Himegi-san a Bride from the Future Begs Me to Confess My Love to Her Again - Volume 1 Chapter 3.5

Bento 5

“So, you were invited to Harune’s birthday party?”

“Yes, both Kanako and I are making an emergency appearance.”

I had come to Touka-san’s place, where she was helping out at my father’s motorcycle shop, to report today’s events after returning from school.

—Bike Ouji Co., Ltd. (Kabushiki Gaisha Bike Ouji) This utterly tasteless name is what this motorcycle shop is called.

Well, what can I say? It’s a good thing our family name isn’t ‘Ou (王)’ (King).

If it were, the bike shop would be named ‘Bike King’——well, let’s not go there.

Just thinking about it makes me feel like I could get sued.

Incidentally, there were no customers today either, and it was as quiet as a ghost town.

Despite such a slow business situation, my father was very carefree, washing his favorite motorcycle while humming a tune.

I approached my father, who was having a seemingly pleasant conversation with the bike (though to an outsider, he just looked like a crazy person).

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

My father tensed up as I approached with a smile.

As expected of someone who’s been my father for sixteen years, he’s grown cautious.

“You seem to be in a good mood, Dad.”

“Well… yeah. I mean, knowing that my son, who I thought would be a lifelong bachelor, is getting such a beautiful bride out of nowhere, anyone would be in high spirits.”

In response to my father’s words, Touka-san chuckled elegantly and looked very pleased.

“While you’re in such a happy mood, I have a favor to ask——”

“——If it’s money, I’m not lending you any.”

“…to the cheerful dear father——”

“——like I said, it’s a firm ‘no’ for the loan!”

And with unwavering determination, he refused to lend me any money.

“Come on, you didn’t even pay back the 5,000 yen I lent you before!”

“I told you it was an installment payment!”

“Touka-chan, does this disappointing guy ever make any progress in life?”

“…Well, when he had gained a few million yen, he lost twice that amount… I guess you could say he’s been living a life like it’s a roller coaster…”

“Are you really okay?”

“Don’t ask me that…”

The Future me seems to have quite an adventurous life…

“He angered my father once and almost got buried in the mountains, got involved in a murder case on a college trip, infiltrated a cult facility and fought a phony cult leader, got captured by pirates, and even got mistaken for a yakuza and chased by police cars.”

Oh, wow… I’m going to have some pretty intense experiences ahead…

“…Are you sure you’re okay?”

“I told you, don’t ask me!”

“Ah! And he turned into a frog through magic once.”

“…I-is that a joke?”

“Hahaha. Yeah, just a joke. Well, half-joke.”

“Hold on! Wait, half?”

Huh?

So, that means the other half is true; I really hope the frog incident is the false part.

I absolutely don’t want to turn into a frog!

“…Well, what the heck…Looks like life insurance is a must…”

“Yeah, having insurance that’s okay even if you turn into a frog would be good…”

But for now, that’s not important.

“Dad, I’ll be straightforward——lend me some money!”

“I’ll be straightforward too——it’s impossible.”

“W-why?”

“We’re about to have two kids! Can’t afford to throw money away!”

“Throw money away… Mr President, are you really planning to pass up the chance to invest in Ouji Hakuba, the genius magician who will be celebrated with thunderous applause in Las Vegas in the future? You’ll regret it later if you miss this opportunity. You’ll suffer in hell.”

“…You’re starting to sound like a con artist. Sighh, okay then, surprise me. If I’m surprised, I’ll lend you some money… how much do you want?”

I flashed a peace sign at my father and said,

“Two 10,000 yen bills.”

“…Twenty thousand? Fine, I’ll give you 20,000 yen. Try to amaze me with your magic!”

So, without hesitation, I decided to astonish my father with my magic.

I grabbed one of the motorcycle covers stored in the shop and stood in front of my father’s prized motorcycle.

“Now, I’m going to… um, what’s this bike’s name?”

“Hey, you should at least know the name of the motorcycle if you’re working at a bike shop, son. This is a Kawasaki——”

“All right, I’m going to put this big motorcycle cover on Kawasaki-kun here.”

Since my father’s explanation seemed like it would go on forever, I ignored him and started my magic trick.

“H-hey! Treat it with care! That bike costs more than five million yen, and it’s more precious to me than my own son.”

“That more precious-than-son bike is about to disappear from here.”

“Huh!?”

“Music starts!”

I clapped my hands to create the sound of a drumroll.

Then, I shouted, ‘Ba-ba-bam!’ at the top of my lungs and dramatically pulled off the cover.

Just as I had declared, Kawasaki-kun had vanished.

“W-what’s going on? M-my motorcycle disappeared! Where’s my motorcycle?”

I gave my bewildered father a sly smile.

“Twenty thousand.”

“Huh?”

“If you give me twenty thousand yen, I’ll bring it back.”

And that’s how I got the money.

After grumbling about how he’d get an earful from my mom if he got caught, my father went to the convenience store to buy canned coffee.

“Ha-kun, I have a favor to ask regarding Harune’s birthday party.”

Touka said, looking at me with a serious expression.

It seemed like she was about to discuss something important.

“What is it?”

“I’ll give you a spoiler, but Harune’s birthday party is going to be canceled.”

“Huh? Canceled?”

“Yes, various troubles have occurred the day before, so it won’t be held as planned.”

“I see…”

“As an additional note, Kanako and Ha-kun weren’t invited to the birthday party six years ago, as far as I know.”

“Are you saying that things are different from what Touka-san knows six years ago??”

“That seems to be the case. But if things continue like this, the birthday party should still be canceled.”

“I see, so you want me to help avoid that?”

“I should handle this alone in an ideal situation, but in terms of the right person for the job, I believe you’re better suited.”

“What should I do specifically?”

“Will you help me?”

“Of course. I might be a little less reliable than the me from six years in the future, but I’ll still give it my all.”

“Thank you. Now, let me explain——”

And then, Touka-san began to explain what would happen on the day before the birthday party.

Indeed, when it came to this matter, I might be more suitable than Touka.

However, I had been entrusted with a huge responsibility.

I pondered how I could ensure that everything would go smoothly.