My name is Tendou Ryousei. A man with a stern name but a comparatively effeminate face.
Currently 23 years, unmarried, living alone in a run-down apartment with a monthly rent of 10,000 yen (100 USD).
I magnificently dropped out of middle school together with leaving home. From there, by relying on friends I kept on living through willpower. Itâs already been 8 years.
If this was a great war story, I wouldnât be able to say everything, Â but my greatest achievement is this.
Livelihood Protection.
**TN Note: This is a kind of unemployment welfare program
Without me moving, every month I get 200,000 yen (2000 USD).
A long time ago there was some fuss about Livelihood Protection giving out a lot of money, but I donât think so. Alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ⌠200k yen goes in the blink of an eye. When I win at gambling thereâs a lot, but when I lose it quickly becomes not enough. At those times, I am tied to doing day labor as manual labor for pocket money.
Fraud? Dunno anything about that, thatâs the government officialâs responsibility.
Now then, telling up to here itâs obvious that what kind of human I am.
The lowest of society.
Besides that, thereâs no other phrase that would describe me.
But Iâd be troubled if you misunderstood. Iâm not being a masochist, Iâm boasting. With no restrictions or obligations, I can comfortably live a life without worries to my heartâs content. This lifestyle ⌠is the best. If thereâs any bastard whoâs dissatisfied, definitely try it out.
I am enjoying this base life. Iâm satisfied. I donât desire anything. If a special event happened, assuming that I even get up , all Iâd think is âannoyingâ. Thatâs what I honestly thought.
Itâs winter. In the morning, the weather was cold to the point that it numbed your hands, I was leisurely smoking in my room.
âRyou-chan? Are you there?â
It was a womanâs voice I donât recognize. In response to that, I opened the door. There stood a woman I seriously donât remember, and a brat.
âWhatâ
I donât recognize her but calling me âryou-chanâ sheâs probably an old acquaintance.
⌠No wait. After I dropped out of school, we messed around for a little while. When I say messed around, I donât mean the stupid shit kids do like going to karaoke or the arcade. I donât remember her name, but it was that kind of relationship. So, why is she here?
Without ambiguity she glared at me. With an tone like she wanted to take out a gun and shoot me she said,
âThis kid, take itâ
ââŚHah?â
âWell, with that.â
âNo wait, dammit. I donât get it.â
âWe messed around a long time ago right? Itâs probably yours.â
âQuit fucking around. I didnât marry you or nothinâ.â
âThat right? ⌠Eeeh, going to someone else is bothersome~â
I wanna hit this fuckinâ bitchâŚ
âThen, with thatâ
ââWith thatâ my ass. Oi, wait, donât run bastard! Â Your carâs engine is still on, you were planning on runninâ from the start werenât you! Hey! Wait dammit! Wait!!â
I gallantly ran after the car while shouting, but it just resounded in the desolate neighborhood. I clenched my trembling fist while clicking my tongue and turned around. In front of my broken down apartment was the brat that was left behind. She looked at me with her child-like big eyes. Iâm reeeally angry, but Iâm not such a small person to yell at some brat. In the first place snapping and yelling at some brat, I donât wanna do something that lame.
âYou got something you wanna say?â
As I got closer to the brat, I looked down and said that.
Shorter than my leg, the brat craned her head up and in a small voice said,
â⌠Misaki. Meet you.â
TL Note: She says yoroshiku shimasu, it should be yoroshiku onegaishimasu
Whatâs with âmeet youâ, it should be ânice to meet youâ⌠Dammit, that fucking bitch, she didnât even teach that? I mean, what the hellâs with this situation, what should I do⌠toh, woops. Looks like Iâm glaring at her. Letâs calm down a little.
âWell, greetings will come sooner or later. Itâs cold outside, go inside and get warmed up.â
While feeling like I wanted to blow up the world, I took a cigarette out of my pocket and lit it while returning to my room.
I opened the door a little but, the brat isnât moving.
âOi, hurry the hell up, youâll catch a cold, shitty brat.â
Her mouth made a straight line, and like before, she looked up at me.
âWhat, if you got somethinâ to say then say it.â
ââŚâŚâŚâŚMisaki.â
What the hell, you want me to say your name? Fucking annoying. Just for today Iâll play along. Well⌠if itâs just calling her by name itâs fine.
âMisaki, hurry and come in.â
After nodding, she obediently entered the room. She walked inside, and stood at the window.
Thereâs no electricity or water, the room is a 6 tatami mat (about 106 square ft) wide  with half rotten wooden walls. Opposite the door is a slightly large window but, in front of it thereâs a huge apartment so the scenery is the worst. Though strangely there are no leaks and the wind doesnât come in. Blocking the rain and wind it manages to meet the bare minimum for a facility, but other than that itâs the absolute worst. Thatâs this room.
I donât know âbout other owners, but I didnât buy any furniture. Thatâs why, besides the clothes thrown on the floor, having nothing in the room must be a little strange. I see, this is probably excitement. One thing or another, a 4 year old repeating the same life without worries and trying new things wouldnât be so bad.
At the window the brat- Misaki looked up at a small sunny spot, I suddenly thought that.