My Wife in The Web Game is a Popular Idol Chapter 1 Episode 12

Chapter 1

Episode 12

TLed by: TanoshiKara

Morning. I wake up in my bed. Checking that the sunlight was shining through the gaps of the curtains, I hesitantly grabbed my smartphone, placed near my pillow.

There were two messages. Both were from Mizuki-san. It was a first that she had sent messages to me in the morning.

I had a somewhat bad premonition after recalling what happened yesterday night.

Moving my finger, trembling from fear and nervousness, I tapped the screen to confirm the message's content.

"Good morning, Kazuto-kun. The weather today is fine as well. Don’t be late, alright?"

......That is normal. No, being able to receive messages in the morning from a popular idol is not normal, though. Anyway, the content is very much normal. I then confirm the content of the second.

"I love you, Kazuto-kun"

"Ug! Wh-Whwh......Wha-......!"

Isn't that too straightforward?! My drowsiness got blown away all at once. I see, so this is the power of messages in the morning!

"Even though she never did any of this before...... Is the incident yesterday the reason?"

Something might have switched on in Mizuki-san. Anyway, something like this in the morning is bad for my heart.

"How should I......reply"

Should I also reply with "I love you"?

"Nope, impossible, impossible! That is embarrassing, I say!"

Or rather, I do not know whether or not I love Mizuki-san. I only had feelings of adoration and respect for her. However, it is a head-scratcher for me if those are ultimately feelings of love……

"......Let me reply with, 'Good morning, I see that today's weather is fine as well', for now"

I have encountered one absurd event after the other ever since the day I learnt of Rin's identity. Due to the hectic changes in my daily life, I have not had time to sort out my thoughts and feelings.

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"Yo Ayanokouji"

"Good morning Ayanokouji-kun"

Commuting to school, I arrived at my seat when the two of them immediately struck up a conversation with me. The two of them are wearing an expression like they are dying to ask me something.

"Good morning...... So, what is it?"

"Hey, hey, isn't your tension low? ......How was it with Mizuki?"

As I expected, that is their real aim. Saitou's eyes are sparkling too as he looks at me.

"How, you say...... Who can say"

Where should I even begin my explanation from? I unconsciously gave a vague reply.

If I mean to simplify, the right way would be to say that Mizuki-san has romantic feelings for me and means to be my wife. An extremely simple explanation. However, I need to prepare myself mentally should I want to use that explanation.

"Well, well, Ayanokouji......you were rejected, huh!?" Tachibana narrowed his eyes and asserted after seeing me close my mouth.

"Eh?"

"You failed the Name-Calling Challenge, right!?"

"No, I have not done the Name Calling Challenge yet though......"

"Wait a minute Ayanokouji-kun! You mean to tell me you got rejected before you did the Name Calling Challenge!?"

That is impossible!, or so Saitou seemed like he wanted to say

......Also, I used that term, but what is the Name-Calling Challenge?

"Well, erm......I am sorry, Ayanokouji-kun. We really thought that Mizuki-san loved you......"

"Yeah. I apologize too......I am really sorry"

Their earlier enthusiasm disappeared as the two of them apologized, feeling rather bad for me.

They misunderstood me in a completely different sense.

"We raised your expectations that much, only for you to get rejected by Mizuki-san. It is only natural for you to lose enthusiasm"

"No, that is not it. You two will probably not believe me even if I explain, but......I also cannot quite explain it well, but you know......"

"There is no need to push yourself, Ayanokouji-kun. As an apology, allow me to at least give you several light novels I have collected during my middle school years"

"Oh, if it is like that, allow me to give you three pieces of my green peppers"

"What did you say!? If that is the case, allow me to give you five pieces of my eggplants"

"Then seven pieces for me!"

"Ten pieces!"

"Twelve pieces!"

"Twenty pieces!"

"A hundred pieces!"

"You two greengrocers!? You two collect too much vegetables!"

These two are really......!

When I gave the two of them cold glares, Tachibana and Saitou put their hand on my shoulder, with a somewhat kind expression on their face.

"Ayanokouji has finally returned to your former self, I see"

"Huh?"

"According to my calculations, the probability that Ayanokouji-kun has cheered up is ninety-seven percent. That clear retort earlier is all the evidence we need"

......What in the world are they saying? They mean to tell me that in order to cheer me up, they exaggerated things like how elementary school children would?

"Thinking about it calmly, there is no way a popular idol like Mizuki would love an Online Game Goner like Ayanokouji"

"Right. According to my calculations, there is even a seventy-nine percent chance that Mizuki-san sees Ayanokouji-kun as a rare animal. It is definitely not due to love"

"You two are just saying whatever you want, huh. ......Yeahhh, I understand. I will say it, I will just say it"

Being belittled to this degree leaves me with no choice but to tell the truth.

Saitou and Tachibana literally lent me their ears, so I will seriously say it.

"You see, Mizuki-san......means to be my wife even in real life"

" "Huh?" "

Each of their eyes became the very definition of a dot.

While letting out silly voices, their eyes darted to the other person's face, and their eyes blinked once, then twice. Then......

"B-Bwahahahaha! That ain't it, Ayanokouji! No matter how I see it, that is just too delusional! Bwahahaha!"

"Bft-! A-Ayanokouji-kun! That is a little......Bft-!"

"......"

Gyahaha, or so the two laughed, holding their sides.

I did think that they would not believe it, but to think I would get laughed at this much.

Well, that is only natural. For the popular idol known as Mizuki-san to have romantic feelings for an Online Game Goner, much less mean to be the wife of one is......

"Pheeww. It has not been since Monday that you had me laughing this hard"

"I know right? ......Somehow, I feel like going to the toilet after laughing"

"Ohhhh, me too. Wanna go as well, Ayanokouji?"

"No way I am going"

There is no way I can follow along after being laughed at that much.

I see the two merry friends off while seated.

"......Sheesh"

Even though I was being serious.

I decided never to confide in the two of them ever again.

Taking out my smartphone to kill time, I notice that Mizuki-san has sent me a message.

"Kazuto-kun. What is your lunch like today?"

"It is boiled egg though......"

"It is as I expected. I actually made Kazuto-kun's bento"

What did she say......!? Handmade bento of that popular idol!?

"Managing a husband's health is a wife's duty after all"

......It is as I expected, huh.

"Lunch break today. Can you come over to the Old School Building without anyone finding out?"

"Ermmm, do I have the right to refuse?"

"What a horrible husband. He means to refuse even when his wife is yearning to spend lunch time together?"

"I am sorry, but who is the wife again?"

"Is it not obvious that it is me? Just what is the aim of this question?"

There is no damn aim. It is a doubt from my very heart. However, I felt pressure, preventing me from saying that, coming from those words of hers.

"We cannot openly spend time together due to societal concerns...... Then I want to at least spend a little time meeting with you in secret. Can I...not do that?"

Sensing loneliness from her words, I reflexively raised my head and looked at Mizuki-san's back. That usually straight posture of hers was now hunched as if she was somewhat sad.

"......I will go"

"I am glad. It is a first that lunch break has been this long of a wait"

Just like this, our back-and-forth came to a peaceful end.

But to think that Mizuki-san iss....... This much of a weird girl is something I would never have thought of. I have no idea whatsoever as to how I should behave around her.

"Real life and online games are different............I feel like it is also not right for me to one-sidedly reject her due to this, though"

Mizuki-san has said before that [Kazu] supports her mentally. Mizuki-san will no doubt take it as a rejection if I were to say that real life and online games are different. It is probably bad to imprudently go on about common sense"

"Then should we carry on being married couples............? For reeaalll?"

In my mind, perplexity had an overwhelming victory over happiness.

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