Like aunt like niece, swindlers.
“Rosarin-chan, you are a real people pleaser… as always.”
“............ Sorry?”
When and whom did I swindle? I countered with a tilt of my head.
“The only person I swindled is Dirk, though?”
“Ah~ yeah. You, the married couple, seem to be getting along well. I’m glad you seem happy.”
I asked Rinka why she had called me a swindler several times, but she stubbornly refused to talk about it. Then she dropped a terrible bomb on me.
“... Well, you have been unconsciously swindling people back in Japan too, so it’s too late for me to say that.”
“Eh?”
“Starting with Ten-chan’s Papa, and the other deities… even Mikki-san loved you a lot.”
“Mikki… Mizuki? No way that fella liked me~ She was my good friend, though. Are you talking about love between friends? Then, sure, that’s possible.”
“Ah~... oh well, I guess I can tell you? Rin Neechan, you are now a married wife anyway… and you don’t even see her that way… romantically, I mean. That person has been wanting to become a doctor to cure you since she was a child, you know?
“Eh?”
“At the funeral, Mikki-san's mourning was on the same level as my mourning, you see?”
“... Seriously?”
“I'm serious. I don't get any benefit from lying. Even as a child, I thought, 'Tsundere are stupid because they don't get rewarded in the end.’”
“Ha… hahahaha…”
Mizuki, who was harsh when she opened her mouth and used to rub me the wrong way when I was a student? All I could honestly do was to laugh wryly. No, that's impossible.
“Also, Mi-san and Kon-chan were also eagerly trying to get you to marry them.”
“That popular?”
The beauty that is Rosarin aside, how was the plain-looking Rin that popular? I don’t get it.
“You don’t believe me, do you? Mi-san fell in love with Rin Neechan who was kind to a snake, and Kon-chan fell in love with you through your Inari sushi.”
“... Minato-san aside, Inari-san’s case makes sense to me.”
I have inadvertently fed them with my share. But you are too easy, Inari-san.
“You were very pointlessly popular with aunties. But, you were also very popular among the younger people because of your caring nature.”
“I won’t deny that.”
Perhaps because of my illness, I had a childish appearance, which stimulated the desire for protection, and I was often taken care of by the older people. I think the younger ones adored me because of her caring nature.
“You were also pointlessly popular, Rinka.”
“Huh?”
Rinka was a beautiful girl in her own way until she became rotten. What a mistake that was, she had undergone a mega-evolution once she became a fujoshi openly, and many men, including Ten-chan, lamented…
I listed the boys who were in love with Rinka as far as I knew. I omitted Ten-chan. It would be bad if I revealed it to the public.
“... I never had anyone confess their love to me, though?”
“They couldn’t confess, you were popular with the mature-kind of men, after all. Moreover, only Heroes can confess to openly rotten girls.”
“Ahh… well… I am open about my likes, yes…”
“I also believe that your communication power is too abnormal.”
The way in which she was able to shorten the distance between her and Curtis was nothing short of brilliant. But thinking back, Rinka's communication ability was always amazing. When I found her chatting with someone amiably, and asked her if they knew each other…
“No? We never met before.”
I can’t tell you how many times that happened. Moreover, she easily made troublesome people fall for her... and was given nicknames such as "Villain Collector”... Oh, it's all right. I'm sure my niece will be able to make even that Judas-sama fall for her. Thinking back to the past... and I'm kind of convinced.
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