The Innocent School Idol is My Cousin Who Lives with Me and is a Spoiled Brat - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: “The Merciless Two”

Translator: AJ1703

“Kakeru, come on, let’s go, okay?”

　After taking a bath and eating, I was relaxing in my room when Mirei came into my room.

　The fact that she comes to the boys’ room without a care in the world is probably one of the most amazing things about her.

“””””…………”””””

　And the guys in the same room started giving us crazy looks.

　Eyes filled with resentment, as if they were looking at their parents’ enemies.

　Maybe I shouldn’t sleep in this room.

　I mean, if they’d just speak up and say they’d go too, rather than resent me, they could have gone as well to the girls’ room… I don’t see a single one of those guys here.

　As for me, I don’t have the obligation to go out of my way to speak to anyone other than Kazuki, so I won’t.

　Kazuki already said he won’t go.

“Only girls should be playing together.”

　I tell Mirei what I’m thinking as I leave the room with her.

“No, I want to win against Kakeru.”

　Mirei’s cheeks puffed up and she gave me a sultry look.

　Good grief, she’s so childish….

　Well, I guess that’s what makes Mirei so cute.

“―I’m so nervous…”

　I hesitated to go inside when I came in front of the girls’ room.

“Kakeru, you actually get nervous?”

“What do you think I am…? Of course I’d be nervous being the only boy in a room full of girls.”

　If only I got along with the other girls, there would be no problem.

　However, it’s not me getting along with the girls, but rather I’m not close with them at all.

　To be honest, I don’t think I’m welcome here.

“Why don’t you just be yourself like you always are?”

“Don’t be absurd.”

“It’ll be fine~. We’re making everyone wait, so why don’t we just go inside already?”

　Mirei said and opened the fusuma with a smile. [TLN: fusuma = jp-type of sliding doors]

　Then, all the girls in the room turned their gazes toward us at once.

“Hey everyone~, I brought Kakeru~!”

“Fufu, I’ve been waiting for you, Kakeru-kun, and now let’s settle this once and for all.”

　Murakumo was back before I knew it, even though she was tired at dinner.

　Why was she so sluggish during the meal?

　It’s an unusual sight, I thought, and I’m curious about it.

“Oh, um…”

　Contrary to Murakumo, who welcomed me, Hanamaki-san begins to fidget restlessly.

　She glances at me, but I think she is probably afraid of me.

　It would be better not to talk to her.

“So, are we playing Daifugo again?”

“Nnn…! I’ll win this time…!”

“I don’t have a choice then.”

　I knew that Mirei would not listen to me if I started to talk, so I sat diagonally to the left of Mirei.

　Then, Murakumo sat diagonally to my left, looked around as if she was troubled, and then Hanamaki-san sat in front of me.

　Apparently, the four of us were going to do the same thing as on the bus.

　The other girls did not join us, but seemed to be watching us.

“Well then, I’ll be starting it.”

　Saying that, Murakumo starts shuffling.

　She shuffled the cards as she was used to doing, and then she quickly and quickly distributed the cards to everyone.

　And when it started―.

“Here, revolution!”

　Just as we were about to reach the middle of the game, Mirei played four 7’s.

“Then, return the revolution!”

　And I played four 5’s.

“Again!? How could you return the revolution!? Are you cheating!?”

“It’s because Mirei is too easy to read.”

　In Mirei’s case, when she has a hand that can be revolutionized, she plays a lot of strong cards in advance.

　She has a habit of holding the same numbers in her hand, and when she is ready for a revolution, she doesn’t even try to touch the four cards she needs until then.

　From that move, I can tell that she is going to make a revolution, so I prepare accordingly.

　However, it is not every time that I have the cards to return the revolution, and in such cases, Murakumo returns the revolution.

　I guess she understands Mirei’s moves as well as I do.

　Incidentally, when Mirei revolutionizes and neither I nor Murakumo can return, we both immediately cut strong cards to match Mirei’s.

　So, when Mirei plays a strong card immediately, if I play a strong card, Murakumo judges that I have no cards that can return the revolution, and conversely, if Murakumo plays a strong card, I know that Murakumo has no cards that can return the revolution.

　If both players play strong cards, then both players are unable to return the revolution, and both players start preparing for the time when Mirei makes a revolution.

　Therefore, it becomes a genuine game after the revolution, and Mirei can’t beat us.

“―I give uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!”

　How many rounds have we fought since then?

　Every time Mirei lost, I had to deal with her getting angry and challenging me, but finally, Mirei clung to me with tears in her eyes.

　She seemed to have lost her will to go on.

“Kagurazaka-kun and Yui-san are too merciless against Mirei-chan…”

　Normally, if there is a girl who is being beaten to a pulp, you would go easy on her.

　But me and Murakumo were relentless in our moves to crush Mirei’s intentions, and the girls were a bit taken back.

　Well, it couldn’t be helped, because Mirei would get angry if I went easy on her.

“There, there, don’t cry, no more crying.”

“Gusu… Kakeru no baka…!”

　I patted Mirei’s head, and she rubbed her face against mine.

　She was completely sulking.

　The girls were watching us with interest.

　This kind of Mirei is fresh to them, and it is probably unusual of me to spoil her.

　I wondered what they would say to her, and one of the girls opened her mouth on behalf of the others.

“―Hey, how far Mirei-chan and Kagurazaka-kun have progressed into their relationship?”

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Translator’s Afterword:

Again, if there’s anyone who plays cards, specifically, Daifugo, I’m sorry in advance if this one came out messy. I don’t play cards and tried to just word by word it as much as I could despite trying to make a sense of it lol. If anyone could make it clear or there’s some corrections to be made, please do inform me in the comments section so I could fix it if ever.