Episode 18 – Unknowingly folding the romantic flag of a jerk protagonist

—- lunch break

I had come to the library to blow off some steam. I know I’m very much out of place…..

[Quiet please]

There was a sign on the wall asking for quiet. Nothing to worry about. I just wanted to read a novel for a change.

“Hey, Tsuruno.”

“What’s with the weather? I can’t believe you came here…”

“I wanted to read a book. Is that bad?”

I approached Tsuruno, who was sitting at the counter, and spoke to her at a very low volume, and saw the armband that read “member of the public morals committee” swinging.

　
She is a semi-long black-haired girl with good eyesight, glasses, and is not a main heroine, but she is too beautiful to be a sub. In fact, a fan disc, “I want to be scolded by Tsuruno-san” has been released.

Tsuruno wears a uniform that is so ironed that there are no wrinkles at all, perhaps due to accuracy or position, and since delinquents like Hayato are her natural enemy, I wanted to avoid irritating her as much as possible.

“No, you are more than welcome. If you don’t know where the books are, just ask.”

“Yeah.”

I thought she would treat me worse than she did, but I was surprised to see the corners of her clear, pouty face begin to break out.

The library is about the size of two classrooms, so the reading tables take up a lot of space, and the amount of books in the library is not as large as that of a city library.

However, since it is a library within an eroge library, it has all of the novels that the students like. As one would expect, there is no manga, but there are plenty of books …….

When I was rummaging through the bookshelves, I noticed a lot of noise around me.

—-Wow, it’s Kageyama,…….

—-What are you doing in the library?

—- Maybe he’s going to take a bunch of them and put them on the flea market.

Gohon!

Tsuruno, who had been watching from the counter, clears her throat, and silence returns to the bustling library.

I thought that if I suddenly feigned seriousness, people would suspect me, so I followed the still and undid the first and third buttons of my collar and lowered the knot of my tie, just as Hayato did, and dressed down in my uniform.

Apparently, Hayato’s reputation on the school is not good, and he is what is called a “delinquent”

He has no intention of borrowing books, nor does he plan to sell them at flea markets. Ignoring the voices around me, I hear another whispering voice as I search the shelves in the Light novel section.

—- Is the delinquent an otaku?

—-Pfft, like a child.

—- Shh, he can hear you!

Oops!

Ignoring the backbiting, I reached into the bookshelf to grab a copy of “Haganai,” but it was snatched away from me at an alarming rate.

Ah, …….

I was about to borrow a “haganai” when I saw Hiiragi Seira, a blonde gal who was dressed down in her school uniform just like me, holding the “haganai.”

“Hey! It’s none of your business what other people borrow.”

Seira apparently misunderstood the backbiting and thought it was being said to her. Seira’s characteristic is that she is highly misunderstood, intuitive, and easily heated, and despite her appearance, she is a fan of novels and eroge

Well, did Seira make a fuss about the lack of “Haganai” in the library and go to the Love Research Institute, which is now the Literature Club?

Hmmm?

Does that mean that Seira’s taking “Haganai” first destroyed the flag for a physical relationship with Yuichi?

Seira herself, whether she knows it or not, is biting the group that was whispering behind her back.

“Answer me properly! I won’t get mad if you do.”

“No, we weren’t talking about Hiiragi-san. ……”

Even if you answer, she gets angry, and even if you don’t answer, she gets angry. ……

“Huh? Isn’t it up to them what people read?”

“T-that’s ……”

Seira is right about this. The person who says something about someone’s taste is clearly an asshole.

However, …… if it’s a novel, it’s a cute thing, but Seira’s taste is special, and although she herself hides it, she actually likes eroge

She was found out by a gal friend and forced using her special hobbies, and when she was about to be forced to become with sugar daddy, she was saved by Yuichi.

With my arms folded behind my back, I watched the scene.

But what is a man’s intuition? The group of men and women seated at the table began whispering in hushed tones.

—Hey, it’s not good! The Kageyama is waiting behind Hiiragi!

—-Maybe Kageyama and Hiiragi have the same interests and are attracted to each other or something?

—-Seriously! Are they dating?

Why would you say that!

I was just looking at Seira bitterly in frustration over the book that was snatched up by Seira right in front of me, but somehow I was mistaken for Seira’s boyfriend.

“Boring.”

I felt as if the Gunpla I wanted had been taken away from me right in front of my eyes, and I couldn’t help but utter a throwaway line.

“I’m sorry for making a scene.”

“That’s okay, I was trying to warn them too. Don’t hate the book for that.”

“O-ou…….”

I stood up from my seat at the counter and called out to Tsuruno, who was about to head towards me. Instead of getting angry at me, I was surprised to see her with tearing up and holding my hand with both hands.

I left the library disappointed because I couldn’t borrow the book I wanted to read. ……

The sliding door to the closed library rattled open again.

“Wait!”

“Oh?”

“Thanks for earlier. They made fun of my hobby, and I might not have been very popular. I was glad that Kageyama was angry with me. That’s all.”

Seira looked restless as she told me that, her face turned red, and she ran off.

Oh, it goes away….., the “Haganai” that I was going to borrow.

I ended up asking for others, but unfortunately I couldn’t find them in the library, so it was a wasted trip.

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