40. Actually, I Kind of Like Wearing Sexy Outfits…
A moment of tension.
As we swallowed our spit, Yato-chan let out a big breath and—
“Nee-san, you got hooked on sexy cosplay street fighting just as I expected…”
She said that with a somewhat understanding air.
“Yato…?”
“It’s okay, Nee-san. I understand. I know about your hobby and how this happened.”
“N-no, it’s different, listen, Yato.”
No, I think Yato-chan’s understanding is probably completely correct though, Haku-san.
That kind of reaction—like you were caught in a state where you almost fell to darkness… isn’t going to work, Haku-san. In any case, Yato-chan’s reaction was more understanding than I expected from a younger sister.
Well, I mean, even I understand that Haku-san is an exhibitionist.
If she’s the younger sister, there’s no way she wouldn’t understand that.
However, even so, Yato-chan is too understanding.
For Yato-chan, Haku-san’s actions aren’t that surprising, perhaps?
“First, Yato… since Manager-san is confused, may I explain the situation?”
“Yes, please.”
I’d like to ask for that too.
The sisters, having nodded to each other, revealed their “secret” to me.
That they aren’t real sisters.
That Yato-chan has amnesia.
And that Yato-chan might not be a human from this world.
The biggest one is especially the last secret.
Not a human from this world… in the worst case, Yato-chan might be a monster.
However, there’s no way for Yato-chan, who has lost her memory, to confirm that. At least, not now.
“On top of that, Haku-san was… troubled about dragging Yato-chan into the agent world and constraining Yato-chan’s way of life… is that it?”
Including the conversation I had with her the other day, that must be what Haku-san was carrying.
And because Haku-san was dressed like an exhibitionist, Yato-chan also realized that Haku-san had decided to do “what she wanted to do.”
Apparently, that’s how it is.
As expected of sisters. Blood ties don’t matter—bonds aren’t limited to blood relations alone.
“…But honestly, I wasn’t certain. Until I saw Nee-san liberated like this, I didn’t know that Nee-san was carrying such worries…”
“There’s some implication in how you’re saying that… but of course, Yato. I myself didn’t notice my own worries.”
Saying that, Haku-san shows off her revealing outfit to Yato-chan and me.
“It’s all because Manager-san set me free.”
“So the manager laid Nee-san’s shameful things wide open…”
“H-Hey! Why you two the ones giving it that kind of meaning!?”
Somehow, aren’t both of them being harsh toward me!?
“Fufu, I’m joking.”
“Yes… thanks to the manager showing Nee-san the way, Nee-san can expose herself like this.”
“I-I see…”
Apparently I was being teased.
…Well, the visual when Yato-chan found Haku-san and me earlier was pretty bad. I guess she’d want to tease me.
Anyway, the conclusion is extremely simple. Haku-san was on the verge of falling to darkness.
In the worst case, it might have developed into a terrible sisterly quarrel with Yato-chan.
But because I somehow managed to handle it beforehand, the incident was resolved peacefully like this.
Still… the fact that she was on the verge of falling to darkness means there must have been a plan for her to encounter an incident somewhere that would induce that fall.
If she had encountered such an incident, what situation would Haku-san have fallen into?
Surely a terrible situation would have been triggered… well, it’s got nothing to do with me though.
“Nn…?”
“What’s wrong, Manager-san?”
“No, just now I felt… resentful gazes from multiple places…”
Specifically, from Haku-san’s deck and my deck.
And for some reason, from Erea and Ren-san who appeared in my mind.
Especially Erea and Ren-san had faces like they’d bitten into a bitter bug, glaring at me as if they didn’t know whether to be angry at me or grateful.
I don’t really get it, but sorry.
“…So, what do you plan to do from now on, Haku-san?”
“What do you mean? Moon Rabbit Mask is what I wanted to do. I’ll continue from now on.”
“Ku… as a younger sister, I don’t know whether I should say stop it because it’s embarrassing, or push your back saying if that’s what Nee-san wants to do…!”
I think it’s fine to tell her to stop, you know?
That said, street fighters like Moon Rabbit Mask exist all over the place.
Even if there’s only one in this city, if you look around the world, there might be one or two similar fighters… or even a hundred.
So it’s fine for Moon Rabbit Mask to exist too… is what I think, but.
If there were a hundred Moon Rabbit Masks, that would be scary in its own way…!
“Well, if that’s the case, there’s nothing I can say. Keep some moderation and continue as a clean and proper street fighter.”
“…I feel like it’s already not clean and proper, but is that just me?”
Stop, you can’t go any further.
Anyway. This and that happened, but I’m glad Haku-san didn’t fall to darkness.
Why I was able to win during the promotional period, and such.
Various mysteries remain, but for now, the case is closed.
I parted with the two of them and returned to the shop.
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Several days later, Erea and Ren were holding their heads. The location was inside the card shop “Duelist.”
The manager was off duty so he wasn’t at the shop, and Mecha-Shi was going “swee swee” as it cleaned.
There were no customers besides Ren and Erea. It was that kind of time.
On top of that, the two were facing each other at the counter, holding their heads.
“Heavenly-Person… Heavenly-Person, you… You bastard…!”
“Calm down, please calm down, Ren-san. It’s unreasonable, but it’s a fact that Haku-san was saved thanks to the manager.”
“Guuuuu…!”
“I want to groan too… I didn’t want to learn about Yato-chan’s secret like this…!”
“Sorry…! But I have a duty to report what the Heavenly-Person did to the Vision-Person, and when that happens, given the circumstances, I have to talk about Yato and the secret of the gods… guuuu!”
Ren let out a bitter groan. The two understood the manager’s “bug.”
From the start, these two knew that the manager crushes incidents not involving demon cards beforehand. It’s natural that they understand the bug.
But that’s precisely why.
The two fully understood that fighters saved by the bug get bounced.
This time too, needless to say, Haku, who was supposed to fall to darkness, skipped the dark fall part and became Moon Rabbit Mask.
Of course, that’s a good thing, a joyful thing.
On top of that, it’s no wonder that the two who know about the bug’s existence writhe in unreasonableness.
“Anyway… let’s give up, Ren-san. This is something even the manager didn’t intend.”
“Ku… remember this, Heavenly-Person… I’ll repay this debt someday in a good way…”
Thus, the incident was settled.
The two, who had been writhing at the manager’s unreasonableness, pulled themselves together… or so they thought.
“…By the way, there’s just one thing that bothered me.”
“Mm, what is it?”
“Haku-san’s outfit. I understand dressing like an exhibitionist, I understand becoming a street fighter. But why that outfit?”
With everything up to this point, most of the mysteries have been solved.
You could say the situation has been safely resolved.
Even so, Erea says there’s just one thing she doesn’t understand.
That is, the reason Haku became Moon Rabbit Mask.
If you unravel it one by one, you can kind of understand the reason.
Frankly speaking, Haku is an exhibitionist. A woman who likes sexy outfits.
While those around her are troubled how to react in various ways, there’s no reason to question that now.
And Haku is very enthusiastic about fighting.
She’s an agent and also a fighter belonging to a fight club.
Normally, balancing both of those would be far too difficult.
And yet, the reason Haku manages to maintain both of those plus even a part-time job must be because Haku loves fighting.
So it’s natural for Haku to wear sexy outfits and become a street fighter.
But why Moon Rabbit Mask?
Couldn’t she just wear sexy outfits and be a street fighter?
It’s no wonder she’d think that.
“That’s… you know, that thing. Didn’t it come up in Haku-san’s story? It suddenly appeared, so she decided to wear it since she had the chance…”
“It’s bad to wear something that suddenly appeared just because you have the chance.”
Well, she was safe so it’s fine though… says Erea.
On the other hand, Ren is fidgeting somehow.
Not noticing Ren’s state, Erea’s deduction accelerated.
“In the first place… why does Haku-san like sexy outfits?”
“…………”
“There must have been some kind of trigger.”
Ren began to avert her gaze more and more.
Her mouth puffed up, looking like she was holding back wanting to say something.
And Erea suddenly realized something.
“That’s right, in Haku-san’s story… there’s no mention of Yato-chan’s clothing when she was collapsed.”
At that moment, everything connected in Erea’s mind.
In the past of Haku that Ren told, Yato’s discovery was told symbolically.
In that, the only thing not mentioned was Yato’s clothing.
Even though it was so symbolic, why wasn’t that mentioned?
If that scene became one origin point for Haku, wouldn’t the clothing have meaning too? In other words, the clothing Yato was wearing when she collapsed was——
“…………”
“…………”
“…Ren-san.”
“…What?”
The two have been holding their heads for a while now.
A silence envelops the shop for some time, with only Mecha-Shi’s vacuum cleaner sound echoing.
“…I’m going to pretend I didn’t notice Yato-chan’s secret.”
“Mm… wise decision.”
Conclusion, that’s what it came to.
By the way, Yato’s clothes from when she was discovered are still carefully stored away in Haku’s room cupboard—
TIPS: Yato’s clothes from that time form a paired costume with Moon Rabbit Mask. For some reason, the size changes as she grows, so she can still wear them even now.
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