NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 59: 59. Good Brother Got Played
"Slander! This is just Eriri, that annoying little sister, slandering me."
"You all know that Eriri loves to go against her dear big brother."
"Akira, didn't you just swear on Tai'a that you had no shame left?"
"Do you dare swear on Tai'a again now?"
Eriri delivered the final, fatal blow.
She crossed her arms and laughed triumphantly:
"Hahaha! Akira, you've been bullying me since childhood."
"Now, I finally got my revenge!"
Damn, I really shot myself in the foot this time.
Akira suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
The atmosphere became extremely awkward.
The truth was obvious now.
In a moment of desperation, Akira resorted to his ultimate escape tactic—bathroom excuse.
"I need to pee!"
Before Akira could bolt, Alisa's fighting spirit ignited, and she tackled him to the ground.
Grabbing him by the collar, her expression twisted in rage as she screamed:
"Akira! I'm going to kill you!"
Akira, playing along, stuck out his tongue and feigned unconsciousness to let Alisa vent her anger.
"Tsk! Look at little Alisa, completely flustered."
"Seems like she must have said something really embarrassing in Russian."
Sayuri, watching the show, added fuel to the fire.
Akira wouldn't miss such a golden opportunity his mother presented.
"It really wasn't anything special."
"At most, she just said things like: So cute! Like a little baby!"
"Pay attention to me! Notice me! Notice me! (endless loop)"
"I like you, but marriage is too early."
"I would never do that with anyone else but you, idiot!"
Everyone: ...…
That doesn't count as nothing!?
What else did you expect a tsundere like Alisa to say!?
Akira, you're the worst!
Hearing her own heartfelt words exposed, Alisa felt a surge of blood rush from her heart straight to her head.
Her vision darkened, and she fainted from sheer embarrassment.
"Ahaha! Maybe I went a little too far."
Realizing that Alisa had suddenly lost her strength and collapsed onto him, Akira quickly sat up and checked on her.
Then, feeling guilty, he awkwardly scratched his head.
He had a bad feeling about this.
After all, he had just humiliated Alisa right in front of her mother, Asuka.
"You should be more worried about how you're going to apologize to Alisa."
"She just passed out from embarrassment because of you. That's a major black mark on her record."
"I'll take her back to her room first."
Akira scooped Alisa into his arms and hurried off.
Kujou Asuka quietly followed.
"Hehe! Akira's in trouble now."
"Asuka-san won't let him off easily."
Eriri felt immense satisfaction and laughed gleefully.
Just as Eriri predicted, under Kujou Asuka's authoritative presence, Akira returned looking utterly defeated, like a scolded puppy.
"Hahaha! Akira, why are your ears so red?"
Hearing Eriri's unrestrained teasing, Akira's expression twitched.
He said nothing and entered a self-imposed silence.
Right now, he really wanted to complain about his grievances.
Asuka, being raised in Russia, had a personality far more outrageous than even his mother, Sayuri.
And she had zero sense of shame.
He had never met such a shameless elder before.
But his recent traumatic experience was too humiliating.
Even getting his ears pulled was minor compared to what really happened.
More importantly, his "good brother" was held hostage by Asuka.
She completely played him.
When he had bent down to place Alisa on the bed, Asuka had sneakily approached and attacked him from behind.
He had no idea she was following him.
With his "good brother" under threat, Akira instantly froze and didn't dare move.
He was completely at her mercy as she took the chance to punish him on Alisa's behalf.
"Tsk! This isn't like you at all, Akira!"
"Even Eriri can taunt you now."
"What the hell did Asuka do to you?"
"Don't be fooled by her kind and gentle demeanor now."
"When she was young, she was a maniac. Racing cars, sailing solo, wingsuit flying—there was nothing she wouldn't try."
"Little Masha may have inherited her looks, but her personality is a complete 180."
"Mom, why didn't you tell me this sooner?"
Akira's mental state was in shambles.
"Why would I randomly bring up Asuka's past if you never asked?"
"Akira, what exactly happened just now?"
"Nothing happened."
"Mom, stop bothering me."
Akira rolled his eyes, looking grumpy and withdrawn.
"I wasn't even finished talking about Yukino and Arisu yet!"
Seeing Akira's rare sulky expression, everyone burst into laughter.
That look was just too rare on him.
This guy definitely got played by Kujou Asuka.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come back without even mentioning his harem plans.
"Yukino, do you know what I admire most about you?"
"What?"
"Your principles. Your unwavering sense of justice."
"In fact, your sense of justice is almost too strong—you can't tolerate even the smallest wrongdoing."
"You never back down against evil or compromise easily."
"You take responsibility for everything, you keep your promises, and you are incredibly trustworthy."
"Alisa is similar to you."
"I could list a hundred good qualities about you both."
"You're the complete opposite of Haruno."
"One of you is like fresh, pure snow, slowly falling from the sky."
"The other is like snow that's already fallen and mixed with dirt—muddy and tainted."
Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but nod slightly at the praise.
Haruno Yukinoshita, on the other hand, was furious.
What do you mean by "tainted snow"!?
She's still a pure and innocent maiden, okay!?
"Akira, enough already!"
"You've been roasting me non-stop!"
"Did I hit the mark? Is that why you're getting angry?"
"Try counting how many times you've insulted me in your heart since we were kids."
How could she even count that!?
Haruno suddenly went quiet, sweating internally.
"If you weren't Yukino's sister, Shizuka's best friend, and if Aunt Chiduru wasn't so kind to me…"
"I would've let you experience real social consequences long ago."
Hearing that, Haruno broke into a cold sweat.
Seeing Akira's sharp glare, she immediately hid behind Yukino, unwilling to provoke him any further.
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