My name is Oohira Tooru.
I’m a very much ordinary high school boy… or, was, because apparently I personally experienced the so-called isekai trip or fantasy reincarnation.
Right now, I’m living as the second son of a duke, Toru・Balsam.
This Toru name… It’s just like the name in my previous life, is it really just a coincidence…?
Oh well, more importantly, the reason why I became like this… It’s related to that fateful day, the day when I was involved in an accident.
A week ago, I started remembering my memory as Oohira Tooru. Indeed, by mistake, I fell into a pond, which caused high fever and nightmares where I seem to thread the fine line between life and death. I restored my memory of a whole lifetime, and with that, I also recalled about this otome game.
It seems that I was reincarnated into the otome game that I heard from my sister in the previous life.
This “Shirayuri no Kimi to…” was an otome game that my sister played and forced me to half-heartedly listen as she went on with the details. Me, I just replied my overly excited sister with “un, un” plain responses, but I still caught a lot of things. Since it has come to this, I regret refusing to listen to my sister’s progress of the game.
If I’m not mistaken, in the game, the heroine will meet various guys. Then she’ll try to give a good impression to the guy she’s interested in. If the fixed points meet the criteria by the end of the game, it’s happy end. If it doesn’t, it’s bad end.
Regarding the bad ending, unless the heroine never talks to the guys at all or never goes out to the maximum allowed time, you won’t reach the bad ending. After all, my sister said that it was marketed for beginners. That’s why you have to play it too!, was what she said, but I still refused it. And now I got reincarnated to that exact world.
Another problem about the reincarnation is that, here, I am the second son of a duke, Toru・Balsam.
If I recall correctly, the villainess noble girl, Blue Marie・Balsam, only has an older brother, not a younger brother. I don’t know who made the blunder, but it seems that in order to hurriedly get me reincarnated in this world, I received the position of the younger brother instead.
Since she grew up spoiled by her parents, she gained a peculiar trait of a villainess; her self-centered attitude makes her become an even bigger spender than original. Because of this villainess, the heroine lowers down the favorable impression of her to the thrifty guys and intercepts him at some event.
Certainly, without the existence of this villainess, the game would end up becoming boring without offering any interesting hurdle. In fact, thanks to her various meddling, the story could blossom into a full rounded tale.
But I wonder, as the younger brother, what is my role in all of this?
The villainess’ younger brother… Generally hated due to his sister’s selfish nature, he must have fallen into the destruction end. The sinful villainess noble girl won’t get punished alone, even her companion who comes from the same family, me, will also meet my end. If I’m lucky, my family name will be stripped from nobility, and if my luck is bad, I’ll get the death sentence.
Honestly, I want none of them. Right now… I’m thinking that I should do anything to prevent that from happening.
I’m pretty sure that the setting of the otome game is the same as a Japanese high schooler… The grand stage is set at the magic school where the freshman is in 16 years of age.
The story will unfold from then onwards, but I have to do something to rehabilitate my sister before that. I have to steer her away from becoming the villainess, and become the heroine’s best friend instead, if possible. I’m creating the plan to prepare for it.
I understand that this will destroy the initial setting of the game, but I still need to carefully watch over the road that will lead straight to the destroyed end as best as I can.
By doing so, by the time that we enter the magic school, the story will move forward without any troubles. And if possible, I have to find a good person to match with my sister. Then, I will escape the destruction end.
My currently bubbly 7-year old sister is a common precocious little girl befitting her age. I can still make it. By supporting my sister’s life and romance from the shadow, I can make it.
Incidentally, I’m the second son instead of the heir. I don’t think there’s any need of me to marry anyone. Still, if there’s a good person, even I… Well, it’ll be a lie if I say I don’t want to.
Oh, well, one small step at a time. Right now, I’ll keep my sister under surveillance so that she won’t become the villainess noble girl.
Translating Tidbits:
The name in katakana is the same as katakana for “true” word, but it doesn’t make sense in the similar note to Tooru. I think about making it Torue with silent “e”, but it seems redundant. Technically, it should be Torū.
I also took many liberties in rearranging the sentences. I’ll do my best so that the meaning will continue being transferred over!
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