Ranobe Mo Ore Mo Sukina Gyaru - Volume 1 Chapter 9.2

Gal and Preferred Type 2

As I was feeling puzzled, Tsumakawa, who seemed to notice my confusion, suddenly asked a question.

“By the way, Yoda, what kind of girl do you like?”

“Isn’t that question a bit sudden?… Well, lately, let’s see— someone like Ai Yashajin from ‘The Ryuo’s Work Is Never Done’ might be my type, I guess.”

“You’re answering with a 2D character again… Huh? Wait, Ai Yashajin from The Ryuo’s Work Is Never Done is like, an actual kid, right? I think her age is——”

“She’s nine years old.”

“Wow, you’re a total lolicon, huh? I mean… when it comes to answering about your type of girl, you’re the most unreasonable person I’ve ever heard of. Isn’t the only solution to Benjamin Button it?”

“Well, that’s a joke, of course.——I mean, let’s just call it a joke.”

“You mean you’re not joking?!”

“Ahaha, if I answer seriously, my type of girl would be… someone with long black hair and a sharp tongue, I guess? Well, in reality, I don’t think there are any amazing girls like Hitagi Senjougahara or Yukino Yukinoshita around…”

” …… “

(TN: ‘Benjamin Button it’ is a phrase that refers to the concept of aging in reverse, similar to the story ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’. She’s saying she needs to reverse in age.)

In response to my statement, Tsumakawa-san stared intently at her hair, now beautifully brown.

While twirling it with her fingers, she suddenly gave me a sharp glare.

“By the way, Yoda-kun. Your scent stinks too much. Perhaps you rinse yourself in the drain this morning——I wonder?”

“Sudden verbal assault, huh!? It was so out of the blue that my emotional guard couldn’t keep up, and it hurt pretty bad…”

“Or perhaps you ate in a public restroom——I wonder?”

“What kind of outrageous insult is this? Can I start a lawsuit against her!?”

“No way! Please don’t take me to the court——I wonder?! “

“Poisonous-tongued people who get scared by their opponent’s counterattack… If you’re going to be sarcastic, then stay consistent. Don’t lose to the other side’s arguments.”

After saying this, I looked at Tsumakawa-san.

She coolly brushed her hair aside and said, ‘I don’t mind staring at you, but I wish you wouldn’t stare at me so much.’ with a mysterious expression.

I threw my suspicions at her.

“By the way, Tsumakawa-san, what was that poison-tongued remarks just now…”

“How’s that? Can I become the type of girl that Yoda likes?”

“Well, I don’t know… I got the impression that a black-haired, sharp-tongued girl in Tsumakawa-san’s imagination tends to end sentences with ‘ka shira (I wonder),’ but…”

“Should I wish for Yoda-kun to die right now——I wonder?”

That’s not even a poisonous tongue anymore; that’s just plain mean! How cruel…

“Yoda, I, I’m sorry. I don’t really want you to die…I wonder…”

As she said this, Tsumakawa-san gently stroked my right hand.

I get it, it’s just a joke, but please stop with the constant physical contact…!

While thinking this, I gently removed my hand from hers and continued the conversation.

“Well, well, Tsumakawa-san… It’s impossible to change character so suddenly now. I already understand that Tsumakawa-san isn’t the kind of Gal who would poison-tongue me, and besides, when I said my type was a black-haired, sharp-tongued girl, you sort of recreated that and it did actually hurt, so maybe that kind of girl is not my type in reality.”

“Well then, what is your type? I read a ton of light novels, so I can become many types of girls. If you want, I can even transform into the complete opposite of a Gal, like a pure and innocent type. ——Oh dear, I am the pure and innocent Miona right now.”

“Oh dear, I am the pure and innocent Miona!? Isn’t that more of an Ojou-sama rather than pure and innocent?”

“Today, I have plans to enjoy some herbal tea on the terrace while indulging in reading a few light novels.”

“An Ojou-sama reading light novels on a terrace… A light novel-loving Ojou-sama seems like a very interesting character…”

“After that, I intend to engage in a lively exchange of replies on social media with fellow Twitter users. Today, I shall use my replies to silence those bothersome individuals once and for all.”

“Don’t cause trouble on social media! Are you an internet keyboard warrior or what? …Just a note, adding ‘o’ in front of everything doesn’t make your words milder, okay?”

“Be silent, you fool. If you make too much noise, I’ll end you.”

“Isn’t that just Lord Frieza! What, you’re not an Ojou-sama; you’re actually Lord Frieza! ——And actually, quite early on, you seem to have stopped being a pure and innocent type!”

As I retorted like a comedian from Hara City, Tsumakawa-san burst into laughter with genuine amusement, saying, ‘Ahahaha, that’s right!’

While watching her, I also felt like laughing.

Damn, even though she’s a three-dimensional girl, she’s such a fun gal…

After Tsumakawa-san had a good laugh, she lightly smacked my thigh twice.

“Ouch, what are you doing…”

“Uhm… it’s nothing!”

After she said that, she laughed again and then seemed to realize something.

“But hey, even though I tried to become the type of girl you like, isn’t that not okay? I mean, instead of that… Since I’m proud to be a gal, I shouldn’t try to match myself to Yoda’s preferences!”

“Huuh… I don’t really understand what you’re trying to say…”

“In short, I’m trying to influence Yoda to like gals instead! Yoda has an aversion to gals, so I’ll tell you the selling points that can make you like them! Like this!”

Saying this, Tsumakawa-san suddenly linked arms with me.

Since I’d gotten used to her physical contact by now, I wasn’t particularly flustered by this — or so I thought.

But when I measured my own pulse, I realized that my heart was racing all by itself.

Ah, the body sure doesn’t lie!