I, Who Longs To Be A Dependent, Have Decided To Be Owned By A Yandere - Chapter 26

Even a Yandere can utilize gimmicks!

“It’s not okay to make such a mess… Who did this to you?”

Mentioning Yura’s name here would undoubtedly lead to a violent confrontation. But if I blame myself, the lie would be uncovered, leading to my confinement. Thus, there’s only one choice.

“It was this person.”

“What!?”

I was pointing at Maria.

For sure Maria lunged with a look of astonishment.

“Don’t joke around! Why would I be the one—”

“You helped, right?”

I whispered only the truth.

“You, you spent a total of 11 hours helping, including the shoe locker, right?”

I pressed on relentlessly as Maria struggled for words.

“Don’t worry, be at ease. Minatsuki’s interest lies in me and the women who meddle with me. You, who dislike me, are safe. Unlike Yura, she detests the idea of everyone being fond of me.”

“Is that really true?”

“No doubt about it.”

Surrounded by upperclassmen, Maria timidly raised her hand with a forced smile, “So-sorry, I was the one who harassed you.”

“Hmm…”

With a natural motion, Minatsuki-san reached into her inner pocket, and seconds later, my phone vibrated with an incoming email.

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Sender: Minatsuki Yui

Recipient: Kiritani Akira

Subject: To Kinugasa Maria

Message:
One warning only.
Withdraw from Akira within five seconds.
At my signal, take Kinugasa Yura and exit the classroom, then follow the instructions in the letter at the bottom of the trash can at the end of the corridor.
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Peering at my phone screen, Maria read the email and looked up at me with a face full of despair, her eyes brimming with tears.

“No more, this elaborate prank isn’t okay. Why are you so enthusiastic about it— Ah, wait! Oh no! Why did you run away?”

Check your own sent box damn it.

Answering her would take more than five seconds, so Maria grabbed Yura’s hand and hurriedly left the classroom, rushing down the corridor.

“Akira, I’ll help you clean up. Ahaha, this statue is really well-made, isn’t it? So interesting!”

Laughter, they say, shortens one’s lifespan.

“…You saw the whole exchange, didn’t you?”

The range of emotions in her voice is astounding!!

“Hey? Why did you praise that thing she made? Hey? Why? Hey? Can’t you answer? Hey? Are you keeping secrets from Yui? Hey? Answer me? Hey? Akira? Hey?”

The rhythm of “hey” is pretty good, isn’t it?

“Yui. Do you really think I meant those words of praise?”

“Eh?”

Gotcha— I see a thread of survival.

“If you love me, Yui, you’d naturally understand whether my emotions were genuine in that praise, right?”

“Of course—”

“That’s right. As expected of you, Yui. That was a blatant lie, I read it in a monotone on purpose so that it didn’t seem like I was betraying you, my beloved Yui.”

“But still, you praised that thing she made— Ah.”

In order not to hand over the advantage in the conversation, I managed to interrupt her tactfully, subtly brushing my little finger against the back of Minatsuki-san’s hand.

“Ah, Akira… n-no, not here…”

Ora, ora, ora, ora, ora! You’re weak to body contact from me, aren’t you!? Ora, ora, ora, ora, ora!!

“Yui, you want to keep our relationship a secret, don’t you… I feel the same way. That’s why I said it as a ‘courtesy to others’.
You understand my feelings better than my words, don’t you, Yui?”

Yanderes love words that highlight their specialness! !

“Y-yeah… it’s okay… I understand…”

And I’ve won (victory fanfare).

Relishing the sense of achievement from having saved my life and securied a win, Maria returned to the classroom out of breath and thrust the stolen amusement park pair-ticket into my hands.

“Kiriyama Akira , I’m sorry (in a monotone). From now on, I won’t meddle anymore (in a monotone). Also, take this (in a monotone).”

Ah, this is a scripted.

“Oh, than—”

“Wow! What is that?! A pair-ticket to the new amusement park? Great! I wanted to go there!”

Minatsuki-san, raising her voice intentionally, flashed the cutest smile throughout the school at me.

“But, a pair-ticket, huh. Akira, are you planning to invite someone? A girlfriend? Do you perhaps have one?”

“I—I don’t have one.”

A question I can’t answer yes to. I’m undoubtedly being led on here.

“Oh really? Then, were you planning to invite someone? It couldn’t be your father or mother, right? A pair-ticket isn’t something you take your family with, is it? So who are you planning on inviting… hmm… could it be someone you’re ‘always indebted to’?”

“That’s—That’s right.”

Minatsuki-san, like a chaste lily blooming after the rain, wore a lovely and dazzling smile.

“So, who would that be?”

You intentionally helped me clean up for this, didn’t you?! Your ability to utilize gimmicks is remarkable!!

“…You’ll invite me, right?”

Like a wavering shadow, Minatsuki-san silently leaned into me.

“You’re going to… invite me, right?”

That’s not a sound a human voice should make!!

“Minatsuki-san! If you’re okay with it, here! Go with some— Let’s go together, okay!? Since we got the chance!!”

Confronted with an overtly murderous aura, my mouth automatically started rambling on its own and propelled me towards the path of survival.

“Really!? I’m delighted! I’m looking forward to it!”

“Y-yeah, I’m looking forward—”

In the classroom’s door window glass, two eyes were peeking in, with a face and both hands glued to it. Murmuring something—

When i made eye contact with Yura, my mouth and thoughts stopped.