Revision : Tateoka -> Tachioka
On the day I arrived back from the
uninhabited island, I ended up staying in Rin's room for the night.
She clung to me tightly and wouldn't
let me go. It's good that she's so devoted to me, but I don't think I'll be
able to leave anytime soon.
So, in the morning, while she was
still sleeping, I opened the door and escaped. I activated <Revisit> and
arrived at the shopping district in front of the station.
The reason I didn't go straight
home was so that I could buy the latest issue of "An AV Star Turns into a Giant",
which I had been looking forward to.
（I have to do something about
Rin... I have a feeling she's going to become a stalker...）
As I think about this, I look down at
my phone and see that it's 9:00 in the morning. No bookstore is open yet.
So, I decided to have breakfast, and
turned my head toward the fast food restaurant next to the bookstore. But--
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「Eek!?」
I choked out in the back of my
throat.
There is a person whose cheek was
distorted and flat against the glass window. The person was looking at me from
inside the store.
If it was a house in the countryside,
a gecko might be sticking to the window, just like that.
But I recognized the person.
「Kei-chan... what are you doing?」
I'm shocked. And when I saw the
person behind her, I let out another "Eek!?".
She looks like she's in a foul mood.
There she is, Shiratori-san, her eyes
narrowed as if she were looking at filth.
She squints her chin as if to
say, "Come here".
I shook my head as if to say,
"No, no, please spare me" but she glared at me with a fierce look.
（This girl... she's kind of
scary, really）
She's supposed to be a member of my
harem, and I've heard from Lili that she's been doing a lot of work for me, but
still...
As I reluctantly stepped into the
fast food restaurant, Kei-chan came running up from the table and took my hand.
「Kan-chan, come here」
「W-Wait, Kei-chan」
She took my hand and led me to a seat
for four. There were two girls there, besides Shiratori-san, who was still not
smiling.
「Sit down」
Shiratori-san pounds on the seat next
to her.
I knew that if I resisted, I'd
get another glare, so I replied, “Yes” and sat down. Of course, Kei-chan sat
down on my lap as if it was natural for her to do so.
「Um... Kei-chan?」
「What?」
「It's a little heavy」
「It's fine」
Well, I knew it was useless to
resist.
I looked up with a wry smile and saw
two girls sitting across from me.
One of them is a short-cut, tan girl
who looks very lively. The other is a quiet-looking girl with her hair in twin
tails.
They were different in type, but both
were petite and both were small and flat-chested.
（Well, it's inevitable that boys
first look at breasts, isn't it?）
They were looking at me with puzzled
looks on their faces.
Then, a twin-tailed girl asked
Shiratori-san in a hesitant manner.
「Um... who is he?」
「The keeper of rare animals」
「Kan-chan!」
When Shiratori-san spat it out in a
boring manner, Kei-chan said so as if to cover it up... but with zero
information. I had no choice but to say my name with a wry smile.
「I'm Kijima... a third-year
student」
Then the short cut tilted her head
and the twin-tailed gasped as if she was surprised.
（Huh? What? What’s with that
reaction?）
「If you're Kan-chan, does that
mean your name is... Kankichi?」
The short-cut one asks, tilting her
head.
「No, it's not」
I denied with a straight face.
Then Shiratori-san turns her head
toward me and opens her mouth.
「These girls... the one with
short hair is Sato, a junior in the track and field club. The one with twin
tails is Kizuna, Sato's classmate」
「Ah, yes... nice to meet you」
As I bowed lightly, Sato-san asked me
with a curious look.
「Kan-chan-san, are you
Takasago-senpai's boyfriend, by any chance?」
「Eh, well... I'm not her
boyfriend, but...」
（I'm not her boyfriend... but we
do have a physical relationship... what should I call it? Saffle? I mean,
there's no way I can say that）
As I pondering, Shiratori-san replied
for me.
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「A relationship between a rare
animal and its keeper」
「...I see, I understand. It's a
tough job」
Sato-san seems to be convinced, but
is that okay? Is that how it's supposed to be?
「Kizuna, you know him, right? You
know this guy, right?」
Shiratori-san asked, and Kizuna
nodded in confusion.
「Yes, he's in the same class as
my Onii-chan...」
「Same class?」
「My last name is Tachioka. Kizuna
Tachioka」
「Tachioka-kun's... sister?」
My eyes widen, and I hear
Shiratori-san chuckle next to me.
（Eh? Did she laugh? Did she just
laugh?）
I hurriedly turn my head to look at
her, but Shiratori-san still looks unhappy, and on the other hand, Kizuna-san
is looking at me with extremely cautious eyes.
（...What's with this atmosphere?）
I was puzzled, but Kei-chan tugged at
my shirt and let out a grumbling voice.
「Kan-chan, can I have some apple
pie...? Aaaaa」
「Oh, yes, yes, wait a minute」
I pick up the apple pie from the
table and bring it to Kei-chan's mouth.
「It's delicious...」
She takes a bite. As Kei-chan
munched happily, Sato-san let out an impressed, “Heh~”.
「Well... you must be a very nice
person if Takasago-senpai is so fond of you. Both of you may look a little
different. I mean, if anything... you look like Beauty and the beast, and it's
really cool」
Okay... she's pretty rude. This Sato
girl.
「By the way, why did you call me
here...」
「Because you're interesting」
「Hmm...?」
Shiratori-san... I don't understand.
Anyway, I'm quite curious about the
way Kizuna-san looks at me.
She must not know that I've made
Tachioka-kun become one-third female, but I could feel her gaze, almost
hostile, on me.
Staring at me, Kizuna-san opens her
mouth.
「Um... Senpai, this guy...」
「Don't worry. The other day's
broadcast should have cleared his suspicions. The culprits are Kasuya-senpai
and Teruya-senpai」
「But, Shiratori-senpai... you
said you remembered it, right? That this man... confined you...」
「Maybe they planted false
memories in me. The devil is real, so it's not impossible. And this ugly guy
was framed. I just assumed it because he was looking like a criminal」
「Well, I don't know what you're
talking about, but can you please stop disrespecting me like you're breathing?」
I pouted, and Sato-san tilted her
head with a puzzled expression.
「What were you talking about?」
「Sato wasn't uninvolved, either.
You were confined too, weren't you?」
「Ah... yeah, they showed it on TV
the other day. Kasuya-senpai was the culprit. But I wish Kasuya-senpai hadn't
erased my memory... Being kidnapped by a handsome guy is super hot, isn't it?」
At Sato-san's comment, Kizuna-san
frowned.
「But you know... Onii-chan says
it's definitely a lie... and since he doesn't believe it, neither do I...」
The mood became somewhat heavy, and
we were silent for a while. Then, when they finished eating, we quickly left
the restaurant.
In the end, I missed breakfast, and
they said they were going to watch a movie and go shopping.
（What was that all about, really?）
As I let out an involuntary sigh,
Shiratori-san whispered in my ear.
「You'd better remember Kizuna.
She's a bit of a brat. She's so dangerous that she'll go beyond morals and laws
for her brother... This is a service, Confinement King-sama」
- Now, the next one is a new volume
