Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

Chapter 133

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Chapter 133 – Summer Project

In the seat at the coffee shop, Honoka-chan sits next to me, and Sayuki and Haruhara sit across from me.

You might think: “Two high school couples? Go explode!”

But while Honoka-chan is clearly close to me, there is an invisible boundary between Sayuki and Haruhara.

Haruhara, who has no qualms about publicly stating that he is only interested in older women, is playful but still respects Sayuki’s personal space.

Sayuki is not good at close relationships.

Haruhara may not seem to care about the distance between himself and others, but he is also capable of this kind of detailed consideration.

There are a few girls in my year who may be joking around on the surface but really like Haruhara, aren’t there?

“Summer, huh? Are we going to do some kind of big exploration?”

“Oh, come on! You’re so naive, Sayuki! When you think of summer, you think of the beach, and when you think of the beach, you think of swimsuits, right?”

“…That’s the worst.”

Sayuki gives Haruhara a cold look.

“But that might not be such a bad idea.”

“Eh, a swimsuit?”

I couldn’t help asking again,

“No, no. I was just thinking that it would be nice to go on a summer trip with Saber Saber.”

Sayuki said, blushing a little.

“Wow, that sounds fun!”

Honoka-chan agreed immediately.

“So it’s decided!”

“Hey, you didn’t even ask my opinion.”

“What are you talking about, Yuto? Don’t you want to see Honoka-chan in a swimsuit?”

“Don’t you want to see me? Well, I may not be as good-looking as my mother, but…”

“I-I didn’t say that!”

I’m confused by Honoka-chan’s desperate plea.

To be honest… I don’t want to go.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy it.

It’s definitely fun.

I know that.

But that’s why I don’t know if I should get involved, because I’m not sure if I can stay in the job world.

The memories of my second year of high school with my friends are something that I, in the job world, should be enjoying, not me in the skill world.

I quickly come up with an excuse.

“…Well, I thought it would be complicated with a girlfriend.”

I was surprised to find that it wasn’t entirely a lie.

For me in the skill world, Honoka-chan is not my girlfriend.

However, I don’t feel as uncomfortable as I did at first.

Have I gotten used to this world?

Or could it be that the me from the job world is invading the me from the skill world?

Should I think that the me of the job world was separate from the me of the skill world, or should I see that the two of us were integrated when I appeared in this world?

The fact is, I don’t even understand something as basic as that.

Of course, like a boyfriend, I imagined Honoka-chan standing on the beach in a slightly more revealing swimsuit than usual.

She must be incredibly cute.

There’s no way she wouldn’t be cute.

But that cuteness radiates in all directions…

Of course, she must have the attention of every man on the beach.

I’m sure there would be a lot of unwanted attention in those looks.

Even if she gets into trouble, I can fight my way out, and if necessary, Honoka-chan can get herself out of most situations.

But as a boyfriend, that’s not the problem.

“The thought of other men seeing Honoka-chan’s swimsuit is a bit…”

Is it too much of an expression of possessiveness not to want other men to see your girlfriend in her swimsuit?

“Yu-Yuto-san…”

Her eyes turned into hearts, and Honoka-chan leaned into my arms.

“Yuto, you’ve just made enemies of all the unattractive men in the world!”

“It’s not like Haruhara is unpopular either.”

If it weren’t for the useless older-than-you attribute, he’d already have a girlfriend.

Come to think of it, I used to think that having a close friend with an older-than-you attribute was like a dating game, but lately, I’ve stopped feeling so uncomfortable about Haruhara being like that.

He’s been through a lot, and he’s looking for a woman who can accept his weaknesses.

There may even be older women who are stimulated by the mischievous Haruhara and find him attractive.

Haruhara leaned over to Honoka-chan and said,

“Oh, that’s right, Honoka-chan! Would you be willing to ask Haruka-san out?”

“Well, calling Haruhara-san ‘father-in-law’ is a bit…”

“Why?!”

Haruhara barks and the scene ends.

“Well, joking aside… I think I’d rather not invite my mother on this trip, even though it’s with Yuto-san.”

“That’s true.”

Sayuki said.

“Even if it’s just a little, do you hate it when your mother sees you flirting with your boyfriend?”

“No, I don’t mind being seen flirting with my boyfriend, but…”

“So it doesn’t matter?”

“But standing next to my mother in a swimsuit is a bit… no, definitely no-no! Yuto-san will be stolen away by my mother!”

“I won’t be stolen away!”

I reply.

“Well, I guess I agree with you that I don’t want to stand next to Haruka-san in a bathing suit… I’d feel uncomfortable standing next to Honoka-chan too, you know.”

The second half of Sayuki’s words were spoken in a low voice so that Honoka-chan couldn’t hear them.

Although Sayuki has a low opinion of herself, she is actually quite popular with the boys.

She’s not an overwhelmingly beautiful girl like Honoka-chan, but she’s still pretty cute in her class.

It seems that many boys are attracted to her quiet, literary appearance.

In reality, however, Sayuki only appears to be quiet and meek on the surface; she has a strong and determined core to her personality.

By the way, Sayuki seems to be the type who looks thin, and when she wears simple clothes like a robe, the size of her breasts is…

“Yuto-san?”

Honoka-chan stares at me with a steely gaze.

She must have read my evil thoughts.

Honoka-chan, who is a telepath, is sensitive to the emotions of those around her without having to be particularly aware of them.

In the world of skills, Honoka-chan had also acquired Empathy skill as a result of her training as a mountain priestess.

I still can’t help but wonder how she was able to acquire these skills through her training as a mountain ascetic.

Honoka-chan’s method of acquiring skills at that time seemed a bit like the skill system in the job world.

“By the way, Yuto-senpai. You seemed to be in a good mood today.”

and Sayuki offers a helping hand.

I’d like to think that she didn’t notice me checking out her breasts, but Sayuki is sensitive to other people’s feelings (in the normal sense).

I think she pretended not to notice.

However, this helping hand was a subject I didn’t appreciate in any other way.

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