Chapter 35: A New Day, To Set Out Light and Shadow

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Time flies so fast, I feel like, in that mood, I've become as well an old man.

Since I met Chisome, deepened my relationship with her, and became lovers, a few months have already passed.

I have advanced to the second year of high school, and now――the entrance ceremony for new students was being held.

"From here, the entrance ceremony will be performed." (Broadcaster)

Not only us enrolled student, but also many parents of new students are attending.

A broadcast announcing the opening of the entrance ceremony flows, and then, a short time later, the figures of new students are finally revealed.

The new students, who were greeted with big applause, and other enrolled students, including me, are also watching intently and interestingly.

(Sure enough, there are a few faces here and there that I feel are familiar, but that's about it.)

I feel like there are also some juniors' faces I've seen in junior high school, but that which of them, either, I didn't have any particular connection to.However, among them, there was one face that suddenly caught my attention.

(...Riight, after all them'd be here riight.)

A girl who had ended up bumping into me when I left the sweets shop before――there was the figure of Renjou Shigure.

Compared to other new students, she is small in various ways, including her height, and yet, sufficiently, a beautiful girl, can be said to be, appearance attracts a lot of gazes, and is sitting a little away Souma too, looks as if aroused and his eyes opened wide...that's a little creepy.

"...e? isn't that girl there wicked?"

"A damn beautiful girl ain't she"

"The style's has wicked..."

Then, suddenly, the surroundings became noisy.

Perhaps, I thought, when I removed my gaze from Shigure, there I saw Chisome's figure wearing a new uniform and walking grandly.

It's not as if I had any intention of comparing her to anyone either, but after all, in my mind, Chisome seemed to shine brighter than anyone else.

"...a"

Wonder if Chisome is also, while walking and lightly looking around in the vicinity, looking for me, when our eyes met, she winked and turned her face ahead.

The boys sitting close to me were strangely excited, but "it wasn't aimed at you guys," the mood I-want-to-say-that-out-loud.

(...Even so, she really has become pretty hasn't she~.)

Originally, she had a perfect beauty, but that is, by reaching the turning point of being a high school student, it gives the impression that as if it has evolved further.

A brother-sister favoritism because of too high of a praise is definitely there, however, it's only natural for anyone to be like this if they have such a proud little sister like her.

"...Un?"

Just when I thought Chisome cut her line of sight from me, Mashiro's figure appeared from the shadows.

Without being caught by anyone's sight, she approached me trudgingly and as it is, hugged me.

"...Oi. Mashiro?"

"What?"

I kept my voice as low as possible so as not to make the people around me think suspicious, but Mashiro nevertheless just happily buried her face in my chest.

Unlike Chisome's figure in her school uniform, Mashiro's figure was dressed in a black one-piece dress, but in the end, Mashiro was pulled by a power that Chisome couldn't see.

"uh~ wha~. Onii-sama~" (Mashiro)

Un. That's such a wry smile thing to have alright.

"....Chisome-san, she's so adorable isn't she. More than that, the wink just now was definitely for Rikudou-san...making good progress♪" (Shindou)

"Misora? What are you saying?" (Other Girl)

"It's nothing of importance. It's just a taste of a lady." (Shindou)

"??"

I can't stop Misora's character collapse anymore.

It just, even if I say that her character is collapsing, her character traits, or rather the elements that are liked by many people, of course remain, so on the contrary, the figure of her conversing with me, including Shinji and Kouki, seemed to make her intimacy more felt, and it seems that this cause has greatly spurred her popularity towards the end of the first year.

(...At the same time, it seems that the number of boys confessing to her has also increased though.)

In that way, my beloved little sister who is also my lover, I see with my own eyes her big moment, the entrance ceremony ended.

Even though the new students will have their school finish in the morning, we who are the enrolled students have the usual timetable, so today, in relation to leaving school together with Chisome, is impossible, I think.

"Ossu Taiga" [Tl note: ossu, as in, 'sup]

"No~, she who became a high school student Chisome-chan is wicked ain't she!!"

Both Shinji and Kouki came and hit me on the back.

Right now, the current me is in a good mood from being able to see Chisome's appearance in her hour of triumph, so I'll forgive them at least this much.

(...However, in this way at last the heroines are three...if one more is added, will it be completely the same as the original.)

The other one will probably come several days from now, but there's also a possibility that though she comes as a transfer student, unexpectedly, she will not come as one...I feel like that too, is interesting in and of itself, but since things have already come this far anyway, I also kind of want to see it from a real point of view.

"This year's lineup is also roughly the same as last year's, eh."

"Well, the teachers have their own class pace, so even if we have so many students changing around, that would've been tiring for them right."

There were a few class changes after advancing to the second year, but there were no particularly big changes.

Me, Shinji, and Kouki are the same anyway, and Misora is also in the same class... Luckily, Souma is again in another class as well.

"Wonder how many guys in this class will fall in love with Chisome-chan and poke their knees at the thought that it's useless right~."

"Of that point what do you think, hey you Taiga-kun?"

"...Is it fine if I say it honestly as well?"

"It's fine you know?"

"Yeah"

I told them what I was thinking as it is.

"I won't give Chisome to anyone, that's why serves you right, is what I'm thinking...wonder if I'm narrow-minded?"

"No such a thing ain't it."

"For a boyfriend isn't it natural? Rather, if I was watching the exchange between you and Chisome-chan, it would be a sin to intervene instead, you know?"

"That's right!!" (Shindou)

And at Misora who entered we smiled wryly.

"...I'm sorry, Rikudou-kun and the others. This stupid, just when did you became like this." (Other Girl)

"You're doing a hard time aren't you..."

"Hard time...U~n, but seeing Misora's figure like this is also fresh, so the fun feelings part is bigger, I think." (Other Girl)

That's what Misora's friend Natsume-san, who came together, said.

It's like I get to make acquaintance with Natsume-san through Misora, but this person is quite easy to talk to, and we were able to open up to each other as soon as we started talking.

"Is that silver-haired girl the rumored little sis? Isn't she too beautiful?" (Natsume)

"Right? She's my proud little sister alright." (Taiga)

"...ah, you're a siscon after all, I see." (Natsume)

...Oops, I ended up accidentally creating a siscon wave atmosphere.

After that, I finished class thinking about Chisome and Mashiro, and before noon, I received a call from Chisome that they had returned home.

"With this finally, I can line up next to Nii-san. That's why I'll give you a surprise okay♪"

Wondered what the surprise was, I tilted my head, but when I heard the words Chisome say she would line up next to me, my back becoming a little itchy.

It's not just Chisome, but Mashiro as well; they've been letting me to have them both walking by my side for a long time already that's why...from the beginning, those girls have been by my side, been letting me to have them supporting me.

"...a"

"Misora?"

"What's wrong?"

When I was thinking about Chisome and Mashiro, I realized that Misora was staring at me.

When our eyes met, she dyed her face bright red and looked down, this as if to give me the impression that she may be interested in me or not behaviour though... Well, this is that.

I can only see Chisome and Mashiro, so it's not to mean like there's anything between us, but because she's already awakened, that's why.

"...This is the face of a brother who thinks of his sister...Aah♪"

So with that, there's no need and nothing to worry about concerning her.

We spent a lively lunch break like that and this, and got sleepy in the halfway, classes ended and we headed for the school gates... but.

"What?"

"...e, isn't that"

"Un?"

I could see a little past the school gate from here, but there was a girl in plain clothes standing alone.

Her long silver hair swayed slightly in the wind, her off-shoulder clothes boldly exposed her shoulders, and her short skirts reflected her dazzling thighs.

"...Ah, could that be what she meant by surprise."

The surprise in the message from her, that is, in other words, it seems that she came to pick me up in this way.

This kind of thing hasn't happened since I went on to high school before her, but she's already a member of this high school, so there's nothing strange about it... it just, the fact that the beautiful girl who became the topic at the entrance ceremony was there in plain clothes as of course attracted attention.

"a, Nii-san♪"

When she found me, she approached me as it is and took my arm in a natural motion.

"Was this what you meant by surprise?"

"Un♪ I couldn't wait that I ended up coming to pick you up. What to do? Play and go home?"

"Ah~..."

I turned my gaze while also telling with my eyes what to do to Shinji and Kouki.

They probably don't realize it, but Mashiro is also hugging my back and rubbing her cheeks, which is very cute.

"Onii-sama...love, smells nice."

For the time being, it should also be fine to play like in the form of Chisome's school admission celebrations.

After that, we and everyone went to karaoke together.

"...Chisome, aren't you in so high spirits?" (Mashiro)

"Can you tell? I mean today is the day I became a high school student after all♪" (Chisome)

Chisome and Mashiro were stealthily talking to each other, but they got along really well that I always felt warm and fluffy by it.