[Code Geass] Irregular 32

Chapter 32 – 31. It Was a Long Wait.

Karen looked lumpy and shy. When she helped Zero drive, she had her hat on and her head was pressed down, so she looked like the Ashford Academy version of straight hair, but when she took the hat off, she had a polite ‘Domon Katshu’ style pout. Turned into one head. It’s like some kind of disguise because she keeps changing like that.
She must have only one reason for Karen to come. I’m sure it’s to meet my needs. I was expecting it, but I stopped pretending and asked Karen.

“Hmm? Why?”
“…No. I just wanted to get close with Inoue.”

In response to my question, Karen didn’t say that she had come to listen to my request, but she brought up Inoue’s story out of the blue. I giggled to myself. Chuck.

“Are you friends too?”
“Yes?”
“He helped me because he was friendly. Of course he would ‘require’ me.”
“…”

When I said the word request, Karen’s face turned red again. Hey. Isn’t that too pure? Is it because it reminds me of a kiss on the cheek? Aren’t the reactions so cute?

“Have you already helped me 3 times since I was first asked?”
“Ah. Yes.”
“What do you want to do with the request? Do you want to split it into 3 portions? Or do you want to collect them all and steam them all at once?”
“…Can I collect them?”
“That’s it, it’s different every time. We didn’t make a promise by examining each one. Let’s go with what’s comfortable for this part.”
“I’ll agree to that.”

Karen nodded her head at my suggestion. It seemed that she was thinking of getting it all at once by driving it for some reason. I was about to add one quickly, but after thinking it over, I decided not to say anything. On my second assist, I killed 7 Britannians who stormed the warehouse. Compared to other favors, the intensity of my hard work was different, but that’s because I thought that Karen might not ask for it anymore if I made a lot of demands.

“What do you want to do? All at once? Or split into three?”

Karen was troubled by my question. Looking at the fact that he didn’t think much of it at once, he seemed to be aware that he would do something embarrassing, but he didn’t seem to realize it yet. You never foresee what I’m going to ask for.

“Let’s do it at once.”
“Call.”

Karen suggested she do it all at once. Do you know what I’m asking for? In fact, since I can’t say that I’m going to eat it from now on, it’s like making a second beeretta, so I wanted Karen to suggest that I do it weakly. This is a bit different from the plan, but acceptable. The story is still in the early stages, and I was confident enough to make Karen ask me even if she didn’t like it. Besides, no matter what kind of favors you ask for, the ability to do so will build up over time.

“Are you going to school tomorrow?”
“Yeah. I don’t have much to do yet, so I’ll go to the academy.”
“Come this way when you’re done.”

I gave Karen the address of the hideout I had stolen from Gumi Matsumoto. I really wanted to tell them not to go and to come right from the morning, but the story in Ashford Academy also affects the overall story without knowing it. After I gave Karen her address, I showed her my cell phone.

“I bought a cell phone the other day too? Call the number.”
“Number? Why?”

When I asked for my number, Karen looked suspiciously wary. It hurts my heart… A life that is guarded by a heroine.

“The walkie-talkie is noisy. If there’s even one person around when I’m talking to you, I’m sure everyone can hear it? And I want to know your number.”
“… Okay.”

After persuading her persuasively, let’s drift openly revealing her crush at the end, she gave Karen her number with her face saying she didn’t know how to react. She said that Japan uses infrared communication to exchange numbers, but even though she bought a cell phone, she was nervous because she didn’t know how to turn on the function, but Karen naturally took my cell phone and called herself. Phew. It was almost embarrassing, but I’m glad I didn’t use infrared communication.

“Never call me first. If I have something to call, I will call you.”
“I get it.”

Karen gave me her phone back and begged me to trust her. She was about to get a little upset, but she couldn’t help it. For now, everything that needs to be done today is done. It was time to go back. Since my business with Karen is over, I joined Inoue. All the members of the Resistance were on their way back to the hideout, but I moved along to see Inoue off.

Karen, who saw that, asked again with an annoyed expression.

“Why are you following me?”

Um… Does Karen think she’s following me because of her? I’m on my way to see Inoue off. That’s why even now, I was right next to Inoue.

“To drop off Inoue?”
“Ugh…”
“Inoue?”

At my answer, Inoue groaned and her face slightly reddened. When Karen looked at Inoue with an expression of disbelief, Inoue felt embarrassed and did not think to explain to Karen. I, who couldn’t see it, explained instead.

“Inoue is a colleague to you, but he’s a very important person to me. I decided to do my best for Inoue’s safety, so don’t stop me. Even you can’t do that.”
“Anyway? What does that…What does that mean?”
“You’re saying that you don’t look at me as a woman.”

In fact, I like Karen, but since Inoue’s recruitment is directly related to my survival, I picked out words that could misunderstand both Karen and Inoue during the conversation. It was fun to see his expression change so quickly.

Aren’t you ambiguous? The two of you will probably have to think hard about what kind of intention I have to say this. Actually, I had no idea. I had no other feelings than wanting to eat them both and make her my woman.
While talking like that, I moved closer to Inoue’s seat. With all the members of the Resistance watching, Inoue could have distanced herself a little, but she stayed still. Thanks to that, my forearms and Inoue’s arms occasionally collided as we were walking side by side. It was that close.

Maybe this will bother you too. I don’t know how deep Inoue is for me, but she did have a crush on me. She had a boyfriend, Sugiyama, but her relationship with me was, well… You might think of it as flirting.

The Ougi Group knew how much I cared for Inoue, so they didn’t bother me even when I wrapped myself around Inoue like a bear protecting her cub. When no one in the group stopped, Sugiyama couldn’t stop either. I was good Inoue was wearing a red bandana again, which lifted her bangs up a bit, making her look like a college girl with her bangs screwed up. A bandana that reduces one’s charm to that extent is the symbol of the group. Wanting to get rid of it quickly, I asked Inoue indirectly.

“Inoue.”
“Yes!?”

When I suddenly called out to him, Inoue whimpered as he tried to answer. It was clear that he was focusing all his attention on her arm that kept brushing by. She was funny, but she couldn’t laugh, so she just pretended not to hear. In fact, it was more cute than funny.

“Can’t you just not wear that bandana?”
“Hmm? This is… So to speak, is it like that uniform?”

I clicked my tongue at Inoue’s words. Inoue couldn’t understand the double expression. The first meaning is that I want the resistance to come out. The second meaning is that the bandana is not pretty. Was
Inoue apparently understood only the second time. He didn’t have to correct it. If you keep talking, you’ll know someday, right?

“Inoue is pretty.”
“That… That’s that… That’s it?”
“Yeah. But it’s not pretty when wearing a bandana.”
“…Uh…Uh…”

Rather, this seemed to work better.

When I praised myself for being pretty, Inoue’s face turned red. It’s not that he doesn’t hate having his mouth twitch, but rather he likes it. When she said that wearing a bandana would make her look less pretty, she and Inoue suddenly had a serious problem. Is it the heart that wants to look pretty to me who has a crush on me? Or is it the human instinct to look attractive that everyone has? I wasn’t a mind reader, and it wasn’t that I didn’t date women, but I wasn’t a prostitute either. He is not a superman who understands a woman’s heart just by looking at her expression or atmosphere. And it didn’t matter much what Inoue was thinking.

Looking back at the Ougi group, who were walking in the same direction, no one paid any attention to my conversation with Inoue. Only two showed interest, one was Sugiyama, Inoue’s boyfriend, and the other was Karen.
Karen was looking at me with a subtle expression, but somehow she seemed to know what Karen was thinking.

Perhaps she felt guilty because of her dealings with me.
Me, Inoue, who is in a good mood, and Karen, who accepts the request on condition that they ask me without the members of the Resistance knowing. She doesn’t know Inoue’s promise to Karen, but Karen is aware of the subtle relationship between Inoue and I to some extent, so she will feel like a concubine cheating on her wife secretly. I’ll feel bubbly Besides, she was sure to show great disapproval of Karen being her concubine.
This is because Karen’s Japanese mother was her father’s concubine.

She is more of a mother than a concubine.

Even if Karen feels a sense of deja vu, she is not in a strange situation.
But Karen. If you listen to my request, you will gradually change your mind?

I thought that tomorrow would come soon.
While I was thinking about this and that, I arrived at the resistance’s hideout. It took quite a while to walk from the outskirts of Shinjuku to the hideout. Now that I had parted ways with Inoue, I had to walk home again, but it was already dawning. The members of the Ougi Group, who were not very close to me, went into the hideout without saying hello. Karen looked back at me for a moment, but when she saw Inoue standing opposite me, she didn’t speak. She only looked back at me to say goodbye to Inoue.

“Hey… Are you like that?”
“Yeah what?”
“Are you the type to say things that can be misunderstood like that?”

Inoue seemed to want confirmation from me that I had a crush on him. Yesterday and today when I met Lelouch, it was only natural that I showed off to Inoue and the Ougi group members like that. I smirked.

“You don’t do it all the time? Do you do it for people who want to?”
“Ha… Who wants to?”

Yeah who wants to have sex.
However, Inoue would have understood him as someone who wanted to show his affection. I didn’t bother to correct it.

“Good night.”
“Yes!”

After seeing Inoue rush into the hideout as if he were running away, I turned around. After sleeping for the first time, it was a simsan to put up the experience until Karen came.
When Zero appears and the Black Knights are created, the first thing they do is to clear up the illegal organization. Until then, I had to move first, beat them all, and raise my experience points as much as possible.