I Want to Fall in Love After Getting Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, but My OP Older Brother Won’t Leave Me Alone!? - Chapter 22
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 22 ? Sports Festival 3
Inspired by Master Yoshida’s great performance, which ended in his victory in the swordsmanship competition, I was fired up.
I was also surprised by the number of girls cheering for Yoshida. Apparently, he’s very popular. Well, he is handsome, and above all, he’s kind and caring. Maybe it’s only natural.
My opponent in the first round of swordsmanship was an inexperienced and unenthusiastic female student, and I easily won. Still, I couldn’t help but feel grateful for the practice I had with Yoshida.
“Rene, you’re doing a great job!”
“Willy too.”
“Well, I guess. It seems like we’re doing well in every competition, so our class might have a shot at winning. Wouldn’t it be nice if they did away with the written exams?”
“You’re surprisingly greedy.”
Willy, who had been watching my matches, was undoubtedly the best performer in our class. He has participated in most of the competitions and is a superhuman who has come out on top in all of them.
He’s the embodiment of the athletic, popular guy in our class, and I often see girls handing him towels and going over to talk to him. ‘It must have been the miracle of the event,’ I thought.
That’s when I realized something. I was so focused on the competition that it completely slipped my mind.
Love is the biggest goal in this world, but I completely forgot about it. At the very least, I’d like to have conversations like “Isn’t X very cool?” or “I really like X’s type.” I should look around a little when my friends are not cheering me on.
Therese didn’t seem at all interested, so I decided to ask Yutte-chan to keep me company later, and then, I headed to the waiting area.
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In the blink of an eye, it’s lunchtime and I’m having lunch with Therese, Reinhardt, and Yoshida at the regular cafeteria.
Seeing my dirty knees, my friends were concerned that I might have fallen, so I decided to tell them about my encounter with Jenny and her group earlier.
“So, you know, I was told that I must really like men and that I’m filthy or something like that.”
“That’s terrible. Unforgivable.”
“It’s really unforgivable. Poor Rene.”
“When they said that I was even trying to get close with my brother Julius… I couldn’t help but laugh. Who even is Maximilian, though?”
“It’s me.”
Yoshida, who was sitting across from me, casually said so. I almost dropped my fork in surprise.
“What…?”
“I’m Maximilian.”
I couldn’t hide my confusion at Yoshida’s real name, which he unexpectedly told me.
“Maximilian is…. Yoshida….!?”
Caught off guard by the surprise, my words faltered, and I ended up sounding like a comedian. The name ‘Yoshida’ fits him so well that even the obvious question of his real name slipped my mind.
Reinhardt exclaimed, “Huh, I always thought Yoshida was a unique name, but it turns out it was a pseudonym?” in surprise.
“My name is Maximilian Steiner.”
“I-I see….. It’s a really cool name.”
To be honest, it doesn’t feel quite right, but I have to call him that now since he told me. It’s a wonderful name his parents gave him after all.
“Um, Maximilian?”
“…. Yoshida is fine.”
“Eh?”
“I can see it written on your face that it’s hard to call me by that name.”
It seems like I’ve been found out. He raised an eyebrow with an exasperated look and said, “Idiot,” then continued.
“It’s just weird for you to call me that now. Do whatever you want.”
“Yo, Yoshida….!”
I will take advantage of Yoshida’s kindness and continue to call him that. I was about to say, “You can call me whatever you like, too,” when I suddenly realized something.
“Come to think of it, Yoshida, you’ve never called me by my name, have you?”
“Well, yes…”
“My name is Rene Wainwright.”
“I know.”
“Just call me Rene.”
I said that, but the response was a bit off. I couldn’t help but wonder if maybe he didn’t want to call me by my name.
“… I’ve never really called a woman’s name before.”
“Eh.”
Yoshida muttered embarrassedly, and my heart tightened. He was just too cute. I want him to stop. I can’t help but like him more.
“Whenever you’re ready, go ahead and call me.”
“Ah.”
As I was smiling at Yoshida, thinking that it would be nice if he called me by my name someday, I noticed that Reinhardt was staring at me.
“What’s wrong?”
“I feel jealous of Yoshida-san.”
“Hmm? I really like it when Reinhardt calls me Rene, though.”
“…. I’m glad. I like you too, Rene.”
I felt like he had misunderstood the subject, but the sight of Reinhardt, his cheeks flushed red and smiling, made my heart flutter so much that I almost felt like clasping my hands together in appreciation.
In the first place, all my friends sitting at this table are too handsome and beautiful to look at. I think my eyesight is improving.
“The first competition in the afternoon is the relay race, right? Therese, Julius, and Yoshida will all be competing, so I absolutely have to cheer for you guys.”
Immediately after that, I have the second round of swordsmanship. I was about to leave the cafeteria, fired up to do my best again this afternoon when something unexpected occurred.
“Uhm, Wainwright-san. Can I talk to you for a moment?”
Turning to that voice, I saw an unfamiliar male student staring at me with a shy, bewildered look.
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P.s. OMG we finally found out Yoshida’s real name ??