Episode 8
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“Huh? Huh? Oh, really? There wasn’t a key chain? There really wasn’t one?”
That’s strange. I’m supposed to be the best friend, so when did I become the hard-of-hearing protagonist? I’m asking this important question multiple times because I might have misheard.
“I said I couldn’t find it.”
If I were to add a sound effect to myself right now, “Gaan” would be the most fitting, and others might have heard it coming from me.
“Ugh, you’re not lying, are you?”
“I’m not lying. I looked everywhere, but it wasn’t there.”
I couldn’t believe those words and stood there for a while. If Saotome hadn’t shaken me, I think I would have stood there all day.
“What did you do since you couldn’t find it?”
“What else could I do but go home?”
“By the way, are you going to look for it today?”
I asked cautiously. Please give me the answer I want!
Ah! I don’t want to hear it! If it’s not the answer I want, I won’t be able to recover.
“No. Niiro said it’s okay.”
“You idiot!”
That was dangerous. I almost hit him.
“When a girl says ‘it’s okay,’ it’s not okay!”
You might think, “What do you know about girls? You’ve never had a girlfriend,” but I can’t say that.
“That girl must be crying in her heart. So keep looking for her today!”
It sounds like I’m saying something good, but I’m not going to look for it, but you have to keep looking until you find it.
You’ll be surprised that I’m saying something so passionate, but I’m not going to look for it.
“You’re not looking for it, but we’ve been looking for over three hours. We couldn’t find it, so we gave up.”
That’s true. I can’t say anything.
But if this guy doesn’t find it, I’ll be in trouble. So I’m not going to use logic, I’m just going to push forward with passion.
“Don’t give up! If you give up, the key to your life will be lost forever.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Fight! Fight!”
“No, if you want to find it so badly, you find it yourself.”
Don’t give in to logic!
“You can do it!”
“Didn’t they say there’d be a pop quiz in math class today?”
He finally ignored me.
“There’s no quiz, but you have something else, right? Your passion.”
“What? No quiz? I studied yesterday…”
“With that passion, you can find the key chain.”
“Let’s go to the bathroom.”
“Shouldn’t we look for the key chain instead of going to the bathroom together?”
“The next PE class is basketball, right? Lucky us.”
“If you give up looking for the key chain, the game is over.”
“The food in the cafeteria is piping hot and delicious, isn’t it?”
“I know the passionate feelings sleeping in your heart!”
“Well, bye-bye. See you on Monday.”
…It was impossible.
Don’t mess with me! I tried so hard to convince him, but why won’t he even try to look for it? He didn’t even listen to what I had to say! Listen to your best friend’s words. I was lonely when he ignored me all that time.
What should I do? The keyring is meaningless if he doesn’t find it.
Did they even look for the keyring properly? If they had looked properly, they would have found it. They’re not looking for it properly.
If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have given them a hint about where to look.
At least I’ll go and check if the key chain is there.
…!
I quickly hid. That’s because Niiro was still looking for the key chain.
Niiro hadn’t given up yet… Of course, she can’t give up when she’ll cry with joy when she finds it.
I’m sorry, but I don’t want Niiro to find it. If Niiro finds it, the story won’t proceed as it did in the original work. It should have been found yesterday, but if Niiro finds it, it might become unmanageable.
So what should I do? I have no choice but to find it myself. I’ll pretend that I found it and that Saotome found it, and then the story will proceed as it did in the original work to a certain extent.
Besides
“Where is it? The key chain?”
You want to find it, right?
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Alright, so the keychain search team is deploying.
I definitely want to find it this weekend! Follow the captain!
Oh, I’m alone…
I am in a good mood, right? School on weekends feels special, right? So even though school is usually unpleasant, today I’m in a cheerful mood. When you go to your part-time job on a day off, you feel a strange sense of superiority, right? That’s what I mean, even though I’ve never had a part-time job.
I even made a lunch box today, so I’ll eat it at lunchtime. Usually, everyone eats together because of Shota, but I’m the type who wants to eat alone quietly. I’ll eat while watching the club members practicing in the shade.
So, shall we start looking?
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Huh? It’s not here.
What do you mean? I’ve been looking for three hours! It’s already lunchtime! I made a lunch box just in case, but I didn’t think I’d actually need it.
Ugh, I’m tired. I want to go home, take a shower, drink some Coke, and play video games. I’ll just look for it again tomorrow.
…No way. Am I going to give up again? I’ve been giving up and regretting it all this time, haven’t I? I decided to try my best this time, didn’t I? And I’m going to meet her and apologize, right? Then try your best to find the key chain.
“Okay!”
Saying this makes me feel like I’ve flipped a switch inside myself and I feel motivated. Then I’ll try my best.
Nothing. Nothing at all. No atmosphere. No possibility.
Four o’clock… What should I do? Should I just go home? No, I’m a kid who can do it. Grandma, watch over me. It’s okay if the goddess isn’t watching. After all, grandma is better than the goddess!
I’ll go wash my hands first.
“Hey, Shota?”
“Oh, the class president.”
When I went to the restroom, I ran into the class president.
“Club activities?”
“Yeah.”
The class president is on the basketball team and seems to be in charge of the first-year leaders. Seeing her in a different outfit makes her feel special and makes my heart race.
Oh my, she has a ponytail. She’s so cute.
“What are you doing, Shota?”
“I’m… looking for my keychain.”
I hesitated for a moment, but if I didn’t say anything, it would look suspicious, so I decided to say that I lost it.
“You lost it?”
“Yeah, I lost it. I’m always losing things.”
I laughed and pretended to be clumsy.
“Shota, you really are like that.”
“Yeah, I’m so clumsy.”
The class president calls me by my first name, which makes me happy. Usually, she calls me “Mizuno-kun,” but that’s fine too.
“Do you want me to help you look for it?”
“No, no, no, I’m sorry.”
If the chairperson finds it, there will be a strange relay from the chairperson to me, from me to Saotome, and from Saotome to Niiro. I think the chairperson wouldn’t understand, so I’ll decline.
“It’s okay, I want to help Shota if he’s in trouble.”
“Thank you. But I’m really okay.”
If we continued talking, the chairperson would probably push me and start looking for it too, so I ended the conversation.
Well, shall we continue?
It’s hard to search every corner of the school, but I’m happy because I can kill two birds with one stone by searching for the key chain and visiting sacred places at the same time.
“Yoisho”
“Huh?”
The chairperson suddenly appeared and crouched down next to me. It was so sudden that my brain froze.
“Let’s keep going.”
“Uh, yeah.”
Even after I refused so many times, she’s offering to help me look. Isn’t that too kind? If a guy is treated too kindly, he’ll fall in love easily, so be careful. Of course, I’m no exception.
“Let’s keep going.”
“Uh, yeah.”
At that moment, I felt like Mizuno Shota had disappeared for a second.
In the end, we didn’t find it that day, so we moved on to the next day.
What’s more, it was raining that day. So I brought a raincoat and went searching.
I hate it when my shoes get all soggy. Is there anyone who likes that? If my socks are wet when I get to school, I don’t feel like doing anything that day.
No, no, no, no. It’s not there. No matter how long I look, it’s not there. I can’t find it anywhere. I don’t have time. I don’t have any leeway. But if I don’t find it, the meaning of these past two days and my future reincarnation will be lost.
The rain is annoying. This kind of rain really kills my motivation. I’m searching without eating lunch, so I’m getting irritated. I feel like punching someone. Actually, I’ve been doing a lot of shadow boxing, so it’s dangerous.
I thrust my fist toward the falling rain and leaves. See? I’m strong, right? Come on, bring it on. I can still do more.
I shake the tree to make more leaves fall.
Plop.
Wow! A keychain?!
I’m so happy! I thought I’d never find it, so I’m really happy. Now I can finally proceed according to the original story.
Is this real? When I shook the tree, something fell down. It’s just like in the game world.
“Achoo!”
That’s right, it was raining. I’d better hurry home and take a warm bath.
All I have to do now is have Saotome pick this up and give it to Niiro.
(TL/N : So apparently, the class chairman is a girl}
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