Himegi-san a Bride from the Future Begs Me to Confess My Love to Her Again - Volume 1 Chapter 4.4

Birthday Party 4

“Onī-san, are you having fun?”

“Of course, I’m having a great time.”

Throughout the birthday party, I had been sitting on Harune-chan’s chair.

I never thought an elementary school student would have the nerve to sit on my lap.

“Onī-san, here’s some roast beef.”

Saying that, Harune-chan offered me a slice of roast beef, and I took a bite.

“Next up is the cake.”

“Thank you.”

With this, it feels like I’m not a retainer but a pet…

“Grrrh, I can’t believe even Harune has fallen into the clutches of this bean sprout guy…”

Who’s a bean sprout guy!

Well, I’m feeling happy right now, so I’ll let it slide.

“Harune actually wanted a big brother like Onī-san.”

“Thank you. I’ll do my best to become like a big brother to Harune-chan.”

“Hey, Onī-san?”

“Yeah? What is it?”

“Why do you smell the same as Touka-nee?”

” …. “

This kid is sharp!

By the way, why do we have the same smell?

It’s simply because Touka-san and I use the same shampoo and soap, nothing more.

“I think it’s just a coincidence…”

“I’ll leave it at that.”

“Thanks.”

I’m grateful for having a sister-in-law who can read the air.

And as we approached the end, a large screen used for bingo displayed a woman with glasses that I didn’t know.

Her appearance somewhat resembled Himegi-san.

However, unlike Himegi-san, who rarely smiled, the person on the screen had a cheerful and carefree smile.

I don’t know… there’s something about her that reminds me of Touka-san.

She waved her hand gently and, with a happy expression, said, ‘Harune, happy 11th birthday!’ as she celebrated Harune-chan through the screen.

Who could this woman be? Why did Harune-chan and Himegi-san’s faces cloud over a bit when they saw the video?

I was really curious, but I felt like I shouldn’t casually delve into it.

So, I decided not to mention this matter for now.

Finally, our magic showdown began.

The rules were quite simple. We placed various topics in the box used for bingo draws, and Harune-chan would draw a topic from the box.

Chris and I would then perform magic tricks based on that topic.

Finally, Harune-chan herself would judge who did better.

Without delay, Harune-chan reached into the box held by a certain Bunny Girl and drew a topic.

‘I choose this one!’ she exclaimed, holding up the drawn white paper for everyone to see.

The paper had ‘Playing Cards’ written on it.

The chosen topic was playing cards.

“I’ll give you the first turn.” Chris generously offered.

“Thank you.”

Perhaps it was the confidence of a strong contender, but Chris let me take the first turn.

Playing card magic was my specialty.

I didn’t know how far I could go against a professional magician, but I would give it my all.

I opened the sealed deck of playing cards placed on the table and casually shuffled them for a moment.

From Hindu shuffle to Zarrow shuffle, an aerial Riffle shuffle, and executing Waterfall followed by Sybil Cut, I observed Harune-chan’s reaction, who was smiling in front of me.

“Wow! It’s like the cards are alive!”

After getting the reaction I wanted, it was time to start the magic trick.

“First, please choose any card from here.”

Following my instructions, Harune-chan picked a card from the face-down deck.

The card she chose was the 5 of Hearts.

“Now, take this pen and put a mark on the 5 of Hearts while it’s still face-up, then place it somewhere in the middle.”

I handed the pen to Harune-chan. She wrote ‘Harune’ on the card with the pen and returned it to the middle of the deck.

“Is this okay?”

“Thank you. Now, place this entire deck, including the card, back in its original box and put the box on the table. Harune-chan, where is the 5 of Hearts now?”

“Eh? It’s inside this box?”

“That’s right. The 5 of Hearts is inside this box. By the way, I didn’t hide it in my hand or anything.”

I emphasized to Harune-chan and the audience that I didn’t hide it in my hand.

“Harune-chan, can you snap your fingers?”

“Of course, I can.”

Harune-chan made a cute snapping gesture.

“OK, well done. With that, the 5 of Hearts from earlier has instantly teleported somewhere.”

“No way! It absolutely should be inside this box!”

“No, no, the 5 of Hearts definitely teleported.”

“Where is it?”

“——In this pocket.”

I slowly pulled the 5 of Hearts with Harune’s name written on it from my chest pocket and displayed it.

“Ah! It’s the 5 of Hearts! The 5 of Hearts with Harune’s name on it!”

“And now, I’ll put this 5 of Hearts back in my chest pocket and snap my fingers again. Then, the 5 of Hearts from earlier will instantly teleport back into this box.”

“…Onī-san, can Haru open this box?”

“Of course. I won’t touch it, so you can open the box, Harune-chan.”

Harune-chan opened the box containing the cards hesitantly.

She then took out the deck of cards and spread them on the table.

“——The 5 of Hearts is really inside! And it has ‘Happy Birthday’ written on it! That’s amazing! The card really teleported!”

Harune-chan was overjoyed.

Yes, it was worth performing magic tricks for reactions like this.

And the audience under the stage also gave me a big round of applause.

I looked at Chris with a triumphant expression.

“That’s pretty good…”

Now, it was Chris’s turn to perform a magic trick.

Chris waved to the audience like a Hollywood star, and cheers in yellow erupted from the maids and Harune-chan’s friends.

Among them, there was one person who was particularly loud in supporting Chris.

“Give it your all, Chris-sama! Don’t hold back and beat that Hakuba guy!”

H-hey!

Since we’re childhood friends, you should be cheering for me! You traitor!

The betrayal of my childhood friend slightly hurt me.

But there was a man who seemed even more dejected than I was.

It was none other than Takakyun, Kanako’s boyfriend.

S-Sorry, Takakyun. Please forgive this foolish childhood friend!