The Innocent School Idol is My Cousin Who Lives with Me and is a Spoiled Brat - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: “The Case of the Very Bad Cousin”

Translator: AJ1703

“―Fufu, it’s finally the school camp!”

　Nearly a week has passed since then, and today we are going to the school camp.

　So Mirei’s excitement for the past few days has been extremely high.

“You two, take care of yourselves and go.”

“Thank you, we’re going now.”

　Mana sends us off with a smile, and I smile back.

　But then―

“Just because you’re spending the night, don’t get too carried away, okay?”

　For some reason, she put pressure on me.

　This has to be weird, right?

　She’s smiling, but I’m starting to sweat.

“I’ll go buy you a souvenir.”

　And the pure Mirei is oblivious to this pressure from Mana.

　Really, I envy this purity sometimes.

“It’s a school camp, not a school trip, so I don’t think I can buy you souvenirs, you know?”

“No way!?”

“Also, we’re not going that far away, so we can’t just buy souvenirs…”

　We’re going to the same prefecture.

　Even if we buy her something, it won’t be worth much.

“Mou~…”

　Mirei didn’t like what I said, and she puffed out her cheeks to show her dissatisfaction.

　She seemed to be sulking.

“Don’t get mad at me.”

“Kakeru is so quick to confront me with a good argument…!”

“What’s the problem with having a good argument?”

　―I replied, but there was no need to make Mirei’s mood worse.

　I’m looking forward to going to the school camp.

“I’m sorry, okay?”

“Nn…”

　When I patted her head and apologized, Mirei’s swollen cheeks immediately shrank.

　I think this kind of thing is good, too, because just by pampering her, her reservations go down.

　However―

“Could you please be natural and not flirt in front of me?”

　Mana gave us a blank stare.

　What’s the matter with Mana, she’s short-tempered lately, isn’t she?

　―I can’t really say that to her face though.

“We’re not flirting though?”

“Should I lend you a mirror?”

　Yeah, she’s in a really bad mood.

　I’d better leave this one behind.

“No, we need to go, Mirei, let’s go.”

“Okay, Mana-chan, take care of the house for us, okay!?”

　And so we set off for the school camp.

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“Kakeru, Kakeru.”

　On the bus, I was looking out the window at the scenery when Mirei tugged at the sleeve of my dress with a “kuikui” (tug).

　We had decided on our seats on the bus in advance, but Mirei, demonstrating her charisma, or rather, her prowess, had secured a spot right next to me.

“What’s up?”

“Wanna play cards?”

“Are you saying you’re free?”

“Nnn.”

　Mirei nodded her head.

　She really is an honest person.

“But I don’t know if we’ll be able to play together…”

“Then, why don’t I join you?”

　Murakumo, who was sitting in front of us, turned around with a smile, as if she had overheard what was happening.

　Next to her, Hanamaki-san, who had secured a seat thanks to Mirei’s and Murakumo’s coaxing, was looking anxious to join the group.

　They both want to join us.

“But won’t you two have a hard time facing backwards, and won’t you get sick?”

“Hold on now, that’s not like Kakeru-kun, who knows everything. Nowadays, bus seats are swivel seats.”

　Murakumo said with a big smug look on her face.

　I’m not an expert on such things.

“Hanamaki-san, do you have a minute?”

“Ah, yes…”

　Murakumo smiles, and Hanamaki-san stands up, looking uncomfortable.

　Murakumo then rotated her seat so that we were facing each other as if we were seats on a train.

“Oh, now there are four of us.”

　Mirei smiles happily as we have more people to play with.

　But I felt a little sick to my stomach because I felt more pressure from the people around me.

　Perhaps they are jealous that I get to play with the popular Mirei and Murakumo.

　Well, I can understand the feeling.

　It would be difficult for people around me to try to get into the group.

“What are we going to play?”

“Well, I guess the first thing I’m going to do is play old maid.” [TLN: Sh*t, I’m doomed, I don’t play cards at all apart from UNO lol]

　At first, I guess they are going to play cards as many times as they can.

　Since we were on the bus, we didn’t have much space, so playing cards with old maid seemed like a good idea.

“Then, let’s start.”

　Murakumo takes the initiative and starts shuffling.

　And then, after evenly distributing the cards in her hand, the game of old maid started right away―.

“Mou~…!”

“Agh, another loss…”

　Mirei and Hanamaki-san were surprisingly bad at this.

　Both of them are easily exposed through their facial expressions.

　On the other hand, Murakumo is very good.

　She played psychological warfare with her facial expressions, not with her poker face.

　Although we changed the order of rotation each time, Murakumo still came in first, I came in second, and Mirei and Hanamaki-san came in third and fourth.

　The battle between the two of us was mostly a game of luck.

　To be honest, it was a back-and-forth game.

“Next up, Daifugou…!” [TLN: Tycoon, just look it up, that’s all I know]

　It seemed that Mirei had given up on the idea that she could not win at Old Maid.

　But Daifugou is a game that requires bargaining and the ability to read the future developments.

“Moooouuuuuuuu~”

　Mirei was losing badly.

　Even if her plan was revolutionary, either I or Murakumo would return the money, and in a simple game of chance, I or Murakumo would have the upper hand.

　Not only that, Hanamaki-san also seems to be better than Mirei when it comes to Daifugou.

　As a result, Mirei was the loser.

　Incidentally, as for the first place, it was a good match between me and Murakumo.

　At least, I had a better chance of winning because I was able to read Mirei’s desperate moves toward the end of the game.

　I continued to play the game with Murakumo, but―.

“Mou~, I’ll just sleep instead…!”

　Mirei, who had been beaten to a pulp, sulked like a little kid and hugged my arm.

　―No, yeah… well, maybe I went a little too far.

　But if we go easy on Mirei, she will get angry… and from this, I thought this was inevitably going to happen.