Chapter 196: Naive Butt Sticking Out

“Not tasty… no, I mean you shouldn’t eat it!”

Himekoji Akito didn’t need to turn his head. Even his little brain could guess—

who the speaker behind him was.

In the whole book, only Mashiro could ask such a silly question—no one else came close!

“So, which tastes better, Himekoji Hō or Himekoji?”

“That one isn’t tasty either… no, I mean you shouldn’t eat that too!”

It made his head hurt big time.

Two trouble-making girls plus a strict Nanami—was he about to mess up big on this one?

…

“Onii-chan, who is she now?”

Besides the tricky enemy named Nanami right in front, there was now a second one!

Akiko gave Mashiro, who had suddenly appeared, a long, careful look.

“Owner.”

The next moment, Mashiro’s small head peeked out from behind Himekoji’s back. Once again, the girl spoke with her expressionless cute face, saying words that caused misunderstandings.

“Are you Onii-chan’s owner?!”

Akiko was truly shocked!

“That’s not it!”

Himekoji hurriedly jumped in to explain.

“It’s the opposite, I mean. Akito is my owner.”

“Shiina! I beg you to shut your mouth for once when the situation calls for it!”

“Onii-chan, you’re the one who should shut up right now, okay?”

Oh no, isn’t that Nanami’s usual line?

Nanami, whose words were stolen, opened her mouth but stayed quiet, unsure what to say…

“How dare you hide it from your sweet imouto, your real wife majesty, and raise a girl-pet outside! It’s unforgivable!”

“Enough! Akiko, you can shut up too!”

Wife majesty? Yeah right!

“Akito, I want Baumkuchen.”

As a result, just as Akiko shut her mouth, Mashiro started bouncing around.

“I don’t have any!”

Himekoji was angry and flat-out refused.

“I see.”

Mashiro lifted her face and stared seriously at Himekoji from below to above for one second.

“What do you see?”

Darn, I suddenly feel like something bad’s about to happen.

“Akito, come on.”

With that, Mashiro turned around and then—just like that—lay down flat on the table!

“Wait! What do you mean, come on?”

Himekoji stared with wide eyes.

Hey! That’s such an unskilled butt-sticking pose, it’s way too dirty!

People might get the wrong idea!

No, I’m already getting confused!

What is Mashiro trying to do anyway? Could it be the same thing Akiko thought earlier?

“Baumkuchen. Doesn’t Akito insist on hitting my bottom before giving it?”

Still lying on the table, Mashiro twisted her small butt weakly once more to hurry him.

“Akito. Hurry up.”

“I can’t take it anymore! Please! When doing that action, at least say the words as sexily as possible!”

“Akito. Hurry up?”

“Why did it become a question? That’s worse than before!”

“Akito. Hurry up.”

“Enough! That’s just the same tone as the beginning—not sexy at all!”

Once again unlucky to have seen the dumb talk between Himekoji and Mashiro, Nanami finally couldn’t hold it in—

“You two, just what are you both doing?”

“I want to know too!”

Himekoji stared at Mashiro, who kept stubbornly lying with her small butt up.

“Ask her!”

“Miss classmate, can I take this—as you challenging me face-to-face in front of the main wife?”

Akiko stood up, puffing out her cheeks in anger, trying to reason with the silly Mashiro lying on the table.

“Main wife?”

Mashiro repeated the words in a questioning tone.

Good!

No need to wonder—this was definitely a challenge, no doubt!

“Shiina Mashiro, what exactly are you doing?”

Nanami couldn’t stand it and reached out to pull the girl up.

“Akito only gives me Baumkuchen after hitting my bottom.”

As a result, Mashiro kept lying there firmly and refused to get up.

“I never said anything like that!”

Darn you, Mashiro, lying about me again!

Himekoji got very angry!

“Himekoji, you’re really evil!”

Hearing this, Nanami instantly wrinkled her brows and glared angrily at Himekoji Akito.

“No! What is this? I never said it at all! In fact, I’ve never even heard of it!”

“Heheh… Onii-chan’s special tastes are truly amazing! It seems I still have a lot to learn to keep up! I must try to be like him soon!”

Akiko clapped both hands together with a “smack,” eyes shining bright with excitement as she spoke out.

Damn, it was a total mistake now!

Himekoji Tadashi clutched his forehead, frustrated.

“Shiina! I’m begging you, stop slandering me! Can’t you just explain things properly to them? I definitely never said that!”

“Akito didn’t say it, but—”

“But what?”

“But that’s exactly what Akito and Nanami did in the classroom that day.”

“Him? With me? In the classroom? Wait! Wait! How did I get dragged into this? What nonsense is this…”

Nanami, who had just been staring righteously and angrily at Himekoji Tadashi, suddenly panicked!

“Oh my! After-school classroom play… big brother actually did it already!”

Yet, Akiko reacted most intensely beside them.

“Big brother, how could you?!”

“Hey! So noisy! Let me make sense of this first—”

Mashiro’s mention of the classroom, that day…

Huh?

Wasn’t that the time when I triggered an option and pressed Nanami onto the desk and spanked her?!

Now I remember—I did give her Baumkuchen because her stomach was growling loudly…

Mashiro saw absolutely everything, huh?

This is so damn embarrassing!

“Alright! Baumkuchen, was it? Here, take it! Just take it already! Now please, get up!”

Himekoji Tadashi was truly afraid of Mashiro.

He pulled the familiar “feed” from his bag and shoved it into the girl’s hand.

“Happy now? Now will you get up?!”

“No. Must spank me.”

“I gave you the cake. Still want a spanking?”

“I cannot take advantage of Akito.”

Idiot!

Why would you stubbornly cling to your stupid principles over something meaningless like this?!

Thwack!

Just as Himekoji Tadashi finished his internal rant—

A fleshy smacking sound rang out…

He watched helplessly as Mashiro’s lifted rear was spanked… by someone else!

Yes, someone else!

Akiko, taking matters into her own hands, lightly clapped her hands.

“There. Done now. You may rise.”

Truly… Akiko was something else.

Himekoji Tadashi just stood there, mouth opening, unable to find the right words.

“Big brother, from now on, leave these kinds of services to Akiko.”

His sister said it with absolute seriousness.

“A-ah, sure…”

Black clouds figuratively hung over Himekoji Tadashi’s head as he remained at a loss for words.

…

On the way home.

“Why are those two following us?!”

After walking for a bit, Akiko suddenly noticed something strange.

Only noticing now?

So slow!

“Because Nanami was only looking at big brother, so she noticed only now.”

Huh? Oh crap!

Did I just say out loud what I was thinking?!

“Maybe they’re just headed the same way?”

Himekoji Tadashi offered up the flimsiest excuse that even he didn’t believe.

“Hmm?”

Akiko obviously didn’t buy it either.

His sister turned a gaze hot enough to interrogate a prisoner onto Himekoji Tadashi.

“Um, well, Imouto… it’s probably a long story…”

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