Chapter 236: Ikki: I absolutely cannot let Shizuku go astray!
"But then again, if we're going shopping, where should we go?"
Stella's question stumped Luke.
He wanted to go to the shopping mall from the original work, but since arriving in this world, Luke had stayed at Hagun Academy the entire time, so there was no way he would have any understanding of the environment outside the school.
"Ikki is a local, right? Do you have any understanding of the surrounding environment?"
Although Luke asked this, in reality, he didn't have much expectation in his heart.
Sure enough, after hearing his question, Ikki awkwardly shook his head.
"S-Sorry... I'm not very familiar with it either..."
All his energy was put into training; how could he have the mind to research anything about shopping?
"Since that's the case, how about calling your sister?"
"Being someone from this country as well, she'll surely be better at this than the rest of us."
"Besides, didn't you say you haven't seen your sister for four years? This is a good opportunity to bond."
Ikki's younger sister was named Kurogane Shizuku, also a new student enrolling this year, and moreover, she was the second place among the freshmen, second only to Stella in the original work.
However, due to Luke's appearance, she was currently in third place among the freshmen.
Her Blazer Rank was B, and although it was significantly lower than Stella's Rank A, she was still a rare genius.
"Uh... Ikki's sister, huh..."
The first to react to Luke's suggestion was Stella.
The girl's expression became a bit conflicted upon hearing that Shizuku was to be invited.
"Hm? Stella, what's wrong?"
Looking at Stella's conflicted expression, Luke asked somewhat strangely:
"Do you not like Ikki's sister very much?"
"Ah, it's not like that..."
Unlike the original work, Luke's appearance resulted in Stella not yet developing any romantic feelings for Ikki at present, so she wouldn't get into disputes with Shizuku like in the original work.
Her current conflict was purely because Shizuku's way of making an entrance was truly too astonishing.
"Think about it, on the very first day of school, she directly... k-k-kissed Ikki, didn't she!"
It seemed that recalling the scene from that time made Stella a bit shy, and she even started stuttering.
"Didn't Ikki say they are blood-related siblings?"
"Doing this kind of thing to her own blood brother... it feels a bit..."
Although Stella's words weren't finished, Luke already understood what she wanted to express.
After all, no matter from what angle you looked at it, Shizuku's behavior at that time did not seem like that of a proper girl.
However, the one most shaken by this matter was none other than Shizuku's blood-related brother, Ikki.
"No no no no no no! Stella, don't misunderstand Shizuku!"
"Shizuku is a good girl!"
"She is a delicate, shy, and very timid girl, absolutely not the kind of casual girl you're imagining!"
Stella looked at Ikki, who was frantically defending his sister, and asked somewhat suspiciously:
"Really?"
"Would a delicate, shy, and timid girl do that kind of thing?"
"Ugh... this... that..."
Ikki was immediately left speechless by the red-haired girl's questioning.
Because in his heart, he actually also had no small amount of doubts regarding Shizuku's behavior.
Even if he was defending Shizuku out of a brother's instinct to protect his sister, it couldn't change the fact that deep down, Ikki actually shared the exact same thoughts as Stella.
'Did my sister turn into a bad girl during these four years?'
Such a thought had constantly been circling in his mind ever since the first day of school.
Luke looked at the suspicious-looking Stella, and then looked at Ikki, who was stammering and desperately trying to explain for his sister.
After pondering for a moment, Luke's lips curled into a wicked smirk as he spoke:
"However, looking at your expression that day, Ikki, you seemed quite happy, didn't you."
"Eh?!"
"Eh?!"
The moment Luke spoke, Ikki and Stella let out exclamations in unison.
But the difference was that Ikki's expression became extremely panicked, while Stella looked at Ikki with a look of disdain.
"I-I-I-I-I-I, I didn't!!!"
Ikki hurriedly opened his mouth, wanting to explain.
But Luke didn't plan on giving him the chance.
"Your expression back then was quite intoxicated, you know."
"I wasn't..."
"Your blood-related sister's lips tasted pretty good, didn't it?"
"I didn't..."
"The sister you hadn't seen for four years became so charming and so proactive, you accidentally immersed yourself in it, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense..."
Ikki's momentum grew weaker and weaker under Luke's continuous questioning.
"Heheh, do you dare put your hand on your heart and tell me that, at that moment, you didn't have even the slightest bit of impure thoughts towards your sister!"
By the time of the last question, Ikki's face was completely flushed red, looking for a hole to hide in.
"..."
To Ikki, Shizuku was a sister; he truly didn't have any feelings for her beyond familial love, nor did he intend to.
However, when seeing Shizuku again after four long years apart, at the moment she forced a kiss onto him, her face flushed with a blush of unbearable loneliness...
If you were to say that Ikki was completely unmoved at that time, that was simply impossible.
Therefore, facing Luke's questioning, honest Ikki, who didn't know how to lie, answered in an extremely weak voice:
"...M-Maybe a little bit."
"Pervert!"
The nearby Stella, upon receiving Luke's eye signal, immediately understood and looked at Ikki with a despising gaze.
"Urgh..."
A girl's contempt could be considered torture for an adolescent boy.
"Siscon!"
"Ugh..."
Very quickly, Ikki clutched his chest and fell into a state of deep depression.
'This is too terrible... Could it be that I'm really overly starved for affection?'
'Even if we haven't seen each other for four years, to have wicked thoughts about my blood sister...'
'I... I'm truly too terrible!'
Having taken a critical hit to his spirit, honest Ikki had a face full of despair.
Meanwhile, the prepared Luke and Stella each took out their phones and began the work of collecting his dark history.
...
After quite a bit of time passed, Ikki finally managed to recover from the heavy blow.
However, his mood remained extremely heavy.
"Just what exactly happened to turn Shizuku into that kind of... that kind of bad woman who would seduce a man..."
"That child wasn't like this in the past..."
"Hmph, doesn't her turning out like this perfectly fit the fetish of a certain perverted brother!"
Compared to the heavy-hearted Ikki, Stella was constantly stabbing knives into Ikki's heart, as if she had awakened an entirely new interest.
Meanwhile, Luke, his sadistic taste satisfied, spoke up to 'rescue' Ikki from Stella's contempt.
"Since you can't figure it out, then take advantage of this opportunity to invite her out as well."
"Many things are caused by misunderstandings, so just asking her clearly face-to-face will be fine."
"If she has truly gone astray, you as her brother also have the obligation to bring your sister back to the right path."
Luke's 'righteous' words 'awakened' Ikki.
A resolute flame ignited in the boy's eyes, and he said to Luke in a grateful tone:
"You're right!"
"No matter what, I must ask clearly about this matter."
"I absolutely cannot let Shizuku go astray!"
---
Read more than 20 chapters in advance, with pictures, to enhance your reading immersion:
patréon.com/tom22
Replace "é" with "e" on your web browser.
---
For Audiobook:
youtube.com/@animefic22