Chapter 540

Chapter 540 . Romance never stops

「 That foreigner is ABCD from yesterday, right? She’s dressed feminine than yesterday it seems 」

Captain Takeshiba glares at Edie .

Edie was wearing Nagisa’s shop’s boiler suit yesterday, but today, she’s wearing a stylish white dress with gold accessories .

「 She’s Edie 」

I answer timidly .

Edie laughs as she looks at the grounds .

「 Well, okay . Then, what about her? Who are you? 」

Captain Takeshiba’s eyes turn to Mana this time .

Awawa .

When I noticed, not only captain Takeshiba and the third years, but also the other members of the track and field club are looking at us .

Well of course .

Megu’s fiance shows up while holding hands with a beauty .

「 Uhm, I 」

Mana tries to talk, but .

「 I’m asking him not you 」

Captain Takeshiba stops Mana .

It looks like she’ll persist to ask information about Mana from me .

「 Go on, say it 」

Err, how should I explain it .

I’m troubled .

「 She’s my little sister 」

Turning around, I see Megu in her uniform .

Oh, we were late due to the trouble in front of the mansion’s gate, so she changed clothes in the clubroom first .

「 Little sister? 」

「 Y-Yes, I’m Yamamine Mana . Thank you for always caring for Megu-oneechan 」

Mana bows her head .

「 Huh, Yamamine-san had a little sister? 」

One of the first years on the grounds asks .

She might be someone who entered the same middle school as Megu .

「 Ah, my body was weak, so I stayed over Shizuoka for a long time, it’s just been recent that I came back to Tokyo 」

Mana explains .

「 Today, I came with Onii-chan to pick up Megu-oneechan . But, it feels scary to enter a school I don’t know so I asked Onii-chan to hold my hand 」

Mana said . Captain Takeshiba listens .

「 I’m in the second year middle school, high school students look like adults to me 」

Mana’s small for her age .

Her excuse is somewhat credible .

「 You’re not lying? 」

「 It’s true . Look at our faces and compare . We’re really connected by blood! 」

Megu and Mana are real sisters . They have different mothers, however .

「 Hmmm, okay fine . Then, what about this foreigner? 」

Captain Takeshiba returns her interest to Edie again .

「 Err, she’s 」

When I try to explain Edie…

「 ！！！ 」

Edie’s expression changed .

She starts sniffing .

Then .

She lets go of my hand .

Then she flips her skirt suddenly?!!!

「 Edie?! 」

Edie’s showing off her white panty and nice ass to the people .

The black case attacked on her tender looking thighs too .

《 HA 》

Edie pulls out a shuriken and throws it on the bushes on the side of the grounds .

Vuuuuoooonn!!!

Michi’s special shuriken has a small hole opening so throwing it in the air creates a distinctive sound .

Zusa! Zusa! Zusa!

Baki!

The last shuriken sounded like it crashed to something metallic .

「 Hieeeeeeeeee!! 」

Then .

Two men roll out of the bushes .

「 W-What are you doing! 」

「 Hey, stop! You idiot! That’s dangerous! 」

These guys are .

Err, who are they again?

If I recall, they’re the second years from the baseball club .

「 What about you two, what are you doing in that place? 」

Captain Takeshiba takes action .

「 You’re holding a camera . Are you trying to take peep photos on us?! 」

Oh, the two of them have a video camera in hand .

Edie threw shuriken on the lens’ back right away .

「 S-Shit, run away! 」

「 Yeah! 」

The two tries to run away, but .

《 SHHAAA！！！ 》

Edie dashed so fast that the wind flipped her skirt .

「 T-This guy! 」

The boys try to confront Edie, but .

《 mee！weee！！ 》

Edie kicked them, and they got turned over in an instant .

Shit .

「 Edie, don’t kill them! 」

《 Don’t　Kill！！！ 》

Mana shouts in English .

《 WOO！ 》

Edie’s fist stops before the man’s forehead .

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「 Then, what’s your name and year? 」

Captain Takeshiba and the track and field club members encircle and capture the men .

「 Err, that 」

「 Uhm . Uhm 」

「 Hurry up . I’m short-tempered 」

Captain Takeshiba looks down on the two boys, crossing her arms .

「 Second year, Sugiyama 」

「 Same . Koizumi 」

Ah, I remember now . They’re really from the baseball club .

If I recall, they’re minions of Iwakura-san .

「 Hmm, so why are you hiding from the grass and taking peep photos of us? 」

Captain Takeshiba asks the two .

「 T-That’s 」

Sugiyama and Koizumi look at each other’s face .

「 I-It’s because it’s beautiful! 」

「 Y-Yeah, we would like to record the sweat and the youth forever 」

That’s just a lie .

Perhaps, Iwakura-san ordered them .

Minaho-neesan’s busy lately, so she hasn’t looked after her .

Especially because Kyouko-san and Miss Cordelia, and Shirasaka Sousuke were hiding in the school, Minaho-neesan should be keeping Iwakura-san away from the principal’s office .

Iwakura-san had a previous offense of leaking information to the underground society so she could attack Nei and me before .

Shirasaka Sousuke and Kyouko-san’s presence in the school is a secret nobody should know .

But, Minaho-neesan’s attitude looks like she’s ignoring Iwakura-san, she doesn’t like it it seems .

That’s when I entered the gate together with Edie and Mana .

She must’ve sent them to check on us .

If she finds a weak point on us, then she can use it as a card to attack us .

She’s not permitted to use the monitoring system in the school, so she used her cameras .

I look around .

Ah, there she is .

Iwakura-san is hiding behind the tree outside the grounds .

「 Wow, you’re the worst, I was wearing shorts today 」

「 My bra strings were seen through too 」

「 Voyeurism isn’t a joke! 」

「 What did you plan on using that for?! 」

The girls in the track and field speak complain to Sugiyama .

「 I’d like to check the photos, but this is completely broken 」

Captain Takeshiba looks at Sugiyama’s video camera .

Edie’s shuriken pierced it deeply that it destroyed the interior machine .

「 Captain, the memory card might be alive, how about taking out the card and look at it through other cameras? 」

One of the members raised her hand and said .

「 Memory? 」

Captain Takeshiba looks for the slot .

Then, Edie comes forward .

She stretches her hand, gesturing to hand the video camera as she smiles .

「 Do you know where it is? 」

Captain hands over the camera .

Edie pulls out the memory card from the camera .

「 Oh, thanks 」

Then, she takes out an electric lighter from her skirt and burns the memory card .

「 ？？？！ 」

The intense heat melts down the memory card .

The lighter seems to be order-made too .

Edie smiles .

《 That’s　OK！ 》

Captain Takeshiba .

「 Yeah, well, the worries of the future disappeared with that 」

She stared at me .

「 What’s with her? 」

Err .

「 Edie-chan likes to play Ninja 」

Mana gave up on thinking .

「 Look, Japanese ninjas are very popular among the Americans currently that they even have ninja Dojo over there . Edie-chan came from there 」

Err .

「 Ah, I’ve seen those in TV . It has American people doing ninja things in a ninja classroom or something 」

One of the club members said .

「 So that’s the reason for her high physical ability? 」

Captain Takeshiba speaks amazed .

「 It’s not just ninja classroom, she seems to have done other martial arts too . I don’t know the details though 」

Megu also complements the story .

「 Then, she wanted to go study at a Japanese school, by all means, so she’s transferred to ours 」

Megu said . Edie’s smiling .

「 Then, why is this girl with you? 」

Captain Takeshiba asks us .

「 You see, Edie-chan’s family has a deal with the company Yoshi-kun’s father works for so she’s staying over at Yoshi-kun’s house 」

Megu, well done on making this . As expected, she’s smarter than I am .

「 But, she’s like this so if Yoshi-kun doesn’t hold her hand then she’ll go somewhere else right away, so he has no choice but to hold her hand 」

Megu made the story more coherent .

「 I’m aware of it, she’s not a bad kid, I won’t be jealous even if she’s holding hands with Yoshi-kun 」

Captain Takeshiba .

「 Does this girl understand Japanese? 」

「 No, she’s American so she can’t speak Japanese yet 」

I replied .

「 We’re able to speak to each other with broken English 」

Captain Takeshiba looks at the club members,

「 Hiramatsu, you’re good at English, right? Try talking to this foreigner 」

What?

「 Try asking this foreigner if what they’re saying is true 」

T-T-This is bad!

Will Edie be able to read the situation?

If she talks about something unnecessary, it’ll become a more significant problem .

「 Hiramatsu’s a returnee, so her English is perfect, how many years has it been? 」

「 I was in New York starting first grade in elementary until the second year in middle school 」

Isn’t that really bad?

「 Then, try talking to her 」

「 Okay 」

Hiramatsu talks to Edie .

Edie smiles .

The two continues to talk for a while .

「 How is it, Hiramatsu? 」

Captain Takeshiba asks .

「 Captain, I can’t . I don’t get what she’s talking about . I can’t follow the details 」

「 What do you mean? 」

「 Her English is a bit out of the ordinary 」

Hiramatsu-san replies with a troubled look .

「 Ah, Edie-chan’s from New Orleans 」

Mana said .

「 Oh 」

Hiramatsu-san’s convinced .

「 What’s with New Orleans? 」

Captain Takeshiba asks . Hiramatsu-san;

「 Those from New Orleans have a strong southern accent and a peculiar English coming from the French immigrants . They say it’s Cajun culture 」

「 Is the accent too much? 」

「 Yes, it’s hard even for me 」

No, it’s true that Edie’s accent is strong, but .

Mana’s able to communicate with her .

There’s no chance for someone who lived in America for years like Hiramatsu-san to not communicate properly .

In short .

Edie’s reading the atmosphere .

That’s why she strengthened her New Orleans accent and played out so Hiramatsu-san can’t understand .

「 Anyway, she did say that Yamamine is her family . They’re trustworthy, she added 」

Hiramatsu-san said .

Edie in question picks up the shuriken sticking on the camera .

Then, she slaps my shoulder .

She points at the bush Sugiyama was hiding earlier .

「 Yeah, I get it . Let’s look for it together 」

I answered Edie .

「 What’s wrong, Onii-chan? 」

Mana looks at me wondering .

「 She wants to collect the shuriken she threw earlier . Michi gave Edie those, so she wants to take good care of them 」

I go to the bushes with Edie .

She gave Rei-chan a piece earlier, but that was because she wants to encourage Rei-chan .

It’s a significant act for Edie .

She thinks of Rei-chan as her precious family, so she handed her treasured shuriken to her .

「 Wait, Onii-chan, I’ll look for them too! 」

Mana also comes running .

She crawled on the bushes .

「 Edie, your panty’s visible! Don’t turn your ass on us! 」

Edie nodded and turned her body away .

Sugiyama and others are watching so I’d like you to be a bit more careful .

「 Edie-chan, there’s one stuck here 」

Mana finds one stuck on the ground .

Edie also retrieves another .

The last one is stuck in a tree . I pull it out .

「 Here, Edie 」

《 Thank You 》

Edie smiles; wiped away the dirt on the shuriken and placed it back in her skirt .

Then, she sticks her hand to me .

「 Yeah 」

I grabbed her hand and came back to the club members .

「 Onii-chan 」

Mana extends her hand too .

「 Sure, Mana 」

I hold hands with Mana too, and we walk back together .

「 Oh, I get it now . I’m convinced 」

Captain Takeshiba tells me .

「 What? 」

「 It’s your hand 」

AH!

Shit, I held hands with Edie and Mana naturally again .

「 You’re very caring, aren’t you? 」

「 No, that’s 」

「 You idiot, I’m praising you 」

Captain Takeshiba smiles .

「 I somehow understand what’s your relationship with them, Yamamine doesn’t look like she minds it, so I have no right to say anything about it 」

Oh, she understood .

「 By the way, this girl, Edie? She’ll really transfer to our school, right? 」

「 Ah, yes, that’s the plan 」

「 Then, tell her this 」

Captain Takeshiba .

「 There are much more splendid martial arts in Japan other than ninjutsu . You should do them 」

No way .

「 That martial arts is “athletics” Look at oneself and hone one skill . It’s the best martial arts in the world! 」

Captain Takekshiba’s view of athletics is that it’s also a martial arts .

「 By the way, Captain, what should we do with them? 」

The third-year club member points at Sugiyama and the other .

「 Right, these guys tried to take photos of us . We need to penalize them 」

「 Uhm, captain Takeshiba 」

I secretly point on Iwakura-san who’s hiding to the captain .

「 I know . This is a problem the female track and field club faces so I’ll talk to her 」

Ah, she noticed .

「 My eyesight is 2 . 0 you know 」

She shows off her big eyes and smiled .

「 You lot can go now, there’s a lot of work in your house, right? 」

Oh right .

「 Well then, we’ll excuse ourselves 」

「 Everyone, I’ll be leaving early . I’m very sorry for the troubles for the holidays 」

Megu bows her head to the members of the club .

She took a day off from practice and yesterday, she left early .

Megu’s a first year, so she actually needed to clean up and yet;

「 Really sorry . I apologize as well! 」

I bow my head too .

Edie and Mana also bowed together .

「 It’s inevitable, your house has a problem . It must be a lot of trouble for you too, you had a foolish man as a relative 」

Captain Takeshiba’s referring to Megu and Mana’s father .

「 But, it will all end today 」

Megu said .

Shirasaka Sousuke passed away this morning .

He was transferred to another hospital and perhaps killed off by Shirasaka house there .

「 I’ll work my hardest in the club activities from tomorrow onwards . I look forward to working with everyone! 」

Megu said .

「 Well, it’s unfortunate that Yamamine won’t be on the closing party . The summer convention is also coming close . I’ll be training you hard starting tomorrow 」

「 Thank you! 」

Captain Takeshiba looks at me .

「 Take care of Yamamine 」

「 Yes, I know 」

Mana calls Megu .

「 Onee-chan, you can have Onii-chan’s side 」

「 Thanks, Mana 」

They only look like close sisters from the outside .

「 Then, excuse us 」

We bow our head to the track and field club members once again and left the ground .

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「 Earlier, I said that I’m not jealous, but 」

The sun’s down already .

Megu speaks while we walk around the school .

「 I’m actually a bit jealous 」

She looks at me .

「 Huh? 」

「 Yoshi-kun, since when did you get along with Edie-san? 」

Edie’s holding my hand, smiling .

「 Earlier, I guess? 」

「 Earlier? 」

「 Earlier, I took a bath with Edie? 」

「 Together, bath? 」

「 No, with Misuzu, Ruriko, Mana, and Agnes too 」

Megu’s eyes look at me .

「 Hmmm, what did you do in the bath? 」

Err .

「 They licked my whole body, and I ejaculated 」

「 I see 」

「 No, back then, Edie wasn’t there, she came to the bathroom after that 」

「 A lot happened while I was away 」1

Megu .

I hug Megu, kiss her .

「 Yoshi-kun? 」

「 You’re now, here with me 」

「 Sorry 」

「 It’s okay 」

「 You’re right, I can’t get jealous on every single thing 」

Then, Edie comes to me .

《 darling！ 》

Huh?

She sticks out her face to me .

She wants a kiss too?

「 Not now 」

I said .

Iwakura-san might have other minions in school .

My relationship with Megu is recognized by the school but not Edie .

It would be hard if they make strange rumors .

《 MOOO！ 》

Edie breathes out in ill-humor, but this is all I can do .

Hmm .

Mana tells Edie something .

Then, Edie’s expression softens .

《 OK、darling！ 》

「 Mana, what did you tell Edie? 」

Mana;

「 Onii-chan’s embarrassed . Besides, he wants to kiss Edie-chan in a romantic situation 」

Haa .

A romantic situation with Edie?

「 Yoshi-kun, I want to make it romantic too 」

Megu said .

「 Onii-chan . Mana wants it to be romantic too! 」

The three beauties cuddle with me .

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「 Nagisa-san and others are already here 」

Megu checks her mail on her phone in front of the school gate .

《 darling！darling！ 》

Edie approaches me with her eyes shining .

She points at the vending machine .

Oh right, she likes vending machines .

「 Sure, buy some 」

I take out my wallet .

「 Ah, Onii-chan I’ll go buy it with Edie-chan 」

「 I see, then take care 」

「 What does Onii-chan want? 」

「 I’d like some tea . I feel a bit thirsty 」

「 What about Megu-oneechan? 」

「 Sports Drink . Lemon flavor . The non-carbonated 」

「 Okay 」

Mana goes with Edie carrying my wallet .

Oh right, Mana doesn’t have money at all .

I have to think about that too .

How much does a girl in second-year middle school have for their pocket money?

Mana’s a lady from Shirasaka house so she might’ve received quite a lot .

I need to start a part-time job so I can hand money to Mana .

「 Yoshi-kun, what are you thinking? 」

Megu asks me .

「 Nothing, just Ishida Kazhushige from the past 」

「 Ishida? 」

「 When his fief was still 500 jewels worth, he wanted to get a competent vassal and used all of his jewels 」

「 I see 」

What am I talking about?

「 Edie-san’s calling Yoshi-kun Darling, isn’t she? 」

Megu mutters .

「 Oh right . Was she saying Darling? 」

I only hear Da- something but .

Was 《 darling 》ダーリン?

「 Eh, you didn’t notice? 」

「 Well, I don’t get English 」

Yeah .

「 What does darling mean? 」

Megu bursts out laughing .

「 Huh, Megu? 」

「 Geez, Yoshi-kun 」

She laughs loudly .

「 That’s what I love about you, Yoshi-kun 」

That’s what?

Oh right .

「 Look, Megu 」

「 What? 」

I have to tell her .

「 Yukino decided to go to Green Mountain Studio on her will 」

「 I see 」

「 She won’t be my family . Yukino and I both know that .

Megu .

「 Are you okay with that? 」

I .

「 Yeah, I am . I have Megu and everyone . A family I must protect 」

I look at Mana and Edie having fun buying juice at the vending machine .

Megu holds my hand .

「 Then, I won’t mind it anymore2 」

She cuddles up with me .

「 If Yoshi-kun made his decision already then… 」