6 Main Heroines Who Absolutely Want to Monopolize Me - V1 Chapter 2.4

6 Main Heroines Who Absolutely Want to Monopolize Me – Maion Hirakawa

Third candidate: Maion Hirakawa.

The third one was a petite girl with a small face and beautiful silver hair, dressed in a pure white dress.

“Maion?!”

Seeing her, I can’t help but let out a loud voice.

She’s someone I know again, but it’s not just a simple acquaintance.

“It’s been a while, big brother.”

Her name is Maion Hirakawa, and she used to be my step-sister.

Though calling her a step-sister is not entirely accurate, as she is not my father’s remarriage partner’s child.

My father took in Maion through adoption from a foster home.

The reason my father adopted her seemed to be because of her exceptional intelligence.

Back when she was still in the foster home as an elementary school student, Maion attempted to hack into the internal network of the Hirakawa Group.

Though the exact reason why the quiet Maion at the time would try something like that remained unclear.

Instead of taking legal action against Maion or the foster home, my father, Shinnosuke Hirakawa, offered to adopt her, using that incident as a reason.

Looking back, my father might have already given up on making me the company’s successor at that time and was searching for alternative candidates.

And so, during my fourth year of elementary school, I suddenly gained a younger sister, Maion Hirakawa.

“Maion, why are you here!?”

“It doesn’t matter, I always knew I would have to marry you someday, big brother. The time simply has come.”

“…Did Maion like me?”

“That’s inexplicable. How is that possible?”

“…why wouldn’t it be possible?”

Although not very similar siblings, we still frown and tilt our heads in the same way.

However, despite living in the same house for six years until I left for high school, I still can’t quite grasp what Maion is saying sometimes.

Well, it did take her a whole year to start speaking in front of me, so I guess it’s not surprising.

“Following that logic, all participants in this study abroad would have to like you, big brother. Do you really think that’s possible?”

“That’s true…”

After all, most of the audition applicants must have been interested in my family background and position, so it’s more likely that the six successful candidates have no romantic interest in me.

Unconsciously, I must have made quite a conceited remark.

I clear my throat as if to cover up my embarrassment and return to the initial question.

“So, what about you, Maion? What was your purpose for participating?”

“Maion cannot change her current environment. To do so, she need to be supported by the Hirakawa family.”

Maion refers to herself by her name most of the time.

She does so because her name is the only thing she received from her birth parents, or so she says.

By the way, it took her three years to tell me this.

“Maion became a foster child of the Hirakawa family under the condition that she can pursue what she likes for herself. You could call it a contract with the Hirakawa family. However, it’s not too far off for Father Shinnosuke to retire from being the president or chairman.”

“That’s true.”

I don’t know if the concept of retirement applies to that man, but my father is almost 60, and even if he doesn’t retire, life has its limits.

“So, Maion believed she must marry her big brother before that time comes.”

“I see… But what exactly is it that Maion wants to do so badly?”

In truth, it has been 7 and a half years since we met, and I haven’t been able to get her to talk about her goal.

“Maion wants…”

Though it may sound conceited, Maion has opened up to me in her own way.

But this is something we’ve never talked about before.

At this crucial moment when we might consider getting married, it’s an important matter.

She seemed hesitant whether to say it or not, but still, she leaned in and whispered into my ear like confiding a secret with her older brother about her first love, saying, [It’s a secret, okay?]

“Maion wants to make dolls…”

“Oh, really…”

Upon hearing those words, a delightful feeling spread through my chest.

“I don’t understand. Why do you have such a happy expression on your face?”

“Well… It’s just that it’s the first time I’ve heard about this side of Maion. I see, so you like that kind of thing…”

“I-It’s not that I like it! A-and don’t suddenly look at me like that, big brother. It’s incomprehensible…”

Maion’s fair face turns slightly pink.

It looks beautiful against her silver hair and pure white dress, and her acting tsundere about her own dream is somehow adorable.

“I see, cutting your hair was also for this study abroad?”

“Yes, it was… do you think it doesn’t suit me?”

Maion looks at the ends of her hair cut around her shoulders and frowns.

It used to be quite long, almost touching the floor. She seems to have cut it quite a lot.

Maion attends a private school where remote commuting is allowed for both middle and high school, and she was mostly a shut-in, letting her hair grow without much care for her appearance.

Nevertheless, her hair, which is probably inherited from her parents, was always beautifully maintained.

Occasionally, when she opened the window of her third-floor room and looked down at the city, people passing by would see her and give her the nickname ‘Silver-Haired Rapunzel.’

“Well, the short hair suits you too. I almost thought you were making your high school debut.”

It may be biased as her brother, but I think she looks on par with the top idol, Ria Meguro, whom I saw earlier.

“High school debut? Why would Maion do that?”

“Well, I don’t know… maybe to become popular with guys at school?”

“It’s puzzling. I don’t understand why Maion would want someone at high school to like her…After all…”

And then, my sister casually drops a bombshell.

“In Maion’s high school, there is no big brother.”

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TN: Should I use Big brother or onichan?