NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4.2
Stage 1-4. The Misunderstood Incompetent
Absolutely, I’ll be confessed to tomorrow morning.
“Alice, tomorrow morning will come early. Go to sleep immediately tonight.”
“Understood.”
“…Seems like something fun is about to happen, doesn’t it?”
“Y-Yes, it does.”
Alice and I exchanged glances, laughed for a bit, and then entered my room.
――And that’s how we got to this point.
Riche clearly doesn’t seem to be feeling well.
“Why are you guys here? Are you messing with her again?”
“No, not at all. We’re just here to support… our friend.”
“…What?”
“We got caught yesterday, but… you’re that incompetent guy from the Vellete family, right? The one abandoned by his father because of his lack of magical aptitude.”
Even if I deny it, they wouldn’t believe me.
“So what if I am?”
“Well, I just think it’s a shame for her to be involved with someone like that. Come on, tell him why you called him here.”
Pushed forward, Riche stands in front of me, holding yesterday’s handkerchief, trembling.
Her eyes dart around, and she seems incredibly unsettled.
“Riche, are you really friends with these guys――”
“Hey! Say it already!”
Luark interrupts me with a shout.
Damn, these guys are annoying.
A public confession is too embarrassing…!
Just like yesterday, I step forward to make them leave, but Riche spreads her arms, blocking my way.
“Uh, um!”
She raises her face, which had been looking down.
“Please stop involving yourself with me! You’re nothing but a nuisance, you incompetent fool!”
In Riche’s eyes as she says this, there was no spark… no life.
“Y-You misunderstood yesterday… so, because of that, you’re an incompetent fool!”
“Misunderstanding…”
“I’ll give this back to you too… So, please leave me alone…”
She pushes the handkerchief back at me and walks away.
As she passes by, I catch her whisper.
“I’m sorry.”
I find myself kneeling, clutching my head.
Luark and his gang pass by, laughing heartily at the sight of me.
“So, don’t ever come near us again, you misunderstood incompetent fool!”
“Ah, what a masterpiece!”
“We got to see something hilarious first thing in the morning!”
Their crude laughter fades into the distance.
A misunderstanding… I see…
I thought her affection for me had grown, but that was my misunderstanding…!
Maybe my attitude yesterday was a bit too pretentious.
If the handkerchief didn’t work, then what would have been the right move? Damn it!
For her to hang out with those kinds of guys… maybe the bad-boy type is what girls really go for…!?
“…Ouga-sama. We can still catch up to them, what will you do?”
Even if I caught up, there’s nothing I could do.
I’m the guy who embarrassingly misunderstood her intentions as a confession.
If I persist too much, I might be accused of being a stalker or something creepy.
I aim to be a villain, but I don’t need that kind of pathetic bad reputation.
But… but…! I can’t just give up on those breasts…!
In that case, time to change tactics.
I’ll lie low for now.
“I’ll act when the time is right. Leave her be for now. But don’t miss any critical opportunities.”
“Understood.”