Chapter 2
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Chapter 2: Aunt Attacks
“Hey, I’m home.”
“Ah, Onii-chan!”
As soon as I returned from school to our apartment, a beautiful girl with a Hime cut hairstyle suddenly hugged me. As I patted the head of my younger sister, Rurika, who is two years younger than me, thinking how cute she is today as well, I noticed a pair of unfamiliar red high heels at the entrance. Then, I realized that the body of my sister hugging me was trembling slightly.
“Could it be that Aunt is here?”
“Yeah… She said she has something to talk to you about, Onii-chan.”
“I see. Got it. I’ll go talk to her, so you go to your room.”
“No! I want to stay with you, Onii-chan!”
“But you… you don’t like her, right?”
“Even so, I want to stay with you! Because… because she might do something terrible to you again…”
With her black eyes glistening with tears, my beloved sister pleaded with me.
Normally, it wouldn’t be wise to have Rurika and that person in the same room, but if I forced her to be alone, she would eavesdrop anyway.
After gently patting Rurika’s head, I took off my shoes and walked down the hallway towards the living room. As I entered the living room, the sharp smell of cigarettes filled the air.
“You’re late, sewer rat. You have a lot of nerve making me wait.”
A beautiful woman with long black hair covering one eye and crimson eyes filled with a dangerous aura sat on our sofa as if she owned the place. She blew out a puff of cigarette smoke and directed a sharp gaze at me.
“First, bow down and apologize, sewer rat. Apologize for keeping me waiting.”
At her words, Rurika raised her eyebrows and, trembling, stepped forward to shield me.
“Why should Onii-chan have to do that?! He didn’t know you were coming, so he doesn’t need to apologize!”
“Shut up, water flea. Who gave you permission to speak? Next time you talk without permission, I’ll put out my cigarette on your white skin.”
“Eep!”
“I understand. I’ll bow down. I’m sorry for being late.”
I immediately knelt, placed my hands on the floor, and bowed my head low. From above, I heard a mocking laugh.
“Yes, that’s good. You understand well, sewer rat. Or rather, you can perform such a disgraceful act because you have no pride or anything inside you. Hahaha.”
Raising my head at her words, I quietly opened my mouth.
“So, Auntie, what is it you need to talk to me about?”
“Can you stop calling me Auntie? I’m only 26, you know.”
As I gave a bitter smile, wondering what I should call her, she stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray on the table.
“Do I need a reason to come here? I’m still your relative, you know.”
“That’s a joke. I know you hate us siblings. You wouldn’t come to see us without a reason.”
“Exactly, sewer rat. I can’t stand to see the faces of bastards like you even for a second. Today, I’m here because of this.”
With that, my Aunt, Airi Hananomiya, threw a bag containing a girl’s uniform and a folded white booklet onto the table. She motioned with her chin for me to open the booklet.
Following her order, I picked up the paper, opened it, and looked inside.
“This is…”
It was a pamphlet for a famous girls’ school in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Hananomiya Girls’ Academy, a private school. This school, under the Hananomiya Group, a leading conglomerate in Japan, is directly operated by a major entertainment production company, and many promising female students are enrolled in its entertainment focused courses like acting and idol departments. It’s a well-known school in the prefecture. Why did Aunt give me a pamphlet for such a girls’ school? Not understanding, I looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“Auntie, what is this about?”
“Sewer rat, you’re going to attend that school starting next week.”
“What…? Um, Auntie, you do realize I’m a boy, right? I can’t enroll in a girls’ school.”
“Of course, I know that. That’s why I’m telling you to enroll in that school dressed as a girl. With your androgynous face, you can live school life without the other girls noticing. I’ll take care of the necessary documents using the Hananomiya power.”
“Wait! Why do I have to enroll in that school? And dressed as a girl?!”
“I don’t know. I was told by a certain candidate for the Hananomiya family’s successor to enroll Fuuma Yanagisawa in that school. If I succeed, I’ll get pocket money… Anyway, you will attend that girls’ school dressed as a girl. Understand?”
“But… why?”
“That’s it. Make sure to fulfill your role as instructed. If you try to run away, you won’t get off lightly. Besides, it stinks like a rat here. I need to go home and take a shower.”
Leaving that sarcastic remark, she quickly exited the apartment. Left behind, my sister and I could only look at each other in confusion.
