. The sa scene should have repeated.
But when she spoke again, Yuu heard:
"You haven’t done it, have you? That thing."
Yuu blinked, staring at his slightly blushing sister, who was pretending to be casual. He was utterly bewildered.
"W-what are you saying... That’s it?"
"Isn’t that important?"
Her gaze returned, and Sora frowned. Her eyes were as cold as an angry kitten whose tail had been stroked. "Yuu’s virginity being taken by so unknown woman without my knowledge—just thinking about it makes mad! Is it weird that I want to know that first?"
"Of course it’s weird..."
"I’m going upstairs. I’m not eating!"
Sora glared at him angrily but didn’t get up from the dining table.
"Fine, just say it." As if helpless against her, Yuu covered his face with one hand, his tone sowhat pitiful. "Your brother... is still a virgin."
"As expected." Sora’s expression shifted, and she laughed mockingly.
Through the gaps in his fingers, Yuu shot her a sharp look. "What’s that supposed to an?"
"Nothing~"
(Just a coward who doesn’t even dare do anything to his little sister.)
Sora, of course, wouldn’t say that last line out loud.
She only smirked mockingly while picking up and eating her food. With slender chopsticks in her mouth, her pink lips glistened with oil.
Seeing her like that, Yuu’s expression gradually turned helpless.
"Well... Your reaction is way calr than I imagined."
"Hmm, I think so too."
Sora nodded, slightly puzzled as she bit her chopsticks. "It feels like sothing similar happened before, or maybe I dread sothing like it?"
"In short, my heart already had a hunch. So, it’s not strange if it actually happened... Weird, right? Even though Yuu’s being seduced by so random woman out there, I’m not that mad. I even feel confident that whoever this girlfriend is, I’ll be the one laughing in the end."
"That’s pretty weird." Yuu nodded, because she had indeed said sothing similar before, dismissing Yukinoshita Haruno as insignificant.
But that was sothing from a previous world-line.
With an unchanged expression, Yuu ntally flipped off the system and sneered.
(Damn it, I knew you were unreliable. So many flaws in your work, and you still dare call yourself a system? No system family has a disgrace like you!)
[...Host, the system has said before, this is an inevitable effect of world-line changes. Since it’s a change, not an erasure or jump, it’s only natural for residual feelings to remain. Even with the system’s power, they can’t be fully erased.]
Rarely did the system use a defensive tone, as if unwilling to take the bla.
(But what does that have to do with you being a disgrace? If you can’t do it, you can’t do it. No need for excuses.) Yuu shot back imdiately, his tone stern, like lecturing an ignorant child.
(You’re a grown system now. Stop blaming the world and obediently admit your mistakes!)
[System: 😐]
Whenever it couldn’t argue back, this damn system slyly pretended not to hear. Next ti, it would do the sa thing again, leaving no way to vent his frustration.
In short, because Yuu chose to confess, combined with the system’s influence and the fact that past efforts weren’t in vain, Sora not only didn’t lock him up, she didn’t even run to her room to sulk—unexpectedly, everything went smoothly as if nothing happened.
"Don’t bring her ho for now. You can et at the door. I’ll be watching from upstairs."
Aside from that line, his possessive little sister seed to have accepted that her brother had a girlfriend. After calmly finishing dinner, she went straight back to her room to play gas.
Apparently, Uma Musu was super fun lately, and she was addicted to playing it on an emulator—not her phone, since she was also playing other gas.
Co to think of it, he should thank the system this ti, right? This attachnt wasn’t a bad thing for him, was it?
"You think I’d think that? Damn system, I haven’t settled the score with that comb yet. You’d better behave and be a proper toolman!"
Whatever happened, after successfully navigating his sister’s hurdle, Yuu still felt relieved. Another secret had been revealed. In the end, the outco was pleasing for everyone.
Could that amulet also absorb his misfortunes?
With a hint of gratitude, he thought this, then pulled the inescapable amulet from his pocket.
Dull green cloth. The word "misfortune" embroidered in black thread seed even deeper. A faint, mysterious black light flowed over it, sohow feeling like it was ready to explode.
Like a ticking ti bomb, just looking at it made him uneasy.
Yuu quietly tucked it back into his pocket, looked up at the sky, and let out a tired sigh.
"Bad stuff... Just don’t cause trouble during the national tournant."
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