Chapter 10

Translated by KaiesV Edited by KaiesV

「I understand that you were close to the victims, did you notice anything unusual on the day of the incident? Do you have any idea as to the cause of the crime being committed? And—」

I’m being interviewed by the police for the first time in my life. My mentality wasn’t strong enough to remain calm under the tense face of a series of questions from the older policemen, but I still managed to pretend I didn’t know anything and focused on getting through the situation.

「I see… You didn’t have any idea what it was.」

「Y–Yes… I don’t know how I got into this mess either.」

「I see… I guess that’s about right, you must be going through a lot if this happened to you. The media might follow you around, but if they do, you’ll have to call the police and you’ll be fine.」

「T–Thank you very much.」

Good, somehow, there is no sign of suspicion. I think I can get away with this. No danger, no danger—

「Come to think of it, where were you on the day of the incident? I have an eyewitness who said that saw you in the vicinity of the crime scene?」

「!?」

Just when I was relieved that it was finally over, a bomb was thrown in the air. Perhaps they saw the scene when I wandered out of the house. I don’t remember that time, and I don’t think a bad deception would work against the police.

What should I do? Should I tell him I was shocked when she dumped me? But then I would have a motive to harm Mai and the others. Then should I say that I didn’t go to the house as planned with Karen?

But if I was seen leaving the house, then my testimony would be exposed as a lie. Then I would be suspected, or worse, arrested. I thought about how to get through this phase, but I never came up with a good idea.

「What’s wrong?」

The police are suspicious of me as I am at a loss for an answer. Of course, if I can’t answer the question here, it’s no wonder they think I did it. What should we do? I have no choice but to take a chance and go for it——

「Senpai was, dumped by his girlfriend.」

「K–Karen!?」

At a critical juncture, Karen suddenly arrived and testified as such. She then told them that I had gone to her house, but my girlfriend had dumped me, and that I had been in shock and was nodding my head in the park, and that there was eyewitness testimony of this.

But this doesn’t mean we’ve managed everything… No, let’s just be happy that we managed to get through this now.

「T–Thank you, Karen. B–But, how did you get here?」

「I was worried about my Senpai. Besides, I really didn’t want to make that thing come out of Senpai’s mouth again. So I thought if I testified as a witness, the police might be somewhat convinced.」

「I see… But are you okay, Karen?」

「I’m fine. I’ve worked very hard not to screw up in any way that would get me found out.」

「Eh, what do you mean by that…」

「Senpai, you don’t have to worry about anything. Well then, Senpai, let’s work hard tomorrow and finish the club magazine.」

Karen did not respond to my question, but waved a small hand and quickly left. Maybe she was implicitly telling me that I shouldn’t ask. That’s about right, there are many things it is better not to know. I realized that just yesterday.

So I didn’t pursue it any further. Because I wanted to continue my relationship with Karen as a lover without any problems. I don’t know if that is right. But I don’t think I am wrong in wanting to be with Karen.

「…Let’s work on it.」

And I decided to go ahead with the club work at home to make the festival a success.

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