Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto ja Nai

Volume 1 Chapter 3

Even so, it is still too early for my little sister to play eroge!

Part 1:

「That’swhat I’ve been saying. If there’s no room to put in more fan-servicescenes, at least give her the guts to go full naked. What about it?It’ll be a masterpiece, right? Fu, fufufu」

"I can’t really laugh about thatthough…."

This happened on a certain evening. Iwas in my room, talking on the phone for more or less an hour. Myphone partner was Shinozaki-san from the editorial department. Thereason for that was originally work related…..but every time inturns into a talk about the most random things….

"And what was that about the secondvolume? I thought we wanted to talk about that….."

「Whatare you talking about? We will be discussing these things via emailas always.」

"So why are you going so far as tocall me! It’s never anything work related, you just keep blabberingabout the things you want!"

「Ican’t help it, can I? I don’t know why but when we’re texting eachother, it seems like I’m talking to completely different person.You’re writing-style is so stiff and serious after all. The onlymethod to gain more intimate is to talk via phone.」

Well……if she argues with that, Igot no possible objection. In reality it’s not just a matter of[Seems like] but it really is a different person.

"But for an editor likeShinozaki-san, is there really a reason to create this much of anintimate relationship?"

「Heyhey, it really troubles me if you ask something like that. Of course,getting in contact with you this directly, I can look into the personyou really are. It’s something like a duty for me to look over yourstate of mind.」

Hmmmm, so that’s what this is about.She’s a pro editor after all. Strangely, I can consent to that.

"And since you can look into my stateof mind, from your standpoint, what exactly am I feeling right now?"

「Iget it, you want me to show you my qualification as a pro editor.Hmpf, I see. You can’t hold back your sexual desire, right? I won’tsay anything, so just let it all out. I’m sorry that I can’t help youanymore than this since we’re only talking on the phone right now.Since I don’t have any experience, it might get a bit dull, so I wantyou to forgive me.」

"You completely fail as aprofessional editor!!"

This is the worst. In many ways.Cutting the phone call, I lay down on my bed.

"Shit, again she stole so much timefrom me because of a useless phone call…."

Thinking that I’m already short ontime, I raised myself up and headed towards my notebook. On thescreen, around twenty pages of my manuscript were visible.

"…..this will get rejected anyway.So why do I care."

Putting the manuscript in my [rejected]folder, I closed my writing software…..How many more will ittake…? I’ve been continuing to write lights novels for three yearsnow after all.

"But well….I get the reason whythough…."

Suzuka’s novel comes to mymind….Every since I received the shock of her super interestingnovel, I’m not satisfied with my own quality anymore. As long as Idon’t get on par with the fun of her novel, I will surely neverbecome a professional light novel author. Well….not knowing hersecret is also a big part of why I’m so troubled right now.

"Onii-chan? Do you have time rightnow?"

Just as I thought about her, I can heara knocking sound on my door, followed by the sight of Suzuka enteringmy room.

"Hm? It’s fine but what do you wantat such a time?"

"Yes, well, I have a favor to ask ofyou."

Since I became her stand-in, Suzukawould come into my room like that from time to time to ask mesomething. Of course, we don’t talk about anything besides lightnovels.

"Tomorrow, we have no school right?You don’t have any plans at the moment, do you Onii-chan?"

"Ah, nothing besides the usual no."

"Then how about we go out together?"

"Go out? Where to?"

"No I don’t have any place I want togo to specifically. I just thought it would be nice to go out fromtime to time with you…just kidd-"

"Ah, so you mean something like adate then?"

I spoke out too soon. Going "I reallydid it now!" in my head, I prepared for the worst.

"D-D-D-Date?! W-What are you evensaying, Onii-chan?!"

"A-Ah, I’m sorry! You’re wrong! Beingsleep-deprived almost every day now, my mind couldn’t keep up with mywords!"

Suzuka glared at me with a red facewhile I tried to talk my way out of this situation. It’s true that Inever had gotten on a date with a girl before…still we’re talkingabout my sister here! Get a grip, me!

"I-It’s not meant like a date. Don’tget any weird ideas. Since I wanted to put a scene where the siblingsgo out together in my second volume, I thought it’d be nice tocollect some data on that!"

"Y-Yeah, that makes much more sense!"

That was way too close….It’d be niceif she wouldn’t be disgusted by me…

"If you say it like that, I have noreason to decline. And? Where to do you want to go?"

"Well, I’d like Onii-chan to takecare of that."

"M-Me?! Why?!"

"In the second volume, the bigbrother decides on place as well, after all."

"E-Even if you suddenly say that…."

"I’m fine with whatever you choose.Still, I am hoping for a place where a relationship between a man anda woman can blossom….so a place without a lot of people aroundwould be most desirable for me."

"That’s a pretty high hurdle for methough?!"

No matter how I look at it, this issupposed to be a date, right?….Ah! That was close! This is all forthe sake of her novel! Suzuka and I are only doing this to collectdata, okay?!

"I-I don’t know any places like that,though?"

"Can’t help it then, I suppose. Idon’t mind if it’s a place that you like…….For me, it’s fine aslong as I can go out with Onii-chan after all….."

"Hm? What was that?"

"…….I said that I wasn’tsurprised that you wouldn’t know of any places like that."

"You’re completely right but isn’tthat a bit cruel to say?!"

Somehow, Suzuka seemed a bitdisappointed when she said that…..Still, what to do. The only placeI like that comes to my mind is that after all…. but since this isa research for light novels, isn’t it pretty fitting?

"I got it. Leave the place to me."

"Thank you very much. Then tomorrowwill be our date——-excuse me. Our research. I’m looking forwardto working with you."

With these words, she lowers her headto me. Was it just my imagination or did her face look faintly redwith a happy smile just now? Maybe because she can collect data?

"Still, your deadline for the secondvolume is pretty close, isn’t it? Is it fine to collect data thisclose to it?"

"There’s no problem. I have decidedon the plot and everything. Since I have my notes, I can still changesmall things on the spot."

Oh yeah, I remember. She always seemsto hold her notes close to her. She seems to have written a lot inthere after winning the first-place but I never really saw or heardwhat she actually wrote in there. I thought that in there, I mightfind the secret to the fun of her novel….but since she refused myrequest with teary eyes, I couldn’t keep on investigating afterall….Still, I’m curious.

"Well then, since I have to makepreparations for tomorrow, I shall excuse myself for now."

"Preparations, you say…It’s notlike we’re going to a super fancy place you k—-"

Before I could finish my words, Suzukaalready left my room.

"She seems really fired up fortomorrow. I’m sure that she wants to turn the second volume into abig hit a swell….."

Thinking that I should pick up the pacefor my own novel too, I laid down on my bed.

Looking at the ceiling, I wondered if Iwould be able to discover something about the fun of her noveltomorrow….but I realized something at that time.

"She said that she had to makepreparations….might she be talking about preparing a bentou…?

(TLC: bentou = lunchboxes, usually foreating during breaks in classes, occasionally girls bring them fordates to impress the boy)

Since I thought of treating Suzuka tosomething because I had some money from my job, I had to tell herclearly that we don’t need anything for lunch. I stood up from my bedand made my way towards her room. I knocked on the door, only to begreeted by silence.

"Huh? She’s not here? Heeey,Suzuka-?"

This time, I put more strength intoknocking on the door. Still, the result remained the same…..Huh?Did she go down on the first floor?

"And this… She left the lights on.Can’t help it, I guess…"

Realizing that, I decided to turn themof and opened the door.

But, the next moment, I froze up at theridiculous and unbelievable sight on front of me.

"…This is a bit too flashy isn’tit. Since Onii-chan’s clothes are always pretty simple, I wouldreally stand out like that…..But this is a bit too plain isn’t it?I need something that fits the feeling of Onii-chan’s plainclothing."

………………………….Huh?

Standing in front of a mirror in herunderwear, she keeps holding different pieces of clothing in front ofher. Were there always so many clothes scattered in her room? Therewere so many pieces that almost no place to stand was left. Even onher bed, the amount was just too much.

"Yes, this might be good…but isn’tthe skirt a bit short. Onii-chan even said that I shouldn’t wearskirts this short outside after all…..yeah, let’s pick a differentone. I don’t like it when they’re this short anyway………?"

Ah, this is bad, our eyes met. After afew seconds pass, Suzuka starts shaking furiously….Not like I wasany more calm than that. Finally, my body was starting to move. Myentire existence was telling me that this would end bad if I wouldn’trun away.

"I-I’m going to take my l-leavehere…."

Only getting out these words, I startedmy retreat. The reason for having my eyes fixated on Suzuka wasn’tbecause she was sitting there in her underwear, okay?

"……O-Onii-chan?

Suzuka absentmindedly sank onto thefloor. Hugging the clothes she had in her arms, like she wanted tohide her body. As the shaking of her body grew stronger by thesecond, her face was the reddest I have ever seen.

———And.

"Onii-chan….you’re the worst!"

Confronted with these reasonable words,I cut the limiter of my own body and screamed with all my might.

"I’m soooooooooooooooooooooooosorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!"

I made my way to the door at full speedand ran towards the stairs.

What the hell am I doing?! Seriously,what am I doing here?!

"Even if it was an accident! Even ifI didn’t do it purpose! Staring at my sister while she’s changing issomething only a perverted, low-life big brother woulddooooooooooooooooo!"

I bowed down countless times in my headwhile rushing down the stairs. However, in that instant, I certainstring of thought came into my mind.

"She….really has an attractivebody….Even if the breasts came a little bit short…."

As I muttered these words, I felt likemy legs left the ground. Ah, this must be a divine punishement…..

Naturally, in that moment, I fellstraight down the stairs.

Part 2

"W-We’re here! This is Akihabara!"

"I see."

The next day, we arrived at Akihabara.Of course, the reason why Suzuka’s voice sounded so cold was as clearas day to me after what happened yesterday.

"….Uhm, are you still mad?"

"….If this is about yesterday, thenno, I’m not."

"I-I see. Then let’s immediatelystart with collecting data th-"

"But, there is one thing I’m curiousabout. Why exactly are we here?"

Suzuka said that with an extremelyunpleasant expression while looking around Akihabara.

"Well, this place doesn’t seem to bea top spot where couples would go to build up a nice atmosphere."

"That’s because this is a place forotaku after all."

To be completely blunt, this place isthe exact counterpart to these spots.

"Onii-chan…."

"T-that’s because you said that wecould go to the places that I like after all…and I thought of thisplace for you…."

"What do you mean [for me]"?

"I mean, since this is about lightnovels, wouldn’t a place for otakus be perfect? But you don’t knowmuch about that right? That’s why I decided that going to Akiba wouldbe a good decision."

(TLC: akiba = akihabara)

"………Ha"

Ugh….her sigh hits really hard. Notto mention her stare. I guess going to Akihabara for a (sort-of) datewas really a bad idea after all….

"Onii-chan really is Onii-chan afterall…."

"Somehow…I’m sorry…Should wechange the location after all?"

"No, it’s fine. You chose thisbecause of me right? That’s why I’m fine with collecting data here inAkihabara.", she said with a tone that indicated that she might’vejust given up."And this is also because of the advice fromShinozaki-san….there are these doujins here after all."

(TLC: doujiin = fan-made mangas, novelsof popular series, sometimes even R-18)

"Now that you say it, did she send amail after that?"

"Yes. That’s why I look forward tocollecting data on that. Please show me the places that otakus likeOnii-chan often go to."

"The places that I often go to….?"

"Yes, since Onii-chan is an otakuafter all, this is perfect, don’t you think?"

"You’re not wrong…but I feel likewe drifted away quite far from our original goal."

"Whose fault do you think this is?And maybe this is for the best after all. This is a good chance tocollect a lot of data on what Onii-chan normally does when I’m notaround."

"How is this going to be any usefulfor your second volume again?"

I turned around my head to retort herbut Suzuka already entered her research mode and kept her memonotebook ready to start writing.

"Well then, let’s start our tour."

"I-I got it. This is perfect, though.There is something I wanted to show you anyway."

She asked "Something you wanted toshow me?" and we making our way to the center of the city.

"There are a lot of people, aren’tthere.", Suzuka said, seeming amazed.

Exactly like she said, on a day likethis, the city is overflowing with people.

"Ah, you’re not really familiar withsuch a crowd of people right, so make sure that you don’t getseparated, okay?"

As I started walking like that, Suzukasuddenly grabbed my hand.

"Suzuka?"

"It would be bad to get separated, soI can’t help it. It’s a precautionary measure."

Sounding slightly unwilling, the forceon her hand said otherwise.

"Y-You’re right. That would be aproblem."

While wondering how many years it hasbeen since we held hands like this, I put some more strength intomine. Of course, I didn’t mention the fact that my heart beataccelerated because of the soft feeling of her hand.

And that’s how the two of us startedwalking towards the places that I had decided upon. The first placewas the bookstore I often visited in my spare time. From here, Ibought most of my light novels that I brought home.

"Are all the books that are line uphere light novels…?", she said with an astonished sounding voice.

Of course, seeing it for the first timemust be quite a sight. But, to the astonished Suzuka, I said "Lookover there." and she turned her head.

"What is it? I-Is that….?"

Where I pointed was the specific lightnovel corner, where the best-selling novels where lined up. And ofcourse, the novel that was lined up was….

"My novel?"

"Yeah, that’s right. Ah, look.Someone just bought a copy right now."

We just witnessed a customer picking upher novel and bringing it to the cash register.

"As a writer, you should burn thisscenery into your eyes. Ah, they’re already refilling the copies andenlarging the sell space of it. That’s how popular your novel is, yousee?"

"By chance, was this what you wantedme to see…?"

Well, I didn’t really plan that far butI thought that since we’re here already, I wanted her to see thisscenery. Since this is Suzuka we’re talking about, I wouldn’t imagineher coming here on her own.

"No, that must be wrong. There mustbe another reason behind that."

"Why’d you assume that on your own?!And so self-confidently?!"

"I can already tell what you arethinking after all."

S-Scary….Why can she read my heartlike that?….

"Still, I really wanted to show youjust how popular your novel is but-"

"Ha…no matter what, Onii-chan isalways Onii-chan after all."

She sighed again but her face somehowlooked a bit happy.

"I understand. Thank you very much.To make sure that your efforts will not be wasted, I will give it mybest for the second volume as well.", she laughed.

Looking at her smiling face like that,which seemed cuter than normal, I could feel my cheeks getting a bithot. Seems like her mood improved too, so it’s fine, I guess.

"Well then, let’s continue collectingdata in Akihabara. Show me the next place, please."

"I-I got it so don’t stress me likethat…..But is this really helping your research? The places that Ichose and everything?"

"It’s fine, okay? Don’t hold back onme."

Since she said so, I showed her a lotof different places after that.

Part 3:

Our next stop was a doujin shop. Theindustry for doujin might be higher than for mangas but since Ididn’t really dove into the deepness of them, I wasn’t all thatfamiliar. Still, I would sometimes check out the doujins related tolight novels. Suzuka wasn’t really familiar with doujin to begin withand that’s why it’s no wander that she was surprised by the sheerscale of the basics.

Other attractions that we went to weregame shops, otaku meet-up shops and anime shops.

Of course, since she saw them all thefirst time, Suzuka enthusiastically took notes of it all.

"So Onii-chan visits all these placeswhen he comes to Akihabara."

"That might be true…but I feel likemy privacy is getting exposed here….."

"No, that is certainly not the case."

Suddenly, my phone started ringing outof the blue. I looked at the name of the caller.

"Huh? Who is calling me……oh it’sMai"

As I blurted out that name, I could’vesworn that the strength of Suzuka’s grip on my hand grew stronger.

"Hello? I’m sorry but at the momentI’m in Akiba, so I would appreciate if you would call me again lat-"

「What?!Why didn’t you invite me then?! I just thought of continuing myresearch since we don’t have school today, so I called you!」

Because she started screaming likethat, I quickly put the phone away from my ear.

"Even if you say that, there’s no wayI could’ve known your plans, so I can’t help it, can I?!"

「Plansyou say…. if it’s for the sake of collecting data, I have all thetime I want. If you wished for it, I’d even travel the world with youfor a week or two. That’s why, you can always invite me for anything,okay?!」

Normally, one would be super happy tobe told something like that from the beautiful Mai but knowing thatthis involves stalker activities really destroys my immersion!

「Ah,forget it! I should’ve paid more attention to your activities andplans after all! Oh yeah, on top of your closet is a little bit ofspace right? I’ll set up a live-camera there! That’s how I’ll be ableto keep your life in check even better!」

"Am I some kind of wild animal orwhat?! And while we’re at it, change something about your stalkerthinking style already! Also, it would be fine if you’d just come toAkiba right now, isn’t it?! We don’t have any definite plans rightnow anyway so-"

But, at that moment Suzuka snatchedaway the phone in my hand and immediately cut the call.

"Hey! What are you doing, Suzuka?!"

"That’s what I’m supposed to say.We’re finally together on our date———-my mistake, on a researchfor light novels right now, so why are you calling Himuro-san over?"

"W-Well, that might be true…butsuddenly cutting the call is a bit…."

"It’s not like she had any urgentbusiness, right? You will see her at school anyways. It’s fine if shedoesn’t come here.", Suzuka said while seeming a bit pissed off.

She then put my phone into her bag.

"Well then, let’s continue."

"Uhm, what about my phone….?"

"Since you don’t need it right now, Iwill hold onto it."

Feeling that any resistance would befutile, I gave up on protesting. I will probably never hear the endof this when I see Mai again at school…….

"Onii-chan, don’t sigh like that andcontinue to show me around, please."

"I get it already….But even if yousay that, I’ve ran out of ideas of places to show you…", I saidas I checked the time on my watch.

"…..Oh it’s already noon, huh?Shall we eat something for now?"

"Yes. But is it fine that I didn’tprepare any bentou?"

It would be weird to bring a bentouwhen going to Akihabara. Thinking that, I brought Suzuka with me to acertain place. Coming to Akiba and thinking about food, there’s onlyone place.

Part 4:

"Welcome back, goshujin-sama!Ojou-sama!"

(TLC: goshujin = master)

Opening the door, we were greeted by agroup of smiling maids, waiting at the reception. Of course, theplace we went to was a maid cafe. Coming to Akiba to learn more aboutotaku culture and not visiting one of these would be a waste afterall.

"What’s up with thisestablishment…."

After being led to our seats, Suzukaseemed really lost while looking around.

"Onii-chan….is this perhaps one ofthese rumored sex establishments?"

"Wa-?! What an extreme thing to say!"

I wonder if that Maid-san that justpassed us heard that…? I gave her a warning in a small voice.

"This is just a normal restaurant.The employees wear maid clothes only as an extra part ofentertainment."

"I don’t understand the reason forthat one bit. Say it in words that I can understand please."

"Listen, okay? Maids are prettypopular in the otaku culture, you know? But it’s pretty difficult tomeet them in actual real life, you see. Born from that problem wasthe system of a maid cafe. Since the waitresses wear maid costumes,it became easy for us to meet maids in real life."

"But…why do the clothes have to beso frilly and the skirts so short?"

"Well, that’s because they are maidsafter all?"

"I don’t think that maids wear theseclothes in reality though."

"Did you ever see a maid in reallife?"

"At school, we sometimes seesomeone’s maid when they came to pick that student up."

R-Really now. Well, it is a prestigeOjou-sama school after all….

"The feeling those maids give off aremore noble…and the skirts are longer as well.."

"Ah, well yeah, they are the realthing after all. The maids in this restaurant are more trained tosatisfy the desires of the otakus, you could say…."

"I see, they get happy being servedhere. So this means that Onii-chan also gets happy being here, servedby all these maids."

"Why are you using me as an examplein this case?!"

"Now that we’re at it, It seems like Onii-chan grew quite accustomed to this store. Is it right to think that you often visit maid cafe in your spare time?"

"Well, i do come here from time totime to take a break and relax. It’s like wanting to feel the otakuair on your skin….kind of. But, don’t get any wrong ideas. It’s notlike I specifically like maids or anyth-"

"So you don’t like them, then?"

Being faced with that question fromSuzuka, I gulped without answering any words. If I had to chosebetween the two, of course I’d say that I like them. The maidattribute is really nice after all….

Now that I think about, in my novelsthere are a lot of maid characters, aren’t there?

"So you really like them after all?You visit this place because of the girls that wear maid clothes,after all. It really explains the reason why Himuro-san calls you aero-monster."

"T-That’s a misunderstanding! I don’thave an obscene aim like that!"

"Then I will call you an ero-devil."

"Don’t move me up a rank!!!"

"Really….Onii-chan is always likethis…"

Suzuka looks at me with her nonchalanteyes as she mutters her usual complains but still takes some notes inher memo notebook…

Using this a a sort of reference isfine and all but why do you have to put it like this…?

"Goshujin-sama, Ojou-sama, have youdecided on what you want to order already?"

Coming to us with a perfect timing, amaid asked us for our order. For now, I’ll order something as ourlunch. Since Suzuka wasn’t all that familiar with maid cafe menus, Idecided to order for the both of us.

"This otaku culture really surprisesme very time. It’s really weird that, even though it isn’t the realthing, they get so happy because of these clothes. It really ismiraculous."

After having ordered, Suzuka mutteredthese words while looking after the maid.

"The special attribute that is themost easily displayed is the outer appearance after all. Taking onthese clothes is the easiest way to [become] a maid. This is also thereason for doing cosplay."

"Kosupurei…?"

Well, since I didn’t expect her to knowthat, I immediately started to explain.

"So there’s also something like that.Do you like cosplay as well, Onii-chan?"

"Asking if I like it…. well if Ilike it, naturally I look at it. Especially, if it’s cute and suchthings."

"I see…Onii-chan likes girls thatcosplay….yup"

"Like I said, is there a reason tomake a memo on something like that…?"

And it’s not like I really admire itbut I certainly don’t dislike it. But, rather than that….

"And? We really saw a lot of thingstoday, so do you think that you’ll be able to put that data into thesecond volume?", I asked Suzuka while she was still taking notes.

"Yes. I learned a lot about the likesand dislikes of Onii-chan, and I even got to go out together withOnii-chan after such a long time which makes me very hap-"

Suddenly, Suzuka stopped mid sentenceand gasped.

"N-No! It’s nothing! T-The researchwas a success, yes.", she squirmed with a red face.

I feel like she said something beforebut I couldn’t here it clearly because the maids were greeting someguests that entered the cafe.

"Is that..so? I’m glad then. I wasworried at first because not a lot of people really care about otakuculture."

"Eh, ah, yes that’s right. CoughBut there is still something that’s missing."

"Huh? What’s still missing?"

"I asked you to show me the placesthat Onii-chan always goes to in Akihabara, right? If so, thenthere’s still one place missing."

A place we didn’t go to yet? We shouldhave seen all the spots of my usual routine.

"Once you said that you’ll go toAkihabara, and when you returned you were carrying a big box-likething in a bag, right? What was that exactly? We didn’t see any storethat sold these this morning."

…Box? The second I thought about it,I realized what she was talking about.

It must be…..A package with aneroge?!….Now that I think about it, there was a day when I returnedfrom Akiba with an eroge that I bought and Suzuka caught me as Iwanted to sneak up the stairs. At that time, she didn’t say anythingabout it though…..how did she even remember that…? How good isher memory…?!

(TLC: eroge = erotic game/sex game)

"And? We didn’t go there yet, didwe?"

"W-Well, isn’t that probably a gameor something…?", I said, trying to sneak my way out of thissituation.

It’s true that I sometimes go to theseeroge shops but I didn’t think about bringing Suzuka there for herresearch…..

"All the shops we went to prior didnever hand out boxes that were that big though."

She really payed close attention tothat….

"I-Is that so? Was there evensomething like that? I can’t remember anything like th-"

"Onii-chan, you’re hiding somethingfrom me, right?"

Being on point as always, I felt thecold sweat on my forehead.

"Onii-chan is always pretty easy tounderstand so hiding is isn’t going to work. Take me to the shop thatsells the content of these boxes if you would. Otherwise it wouldn’tbe a perfect research."

Ugh….this perfectionistic sister ofmine….Still, can I really just take her to a shop that sellseroge…?

"Wait Suzuka. That was..how do I sayit…something completely unrelated to light novels. There isn’t anage restriction concerning light novels right?"

"So, judging from that, the contentof that box is something related to age restrictions."

"Ugh…"

All of a sudden I was pushed against acorner.

"Now, I will have you show me everyplace that you visit when you’re alone. This is an important researchfor my second volume after all.", she said, not allowing refusal.

There’s no way for anybody to declineher in that atmosphere. At first, I was shaking my head….but I gaveup and steeled myself for what was about to happen.

Yeah, Suzuka is a professional lightnovel author after well, so she should at least be familiar of eroge.They have a deep connection after all! Probably!

"I get it already. I’ll take youthere. But don’t complain in the end okay?"

"So it’s a place where you have togive me a warning beforehand. Is it really such a dangerous place?"

"No, not really dangerous..but…"

It’s true that the store isn’t a placewhere girls should carelessly enter. I can’t help it though, I guess.In the end, this is necessary for the data that Suzuka is needing towrite the second volume even better.

"We’ve kept you waiting,Goshujin-sama, Ojou-sama."

As our orders arrived in that moment,we focused on the food instead.

Part 5:

"We’re here."

Leaving the maid cafe behind us, wearrived at the front of the shop.

"Isn’t this the game shop frombefore?"

"Yeah. We didn’t go on the secondfloor, did we?"

Indeed, the shop we’re looking for ison the second floor. On the first floor, it’s just a normal game shopbut…

Taking the bewildered Suzuka with me,we went up on the second floor. In that instant…

"Wha-?"

In that instant, Suzuka swallowed herbreath. Well, it’s not like I don’t understand her reaction. On thesecond floor of the shop, there’s a whole eroge corner after all.There were boxed neatly line up, posters on the walls, and even bigpanels of doujin characters. In the truest sense, an eroge shop.

"What…in the world is this?"

Grabbing my clothes, Suzuka brought herbody closer to mine. It was a similar reaction to when little girlsenter a haunted house. Well, we’re talking about Suzuka here, whodidn’t know what a panchira was until a few days ago, so I guessthat’s to be expected. Still, this reaction might be a first for me.Eroge can be really scary apparently.

"As you can see, this is a shop foreroge. An eroge is…well a game with a lot of erotic elements."

"I can see that….! I can’t believethat there would be such a huge amount of indecent images andsuch…! What the hell is this place..?", she shivered while hidingbehind me with a beet red face.

I decided to offer her an advice.

"Hey, hey, I thought I told you thatI don’t wanted to hear any complains about this place, right?"

"There are limits to that…! Why doyou even come here, Onii-chan…? I thought these things had agerestrictions and everything…."

"Well yeah, these things areoriginally for people above 18 years. It’s okay though since thisshop doesn’t check the ages of the customers."

"I wouldn’t agree that this is okaythough….", she murmured while glaring at me with her red cheeks.

She’s clearly pissed off….

"Can’t help it, you know? It isn’trare that protagonists from newer light novels are into that afterall. To understand their feeling and everything, I, too, have to playthese eroge, you see…."

"Don’t say it like it’s your destiny.No matter the reason, Onii-chan still plays these obscene games athome…", she said, while holding a box in her hand which showedthe image of a girl being touched here and there by tentacles.

"Wha-! No, it’s not like that! I’mnot playing eroge because of the reason you have in mind right now?!It’s just as a sort of research or something like that!"

"I don’t get it…"

Yeah, when talking about eroge, thereare a lot of variations and such. Clearing that up for Suzuka mightbecome a bit difficult. Especially in her current state, I highlydoubt she would really listen to me. I can’t think of any situationwhere one would talk about eroge just like that anyway.

"Anyways, we came here because youwanted to, right? Let’s finish up the research and go home? Okay?"

"Uwu…I didn’t expect Onii-chan tobe this much of an ero-overlord…"

"Why do I feel like I went up a rankagain?!"

"But…I understand. I have amountain of things I want to say but let’s focus on collecting thenecessary data. And? Where are the games that Onii-chan always buys?"

"Please don’t say these things thatcould stir up a lot of misunderstandings….", I answered whileSuzuka was writing in her memo notebook again.

I wouldn’t want to turn this into alecture of all things in a place like this. I took Suzuka with me tothe shelves that I often chose my games from.

"Uhm….the maker of these games ispretty popular. I also played a few of the more famous ones, whichhad a good rating online."

"As far as I can see, the covers ofthe games sometimes resemble the covers of light novels."

"Exactly, that’s why I said itearlier. Also, not every game is automatically an ultra-hardcoreeroge. To give you a proof, there are even novels and animeadaptations that have an eroge as their source material or even getadapted into one.

(TLC: this part and some of thefollowing was seriously hard, so I wouldn’t be surprised if mytranslation is just way off)

"Anime adaptions…..? Scenes fromsuch games with be shown on TV….?"

"N-No! They get properly separated!It’s the same with light novels."

(TLC: because there are also ero-onlylight novels as well)

"Wouldn’t it be fine then to justrelease them in light novel form?"

Being faced with a question like that,I can only sigh while saying "Naive aren’t you".

"Even if the fan-service scenes aremerely meant as a bonus, they are still an important part. After all,everyone would love to see an erotic scene with a character theyreally like. To answer these expectations, we have eroge!"

"Can you not say such embarrassingthings in broad daylight please."

Saying such things that completelyshattered my confidence, she looked at the eroge box in her handsfrom a few angles, then put it back and started taking notes again.

"Well, I certainly get a similarfeeling like the fan-service scene you recently taught me. Sincethese games strengthen the factor of even more, I wonder if you couldexplain it to me for this game."

"I wonder if this is a goodidea….."

Talking about eroge in a highlyanalytic sense kind off seems embarrassing after all.

"Haaa, as always, men are always likethis, especially Onii-chan."

"Don’t say it like I’m a prime maleexample!"

"And, Onii-chan? Can you tell mewhich one fits your preferences the most? Is it this? Or is it th-"

Since I was at a complete disadvantagehere, I decided to change the topic.

"N-Never mind that, this should beenough for your research right? After all, girls like you shouldn’treally be at an eroge shop….Should we go home now?"

"Why now? The research isn’t finishedyet. After all-"

After a short break, Suzuka continuedwith another game in her hand.

"There’s another girl right overthere after all."

"Huh?"

I turned around after hearing Suzuka’swords and….

"You over there! Don’t buy that pieceof trash! Even though it is a full priced work, the amount of ero CGaren’t nearly enough! And the composition is awful as well, desu!"

(TLC: CG = images in visual novels,eroge / desu = normally used in formal language, which makes it seemout of place here. This person also uses some mix between English andJapanese accents, which is pretty difficult to transfer into English)

"H-Huh?!"

For some unknown reason, anunbelievable beauty was standing in front of the eroge corner,lecturing another customer with her weird sounding speech.

"If you’re going to buy something, atleast buy an earlier work from the same maker, desu! They are farsuperior after all, desu! Now, look over there on that shelf and….there’s nothing! Employee-san, what is the meaning of this, desu?!"

"We’re terribly sorry but we justsold out everything…."

"This is unworthy of an eroge shop,desu! Even on the day of release, desu! This is the enemy ofpopularization of eroge, desu!"

She even lectured the people workinghere with an incredible heat. Both the guest and the employee seemedlike they would start crying any second.

"Just what I would expect. In such aparticular place, there a bound to be people with weirdpersonalities."

"No, no, no, no! That’s an irregularfor sure! Something like this wouldn’t normally happen in an erogeshop, okay?!"

What’s up with this person anyway?Seeing a foreigner in a place like this is a rare occurrence anywaybut she was basically screaming which eroge was good and whichwasn’t. Really, what is even happening….my brain is unable tocomprehend the sight I’m seeing right now. I painfully understoodthat this is something I shouldn’t get involved in at all costs.Because of that, I pressed Suzuka on, trying to leave this place asfast as possible…but…

"Ah."

In that moment, the eyes of the blondebeauty caught mine by pure chance. She came running to us the verynext instant, probably because I was staring at her like crazy.

"W-Woah! S-Sorry! It’s not like I wasogling you are anyth-"

"Are you perhaps Towano-sensei,desu?!"

"Eh?!"

As I was trying to talk my way out ofthis situation, she screamed an unexpected name.

"You really are Sensei, desu! There’sno mistaking it, desu! You look exactly like the one on the photofrom the awards ceremony, desu!"

"A-Awards ceremony photo?! Nowait…who even are you…?"

"I never thought I would meet youhere like this! As I thought, the eroge gods are my allies, desu!"

I was left in utter confusion as theblonde beauty in front of me brought her hands together and startedpraying to these so-called gods.

Wait a second….. if what she says isthe truth…then…

"Onii-chan….might this personbe…?"

Perhaps having caught on as well,Suzuka grabbed the sleeve of my shirt with even more strength thanbefore.

"U-Uhm, I’m sorry but might yoube….."

"Ah, excuse me, desu. I just gotexcited from finally meeting you. It’s nice to meet you. I’m theillustrator that is responsible for the drawings of your light novel,Ahegao Double Peace-sensei, desu!", she said, as she even posedwith an double peace in front of her pace.

But since her expression wasn’tanything like an ahegao, it didn’t seem like her name actually fit.

"EH?! Y-You are…..uhm……thatDouble Peace-sensei?!"

"Wrong, desu! You have to call mewith the ahegao part as well, desu! That’s the main part after all!"

"What is?!"

"Exactly when you do the ahegao, thedouble peace part holds an impure meaning, desu!"

"Why are you even stressing that?!"

"Still, to think that I would meetyou here…..that really surprised me, desu!"

No, no, no, no. To think that DoublePeace-sensei would be such a beauty, with her blue eyes and blondehair, which clearly symbolizes that she’s a foreigner…..

"I really thought that DoublePeace-sensei would be a man. To think that you were a woman….."

I can’t really blame Suzuka for beingat a loss of words. I, too, thought that she would be a man, so Icould understand her feelings. I was pretty zoned out of thesituation at this point but I started to realize all the stares fromthe other customers, so I decided to take these two by the hands to amore desolated corner of the shop.

"What’s wrong all of a sudden, desu?Sensei?"

"No, it would be pretty bad if peoplefound out that I was in fact that Towano Chikai, you see…"

"Is that how it is, desu? My voicewas too loud, desu."

"No, likewise, I’m sorry as well forpulling you so suddenly. Still, i didn’t think that THAT DoublePeace-sensei would be… you know… a foreigner like you."

"Ahahaha, yeah you might be rightabout that, desu. Still, there is no need to worry. I can speakJapanese quite fluently and even though my origins might be fromEngland, my heart is that of a Japanese person, desu!"

"Ah, so your from England then. Imust admit, your Japanese is very good though."

"Yes, I learned it perfectly fromeroge, desu!"

"F-From eroge, y-you say?"

"Yes! Eroge are my bible after all,desu!", she said while pushing out her voluptuous chest.

Suzuka and I looked each other in theeyes and decided to not further dive into that topic.

"U-Uhm, by the way, why exactly areyou here?"

"I came here to buy new releasederoge, desu. But the person next to me was about to buy an eroge andI couldn’t ignore that so…tehehe.", she said while her face wasgetting red. Seeing that my heart almost skipped a beat.

"Sensei as well, why are you here,desu? Not to mention that beautiful girl next to you, might sheactually be your little sister, desu?"

"Nice to meet you….My name isNagami Suzuka."

"Oh my, how polite! Please call meAhegao, desu!"

"No, no, no, no! Please don’t ask forsuch a high hurdle from my sister!"

"Why, desu? Is the name Ahegao DoublePeace a problem per chance, desu? That’s no good. You should be moreproud of such words that the Japanese language can produce! Oh, howbeautiful the Japanese language is, desu!"

"I’m not really proud of it though?!"

"I have been meaning to ask that butwhat exactly does Ahegao Double Peace mean?"

"Oh my, the little sister doesn’tknow, desu? It basically means that the brave heroine falls intoindescribable pleasure and she-"

"Ahhhhhhhh!!! Don’t teach my sisterany weird words!"

That’s too early for Suzuka after all!

"To think that I would not just meetTowano Chikai-sensei but also her sister, I couldn’t be happier,desu! Happier than that one time with the full comp CG, desu!"

While I was running out of breath, shewas just laughing wholeheartedly.

"Well, we both came here to researchsome shops and restaurants, like this eroge shop. This research willbe used for the second volume. And my sister….came with me alongthe way or something like that…."

"So that’s how it is, desu! To thinkthat you would take your pure little sister to an eroge shop likethis, you really are a savage, desu! Just what I would expect!"

"You’re clearly wrong about thatthough?!"

Well, looking at the current situation,I can’t really say she’s got the wrong idea…..And I can’t tell herthe truth after all.

"Hm? Coming to an eroge shop tocollect data, is that really necessary?"

"Well, I’m having a bit of a problemregarding the second volume. I have already looked into everythingelse, though."

"Huh, is that so, desu? I’m troubledas well if the second volume gets delayed. After all, I’m lookingforward to it very much…"

Going "Ah!" after a short while,she made an expression like she just thought of something good andcontinued.

"Coming to an eroge shop like this,you need to research the circumstances of eroge right? If that is so,then let me help out too, desu!"

"W-What exactly do you mean by that?"

"Fufufufu, I am an expert in thattopic, you know desu? An expert, desu! Since I’m such an exupaato onthat topic, I’m sure that I can help Sensei with his troubles, desu!"

"Was it just me of was yourpronunciation weird just now?!"

(TLC: not a typo here, her Englishslang coming through, bit difficult to show that in the translation)

"That doesn’t matter, desu! Close tothis place is the company that I’m working at, so how about we gothere and continue this talk after calming down for a bit. Now, let’sgo, shall we, desu!"

"Eh, w-wait a second, DoublePeace-sensei?!"

Having barely finished her sentence,she grabbed my arm and pulled me along. Feeling that voluptuoussensation on my arm, it took me a moment to return to my senses andrealize that Suzuka’s arm on my sleeves were the only thing that keptme from getting swept away.

"Wait, Onii-chan! Where are yougoing? My research…no not that, you’re still not finished showingme around right?!"

"Hm? It is quite possible to goaround Akiba alone you know? There are tons of activities after all.We’re about to go to an eroge maker company, so the underageImouto-san shouldn’t come along , desu!"

(TLC: imouto = little sister)

"But if we’re going with that logic,I’m also underage, you know..?"

"You don’t have to worry about that,desu, since I am also a minor."

"How does that make any sense?! Is itlegally allowed to work in the eroge business when you’re underage?!"

"There’s no law that prohibits minorsto create eroge, desu!", she smiles, while pointing at me with herindex finger.

…..That’s not the problem right here,is it?!

"Anyway, don’t just take my onii-chanwith you like this!"

"But it’s for the sake of Sensei’swork, desu. Don’t hinder us, please! Or might it actually be thatyou’d be lonely being separated from your Onii-san? Are you a reallife tsundere, desu?"

(TLC: tsundere = girl who doesn’t wantto openly admit her feelings for a boy, sometimes gets violent andsuch to hide her embarrassment.)

"W-What are you saying?! It’s notlike I would be lonely if you’d take Onii-chan with you or anything!Onii-chan is a useless human being that can’t do his job properlywithout me, so being separated from him would be bad!"

You’re not really wrong thereSuzuka….but these words really frigging hurt, you know?! Thesewords would make anyone sad, especially me in this case!

"Is that so, desu? So will theImouto-san come with us as well? Even though our destination is aneroge maker company, desu?"

"Ugh…..of course I will come withyou….!"

The strength of her hand gripping minewas steadily rising, which hurt a little bit. Actually, both of myarms being pulled by two different people for a while now, even myshoulders started to hurt.

"OK, desu! Well then, let’s go!"

"You’re right. Onii-chan too, let’sstart walking."

"E-Eh?! Like this?! W-Wait, ithurts!"

But my words weren’t heard anymore bythem, so we left the eroge shop behind us just like that. Even theguests and employees that looked towards us averted their eyes when Iwas asking for help with my gaze….Sad.

Part 6:

"Well then, please enter. Today, mostof the employees are strangely all absent, so don’t hold back, desu!"

After walking for around 10 minutes, wearrived at the center of Akiba and stood in front of a mixed-livingresidence. On the 3^rd floor was the apartment belonging tothe eroge maker that Double Peace-sensei was working at, [MoonRabbit]. Casually looking at it made it look like a normal apartment,which was clean and tidy but on closer inspection you could see erogeposter and the such.

"Onii-chan, that poster over therewas the same on the box we saw a while ago in that eroge shop."

"You’re right. And…this is thatbrutal tentacle eroge, isn’t it…"

"That’s right, desu! We’re a ratherextreme eroge maker after all. Although they are mostly to myliking…", she said with a faint smile on her lips.

Without being able to comment onanything, we were invited to a room in the back with an "This isit, desu." from Double Peace-sensei.

"Normally, we use this place as asort of meeting room. In here, we can take out time talking. Ah, I’llpour in some tee so wait a moment, please."

Saying that, Double Peace-sensei leftthe room. I started talking to Suzuka as she was gone.

"Uhm, so why did you follow usagain…?"

"Since this has to do with my novel,that’s only to expected, don’t you think? Also, I can’t leaveOnii-chan alone with such a beauty and her big breasts after all."

"Listen, I don’t think that the factthat she’s beautiful and has big breasts has anything to do with thisalright…"

Is this what I think it is? Does Suzukastill think that I’m some sort of sex offender or something?

"Really, what is this….anotherperson appeared in front of Onii-chan….Himuro-san also has a bigchest, not to mention Shinozaki-san as well…."

"Wait a second, how do you know thatShinozaki-san has big breasts…?"

"After asking her via mail, she toldme.", Suzuka said as calm as ever.

I on the other hand could feel theblood rushing to my head.

"W-W-What the hell are you doing?!You…you’re not forgetting that I’m supposed to be your stand-inright?!"

Since she knew that I was a man, thatcould’ve counted as a really bad sexual harassment mail! And why doesthis person just answer every question that gets flung at her….?!

"That doesn’t matter, doesit…….Why of all things…always the ones with a big chest…",she said, clearly not listening to me. Instead, she held out her handin front of her own chest for some reason.

For some reason, one could hear thesound of a small breeze floating through the room.

Is she maybe envious because her breastare pretty small in comparison…?

"I have returned, desu! I’m sorry butthe tea didn’t turn out as planned….I don’t have anything besidescoffee if that would be fine with you, desu?"

Thinking stuff like that, DoublePeace-sensei returned to the room.

"Ah, please don’t mind us. Uhm,rather than that, what exactly are we doing here? You were sayingthat this would help our research immensely…."

"Yes. Sensei is something like abenefactor to me so I thought I had to help you out as best as Ican."

Benefactor……? Being calledsomething like that out of the blue, I flabbergasted.

"……Onii-chan? Wasn’t this yourfirst meeting with Double Peace-sensei? What does she mean bybenefactor? Have you done something weird to her without telling meagain?"

"Don’t say something like that whichhurts my humanity?! I don’t know what she’s talking about as well!"

"Ah, by benefactor I mean thatbecause I encountered the novel of Sensei, I became aware of a lot ofnew possibilities in my work, desu"

"New possibilities?" "Newpossibilities?"

"Yes! I love the possibilities oferoge from the bottom of my heart, especially the more fiendish ones.The girls that let out their ahegao in the face of pure strength forexample, aren’t they the cutest of them all, desu?!"

"No, well, even if you ask me toagree….?! And Suzuka, don’t look at me with those eyes!"

"Still, before my eyes arrived thework of Sensei, desu. It seems like fate! How can your novel be soero if you don’t have a clear image in your head?! It feels like Ihad sex…!"

(TLC: not sure about this one, sinceshe used her weird accent in the original….contextually, it makessense.)

"U-Uhm….."

Being completely lost on what washappening, I looked over to Suzuka. She was staring me in the eyeswith a red face that seemed to say "Don’t look over here!"

"Eh, what do you mean by thatexactly…?"

"Exactly that, you know? The eroimages that were hidden between the lines, the ero that was hiddenbut somehow not hidden in the end, things like these are what I felt,desu!"

"That’s what she is saying…?"

"I-I don’t have any memory of puttingthings like that into it….! And don’t just start talking to me likethat!"

Listening to Double Peace-sensei’sexplanation, Suzuka and I were exchanging these words in a smallvoice.

"Thanks to that, I realized the powerof true love, desu! We decided to work on a project like that as soonas possible, desu! It’s all thanks to Sensei!"

"No, well, I don’t remember anyscenes in my novel that should fuel such an R-18 eroge though…."

"Fufufufu, you really are a badperson, Sensei. No need to worry, these scenes are really clear to meas an eroge expert after all! And by the way, will there be anyscenes in the second volume where they have sex?"

"Listen to people when they talk toyou?!"

I knew that she would be a prettydifficult person to have a serious talk with but this is way beyondany expectations?!

"Anyway, because of that you earned ahuge flag from me. If you really have trouble with your work, then Iwill do my utmost to help you, desu!"

(TLC: flag = an event that the girl ina game will remember in the future, something like "Clementine willremember that")

Being motivated is fine and all but herbright smile really emitted friendliness.

"And? Judging from the fact that youwere collecting data by going to an eroge shop, you must have troublewith certain elements, right, desu?If that is the case, please ask meanything you want to know."

"Ah, no, it’s not like wespecifically have a problem with elements or the like. It’s just thatwe’re trying to make the second volume even more interesting by doinga research on a lot of things…or something like that…"

"More interesting, desu? In myopinion it was already interesting enough…but what exactly mightSensei be unsatisfied about, desu?"

That was what I also thought. Suzukawasn’t looking at me at all which made it seem like she was in a badmood again. Hm, what should I do? Well, no other option but to speakthe truth.

"No, I don’t know that myself,really. It’s just that it seems like something is missing and Iwanted to find out what it is…."

"Ohoho, I see, I see, desu. If that’sthe case, then I have an idea about that, desu."

Saying something like that, I couldn’tmutter anything besides "Eh?"

"Ero-technical, your novel wasmagnificent but it’s not like there weren’t any unsatisfying points."

"W-What is it? Please tell me!"

Thinking that this might actuallypretty benificient, I couldn’t help blurting that out.

"That is…. the firsthanddescription of the ero-scene."

She glance at me over her back whilewalking towards a little box in the room, taking out something like apamphlet and putting it down in front of me.

"Please, take a look, desu."

"No, well…"

"This shows exactly what I feel hasbeen lacking. You will understand if you take a look, desu."

Feeling the atmosphere that didn’tallow me to decline, I slowly opened the pamphlet. In that moment…

"Ahhhhhhhh?!" "W-Wha?!"

While I almost died because of mycough, Suzuka was glancing over my shoulder with a beet red face,cutting of her words.

What was showing on the pamphlet was abeautiful girl, almost naked and lying on the floor. While her armswere being restrained, she looked at the viewer with wet eyes.

As if showing the skill of DoublePeace-sensei, the quality of the drawing was astonishing.

"W-What in the worlds is this…!"

"A doujinshi I created after readingSensei’s novel."

(TLC: doujinshi are the erotic versionsof doujins)

"E-Ero doujinshi?! And this characteris…."

"Yes, desu! It’s the heroine of yournovel, Yuuka-chan!"

"What is this?!"

"This is exactly what I feel has beenmissing in your novel, desu! Your novel has been so erotic throughand through but the real presentation is not there! As someone whofeeds of the ero-lifestyle, this is the one thing that I can’t stand,desu!"

"And that is also why I drew itmyself" is what she added after forming her hand like a fist.

"H-How is it? Looking at this, do youalso realize that the ero elements were missing in your novel? Go on,say it, say it."

While saying that, she turned the page.On the next page was an illustration of the little sister again,being restrained on top of a bed and next to her a man with asadistic smile on his face—–

"Wait! Isn’t that the big brothercharacter?!"

"Of course he is! This is the purelove I was talking about! In the end, the only possible partner forYuuka-chan has to be her big brother Ryou-kun after all, desu!"

"In that scene, now matter how I lookat it, I can’t find that pure love though?!"

"Seeing the womanly part of hisunbelievable cute little sister, one day, the big brother couldn’thold back his desire….Eating up the guilt of the shaking littlesister, as well as to agitate the immoral feelings of her, he cravedfor the forbidden fruits of her still developing body….."

(TLC: doesn’t feel good knowing allthese Japanese words tbh)

"You’re speaking perfect Japanesenow?!"

"Come on, is that really thatimportant now, Sensei? Might this mean that you don’t like the purelove types?"

"At the very least, this isn’t purelove in the slightest?!"

"Eh? Well I can’t have just randomlyappear tentacles….and adding a random number of random men isn’t agreat idea either, desu? Isn’t a pure love the best case here?"

"Your general idea of pure love hastoo many flaws, don’t you think?!"

Even though I clearly told her to stopwith these words, we were not spared of the erotic illustrations ofthe imaginary sibling characters.

"Ah………………………………Ha…………"

As I turned around, I saw Suzuka’s redface…..it even looked like steam was raising from the top of herhead. In the middle of that, the page were it came to the real dealfinally arrived in front of our eyes.

"Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!"

While Suzuka raised her voice in astrange manner, I looked at the page.

"D-Dyont do that! Pwease don’tlook!!! T-T-T-To think that me and Onii-chan would be doing such athiiiiiiiiing!!!"

"C-Calm down, Suzuka! They are justcharacters of the novel, right?!

"K-Knowing that doesn’t change athing!?!?"

No, it clearly does?!…..is what Iwanted to retort but looking at Suzuka violently shaking her headmade it probably impossible since she wouldn’t be listening to meanyway.

"Hm, I’m glad the Imouto-san likes itso much too, desu!"

"Are we looking at the same person?!And why would you think that I would like that?!"

"Eh? But when you were looking at theillustration, you had a super duper earnest expression of you face,though?"

I couldn’t say anything to that, sinceher remark was on point. No but I couldn’t help it, could I?! I mean,it’s that little sister character, you know?! An erotic drawing ofthe little sister character that I liked so much while reading?! Thatwould happen to everyone in the same position as me! That desire is anatural thing! A-And also! Double Peace-sensei is our officialillustrator, right?! It has the same meaning as every other drawingshe has done for us after all this time! Her drawings really are on adifferent lev-

"O-Onii-chan?"

After speaking in a monologue for quitesome time, Suzuka’s finally snapped me back to reality. Though, herwords were accompanied with her ever-cold gaze. T-This is bad….Shemust’ve seen that I was thinking about some really bad things….Atthis rate, my life at home will drastically change for the worse…Imight even die of starvation because she won’t cook for meanymore…! I have to defuse her mood no matter what!

"A-Anyway, why does this evenexist?!"

As one could clearly tell, I was tryingmy hardest to change the topic of our conversation.

"Eh? Well, like I said, I drew thiswhile trying to let out the frustration, desu"

"T-That’s not really what I meant.Looking closely, the production value of this pamphlet is reallyhigh…and there are even some colored pages in it as well…."

"Well, I thought about selling thisat the next comiket, you see."

(TLC: Comiket = biggest animeconvention in japan)

"So this basically is a doujinshi?!You’re supposed to be an official painter, right?!"

"It’s totally fine, desu! This haspriority!"

"Why?!"

"Well, as I told Shinozaki-san aboutit, she said [That would be problematic]…."

"Ah, I see. I’m glad. It seems likethis person has at least a little bit of common sense in her…."

"After that though, she told me[Since I’m interested though, send it to me] and everybody liked it,desu."

"Come on!!!"

"She said that releasing it would bebad but if it’s just for the few of us from the company, it would betotally A-Okay, desu!"

"I wonder if it would be possible tochange our editooooor?!"

I felt like I was completely lost onwhat was happening. Suzuka was doing her usual glaring whilemuttering [Onii-chan is a pervert…..] with a red face. What can Ido about that?!

"With that your worries shouldcertainly be cleared up, right? The things you felt unsatisfied aboutwere the ero-scenes after all! In that case, I hope to see a lot ofR-18 scenes in the second volume, if you would, desu!"

"You’re still wrong about that! Idon’t have any plans to do that!"

"While we’re at it, let’s create aneroge together! Ehehehe…."

"Why are you so happy?!"

"Mhm? You are surprisingly shy,aren’t you, desu. I even went out of my way to understand Sensei’sfeelings after all, so you might as well accept me now, desu."

"Don’t just accept things that didn’treally exist in the first place?!"

"Hmpf, I didn’t think you would bethis stubborn. I can’t help it then….", she said and brought anotebook down in front of me, booting it up and clicking on aprogram.

"What is it this time…? There’snothing besides a black screen, you know?"

"We didn’t construct a title screenyet but this is technically still an eroge, desu! For yourinformation, this is a subordinate eroge of Sensei’s novel!"

"Again, why does something like thiseven exist?!"

Not only a doujinshi but also aneroge…I couldn’t help but being astonished.

"That’s just how much of an impactyour novel has brought upon me. I told you before that the pureero-ness of your novel was missing, so out of frustration I happenedto create this eroge, desu!"

"Are eroge things that can be createdon a whim like that?!"

"Ah, of course it isn’t as easy asthat, desu. This is only an early prototype. I merely created this inmy spare-time when I wasn’t working or the such. It only has aplaytime of about five minutes, you see."

"A-Ahh, I see. Only something likethat…."

"No worries, Sensei! Even these fiveminutes will completely satisfy you, desu! The CG illustrations areon the level I do for work, the text was written by our trustedscenario writer and the BGM fits the scene perfectly!"

(TLC: BGM = background music)

"So many people?!"

"The scenario writer told me [Focuson our next main project instead of something like this!] but in theend, it wasn’t that big of a deal…."

"So you didn’t just put this togetherin your free time?!"

"Now, now, rather than that, pleasestart the game, desu. If you do, you will completely agree with me, Ican guarantee that!", she said while handing me the mouse.

Even though the situation was highlyuncomfortable for me, I couldn’t help but admire her face which wasoverflowing with cuteness. Not to forget the voluptuous feeling thatwas pressing against my back…..Well, I might as well give in nowand play it. Seeing her attitude made it even harder to refuse hernow this late into the game….And to be completely honest, I waskind of interested myself. This was created by a lot of pros afterall. And the heroine is that little sister character I adore so much,right? There’s no way that I wouldn’t be interested in that?!

"I can’t really say no now, canI…?", I said, as I was about to press the start button.

"I won’t allow that!"

All of a sudden, Suzuka stole the mousefrom my hands on turned the notebook to face her instead.

"I won’t allow Onii-chan to see theseembarrassing drawings!….Where….Where Onii-chan and I…..!"

"Like I said, they are just thefictional siblings of the novel and-"

"It’s still not allowed! Onii-chanisn’t allowed to look!"

"Don’t interrupt us now, Imouto-san.This is all research for the second volume, desu!"

"I don’t care! I won’t ever everallow Onii-chan to see this!!!", she said, somehow contrary to herusual calm and cold behavior.

Mhm…I guess I can’t do anything aboutthat and give up…. I can’t just go against her will after all, evenif it’s a shame. But, at that time, Suzuka said these unbelievablewords….

"That’s why I will play it!"

"…..Excuse me?"

Suzuka’s words were so out of the blue,I thought I misheard her for a second. And it wasn’t me alone becauseDouble Peace-sensei was also looking at Suzuka with a shockedexpression.

"Eh? What do you mean, desu? Whywould the Imouto-san play it instead?"

"Since O-Onii-chan clearly seemsinterested beyond the reason of research, this will be no good!That’s why, he will collect data indirectly while I will be doing theplay part! This is my job as his little sister!"

"N-No, wait! What are you evensaying?!", I asked the weird acting Suzuka.

("W-What are you doing?! Why wouldyou even….")

("I can’t help it, can I….! This isfor the sake of collecting data after all…! I don’t want to do thisas well but I can’t help it because Onii-chan is such a pervert…!")

("What do you mean by that?! And whywould this even be useful as research, this is just-")

"What are you two whispering about,desu?"

Suddenly, we were called back toreality by the voice of Double Peace-sensei.

"N-No, this is just bec-"

"In any case, Onii-chan, please letthe PC notebook go!"

"Fumu? I don’t really understandwhat’s going on, desu… I thought that the Imouto-san is weak in theface of ero.. but she goes even that far if it’s for sensei! I’msurprised, desu!"

"No, I’m the one who is surprisedhere…"

"And to think that Sensei would lethis little sister play such a game… you really are an extraordinarypervert! I respect you even more now, desu!"

"You’re still wrong about that! Andwhat’s this about being an extraordinary pervert….."

While I was trying to explain myself,Suzuka already started playing.

"U…….Uhh…..", she stutteredwhile her facing was gradually getting redder by the second.

Her facial expression seemed very closeto breaking out in tears. Seeing her react like this, I started toimagine all the things that must be on the screen right now.

"Talking about the content of thiseroge, it is probably similar to the doujinshi you showed us earlier, I assume."

"Yes, that’s right? A straight purelove, desu!"

"Like I said, this clearly isn’t anypure love!!!"

"It’s totally fine, desu! The contentis something even light-hearted girls can play after all! Thetargeted audience is for girls in grade-school and above, you see!"

"That’s a pretty wide target audiencefor an eroge though?!"

While trying my best to retort DoublePeace-sensei, I could hear the tearful voice of Suzuka. Making hislittle sister play such a game, what kind of perverted big brotherdoes this make me?….

"It’s fine like this, isn’t it? Thisis something that the real author, Sensei, should be doing, don’t youthink, desu?"

Well, she wasn’t really wrong aboutthat because in the end, Suzuka was the real author after all…. Butthere’s no way for me to explain that to her here and now….

"Ah, I know, let’s do it like this.Imouto-san, Imouto-san."

Double Peace-sensei called out toSuzuka.

"Fue? W-Whuat isch it?"

Looking at Suzuka, I was really worriedif she would be alright….

"I understand that you don’t wantSensei to see it directly but this won’t turn into good data, won’tit? That’s why, Imouto-san, how about you teach Sensei what ishappening on the screen? Of course, the actual scene, directly!"

(TLC: basically, teaching him….withher body…. insert lenny face here)

"Eh?! What’s happening?! W-What areyou saying?!"

I couldn’t keep up with what DoublePeace-sensei was blurting out. Suzuka on her end showed no movementsand all and just muttered "Actual scene…"

"That’s right, desu! Like that,Sensei will perfectly understand the content of this eroge!"

"N-No, I don’t want to! Please don’tmake Suzuka do anything that will only burden her even more-"

"It’s……fine……If it’s for thesake of Onii-chan……I will do….anything….Even teachinghim….with my own…body…."

I-It’s no use. Suzuka’s face lookedcompletely broken. She’s saying stuff I never heard her say in myentire life….She just recently learned about panchira and now she’sstraight up playing eroge…I wonder what will happen to her. Andthis even is her own created character…

"Uhm….The little sister andOnii-chan are facing each other…..Her arms are bond together withrope….and she’s wearing a blindfold…."

"Again, how in the world is this pureloveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?!"

"The sister grows everyday as awoman….Wanting to keep her in his hands forever….the big brothersteals her freedom…The only thing she hears in the darkness is thevoice of the big brother…..Losing her ability to thinkstraight…The big brother wants her to swear obedience….This ishow this noble pure love story goes, desu!"

"I don’t want to know how you arrivedat the conclusion that this is a noble story?!", I retorted withall my might while Suzuka continued to explain the situation.

"A-Ah…Onii-chan is raising the chinof the little sister….and starts talking to her…[Do you want meto kiss you? Then put your tongue out for me. You bit-]

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!"

Being presented with such a vulgarscene, I couldn’t keep my voice down. No good. This is really nogood! I can’t have Suzuka say these words out loud!

"Senseiii, don’t let out such a loudvoice, please. That really surprised me, desu!"

"Don’t just keep calm about thiswhole situation! And Suzuka! It’s fine already! You don’t have to actit out!"

"I’m….fine…. I will do mybest…for Onii-chan."

You’re not really doing me any favorshere, though?!

For a little while after that, Suzukawas still continuing to act out the scene in a trance-likeconsciousness. I couldn’t do anything besides letting out shrieksevery time she used dangerous vocabulary and trying to restrain her.

Part 7:

"What an unpleasant thing we had togo through…."

"Yeah, you’re absolutely right aboutthat…"

We were walking in the streets ofAkihabara while exchanging similar words. Somehow managing to finishthe eroge, we were finally released from Double Peace-sensei. How didit even come to this? Going back through the events, I really have noclue. And we both didn’t have any thinking strength left, so wedecided to keep it at that.

Before we left, Double Peace-senseisaid "In the end, Sensei didn’t understand the marvelous points oferoge! So frustrated, desu! I will definitely get my revenge!" andwent asking for my contact address…. I want to think that this wasa bad dream…. but the heavy feeling on both of my arms tells meotherwise. I was carrying plastic bags from [Moon Rabbit] with bothof my hands after all. In them were all the so far released erogefrom them. We were basically forced to take them as "souvenirs".Double Peace-sensei even asked us to visit them again if we were tocome to Akiba. I couldn’t really think of Double Peace-sensei as abad person….Yeah, she really isn’t a bad person…

"Onii-chan, I’m saying it now justfor the record but please forget everything you saw in there.",Suzuka said with her usual red-faced glare. Now that I think aboutit, this memory will probably turn out to be a dark part of herhistory, so I guess that reaction is pretty understandable.

"Nevertheless, why would you act itout like that?"

"I couldn’t help it, could I. It’sthe fault of Onii-chan for getting interested in something likethat…! This was all for the research…!"

"Again, how would this turn intouseful data…?"

As I retorted like that, I rememberedour original goal.

"Now that I remember it, we came toAkiba in order to collect data for the second volume, right? Did thatreally turn into good data? The first half emitted, what about thatsecond half…"

"Yes. While it was highly unwantedfrom my side, as a research, it was a clear success. It becameclearly obvious that Onii-chan really is a pervert after all…"

"Why do I feel like every time yourresearch is a success, the goodwill towards me is sinking?!"

Looking at Suzuka’s profile while shewas taking notes, I grew even more weary.

And just like that, we arrived at thetrain platform near Akihabara. Still, it seems like Suzuka acquired alot of things on our trip to Akiba (but what that exactly is, issomething I have no clue about). On my part, I feel like the things Ilearned are completely zero. Well, you could count the fact that Isaw a super well-made ero drawing from our heroine Yuuka, which wasmade by Double Peace-sensei.

And…what exactly am I thinkingabout?! That’s clearly wrong! My original goal was to get a hang onwhat makes the novel of Suzuka so interesting!

Thinking about how big of an idiot Iwas for thinking useless stuff like that, suddenly my phone startedringing.

"Muu, I just returned it and it’sHimuro-san already….?"

"Well, we did finish our research, sodon’t look at the phone with these eyes."

….The heck? It’s not even a call buta mail. The sender is…Double Peace-sensei? Even though I just toldher my address, what might she want so suddenly? I opened the mailwith a bad feeling. And…the next moment….

"W-?!!"

I barely held back the urge to screamout. She sent me another ero drawing. And the content of the mail was[Until Sensei completely awakens to this desire, I will continue tosend you drawings like this, desu! I won’t give up just yet!]

"This person really is…….!", Icursed as I realized the weight of this meeting.

"What happened? Who was it from?"

"I-It’s nothing! Just a nuisance inform of a mail!", I complained as I closed the mail.

If I were to show the contents of themail to Suzuka, I would probably lose my place in the family….

"N-Never mind that, let’s hurry onhome!"

"Ah, wait Onii-chan!"

In that moment, the train finally arrived. Of course, the fact that I saved the new drawing onto my phone was a secret nobody will ever know.