chapter 22
22 – Advancing Umi
Taat-!!
After a short break, what followed was an infinite free sparring.
It was one of the characteristics of Gonzaemon. First of all, it was a way to raise experience points in practice.
It is the extreme practicalism that the posture is corrected while fighting in real battle. Well, if I thought I would develop a bad habit while sparring, I would point it out at that time.
The long-awaited final opponent was Gonzaemon.
Of course, he was beaten unilaterally. Well… It had to be right. The level of skill was different.
Paaang-!!!!
Gonzaemon won the victory with a clean haircut.
“Ah… I lost terribly.”
I had no choice but to say that.
“Of course it is. But… It’s amazing. It feels like you’re doing the best thing without having to teach it. Is this… A natural sense?”
Gonzaemon stared at me.
“Don’t you want to seriously try kendo? This is where you decide your career path.”
Then it was Gonzaemon who suddenly made a proposal to me.
“Hmm. That’s a bit.”
However, I had a definite career path. Here, too, I was thinking of becoming a Webso writer. The vocation did not change easily. Even if you go to another world or possess possession.
“Is there anything else you want to do?”
Gonzaemon asked.
“I want to be a novelist. It’s my lifelong goal.”
I said so.
“Ayy!!! I can’t understand that!! You are overflowing with the qualities to inherit our school!! If you raise it properly, you could sweep the Japanese kendo world!! That’s not a lie!!”
Gonzaemon just went into swarm mode.
“But I already have a dream…”
“Eight!! Only you have a dream?! I have too!! I want to find an heir!! You are my heir!!”
Gonzaemon exclaimed. No. You call that persuasion?
“I can’t do it!! Fight with me one more time!! If you mix swords, you’ll realize the extreme meaning of swords!! Do it one more time!! Come on!!”
Gonzaemon just ran out of control.
“That…However, two times…”
He decided to play with Umi first, and then he had to go back and write. He also flirts with Eri.
“Noisy!! I’m sparring with you right now!! That’s my dream!!”
Gonzaemon’s father seemed obsessed with the word ‘dream’.
It was then.
Swoop-!
Asuna, hiding her presence, immediately approached behind Gonzaemon. It was a quick step that I couldn’t even notice.
“Honey? Shota-kun, you have to play with Umi from now on.”
Asuna placed her shoulder on Gonzaemon and said.
“But!!”
“Are you yelling at me?”
Asuna looked at Gonzaemon with her cloudy eyes.
Ujijik-!
Asuna’s arms tightened, and at the same time, Gonzaemon’s shoulders twitched.
“Oh, I can’t help it. Shota. You can leave. Good job.”
Gonzaemon immediately changed his attitude.
“That…Think about the kendo thing carefully.”
Gonzaemon spoke in a tone like a mild sheep.
“Ah… Yes.”
Somehow…It felt like I had tasted the abyss of the Kiryu family. Asuna-san…You’re stronger than Gonzaemon. I realized that. It was a background setting that was not visible in the game. It felt like I knew something I didn’t want to know.
After roughly taking a shower in the shower room next to the locker room, I changed into suitable clothes. Umi must have been considerate in advance, but there were clothes she had been wearing in front of the locker room.
“Hmm…The smell of perfume?”
My clothes smelled sweet. Did Umi spray some deodorant? Besides, something was buried. Umm… Umi spilled something like a drink, and desperately wiped it off to erase the traces. Right!!! That’s it. And sprayed with deodorant to frame the perfect crime?
‘Haa… Did the qualities of a detective come into play in a place like this?’
Since I was young, I’ve hated this ability to see through anything… I was intentionally maintaining a normal male high school life. However, I couldn’t give my habits to others, so I ended up making a perfect reasoning like this again.
‘I hate… This talent of mine.’
I gazed beyond the locker room with dim eyes.
Anyway, with the reception under the guise of a situational drama, I changed my clothes.
‘What is it? Is the locker room empty?’
That was the question.
Certainly… Asuna-san said that the locker room was full. Have you lost someone?
Well, it doesn’t matter. I went straight to Umi’s room.
“Umi!! Let’s play!!!!”
I shouted in front of the door.
“Just knock!! Are you elementary school students?!”
Umi immediately opened the door and shouted.
“…But at the same time, Umi couldn’t stand her excitement of wanting to play with her friends and hurriedly opened the door.”
I put the narration right away.
“Don’t interpret people’s minds as you please!! It’s really disgusting!!”
Cried Umi.
“Anyway, I’ll go in.”
I went right in.
“Yes. Come in.”
Umi said in a strangely nervous tone.
“By the way… Did you take a bath?”
Umi asked me out of the blue.
“That’s… It smells like sweat. Excuse me.”
I was fully prepared to enter the woman’s room.
“Tch. Too bad…”
Something Umi muttered with a disliked expression. Huh? What did i do wrong
———-
Anyway, I seized the opportunity to appreciate the house right away.
“Ohh…I didn’t realize it when I was changing clothes…It’s a girl’s room itself!!”
I immediately looked around.
A strangely pink room, a sweet smell, and dolls on the bed.
Above all… A dressing table that is unlikely to be found in a men’s room.
There was absolutely no testosterone in this room. Truly an anti-estrogen.
“Women’s room!! Woman’s room!!! Meee!!!!”
Exposure to lethal doses of estrogen drove me into a frenzy.
“Please don’t do anything crazy!!”
Umi overpowered me right away.
“Ah…Sorry. I’m thrilled that I came to the woman’s room.”
I said so.
“Really… You crazy bastard. Ehehehehe.”
Umi giggled at me.
“By the way, there is no karaoke machine. Why the hell did you sing?”
I sat down and asked.
“How long are you going to obsess over the karaoke machine?!”
Umi immediately took another porridge.
“……I really don’t have one. I thought I’d bring a karaoke machine for a surprise party.”
Why did you sing it if you weren’t going to go to karaoke in the first place? I looked at Umi with such a protest.
“How could a normal family bring something like that!!”
Umi stopped drinking her porridge and drank barley tea that was placed nearby. Her throat must be burning because she strangled her so much.
“Cheap. You’re wasting my time. It’s already been 1 anime song medley.”
It’s already been 30 minutes. The representative anime songs of the early 2000s were already enough time to sing.
“Wow!! That overbearing tone!! Annoying!!”
Umi shouted as she slapped me.
“Haaa… Seriously, talking to Shota just makes me angry.”
Umi said as she sat down on a nearby bed.
Clearly…
Within seconds, Umi looked at me.
Taktak-!
Umi tapped the seat next to her.
“Sit next to me.”
Said Umi.
“Chi, on the bed?”
I looked at the bed. No matter how much it is, the man outside is sitting on the bed…
“It’s okay. You can’t hear me talking here.”
Umi gave an unknown reason. No. It’s a small room.
“So what?”
However, I had no choice but to make the offer. I sat right next to Umi. No matter how you look at it, you must be lonely. It must be the feeling of wanting to chat with a friend next to you. I understand. That.
“Uhyooh!! The bed where high school girls lie together every day!!!!”
It was a bonus to add a chu-im-sae to hide the shame.
“Ahahahaha!! You vulgar bastard!!”
Unexpectedly, Umi burst into laughter as she rubbed her body. I’m glad you got it. If you don’t, you’ll be sued right away.
——–
Anyway.
Scrub-!
Umi oddly played with me by holding my hand and wearing a pod. No matter how I was, her heart tickled.
“What are you doing?”
In the end, I asked Umi.
“Hey, they’re like attachment dolls!! They’re touching something out of habit!!”
Umi exclaimed loudly.
But do you calmly touch other people’s hands? A gyaru’s sense of distance… It’s amazing. For a moment she thought she had a chance and she almost confessed at the speed of light.
“Shota. I know. I hate people who lie the most.”
Umi suddenly spoke in a serious tone. Of course, Umi had her hands clasped toward me.
It must be a sweet event, but… Umi’s hand holding my hand felt like shackles. This guy….Did he hold my hand on purpose to block me from escaping?! He’s like a prudent guy!!
“Ah! I don’t like liars either!”
I accepted the comment with a slight smile.
“Isn’t it? I don’t think Shota is a liar, though he sounds like an idiot.”
Umi said with a smile. But… Even though he was smiling, his eyes were strangely cloudy.
“Don’t worry. I’m the Noist Man.”
That’s exactly what I answered.
“Right? Then…Let me ask you a question. What do you do at night?”
Umi asked.
“………”
At night, we went on a monster hunt with a three-person party consisting of Sasits and Taiga.
Originally, Umi also joined the party early, but it needed an opportunity. Originally, I had to persuade Sasits, but the flow with the game has changed too much.
To Umi, who lives in Yangji, ‘hunt monsters. Do you also?’ Even if he said that, Umi couldn’t believe it.
“Hmm? Nothing in particular?”
I just answered casually. Even if he lied anyway, Umi would never know. Let’s put off telling Umi the truth. I was so determined.
“Hmm…Isn’t it?”
Umi smiled brightly.
Phew. Did you skip it? However, that expectation was miscalculated.
“Shota… You lied?”
Umi’s eyes grew more cloudy.
“…… Huh?”
Instantaneous brain freeze came to Mr.
“You did what I hate the most.”
Right after that, Umi grabbed me by the collar.
Before I could even react, I felt like I was being crushed by Umi.
“It’s 12 o’clock at night… Aren’t you meeting up with Taiga? Why did you lie? Kanggie has business. That’s right.”
Umi continued with her expressionless expression.
Ah… It’s gone. I sensed it. I made the wrong choice.
“Tell me.”
Umi’s tone was so flat that it even gave off a feeling of fear.
“That… You know?”
I finally spoke up.
I want to live!!!!! My inner heart was shouting only that.