Chapter 154 Eri and Kondo

Eri and Kondo

Kondo’s PoV

“What are you talking about, Eri? Even if you’re joking …”

Her eyes aren’t smiling. A cold look, as if the sparkle in her eyes had disappeared. I could feel that she had given up on everything.

“Joking? I would never joke about something like that. I left my family, my friends, my future, all for you. And, you will lose your family, your future talent, and your school as well. We’re perfect for each other, right? We both have nothing left…”

“No, I haven’t lost everything. Because I still have my soccer talent. The detective says it’s over, but I still have something to hold on to. I can’t end here. I, I, I —I won’t allow myself to end here.”

Eri’s head shakes like a broken toy.

“I see. But you know what, Kondo-kun. Would anyone want to play soccer with you after you became like that? You can’t play soccer by yourself, you know. You don’t really understand the harshness of reality. You’re doomed to live alone for the rest of your life. Like me, you have been thrown into a dark world where all you can do is wait until you die and endure loneliness in a dark world. Kondo-kun, who has lived in the glamorous world all his life, can never live like that, can you? So when we get out of here, let’s die together. It’s better to end it here, right?”

A cold, flat voice without any inflection. My body begins to tremble with fear, even though it’s separated by glass…

“Don’t judge me! I still have many things. I’m different from you…”

Shaking, I managed to get my voice out. But the woman before me smiled.

“For example?”

It’s as if Eri is becoming the embodiment of my future insecurities.

I must strongly deny it…

“If you’re a woman who likes me, you’re not the only one. There are many others. Don’t put me with you who have nothing but me. I won’t die!!!”

My voice is so loud that it echoes across the room. A normal girl would be surprised, but Eri continues as if mocking me with a cold smile.

“I see. There are a lot of girls you get along with, like Tachibana-san and Amada-san, right?”

I didn’t know why those two names came up. Because Eri is my plaything. She didn’t dare talk about other women in order to maintain her comfortable position. And yet…

“Why did you mention that name…?”

After hearing these words, Eri smiled with her morbidly white skin, “Now it’s all connected,” she murmured softly.

“I know all about it. I also know that you’ve been cheating on me with Tachibana-san behind my back ever since we started dating. You treated me like a toy and your true love was Amada Miyuki…”

“Hey, Eri. Who told you about Tachibana? How did you know about her?”

Since Miyuki was the subject of rumors at school, it was natural that she knew, but…

“After all, you didn’t deny it…”

She smiles at me with anger in her cold smile. Then she gets up and heads for the exit.

Fuck! Realizing that I had dug my own grave, I moved my mouth to cover it up somehow…

“No, don’t leave me yet. I don’t know who gave you that false information, but I don’t have that kind of relationship with Tachibana. Believe me…”

“That’s enough, Kondo-kun. I’ve got it all figured out.”

She turned around and repeated her broken movements like an emotionless robot.

“I’ll never forgive you. I’ll never forgive you. I’ll never forgive you.”

With a voice of vengeance, she walked away.

Kuroi’s PoV

I had actually planted a listening device in Ikenobu Eri’s clothes. I came out because I knew she wouldn’t be able to talk about her true feelings if I was there, but I didn’t expect her to talk about suicide afterwards. Ojou-sama’s plan was to upset Kondo indirectly through Ikenobu so that she would know everyone’s involvement, but I didn’t expect it to go so well.

Anyway, I will instruct my subordinates waiting outside to increase their surveillance of Ikenobu Eri. As the story goes, it’s unlikely that she will commit suicide, but there is no harm in being cautious.

But this proves that Ojou-sama’s hunch is almost right. Kondo and Tachibana are related…