My protagonist
The entire entertainment program ended amidst an indescribable atmosphere.
In the end, after Ryuzaki’s confession, the atmosphere was so awkward that no one came out to the stage and …… it was free time.
The time is 9:00 p.m.; there is a roll call in each room at 10:00 p.m., so I must be back by then.
The thought of seeing Ryuzaki when I get back to my room depresses me, but anyway, I’ll try not to think about him just now.
The story of Ryoma Ryuzaki is already over.
The days of being pushed around by the harem protagonist have come to an end.
“I’m tired of it all.”
I was now next to Shimotsuki.
As usual, she was good at finding places where there was no sign of people. She asked me to follow her, so I did so, and before I knew it, we were alone.
Perhaps it is a storeroom. There are several prefabricated buildings that look like warehouses set up around it. In such a place, Shimotsuki was quietly breathing.
“I never thought it would come to this. …… I just wanted to chat with Nakayama-kun over the campfire, but how did I get caught up in something so strange?”
In the moonlight, she was covering her face with her hands to hide her reddened face.
“Ugh …… hey, now I’m ugly, aren’t I? I’ve been crying so much that my eyes and nose feel funny. I am so embarrassed that Nakayama-kun can see my face like this. If possible, I would like you to close your eyes.”
“…… It’s not weird. Shimotsuki is always so cute.”
Perhaps because I am distracted, my mouth is quicker than usual.
I end up saying the word ‘cute,’ which I usually try not to say too often.
“Nyu……, no, no, don’t say that. Now my cheeks will turn bright red……. I’m going to be as red as a boiled octopus. Nakayama, are you really so mean?”
She said that, but she didn’t seem to be completely full of it. Her cheeks were loosening happily.
“No, it’s not true. Nakayama-kun is very kind……. It’s impossible for him to be mean. I mean, you saved me. Thank you so much.”
Saying this, Shimotsuki rubs up against me.
She rubbed her body against me as if to pamper me, and I felt closer to her than usual. Our skin is touching, and her slightly hot body heat stimulates my heart. My heart is beating hard, and I’m sure it’s because of her charm.
“My mind was blank at that moment…… and I didn’t know what to do, my body couldn’t move as fast as I wanted it to. I’m not very good at public appearances…… so I was afraid of the way people were looking at me. I had so many different sounds echoing in my head that I felt like I was going to freeze in a panic.”
So Shimotsuki could not say anything.
Even when Ryuzaki confessed his feelings to her, she was unable to convey her intentions clearly.
That is probably how much she was suffering from that situation.
She is much more sensitive to sound than usual, and perhaps she picks up on other people’s sounds easily. That may be why she senses the presence of “others” more strongly than an ordinary person like me.
If so, then at that time when she was in the state of being a freak show, Shimotsuki must have been really suffering.
“But when I heard Nakayama-kun’s voice, I was no longer afraid at all. Because you were next to me ……, the things I was afraid of became less scary. That’s why I owe you, Nakayama-kun. Thank you for helping me.”
A sincere smile is directed at me.
For such a person who was only a mob character, Shimotsuki gives me a special look.
No, this girl does not think of me as a mob character.
“Nakayama-kun is my own personal hero.”
–Once upon a time, there was a boy who was loved by no one and betrayed by everyone.
He lost everything, thought of himself as a mob character, and was a boring person who just went with the flow……. He met a girl and his life changed.
(Is this …… happiness?)
Warm, tender feelings fill my heart.
I was so happy to hear Shimotsuki’s words that I almost cried my eyes out…
Thank you is my line.
Thank you for accepting me.
Thank you for choosing me.
Thank you …… for making me the protagonist …….
Thank you very much….
MC is a self centered mf if we think about it but some scenes are cute like his beating heart and her rubbing on him so I’m giving it a pass lol
Thank you for the chapter
Shiho should be angry with Nakayama right now because he was about to confess to her on stage… Hmmm the plot armour is thick.
A little melodromatic for my liking, Ryuzaki’s sotry is over? Heck all that happened was a fresher got turned down asking a girl out on a school camping trip. You’d think his harem would be more than ready to rush in and comfort him with a knee pillow to cry on lol.
If his harem deserts him because he was shot down it will make no sense at all. They like him, know he liked Shiho and she rejected him… That should make them overjoyed now there’s a chance for them. Hope that’s not too logical for this light novel.
It would make sense if the harem left him though, because if he stops providing that confident energy, then he’s lost the thing that attracted them in the first place.
Well she loves him obvs so that would explain why she isn’t angry at him and about the harem, maybe they caught up with how it went for asuza (or whatever the imouto character is called) and they don’t want to risk their chance with Ryuzaki… most likely.
it was most definitely a betrayal, people dont just ghost people all of a sudden without reason, and didnt one of the girls change her entire look for Ryuzaki?
Now that the main plot is over, i hope this series doesnt go on to pull an Oretsuki where the other girls, suddenly come crawling back and now love Nakayama for no reason other than Ryuzaki being “defeated”.
If anything they would take this chance to try and get closer to Ryuzaki.
…………..Hey dude they didn’t betray you, they never loved you in the first place……
I guess your brain is still a beaten up potato.
Not going to mention the fact he nearly make the screw-up of the century? I’m sure he really needs that scolding.
Well, i guess Nakayama is going to change for the better from now own.
Yeah, I don’t buy it… I agree that they didn’t think of him as “special” like he did of them, but… To have your stepsister suddenly want you to pretend you don’t know her outside the house when she used to share your bed, to have a childhood friend and another person who was obviously a friend at the very least suddenly not even acknowledge that you’re there when you’re in the same class due to the presence of the “protagonist?” Yeah, it’s still a betrayal. It’s not on the level that he thought it was, but it’s still VERY sh1tty.