Episode 8 

“Haa…I don’t want to go to school…”

Morning.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm and muttered to myself as I stared at the ceiling of my room.

This has become my habit when I wake up in the morning.

If I go to school, my classmates and club members will again speak ill of me.

There will probably be studs in my jacket and new graffiti on my desk.

Hayato and Risa are on my side, but so far I have yet to find a way out of this situation.

If I continue to go to school almost under siege, I’m going to get mentally ill sooner or later.

“Haa…”

I get up with a sigh and get ready for school.

I don’t think breakfast will be ready for me today either.

I wondered if there was anything edible in the fridge.

I left my room and went downstairs to the living room.

“…?”

[ [ […] ] ]

The three members of my family, except me, were already awake and in the living room.

There was still no breakfast for me on the table, but breakfast for the three of them was steaming.

Strangely enough, my father, mother, and sister were standing in front of the TV, neither eating the finished breakfast nor speaking out of turn to me as usual.

On the TV, the announcer was reading out the news, and the three of them were watching the news with stunned expressions on their faces.

“…?”

I felt something strange and listened to the news from behind the three of them.

[The suspect, Kisaragi Takuma, was caught red-handed by a police officer who witnessed the incident and arrested him for sexually assaulting his daughter, Kisaragi Himehana, around yesterday evening. Kisaragi Takuma is also charged with obstruction of public order for committing a violent act against the police officer who attempted to arrest him.]

“Eh……Kisaragi?”

Kisaragi.

The word [Kisaragi] makes me gasp.

“Ah.”

“T-Tohru…….”

“Onii chan…….”

The other three people looked back at me awkwardly.

Ignoring the three family members, I went to the front and watched the news intently.

[The reason for this is that it was reported by a neighbor. A few days ago, a neighbor reported to the police station that he heard what sounded like screams for help from Kisaragi’s house. The police officers who responded to the report went to the Kisaragi home to interview the suspect and saw him sexually assaulting his 17-year-old high school daughter, who was caught red-handed on the spot. The police are investigating the possibility that Kisaragi Takuma had been sexually assaulting and abusing his daughter, Kisaragi Himehana, on a daily basis.]

“There is no doubt…it’s Kisaragi’s house…….”

The announcer, who is talking about the incident with a serious expression on her face, is in the background at Kisaragi’s housei, which I went to that day at her invitation.

Several police cars are parked around the battered and in some places decaying house, and footage is shown of Kisaragi’s father being put into a vehicle while two police officers hold him by the arms.

[Suspect Kisaragi also stated that he and his daughter, Himehana, had conspired to sexually assault one of Himehana’s classmates a few days earlier. During questioning, the daughter, Himehana, stated that after having consensual sexual intercourse, she lied about being forced to have sexual intercourse and coerced her father into assaulting him. The police plan to continue questioning the daughter, Himehana…….]

“……”

I was stunned.

I couldn’t understand what was happening.

The announcer repeatedly reported that Kisaragi’s father had been arrested for sexual assault against his daughter and that he had stated that he had conspired with his daughter to assault a male student in her class.

This classmate, of course, would be me.

And Kisaragi Himehana, the victim of the incident, also admitted to the police that she falsely accused me and is being investigated as a possible suspect.

“Seriously……”

I began to understand the situation better .

It was reported that Kisaragi had been sexually assaulted by her father, that she had been abused, that her father currently did not have a regular job and was on welfare, but none of that matters.

What is important is this part, Kisaragi Himehana told the police that she was trying to falsely accuse her classmate in response to a police interrogation about a neighbor’s report of hearing screams a few days earlier.

Kisaragi told the police everything.

In other words, she herself admitted that I had been falsely accused.

At this very moment, my innocence was proven.

My claim was found to be correct by the police.

The definitive fact that I am not a criminal has been announced to the world.

It was over.

“Haaaaaaaaa…….”

I let out a long sigh.

The truth had been revealed.

No one would treat me like a criminal anymore.

No one has the right to treat me like a criminal anymore.

The days of being cursed, bullied, and lynched are over.

“H-hey…”

“T-Tohru…?

“Onii chan…?”

I heard my name called from behind.

When I turned around, I saw my awkward-looking family members glancing at me.

I guess they are very uncomfortable with the fact that I was found not guilty, even though they have never believed my allegations and treated me as a criminal.

They looked as if they wanted me to say something.

Don’t worry about it.

Everyone makes mistakes.

I’ll let bygones be bygones.

……You think I’d say that?

I was called a criminal and not given enough to eat, and now you want me to let bygones be bygones?

I’m sorry, but I’m not that good-natured.

To be honest, I don’t trust these three anymore.

I can no longer see them as a family as I did before.

“Onii chan….I…”

“Don’t touch me.”

Snap ! ! !

“…!?!?”

I slap my sister’s outstretched hand.

My sister’s eyes widened in surprise.

[ […] ]

My parents were silent.

They are looking at me with extremely awkward expressions.

I pass between the three of them without saying a word.

I put on my shoes at the door and left the house without saying anything.

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