The Innocent School Idol is My Cousin Who Lives with Me and is a Spoiled Brat - Chapter 25

Chapter 25: “The Real Identity of Murakumo Yui”

Translator: AJ1703

“How come… you know Kaori’s name…?”

　I have never mentioned Kaori to Murakumo before.

　Of course, I had been in the same school with Kaori since elementary school, but not with Murakumo.

　So how could this person have known Kaori’s name…?

“You’re too agitated, it’s not like you.”

　Murakumo looks at me sadly with a disappointed smile on her face.

“…If you know about Kaori, don’t you also know what happened to her?”

“I know, painfully so.”

“Then…!”

　I can’t help but get a little tense.

“Then you’d know what it’s like to name someone who’s been involved with that person…!”

“At the very least, aren’t you the only one who’d be that upset?”

　Murakumo slowly approaches me.

　And then, she put her hand on my cheek.

“After all, you are still shackled by Kaori’s death, aren’t you? How did you manage to become Miss Arisugawa’s boyfriend?”

“―!?”

　I shake off Murakumo’s hand.

　I don’t know what on earth she is thinking.

　I just felt terrible anger toward Murakumo.

“Oh, I’m scared. Your eyes look like you’re about to kill someone.”

“You’re not making fun of me, are you…?”

“I’m serious. I’m so serious that I really wanted to know what you thought about it.”

　It’s true that Murakumo’s eyes are not her usual mischievous eyes.

　Even if her mouth is smiling, only her eyes are serious.

　But even if that’s the case, I still don’t understand why she’s doing this.

“It’s been two years since Kaori died, right? You’ve been dwelling on her death for a long time, haven’t you?”

“Shut up.”

“Well, it can’t be helped. You two were lovers, right?”

“―!”

　I grabbed Murakumo by the chest in a fit of anger.

　It doesn’t matter if she’s a woman or not.

　There are certain things that people are not allowed to step into.

　And this person stepped out of line.

“What are you trying to say?”

“You still don’t understand, do you? How long are you going to drag out your dead girlfriends?”

“What’s that got to do with you?”

　I looked into Murakumo’s eyes from a close distance.

　I don’t know what she’s planning to say, but I won’t forgive her if she tries to get into any more fights with me.

“You’ve lost your composure too much. With that statement, it’s like admitting that your relationship with Miss Arisugawa is a lie.”

　Murakumo let out an exasperated sigh.

　I could see that she was obviously trying to provoke me.

“So what does this have to do with you?”

“Let’s see, does it bother you that you’re forever dragging out a love affair that’s already over? In other words, if you were seriously in love with Miss Arisugawa, there would have been no problem. But you guys are different, aren’t you?”

“Isn’t that kind of an arbitrary decision on your part?”

“Who knows, what do you think? But if I remember correctly, you had a cousin who looked a lot like Miss Arisugawa.”

　Murakumo’s eyes appeared to glint for a moment, even though it should not have been so.

　Perhaps the moonlight reflected in a strange way.

“I mean, isn’t that girl your cousin? That’s why you, who never shows interest in other people, is willing to do it for her.”

　Except for my relatives, Kaori was the only one who knew I had a cousin.

　Kaori, however, is not a light-spoken person.

　She is a graceful, neat and tidy girl who is kind to everyone.

　And it was Kaori who kept other people’s secrets.

　I have never asked her to keep a secret about Mirei, but I don’t think she would go out of her way to talk about it.

　At the very least, there was no way she would tell someone she wasn’t close to.

　If that is the case, Murakumo was close to Kaori.

　However, I did not get to know Murakumo until after I entered high school.

　Kaori was not in cram school, lessons, or club activities, so she rarely got to know, let alone befriend, students outside of her school district.

　So, the most likely possibility is―.

“Relative――are you Kaori’s cousin?”

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Translator’s Afterword:

Gg we got another cousin, just not the MC’s lmao