This is ridiculous! Is it really fun to play family that much? What your doing is just licking wounds! Weak people are relying on each other licking each other’s tears! Nothing is impressive nor great at that! Are you idiots? You all have some loose screws!
I.
Yeah, you’re right, Yukino. We’re crazy. What we’re doing is all wrong Onii-chan? But, we’ll go this way. In this wrong way. We’ll live adamantly while trampling on both laws and ethics. Then, we’ll become happy, we’ll definitely become happy
I hug Agnes in my arms.
Agnes big blue eyes look up at me curiously.
You’ll become happy? Don’t fuck with me! You’re a murderer!
I killed Cesario Viola with this hand.
Even Papa, you all killed him!
Yukino attacks us.
What about it?
I speak clearly
Are you going to live without paying for your sins? You people don’t have the qualification to become happy!
Yukino shouts at me.
Even without the qualification, we have the duty to become happy
The warmth of Agnes in my arms tells that.
I am the bad guy. I’m sure I’ll fall to hell. But, I will definitely make my family happy. Absolutely. By all costs. I will do anything for it. If I have to kill someone again, then I won’t hesitate to kill I’m already living in such a world. I’m a member of a crime group Kuromori I’m a man of Kuromori house
That’s right, I’m the only man in this house.
You’re crazy! You’re insane!
Yukino says while trembling.
I don’t care whatever you tell me, so go on, speak. I have a family I have to protect. I treat my family preciously, more than my own life Onii-chan! That’s enough! It’s okay now!
Mana hugs me from behind.
Agnes in my arms, Mana in my back, these two warm bodies support my heart.
What? That’s stupid! You should stop being half-baked, you’re just doing that to look cool! What family You hypocrite! Egoist!
Yukino.
You just think of yourself as loved! You met people that spoil you for the first time in your life that’s why you feel so happy! Do you not get it? Idiot!
Yukino’s eyes look at me.
Look, after you feel so high, you’ll be thrown away and fall soon! After all, there’s a lot of men better than you in this world! The girls from Kouzuki will notice that and abandon you. My condolences! Then, Yuzuki and Kouzuki house will leave you too. You’ll fall to hell in a swoop Yukino’s looking at me. That’ll happen soon. Once that happens, go creep on the ground and die disgustingly! Go die in a much more miserable face than Papa! That’s the suitable death for trash like you! That’s best for your last moments!
Haa, haa, Yukino breathes heavily.
She spits up all the hatred and anger she has in one go and throws it to me.
Well yeah. Yukino’s right. I’m sure it’ll happen
!!!?
Yukino’s surprised.
You’re really sharp, I think that your strength in analyzing people other than yourself is impressive
Yukino has the power to judge.
Why can she not use that power on herself is unknown though.
Onii-chan? What are you talking about?
Mana asks me.
No, Yukino’s right. Misuzu and Ruriko will meet a lot of men so someday, they’ll meet a man better than me. Then, they’ll notice that I’m just a useless guy. Then they’ll part from me What are you talking about. Onii-chan? But, Misuzu and Ruriko are kind, so I don’t think they’ll throw away Kuromori. Of course, they’ll support Mana for the rest of your life. The two of them keep their promises once they said it Onii-chan Mana too, you’re relying on me so much right now. But, I don’t need Mana to devote her life to me. If ever Mana finds a man she likes then you don’t need to feel obligated and disappear when you want to Please don’t say something silly like that
I look up at the ceiling.
I have the resolve to make everyone happy, that’s all. Right now, the family might need me. Mana’s right, I might be the key to this family
But.
In the end, it’s all just for now. Sooner or later, inevitably, everyone won’t need me anymore. When that happens, everyone will outgrow from me and become happier That’s not true
Mana’s desperately clinging to me, rubbing her cheek on my back.
No, but that’s inevitable. I’m just a useless man, inferior to others. Now I may be needed, but everyone’s strong, so they shouldn’t be with me forever. You girls need to find someone more amazing than me There’s no one better than Onii-chan! There is, after all, I’m really a useless man
I have no qualification to be loved.
These girls are all beautiful, smart, cute.
I see, so you know that the girls will abandon you someday
Yukino said.
I won’t! I will remain with Onii-chan forever!
Mana glares at her sister angrily.
Oh, scary! Maika, when women say that, they immediately change their mind when a better man appears I’m not that kind of woman!
Mana shouts. Yukino laughs.
Then what? Either way, you know that they’ll abandon you someday, so you still want to devote yourself to these women? Trying to prolong the time before they leave you even for a bit? That’s quite the effort She laughs at me. That’s not it
I said.
I just don’t want to regret it
I look into Yukino’s eyes.
Perhaps, someday, everyone will part from me. Then, they’ll become happy. They’ll probably forget about me. No, they have to forget about me
They’ll erase me from their memory. I have to disappear.
But, I’ll remember them. I won’t forget. I’ll never forget. Therefore, I want to devote myself to the people I loved. That’s what I think
If not, I’ll regret it.
Regret is a nightmare that never disappears.
Hah! I don’t get what you’re talking about. Well, of course, I won’t. After all, you’re crazy. You’re in a world I don’t understand from the beginning. There’s no way I would understand!
Yukino speaks as if spitting out.
Oh, I wonder?
Suddenly, the door opens, and Katsuko-nee appeared.
You and he are very similar, on not trusting people
Saying that; she takes a photo of us.
Take a photo of your family. You’ll forget them someday after all. said Araki-san, A photographer!
Then, she takes another photo.
She snaps a photo of us looking confused.
The argument is approaching the conclusion, so I should go soon, Ojou-sama told me Mana-chan’s approach didn’t work well it seems
Mana’s plan on inviting Yukino to the family has failed.
Now then
Katsuko-nee puts the camera aside.
I can understand why Yukino-san doesn’t trust people at all
She looks at Yukino while saying that.
After all, her father is like that. I also saw what her mother is like. If you’re raised with such selfish people, who look down on people and judge everything out of profit-and-loss, of course, you will grow up like her i!
Yukino tries to object, but Katsuko-nee ignores her and turns to Mana.
In that regard, it’s great that Mana-chan’s raised in her relatives’ house in Shizuoka. So, she grew up as a child who can trust people who can protect her
Yeah, I think that the Shizuoka house was a good environment for Mana.
Better than Tokyo, with her real family.
You’re the one who doesn’t get it
Katsuko-nee looks at me.
We know your past. You grew up ignored by your father and mother, and on top of that, abandoned. In reality, you should’ve grown up as a child with a cold heart and not trust anyone like Yukino That’s right, I. Yet, you grew up as a kind child. You had your grandmother who took care of you when you were young, didn’t you?
My Grandma.
Your grandmother has raised you with love, you have that memory, so you grew up as a kind boy. Isn’t that right?