Chapter 2 (Not good, it become hard to live in reality)
PART 1
Today is the day I did my part time.
I as usual, went to work at a coffee shop ‘Roleplay’ in the shopping district.
After I enter from the front door---
Sitting behind the counter, a ponytail girl was giving me a nasty smile.
Looking younger than her age, she was this shop’s owner and I called her “Master”.
Anyhow, that creepy smile must be that she meant to immediately push her works to me. I know it because it’s a usual thing.
That severe RPG-lover master had a habit to confine herself in a game room with an excuse.
Properly do your work. You’re already an adult.
“What is that, that smile? Today, please do your job properly at the counter.”
Before she secluded herself, I took the initiative to tell her.
“Ara, ara ara ara, s-cry.”
Master brought her two hands to her face and showed me her moist eyes. Furthermore, with upturned eyes. Oe-. (Puke sfx)
“Even if you do that, it’s not cute!”
“What is that~, you’re cruel! Moreover, I haven’t said anything.”
“Without saying it, I know. You gonna leave your work to me and play games, right.”
“Because I don’t want to work.”
“Easily revealed your true intention huh.”
“Aa, it’s because I didn’t get a lottery maybe? Although I can do an early retirement if I get it.”
“There are, aren’t there. The people who said that kind of thing. Come to think of it, then why you opened a coffee lounge? You don’t want to work, right?”
“Somehow, because I think it’s fun.”
“Wow, a line from the sample of a useless person.”
“However, I’m relieved since I have found a good part timer. Now, without worrying I can pl.”
“Do your job!!”
Because it’s like this, I became confused as who is the employer and the owner. Well, if the one who came are regular customers, it wouldn’t be too busy so I would also do my best today.
“Then, 30 minutes only.”
Master raised up her three fingers to my direction.
“……thirty minutes huh….. I’ve no choice, though I’m unwilling. Then, I will manage this shop by myself, though I‘m unwilling.”
Well, as game time, I would able to concede about 30 minutes. Because I felt indebted to her. Though, I’m unwilling.
“Yay! You boy is a nice person. I love you ♡.”
“Uo!? D-disgusting! S-stop!”
I thrusted her away.
She pursed her lips, and innocently coming to hug me like a little girl.
Strange.
Until now, my FTDS hadn’t reacted to her, but for some reason, just now it came a bit? Perhaps, it’s because the unreasonable things in guild and reality, that made the condition worse, is it??
I became a little upset. She, who is oblivious to my feeling, had already returned here and now delightfully started to wear apron.
Oya? Even with only 30 minutes, suddenly she felt like working?
“H, huh? You don’t play games?”
“N? What?”
“….......You don’t say that 30 minutes……..”
Seeing her answering with face of full smiles, it hit me.
“You mean only work for 30 minutes, huh! Thiiiiis uselessss ownerrrr!!”
She raised a strangely cute voice “Kyuuun”.
I won’t forgive you, I won’t forgive youuuuuu!!
I took a hold at a knife with my right hand and swung it over her head.
“S, stop, T, timeout! O-only that please pardon meee”
Her sorrow scream was reverberating thorough the kitchen.
But I don’t care.
I grabbed her collar, and like that, I cut her blouse------
Without fighting back, she just breathed rapidly on my shoulder.
“…….Zeehaa, zehaa.”
“What’re you excited about?”
“Isn’t this your fault?”
This shop, is already doomed.
By the time I had already given up with this shop’s future.
Master handed me over a tray. On top of the tray, there are teapot, cup & a saucer. They gave off an aromatic fragrant.
“What is this?”
“This is customer’s order. That’s also your customer.”
Mine?
In the beginning, I didn’t know the meaning, but the fragrant of the milk tea in teapot soothe my mind.
When I set my sight to the window seat, there’s a petite girl looking my way. In her hands, there’s an A4 sized board and something is written there.
『I come to be your bride』
“Bu-!?”
I hastily drew close to her, and knock her board down.
“W-what’re you writing!!”
Even though I raised my voice, without fearing it, her cheek flushed in red.
She is Ayahane Shizuku. Shizuku（雫）in reality.
There’s a big gap in her personality, so I’m troubled as the usual I saw was a charming and slender figure also the exact opposite of her right now.
There were also parts that overlap with each other like her long black hair or big eyes.
Since she lived at the top of this building, as a regular customer, she frequently visited here.
Then, what?
As soon as we met, 『I come to be your bride』?
In this timing, as she said that…..
That mail at once came to my mind.
《It’s to the point that I want to marry you in the reality. 》
Then, that meant Shizuku is ------------ Hugues!?
No wait, wait, it can’t be. Maybe it’s that.
As the premise “Marrying with Knight-sama”, earlier than the other guild members, she wanted to appeal to me in reality. The so called ‘establish a claim’, that kind of feel.
There, my eyes met with hers.
While thinking that, I strangely became conscious of the reality before my eyes.
“H, hey….. perhaps Shizuku…. To me-“
『I come to take my husband』
“I didn’t say it’s okay if it’s the oppositeeeeee.”
It completely disturbed my pace.
※Business-like tone※ A, it’s a bit late but this time, I shall refer Shizuku-san’s board as 『』.
As I said “Please excuse me”, the words changed again.
『I come to ‘netori’』
“That’s even worse!”
『I come stickily (nettori)』
“Sometimes, a sticky feeling comes because one’s groveling?”
『I stir a boiling water up (nettou)』
“Wow there! Great there! S-stir it up is useless.”
『I stir a natto up』
(TL: Natto has a gooey consistency)
“Gooey huh, it’s related to stickiness again! But it’s delicious that I want it so much!”
『Will you form an engagement with me』
“I see, a word that subtly similar to natto, without thinking I want it more, but it’s wrongggg! Don’t secretly form an engagement with me!”
(TL: 納豆: natto, 結納: engagement)
Haa, haa, haa….. dangerous.
When I just relaxed, I almost had been done in. In addition, if I was seen by master here….
“Huh, waa!?”
Before I realized it, master is already standing next to me so I unintentionally raised my voice. That’s also because, this shop is not wide enough that one can secretly do something.
As expected, Shizuku immediately erased the words on the board.
“Whaat? The talk is already proceeded to ‘engagement’ level?”
“N-no this isn’t like that.”
“What you’re talking about. Do it, do it, marry her with bang!”
“E, ue, ee!?”
Using her arms, master hold me onto her until our shoulders made contact.
As I saw my side, Shizuku’s face was really close that my heart felt like stopped. After all, it’s a distance where that crystal clear white cheek or that small glossy pink lips almost touched me.
Because I felt a serious danger, I escaped from master’s arms.
“It’s enough. You know, right? That I’m not good with 3D girls.”
“Ara, If you keep saying that, you can’t kiss kiss a girl, you know? It’s a good chance so how if I treat you with shock therapy? I thought it’s more fun than clearing sword of zodan.”
“No no, for clearing that, it’ll be impossible if you don’t work hard enough with preparedness of mental collapse while doing blood transfusion. Moreover, in my school life, that surreal zodan has been said to be one of four heavenly kings of shitty games so no one knows it! Though, I really want you to stop comparing anything to game.”
Did she understand that if she threw a strange comparing every time, I was also troubled? This person.
“Huh, on top of that, are you okay with it?”
“N? What?”
“It’s game, gaming. You want it, right? Today is special, I will manage the shop so it’s fine if you confine yourself.”
“E, really!? Don’t you say it’s a joke now?”
“I won’t”
“Yay, then I count on you.”
A reaction speed that amazed my eyes. That adult had impressively disappeared to the back of counter.
In general, I was also a useless person, but only that kind of adult, I didn’t want to be. At the moment I was thinking that.
Nevertheless, I’ve succeeded in driving away that troublesome person from here. As the price, all the works were entrusted to me, but it’s better than her staying here. Today, the customer is also only Shizuku.
There, I finally put the tray that I always hold down on the table. What’s on it was royal milk tea that was Shizuku’s order. It’s her usual order.
As I was putting the cup in front of Shizuku, who fixed her sitting posture, a book that was on top of table entered my sight.
【Everyday 10 minutes of voice training Beginner】
It’s written largely on the front cover.
“This…. Is Shizuku’s?”
Even I asked, the reply wouldn’t come. Why? Because the real Shizuku completely didn’t speak. I heard she had a complex about her voice being the same as loli anime voice so ordinarily, she only spoke via board like just now.
That girl was doing voice training. There’s no way I wasn’t curious.
『Because it’s easy, I try it』
She embarrassedly raised the board from under the table.
“That’s a good thing, but I think it’s not a problem even if you don’t do voice training.”
Before, at the time I went to karaoke with guild members, an incident happened and she unintentionally let out her real voice, but it’s unexpectedly a beautiful voice.
However, since she had that complex, she became distressed that only her know what it felt, undoubtedly.
『I will become voice actress』
“Haaaaaaaa!?”
I doubted my eyes for a second at the two words on board.
“V, voice actress?”
Koku, koku. (nod sfx)
Shizuku silently nodded.
“Shizuku will?”
Koku, koku.
What are you talking about!? I somehow resisted on saying that.
However, she who had never talked even one sentence, suddenly like skipping ten levels wanted to aim for voice-related job so it’s no wonder that my eyes became dots.
『Because, you praised my voice』
Shizuku’s cheek dyed in embarrassment.
Huh? Perhaps Shizuku wanted to be voice actress was my fault?
Because in karaoke previously, I said “Isn’t that a talent? Who knows if she one day will become a voice actress,” to the ones who ridiculed her loli anime voice?
Well, there’s not a shred of lie on those words.
Thinking back, maybe when I was in kindergarten? There’s a girl same like current Shizuku, I praised her and then she became enthusiastic about something.
As to what kind of subject it was, I entirely couldn’t remember because it’s already a distant memory.
Well, let’s leave it at that.
Certainly Shizuku’s voice was good. It was a very clear voice. Honestly, it’s not impossible for her to become voice actress if she did training….but.
“Hee, hee~……Isn’t it good for you? Then, do your best.”
After I gave my affirmation, she happily moved her marker on the board.
『See the result of my training』
“Result? It’s fine with me, what’re you gonna do?”
『See whether the shape of my mouth when I’m pronouncing is right or not』
“S, shape?”
No, there you should just speak normally. You aim for a voice-related job, right?
But, is that unexpectedly important? Well, regarding that, I’m also an amateur so I have no say in it. Perhaps it’s like the difference in seeing or not seeing text.
“O, okay come.”
What the heck will come? I was thinking so. In the first place, I didn’t know what the right one was.
Her state seems not to doubt me in the slightest. I sat on the opposite of Shizuku and waited for her to start.
Shizuku put aside the text and teaware and prepared a vacant spot.
Putting her two hands on the table, she stood up.
Her leg was tiptoeing.
Her upper half body inclined to the front and she raised her chin.
Closing her eyelids, she pursed her lips.
While maintain that posture, her face little by little came closer to my face-----------
Wait, wasn’t this voice training!?
Shizuku’s face with closed eyes looked a bit shy, and her mouth slightly quivered,
This was clearly a……… k-kissing position!?
The burdensome constitution in my body started to awaken.
For some reason, I felt dizzy? At the time I was thinking so.
GANN!!
As a loud voice like something was slammed reverberated, the astounded me and her hurriedly moved our body away from each other.
When I saw the window, there’s a person who pressed her face to window glass like a crushed frog.
A uniform and blonde twin-tail that I recognize.
That one is irrefutable my acquaintance.
“H, Hime!?”
As she pressed her own cheek against the window, she stared at us with menacing look. It ruined her beauty.
As to why Hime knew this place, it’s because it had been discovered that I worked part time here when we’re on the way back from karaoke before. That’s why not only her, all members knew it.
Then, I’m back to my talk before, Hime, who separated her face from window, with a strong momentum ran to the shop entrance, and after violently hitting the doorbell, she invaded the shop.
“What the!? Now what are you doing!”
The girl was catching her breath with “Zehaa”. Her hair is a bit disheveled but she’s still the same as ever, a perfect beauty.
『Etto, we’re doing some voice training』
“There’s no way it is! Somehow, your speaking style is refined! Besides, usually you never use polite language to me.”
Here, even if I said, “But, it’s really a voice training,” she wouldn’t have believed it. After all, no matter how you look at it, it didn’t look like that.
“Originally why are you doing voice training? Is there a need for that?”
“Aa it’s like this, Shizuku se-.”
(TL : se of seiyuu :voice actress)
When I look at Shizuku, she appealed to me with her eyes that embarrassedly told me “Don’t say it.”
I think it was fine even if you revealed it, but I didn’t need to force her if she didn’t want to.
“Uh se, se, ze, zensoku (asthma)! Yes, that’s right. Shizuku recently get asthma so we are exercising her throat. That’s why we do voice training…..”
“Asthma huh….. fu~n.”
Hime didn’t seem convinced at my quick reply, but for some reason, she didn’t inquire further.
She sat down on the seat straight ahead to Shizuku and calmed herself down.
“More importantly, can you write your name here?”
As she sat, Hime quickly handed me over a clipboard attached with a piece of paper that appeared out of nowhere. Apparently, this was her purpose for coming here.
“What is this?”
“I think I want to make a record of guild members’ house address in reality. C’mon, if something happened, it’ll be convenient right?”
“House address huh….”
“Can you write somewhere around the top? Aa, a bit left. Yes, around there.”
Though I’m reluctant, I moved the pen tip to the place designated by her, and I without any doubt wrote my name. Following, when I was just about to write my address,
“Okay, it’s fine with only that. From here on, I’ll do something about it.”
“Ha? What do you mean by “do something about it”.”
“Ee!? N, no, it’s nothing. Just talking to myself.”
Very suspicious. Extremely suspicious.
To begin with, making a record of house addresses without me writing the address, what kind of record that is.
Somehow, I felt a really bad premonition and unintentionally dropped the clipboard from my hand for the first time. Then, when I see it properly, it looks like it’s not just one piece.
“I-Immediately return it to me.”
Perhaps she was aware that I’d realized it, she hastily tried to steal the clipboard from me.
My intuition told me that, “I shouldn’t hand it over to her,” and pulled my arm. After I dodged Hime’s extended hand, the front paper flipped.
What appeared beneath was something like a document.