Chapter 5: A secluded store
[Renya PoV]
As soon as I got off school, I headed to the bookstore to buy a new book and wandered around the city looking for a good place to read. After a while, I found a coffee shop just off the main street. It looked like a good place to read quietly.
“Welcome.”
When I entered the store, I was greeted by a calm atmosphere and a master with an austere voice. I want to be a dandy like him when I get old.
“I’ll have a cup of coffee and the daily cake.”
I’m going to stay here for a long time, so I have to drop some money. I’m not thick enough to stick with a cup of coffee.
[Sakuya PoV]
I, Sakuya Tsukuyomi, have an older brother. I’m proud of my older brother, who is good at both sports and studying, and I’ve loved him since I was a little girl, because he would always give me attention when I asked him to play. When I became a junior high school student, I felt embarrassed to call him “Onii-chan,” so I started calling him “brother” and speaking to him in honorific terms.
That’s why I was so surprised when I heard that my brother had molested a girl, and because I was in the midst of rebellion, I was very hard on him. When I saw him desperately denying it, I thought that he hadn’t actually done it, but as I was going through puberty and was sensitive to relationships between men and women, I looked at him as if I were looking at something filthy.
After that, I started to do my laundry separately from my brother. After a while, both of my parents became busy with their work and were rarely at home, so they didn’t have time to do the housework. So we had to do the housework, but as I was in the middle of my rebellious period, I rejected my brother’s attempts to cooperate with me in doing the housework.
After that, my brother took care of himself and rarely left his room when he was home. Even though I wanted to apologize, he became defiant, and in the end I couldn’t apologize and we hardly talked anymore. We became like strangers living in the same house.
While I was living like this, I found out that my brother’s molestation was a false accusation. I was still in my rebellious phase, so I couldn’t apologize right away, and it took me almost a month to make up my mind to go and apologize.
I was speechless. It had been a while since I had spoken to him, but he had become a different person. His tone was indifferent, his face expressionless, his eyes inorganic. I couldn’t feel the warmth of my brother who used to care for me.
That was the end of my rebellious period. I wanted things to go back to the way they were, so I talked to him aggressively, but nothing changed. I tried calling him “Onii-chan” to see if we could get back to our old relationship.
“What’s up with the sudden flattery? Do you want money? You can’t help it, can you?”
He gave me 10,000 yen. No! I shouted, but he just tilted his head afterwards
I called him “Onii-chan” several times after that, but each time he just gave me 10,000 yen. After all that.
“It can’t be. You’re not having a sugar daddy, right? Our parents would be very upset.”
I said to him, “I’m sorry.” I found out later that the first day I called him “Onii-chan” was exactly the day he got his alimony. So he thought I was flirting with him for money. I was so hurt by the fact that he thought I was calling him Onii-chan for money, and the fact that he wouldn’t grieve for me even if I was trying that. I locked myself in my room and cried.
I still haven’t gotten back together with my brother.
uj
December 10, 2021 at 12:17 amWhy are these types of novels so bad? I loved the girls who traumatized me but the rest are all the same with nothing unique. They’re so bland it hurts.
some mob
December 10, 2021 at 12:49 amIs not really the type of story is more how is the author is making the story progress that usually screw the story.
Different from Yukito’s story that looks a bit of a comedy(well, the things that actually happened are not funny at all) this is more on the depressing side….so far….
If you are complaining due to Makoto’s story then that’s it’s author fault. It change to quickly from a depressing story or well a redeeming story to a sweet one. And it was a bit poorly executed in several parts(in my opinion).
Also…i have been kind of feeling that is a bit similar to Yukito’s life story. In certain aspects.
Amplifity
December 14, 2021 at 12:38 amIt’s like isekai, it’s bad but you can’t stop reading them.
RKADE 14
February 4, 2022 at 9:38 amSometimes.
VoidPace
May 2, 2023 at 7:38 amGriffith did nothing wrong. He was just in his rebellious phase
some mob
December 10, 2021 at 12:42 am………….Hmm……..I wonder if one can really recognize being in a rebellious phase after so little time(a few years)……would’ve been different if she was a an adult woman…but since she is actually younger than her older brother…is a bit too sloppy, story-wise……………
Also, if one’s want to apologize something like a rebelious phase doesn’t matter. Of course, as long as one wants to apologize for real.
delgadius
December 10, 2021 at 5:28 amYou don’t need people who don’t trust you. I applaud MC for realising that early and for sticking to his guns ever since. It’s downright evil to hate someone for something they didn’t do for years and then apologize after it was proven and expect everything to go back to normal. That’s not how life works.
Gatts
December 10, 2021 at 6:07 amThank you for the chapter !
denkerbosu
February 2, 2022 at 4:07 amHE UNIRONICALLY TREATS HER LIKE A HOE LMAO
RKADE 14
August 8, 2022 at 3:30 amThe dudes freaking loaded re-reading this.