Chapter 134
The Key to a Breakthrough
TL: Daemon
ED: PuffyPyjamas
“Why…?”
This is weird… I thought I was right with that one…
“Senpai~ You’ve got wrinkles between your eyebrows . ”
Rei-chan, who was sitting next to me, touched me between my eyebrows . Rei-chan, not as a kid, but the 20-year-old one .
… In other words, this is the present . What happened? I want you to guess .
I’m currently inside an HRG company meeting room with Rei-chan .
When I let out a huge sigh, Rei-chan grabbed my hand .
“Do you want to touch my thighs? Will you feel better like that?”
“That’s not the problem…”
I inadvertently glanced at Rei-chan’s thighs for a second . Since it’s part time work, she was wearing a short skirt today since casual clothing was okay . Such beautiful legs…!
“Wah . You’re really looking at my legs… Kufu, Senpai, you pervert ♡”
That’s right, I’m a pervert . Sorry about that .
“Senpai, you’re so stiff, even when I invite you, you never pounce on the chance… I don’t even care about who you like either . If you want to do it, just let me know, okay…?”
Don’t whisper into my ear like that . It made my heart skip a beat there . I was thinking that she said something quite mature, but I guess since she’s twenty right now, she must have a mental age of thirty by now .
While I was still making a difficult expression, Rei-chan pursed her lips as if bored .
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“Geez, weren’t you ever taught that it’s shameful for a man to reject a meal set before him?”
“I was taught that . However, I was never taught to eat a poisonous meal that’s set before me . ”
“Kyaah ♪ If it can’t be medicine then poison it is . You really do understand me ♪”
I grabbed the face of the poisonous Rei-chan as she tried to kiss me and distanced myself from her .
The last time, and the time before that, I had broken up with the present Hiiragi-chan .
Rei-chan had said that it was because my hesitation had caused her to worry, and so I thought me not doing anything was the reason for that .
However, that was wrong . This time, I have also broken up with the present Hiiragi-chan .
“I really made an effort to put myself out there… So why is it like this? Did that really have nothing to do with it…?”
“Ah, Senpai . It’s about time for the meeting, so I’ll head back . ”
After saying bye, Rei-chan left the meeting room . In exchange, Natsumi-chan came in with documents and a laptop under her arm .
The adult version of Natsumi-chan was wearing black-rimmed glasses, and her impression was much like that of her mother, Airi-san . After turning around to look back at Rei-chan, she spoke .
“You aren’t doing something weird at work, are you?”
“No, I’m not . ”
“Ever since high school, for some reason, she’s always following you . ”
Natsumi-chan handed me a portion of the documents she brought in .
About the Mobile Content Division
In the present, it wasn’t just a department, but a whole division . Earlier, I confirmed the situation with Rei-chan, but I’m currently one of Natsumi-chan’s subordinates .
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Moreover, I haven’t married yet, and am still just Sanada Seiji . Natsumi-chan is a new young manager of the division . I’m the assistant manager . Even so, there are only a few other people in the division other than me .
The meeting room phone rang, and Natsumi-chan quickly picked it up .
“Yeah, okay . I got it . Please guide them to the conference room on the sixth floor . ”
It seems to be an internal call, as after saying that, she hung up .
I also confirmed the situation with Natsumi-chan . It seems that the acquisition plan has already been approved and the developer company, Acty Softworks is already under the umbrella of HRG .
As we were talking, the door to the conference room opened .
“… Excuse me . ”
She lowered her head in a bow . The person in charge of ASW, Ii-san or rather, Kanata has arrived . Even after becoming an adult nothing has changed about her…
A suit really doesn’t seem to fit her, and it really felt like the suit was the one wearing her .
“Good work . Quick, come have a seat . ”
“… Yes . ”
As Natsumi-chan suggested, Kanata sat down and took out her laptop . The meeting started after an assistant brought in tea for everyone .
Since difficult words were being exchanged, and I almost didn’t understand half of what was going on, I mostly stayed out of the conversation . Currently, there’s a plan for a new social game, and there’s a few problems—I’ve got that much .
“… ASW’s ace… isn’t too enthusiastic about the cooperation, and in the worst case, could decide to go to a different company . ”
Kanata glanced at me .
“Aah… I did hear rumors about that . Rather than a reason…”
Natsumi-chan glanced at me .
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“Eh? Why are you two looking at me?”
“ASW-san, is beautiful and thin like a model, and is a popular up and coming character designer . Flat chested as well . ”
“… Yeah . Our sales really do depend on her… if she were to pull out, it would be tough . ”
Natsumi-chan’s expression made it seem like she expected me to understand by now .
“Geez, why are you guys fighting? That’s probably the reason, right? She was superclass brocon too . I thought it would be a good thing, but that doesn’t seem to be the case…”
“… Seiji-kun, make sure you make up with her soon . That will definitely be our bottleneck . ”
Fighting…? A superclass brocon? “Superclass brocon”, that sounds like a monster of some sort .
“From what you’re talking about… I-it can’t be, you mean my little sister…!?”
The two of them nodded at the same time . Our Sachan…? Popular character designer?? It was so unexpected that my mind was in chaos .
Hmm? Wait . When she lost the game I lent to her, I did search through her closet . At that time, there was a sketchbook . I didn’t look inside though .
Since then, or even earlier than then—That’s when she woke up to wanting to become an artist or character designer .
Aaaaah… It doesn’t seem like she would say that… She’s definitely the type to do it in secret . Now that I think about it, originally, the default route was for her to become Kanata’s junior at a game company . She never did tell me what job she was accepting .
And so, I’m currently fighting with Sana?
“Why am I fighting with Sana?”
““… Don’t know . ””
Their two voices overlapped .
“… It’s been quite a long time . The fight that is . You guys haven’t gotten along . As far as I know, it’s been since the summer of your senior year of high school . ”
“That is a long time . ”
There was a time when we lived together, but after changing the past multiple times since then, it wouldn’t be surprising for our relationship to change .
“… Even the home economics club, since Seiji-kun and I were focused on exams, we both pulled out and the club ended up shut down… That’s just how it is from the outside that is . ”
In a three member club, if two of them are on bad terms, then it wouldn’t be weird for it to be abandoned . Adding on to that, one of them was dating the advising teacher and they broke up .
“I’m not asking for you to return to the same as before, but for you to just have a normal brother and sister relationship… Since it’s her, she’s probably doing her best as well . ”
This isn’t about Hiiragi-chan, but a problem about me . This is the first time that after returning to the present, it’s one of my own problems .
A new pattern .
I am curious about the reason for our break up, but this comes first… I want to think that I can do something about it .
Until now, I’ve always thought the explanation would be a pain, so I hid a lot of things from Sana . I thought that it would be okay without gaining her understanding or permission . That’s why, intentionally distanced our relationship .
What if that isn’t the case though?
Suddenly, the feeling of time leaping overcame me .
When I next opened my eyes, I was on top of my bed at home . The date was two days after that night . A Sunday morning .
“Nii-san! How long are you going to be sleeping? We’re going to be watching the Breig DVD . ”
Sana and I, fighting…? I can’t imagine it at this point in time, but it seems to happen in the near future…
What will lead me to a happy ending between Hiiragi-chan and I—
“Geez, if you’re already awake then respond!”
Is it possibly… you, Sana?