Too Many Losing Heroines! - Volume 5 - Chapter Ep

Epilogue: The Past and the Future
The second day of the open day is a Monday. I repeat. It’s a Monday.

I missed an excellent opportunity to rest during the weekend, and now I have to endure a whole week of school. I feel very pissed on a Monday morning. Perhaps this is why Amanatsu-sensei’s personality is like this…

I put my hand on my chin as I became lost in thought during homeroom.

“Alright, that’s all of the notice.”

Amanatsu-sensei’s crisp voice dragged me back to reality.

I sat upright to avoid her calling my name. However, sensei is in a very good mood today.

“We had the open day yesterday. Many students look like they will have a bright future.”

Sensei smiled nonchalantly as she leaned forward on the podium.

“I mean, a teacher will bump into all kinds of things. Yep, they are mature women, right? Anyway, their bodies are radiating with attraction to those puberty boys. Yep, I know what they are thinking.”

…Don’t tell me she’s talking about Tachibana-kun.

However, I don’t think she has encountered such a situation before. I guess she couldn’t help but feel a little excited.

“You guys should’ve admired a beautiful onee-san before, but sensei probably won’t say yes. Ahaha.”

Amanatsu-sensei didn’t care about the dead atmosphere in the classroom at all. She kept talking about love (?).

I don’t want to hear the story about how sensei was once popular at all. So, I ignored her and thought about the Valentine’s Day that just passed by.

…I finally got chocolate this year.

Even though it’s just a single one, and it’s also an obligatory chocolate, I can’t doubt it, this is already a big step in progress.

I didn’t receive any chocolates from the Literature Club members, but it would be troublesome to give them something back. It’s not ridiculous to say it’s better for me to have not gotten anything. I’m serious.

“-Anyway, you guys are about to be second-year students. The split into science subjects and literature subjects is about to happen, and all of you will be in different classes as well. Don’t think you still have a lot of time before graduation. There’s only one shot as a first-year and second-year student. Treasure the moment. Don’t regret it like sensei.”

I then realized sensei suddenly drove the conversation toward depression.

The story where sensei was once popular is emptier than expected.

She cheered herself up and slammed the attendance table on the podium.

“Alright, cheer up for this week as well, folks!”

*

Club room, after school.

The three girls in the Literature Club looked at each other and dropped their jaws after hearing what happened yesterday.

“I didn’t expect Tachibana-kun to be into Amanatsu-sensei. …I see. …I feel bad for him…”

Yanami mumbled deeply as she chewed kaki no tane. [TL: Small, crescent-shaped rice crackers.]

“Tachibana-kun is that boy who went on a walk with Nukkun in the boulevard, right? You can never judge a book by its cover.”

Yakishio nodded with a gripper in her hand.

Komari looked at the two of them and showed a worried expression.

“I-Is that teacher that scary…?”

“Amanatsu-chan is a good teacher. It’s just that she’s a bit…”

Yanami seemed to have noticed my glance. She shook her bag of kaki no tane. It made a “sha sha” noise.

“Nukumizu-kun wants some too?”

“Ah, no thanks. Right, are you sure you’re fine after eating so many sweets yesterday? Didn’t you say you were going to start losing weight?”

“I’ve already started losing weight.”

Yanami said that as she kept sending kaki no tane into her mouth.

Is this girl trying to change the concept of losing weight again?

“Also, I ate nothing in the morning and noon yesterday. It’s okay.”

“But it’s pointless when you ate so many sweets, right…?’

My point hits the mark. Yanami shrugged helplessly.

“Sigh, alright, Nukumizu-kun doesn’t know anything about losing weight, after all. How about I teach you?”

“...Well, if you say so, go ahead and teach me.”

Yanami answered my dazed look with a smug face.

“The truth about losing weight is tricking your body.”

She said something strange, as expected.

“It means you have to trick your body by not giving it a chance to be fat. The body will lower its guard without any proper meals. That’s when you can eat snacks. Snacks contain less sugar than actual meals. It’s the same as fasting.”

…I feel like her theories are getting more supernatural by the day.

“Uh, the burnt calories aren’t that different, right? Such irregular eating habits will lower the rate of metabolism. It’s going to make losing weight even harder, right?”

“It’s really fine. I’ve tried this method 5 times, and it worked twice.”

The probability of failure is even higher.

In the end, she just wants to treasure this precious success. I should stop complaining.

“N-Nukumizu-kun, here’s your l-little sister’s club magazine.”

Komari handed me the three club magazines Kaju and her friends forgot to take.

Come to think of it, the three of them went home without coming back to the club room.

I tried to take the magazine, but Komari didn’t let go.

“Eh, what’s wrong?”

“...D-Did something happen between you and your little sister?

“Didn’t I just tell you before? I said she helped Tachibana-kun to meet Amanatsu-sensei.”

I used the opportunity to take the club magazine.

Yanami and the girls still don’t know I argued with Kaju.

I don’t expect other people to understand this. I don’t have to tell anyone, anyway.

“Nukkun, your little sister doesn’t have a crush, you know? But you don’t seem too happy about it.”

“Yeah, I guess…”

I looked away from Yakishio’s eyes and opened the club magazine.

It’s the page that contains Kaju’s novel.

The siblings still go their separate ways at the end of the story, but the time they spend together will never disappear.

The brother heads to a new world, while the little sister is left in her daily life.

I wonder how Kaju felt when she wrote this novel-

The club room’s door opened as if it was to interrupt my thoughts.

“Onii-sama, Kaju is here!”

Huh!? I immediately dropped my jaws. Kaju- dashed onto my lap right away.

She sat on my lap and hugged my neck with both of her hands.

“Wait, why are you here!? Also, don’t you have to go to class?”

Kaju didn’t flinch at my questions at all. She showed the ID beneath her chest.

“Hehe, please look at this.”

There’s an ID hanging on Kaju’s neck. The word “Temporary Entry” is printed above.

Then, the issuer is- the student council.

“Student council…? Kaju, why do you have this?”

“Tsuwabuki High School’s student council allowed me to watch their duties up close.”

“Uh, …it should be just for today, right?”

Kaju smiled and hugged my neck tightly.

“Prez really likes Kaju. She said Kaju can come whenever I want.”

…In other words-

“I’ll be in your care from now on, onii-sama.”

With that, Kaju rubbed my cheeks with her head.

Ah, …is she going to come in and out of Tsuwabuki from now on?

“Hold on, calm down.”

I pulled Kaju away.

“Kaju is pretty calm, you know?”

“Then listen to me. You’re still busy with the student council work in your middle school, right?”

“Yes, I’ll do my best to balance both sides.”

…Oh, she’ll do her best?

Kaju poked her head out and stared into my eyes just as I struggled to think of a way to convince her.

“Kaju understood something after hearing onii-sama out yesterday.”

“Understood something?”

“Yes, Kaju understood it completely. It’s torturous to not be willing to face the present out of fear of what’s going to happen in the future. The memories in the past are what made us where we are right now. That’s why Kaju has decided to experience as many beautiful histories as we can with onii-sama.”

“It looks like you have already made up your mind.”

“Yes, Kaju has already made up my mind.”

…This will be tough.

I stared around for help. The three girls gave me a dumbfounded look.

“Nukumizu-kun, we’re in the club room right now. Can you hold yourself back?”

“Uh, congrats.”

“G-Go die.”

…Yep, I didn’t expect them to say anything good, anyway.

I’m a bit hopeless. Kaju answered them with a smile.

“Right, I baked some madeleine cakes for everyone.”

“Welcome, Imouto-chan!”

Yanami has immediately fallen.

“Komari-san, you can come to our house to play any time as well! I’ve already prepared a new bath agent.”

“Really!? T-Then- I-I got it.”

Komari lowered her head sheepishly.

Yanami immediately showed a serious look after hearing that.

“Bath agent…? Komari-chan, can you tell us more about this?”

“Eek!? N-No! N-Nukumizu was the one who filled the tub-”

“Huh?”

What’s with this lethal ball pass?

Yakishio was the one who stared at me displeasedly this time.

“...Nukkun, what did you do to Komari-chan?”

“This is a misunderstanding! Kaju, help me explain as well!”

Kaju smiled and nodded. Great, I’ll leave it to you-

“Kaju will support whatever onii-sama does! Please go ahead and be wild!

“What the hell did you do!?” (x2)

Yanami and Yakishio yelled at the same time.

I didn’t do anything. I don’t deserve this.

…………

…Yeah, exactly. I didn’t do anything wrong at all.

I hugged Kaju and stood up.

“That’s not important. Let’s put that aside and start today’s club activities! First of all, let’s summarize yesterday’s tour.”

“What do you mean by putting that aside…?”

Yanami took a bite of the madeleine cake and gave me a ferocious stare.

It’s pretty scary, but I’ve anticipated all of this.

I thought Komari would continue and skip over the bath incident.

I can immediately talk about the activity after she took over, and then we can forget-

“N-Not important…? G-Go die!”

“I’m disappointed in you, Nukkun!”

…My plan has been foiled. Even Yakishio is looking at me like I’m a criminal, not to mention Komari.

How did this happen? I didn’t do anything, right…?

I faced the three girls’ scolding and looked up at the ceiling. During this time, Kaju whispered something next to my ear.

“We’ll always be together from now on- onii-sama.”

[TL: This is the end of Vol.5. There’s no news about Vol.6 yet, but the author tweeted about Makeine getting an official English release. The date and publisher aren’t confirmed yet. However, generally, fan translations stop when a light novel gets licensed. We’ll keep going if Vol.6 is out before the English version is officially announced. In the meantime, there are a ton of special intermissions peppered between Vol.4 and Vol.5. We’ll do those while continuing the manga scanlations. Don’t expect them to be as frequent as before, though. I graduated, and now I need to find a job, lol. See you soon, hopefully.]