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 69
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 69 ? With the Changes
Several days had passed since I received the terrifying letter from Anna-san, and I welcomed the morning of the new school year. Thanks to spending time with my precious brother and friends, I made many wonderful memories during my summer vacation.
I have to admit that the situation wasn’t very favorable to me, having learned the shocking truth, but I’ll have to accept it.
Following that, I was full of determination not to die for sure, and I enthusiastically began planning for the future while diligently studying for classes. There’s no time to mope around.
I slip on my school uniform for the first time in a while and tie the ribbon in my hair tightly with a renewed spirit. Rene is looking extremely cute today as well.
“Ah, good morning. Rene-chan.”
“Good morning.”
As I exited my room, I bumped into Julius. It’s been a while since I’ve seen my brother in his uniform, but today he looks so dazzling that it’s blinding me.
He used to change his earrings every day, but now he always has a pair matching mine shining in his ears, which makes me happy. Of course, I’ve been wearing the same earrings as Julius all this time too.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you in uniform, you look adorable.”
“Julius is the cool one.”
“Thanks. Have you come to like your big brother?”
“I’ve always liked you.”
“…… Haahhh.”
When I responded that way, he looked stunned for a moment and then let out a deep sigh. And for some reason, he tightly squeezed both my cheeks with one hand, making me look like an octopus.
“You’re really troublesome, aren’t you?”
“Fhoy? (Why?)”
“Well, never mind. I’ll meet you at the carriage in 30 minutes.”
I just gave him a compliment, but for some reason, I ended up getting scolded.
It seems like a definite that we’ll go to school together, and after saying that, my brother lets go of my cheeks and continues walking down the hallway.
“… Weird.”
I guess, for an ordinary person like me, understanding someone like Julius is just beyond reach. While fixing my hair, which had become a little disheveled, I headed to the dining hall.
At that moment, I noticed Jenny in the room, also in uniform. Come to think of it, I remember that our parents said last night that they urgently needed to return to the estate where some problem had occurred.
“Good morning.”
“….”
Of course, when I tried to greet her, she ignored me. From the looks of things earlier, Julius must have already finished his breakfast.
Although I thought that breakfast alone with Jenny was too many calories in the morning, I had no choice but to take a seat. While waiting for the dishes to arrive, I casually glanced at Jenny sitting across from me and saw that her appearance was well put together again today.
It’s like a French doll has come to life. As I unconsciously gawked at her while inwardly using an awkward and not-so-clever metaphor, Jenny looked up and glared at me.
“…. What are you looking at?”
“I think you have a pretty face.”
“Huh? Just because Brother spoils you, you think you can act all cool?”
“No, no, that’s not it.”
Once again, I got yelled at even though I was just praising her.
Thinking that anything else I say will cause a fight, I begin to eat the freshly baked bread that has just been placed in front of me. It’s probably best to just avoid dealing with Jenny after all.
That’s what I thought, but Jenny never took her eyes off me.
“Until recently, you couldn’t even look at my face.”
“Oh, I see.”
“You always had a terrible attitude even towards our big brother, and now you’re conveniently claiming memory loss and changing your behavior.”
Although I’m curious about my awful attitude towards Julius in the past, I decide not to ask Jenny and instead take another bite of my bread.
Still, Jenny continued.
“What do you really want? It’s not like you’re interested in Brother or want this house, right?”
“….?”
“I’m serious. I have no other options, so just stay out of my way.”
I do like my brother, but I’m completely baffled by Jenny’s talk about wanting the house or having no other choice. Is it possible that she likes Julius that much?
Anyway, I don’t have the time. I hurriedly finish my meal and leave the table.
“I really don’t remember anything, so I don’t understand what you said.”
Having said that, I left the dining hall without looking back. Jenny was still saying something from behind, but I decided not to pay attention.
“… Memory… That’s right, if I can recover her memories…”
Jenny’s murmurs don’t reach my ears.
???
After that, I finished getting ready, grabbed my bag, and headed to the carriage. Since we had sneaked out of the estate together during the summer break, we decided not to hide from Jenny and meet up openly.
In the first place, she gets angry no matter what I do. My brother was already in the carriage, and as I sat down across from him, I declared, “I’ll be studying,” and opened my self-made vocabulary notebook.
I repeatedly mumble the words I have difficulty remembering, engraving them into my mind.
“Rene, you’re incredibly enthusiastic today. You’re also dressed more stylishly than usual. What’s going on all of a sudden?”
“I’m thinking of raising my rank and trying to get a mob lover.”[1]
“…. What?”
Although I don’t know what a Death Bad Ending looks like, it’s crucial to study and level up anyway.
After pondering various options, I came up with the idea of introducing an absolutely impossible development in which the heroine dates someone other than the capture targets. If I can break away from the game’s flow even a little, maybe something will change. Besides, I just want a normal romance.
It’s a kill-two-birds-with-one-stone strategy: resist this incomprehensible world and achieve my original goal.
Several months have passed since I was reincarnated, and even though I reached D-rank, I didn’t even have a single “romantic flag.” This is a serious matter.
As I was thinking about this, the vocabulary notebook I was holding suddenly disappeared from my sight. When I looked up, my gaze met Julius, who was holding the book with a rather displeased expression on his face.
I had been so focused on memorizing the vocabulary that I had answered him honestly without thinking. Oh right, my brother is a siscon. There’s no way he would approve of a lover. By the time I realized that I had made a mistake, it was too late.
“What? A mob lover?”
“Err, I meant a truly ordinary and average guy, as the word implies.”
“I’m neither ordinary nor average, though.”
“I guess.”
My brother plastered on a smile, our conversation mismatching way too much.
“I absolutely won’t allow that. I’ll wipe them all out, so just give up.”
“…. Why?”
Please wait. My brother’s siscon level didn’t just shoot up, it pierced through the roof and is now bordering on Yandere territory.[2]
When did this switch turn on? Was it due to him taking care of me all night after I collapsed recently, stirring up a sense of protectiveness?
“What lover? Do you need one? Am I not enough?”
“Family is different from a lover. Dating, holding hands, and, well, all the other things you do are different…”
Even though it’s my second chance at life, it’s embarrassing that I can’t bring myself to utter the word ‘kiss.’ However, my brother, who murmured, “Ah,” seemed to understand what I wanted to say.
And then, he said something outrageous.
“You can do it all with me.”
It looks like my brother’s sense of morality ended along with the summer break.
Just as I began to struggle with the confusing atmosphere, the carriage, seemingly reading the air, came to a stop in front of the school gate.
“Oh, we’re here! Well then, goodbye!”
With a heady realization that my HP had been significantly reduced so early in the new semester, I got off the carriage and made a short run to the school building as if to escape.
Soon, I find Yoshida and charge at his back, greeting him with a “Good morning!” while also addressing the prince who was standing next to him.
Translator Notes:
1. Mob lover means an NPC (Non-playable character) lover, as in a minor or background character. ?
2. A yandere is someone often sweet, caring, and innocent before switching into someone who displays an extreme, often violent or psychotic, level of devotion to a love interest. ?
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