Chapter 8 – The Identity of Fiancée and The Wind of Change
Immediately, I hurried out of the dormitory.
Sanjou Hiiro’s fiancée– Although the setting indeed mentioned Hiiro having a fiancée, there is no way she would suddenly appear in this Otori Magic Academy without notice.
Yes, she shouldn’t have appeared here, but… at this point, anything can happen. The current situation is already confusing enough, if a fiancée (Since Hiiro normally likes women, it should be a girl.) appeared all of a sudden, I’ll seriously be troubled.
At any rate, I decided to quickly run down the stairs since it is faster than waiting for the elevator. But, I soon felt it was a pain in the ass to run down the stairs, so I pulled the trigger, jumped out of the window and— landed safely in front of a girl.
The girl smiled fearlessly in front of me, who opened my eyes wide in shock.
“You… why are you here…”
My unexpected fiancée whispered slowly.
“It’s been a while, Mast—- It hurts!!”
Without hesitation, I hit the head of Snow– the white haired maid who worked in the Sanjou Family villa.
“D-domestic violence…!!”
“Haven’t I told you to not fool around too much…. haaa…? I jumped off the third floor dripping with sweat because of this, you know…? How dare you joke around by calling yourself someone’s fiancée! Do you know how panicked I was…?!”
“Master is also as stupid as ever.”
“Haa?”
“Well, since this isn’t a suitable place to talk, for the time being, please let me have tea.”
Otori Magic Academy does not prohibit servants from entering the premises. However, a situation where a man and a woman are arguing about something…. might have stimulated the curiosity of those Ojou-sama in the Flavum, making them take a peek there. Thus, for the time being, I decided to move according to Snow’s suggestion.
At the cafeteria of Otori Magic Academy, I faced the maid after giving her the menu, in a place where we can order simple meals and drinks.
“…”
“Can you please not seriously think about what you want to order and quickly explain 『Why you called yourself my fiancée?』 like right now?”
“Is this Hiiro-sama’s treat?”
“Whatever, can you give me an answer?
“Hey, Master!! Bring me everything on the menu from the top to the bottom!!”
“Stop being carried away, you fkin maid…!!”
“H-how can you do this to the face of a beautiful girl…!!”
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To this white haired maid who got carried away, I performed Iron Claw on her face. And then, only after tasting the strawberry parfait and tea that had been brought that the maid finally started talking.
“At this rate, Master will definitely fall in love with your Imouto-sama.”
“… hah?”
Because of such unexpected words, I almost dropped the Dr.Pepper in my hand.
“What do you mean?”
“That’s literally the meaning. Recently, your Imouto-sama always said 『Onii-sama this, Onii-sama that~』 to the point I thought there might be a malignant tumor in her brain. The other day, I even roughly scanned her brain with an MRI. And the result is, terrifyingly normal.”
“Didn’t you feel indebted to me until recently…? What’s with that manner of speaking…? Do you need me to educate you…?”
“From here onward, it’s merely a woman’s intuition, but…”
Snow whispered while scooping the parfait.
“I think it is only a matter of time until that favor eventually turns into a romantic feeling.”
I covered my face with one hand and looked up at the sky.
“Well, that girl has never been able to deal with something like a romantic feeling, after all. She also never had a decent ally because she was caught up in the troubles of the Sanjou Family. I guess it is possible that she fell in love with me because of her inexperience, huh.”
Returning the tilted chair to its original position, I stared at Snow.
“And then, you, who are in love with Rei, come to me with a proposal of a collaboration, huh. I think you want something like this 『Can you arrange the situation, so I can go out with Rei-sama?』, right? …. In that case, the answer is YES. Leave the role of the wedding priest to me. Even if I don’t look like it, I’m actually good at nine symbolic cuts1 or Amen. Let’s also bring the other heroines and Tsukiori so everyone can be happy, how about it?”
“You are wrong. I have never liked a girl in my life.”
The maid shakes her head, as if saying ‘Good grief.’
“Listen, Rei-sama has a considerable amount of affection toward Master. And we have to stop this affection from turning into a romantic feeling. For that, I volunteered myself to take the role of Master’s fiancée.”
“So you decided to start playing house without consulting with me first?”
“Pff… don’t you know the words ‘swift and decisive’~….?”
“That is because I have never met a brat who seeks speed in playing house, though?!”
Snow pointed the tip of the spoon at me.
“I indeed feel indebted to my Master. That’s why, I’m thinking of returning the favor. Hiiro-sama, wouldn’t you feel troubled if the affection of Rei-sama or your other friends turned into romantic feelings?”
“That’s a splendid bull’s-eye.”
Hearing that, I think a little.
“But, I still wanted Snow to be happy with a girl…. won’t that fake status get in the way?”
“That’s just an imposition. I’m sure even Master wouldn’t try to force someone to stick to someone. That can be seen from how you only tried to help people confirm their feelings for each other, and support them. Thanks to that, the maids of the Sanjou Family villas are full of lovers.”
“I think I did a good job (a refreshing smile).”
“Anyway, how is it?”
Snow glanced at me, while mixing empty parfait glasses.
“Would you… have a fake engagement…. with me…?”
Beautiful white hair and smooth, white skin. In addition, that pair of bountiful breasts are enchanting her appeal as a woman. And the beautiful face that was staring at me also seems to be blushing.
“Sure, it is convenient for me, and I don’t mind if we’re just pretending, but… leaving aside Lapis, would Rei believe it?”
“Should we have a deep kiss in front of her then?”
“There is a limit to being invincible, you know?! (Scared)”
“Well, for the time being,”
Snow, who moved next to me, embraced my arm and brought her soft body closer.
“Shall we do it? Fake fiancée.”
“Ee… But, is this really fine… I certainly can’t force Yuri to bloom, but…. ?”
Just because it is a Yuri game world doesn’t mean that all girls have to like girls.
Besides, Snow is one of the mob characters and not one of the capture targets. Which means, it would be strange if I try to force her to like a girl if the person herself said 『I’ve never liked a girl.』.
In that case, if it’s just becoming a fake fiancé… I guess it’s fine…? I feel like I was dragged into something, though…?
“From today onward, I will live with Hiiro-sama. You will be living in Flavum, right? For Hiiro-sama, whose daily lives’ skills are nonexistent, I’m sure he will need the wonderful housework skills of this cute maid. In addition, since we are fiancées and servants are free to enter and leave the school, there is no problem, right?”
“Ah~, yes… that’s right…?”
Dragged by Snow, I stood up.
“Well then, as my darling, please pay for the bill.”
“Un, that’s right…?”
I take out my credit card from my wallet, trying to pay the bill, until– the clerk is back with a troubled face.
“Customers, I’m sorry, but the credit card doesn’t seem to be usable… Perhaps you have used it over the limit?”
“No, there is no way that card has a limit. I mean, it is a black ca— ah…”
Suddenly, I thought of a reason why I couldn’t use the credit card, making me subconsciously raise my voice.
Those old hags froze my credit card….?! Although it is inevitable after I did that much, but still!!
“… Snow, how much do you have?”
“Ha? Are you belittling a maid?”
Snow then opened her cat-shaped coin purse and checked the contents.
“132 yen (Proud).”
“Ah, hee…. And I happen to be the type who doesn’t carry cash…”
“I see. Why did you suddenly ask something like that?”
Perhaps enlightened, Snow shut up and stared at my face.
“By any chance, is Master’s credit card–”
“I’ll leave the bill to you, honey!!”
Without a hesitation, I pulled the trigger and escaped like a rabbit, before I was tackled down by Snow who reacted quickly.
“Didn’t we promise to die together, darling…!”
“Did you forget your position before being my fiancé, maid…! Go save your Master from this predicament with your housework skills (Paying by washing dishes)…!!”
We fought a shameful dispute in front of the store.
In the end, Rei, whom I called to end this predicament, came in a good mood, thinking 『Onii-sama is relying on me…!』, then paid the full amount with a black card.
“Onii-sama, if you’re out of money, please don’t hesitate to tell me, okay…?”
This is bad. At this rate, I can only see the route of me being fed by Rei for the rest of my life.
Therefore, I stared at Snow and reaffirmed the need to create a fake fiancée— and from this day on, my life with my fake fiancée (Snow)began.
To sum it up, my life has changed again. And in the homeroom the next day, a new wind of change will flow again.
“W-well then, everyone! T-this is a bit sudden, but our Otori Magic Academy will hold an orientation camp two weeks later!”
Marina-sensei nervously declared.
“S-some of you probably already know about this, but the orientation camp that our academy holds is a big one… S-so, I’m sure this will help this A-class to get along with each other— Geho!! Goho!!”
I glance at Lapis while listening to our teacher’s explanation. Her eyes were shining in excitement.
— It’s about time the school starts, and as soon as we enter, ‘that’ will happen, right?
Well, she was so looking forward to this, after all. In the end, Lapis was caught up in a mess with the Sanjou Family and couldn’t buy a dress…. Suddenly, my eyes met with Lapis who turned around.
She opened her mouth and gave me a sign.
『Wa – it – for – me – af- ter – sc – hool』
In response to that, I nodded, which made her smile happily.
It’s also time for me to start preparing, after all. I mean, if I’m careless, I could die there.
While thinking of the upcoming orientation camp, which will become the first challenge for the MC… I silently made up my mind.