6 Main Heroines Who Absolutely Want to Monopolize Me - V1 Chapter 3.4

Idols, Actresses, and Influencers at the Amusement Park 4

“Anyway, it’s Leona’s turn next. What do you want to ride?”

Near the exit, Yuu asks Kanda.

“Um, it’s my first time here, so I have no idea which ones are for two people. I’d like to see some kind of performance, and I’d like something cool. Any suggestions, Shibuya?”

For someone who doesn’t know much, I’m surprised she could find the exit of [It’s a Minimal World].

“You ask difficult things…”

Yuu mumbles but then laughs as if she came up with something and recommends it.

“How about ‘Haunted Palace’? The cast’s performance is quite skilled.”

“Skilled cast? Oh, that sounds good. Let’s go with that.”

“You two go ahead. This is a different ride where I can’t film videos, and I need to rehearse where I’ll take him next.”

“Rii will do the same. ♡”

Although Yuu’s mischievous smile and Ria’s good mood seemed suspicious, Kanda didn’t seem to mind, and the two of us ended up going into the Haunted Palace attraction alone.

Since there was no one else in line, we smoothly reached the entrance.

Then a gloomy staff member greeted us with a dark expression.

“Welcome to our palace…”

“By the way, don’t these staff members here look unusually pale? All the staff I met before were full of energy… Oh, I see.”

As I said it myself, it struck me. [hōnteddo (Haunted)] means something like being possessed by ghosts. In other words, this place is…

(TN: It’s hōnteddo paresu (Haunted Palace), so they didn’t notice this was an Obakeyashi (Haunted house))

“I see, so it’s a haunted house.”

“…Indeed, we fell for it.”

In response to those words, Kanda presses her forehead.

“Kanda? What’s wrong?”

“Ah, well… Shibuya tricked me. I mean, haunted houses are about enjoying fear as a form of stress, so it’s unlikely that happy hormones will be released. It might even lead to negative points.”

“True…”

“Hey, Hirakawa. Should we turn back? Actually, I’m not good with haunted houses…”

Kanda started to sweat on her forehead, and her cheeks twitched, and she tried to turn back toward the road we came from.

However, just at that moment, a large wooden door closed with a creaking sound, preventing us from leaving.

“We can’t get out…”

“Welcome, everyone. This is the Haunted Palace… You must be really insane to come all the way to this cursed palace located in such a remote place.”

“We didn’t know it was haunted…!”

Kanda’s speech suddenly becomes childlike.

The gloomy staff member continues with the narration.

“…Then please proceed ahead. …I don’t think we’ll meet again.”

A different door opened, and as we proceeded through it, Kanda squinted her eyes.

“I can’t believe how convincingly they can deliver scary lines with that scary acting… Maybe she should be an actress.”

“Getting Leona Kanda’s seal of approval is quite impressive.”

“Hey, Hirakawa… I know this might be seen as cunning or not really fit my character, but…”

Kanda clutches my left arm with tears in her eyes.

“…can I do this?”

Even though I know she might be acting, the person in front of me is a nationally beloved beauty.

Her teary-eyed gaze and those lines she delivers somehow manage to move me.

“…Alright, I understand.”

Although it’s quite difficult, I manage to squeeze out those words.

The ‘Haunted Palace,’ despite being called a haunted house, turned out to be an attraction that wasn’t really that scary when we opened the lid.

It’s simply a ride through darkness, and there are various not so scary but cheerful ghosts appear here and there, saying things like ‘Woo!’ or ‘Yoooo!’

Even so, Kanda clings tightly to my left arm.

“Earlier, I was about to say, but isn’t Kanda good at this kind of thing? “

“…that’s not true, I’m not very good at this. Do you know my debut film? It’s called ‘Grudge Girl.'”

“Right, it’s a horror movie.”

Come to think of it, she came into the limelight for playing the role of a girl ghost.

“Yeah. Actually, in that film, there’s a girl who wasn’t in the cast appearing on screen, and you can hear dialogue that wasn’t in the script. She keeps saying, ‘help me…’, and mumbles can also be heard sometimes. It became a bit of a topic because it was real ghostly stuff mixed in on that horror movie. Ever since then, I’ve been scared of ghosts…”

“I see.”

“Yeah, that’s how it is. By the way, Hirakawa.”

“Hm?”

With a soft sound, my wrist feels a bit lighter.

It seems like she took off the smartwatch.

“Hirakawa, I think this is better. Even if you feel stressed, I don’t think it’s fair for me to get a minus score just because Shibuya set me up, and if Hirakawa sticks close to me and releases happy hormones, it’s like I’m using a kind of seduction tactic, isn’t it also unfair? It should be fine according to the rules, but it’s just not desirable for Hirakawa, right?”

“Hmm…”

I partly agree and think for a moment.

No, wait.

“…let’s not.”

When I shake my head, she says, [Ah, okay.] and puts the smartwatch back on my left wrist.

I think to myself, ‘She’s really obedient to my suggestion,’ and then I realize Kanda’s true intentions.

Darkness and fear. A very specific conditions.

“…As expected of a renowned actress.”

I grab her left wrist in dismay.

“…Ah.”

And in the darkness, I look at her.

“Kanda, let’s make a deal.”