Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu - Chapter 169

Chapter 169

On the day of the party I was told to immediately head to the hair salon after school . There, they did my hair and make-up, before leaving with Okaasama straight for the hotel where the party was being held .

Otousama and Oniisama would be headed here after work so until then I decided to just have a sandwich and study in the waiting room or something . I didn’t want to get my dress creased so I’d leave it off until the last minute . Tonight I would be wearing a loose dress .

Hm, this ham sandwich was pretty good .

“Reika-san, you shouldn’t eat too much . You won’t be able to fit in your dress . ”

Okaay…

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Apparently they hadn’t been lying to me about this being an important party for us . Even Ririna who was just a relative was here . Her exams were coming up too . I could sympathise with her family issues cutting down on her study time . Huh, Ririna had better grades than me, didn’t she . Maybe I could ask for her study methods later .

As for me, although I was the daughter of the chairman, not only was I still a high schooler, but I wasn’t even the heir . Today I was basically just here as an extra . All I had to do was stand with my family and keep smiling .

After a while, Otousama was surrounded by other important men, while Okaasama was surrounded by ladies she was close with, so I decided to leave and wander about to see if there was somewhere with less people .

Oniisama had already been caught by the same girls who were aiming to be his bride . Godspeed, Oniisama .

I greeted people with a smile as I walked about until I came across Narutomi Akimi-san . She was the young woman I met at the fasting course .

“Akimi-san . ”

“Ah, Reika-san . ”

A little chubby-looking, for some reason I felt really warm and relaxed around her .

“Thank you very much for inviting me tonight . ”

“Thank you for attending when you must be so busy . ”

She noticed me looking at the food in her hands .

“The food here is really good . I think I might have eaten too much,” she smiled in embarrassment .

“My, I am overjoyed that it is to your taste . ”

I constantly told Otousama that the most important thing for these parties was the food . These corporate parties were already boring at best, so if the food wasn’t even yummy what the hell was even the point .

And since I was talking about food anyhow, I made sure to tell him to make sure the company cafeteria was good too . If the employees had good food then they’d be more motivated .

That meant one step further away from our downfall! It’s important to start with the small things .

“Will you not be eating, Reika-san?”

“Ehh, perhaps later…”

Yeah . Even if the food was great, it was difficult as an ojousama to eat your fill at these parties . Reapplying the gloss was a pain, and if you ate too much your stomach would bulge too . And for careless people like me it would be a disaster if I accidentally got some sauce on my dress .

Still, we’d be bringing home the food that you could take home, so I could enjoy myself later~

The scallops meunière that she was having looked great .

I think I wanted some too . I wonder if it was on the list of take-home foods .

A few men suddenly passed us .

“Of course the fatty is eating,” said one of them, and the others laughed along .

Akimi-san’s expression changed in a heartbeat .

What assholes!

I had just taken a step in their direction when Akimi-san stopped me .

“Akimi-san?”

“It’s fine, Reika-san . ”

“But…”

“I am fat…” she smiled feebly .

What did that have to do with anything . Somebody needed to teach those insensitive assholes the fear of god!

She didn’t have to worry so much . It’s wasn’t like I was going to charge up and tell them to apologise .

Any apology I could wring out of idiots like them would just be insincere, and in the process it would turn her into a spectacle .

You had to fight fire with fire .

Instead, I was planning to flick some brown demiglace sauce on the butt of their trousers .

Then all I had to do was shame them!

“Goodness . What in heavens is that stench…” or something like that!

You guys should just be forever known as the poop boys! Ukekekekekekekekeke!

“Please excuse me . I’m going to touch up my makeup…”

Akimi-san placed her empty dish down and she left the room as I watched her go . Once she was gone, I headed off for my journey of revenge .

When I came back from my journey, I noticed Imari-sama waving at me .

“Imari-sama!”

“Good evening, Reika-chan . ”

And goodness, he was just radiating mature charm once again .

“That wine red dress you’re wearing this evening is a bit more mature than usual . I couldn’t help but stare . You were like a rose spirit . ”

Hauu! An arrow of bewitchment shot through my heart!

Luckily I had high resistance from knowing him since I was little!

Imari-sama picked out a glass of non-alcoholic wine for me in the colour of my dress . Popular men were always attentive to these sort of things .

We chatted about Oniisama for a while before touching on the topic I was most interested in .

“By the way, Imari-sama, is the story about you being stabbed by a woman true?”

“Eh!? Reika-chan, how did you know about that!? Did you hear it from Takateru?”

“A little bird told me . ”

I couldn’t exactly answer ‘Eavesdropping . ’ now could I?

“Ah boy, I never would have thought that you knew, Reika-chan . But calling it stabbing is just exaggerating . ”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah . I just got into a bit of a tiff with a woman who was holding a knife, and it just happened to cut my left palm a bit . Look . See? Thanks to that the fortunes off my palm readings have completely changed . ”

When I looked there really was a small white scar .

Still, stabbing or not, blood really had been spilt . What kind of life was Imari-sama even living…

Oh, hang on . Could it be…?

“Come to think of it, when you were a high school student in Suiran you were in the Basketball Club, were you not?”

“Ohh! So you remembered~ That’s right . I was in the Basketball Club . God, that brings back memories~”

Oh my god! So being some womaniser was actually characteristic of the Suiran Basketball Club!?

Suiran Academy’s Boy’s Basketball Club .  
A . K . A . the Casanova Village, sworn enemies of the Forever Alone Village .

“Reika-san!”

While we continued to chat, Ririna came trotting over .

“Oh, Ririna . ”

“It’s been a while, Ririna-chan . ”

“Gokigen’yoh, Imari-sama . Geez, it took so long to get away from Okaasama!” she huffed as she took a drink from a server .

After having a gulp, she sighed .

“My condolences,” I offered .

“Ririna-chan, you’re wearing a bit of lily perfume today, aren’t you . It’s a perfect fit for your name, isn’t it, just like your dress tonight is a perfect fit for you . ”

Oh my god! Apparently the Chief of the Casanova Village possessed a skill that allowed him to identify women’s perfumes too . No wonder he was Chief .

“Thank you…” replied Ririna as her mouth threatened to smile happily .

Her mood had taken a 180 with just a few words . One day Imari-sama was going to get stabbed for real .

Since I noticed Akimi-san coming back, I signalled her over . I hoped she was okay now . Maybe it was just an excuse for her to go cry…

She was smiling as she came over, but she was startled when she realised Imari-sama was standing next to me .

“Akimi-san . I think you may already know, but this is Momozono Imari-sama . He and my Oniisama have been friends since they were young . Imari-sama, this is Narutomi Akimi-san, whose care I have enjoyed . As for this girl, her name is Kotou Ririna, my younger cousin . ”

“U-Um, please to meet you . My name is Narutomi Akimi…”

“Nice to meet you . Reika-chan never told me she had such a lovely friend . So how do you write ‘Akimi’?”

“U-, Umm, ‘aki’ as in ‘refulgent’, and ‘mi’ as in ‘beautiful’…”

“I see, I see . It suits you perfectly . Perhaps a drink then, for the lovely lady . ”

Akimi-san was flustered and bright red . I wasn’t surprised .

Casanova Village Chief, I see what kind of life you live…

Ah well, as long as Akimi-san wasn’t sad anymore .

But Akimi-san looked completely entranced by him . Oh dear . Akimi-san, that’s a bad man, you know~

“Good evening, Kisshouin-san . ”

This time it was Kaburagi and Enjou . Ueeehh…

Oh . In front of the three shining young men, Akimi-san had blown a fuse .

Hang in there, Akimi-san!

“Oh my god! So the Suiran Basketball Club was actually characteristic of being some womaniser’s hang out!?”

Excerpt from Chapter 154:

Last was the Basketball Club .

Oh my, no need to look so scared . I only have one line for you .

“You laid your hands on your senpai’s girlfriend, did you not?”