Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?! by Sorahoshi

Author:Sorahoshi [Sorahoshi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Published: 2020-09-11T07:00:00+00:00

Wasn’t this the first time the two of them had such an amicable exchange?

Watching them shake hands, I felt so happy; my face broke into a natural grin.

As they separated, Aritomo stared at their hands and then whispered into my ear, “Isn’t Tsukuyomi’s hand huge?”

Was now really the time to be saying something like that?

“Urara.”

“Yes, Chouko?”

“Congratulations! You completely decimated me.” Lady Chouko headed my way as she spoke.

“No, I didn’t— Hwha!?”

I thought Lady Chouko was coming to give me a handshake and so held out my right hand, but instead she threw her arms around me and wrapped me in a tight embrace.

“Um, Ch-Chouko?!”

“Hm? What?”

I patted Lady Chouko’s back, which seemed to be straighter than usual, and while she answered me, she showed no signs of completely pulling away.

Aritomo walked over to Shimozuru, looking annoyed, which left me standing there in Lady Chouko’s embrace.

I tried to think of something, anything, to bring her back to the present.

“Um, wow, you and Mondaiser sure were fast, weren’t you?”

“Thank you. But after knocking the bar over, we were no match for you.”

...Huh? Something was different about her.

Normally, Lady Chouko was so calm and collected, always smiling. In that moment, with my face in her collarbone, I couldn’t see her expression, but somehow she seemed a bit sullen.

“Chouko...are you upset about the match?” I asked softly.

“Yes,” she murmured after a pause.

The others were watching us and managed to hear her response. Murmurs of “Whoa!” and “Seriously?” rippled throughout the group.

“It’s just, both Mondaiser and I worked so hard.”

“But we don’t know how he would have done under normal circumstances.”

“Still, a loss is a loss.”

I was a little shocked. To think that someone like her, who faced everything with that cool demeanor, could be upset by something like this.

Not to mention the fact that she truly had come to see herself and Mondaiser as a team.

In the past, she wouldn’t have cared so much about the challenge. I wondered what had changed.

As I patted her back, I felt Galileo nuzzling my shoulder with his head, likely trying to get my attention.

Poor Lady Chouko, upset after losing. The way she had come to me for comfort, though, was incredibly endearing.

I hugged her tighter in hopes of comforting her, feeling happy to have seen another side of her. When I did, she pulled away, her warmth leaving with her. When I looked up at her, I saw her face was bright red, and our eyes met.

“I’m sorry. Was it hard to breathe?” I asked.

Was she bothered by me suddenly hugging her back?

“If so, I’m sorry,” I apologized, but she shook her head.

“That’s not it... I’m who’s sorry for showing you my ugly side.”

“There is nothing ugly about you. Actually, I was happy you opened up to me,” I said.

“Thank you,” Lady Chouko responded, but she looked rather uncomfortable after hearing my honest feelings.

She put her hands on my shoulders and spun me around.

“Let’s join the others. If we stay here much longer, I don’t know if I’ll be able to control myself.

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