The Pain of an Inferior: A Blistering Love Comedy That Begins After a Broken Heart - Chapter 64

Haruka woke up to the morning light shining through the gap in the curtains.

Next to him was Miyako, who was not wearing any clothes at all, and is sleeping peacefully.

Haruka scooped up her disheveled hair and sniffed it. It smelled like shampoo.

Haruka got down on all fours on the bed and kissed Miyako on her cheeks, forehead, and lips.

Leaving Miyako sleeping happily, Haruka quickly puts on some clothes and leaves the bedroom.

As he washed his face and brushed his teeth, Haruka received a message from Ria.

Haruka read Ria’s message in the living room while he planned what to cook for breakfast.

[I’ll do my best today to raise my citizen rank! Link;–]

Accessing the attached link, Haruka checked out Ria’s channel.

After viewing all the information on the channel, Haruka stiffened.

Currently, Ria’s channel has over 780,000 viewers.

The chats of the viewers appeared, and then more chats appeared on top of them, making it impossible to read them properly.

Ria was playing a major title called [Horizon Record].

In addition to its fantasy worldview, the game was very popular for its system that allowed players to belong to one of several continents or nations and fight in territorial wars.

In the past, there have been wars in which 350,000 and 220,000 players, a total of 570,000 players, participated, and the videos of those wars have received more than 10 billion views across the board. Even Haruka, who was not interested in games in general, had played [Horizon Record] while he studying to get into A-10 Academy.

Ria seemed to have been invading enemy countries far away from her home country by herself and assassinated high level players.

She was equipped with gauntlets on both hands, and she was cutting her enemies with a steel blade or two-handed daggers.

She wasn’t equipped with any medium or higher level magic, and uses only small spells. She broke the rhythm of her enemies with a flash and low-power fire magic, and then finish them off with one or two blows via physical attacks with maximum critical power.

Her gauntlets deployed a kind of defensive magic to block the enemy’s attack, and sometimes used her sword to cut off magic.

She leapt many meters in the air with inertial leaps, kicking objects to cut through the air further. While flying, she released magic spells as distraction, then attacked her enemies the moment they lose sight on her.

Even if they were lucky enough to block Ria’s blow, they were overwhelmed by Ria’s sword skills, and the opponent were cut down within a few seconds.

Ria, having destroyed a party of three by herself, looks up the sky with a smile on her face.

[Haruka, are you watching? I’ll do my best to cut down 100 people!]

Ria waved one hand with a cute and innocent smile, not like the player-killer who went on a rampage like a demi-god.

[Horizon Record] has a time rate of four seconds. If the game were projected in real life, the time rate would be four times faster, which would cause a delay in real life. Ria probably said these words a long time ago.

“Good luck, Ria.”

Haruka sends his encouragement in the chat.

The chat message sent by Haruka appeared on the feed for a moment, and then was quickly flooded with countless chats from other viewers.

Haruka can see that the viewers are puzzled by the existence of [Haruka], he can’t help but smile.

After making a simple fried rice dish, Haruka wrapped up breakfast wrappings for everyone and puts them in the refrigerator.

Just after he says “Itadakimasu” with his hands together to have breakfast by himself, an alarm rang to announce the arrival of a visitor.

The camera in front of the entrance showed the image of Nanasaki Sumireko.

“Sumireko-senpai?”

Haruka was surprised at the unusual visitor, but opened the front door nonetheless to welcome her.

Even though it was summer vacation, Sumireko was wearing her school uniform instead of casual clothes, and a white coat over it.

Because she wears special glasses, her sclera appeared white. Sumireko’s prosthetic eyes originally has black sclera.

“It’s been a long time, Haruka”

“I haven’t seen you since the last time we cuddled.”

With a snap, a karate chop fell on Haruka’s head.

“Ouch?! Your prosthetic hand hurts.”

“Don’t worry, it only weighs the same as my right arm.”

When Haruka thought about it calmly, he realized that it was indeed a light material and did not hurt that much, even though it looked ominous.

“So, what do you want?”

“I’m here for Yuzurika. I flew here for exercise.”

“Flying doesn’t really count as exercise..”

“I did use my legs”

With that, Sumireko lifted up her mechanical right leg.

The prosthetic leg was attached from the knee down, but her thigh was still raw flesh. It was very hard on the eyes.

“Yuzurika has given me permission to enter the house.”

“I see. Then, please wait inside.”

Haruka pushed the door aside and gestured her to enter the house.

After confirming that Sumireko had entered, he closed the door, but something got caught in it and he couldn’t close it.

“What the…!?”

“It’s my tail.”

Her tail, which had been completely transparent, appeared, as if Sumireko had somehow manipulated it.

Haruka hurriedly opened the door, and closed it after he confirmed that her tail was already inside.

He asked her to sit on the sofa in the living room and handed her a blanket.

Sumireko took it with a “thank you” and laid herself down on the sofa.

“We have extra breakfast, would you like some?”

“I’ve already eaten. Don’t worry about it. I’m sorry for interrupting your meal.”

“No, not at all.”

Sumireko put out a floating window and started to do something, while Haruka continued to eat his breakfast.

“What are you doing here today? Another yuri stream or something?”

Sumireko’s tail grabbed Haruka’s head and tightened it.

“Ow Ow It hurts!”

Haruka screamed and was released.

Even though Haruka knew that Sumireko would hold back, it was still frightening to be caught between metal objects.

Sumireko, who was tapping her virtual keyboard with both hands with a cool face, opened her mouth without looking at Haruka.

“I’ve come to borrow money.”

“I wonder if you can pay it back.”

“If I can’t pay her back, I’ll just do you to make up for it.”

“Please take better care of yourself.”

Haruka was afraid that Sumireko was willing to do anything to achieve her goal.

“How much are you going to borrow?”

“Eight million.”

“Eight million…”

Yuzurika seemed to be a very rich person, but is she really capable of lending eight million yen on a moment’s notice?

“If it’s only eight million, I can give it to you.”

Hearing Haruka’s suggestion, Sumireko’s eyes widened in surprise as she gawked at him.

“Ha?”

“You don’t have to give it back.”

The money Haruka received from [Red Rom] was around 166 million.

Even though Haruka was good at separating related matters, he was reminded of the people he killed every time he sees the amount of money in his account.

He should have saved a lot of money for his future children, but he didn’t want to leave this money behind.

Without waiting for her answer, Haruka transferred the 8 million, and Sumireko visibly became upset.

“You, why do you have so much money?”

“Well, I’ve been going through some things.”

“Did you win the lottery?”

“I’ve never bought a lottery ticket.”

“Did you save it from Yuzurika or did someone give it to you? Or did you get it from someone else or inherit it from your parents?”

“No, nothing like that.”

“So it’s [Red Rom]?”

“Eh…”

When she guessed the right answer, Haruka stared at Sumireko with an astonished expression on his face. He had no time to compose himself.

“How did you..”

“You… a little.. No…”

Sumireko put her hands over her face and looked down at the floor.

“I heard you were in a terrible accident. Everyone who’s been kidnapped by [Red Rom] and returned alive, everyone thought that they were in an accident like a bunch of idiots.”

“……”

“You haven’t won any prizes in competitions or contests. You don’t have a job. You don’t distribute or make money from videos. You haven’t made anything and sold it. It’s not money given to you by Yuzurika, nor by your parents, nor by a lottery ticket. It’s impossible to save 8 million in benefits. Anyway, you’re an unemployed man who has no record of making any money, you know.”

“Ugh… That’s… I guess so.”

Sumireko told him openly what’s going on, and suddenly his spirit was shattered.

“There are only a few ways for a NEET to get such a large sum of money in a short period of time, Haruka.”

Sumireko wrapped her tail around Haruka’s body and lifted him up.

“Eh, what..”

“Eight million thanks.”

Sumireko lowered Haruka, who she had lifted into the air, to his knees.

She embraced Haruka’s body in an awkward way due to her shyness and unfamiliarity.

The fragrance of flowers from her black hair and neck spread into his nostrils.

“Was it hard?”

“Yes, well, in its own way…”

“Have you told Yuzurika about it?”

“I can’t talk to her about it. I’ve killed a lot of people.”

Haruka puts his hand on Sumireko’s back and hugged her back strongly.

Haruka had only been involved with her for a short time, but he knew that Sumireko was probably very tight-lipped.

After saying only one word, “I see,” Sumireko continued to hug Haruka silently.

She occasionally stroked his hair, rubbed his back, and caressed and rubbed Haruka’s body as if she was enjoying the experience of hugging each other.

Being able to know about Red ROM, and being hugged and soothed in this way, had saved his life. He felt a little lighter.

“You should be thankful to your parents.”

“?”

Suddenly Sumireko suddenly spoke to him, and not understanding her words, Haruka tilted his head and a question mark appeared on his face.

“I’m hugging you like this because you have a nice face.”

“Haa…”

“I’m quite popular despite my appearance. Why don’t you be more pleased?”

“I am, but… This is completely unfaithful…”

“You already cheated with me when you kissed me before.”

“Please don’t mention that.”

The jealous Miyako was peacefully sleeping in the floor above.

She was probably still sleeping a little bit since she was exhausted, but even so, she could wake up at any moment.

The fact that Haruka is hugging another woman is out of the question without any excuse.

“Three lovers including Yuzurika? You’re a polyamory guy, aren’t you?”

He tilted his head at the unfamiliar word.

“Polyamory is a person who tries to have a consensual relationship with more than one person. It’s a little different from cheating.”

“I’ve never heard of it.”

Polyamory. Haruka’s Talisman told him that it means a person who tries to have a consensual romantic relationship with more than one person. It was just as Sumireko explained.

“Hey, Haruka..”

“What is it?”

“Make me your lover too.”

“Eh? Why?”

Sumireko’s unhealthily pale cheeks blushed. Haruka heard what Sumireko is saying, but he didn’t understand, so he just kept listening.

“Ever since I kissed you before, I have flashbacks from time to time and I can’t get it out of my head.. Take responsibility.”

“Responsibility…”

“I have no reason to be obsessed with you… but I like you somehow.”

Perhaps it was because they had held each other for a long time in the past and touched each other’s hearts until their sense of shame disappeared, Sumireko had no intention of choosing another man now. However, when she was alone, she was in agony remembering Haruka’s kisses.

She knew that the problem would be solved with time, but she did not want to let time solve the problem.

“The reason I came to your house today is because I really wanted to see your face.”

“Even though it’s only been a short time since we met, that’s a heavy decision. Sumireko-senpai.”

Haruka stares into her green, jewel-like eyes and brush his fingers through her long hair.

“It’s because you’ve been kissing me so coyly and pervertedly so soon after we met.”

“I only did it because Sumireko-san begged me to wipe out your debt…”

“That’s true, but you’re at fault too for agreeing to it!”

Before Haruka could reply, “That’s absurd,” Sumireko pushed Haruka down the sofa.

She forcefully took his lips.

“Nn… I was never interested in love or men. You have changed me. Values and ideas change over the course of a long life, so I don’t really mind.”

Sumireko smiled as she looked up at him and dropped another gentle kiss.

“Haru, kun…?”

The voice coming from the entrance of the living room brought them back to their senses and they looked at each other.

A shaggy-haired Miyako, who was wearing Haruka’s shirt, was staring at Haruka and Sumireko, who were hugging each other dumbfoundedly.

“Do we have an agreement?”

Sumireko’s tail flew towards Miyako.

Seeing this scene, Haruka felt a sense of déjà vu.