Translator: Haruto.

I used to have a very weak constitution.

Not only was I unable to do any intense exercise, but things would sometimes get so bad that I couldn’t even attend school.   

Nowadays, however, I regard what I had to go through back then simply as a slightly harsh period of my life. I doubt anyone outside of my family could tell I have such a past just by looking at me.

And thanks to that…

Mahiro-san! You got the top score on the test! You’re incredible!

Mahiro-san, I heard you helped yet another club get a win! That’s awesome!

Back when I was in middle school, my charisma, good looks, and the adoration I received from both boys and girls made me one of the most popular students there.  

However, even though they gazed at me with envy in their eyes at first…

Mahiro-san is kind and cool… She’s like the perfect girl!!

Everyone looks up to her!

I’d love to be as perfect as her one day!

…They gradually grew accustomed to me, and every time I managed to accomplish something, they would think of it as if it had been the only possible outcome. Not only that, they even began to push their own ideals on me.

To them, I was the girl with a healthy body, good grades, a knack for sports, and a few feats under her belt, which made me happy, to be honest. Maybe that’s why I never told them about my past. In my eyes, there was just no need.

With that said, a part of me was saddened to see how easily time and people’s own ideals can change the way they think about you…

Just one person… was different from the rest.

Mahiro-chan, you’re amazing! But you shouldn’t push yourself too hard, okay? And don’t forget that you can always count on me!

His pure eyes and his warm words brought me immeasurable happiness and encouragement…

And that’s exactly why… I’m prepared to do anything to make him mine—

***

I want to learn from you how to get more flustered reactions.

Learn from me how to get more flustered reactions, huh? From me, the villain…

“…”

I give it some thought, but there’s always the chance I’ve gotten the wrong idea, so I ask her, “…Come again?”

“You didn’t hear me? Allow me to repeat what I said, then. Kasashima-kun, I want to learn from you how to get more flustered reactions.”

“…”

It seems I didn’t hear her wrong.

“Why, though?!” I shout without thinking.

I don’t get it! Why the heck does Mahiro with her perfect looks and personality want to learn how to make people flustered from me of all people?! It makes absolutely no sense!!!

“It appears a better explanation is due. Let me give you the details,” she says.  

“A-Alright?”

So, she’s actually serious about that request?

“As I told you earlier, I haven’t been able to make Yuito flustered these days.”

“Right…” It really is always about Yuito with the two sisters, huh?

“No matter how many sweet things I tell him or how close I get to him… he just seems a bit surprised and doesn’t blush adorably like he used to…” Mahiro’s face clouds, showing the importance this holds for her.

Yuito is adorable! He’s the cutest!

I’ve always known just how obsessed she is with Yuito, though. I mean, she even went as far as to ask me to take “sneaky pics” of him at the school camp.

But anyway, it looks like she thinks that she’s losing her ability to make Yuito’s heart skip a beat since he doesn’t react in the same “adorable” way anymore.

Hmmm… Make his heart skip a beat, huh…

Yuito.

Yui-kun!

Huh?! Mahiro-chan and Rina-chan?!

From what I remember, Yuito used to get crazy embarrassed every time the two sisters did something to him when I first came to this world. But what about now…?

Yeah, now that I think about it, I feel like he stopped reacting like that at some point.

“I don’t think he’s grown accustomed to the things I do…” Mahiro says.

“Hmm… It sounds like you know the real cause…”

“Yeah, I do… It’s you, Kasashima-kun.”

“…What?”

Me? I didn’t do anything to him, though?!! Unlike the Kasashima Yuuji of the original plotline, I’ve never bullied Yuito or wronged him in any way! Did I perhaps step on a landmine without realizing it?!

“It looks like you’ve gotten the wrong idea. I shouldn’t have put it like that,” says Mahiro.  

“Huh?”

“Basically, Yuito’s attention is focused on a certain someone… more than my sister and me, and I think that person is the only one capable of making him flustered right now,” Mahiro explains, but it’s almost as if she’s talking to herself.  

“…I don’t get—”

“Kasashima-kun, Yuito’s attention is focused… on you.”

Mahiro’s smiling… but her usual radiant smile is nowhere to be seen.

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