Chapter 115

That was a pretty high price to pay for a head pat. “But this Ouen guy sure is selfish. Look at all the women he’s made cry. I’m not very impressed.” It didn’t sound like Rei had a very high opinion of Ouen. “And he reminded me a lot of you, Ryou.” “What…?!” “Ah, I can see that. He sweet-talks everyone, just like Father.” “I agree with you, Big Sis. I can see it.” For some reason, Ouka and Shiren started staring at Ryouta dubiously. “I guess the one difference would be that Ryouta’s totally unaware of it. Father was always gung ho about seducing women.” “He’d always loiter around high schools and universities, saying he was ‘observing.’ He must have been there only to look at the girls. Just thinking about it is making me angry with Ryouta, too.” “Hold on… Why is your impression of me getting worse just because you think we’re similar…?!” “You really need to do something about that personality of yours, Ryouta; otherwise you’ll end up dead, just like him. I think there’s a very high probability of it.” “What………?” “Actually, if you manage to survive as long as our dad did, you should consider yourself lucky.” “I—I really don’t get what’s going on, but……I’m sorry.” Ryouta bowed, still baffled. Funnily enough, he’d chosen the exactly same words to apologize as Ouen had. “If sorry was enough, you wouldn’t need a gravestone.” “If sorry was enough, you wouldn’t need manju at your funeral.” “Wait! Why are you both acting like I’m going to die?” Ryouta did not like the direction things were moving in. “No need to worry. I’ll be sure to live a fulfilling life even after you’re gone.” “Don’t kill me off yet!” “When you die, I vow to take responsibility and eat all the leftover funeral manju.” “That’s a stupid thing to make a vow over!” The sisters were relentless. “Shiren, I think you and I have more in common than I originally thought.” “I was just thinking that.” They giggled, and their laughter sounded oddly loud on the quiet battlefield.