Epilogue

And thus, morning came for those two.

The sunlight shone into the room, making Saito cover his face with the futon.

The futon dyed with the sweet fragrance of a certain girl was now firmly wrapped around his body, inviting him to the comfortable dreamland. He was sleep deprived nursing Akane the past few days, all the more making the bed irresistible.

When Saito was planning to go back to sleep, he heard Akane’s voice nearby.

“How long do you plan to sleep. Wake up.”

“Un…I know I know.”

Saito replied half-heartedly, then buried himself deeper into the futon

“You don’t know squat. We’re going to be late.”

“Fine… I’ll just skip class for a month.”

“What are you saying, mou~, I said get up.”

Akane shook Saito’s shoulder’s but her way of shaking was so comfortable it made him even more sleepy. Just when he was about to doze off, he heard Akane’s whispers.

“If you don’t get up now, I’ll wake you up with the pan I just used to make bacon and egg.”

“……………..!?”

Saito sprung straight up. He opened his eyes wide, and looked around to confirm his safety.

“Good morning.”

Akane was giving him a smile in the corner of the room. She was wearing her uniforms with an apron on top. And she didn’t carry a pan with her.

“…..Demon.”

“Ara, I even spared the effort to come here and wake you up, it’s rude for you to call me a demon. Thank me properly.”

“….Thank you.”

“Where’s the gratitude?”

“I am grateful from the bottom of my heart!”

“Good.”

Akane laughed out loud.

She was incredibly docile back when she had a fever, but this was what happened when she felt better. It had been a few days since that night, and Akane was as healthy as ever.

–But~, this also calms me down.

The honest Akane made him feel strange, and the sick her made him uncomfortable. He was worried he himself had caught some weird sickness that he would only feel relieved when she was talkative.

Akane glared at Saito who was stepping down from the bed.

“You came to school yesterday without washing your face didn’t you?”
“It was raining yesterday, so I thought it’s fine if I used the rain water to wash it.”

“It’s not fine! Are you a neanderthal? I was shocked seeing you step into class drenched! What if you caught a cold?”
“Then just have some cold meds/”
Saito announced unwaveringly.

“That’s not something you can say with pride. Washing your face is a human’s necessity!”

“Then you don’t need to wash your face if you forfeit your human rights right?… Actually that sounds promising.”

“There’s no such thing! The only thing you have going for you is your studies. The rest is unacceptable. If you keep this up, mushrooms will grow on your body.”

Nagging, and loud, as if she was his mother.

Saito turned around and shrugged, signalling her to stay quiet for a bit.

“Is it fine for you to say that to me?”
“Huh…? What’s this, why do you look so smug…?”

Akane pinched her eyebrows.

“You said it yourself right? The person you admire… something something?”

“………~~!!”

Akane’s face flushed.

She waved her hands frantically while making excuses.

“T, that’s my mistake! I was just babbling nonsense under the fever!”

“But I don’t think what I heard was a mistake though~? I also recorded you saying it, how about we play this in front of class and let them be the judge.”
“How about I throw you and that phone down the lava—-!”

Saito ran into the toilet seeing Akane charging. He just wanted to make her shut up for a bit, so he didn’t expect her to go even more berserk.

After finishing his business, Saito closed the toilet seat properly. He didn’t want Akane to get mad like before. He wanted at least a moment of respite in his own house.

Saito went to the changing room to wash his face.

While he was using the towel to wipe his face, he suddenly saw Akane standing behind in the mirror.

Akane was hiding behind the wall and stared straight at Saito.

Saito felt threatened having no way to know how long she had been standing behind him.

“W, what….? I didn’t bring my phone along, and the recording was just a joke.”

“…sauce”

“Eh?”

“The salad sauce, do you want the French style or the onion one?”

“Erm… onion is fine.”

“Understood. Hurry up, then have breakfast.”

Akane turned away and left.

Shisei beelined straight to Saito the moment he stepped into the classroom.

She still looks like a doll. The girls in class were enjoying her sight and praising her like “Cute~” or “So adorable~”.

Shisei dived headfirst into Saito’s chest, then sniffed.

“What are you doing?”

“My morning routine, checking Bro’s smell”

“You don’t need to do this every morning.”

“It’s very important. I need to investigate if you are with any strange girls.”

“How can you know based on the smell alone?”

“I know. If there’s a rotten smell, then she’s a zombie.”

“I don’t have a fetish of dating a zombie.”

Saito felt chills down his spine. “Won’t she smell Akane’s fragrance?”

It’s fine if only Shisei knew about it, but they were surrounded by their classmates, so if she randomly blurted it out, it won’t end well for anyone.

In order to prepare for an immediate gag order, Saito positioned his hands in front of Shisei’s mouth. He was also ready to block her nose to prevent breathing.

Shisei grabbed Saito’s hand and sniffed.

“I can smell bacon and egg, seaweed salad with onion sauce, corn soup and cheese-grilled sandwiches.”

“How do you know? I washed my hands!”

“It’s useless even if you wash it. The molecules of eggs and bacon have fused with Bro’s cells.”

“How the hell…”

Saito sniffed his hands, but could only smell soap. Shisei’s intuition was scary.

Shisei puffed out her flat chest.

“This leads to only one possible conclusion…. The only one Bro is dating is bacon and egg!”

“There’s no chance.”

Saito stroked his chest realizing his worries were for naught.

“Shise also wants bacon and egg. Next time, I’ll bother Bro at your house… And will intrude you right upon lunch time.”

“Don’t do it.”

“And if I don’t get what I want, I’ll resort to violence.”

Shisei assumed the boxer’s pose, but since her fists were too small, he didn’t expect anything from those punches. It might even lose to elementary kids.

“You are hungry aren’t you? Did you skip breakfast?”

“I ate properly. But Bro’s smell is making me hungry again.”

Shisei drooled.

“Don’t make a face like you are planning to eat me.”

“I won’t eat you. It took every ounce of my brain power to convince myself that you’re not food.”

Shisei bit Saito’s nape.

“I don’t care if you can’t control yourself! Stop biting me!”

Saito pulled Shisei away, but Shisei didn’t let go. She turned into a cursed Western doll and was now hunting Saito.

The girls in class were now surrounding them with sparkles in their eyes.

“If you’re hungry, I’ll give you snacks!” “You want some bread?” “I have pudding too!” “Shisei, do you want dried fish?” “I just bought some limited edition juice!”

A barrage of questions, treating her like a pet.

“A~re?”

Shisei was invited by the girls in class. Those girls satisfied their maternal instincts, and Shisei’s love for food was also satisfied. It’s like a win-win relationship.

Saito could finally take a break, he put his books on the desk.

The classroom was too noisy for his liking due to the girls squirming over Shisei, so he went out to the hallway.

The sky was clear and blue.

Standing besides the window, the wind carried a comfortable flowery fragrance, making him unable to resist a yawn.

And Himari arrived at school.

“Saito, good morning!”

“Good morning, you look well today.”

Saito bowed.

“Fitness is my virtue!”

Himari let her long hair sway freely and stood next to Saito.

“I heard it from Akane, Saito, you got another perfect score for the quiz yesterday right? You are amazing. I’m super dumb so I admire you a lot.”

“Yeah, admire me. You can also worship me whenever you like.”
Saito put his thumb up.

“Ahahah~, you are also pretty ridiculous!”

“Ridiculous, me…? It makes more sense if you were describing Shise…”

“You are also ridiculous yourself Saito. You are good at studying, but clueless at everything else. You are super dense~”

Himari gave him a naughty smile and looked at Saito’s face. It might be her outgoing personality, but their distance was a bit close. He could touch Himari’s hair at this distance.

“Please move away from me.”
“Ah~, what’s that what’s that~? Saito is embarrassed?”

“Anyone would be”

“You are flustered~. Saito is also a guy huh!”

“I told you I’m not flustered.”

“Ahahaha, I’m just joking. See you later!”

Himari went into the classroom, while Saito felt exhausted. Being sociable was a boon, but he was hopeless with the teasing types.

When Saito was sighing out loud, Akane approached him.

She was stomping her shoe to the ground to create noise, and grimaced as if in a bad mood.

–Are we having another quarrel…?

Saito prepared himself. He didn’t want to waste any more energy in the morning.

Akane silently pulled on Saito’s shirt.

“W, what’s wrong?”
Saito was confused.

He could feel this was their usual bout, but it was a bit unlike normal.

Recently, her attitude felt different.

Akane’s cheek was painted pink, looking flustered.

“You, you already have a wife, so being so cozy with another girl… is not okay alright?”

–I don’t know why, but recently, my wife seems so adorable

Tl note: And we’re done with Kurasu. Yes I know there’s a volume 2 and people have been asking me about it. But no I’m not doing volume 2. As you can already see a bit in the epilogue, the series is turning harem with miss best friend joining the fray for absolutely no reason. Now that might interest some of you, but not me, so I’m not going to translate something I don’t enjoy. Anyone interested in this series is free to pick it up without needing to message me about it.

As for Sherbet, I started doing it a while ago in a Discord server I’m in for fun, and I was pestered enough to post it here. I paused it at the moment cause I was focusing on uni and Kurasu, but no promises that I’ll continue with it after this. Anyone who wants to pick this up are, once again, free to do so without contacting me. Just post something to Novel updates so I know someone has picked it up and I don’t waste my time.

Thanks for reading Kurasu. This translation is for Lino, who asked me to do it before the series was even published.