Since I’ve Entered the World of Romantic Comedy Manga, I’ll Do My Best to Make the Heroine Who Doesn’t Stick With the Hero Happy.

Chapter 42: Recent Lunch Break

Well, since last Monday, Yuuichi has been eating Tojoin-sans handmade bento everyday.

I bring my own bento, unlike Yuuichi who eats two Bentos. He has the strength of a professional eater so Im sure hell be fine.

If Im going to be Yuuichis wife, Im going to have to learn how to cook.

W-Well, Ill appreciate you even if you cant cook, you know.

Fufu. Yeah, I know.

Tojoin-san chuckled as she looked at Fujise.

If you cant even make your own bento, how can you ever be Yuuichis wife?

Uuu, Sh-Shigemoto-kun, Ill make one for you one day. I promise.

W-Well, just take it easy.

Yeah, Ill do my best!

Fujise looked happy being cheered on by Yuuichi but the man himself had a very tense look on his face.

Yuuichi hasnt tasted Fujises cooking yet but it seems that her inability to cook was very well known to everybody.

Fujise did various things during her high school cooking class venture after all.

Haa~. It seems like Ill have to work hard.

Sei-chan, who was eating her bento next to me, sighed and said that in a voice that only I could hear.

I whispered to Sei-chan quietly so that the three of them in front of us couldnt hear.

Have you practiced cooking with Fujise before? 

Just once during the weekends. Lets just say, I did my best to stop Shiho from making a bento for Shigemoto today.

Yeah, it doesnt seem to be working for the long term.

Well, its not something that can be managed in a day though.

Ill help out next time, okay?

Ahh, yes. Id be happy to have Hisamura help as the Sacri- Taste tester.

Ehh, hold up. Did you just say sacrifice?

I think you misheard me.

No, I dont think I did.

Im probably going to be invited to taste Fujises cooking.

If that were the case, Im sure that I would absolutely hate it.

Have you tried Fujises cooking before? Sei-chan?

One bite-

How did it go?

The scary thing is that I dont remember what happened after. Right after I ate it, I started to fall unconscious and the next thing I knew was that I was lying in bed with Shiho nursing me.

Poisonous maybe

Thats the usual symptom of food poisoning.

How did you survive that, Sei-chan?

Is Fujises first aid skill actually that amazing?

No, its more than nursing, its amazing that Fujise has the alchemy power to somehow make her food that poisonous, even though she didnt put any poison into it.

Im sorry, Sei-chan. I said Id help out but can I like not?

No, you cant. Because next time Im going to need you to sacrifice yourself for me.

Youre not even trying to hide it anymore You straight-up just said Im the sacrifice.

Who wouldnt think a taster wasnt a sacrifice after hearing the story about how I passed out right after eating it?

Right.

Anyone who asks her after that will know that the tasters will definitely be sacrificed.

Were going to be doing it again. This time, itll be at my house.

Eh? Sei-chans house?

I didnt expect it to be at Sei-chans house.

Well, if you think about it, thats normal since Sei-chan is going to teach her how to cook, it would be more efficient to teach her in a place where she is familiar with.

S-So, will you come?

Ill go.

R-Really? I thought you were gonna say no based on how you reacted just now.

I really wanted to say no, but I cant reject a request by Sei-chan.

I-I see Please take care of me.[TLN: She said yoroshiku, a commonly used phrase in Japanese conversation. ]

Sei-chan looked a little embarrassed and turned away to take her gaze off of me.

I dont think I should tell Sei-chan that my ears are turning red either.

Hey, Shimada-kun, Hisamura-kun.

All of a sudden, we were called by Tojoin-san. She was right in front of us which shocked both me and Sei-chan.

AH! W-What is it Tojoin-san?

You two were flirting and talking a bit earlier. So what were you talking about?

WHAT?! T-There was no flirting going on. We were only talking.

Ahh, I see. I thought you were making out with each other.

O-Of course not!

Sei-chan denied it so loudly that her voice reverberated through the entire class.

Our group has always attracted attention in class, but now all of the eyes were on us.

Normally, those gazes would usually be directed at Yuuichi, Fujise, and Tojoin-san, but this time it was directed towards me and Sei-chan.

Especially all the mens gazes, they were definitely staring at me very intently 

Oi, is he a traitor just like Shigemoto

Shimada-san seems to be saying theyre not dating. So it should be fine

Calm down, you fools. First of all, If youre able to speak so intimately with Shimada-san, you are pretty much already branded as a traitor, right?

Right Got it. BLACKLIST HIM!

Hold up. Im hearing some pretty scary shit right now.

What does blacklist mean? Are they going to kill me?

Perhaps, no rather, Im sure that Yuuichis name is definitely over there.

Please dont put my name in that horrible place.

No, since Im actually dating Sei-chan, I deserve to be on that list more than Yuuichi, but please dont do that.

Ahh, I see. Not being lovey-dovey, huh?

W-What are you saying?

Fufu, no. Its nothing.

Tojoin-san grinned as she muttered something to herself.

Sei-chan stared at that grin as if she wanted to say something back to her.

Speaking of which, Does Tojoin-san know that were dating?

I didnt tell her nor do I think that Sei-chan is close enough with her to tell her about it.

But judging from her reaction, Im pretty sure that she found out somehow.

Ah, by the way, theres a ball tournament this week, right?

While Tojoin-san and Sei-chan were busy having a staring contest, Fujise popped in with that, trying to change the topic.

Ahh, right.

Yuuichi said as he ate his lunch.

He must have seen Tojoin-san and Sei-chan having a go at each other, but Yuuichi didnt seem to be that bothered about it.

Hes dull in that way too, and I envy that about him.

Fujise was right, there was an inter-class ball game this week.

Its been a month since I started my second year, and the school had already begun such events, perhaps it was for us to get to know our classmates better.

The boys will play baseball right?

Ahh, the girls will play basketball.

Mhm.

I wish we played basketball instead.

Yuuichi is the ace of the basketball team, so if it were basketball, he would probably be able to stomp the competition and win the championship. Then the boys in our class would have a guaranteed ticket to victory.

Shigemoto-kun, cant you play baseball?

No, well, I can play it about just as well as anyone else.

You hit two home runs in a row from one of the top pitchers in the prefecture in gym class in junior high.

EH? THATS AMAZING!

Ah, that might have happened once before. Wait hold up, how did you know about it? We had separate gym classes for boys and girls at the time.

Its just Yuuichi that didnt know about it, it became quite a hot topic in the school. I even have footage from that time in my possessions.

I didnt know it became a hot topic Hmm? Wait a minute, what did you say at the end?

Its nothing.

No, its not something that you can just brush off now, is it?

Why is there still footage of Yuuichi during gym class in junior high?

Im afraid to ask about it, so I wont.

Well, that means that the boys will win the baseball tournament since they have Shigemoto-kun.

What about the girls then? There doesnt seem to be anyone from the basketball team here.

Our class has Sei-chan.

Hm? Is Shimada an experienced basketball player?

Yuuichi asked Sei-chan.

Ahh, so Yuuichi still doesnt know about Sei-chans skill in sports.

No, Ive only played basketball before in gym class.

Then are you good at sports?

Im pretty good if I say so myself.

I think youre being too modest, Sei-chan. When you were in junior high school, you never lost a one-on-one match to the ace of the basketball team.

Eh? Youre that strong?

Yuuichis eyes rolled as he shouted.

That may have happened once before. Shiho has a good memory.

Fufu, it was because Sei-chan was so cool.

Y-Yeah

Sei-chan got a bit embarrassed when Fujise complimented her directly.

Ahh, when the ball game starts, does that mean well get to see the cool side of Sei-chan?

Thats the best event to ever happen so far.

My, Shimada-san, youre good at sports too huh? Im pretty good at sports too.

Tojoin-san said with a smile.

Yes, if I remember correctly, Tojoin-san in the original story was also blessed with Brains and Brawn.

She was first in every test so she definitely could study, but how about sports?

I dont think there was much of a sports scene in the original story.

So Tojoin-san is good at basketball too?

Yeah, I played basketball one-on-one before in middle school, but I never lost.

Wow, weve been talking about Yuuichi and Sei-chan and the others in that club like its normal for them to be winning, but its not usually like that.

One-on-one basketball is a sport where the difference in skill very much shows, especially between the experienced and inexperienced players.

Oh. By the way, isnt Tojoin-san the only one not from this class?

Ehh? Yeah.

Tojoin-san comes to our class during lunch break without fail, even though her class is different from ours.

In other words, the ball game is between classes, so Tojoin-san is on the enemy team.

Im looking forward to the ball game.

Ahh, yes. I look forward to the day when I can break a certain Ojou-samas nose.

Fufu, Ive never lost a game in my life and thats not going to change even after this ball game.

I dont know about that, we wont know until we try.

Ehh This is some spicy development.

I didnt expect that the topic of the ball game would confirm that the two of them would go at it.

Fujise, the person who brought up the topic, didnt seem to expect it either, but she was smiling very happily.

Fufu, Im looking forward to it, Shigemoto-kun.

Ahh, I wish our class would win in both the boys and girls departments.

Yuuichi, you may be able to do it for the boys, but definitely not for the girls. Because my class will be the winner this time.

Thats a lot of confidence. But, well, Im afraid thats just not possible.

Fufu, I wonder.

Ojoujama wasnt actually a sports manga, right?

It was just a regular romantic comedy, right?

It looks like a lot of sparks are flying between Sei-chan and Tojoin-sans eyes right now.

The ball game is this Wednesday, the day after tomorrow.

Im really looking forward to it because Ill finally get to see how cool Sei-chan is in person.

TLN: Well, Heres a new chapter. Ill see if I can fit one during exams. Ill try to catch up to raws when Im done. Massive thanks to Spynine01 for editing this. If you like my translations here my Ko-fi. Obligatory discord plug.