Chapter 70: Yukishiro (4)

Yukishiro (4)

Estate of the Eternal Minato. The second term had started and thus the cultural festival was inevitably drawing closer. Yukishiro was alone in her room while burdened by worries.

In the end…my relationship with Takuya-sama hasn’t improved. You could even say it worsened instead.

Takuya had told Yukishiro to hand him the seat as the family head of the Minatos. Unable to comply with this, Yuksihiro had requested a meeting with Takuya and Layla. And once the second term began, Takuya had called Yukishiro and Layla together.

Just as proposed by Yukishiro, it became an occasion to discuss the policies for the second term, but they didn’t manage to talk about anything substantial.

No matter what I said, Layla-san only told me that she’d leave everything to me. That’s not how a direct affiliate supporting Takuya-sama should act. It was almost as if she wanted to say that she was on equal footing with Takuya-sama.

The idea that women were the same as men was an idea Yukishiro didn’t want to entertain.

The pestering for money by Takuya-sama must be linked to Layla-san. It looks like a part of the money I handed him was assigned for the trip with Layla’s group.

It wasn’t as though Layla wouldn’t use any of her money for Takuya’s sake, but she was in the same situation as Takuya by basically using money from the Minatos through him. Then again, if she were to build a relationship of mutual trust with Yukishiro while supporting Takuya with her, Yukishiro wouldn’t mind something trivial like Layla using some of the Minatos’s money for herself.

Takuya, on the other hand, kept talking about building a male-dominated society, but he was essentially relying for everything on the Minatos. And even assuming he made his enterprise succeed after using the resources and personnel of the Minatos to achieve it, he’d likely consider all the money his own.

The outing was suspended… I feel terribly sorry for everyone. Because I have been acting so timidly…

Takuya was still actively pursuing Service activities connected to business, but the class’s activity had visibly decreased, compared to the first term. And it seemed like Takuya was constantly talking business-related matters while being together with his friends from the boys group, who had deepened their unity during summer vacation.

Though it looks like many boys have also distanced themselves…

Many of the boys, who didn’t participate in the trip with Layla’s group, had started to move away from Takuya and his circle. The reason was clearly to be found with their direct affiliates suggesting them to do so.

Women interfering in the exchange between men was a breach of etiquette, but this custom didn’t apply when a woman judged that such an exchange would have a bad influence on the man she was supporting.

In other words, Takuya had been judged to be a bad influence by the other direct affiliates.

His current way of acting that’s only seeking the results while disregarding the process to achieve them will probably lead to the boys, who are currently following Takuya-sama, eventually distancing themselves as well.

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The information from the direct affiliates of the boys, who were following Takuya, was all routed to Yukishiro. They didn’t do it for Yukishiro’s sake, but for the boys they were backing. They were collecting information while at the same time complaining to Yukishiro that they’d like her to admonish Takuya for his actions.

Seriously…what should I do…? Mother seems to also be flabbergasted by Takuya-sama. Recently she’s been investigating something. But, even if we find out anything, I have no other choice but to support Takuya-sama during the three years of high school…

Yukishiro’s mother, Saori, was ultimately discarded by the boy whose classroom she had been visiting during her junior high school time. Because of that, she didn’t spend her three years of high school as a direct affiliate of a boy.

Later the family head at that time decided which man she would marry and created a fake love story to go with it.

But, Yukishiro was Takuya’s direct affiliate. She had no option other than supporting Takuya during high school.

My dress hasn’t been delivered yet either…

Yukishiro had been waiting for Takuya to approach her about the dress. But, as he hadn’t said anything about it even after October began, Yukishiro contacted the official dressmaker of the Minatos.

In short, it meant the Minatos would pay for her dress.

Given that he was actively engaging in business-related Service Activities, it was quite unlikely that Takuya had no money to buy Yukishiro a dress. Of course, it might be challenging for his purse to give her a high-end, luxurious dress. And Yukishiro had decided to pay the missing amount of money, if he consulted her about this being the case.

But, Takuya hadn’t approached her about her dress at all. Yukishiro didn’t know whether Takuya simply disliked the idea of using his own money, but his actions were like telling Yukishiro that he didn’t want to spend any money on her. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

I never considered it during my junior high school period, but…Takuya-sama is quite a cheapskate, isn’t he?

During junior high, Takuya never went on any bigger shopping trips with her. All the assorted items besides the necessities provided by the state were funded by the Minatos.

The dress presented to the direct affiliates for the evening ball at the cultural festival could be called the first big purchase for a man. During junior high school, men were assigned a goal of doing several Service Activities each term and they had to do those to rank up.

But, starting with high school, no such goals were set.

The question of how much of the money, which they saved during their high school time through Services, a boy would spend on his direct affiliates’ dresses could be seen as a test to see how much sincerity that boy would show to women.

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Tired of all the worrying troubles, Yukishiro retrieved certain items from her room’s hidden shelf. Those were the exclusive earphones and Succubus Suit of Dreamseducer Yuu, which Lilika had given Yukishiro as a present for her birthday.

And…she now also had two of Dreamseducer Yuu’s exclusive dildos, which were difficult to obtain.

Lilika-san also said that she had been very unsure whether she should be giving those to me.

Still, seeing Yukishiro exhausted from racking her brain over all the problems on a daily basis, she obtained the dildos by using all connections available to her and gave them to Yukishiro.

The Succubus Suit…I ended up using it.

After Takuya left on a trip with Layla’s group, Yushiro had to apologize to the direct affiliates of the boys, who followed Takuya, explain the situation to her mother, receive a chastising from her mother, and listen to Iori’s insults. As a result, she accumulated quite a lot of stress, causing Yukishiro to wear the Succubus Suit during Dreamseducer Yuu’s stream in August.

She was truly happy when Lilika gave her the Succubus Suit, but she had always embraced feelings of guilt towards Takuya, hindering her from actually using it. Her almost certainly knowing about the true identity of Dreamseducer Yuu only strengthened that guilty consciousness in regards to Takuya. Therefore, she had decided to only keep the suit, but never use it.

But then she accumulated so much stress as she had never felt before and the power to restrain her own heart weakened largely because of that. Even during her junior high days, she had times when she would lose her composure and reason. Losing Ena and having Lilika placed next to Iori threw her heart in turmoil.

She somehow managed to restrain herself back then, but unable to stop the pain in her heart, something repulsive finally started to crawl out of that deep, black hole.

‘Yuuta-sama’s voice is the only one I can depend on…

On the night before her junior high school graduation, Yukishiro’s heart was saved by Yuuta’s voice. Ever since that day, she would always rely on Yuuta’s voice whenever her mind and heart got overwhelmed by stress.

Even though she understood that it was unfaithful to Takuya, she couldn’t rely on Takuya as he was the biggest reason for her accumulated stress in the first place. Hence she relied on Yuuta’s voice which soothed her heart by just listening to it.

And…for it to even have a memory function…

Once September arrived, Dreamseducer Yuu announced a new function of the Succubus Suit. The memory function.

Being able to enjoy the tender loving of Dreamseducer Yuu at any time was a possibility as close to a devil’s allurement as it gets for Yukishiro.

He’s truly a dreamseducer. This function is…much too fascinating.

And even after the second term began, Yukishiro’s stress levels didn’t drop, but instead only kept rising even further. Whenever she lost her calm because of that, she would soothe her heart by using the gentle voice of Yuuta’s streams and the distributed memory data.

Though I haven’t used the dildos yet…

Yukishiro had already used dildos as they were commonly sold in stores. In order to prepare herself for welcoming a man――Takuya. After obtaining the information that Takuya’s dick was just a tad bigger than average, Yukishiro had used a dildo with the same size.

The dildos she didn’t use so far are Dreamseducer Yuu’s exclusive dildos. Those had the same size as Dreamseducer Yuu’s dick. In other words, they were the same as Yuuta’s.

I can’t…use these.

V-Streamer Dreamseducer Yuu was a virtual being, not a real man. If the premise had been the same as up until now…if a woman was sitting behind that avatar, Yukishiro would have used the dildos.

But, this wasn’t the case here. And she was quite aware of it. Thus she couldn’t use the excuse of Dreamseducer Yuu being a virtual being to put a lid on her heart.

Besides, if I get used to that size…

Dreamseducer Yuu’s exclusive dildo was thicker and longer than the dildo Yukishiro had been using thus far.

He has also been pushing for developing a game that will use the memory function…

At present, the game’s development took top priority. In that game, the woman would be able to experience the junior and senior high school time together with Dreamseducer Yuu. It would very likely give a lot of joy to the women of this world, and especially those who had already graduated from high school. But what shocked Yukishiro was the announcement of another game development.

Y-You will be violently ravished…by Dreamseducer Yuu who was turned into a goblin!

Just imagining it almost made Yukishiro cum. She was totally thrilled over the prospect of such a wonderful, dream-like game being in the making.

Haaah! No good…silly me, once again…

But, each time she thought about those things, Yukishiro disciplined herself.

I mustn’t give any attention to the charming contents of Dreamseducer Yuu as Takuya’s direct affiliate. I definitely won’t apply for this. Definitely. Definitely not…

She was referring to the application for the motion capture during the game development, which had been put into the box with Dreamseducer Yuu’s dildo.

However, in the evening of the day when she had contacted the Minato’s dressmaker as Takuya hadn’t approached her about her dress, Yukishiro finally filled out the application form because of all the stress. Though she didn’t actually send the application in, instead hiding it away in her secret stash.

“Yukishiro-sama.”

Lilika’s voice could be heard from the other side of the door. As might be expected, Yukishiro couldn’t afford for Lilika to see her tightly hugging the Succubus Suit and dildos. She quickly put everything away in her secret shelf and then opened the door.

“Forgive me for making you wait. Is something the matter?”

“The dress from Takuya-sama…”

“Oh my!”

Yukishiro had already considered the worst-case scenario of her not receiving a dress from him. But, joy spread on her face, knowing that Takuya had actually sent her a dress.

Holding that dress, Lilika entered the room.

“This is the dress.”

“That’s great…Lilika-san, thanks for bringing it to me.”

“No, umm…”

The dress held by her couldn’t be called luxurious or anything like that, but it possessed a design that adopted a popular trend. It was a good quality with a slender body line.

It’s the dress Takuya-sama chose for me. He didn’t consult me about the design, but it’s still a beautiful dress. Besides, if it’s this fabric…did Takuya-sama possibly pay for this with his own money?

It uses good material, but with this level of fabric, even Takuya should have more than plenty money to pay for it himself, Yukishiro assumed and revised her thinking, Although I have introduced him to the official dressmaker of the Minato’s, maybe he paid for it with his own money as a man.

“Earlier I also received a message from Akira-san that her dress had been delivered.”

“Great…those are truly terrific news.”

Akira wouldn’t have been able to participate in the ball if she didn’t receive a dress from Takuya. As such, Yukishiro had asked Takuya to send a dress to Akari, too.

It will be fine for me to pay for Akari-san’s dress.

Even though Akaria was able to receive a dress, Takuya very likely wouldn’t invite her to a dance. Yet, Yukishiro wanted to have her trusted friend by her side rather than attending the evening party by herself.

The situation is still complicated, but I’m sure it will work out. The state has changed Takuya-sama’s caseworker and seems to pay more attention to his actions. I’m sure he should realize it at some point. Until then, I must properly offer him my full support. I shouldn’t rely on Dreamseducer Yuu…Yuuta-sama, but build a proper relationship with Takuya-sama…

Yukishiro saw her future with Takuya in a new light after receiving his dress. Yet, Lilika looked at Yukishiro, still having a gloomy look on her face.

“Lilika-san? Is something wrong?”

Yukishiro had noticed Lilika’s expression. Lilika looked like she hesitated very much to speak up, but deciding that she couldn’t stay silent here, she told Yukishiro, “I heard Takuya-sama…visited the dressmaker while being accompanied by Layla-san.”

“Eh?”

“T-That’s…the dresses given to you and Akari-san…appear to be ready-made goods that had been on display in the store anyway.”

“……”

“They are not custom orders…they only fitted a ready-made dress for you, Yukishiro-sama.”

“I see…”

“The price of a custom-made dress has been put on the bill by the store.”

“……Thank you for telling me.”

“Yukishiro-sama!”

Lilika hugged Yukishiro tightly, very tightly. The dress had already slipped out of Yukishiro’s hand, now laying on the floor.

While listening to Lilika’s sobbing voice and feeling her warm body temperature, Yukishiro thanked the gods that there were still some people around who felt so strongly about her.