Too Many Losing Heroines! - Volume 4 - Chapter Pr1

Prologue

The sky is clear without any clouds. The glass-like blue announces the official arrival of winter.

Tsuwabuki Fest is over. Once I snapped out of it, it was already mid-December.

I’m waiting for the traffic lights on the crosswalk near the school’s east gate. This place is full of Tsuwabuki students going to school.

An awkward yet wonderful sensation fills my heart when I realize I’m part of them.

The days without the third-year students are enshrouded in a haze for us. The final exam followed soon. Then, I finally got used to only having first-year students in the Literature Club after the exam results were released.

Emotions such as melancholy seem powerless before the great wheel of our daily lives.

The light turned green. I took a step forward half a beat slower than the rest.

I quickly chased the stream of students as I observed the liriodendron tree with falling leaves over the school’s walls. 

The short autumn tangled with the memories of Tsuwabuki Fest will be gone forever once all of the yellow liriodendron leaves have fallen.

I watched the tree as I walked and nearly bumped into a student before me.

It looks like there’s a crowd before the school gate.

Passing around the student in front of me, I saw a familiar person before the school entrance.

It’s the vice president of Tsuwabuki High School’s student council- Teiara Basori.

She greeted the Tsuwabuki students going to school. Her face is devoid of a smile.

Some students are standing around her as well. My class’s committee member seems to be there too.

…What on Earth are they doing?

Upon further observation, everyone opens their school bags when passing by. They seem to be showing what’s inside to the students at the gate.

Right, I think the teacher said they would check our belongings during homeroom.

Alright, I have nothing indecent, anyway. I opened my school bag and showed what was inside before making my way to the school gate.

“Excuse me. Please wait for a moment.”

A familiar voice stopped me.

Teiara-san gave me a displeased look as she stared at my bag.

“Me? Is there any problem?”

“I don’t know if there’s any problem if I don’t check yours.”

She’s right.

But other students just passed by without a hitch. Why am I the only one getting stopped?

Teiara-san mumbled, “Excuse me.” She suddenly reached her hand into my bag.

“Eh, wait. What are you doing?”

“I told you I’m checking your belongings. The Literature Club will bring obscene books to the school if I don’t pay attention-”

After that, Teiara-san took out a novel from my bag. She briefly reviewed the colored illustrations on the first few pages without changing her expression.

“Alright, you’re the second one today. Please come to the student council room after school.”

“You misunderstood. This is just a normal light novel. Wait, don’t take off the book cover here. Hey?”

“This is- a normal novel?”

Teiara-san gazed at the light novel’s cover earnestly.

The title is <If The Two of Us Added Together Are 20 Years Old, We Can Get Married Immediately, Right?>.

On the cover, two girls open their arms toward us with nothing but ribbons on their bodies.

“Covers like this are very common in these so-called light novels (bias). It’s nothing out of the ordinary. Also, please put the book cover back, will you?”

“Two 10-year-old children can’t get married, right? What does this title mean?”

“I told you. The story takes place in a world where this has been legalized- do I have to explain the synopsis in front of the school gate? Like, are you serious?”

The passerby Tsuwabuki students looked toward us. They want to know what’s happening.

Teiara-san seemed to have understood something. She nodded exaggeratedly.

“In other words, this is science fiction, right? However, since the cover has half-naked girls, it’s hard for me to determine whether this should be confiscated. Can you go more in-depth about the content?”

“...Please confiscate it.”

“Ha?”

“I’m begging you. Please confiscate it. I’m about to be late. See you!”

This is my limit. I ran away from that place. Teiara-san raised the book toward me.

“Hey, you, hold on! You’re just leaving your book here!?”

…Is this person a hitman trying to kill me socially?

I planned to ignore her. However, I suddenly remembered what she had said and stopped.

-I’m the second one. That’s what she said.

Am I simply the second one having his belongings checked? Or…

I turned around in curiosity. This time, Komari is arrested by Teiara-san.

I thought about it for a second- before quickly walking toward my shoe shelf.