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 26
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 26 ? Love Seems to Drive People Crazy 1
“That’s right, apply this technique there…”
“Ah! I see. So, that’s how it works.”
After the sports festival ended, I returned to my daily routine of studying at my desk. I have to work hard for the winter rank exam.
Today after school, I was studying in an empty classroom with Reinhardt. He sits next to me and teaches me what I don’t understand.
Incidentally, this weekend, as a reward for the sports festival, I also made a promise to go out and have fun in the capital city with Julius. Even if he asks where I want to go, I don’t even know what’s there, so I decided to take a look at parts of town that I couldn’t get around to the other day.
“Anyway, Reinhardt, aren’t you getting better at studying…?”
“I’ve been studying hard because I want to be able to teach you, Rene-chan.”
“Ehh…”
I was touched by the embarrassed smile on his face as he thought of his friend.
Reinhardt is kinder to me than anyone else. Even today, he gave me a cute little pastry as a gift because he said it would suit me.
“I have to do my best too. I’ll enjoy some of the sweets you gave me earlier tonight in between studying. Thank you so much.”
“Yes, the store is pretty cute too. How about we go there together next time?”
“Of course! I’d love to go.”
“Good. I’m looking forward to it.”
Then, he smiled warmly, tucked my hair over my ear, and whispered, “Cute.” What is he really doing? If it were a normal female student, they would already have nosebleeds and fainting because of this level of distance.
Even I, with all my composure, felt a little embarrassed. I almost blurted out a comment on impulse, but I had just warned him about something similar the other day. I didn’t want to come across as too nagging.
“I see you have the same earrings as Julius-sama.”
“Yeah. I gave them to him as a thank-you gift for all the help I’ve received.”
“That sounds nice, I wish I also had something like that with Rene-chan.”
Now that I think about it, I realize that I gave matching pens to Therese and Yoshida, but I haven’t given him anything.
“Well, I’ll get you one next time we go out.”
“Really? I’m so happy!”
We made a pinkie promise, and when we heard the chime signaling the end of the school day, we finished our studies and started getting ready to go home.
“See you tomorrow, Reinhardt.”
“…. Yeah.”
As the two of us made our way to the entrance, a cute female student called out to Reinhardt in the hallway.
However, he responded with a rather cold attitude, just muttering something inaudible. I was inwardly a little surprised at his aloof demeanor.
“Um…”
“What is it? Rene-chan.”
But the next moment, when I called out to him, he smiled softly and his voice changed to a gentler one, as if he were a different person.
“Are you still not comfortable around other people?”
“… Yeah. I only trust you, Rene-chan, and I’m kind of scared. If Rene-chan abandons me, I’d be all alone.”
“I won’t abandon you.”
“That’s good then. I’m glad.”
He then took my hand and intertwined our fingers like lovers.
We were in the middle of the hallway, where there were still a few students, and I thought this might not be good for either of us. However, after our recent conversation, there was no way I could shake off his hand.
The previous bullying he had endured had been quite violent and severe. That’s why his trauma wouldn’t just disappear immediately.
“Can we study together after school tomorrow as well?”
“Sure, that’s fine.”
“Afterward, let’s stop by the shop we talked about earlier on our way back.”
With a soft, contented smile on his face directed at me, I couldn’t bring myself to decline his invitation.
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“Excuse me, that’s my locker.”
The next day after school, I came across an unfamiliar female student rummaging through my locker. The lock I had put on it had been broken. It’s too cruel.
“….”
“Wait a minute!”
She ran away as soon as she saw me and held my pencil case in her hand. What in the world was she going to use it for?
Anyway, I could have let it go if it were just a few pens, but there were pens in it that matched everyone else’s. I was determined to get them back, so I immediately chased after the female student.
However, because Rene wasn’t particularly fast on her feet, I quickly lost sight of her. As I stood there, feeling troubled, I spotted the prince and Yoshida in the hallway. I greeted them as usual and asked if they had seen a blonde female student run by.
“If it’s her, I just saw her a moment ago.”
“Really!?”
It turns out Yoshida had even seen her face. So, to find her efficiently, I asked one of my few friends to draw a portrait of her, giving him a pen and paper.
I sat next to Yoshida as he began to draw smoothly, and I watched with bated breath along with the prince. When I glanced over at him, I saw that he was staring at me for some reason, so I hurriedly turned my gaze back to Yoshida.
“?This is her.”
The moment I saw the picture Yoshida pointed at, I gasped.
“This is…! A walking teapot…!?”
“It’s a petite female student.”
I had forgotten how catastrophically bad Yoshida was at drawing.
The prince and I were speechless in front of the illustration, which was impossible to discern not only the gender but even the species. Well, the prince was at a loss for words from the beginning.
Not wanting to hurt the oddly confident artist, I thanked him politely and resumed the search for the culprit, holding the eerie drawing in my hand.
However, there’s no sign of her inside the school building, so I decide to leave the school building and head for the backyard, a typical spot where troublemakers often go. My legs ache with the remnants of sore muscles from the sports festival.
Finally, when I arrived there, I saw a shadowy figure.
“Eh?”
There, I saw Reinhardt stepping on the hand of a female student who was sitting on the ground…. What is this situation?
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