The So-Called ‘Solitary Flower’ is a British Beauty Who’s Awkwardly Attached to Me Now That She’s My Stepsister - V1 Chapter 2 Part 3 - Envy and Jealousy

Volume 1 Chapter 2 Part 3: Envy and Jealousy

Translator: AJ1703

　It was around 10:30PM on the day the school was in an uproar.

　I was currently in my room, playing with my phone, waiting for the bathroom to be empty.

　This was because Frost-san had gone in first again.

　While I was waiting, I had some free time, so I was looking at foreign baseball articles.

“Why is it only images here…? I can’t translate it…!”

　I’m not good at English, so even though I was relying on a translation tool to read the article, I was having trouble reading the part where the player said that, thanks to the fact that it was made into an image.

　It’s a pain in the ass to type it in manually… I wish someone would translate it for me.

“―Hey, can I have a word with you?”

　A sudden knock on the door and a gruff voice can be heard.

　It seems that she came, after all.

“What’s the matter…?”

　I slowly open the door, feeling fearful.

“What’s the matter you ask― Wait, what’s wrong with you? You’re acting weird for some reason…?”

　Frost-san, who clearly had an angry expression on her face, sees my awkward movements out in the corridor and calls out to me worriedly.

　I guess she’s not a bad person after all…

“It’s no big deal. It’s just that today’s practice was tough.”

　I had to do twice as much as I normally do, so of course my muscles ached.

“Hee~, so you’re doing your best huh.”

　Frost-san looks at me like that and mutters something in a whisper.

　She was smiling, but was she perhaps pleased to see my body being torn to shreds?

　She’s too much of an S… [TLN: Smile~ Sweet~ Sister~ S_?]

“Don’t you have something more important to say than that?”

　To be honest, I want to finish quickly and sit down because it’s too hard to stand.

　So I tried to hurry her up.

“Oh, yes, that reminds me! What are you telling people about your relationship with me!?”

　And I wished I hadn’t done anything unnecessary.

　I should have just let her forget about it like that…

“In what way do you ask…? We’re a normal family or we’re just siblings?”

　That’s how I’m explaining it to others, which is confirmed by her in advance.

　I don’t think this is something she should be complaining about now, right…?

“Then why are they saying that I’m dating you or flirting with you every day or― I’m apparently spoiling you!”

“Huuuuuuuuuuuh!?”

　Her face was flushed red and she said bitterly, I unintentionally raised my voice.

“W-What do you mean!?”

“It’s one thing after another, there are rumours about it in my class and so on! I heard that someone from the sports course had said so!”

　When I was told that it was someone from the sports course, for a moment, the face of Shouta crossed my mind.

　Could it be that guy misunderstood and told others?

　No, I’m sure he wouldn’t do something like that.

　Maybe the people around him made up stories for fun, and the other students who heard them believed them.

“I wouldn’t lie like that, you know…? There’s no benefit for me.”

“I wonder about that? It’s possible that you wanted to go out with me, and make it look like I’m trying to repel others getting close to me!”

　Frost-san folds his arms and looks at me like I’m an idiot with a reddened face.

　I’m tempted to ask her where she gets her confidence from― but it’s probably because she’s the most beautiful girl in the school and people around her are pampering her.

　Maybe some guys have tried to get close to her in the past using such tactics.

“If that was the case, would Frost-san go out with me so that other guys would stop approaching you?”

　Assumptions are tricky, so I thought about how I could clear up her misunderstanding and decided to convince her by interrogating her.

“That’s not possible.”

“Right? Even you should be able to understand that. So there’s no need for me to go out of my way to try and repel others from you.”

“…………”

　Hearing my words, Frost-san looks at me disapprovingly and thinks.

　With this, I really hope she understands now…

“But people are making fun of it and gossiping about it… That’s what I hate so much…”

　In the meantime, she seemed to understand that it wasn’t my fault and shared her frustrations with me.

　She’s a girl who’s been talked about a lot and I can understand why she doesn’t like being gossiped about in this way.

　Even I’m having trouble with it.

“Well, you have to let the rumours go. I’ve had my share of envy and jealousy.”

“Ara, so you do have some pride in yourself.” [TLN: She did say ara here.]

“…………”

　Strange, I thought she was talking about the hardships we both had to go through, but she responded confidently.

　No, sure, for some people, maybe that’s what makes them feel better about themselves…

“You’re right, the mere change of your surname is enough to cause a commotion at school.”

　I was a bit displeased with the situation, so I returned the words with a little sting to it.

　However―.

‘It’s because the other party was you, isn’t it?’

　She narrowed her eyes in disapproval.

“Eh…?”

　I couldn’t understand her and I tilted my head back.

“How can you be a catcher if you’re so perceptive?’

　I was ridiculed for it.

　That’s strange, why is she making fun of me?

　Moreover―.

“How did you know I was a catcher?”

　I’m pretty sure I’ve never told her.

　So how did she narrow it down to me being the catcher?

“Ah―!”

　Frost-san gasped as I pointed this out.

　Then she immediately began to panic.

『I just happened to hear people talking about it…!』

　She is speaking in English, so she is obviously agitated as expected.

　Did something go wrong…?

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, why are you panicking…?”

　I had no idea at all, so I asked her.

『It’s not that I’m interested in you or that I knew you from watching you at all, don’t get me wrong…!』 [TLN: I still have no idea how they arrived to the conclusion she’s a Kuudere in the synopsis when clearly she’s acting like a tsundere here.]

　Yeah, I have no idea what she’s saying at all.

　She was talking fast as if she was trying to make it sound like a circus, and I couldn’t understand her at all because I’m not good at English.

“If you don’t calm down, Jessica-san will get angry with you again, you know?”

　She was talking too loudly, and if I didn’t, Jessica-san would come up.

　As I thought, she was afraid of her, Frost-san huffed and became quiet.

　Then, she stared at me with a red and embarrassed look on her face.

“It wasn’t my fault…”

　It’s not like I did anything, she was just freaking out on her own.

　I hadn’t done anything I needed to apologize for, so I didn’t know what to do, and I looked down at the phone I was holding.

　And then―.

“Isn’t that…?”

　Somehow, Frost-san caught my gaze and looked at the screen of the phone, and tilted her head with a skeptical expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“English, you can understand it, after all?”

　Apparently, she saw the English on my phone and misunderstood.

“No, I don’t understand, okay? The website translates it for me, so I can just read it.”

“But isn’t that in English?”

　She pointed at my phone with a questioning look on her face.

“This is an image, so I can’t translate it… That’s why I’m having trouble reading it.”

　If I could read it, I wouldn’t be in such a bewilderment.

“Hmmm~…”

　Frost-san stares intently at the smartphone screen again.

　Oh, what could this mean?

“‘People say that I’m amazingly great, and if you only look at the results, my record might be great. But the defence is not something I do alone as a pitcher. Many times I have been saved by the excellent plays of my teammates, and because of that, I was able to be the winning pitcher. Moreover, ‘When you are overconfident that you have everything to do with the result, you’re finished in team sports’.”

　She went to the trouble of translating it for me.

　She didn’t translate everything from English into Japanese, but used English in places to make it easier for me to understand.

　Frost-san is a natural at English.

　Should I have asked her to translate it from the beginning?

“As expected…”

『―Ah. You can’t even read this stuff because all you do is play!』

　When I praised her, Frost-san turned her face away with a pout.

　I don’t know what she said, but I think she was probably complaining because of her facial expression and the roughness of her voice.

　The slight redness of her cheeks is probably due to the fact that she was dragging out the temper tantrum she had just had.

　If only this loathesome aspect of her would go away, life with her wouldn’t be so bad…

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Translator’s Afterword:

Sorry for the very long absence! I got sick around May 11 wherein I coughed up a lot of blood (like really a lot) and nearly di3d due to that (no cap). I was diagnosed with tuberculosis so right now I’m taking medicines which will be taken daily for 6 months. Hopefully I get better soon

I’m thinking of getting a leave of absence as well for the upcoming semester for my 3rd year in college because that’s what our school clinic suggested at the time when I vomited from too much pressure during the exam last month (June) and my professor for that subject suggested as well. It’s not sure yet at the moment as I’m still finding out if I am capable for myself

Anyways, I’m slightly getting better now, according to the laboratory results, I only have high uric acid but the rest are in normal levels. I already know what to do so yeah.

Oh and Wuthering Waves also contributed to the delay as well xD. I wanted to get Jinhsi’s weapon but it’s not going so well im currently at 60. I already got Jinhsi so I should be fine. Not to mention, I just got UL50 in the game as well lol.

My birthday is coming up soon, hopefully I get better by then since I’m planning to invite some of my irl friends to come. (Help me I’m broke as well, help me by clicking here.)

Lastly, I’d like to thank the support people still give me and I’m surprised people can still recognize me in some random facebook groups. Someone thanked me in the lowres facebook group. Just hearing you guys appreciate my work is more than enough for me. I’ll try to finish this series this month. Join our discord server for the latest updates and be sure you’re reading this series on neosekaitranslations.com!