nChapter 78: I’ll Be Your Playmate!

nTranslator: imperfectluck Editor: vb24

nA cool breeze was blowing.

nAfter Hoshi had calmed down, Seiji attentively listened to his story in silence.

n…

nThe day of the incident with Hoshi’s sisters.

nLast Monday, exactly one week ago, Hoshi Amami had been contemplating things after he’d separated from Seigo Harano.

nHe was unable to make a decision between his sisters and his Senpai, whom he greatly admired.

nHoshi was unable to believe that his sisters had such wicked personalities as Seiji had stated. On the other hand, there was no way for him to ignore the stern warning his Senpai had just given him about them.

nHe was stuck with his frustrations even after school ended.

nHe stayed in the club rooms as late as possible until Hoshi was forced to go home.

nWhen he returned home, Rion and Kotomi Amami acted like nothing had happened at all.

nIn front of their parents, the twin sisters acted just like they always did. They were laughing, teasing him, and speaking cutely.

nDinnertime with his family seemed warm and comforting on the surface.

nBut the more it seemed to appear this way, the more Hoshi felt it was abnormal.

nHis sisters had been looked down on to such a degree and insulted humiliatingly. Was it possible for them to act just like normal as if nothing had happened?

nImpossible.

nHoshi’s heart was telling him that.

nHowever, he ignored it.

nPerhaps his sisters were actually magnanimous? He wanted to believe that, just like how he wanted to believe that the warm dinner scene in front of him right now was real.

nHowever…

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"I have something to announce.

" His father spoke up.

"My company is giving me a new project to work on. For the next few nights I’m going to work overtime at the company, and sleep there instead of returning home.

"

nOvertime?

nHoshi had his doubts.

nHis father was indeed busy with work, but suddenly working overtime for several nights in a row…

nBefore he could ask, his mother spoke up as well.

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"Actually, I have an announcement as well. There’s something happening at Grandpa’s place that I need to go over and take care of, so I need to leave home for a few days as well.

"

nMother was leaving as well!?

nHoshi was no longer doubtful; he was now shocked.

nWhy?

nWas it all just a coincidence!?

nHis mind was thrown into chaos.

nAt this moment, he exchanged glances with his sisters sitting across from him.

nRion and Kotomi had light smiles on their faces.

nTheir seemingly innocuous smiles seemed to turn into masks that were concealing something icy cold underneath!

nHoshi Amami froze solid.

nAlthough it was just for a short moment, and perhaps it was merely a hallucination caused by the lighting, the image he had just witnessed gave him a huge impact, and he etched the scene deep into his heart.

nHis parents were still speaking, but Hoshi was no longer listening.

nBy the time he regained his senses, he noticed that his parents were jovially looking at his twin sisters. In fact, his parents seemed to be smiling widely; it almost seemed as if they were sucking up to his sisters.

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"Got it, Mom, Dad~

"

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"We’ll take good care of the house and our brother~

"

nThe sisters chuckled as they happily promised their parents to take care of him.

nWhat a beautiful scene it was.

nBut Hoshi, who had been ignored by his parents, suddenly felt the urge to vomit as he saw his sisters smiling at him!

nDisgusting.

nWhy… did he feel that way?

nHoshi suddenly remembered the sentence that he’d heard from Senpai earlier today:

"I want to vomit just at the sight of people like you!!!

"

nSenpai… Seigo Harano Senpai.

nWere you feeling like this… at that moment!?

n

"Those who avoid the truth will eventually end up being swallowed by it.

"

nThat was another sentence from Senpai.

nHoshi finally understood what he’d meant.

nThis was what he had been unconsciously avoiding and escaping.

nHe could have recognized it for what it was.

nHe could have discovered it long ago!

nAs the closest person to his sisters… being their younger brother, he should have seen his sisters for who they really were!

nBut he didn’t.

nAnd that was why, just as Senpai had warned him, he was completely swallowed up by the ugly truth that night.

n…

nOver the course of one week.

nFrom Monday night to Sunday night, Hoshi Amami had constantly been suffering from Rion and Kotomi’s torture.

nHis body wasn’t particularly injured, but his mental state was suffering tremendously!

nHis parents weren’t home… no, Seiji was certain that Hoshi’s sisters had something to do with that.

nThose twins even had their parents under their control!

nThis was definitely something that the

"twin witches

" would do and had the ability to do.

nPerhaps it sounded ridiculous that two teenagers could control adults like this, but Seiji knew that it wasn’t impossible.

nAs long as you gave the

"teenagers

" the outer appearance of beautiful girls, it would be easy for people to lower their guards. It would be quite easy for the extortionists the twins were to understand and make use of this.

nSince the extortionists were their own children, not to mention children who seemed to behave so excellently, this gave their parents the… necessary excuse to not oppose their wishes seriously and even spoil them to such an extent.

nAlthough Seiji didn’t know when such a thing began, he guessed that this type of twisted relationship in Hoshi’s family must have existed for a long period of time already, being one of the important factors in causing those twins to become like that… Perhaps it was even the main cause.

nAfter all, as kids who controlled their parents, the twisted enjoyment they probably received out of it would be tremendously fearsome!

nThe twins might have developed twisted personalities while they were young and become abnormal before their mental states matured.

nSeiji was no psychologist.

nWhile his experience from a previous life allowed him to see through those sisters as well as make some educated guesses about their personalities, he was unable to completely analyze and understand them.

nNor did he want to.

nAfter all, neither the reason behind the twins’ twisted personality nor the Amami family’s fall into depravity had anything to do with him.

nAll he did was promise Hoshi Amami that he would save him.

nThat was why Seiji was clear about his next course of action.

nHe asked for Hoshi’s cell phone and made a call.

nIt was already class time currently, and there were a few other students around, but that didn’t interfere with him making his call in a corner of the roof.

nRion and Kotomi Amami: beautiful twins as well as unmistakable… witches.

nThe call connected.

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"Our dear brother, your sisters were just looking for you~

"

nSeiji heard the low sound of cackling from Hoshi’s cell phone.

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"It’s been an entire week without being able to see that Senpai you respect so much; you must be so lonely, right?

"

n

"Go ahead and see him during lunch break—but you can only say what we tell you to say.

"

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"‘Senpai is a huge liar—I hate you!’ …You absolutely have to say this to him~

"

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"It’s just a little prank, and if you don’t do this, the ‘punishment’ you receive tonight will double, and your Senpai that you respect so much will undergo even worse pranks than you~

"

nSeiji was speechless after hearing this phone call.

nHeh heh, he understood the situation now.

nThis phone call had been the breaking point for Hoshi.

nHe began chuckling coldly.

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"What an interesting prank, you two.

"

nHis tone of voice was just as icy as his laughter.

nThis caused the cackling sounds on the other side of the call to disappear.

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"But I still don’t think it’s interesting enough. What do you think about meeting up and doing something even more interesting? Rion Amami, Kotomi Amami… you two enjoy playing!? I, Seigo Harano, will be more than happy… to accompany you!!!

"

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