Chapter 116: Getting Yukinoshita and Yuigahama to Have Children?
Chapter 116: Getting Yukinoshita and Yuigahama to Have Children?
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Himekoji Akito refused to believe it was a lie.
Because this was Yukinoshita—beautiful, honest, painfully straightforward, and always right.
If she said it was merely convenient, then it absolutely couldn’t be anything more.
Therefore, it was only natural that Yuigahama hadn’t managed to squeeze into Yukinoshita’s carefully drawn boundaries.
Yukinoshita didn’t need anyone circling around her. Standing tall without depending on anyone—that was the Yukinoshita Himekoji believed in.
In a way, Himekoji was like that too—he didn’t need closeness, understanding, or support.
That kind of life was probably the most ecological, environmentally friendly, and energy-efficient lifestyle possible.
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【Ding!】
【Quest Completed!】
【Reward Issued：Light Novel Lottery Ticket +1.】
The sudden System chime snapped Himekoji awake. Only then did he realize he’d completely licked the tea stain off his palm clean.
His face flushed bright red, and he hurriedly stopped.
“Akito, licking your hand like that—you totally look like a cat!”
Yuigahama seemed to have overcome her embarrassment. Back to her energetic self, she suddenly pointed at Himekoji like she’d discovered a new continent, shouting brightly.
“Cat?”
Yukinoshita seemed especially sensitive to that word. Instinctively responding, she tilted her head to scrutinize Himekoji. After a brief look, she frowned and immediately shook her head firmly.
“Apologize to the cats, Pervert-kun.”
She actually said it with such utter seriousness?!
And he could clearly sense displeasure in her voice.
“Huh?”
Himekoji blinked, baffled by suddenly becoming the target.
What had he done this time to upset the princess?
“Akito, it’s been a while since you joined any Service Club activities!”
Seeing these two about to clash yet again, Yuigahama quickly stepped in to mediate.
“Yeah, well, last week Hiratsuka-sensei had me tutoring someone. Didn’t have much free time.”
He was willing to explain properly since it was Yuigahama asking.
“Huh?”
Yuigahama suddenly thought of something. Her gaze drifted vaguely towards Himekoji.
“Could… could the person you were tutoring be that girl from yesterday?”
Yesterday?
Right, Yuigahama had apparently witnessed that scene in the Nurse’s Office yesterday?!
“No…”
Wait, that wasn’t quite right. Himekoji hurriedly corrected himself,
“Yes, well, it was her I tutored. But the tutoring part was definitely NOT what you saw yesterday!”
“Um… It seemed yesterday she was secretly photographing my…”
After hearing Himekoji’s defense, Yuigahama chose to believe him.
So now, the blushing girl focused on something else instead.
“Oh oh! You mean the upskirt photos? Yeah, she shocked me too. Anyway, that girl’s got some screws loose, always doing weird, dumb stuff like that. Don’t worry, I gave her a good talking-to already. Those photos are deleted for good.”
Himekoji deflected blame like a pro.
“R-really? Huh?”
Himekoji deleted them? Then… hadn’t he seen everything beneath her skirt?
The thought made Yuigahama’s face suddenly flare up hot.
“Pervert-kun, it’s rather misplaced for you to say others have mental issues? And really, is there anyone more enthusiastically committed to weird activities than yourself?”
Yukinoshita spoke up calmly from the side, her sarcasm razor-sharp.
Ridiculous!
Himekoji intended to say just that. Yet, after careful thought, he realized Yukinoshita was entirely… correct.
He couldn’t refute it at all!
Heh… heh… heh…
Truly the straightforward, ever-righteous Yukinoshita.
Barely recovering from this blow,
Himekoji remembered something, and asked her curiously:
“Yukinoshita, shouldn’t you be tutoring someone too?”
What puzzled him was why Yukinoshita, presumably in the same boat, got to stroll carefreely into the Service Club to kill time every day.
“Ah, tutoring? Simply ask that student to study themselves into a stupor and exhaust themselves with homework until they wish for death. That solves it just fine.”
Huh?
That made frighteningly good sense.
……
As the conversation died down, familiar silence descended.
So, this seemed as good a time as any for a brief rundown on the Service Club’s current activities.
Besides taking walk-in requests, the club had modernized by launching an “Online Service Corner.” People could now email their troubles seeking help.
Honestly, the club felt slightly more official now.
But all of this? Totally irrelevant to Himekoji.
Aware of his position, Himekoji Akito grabbed an empty chair and retreated to a quiet corner where he wouldn’t bother anyone. He pulled out his phone and quietly started playing games.
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“Is there mail, Yukino-chan? Any mail?”
Yuigahama acted like some kind of… scheduled alarm. Every five minutes, she’d lean towards Yukinoshita, face full of hopeful excitement, and ask again.
Elbow on the table, chin resting on her hand, Yukinoshita maintained her usual thoughtful pose, staring at her laptop. The email interface remained starkly empty.
Business didn’t appear exactly booming.
Well, understandable. Just knowing Yukinoshita was the Service Club president was likely enough to make countless troubled students think twice before seeking help.
Even with the new online corner added… results remained unchanged.
The “Internet Service Column” received very few emails from its launch until now.
Yukinoshita seemed a bit disappointed by this as well. Faced with Yuigahama’s inquiry, she just shook her head.
Huh? Why did it feel so desolate—like a place abandoned by customers?
Wasn’t that exactly the kind of atmosphere unique to poorly-run workshops about to shut down?
Himekoji even considered anonymously submitting a help request to the column to save its “performance figures” awash with red ink.
However, just as he was about to take action, Yukinoshita’s voice softly rose—
“It’s here.”
Though her tone remained as monotone as ever, a careful listener would notice—
Yukinoshita’s speaking pace was slightly faster than usual.
“Ah! It came! It actually came! Let me see, let me see~”
Yuigahama ran to Yukinoshita’s back, instantly wrapping her arms around the latter’s shoulders.
Physical contact like it was the most natural thing?!
Terrifying! These Normies were terrifying creatures!
Truly befitting a high-caste girl!
“…So heavy.”
Yukinoshita whispered softly.
What exactly was heavy?
Hmm, though extremely curious, digging deeper seemed like it would invite terrible consequences.
So Himekoji could only withdraw his gaze and remain silent.
Though, considering how magnificently large those two mounds on Yuigahama’s chest were, heavy was only expected, right?
Yukinoshita had never borne the weight of b o o b s before, making her reaction seem overly dramatic.
…
“What kind of email arrived?”
Seated in the corner and thus unable to see the laptop screen, Himekoji couldn’t help but ask curiously.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…
No one answered.
Um… Himekoji suddenly recalled—when the Service Club accepted requests, this pervert was always excluded.
Yeah, supposedly to minimize unnecessary trouble caused by perverts…
A reason with zero holes to pick.
“What kind of email?”
Thus, in the next moment, Hikigaya repeated the question.
However, the girl who asked this stood directly behind Yukinoshita and Yuigahama, so she could actually see the email contents.
Asking “despite knowing better” seemed specifically meant for the guy whose basic rights had been stripped away.
“Huh—it’s from PN G a y K u n… This emoticon is really weird…”
G a y K u n?
Wait, compared to the emoticon, wasn’t the username itself way weirder?!
“No need to read that one.”
Hikigaya also seemed to sniff out something unusual from the username and spoke up.
Yukinoshita, sitting at the computer, likely shared the same sentiment. Pressing her temples as if to soothe a headache, she let out a small sigh.
“Yeah… we can guess the contents…”
“M-M-Moving on, please at least read it!”
Getting a request after so long, and just closing it outright?
That was unreasonable!
Yuigahama persistently tugged at Yukinoshita’s sleeve in small bursts.
Though Yukinoshita wore an annoyed expression, her soft heart seemed unable to harshly refuse the pestering Yuigahama. Sighing, she removed the tugging hand and compromised,
“Fine, fine. So stop tugging. Let’s listen to it, just this once…”
“Okay! I’ll read it now!”
Yuigahama Yui, excitedly reading the email’s contents, and Yukinoshita Yukino, reluctantly yet obediently perking her ears to listen—a sight to behold.
So spoiled towards Yuigahama, huh?
Wait, what exactly is the relationship between these two?!
Himekoji suddenly snapped to the absurdity of the situation.
Hadn’t Yukinoshita previously said the stomach medicine was just a casual purchase?
That clearly wasn’t the case at all!
Ridiculous! Looking at it now, hadn’t even Yukinoshita “fallen” and “changed”?!
Where’s the aloof “forever alone” ideal?!
Yet, for some reason, though Himekoji should have been disappointed by this scene, seeing this scene—witnessing these two seemingly swaying within a lily-esque bloom—he felt a faint daze, even a trace of inexplicable excitement fluttering through him…
[Ding!]
[Bounty Mission Triggered!]
[Mission Content: Act as a matchmaker for Yukinoshita and Yuigahama, and have them bear children.]
[Mission has no time limit.]
[Mission Reward: Fifty Thousand 2D Points.]
Huh? A bounty mission?
This was Himekoji’s first time triggering one.
Judging from the wording, it seemed like a quest rewarding a big pile of 2D Points.
Fifty thousand total—the payout was indeed generous. Enough to clear Himekoji’s debts in one go, with plenty of spare cash left over.
But the mission content itself…
The first half was passable, but the second half was utterly forcing the impossible wasn’t it?
Have Yukinoshita and Yuigahama have children?
Holy hell, how were two girls supposed to manage that?!
Plus, after the kid was born, would the last name be Yukinoshita, or Yuigahama?
That was also quite an issue.
Huh, come to think of it… how about calling it Himekoji?!
All these bizarre thoughts galloped through Himekoji’s mind like runaway horses.
The next moment, he shook his head vigorously, clearing away the impractical fantasies.
Come to think of it… did the System have a thing for yuri as well?
Damn, nearly wanted to say—
“Those who like yuri can’t be bad people.”
Thankfully, he slammed the brakes before speaking. After all, it was that damned System itself!
A System that loves yuri is still a beast of a System!
Even if it develops a fondness for lolis or sisters next—it wouldn’t change its fundamental nature one bit!
Hmph!
…
While Himekoji remained distracted by these bizarre reflections, Yuigahama had already started reading the rest of the email aloud—
“PN: G a y K u n ’s plea for help.”
“Since the last tennis class, I’ve been fascinated by the relationship between two guys in my class—A-kun and B-kun. A-kun is a rather loner-weirdo type and never had friends. But during tennis class, I unexpectedly noticed him interacting smoothly with B-kun! No, extraordinarily smoothly! So smooth they could practically pass as lovers—no, a married couple wouldn’t even be a stretch!”
“B-kun is extremely kind. While friendly with everyone, things feel superbly different with A-kun! They cared intensely—no, obsessively about each other! So BL! So superb! So peerless! Exactly! A x B is absolutely disgraceful! Beyond disgraceful! Utterly shameful! Despicable! And totally fitting as the standard outcome! Normally, things would’ve naturally sailed towards an epically perfect conclusion!”
Translating this venom-filled email with emotive flair—Yuigahama’s voice was utterly disastrous!
Halfway through, Himekoji jolted like a bolt of awareness struck him. His face darkened instantly, veins nearly bulging across his forehead.
Even Yukinoshita refused to listen anymore, burying herself in the Bunko edition at hand.
While he completely understood not wanting involvement… wasn’t just ignoring it an insufficient response?
Quick! Stop Yuigahama! Make her shut up!
“But yesterday, another occurrence suddenly pushed A-kun and B-kun’s romance into a crisis…”
Romance?!
Hold on! Since when was it defined as romance?!
His thing with Saika hadn’t even made past the starting line!
His mind throbbing, Himekoji rolled his eyes in despair.
“A third party—C-kun entered between A-kun and B-kun.”
“Cut it out! Stop reading!”
Instantly, Himekoji realized the role C-kun embodied in that email…
Damn it… Hayama!
Seriously! That was nothing more than a prank by the System! And a reset already fixed the mess!
Though Himekoji urgently snapped to interrupt, Yuigahama’s passionate recital refused to cease mid-flow.
“A fierce contender!! What to do? What to do?! Truly torn! On one side: gentle, lovely B-kun! On the other: passionate, charismatic C-kun beloved by all! Choosing either leaves heartache for the other!”
Sadness? Impossible!
Utterly impossible!
Anyway—
Pick B! Of course pick B!
Unless—
Literally every angle suggested only ‘B’ stood as the single answer!
That inexplicable C-kun? Rot away for all he cared!
A dark cloud hovered over Himekoji’s entire expression as he silently rebuked within.
“W-Well then… What choice needs making?”
Finally concluding the recital. Besides Yukinoshita who’d resolutely committed to ignorance, both Yuigahama and Hikigaya shifted their gaze towards Himekoji.
Huh, hey now—why was everyone looking at him?