I Became a Supporting Character in an N*R Manga

35 – Sayoko Mori’s Recognition

The students in the fan club did a great job with what I asked them to do. Being a fan, admiring and following someone is bigger than anything else. It was the existence of a fan to act regardless of fire or recklessness for that person.

I also lightly claimed to be a fan of Takase-senpai, but they are real.

It’s enough to emphasize it by adding ” next to the word real.

“Manager… ! I dismissed them all!”

A female student, the representative of the 3rd year, came up to me and said with a grin.

“Ah… Thanks for your efforts. Thank you.”

Keep your head down.

Then, on the contrary, the other side waved their hands in dismay.

“Oh, no… We’re just out there for Prince Takase… ! If it was helpful… !”

This is what I ordered, not Takase-senpai.

“Yes… I’m sure the seniors will be happy too.”

“Wow… !”

It was also because I acted as if I were her direct manager.

Because I act as if I am a manager exclusively for Eri Takase to the members of my fan club, they also follow my words.

He enthusiastically fought the newspaper department and drove them out, and threatened reporters that they would report them if they entered without permission, etc… They showed fearsome action.

“I gave it to the vice-captain earlier and got permission.”

“That… Then we can observe in the future!”

“Yes. As long as the conditions are met properly….”

Pretending to please them with a big smile.

I sneaked up to her and jumped up.

“If you will continue to listen to me…….”

Whisper whisper.

Propose as if telling a secret story into her ear.

Actually, it’s not a big deal to me, but it must be a surprise to the members of the fan club.

“Ah… All right… ! Then exchange numbers… !”

“Yes. Here you go.”

After exchanging her contact information with her, I came down to her playground feeling like she had completed her successful contract. The members who were practicing looked this way with curious expressions, wondering what the hell was going on. Just in time, when practice is over, some people come and ask what’s going on.

“Ahahahaha… No big deal. It’s just because they helped me.”

“Lie~! I saw you secretly whispering earlier.”

“What were you talking about? Huh?”

She blundered around and followed her teammates to help clean up. I came out of the gym, stretched out, and looked around.

“Manager.”

“Ah… Sayoko-senpai!”

After practice, the senior she asked to see for a while seemed to wait for me until she finished cleaning up.

“That… great job.”

“Yes?”

“I stayed and cleaned it up by myself… Good job.”

“……… Yes.”

Somehow, it felt like I was hearing such words from Sayoko-senpai for the first time, so it felt fresh. The senior turned her body and nodded at me. She obediently follows her like that.

What the hell is going on?

As soon as she returned, she passed on a large amount of work to me. She trembled as she imagined the possibility of such a possibility.

Follow her senior into the main building.

“That… and… You reported to me earlier….”

“Yes?”

“Fan Club… Having them drive out her outsiders….”

“Oh, yes.”

The senior’s back stopped.

“Ah… Is there something wrong with you?”

“Oh, no… !”

Looking back at me, the senior put on an incomprehensible expression, as if he was unfair or angry.

“……… Well done.”

“……… ….”

What was it from before?

She hears unexpected compliments from her seniors and words of hard work… She was out of her mind

“It was a way that neither I nor the other kids would have thought of. Wow, that’s great.”

“……… Yes.”

What is this awkward baptism of compliments?

Biting her lips, I wonder what the senior’s intentions were in every single word she spoke desperately while feeling embarrassed. She tried her best to figure it out, but she couldn’t figure it out at all.

“What… what! At most, a senior praises him, but his reaction is… !”

“No… what to say….”

The sunset light coming through the window covers the hallway.

The senior’s shadow slowly approached and stood in front of me.

“If you do well, praise it. So, please say thank you… !”

“Yes… Thank you.”

Unreasonable thanks.

As she said this, the senior frowned at her and scratched her head. The ponytail tied up on top of her swayed gently.

“Ah… no… ! I don’t mean to say that!”

“Seo, senior… ? Calm down… !”

I’m embarrassed because I don’t know what the hell he meant.

Sayoko-senpai raised her head while she was making a fuss, and her expression seemed to be full of determination.

Then she leaned over towards me.

Ninety roads.

“Sorry for all this time!”

“……… Yes?”

“Being mean to you all the time, being mean to you, as a manager… Because they didn’t acknowledge you!”

I look around in confusion at the unexpected apology of 90 degrees.

It was fortunate that there were no people around.

“Seo, senior… Raise your head. Because you don’t have to do this… !”

“No, it’s my fault! I kept misunderstanding you!”

“Okay… I’ll apologize… Please raise your head.”

It was only then that I understood why the senior called me out.

It was simply an apology.

The compliment from before was literally a compliment.

With no other intention, just to cheer me up.

Until now, Sayoko-senpai had been looking at me with a misunderstanding.

Because of his love for Sakai and the rumors that were spreading, he kept looking at him with a bad eye and acted coldly.

Now that it has been resolved, he called me to apologize for the past.

“……… Will you accept it?”

The senior who raised her body asked.

I quickly nodded her head.

“Yes, yes… So please don’t bow down.”

This side I’m looking at is burdensome.

I can’t help it if this is an apology for exercise.

“……… Thank you. For accepting it.”

“Yes…. Now that it’s done, let’s go back to the club room….”

I was a little surprised. Anyway, my sediment was already released.

In retrospect, it was thanks to Sayoko-senpai that I was able to catch up with the soccer team.

It could also be said that I used her for her. While she was carrying such a little guilt, she even got an apology that stung her a bit.

When I opened the door to the room, no one was there.

“What… What is it, where have all of them gone?”

The senior sat down puzzled.

I also settle down across the street feeling a bit awkward.

“………… Ah… And one more.”

For some reason, while feeling awkward being alone, the senior said to me.

“I… I misunderstood you, but I can’t really understand you… There were parts I didn’t like.”

“……… Which… part?”

“It means saying yes to everything and accepting it.”

“Yes?”

“That!”

Pointing her finger at her, the senior said angrily.

“You are the manager of our department. Not an errand boy… !”

“……… ….”

“I refuse requests that have nothing to do with club activities. Say you can’t do what you can’t do.”

“That… ….”

“I refuse what I can’t do.”

As he leaned over the table, the senior stared at me.

“Don’t take on too much work by yourself, ask for help. Okay?”

“……… Excessive work is a senior….”

As he sat down, the senior exclaimed in bewilderment.

“That, that… ! I did it because I misunderstood you… !”

“……… ….”

“But you weren’t the dangerous man as rumored, and you always worked hard. Therefore….”

A giggling sound could be heard through the closed door of the room.

But the senior spoke shyly as if he hadn’t heard.

“Because it is a big loss to our wealth to collapse from exhaustion after overdoing it… ….”

“Senior.”

“What, what… Am I wrong?”

“No, not that…” .”

Anyway! He hit the desk and stood up.

“Aren’t you late for school because you work alone every day?”

“Yes….”

“Even that is prohibited. You don’t have to carry it alone. After practice, you can go home quickly.”

I was grateful to the senior who kept talking like he was taking care of me even though he was tickling… Are you okay?

“You too… Because he is a valuable member of our track and field team. Got it?”

“……… ….”

I don’t know. I was grateful that my senior said that, but I wonder if it will really take care of the back.

“……… Huh?”

When the senior who showed me so much kindness opened the door to her room with her bag….

“Wow… ! What are you!?”

The members who had been listening outside poured into the room.

“Senior, what is that~! The tsundere trend has passed a long time ago!”

“You are also a valuable member of our track and field team.”

The members who were secretly listening outside the clubroom are joking around.

“You… you… !!”

With her blushing face quivering, Sayoko-senpai shuddered at her shame.

Okay, someone imitated Sayoko-senpai, and someone laughed out loud.

“Dah, I don’t particularly like the manager… !”

“Wah ha ha… ! Senior, not to the other kids, but only to the manager, you’re a tsundere!”

Should I have stopped my senior at the right timing?

I was moved by hearing such warm words from my senior, who had always been cold.

I couldn’t find a chance to inform them that there were members behind the door.

Sayoko-senpai was very angry and yelled at her to forget what she had just heard, but they didn’t listen and laughed at her senior.

This will be a topic of conversation for a while.

Stuck between them, I saw them laughing embarrassingly and playing together.

Being among them like that, it was only then that I felt like a part of this place.