Chapter 2: Hey, let’s duel!

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Translator: Soafp

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“…Why do you have scars like that?”

Aisaka had stripped down to her underwear right in front of me, but before I could focus on her alluring body, my eyes were drawn to the scars on her arm from cutting herself.

To be honest, even though I had been aroused by her body, seeing those scars made me lose all of it in an instant.

“……………”

Under the effects of hypnosis, Aisaka said nothing. She simply stared straight at me.

She had no sense of self right now. She was nothing more than a puppet who would obey whatever I told her.

“What am I hesitating for? If there’s a woman right in front of me who isn’t going to resist, then I can do whatever I want with her…”

She had invited me into her house, and she shouldn’t even retain any memories of me having my way with her.

Sure, I’d have to take care of various things afterward, but as long as I was careful about that, she’d simply believe that nothing had happened and go back to her normal daily life tomorrow.

“Why…”

That said…

If she would answer anything I asked, maybe I should ask her what had happened to her.

“What happened to those scars on your arm?”

“Ah…”

Aisaka’s body jolted at my question.

She shouldn’t have had any sense of self while hypnotized, but considering that she had resorted to hurting herself, perhaps she was still feeling something subconsciously.

As always, there was no light in Aisaka’s eyes. Even in that state, however, she began to speak.

“I had a boyfriend.”

“……………”

When she said she had a boyfriend, I nodded to myself, thinking, Figures.

I knew that already. I had heard Aisaka talking in class about how her boyfriend went to a different school rather than ours.

Well, I had hypnotized a girl who already had a boyfriend, but that was exactly what it meant when I said I had thrown away my conscience.

“He was my childhood friend. We’d always been together. We ended up going to different high schools, but we’d been dating since middle school. I thought we’d be able to stay together all the way until marriage.”

“…I see. You really loved him that much, huh?”

“Yeah…”

“Ah…”

Tears began spilling from Aisaka’s eyes.

Even so, her expression didn’t change at all. She simply continued crying, which was a little unsettling, but she kept talking.

“But those feelings were one-sided. He hadn’t loved me for a long time. He was dating another girl from his school.”

“…And then?”

“I confronted him and asked if that wasn’t cheating. But he just said, ‘So what?’ He didn’t even try to hide it… And while kissing the girl he was cheating with, he told me that the reason he stopped loving me was all because of me.”

“Jeez…”

The more I listened, the more I thought that guy was a complete scumbag.

Of course, I wasn’t exactly any better, since I had intended to do whatever I wanted with Aisaka, but I never imagined that someone would actually do something so blatantly cruel to a classmate of mine…

Still, from what I’d seen of Aisaka, she seemed like a typical gyaru, but she didn’t look like the kind of person who would let something like that drag her down this badly.

I thought there had to be something more to it.

And apparently, I was right.

“If that had been all, maybe it would’ve been okay. But that guy told my parents all sorts of things about me, things that weren’t even true. And Dad and Mom believed him. They made me out to be the bad guy.”

“……………”

Seriously, why wouldn’t they believe their own daughter? I wanted to shout.

When I’d entered this house, I’d gotten the impression that it seemed like a somewhat warm family.

Apparently, I’d been wrong.

“He… He was liked by Dad and Mom. So whenever he played the victim, they immediately believed him… They kept telling me that I was the one at fault, that I was the problem because I couldn’t understand his feelings… They just kept going on and on and on about it!!”

Her choice of words grew more heated, and the tears flowing from her eyes increased as well.

Unable to bear watching it, I pulled the handkerchief from my pocket and pressed it against her eyes, wiping away her tears.

Even though I did that, she didn’t regain her sense of self. Even with my hand against her eyes, she continued speaking without stopping.

“…I loved him. I loved Mom and Dad too… But all of a sudden, it felt like everyone was looking at me as if I were their enemy. The whole world suddenly changed… I didn’t know what I was supposed to do anymore.”

“……………”

So she’d been unable to accept the fact that the way her beloved boyfriend and parents looked at her had changed, and she’d kept all those feelings bottled up inside.

“And that’s why you started cutting yourself?”

“Yeah. I did think about dying… Not that I didn’t. But when my emotions became unstable, feeling the pain brought me back to reality and made me feel safe.”

So that’s why she’d started hurting herself.

Had she finally revealed all the feelings she’d been keeping hidden inside? She didn’t say anything more about the scars on her arm.

I already knew this from reading the app’s explanation, but while under this hypnosis, the person being hypnotized couldn’t tell a single lie.

“So everything you just told me is… all true.”

To be honest, I’d never had a girlfriend, so I didn’t understand the pain of being cheated on. And my own family had always treated me very kindly, so I couldn’t understand what it would be like to be in the opposite situation.

But… if everyone you loved really rejected you, then yeah, I suppose that would be hell.

“…Aisaka, you were always cheerful in class, weren’t you? You were always surrounded by your friends, having fun… You even got asked for relationship advice sometimes, didn’t you?”

You guys talk so loudly that I can hear everything from over here, seriously.

But even while she was surrounded by all that brightness, she’d apparently been carrying this darkness inside her the whole time.

While I had been worrying about something as stupid as not having a girlfriend, the girl sitting in the same classroom as me had been carrying a burden like this.

“…Put your clothes back on.”

At my command, she got dressed.

She put her school uniform back on properly, and the beautiful, gyaru-like Aisaka I knew had returned.

However, perhaps because she’d been crying, her eyes were red, and trails of tears had ruined her makeup.

“Putting your boyfriend aside, having your own parents say things like that to you must be rough. Though I guess I’m in no position to pity you.”

I’m really such a coward.

The problems she’d been dealing with had nothing to do with me. And besides, it wasn’t my place to say anything when I was practically a complete stranger to her.

Aisaka and I were nothing more than classmates who happened to share the same classroom. We weren’t friends, nor were we close enough to have proper conversations.

“Anyway, about the handkerchief… Hey.”

“……………”

I tried to take the handkerchief away after wiping her eyes, but Aisaka gripped it tightly and wouldn’t let go.

For a moment, I wondered if the hypnosis had worn off, but there was still no change in her expression.

“Can you let go?”

“……………”

She still wouldn’t release it.

Well, honestly, losing one or two handkerchiefs wasn’t going to cause me any trouble, so I just left it in Aisaka’s hand.

“Just how much can this hypnosis do?”

The app said that the person would obey your commands, but I had no idea exactly how far that extended.

She had obeyed without hesitation when I told her to take off her clothes, and she had even told me about a part of her past that she’d kept hidden.

“…I don’t intend to die. But if I keep pushing myself any further…”

I didn’t want to think about what might happen after that.

Even if she wasn’t someone I talked to much, the thought of a classmate disappearing for a reason like that didn’t sit right with me.

“…Hmm.”

I thought for a while.

There was probably nothing I could do about her ex-boyfriend, but when it came to her family, there might be a way to fix things.

“Aisaka, well… I’m sorry. Though I guess there’s no point in saying that to you right now. You wouldn’t understand anyway. Besides, I’m a piece of s**t.”

Still, if she hadn’t told me all of this, I might have gone ahead and indulged my desires and done whatever I wanted with her.

But that was that.

“Your life isn’t all about men. You’re always having fun in class, aren’t you? You’ve got friends you care about. Unlike me, you’re actually really popular, aren’t you?”

Ah, saying that out loud is making me feel kind of depressed.

Well, I’m not Aisaka, so I couldn’t possibly understand all of her pain.

But I thought she should forget about such a horrible guy and move forward.

“Ahh, what a waste. If things had gone the way I originally planned, I would’ve been enjoying paradise to my heart’s content. I really wanted to squeeze those huge br**sts of yours.”

I’m seriously saying nothing but horrible things.

After that, I left the house before Aisaka’s parents returned.

In the end, even after using this hypnosis app, I couldn’t bring myself to do whatever I wanted with Aisaka’s body.

“Aisaka’s no good! All right, time to find the next girl!!”

I guess I need to become even more shameless and rotten than this.

Kukuku, next time, I’ll definitely do it!

That was what I resolved myself to do.

“Hey, hey. What do you think she’s been doing since then? I wonder if she’s still crying.”

“Who knows? The fact that even her own family abandoned her is hilarious.”

“That’s so mean~♪”

“It’s funny, so who cares? Hmm?”

“Who the hell is this guy?”

But first, can I just say one thing?

“Oi, let me see your face.”

What the hell am I even doing with my life?