The Pain of an Inferior: A Blistering Love Comedy That Begins After a Broken Heart - Chapter 68

Major game titles feature real life events on summer festivals, so people who were usually immersed in VR also come to participate.

The venue, which was quite spacious, was filled with the hustle and bustle of people from corner to corner.

The group led by Kureha Shun was among them.

At first, the group was only a few students from other classes in addition to the usual members, but in the process of visiting various places, it became a large group.

Shun secretly showed his displeasure with a blue streak on his forehead.

As expected, Shinku, Miyako, Yunika, and the other girls were all busy talking to other people.

Not only the women, but even the core members such as Akito, Rui, and him were talking with many other women.

Because of this, they could not have a proper conversation.

After a while, familiar faces disappeared from his surroundings before he knew it, and both of his sides were filled with women that he didn’t know.

“Shun-kun, let’s go around the company booths over there. That one has the game you’re playing, right Shun-kun?”

“Let’s go!”

“U-uh… Who are you?”

An active, aggressive and somewhat cute girl pulled Shun by the arm and dragged him further and further away from the group.

Shun didn’t know who these girls are or where they had come from.

Shun called them by the names that he had read from their profiles as they exchanged a few casual words.

As he was swept away by the crowd, Shun thought back on the first semester of high school.

As usual, he had no trouble with women.

However, it was not exactly as he had hoped.

After all, none of his classmates, with whom he should have had the most contact with, had become his girlfriends.

If Shun confessed his feelings for them, it would probably work out well.

But in that case, he might not be able to admit his relationship with other girls.

Although Shun had the confidence in his ability to persuade them, he had a feeling that it wouldn’t work with Shinku, Yunika, and Hibiki.

For various reasons, Shun needed to be confessed by them first.

This is because he has to be in a higher position than them.

In addition, Shun had never confessed to anyone since he was born, so his pride was also an obstacle.

It was a frustrating experience for him.

He wanted to make the girls, who were courted daily by numerous boys, his girlfriends, as soon as possible, and let them know how much he cared about them.

High school lasts for six years.

Although there was plenty of time, Shun felt uneasy when he doesn’t get the usual response.

The separated Shun and his friends told each other that they would join each other later, and decided to enjoy themselves with their own groups.

Fortunately, the three girls that appealed to him were all pretty enough.

From the way they were treating him, Shun guessed that they would easily agree to meet with him afterwards.

Licking with his tongue under his fresh smile, Shun enjoyed the company of these girls.

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“Claudia-san, you’re always with Shun, aren’t you?”

“Well… I guess so.”

In one of the several groups, Shinku was being tangled up with a student from another class.

Although they knew each other, they had never talked to each other that much.

Tsuyuri and Hibiki were also there, and they were chatting with each other.

Yunika seemed to be in another group, and she said she would join them in a little while.

“Are you aiming at him after all?” (Girl)

“I don’t mean to imply that.”

Shinku was for sure aiming for Shun a while ago, but she doesn’t want to admit it so she denied it.

Besides, Shinku was not thinking about Shun at all right now.

She didn’t have any time to think about it.

Shinku’s cheeks blushed as she glanced at Tsuyuri who was talking with Hibiki a little far away from her.

Seeing Tsuyuri reminded her of that moment. That vivid scene.

“It’s a good thing that you didn’t go for it. It’s not easy to be Shun’s lover.”

Shinku raised her eyebrows at her words, as if she was trying to check her.

“Are you perhaps his lover?”

“Yes, I guess. You can call me Keep-chan.”

“Really? Tell me more about that.”

Although she was mocking herself by calling herself a “Keep,” her eyes were sharply fixed on Shinku and the others. Even though she was playing it like a joke, it was obvious that she was serious.

Hibiki seemed to have heard their conversation and came close to them, showing her interest.

“So have you guys already done it? Isn’t he quite fast?”

Hibiki suddenly pressed her with an intrusive topic. The self-proclaimed “Keep girl” answered with a wry smile on her face.

“That’s right.”

“Did you faint?”

“Eh?”

The girl was shocked at Tsuyuri, who suddenly appeared in front of her with her silver hair swinging in the air and asked her the question with a straight face.

“Did you faint?”

“T-Tsuyuri??”

Tsuyuri asked the shocked girl again.

The unexpected words from her old friend took her by surprise, even Hibiki called out her name.

“Ehh, N-no… What do you mean by fainting?”

“Did you faint after doing it with Shun?”

Tsuyuri asked shamelessly, even though there were many people around them.

The girl’s cheeks blushed, and she was looking around shamefully, checking out the reaction of the surrounding people.

“O-Of course not! That only happens in adult videos!”

She said in a hushed voice.

While Tsuyuri’s voice was loud, the girl’s voice was a little quieter.

“…. I know, right?”

Tsuyuri muttered with a somewhat satisfied expression on her face.

“Well… How long does Kureha-san last?”

“Sh-Shinku???”

Hibiki was puzzled by Shinku’s question.

For some reason, Shinku, who usually doesn’t show interest in this kind of conversation, was showing interest in it. It was shocking for her.

“Claudia-san, are you interested in such a thing?” (Girl)

“I was wondering if you could tell me for my future study…”

“Uhm. Probably three times? But he’s very polite, so about two hours, I guess? And sometimes one more time when we wake up in the morning.”

Despite her shyness, the girl answered the questions methodically.

In order for the girl to gain an advantage over Shinku and the others, who were overwhelmingly superior when it comes to beauty, she needed to show off the advantage she had on having a relationship with Shun.

“Three times…”

“Two hours…”

Neither Tsuyuri nor Shinku were impressed by Shun’s night performance.

They just wanted to make sure that the person they were currently interested in was superior as a male.

The girl thought that she had a one up on them since got to sleep with Shun before them, but reality wasn’t so kind.

It was a strange space that only Hibiki, who raised the vulgar topic in the first place, was confused and doesn’t understand why.

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“Huh? Miyako?”

“Nn?”

Surrounded by several girls, Shun who was going around the food stalls found Miyako who was eating alone.

Miyako stared at him with a puzzled expression.

“Uhh, I’m sorry. I’ll call you later.”

With these words, he quickly shook off the girls around him, placed his hands on Miyako’s shoulder, and left the place.

“…Hey?”

“Oh, sorry.”

At the sound of Miyako’s slightly cold voice, Shun hurriedly pulled his hand away.

Miyako doesn’t like to be touched, she was always very uncomfortable when Shun touched her body in the same way as he touched other girls.

“Are you sure you want to leave the girls alone?”

“No, it’s fine. We’ve talked enough.”

The two of them left the crowd and headed toward a less-populated area.

Miyako was a greedy girl, and she has a bag full of food.

“Here.”

She pulled out a sweet snack from the bag and hands it to Shun.

He walked next to Miyako with a gentle gait, throwing the sweets into his mouth.

In a sparsely populated park, the two sit down on a bench.

Shun glanced at Miyako’s profile, with the meteors and fireworks lighting up the night sky above them.

“Hey, Miyako…”

“What is it?”

“Why don’t we get out of here?”

“We’re already out, aren’t we?”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

Miyako understood immediately what Shun was implying. Miyako, who wasn’t willing to accept his request, simply feigned ignorance.

“…… Miyako.”

Casually placing his own hand on the back of Miyako’s hand, Shun moved his face closer to hers.

Shun’s voice calling out Miyako’s name was laced with color, and his breath becomes lustrous. Shun began to have atmosphere that a girl without a high tolerance would have succumbed at once.

“Today, from now on… isn’t it fine?”

“No. I don’t want to do that until I get married.”

Shun’s sweet atmosphere was instantly blown away by the coldness of Miyako’s words.

“Miyako… I’m a womanizer. I know I’m a hopeless man. But I really do have a special place in my heart for Miyako.”

He leaned forward, puts his hand on Miyako’s shoulder, and brings his face close to hers.

“Please, Miyako… Please answer me…”

“Do you want me to break your joints again?”

Miyako’s words made Shun look bitter.

He recalled the time last winter, when he was a ninth grader in elementary school, when he tried to forcefully push Miyako down, she intercepted him by breaking his joints.

“I’m saving myself until after marriage, I’m sorry.”

Shun had already heard this response five times, the usual refusal.

But was it his imagination?

Miyako’s words sounded inorganic and machine-like.

TL Notes

Keep (???) –  slang for friends with benefits.