Chapter 703: Protagonist Shirogane is anxious!

“How do I look?” Shirogane asked. He was now wearing a gray suit over a white shirt, gray trousers and black loafers. This was the first time in two lifetimes that he wore this kind of clothing, he was a little uncomfortable.

“Heh… Are you really my older brother? Not bad.” Kei said with a surprised look on her face. Shirogane was proud that as the protagonist, he was at least handsome.

He knew his younger sister was tsundere, she was just too shy to admit how handsome he was.

However, Shirogane did not know that Kei was currently comparing him to Eiji who was standing next to her.

Although her older brother was handsome, Eiji was still much more handsome than him.

Eiji gave a thumbs up. He decided to pretend to be friendly to the protagonist and said, “Shirogane, that outfit suits you. The girls at your friend’s birthday party will definitely give you a few glances.”

“Hahaha, Seiya-kun. You’re overestimating me.” Shirogane was being humble on the surface. But in his heart? He was happy because of Eiji’s words.

Except when he saw that boy close to his younger sister, he didn’t seem too obnoxious.

“Then it’s decided. Miyuki, let’s buy this one.” Kei was satisfied with the clothes Eiji had chosen for her older brother and walked towards the cashier.

Eiji naturally walked beside her. Seeing this, Shirogane panicked. “W-Wait! Kei, why don’t you wait for me to change first?!”

Kei stopped walking and looked back irritably. “Miyuki, you seriously want your younger sister to wait for you to change? That’s disgusting. I’ll pay for the clothes so we can go straight home.”

Shirogane’s lips twitched, he was used to receiving harsh words from his younger sister and knew she could pay for it. After all, their family finances were in her hands.

However, he was reluctant to let Kei and Eiji be alone together!

Shirogane hurriedly changed his clothes in the dressing room, but since he didn’t want to ruin the fancy clothes he bought, he did it carefully and rather slowly.

That gave Eiji enough time to woo his younger sister.

“Is there a discount on the suit we picked out earlier?” Kei asked the female store clerk at the cash register.

The female store clerk smiled kindly. “Sorry, there is no discount for that. The price is 6700 yen.”

Kei clicked her tongue. “Really? Maybe you should check again.”

The female clerk shook her head apologetically. “All the prices written on the labels of the clothes in this shop have been correctly confirmed.”

Hearing this, Kei lowered her head and looked at her purse with slightly trembling hands. She, or rather their family had that much money, but…

“6700 yen… How many newspapers do I have to sell to get back that much money… 700… 1000… 2000?” Kei mumbled.

Although she was a third-year junior high school student, her family’s financial situation forced her to do part-time work. Every Sunday or school holiday, early in the morning she rode her bicycle around the compound and surrounding houses to offer newspapers.

Eiji couldn’t bear to look at this pitiful girl!

He could pay for the clothes for her, but she would most likely not like his actions. Therefore, Eiji used other means to help Kei.

“Miss, are you sure there’s no discount on the UNIQLO kando jacket? At another store, not long ago I saw the same suit at a much cheaper price.”

“Sir, that’s…” The female store clerk was dazed and blushed when she saw Eiji leaning on her desk and smiling at her in that position.

This man was so handsome!

And he secretly showed a black card in his pocket. The female shopkeeper understood, she looked at the silver-haired girl with envy.

How lucky she was to make this very handsome and rich man like her. It must be nice to be young and beautiful like her.

“….?” Kei was confused. Why was this female store clerk looking at her like that?

“Wait a moment. Let me check the price from my computer…” The female store clerk pretended to check the price and made a surprised expression. “Ahh! Sorry, we’ve made a mistake. That suit turned out to have an 80% discount. Combined with the pants and shoes that come with it, your total purchase will be 1800 yen.”

She tried to make the price reasonable even though Kei was shocked that it was too cheap!

“Um… Are you sure you’ve calculated correctly?”

“Yes, but if you want, I can check if there are any discounts on pants and shoes.”

“No, no, I’ll pay at that price.”

Kei took out 2000 yen from her wallet. After the payment process was completed and she got her change.

“Thank you for shopping at our store~!” The female clerk waved one of her hands, she looked very happy. Why not? It was because Eiji had secretly given her a check for one million yen.

Kei didn’t realize it, at least not before she and Eiji walked out of the store.

“Thank you, Seiya-san.” Kei said as she smiled kindly at the boy in front of her. If it wasn’t for him, she doubted she could get such nice clothes for her older brother and buy them at such a cheap price.

[Did Kei realize I had secretly bribed the female store clerk to give her a discount? No, she doesn’t seem to know to that extent.]

[That’s good, I don’t want her to feel uncomfortable and dislike me because I helped her that much.]

[In the original work, I remember that just like her older brother, she doesn’t like receiving pity from others. She even refused when many people on her father’s YouTube channel, gave her a monetary donation of over 100,000 yen because they felt sorry for her.]

“….?” Kei was confused and wondered if she had heard wrong?

She didn’t see Eiji open his mouth to say the things she heard before. It seemed to be his inner voice. But how could it be?!

If that was true…

Kei was moved and her gaze on Eiji became softer. He was so good to her, she didn’t know why he seemed to know her so well even though they just met today.

Since he helped her secretly, it was hard for her not to like what he had done for her.

Kei even had a very good impression of Eiji and was a little reluctant to part with him.

“You’re welcome, it was just a little effort on my part. By the way, before we part ways. Would you mind exchanging Line with me, Kei-san?” Eiji asked and took out his cell phone.

[After doing this much, it’s not too much for me to exchange Line with the protagonist’s pretty younger sister, right?]

Although Kei didn’t understand why she was called the protagonist’s younger sister. However, she blushed because Eiji seemed to be interested in her and still wanted to meet her again in the future.

She was happy and said, “I don’t mind.”

After they exchanged Line, Kei was suddenly curious about something and asked. “Seiya-san, you seem to be the same age as my older brother. Are you a high school student?”

Eiji nodded. “Yes, I’m a second year high school student at Kuoh Academy.”

“You’re two years older than me.” Kei was a little surprised. This handsome boy who had helped her was really the same age as her older brother. “Should I call you, Seiya-senpai?”

“Just call me, Eiji-senpai. And I will call you, Kei-chan.”

Eiji called Kei the same way her older brother did. However, instead of feeling disgusted, Kei felt embarrassed and her cheeks turned red.

“Then… E-Eiji-senpai.”

“See you soon, Kei-chan!”

Seeing the scene in front of him, Shirogane who happened to have just come out of the clothing store was dumbfounded.

From Eiji’s point of view, the boy’s face turned green. Ahh… This is really fun. Besides exercising with his women, making the protagonists feel green was the most enjoyable entertainment.

’What the hell?! Kei, you always get disgusted and look at me coldly whenever I call you Kei-chan. But when Eiji does it, not only do you not hate it, you don’t mind and act shy!’

Shirogane felt his chest tighten. He was not the real Shirogane, but a transmigrator wearing the skin of the protagonist Shirogane.

So, it was natural for someone like him to think of Kei as more than his younger sister. He felt possessive of her and did not want her to marry another man in the future.

Kei would be disgusted if she knew what her older brother thought of her. Eiji was in no hurry to activate his inner voice but just in case, he smuggled one of the shadow soldiers into Kei’s shadow.

After watching Eiji leave and disappear among the crowd.

“Kei, you’re not thinking of meeting Eiji again, are you? You’d better not do that. With his looks, he must already have a girlfriend and just wants to play you!”

Kei was startled by her older brother who suddenly appeared beside her. Hearing what he said, her expression turned cold and she pushed the clothes they had just bought onto his chest.

She did that violently.

“Miyuki, you are my older brother. But that doesn’t mean you can prevent me from being friends with anyone. Moreover, you dare to say bad things about Eiji-senpai who has helped us, you are the worst!”

Shirogane widened his eyes, he didn’t expect Kei’s reaction to be so great. He knew she was really angry at him because before she ran towards their house, he saw tears falling from her eyes. Damn it, this is…

’This is Eiji’s fault! Obviously he and Kei just met. He helped me pick out clothes before, but that’s just clothes… Why does Kei care so much about him?!’

Shirogane was jealous and didn’t realize his expression was scaring people who passed by him. Especially his eyes, just like the original protagonist Shirogane, he had eye bags and made his eyes look scary. It was because he often stayed up late and lacked sleep, not just to study and achieve first place in school that he shifted Kaguya’s position. He wanted to draw attention to her by doing that like in the original work.

To make money as a transmigrator, Shirogane chose to become a copywriter. He copied novels that were famous in his previous life and just published them yesterday.

However, since it takes time for an author to earn money from his novels. He was now still poor. Even so, Shirogane is confident that it is only a matter of time before he becomes rich from novels alone.

“When the time comes, Kei will definitely be surprised and admire me. With the money I make, I will spoil her and win her heart.”

“For now, I will focus on capturing the heart of my future wife, Kaguya Shinomiya at her birthday party.”

Speaking of that beautiful girl with black hair and red eyes, Shirogane felt his heart burning and could not wait to make her fall into his arms.

However, he did not understand why in this life, Kaguya was being colder to him and did not seem to notice him even though he had shifted her position to second in the list of smartest students in school.

This was strange.

Shirogane was a little anxious, but he was sure he could still make Kaguya fall in love with him and make her one of his wives in the future!

…

Night, at the Shinomiya family’s main residence.

It hadn’t been long since news of Oko Shinomiya’s death spread. Even so, that didn’t stop the head of the Shinomiya family from throwing a birthday party for his daughter.

Many wealthy people from high-class families and backgrounds attended this party. However, the protagonist of this party was not happy at all and greeted the guests politely but coldly.

Kaguya was wearing a beautiful red dress tonight. Combined with her hair tied in a ponytail style with a red ribbon, she was dazzling.

The men often glanced at her but the cold aura she exuded made them dare not flirt with her.

“Happy birthday, Miss Kaguya. This is a small gift from me.”

“Thank you, principal. Hayasaka.”

Kaguya smiled politely at the principal of her school who was also invited to her birthday party. But just like that, she then immediately gave the gift box in her hand to her maid.

Hayasaka for the umpteenth time took the gift boxes that people gave to her boss, and put them somewhere after her hands were not enough to hold them all.

“Sigh… Hayasaka, why isn’t he here yet? Are you sure you gave him the invitation to come here?” Kaguya sighed and asked Hayasaka. This was the reason why she was unhappy.

Hayasaka was expressionless but in her heart, she was complaining. How did she know why the ’he’ Kaguya was referring to had not come yet?

As for her other question?

“Kaguya-sama, I have delivered your birthday invitation directly to one of the maids at his house named Grayfia. With all due respect, I do not know whether Eiji will come to your birthday party or not.”

“Y-You don’t need to mention his name, Hayasaka. You’ll make others misunderstand that I care whether he comes or not.” Kaguya panicked slightly and reprimanded her maid.

Hayasaka’s lips twitched. Are you embarrassed? You obviously care whether Eiji comes to your birthday party or not. Kaguya-sama, you tsundere!

It’s really tiring to keep doing this job. If it weren’t for her guilt and high salary, she would want to resign.

Hayasaka wanted to say her little dissatisfaction but right now, she heard the guests talking about how beautiful and handsome two certain people were.

She and Kaguya glanced towards the entrance and were surprised. The latter was happy that the person she was waiting for had finally come! But seeing the beautiful girl in a purple dress with long black hair and a voluptuous figure hugging his arm, she frowned.

“Sorry, it took longer for me to get here. Kaguya, we meet again and happy birthday. By the way, you don’t mind me taking one of my girlfriends with me, do you?” Eiji smiled and greeted Kaguya who looked even more beautiful than usual tonight.

He couldn’t help but glance at her white neck for a longer time. Kaguya did not realize this because right now, her gaze was fixed on Utaha’s chest which was several times bigger than her.

“Hello, I’m Utaha Kasumigaoka. I’ve heard some things about you from Eiji, Shinomiya-san.” Utaha introduced herself. Of all the women in Eiji’s harem, she was chosen to accompany him to this party. She was happy of course and actually the reason they were a bit late in arriving was because they exercised first in the car.

Eiji was very perverted. Right now, her back door was still gaping and sensitive. Noticing Kaguya’s gaze on her chest and seeing the envy in her eyes, Utaha felt proud and straightened her beautiful back.

She hoped the liquid in her ass would not spill onto the floor.

The men in the room looked at Utaha in a daze, and were almost drooling because she was so beautiful and sexy! Especially her legs that looked long and smooth, hiss!

They envied Eiji for having such a fairy-like woman hugging his arm! If they heard Utaha was one of his girlfriends, they would probably spit out the expensive wine they were drinking.

“Ah, sure… I don’t mind. Thanks for coming to my birthday party, Eiji and… Kasumigaoka-san.” Kaguya replied with a smile that was wider than when she was talking to the other guests. Her tone was even softer which made the surrounding guests dumbfounded and wondered if it was still the famous ice princess Kaguya?

Who exactly was Eiji? Wait, some of them started to recognize his extremely handsome face similar to the young boss of Mitsugoshi Company.

It was him!

Still, none of them noticed the slight thorn in Kaguya’s words when mentioning Utaha’s name. Except for Eiji, Hayasaka and Utaha herself who were amused.

Kaguya already knew Eiji was not the loyal type, he had a Harem. She was not surprised when he mentioned Utaha as one of his girlfriends. However, she was a little displeased when the girl puffed out her chest in front of her.

Was that a provocation and an insult to her?

“…” Kaguya and Utaha looked at each other with a smile but the air around the former was not friendly.

Eiji winked at Hayasaka.

Hayasaka averted her gaze from his but there was a slight blush on her cheeks. Is this man teasing her? Don’t do that in front of Kaguya!

So it’s okay if not in front of Kaguya? Eiji was addicted to using Rasiel to read the minds of women. He pretended to cough and took out a small box from his suit pocket. “This is a gift from me, Kaguya.”

Kaguya averted her gaze from Utaha and accepted the gift from Eiji. She tried to maintain her expression so as not to look too excited.

However, anyone could see she looked happy to receive Eiji’s gift rather than the gifts from the other guests. Kaguya smiled softly but before she thanked Eiji—

{Why is Eiji here?! And Kaguya, you’re always so cold to me and the others but why are you smiling gently at him?!)

{Wrong, this is wrong! Kaguya is my future wife, she should only smile like that at me!}

Kaguya froze and was not happy with anyone other than Eiji calling her his future wife.

She was worried that Eiji would misunderstand her.

At this moment, two people approached them and one of them was the protagonist Shirogane.

Eiji grinned in his heart but feigned surprise on the surface. Of course, he knew from the beginning that the birthday party the boy was going to attend was Kaguya’s birthday party.

Although there was no such plot in the original work. The timing was too coincidental, he didn’t need to use his Future Insight just to guess that.

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