Chapter 45 The Disappointing Hero Swears upon Tears
We've finished packing up at the old Kato house, and the day has finally been decided to move to Tokyo. On that day, of course, Misa-chan and the others came to welcome.
"Thank you so much for coming all the way, Higashimura-kun."
"It's fine. I'm used to traveling anyway."
Well, basically, [Teleported via Google Maps], you know. Of course, that's a secret though.
Joichiro-shi would drive us to the Shin-Yamaguchi. Lately, it seems he's softened a bit and has started communicating little by little with Misa-chan. Heh heh, my effort has paid off, it seems.
During the drive, Joichiro-shi looked concerned and said,
"Misa... But, are you really okay? What about the money...?"
"Yeah. Junji and I want to do our best together. I've never worked before, but I think I'll manage studies and part-time jobs as much as possible."
"Is that so... But if something happens, don't hesitate to tell me."
"Yeah, thanks, Father."
Hmm, Misa-chan is amazing. As for me, during my student days, I was a part-time job-loving, allowance-spending slacker.
I wonder if settling down temporarily makes one more responsible? Oh, right, I did have a family at one point. Gotta be responsible from now on.
We parked the car in the parking lot and headed to the station. At the Shin-Yamaguchi ticket gate, Joichiro-shi bowed deeply to me.
"Higashimura-kun, please take care of Misa and Junji."
"Yes, I'll support them to the best of my abilities."
The three of us boarded the Shinkansen to Tokyo together. We splurged on a Green Car. Just to be safe, we reserved three seats, but Junji-kun ended up sitting on my lap. We got the hot towels securely.
For a while after departure, Junji-kun looked out the window, but around the time we passed Okayama, he fell asleep. Hmm, Junji-kun is cute.
He doesn't make any noise, and I can't believe he has Takashi's genes.
His face looks like the Yoshino family, or rather, he has a strong resemblance to Misa-chan and Joichiro-shi.
"Higashimura-kun, are you okay? Is he not heavy?"
"Not at all"
Hahaha, as a hero, carrying a child on a bullet train is nothing.
We don't talk for a while, and just sway along, when Misa-chan starts to giggle.
"What's wrong?"
"Sorry, I just remembered something funny. My father's attitude towards me, or how he bowed to Higashimura-kun, I've never seen anything like that, so I just"
Hmph.
If you laugh because of that, it was worth pushing him to the limit.
I think he was happy that I made his daughter smile, even if he got beaten up by me.
I move my eyes from Misa-chan to the window outside.
But, today is the end of that day──the things that happened after I found out about their betrayal.
It was decided that Takashi would be engaged in deep-sea fishing as Joichiro-shi had arranged.
Kanae will have to have a baby soon too.
Will they get together or not?
I don't know.
But, maybe Gouki-san won't forgive him.
He won't let a man who did something bad to his daughter come into his house. I think.
As for Mizuno, she quits her TV job and moved to another place.
She also broke up with her boyfriend.
I don't care much about what happened to her after that.
She lost a good job and a boyfriend.
Well, that's enough.
Half a year went by so fast.
Well, I feel like I did a good job.
This is the end of the quest.
When I was thinking about this, I felt something on my cheek.
I looked away from the window and saw Misa-chan wiping my face with a towel.
"What's wrong?"
"Because Higashimura-kun, you are crying."
"What?"
I touched the other side of my face with my finger.
It was wet, like she said.
"Why is that?"
"It's not nothing. Higashimura-kun, you worked too hard, I think"
"Impossible? Me?"
"Yeah."
Misa-chan stretched out her arms and hugged my head to her chest.
"You were betrayed by your friends and your lover. Of course you are hurt."
...Stop it.
Stop it, Misa-chan.
If you are so kind to me, I will realize it.
I will realize that I was hurt.
"Just because it looks a little wild, you don't have to be so savage."
"Savage?"
"Yeah. Wild animals, even if they are in pain, or feeling bad, they try to hide it. They don't want to show their weakness, or they will be attacked."
"..."
"But, Higashimura-kun, you are human. If you are hurt... you can cry anytime."
...Really, just stop it, Misa-chan.
Don't expose the lies I told myself.
What do you mean, thank the goddess?
There's no way that damn goddess would summon me to another world to help me.
I knew that.
I am weak.
Too weak.
I didn't want to admit that I was hurting.
I realized that if things continued like this, I would break down, so before I ended up broken, I thought of breaking them.
I just couldn't forgive it.
That's why I wanted them to say it midway.
'Sorry for betraying you.''
'Sorry for lying.'
At least, I wanted those words.
Even if just a bit, I wanted them to show sincerity to me.
But if that's not there, then I have no choice but to go all out to protect my own heart, right?
And I can do that.
Other people always have a 'turning point'.
There are laws or whatever, there's a brake.
I don't have that! There's no such thing for me!
I've left that kind of thing behind in another world!
That's why, somewhere along the line, I wanted them to put a brake on themselves, on me!
Yet, they kept betraying my heart!
If I'm not stopped by someone else, I can't stop.
Despite being weak, I can do anything──I'm a disappointing hero!
"Misa-chan, I... I was frustrated! Why could they do that...? I thought we were friends, I believed we were in love, why would they even consider doing something like that...! Damn it all!"
"Yeah, yeah."
So, now, the weakness I once showed never stopped.
"Next is Shin-Osaka~"
"Next is Kyoto~"
"Next is Nagoya~"
As the bullet train announced station after station, Misa-chan continued to stroke my head throughout.
During that time, I swore.
The wish Misa-chan, who had cried just like I was doing now, had spoken of the other day.
For a while now, it'll be about finding Misa-chan a boyfriend.
In the future, I'll make sure the man Misa-chan falls for will fall for her too.
I'll support that with all my might.
Seems like I no longer qualify as a representative friend, so I'll have to restrain myself from now on.
I won't let this emotion I'm feeling grow any further.
I thought opting for the green car was a good choice.
The seat being spacious is one thing, but more importantly, the handrails are fixed.
If the handrails were thinner and could be flipped up, I might have plunged even deeper into Misa-chan's chest if it were an ordinary car.
* * *
Okay, at Tokyo Station.
This hero has completely revived, all perfectly fine now.
"Tadayuki, your eyes are red?"
"Hahaha, big brother just fell asleep."
"Oh, I see."
Haha, Junji-kun.
You quickly pinpoint the weakness of this hero, quite a promising little devil.
"Well, shall we go?"
Due to exposing my weakness, it's a bit embarrassing.
"Yeah, let's go."
Misa-chan smiles at me as if nothing happened.
Ah, this girl.
Her tolerance is extraordinary.
Not just Misa-chan, but I need to find the next one too.
I want a girl with such great tolerance. Alright, I'll do my best.
Even if I'm clueless about a woman's heart, I was good at treasure hunting in another world.
I'm sure I'll find it.
With Junji-kun in the center.
On both sides were me and Misa-chan.
The three of us lined up and started walking towards our new life.
──End of Volume One──
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