Akuyaku Reijou ni Nanka Narimasen - Chapter 431 (Patreon)

Rinka and Pandora’s Box
Rinka’s Point of View
When Ten-chan returned, Jess-sama also came back. Jess-sama, thank you for your hard work.

"Um, it looks pretty painful."

It seemed Jess-sama had caught up with Torte-san, and his face was covered in scratch marks. I patched up the wounds for the time being, but when I felt someone's gaze and looked down the hallway, there was Torte-san again.

I wonder what's going on. She’s kind of quietly scary.

"... I wonder if Torte hates me now."

She’s vigorously shaking her head in the hallway, so it seems like she doesn't hate you, right?

Torte-san and Jess-sama were childhood friends and seemed to get along very well.

"... I don't think she hates you. Torte-san ignores people she doesn't like."

"... Indeed."

Regardless of the other person's status, Torte-san will do it. You might even want to say, "Are you really not seeing me?" It's a high-level, powerful, full-scale ignoring that's powerful enough to make middle-aged Beastmen who come bothering her retreat in tears.

"I'll go talk to her myself."

Since there was no work, we temporarily disbanded. However, I never thought I would deeply regret this hasty statement.

"Torte-san."

"Welcome back, Rinka-sama. Would you like a meal? A bath, perhaps? Or..."

Torte-san continued with the mock newlywed act as usual. For the time being, it was good to see that she didn't seem jealous of me.

"I'd like to talk about love."

"... Are you sure about that? You'll regret it."

Whoa, Torte-san was dead serious and kind of intimidating! Well, she's always serious, but today she seemed more intense than usual.

"I-I think I'll be fine!"

"Very well, please wait for a moment. I can't talk without a bit of alcohol."

"... Huh?"

Torte-san brought some alcohol and chugged it down. She drank directly from the bottle. That's what they call chugging. Nono, wait a second!!

"Hey!?"

She finished it in one go. She's quite the drinker. There was no time to stop her.

"... Now, let's talk."

Torte-san remained as serious as ever, except for the bottle of alcohol in her hand.

"So, how do you feel about Jess-sama?"

"... I loved him."

"Huh?"

Past tense? What about now?

“... I loved him so much, yet that Jess-sama… he turned out so ugly…!”

Torte-san looked normal, but she has become a drunkard.

“Ahh... he was an eternal boy..! Rosy cheeks, lovely face, smooth and silky hands and feet, armpits—”Cough?! Wha! You can't! Or rather, how do you know!?”

“I am a maid. I help people get dressed up.”

“Ehhh… underwear too?”

“No? I peeked while he was bathing.”

“Peeking is a crime! A se*xual harrasment!!”

Apparently, Torte-san was a shotacon, so because Jess-sama was supposed to be her ideal eternal boy, she couldn't accept Jess-sama, who had suddenly grown up. And she also seemed to show a hint of a stalker.

Moreover, she seemed to be taking it out on him as she had been cold towards Jess-sama recently.

“Err… do you hate Jess-sama now that he isn’t a boy anymore?”

“... No. We have grown up together, of course I wouldn’t hate him. It’s just… I can’t accept stubles and all kids of hair…”

“... If hair is the only problem, why don’t you just shave it off?”

“!! Right! I just have to shave it off!”

“Eh?”

Mouth is the root of all evil. My own careless remark sent Torte-san into a......... frenzy. I saw a certain No.1 machine. The restraints have been removed, and the beast has been unleashed!

“I’m going to see him right away!”

“Eh?”

“Well then, Rinka-sama. See you later!!”

“...... Eh?”

And thus, Torte-san ran off.

"... Huh?"

The turn of events was so shocking that my brain couldn't process it. I left the room and wandered down the hallway, where I ran into Lavi-kun.

"Rinka?"

"... Lavi-kun!"

Lavi-kun looked at me with concern, seeing my teary-eyed state. Somehow, his expression was reassuring.

"What happened?"

"I'm emotionally drained, so I need some comforting."

"What can I do?"

"If you could just give me a hug, I'd be happy."

"Like this?"

Lavi-kun gave me a gentle hug. I felt... happy! And he even gently stroked my hair.

And I was so drowned in happiness…… that I completely forgot about Jess-sama.

"Thanks to Rinka-sama, we are getting married!"

Torte-san spoke happily. Um... I'm really curious about Jess-sama with those lifeless fish-like eyes.

"J-Jess-sama?"

"......... Please don't ask."

Even I couldn't bring myself to ask if he had been shaved.

How did it come to this!?

But a few days later, I saw Jess-sama and Torte-san getting along well, so I decided to just leave it at that! Yeah! I don't know anything!!

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