Side Story 5: The fate of a woman　

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Translator: Soafp

TL: Happy 2 years anniversary. I hope you will keep reading our translation this year as well. Enjoy this chapter!

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[??? PoV]

When I was only sixteen years old, my brother and a male friend and I were involved in a criminal act.

We would falsely accuse someone we didn’t know of a crime and take money from them. Even though I was still a minor, it was the worst thing I had ever done, and now I truly regret it.

Yes, ……I’m reflecting on it…

And yet, the world has never forgiven me.

I will be 26 years old this year.

Ten years have passed since then.

I am still tormented by the crimes committed by “I was a high school girl” and “I am an adult now.”

I haven’t killed anyone, and after I was caught, I changed my mind and never engaged in criminal activity again.

Yet …… nevertheless ……

~Ten years ago~.

My name is Yuki Matsuda.

I was a sophomore in high school, and I was spending money roughly.

I have an adult brother who, thanks to his job at a well-paying company, gave me money easily if I asked for it.

Anyway, he is a simple man who has a soft spot for me.

I don’t particularly like him, but I don’t dislike him because he gives me money.

My brother was good friends with a male friend of mine.

The three of us were always in a group, and we were always getting along well with each other.

They are not the kind of guys that I consider as real men, but they can be useful in a way. By letting them have sex or threatening them, they can be made to do things that are annoying to me or to obey me, so I use them for my convenience.

“Eh… Kohei-niisan, are you serious?”

“Yeah, if it works out, we can make a lot of money.”

“Alright! …..Yuki~ Shall we?”

“Haa~….about what?”

I don’t dislike my brother, but it’s troublesome to be around him when he’s with these three people because they only talk about useless things.

“Hey,…… actually,…….”

It was really a stupid story.

The idea was to use me as bait to extort money from strangers in the back alleys where we hang out in our spare time.

It’s a real crime,……, and I might as well be a cucumber. Well, if they make such a proposal, I would have to cut ties with them… My pride wouldn’t allow it.

However, since they offered to pay me a higher reward, I decided to follow their instructions obediently.

I headed to the back alley with the three idiots.

My brother was playing the role of my protector in the “being attacked” scenario, and would later negotiate for settlement money.

They may not have much education, but they are good at thinking up despicable things.

Anyway, we staked out the back alley from the evening.

However, several hours passed without anything happening.

The three idiots who were supposed to “attack” were getting more and more irritated.

To be honest, I think we got the scenario wrong.

In this day and age, there’s no way someone would come to rescue a girl being harassed by delinquents. There were even some guys who passed by us a few times, but they would run away when they saw us.

Even if someone like a yakuza passed by, it would be scary.

They hadn’t thought that far ahead, and my brother’s lack of education was showing.

“…..Haa….hmm?”

As it grew dark, I found it.

It was a cute keychain in the shape of a cat, and I was holding it and admiring it…just as a way to kill time.

“Oi, someone’s coming!”

“Yuki, hurry up and pretend to be attacked!”

“Yes, yes.”

I thought he would just run away anyway, but I reluctantly went back to my post. The figure I could only see from a distance was walking through the pitch-black alley, relying on the light from their smartphone.

It seemed like he was looking for something, shining it on the ground.

As he got closer, a silly performance began.

“Hey, Nee-chan! Quietly follow me!”

“No…please stop!”

It was so embarrassing.

I’m done with this kind of acting.

But the other person should also run away.

Although he looked tough and intimidating, We were just a group of three, while the other person was alone. We couldn’t see his face, but there was a street lamp on our side, so he could see us.

Jumping all the way into danger…

“What are you doing?”

“Ah, w-what do you want?”

“No, isn’t it cruel to approach a girl like that?”

There was a fool who came up to me and spoke normally. I couldn’t help but look at the person who seemed to be a man.

From his voice, he seemed quite young. Three people panicked when he boldly approached them for the first time, but when I saw his appearance, I panicked in a different way.

His face came closer and was illuminated by the streetlight, and I can finally see him.

“So cool…”

I uttered strange words, thinking that I must be crazy to say “cool”. Seeing him standing up alone, he looked more cool than anything else, maybe because I had been ignored for so long.

” … Hm? What the hell, scaring me like that… Alright, successfully caught the prey.”

As soon as they realized that their opponent did not have a strong appearance, the three people became aggressive.

“I see.”

And he seems to have guessed our plan by looking at my expression of not being afraid and the situation of the three people.

He made an expression of disdain.

“Such a worthless bunch.”

“What did you say!?”

Provoked, one of the three people grabbed his collar.

But I know… These guys don’t have the courage to hit anyone. They may threaten, but they won’t directly attack.

They have a small mindset despite acting tough, and that’s why I can never like them as men.

“Hey, stop it! This isn’t part of the plan!”

But I couldn’t help but intervene. I felt like I couldn’t allow these guys to even grab his collar. Despite trapping him, he looked like a savior to me, a kind person who saved me from the delinquents.

But I didn’t realize… that even though he was a hero to me, I was an ugly villain to him.

“……”

“…..!”

I gasped at his cold gaze.

(What am I doing trying to act like a tragic heroine! I need to speak well…! I have to use this situation to [get him]…!)

I was so fascinated by him that I wanted him more than money. It’s not like I’ll get in trouble if I change my plans.

My brother and his friends are just puppets under my control.

I can only see him in my eyes now.

“I can scream …… here that you attacked me, you know? You can’t run away if you’re surrounded by stones, can you?”

“If you want, go ahead and try.”

“H-Haa?”

“My family…especially Kaede nee-san, is not the kind of person who would believe such lies.”

“Wh-what, are you a sis-con or something?”

“If you want to think that way…Oi!”

“Ah, you little!”

“Don’t move without permission!”

“Damn it, he is strong!”

When he saw the keychain in my hand, he rushed towards me with a wild look in his eyes.

The useless trio tried to stop him with brute force, but he ignored them and quickly reached my side.

“HII?!”

He reached out to me and I shut my eyes because I thought he was going to hit me …… but he didn’t see me in his eyes, he just took the key chain, I had just picked up in my hand, with great vigor.

“It’s something important that I got from Kaede nee-san! Don’t touch it so easily, you lowlife!”

“W-What did you say!?”

Treating people like bacteria…what an ungrateful man!

He treats us like we’re airplanes. I was going to forgive him if he went out with me, but what an ungrateful man he was!

As I watched him put the keychain away carefully, my irritation grew even stronger. It felt like he was reminding me that I had lost to something so dirty.

Still, I was determined not to give up, so I made a proposal to him.

“Will you go out with me?”

“Haa?”

“If you don’t accept this proposal, …… you know what will happen, don’t you?”

“Hey, Yuki, …… that’s not what we have talked—-“

“Shut up! I’m talking right now!”

“Oh, I-I’m sorry”

These guys don’t want me to do anything.

My brother, who pays well, and my body ……, which I’m not supposed to let go of.

But why?

Suddenly, I can’t help but think that these guys are dirty. I didn’t care about them, but now I feel irresistibly unclean …… me.

And then, I made a suggestion to him—-

“Absolutely not. It’s impossible for me to be in a relationship with you.”

He refused with cruel words.

“………….I see”

With those words, my first love vanished in an instant.

(No, no, it was overstepped, by the man in front of me!)

My love for him instantly turned to hatred.

I was really just going to threaten him …… and take his money, but I decided to make him suffer more severely.

I can’t take much money from students.

So I decided to make a police case and humiliate him more and more, to the point where he would be beyond help. ……

Later, I learned his name

His name was “Ryosuke Yamamoto”.