I was Thrown into an Unfamiliar Manga - Chapter 325
[Translated text]
I was hooked on an unknown comic – 325th episode
[Episode 325] What I want
The sole reason I got into motorcycling was because of Kazu.
Kazu, who opened a car center in the neighborhood right after graduating from high school, bought me a used motorcycle for the day when he wouldn’t be able to drive a kei car because of its large size in Japan, the kei car heaven.
At first, I was thinking of riding it for a while and then buying a mid-size car, but I got used to it after riding it and just settled with a motorcycle.
If the distance is too far, I can just take the Shinkansen or a plane.
Usually, the most worrisome part about riding a motorcycle is that you could get seriously injured or even die in an accident, but it didn’t matter to me since I’m safe no matter what I ride.
I’m the one who fell 700m from the sky into the ocean and didn’t get a single scratch, so why would I die in a traffic accident?
I rode my Harley Davidson CVO for about 20 minutes and arrived at Shijo Kawaramachi, Kyoto’s liveliest downtown area.
“Mom, look at that guy. He looks just like the Terminator.”
“Shhh! He’ll hear you!”
Every time I stop at a traffic light, people passing by would point at me and whisper, but I’m too used to those kinds of stares to care about them now.
I look around while waiting for the blue light to turn on.
When people usually think of Kyoto, they think of an ancient city because of its nickname, the thousand-year capital, but Shijo Kawaramachi is full of modern buildings and amenities.
Thanks to that, it’s safe to say that this area is where most of Kyoto’s young people gather at night.
I wandered through the complicated alleyways as instructed by the navigation app on my smartphone, and finally found the name of the store that Rika told me.
‘This is it.’
I was about to call Rika to tell her to come out because she must be waiting impatiently for me.
Through the glass wall of the store, I saw Rika surrounded by some unfamiliar men and arguing with them.
‘That idiot.’
I let out a small sigh, turned off the motorcycle’s engine, and went into the store.
“Come on~ Just have one more drink~”
“I skipped work because Kishimoto said he was coming, so it’d be unfair if I just left now.”
“It’s not much. Just one more drink, just one more drink?”
Rika was trying to keep them from leaving, almost pleadingly, and it was really gross.
“Welcome…?”
As I entered the store, the clerk at the counter came up to me and greeted me softly, but I told her I’d be leaving soon so it’s okay, and approached the three people surrounding Rika.
Rika, who had been surrounded by her school seniors and looking troubled, finally noticed me and waved her hand with a bright smile.
“Ryu-chan!”
The three of them naturally turned around.
“Hello.”
When I said that with an expressionless face, Rika’s school seniors were shocked and stepped back.
“W, who are you?!”
“He’s Rika’s boyfriend.”
When I said that and pointed at Rika, the three of them looked at me and Rika alternately with disbelief.
“W, boyfriend?”
“Yes.”
In reality, we’re married, but I said that vaguely because I didn’t want to mess with Rika’s college life.
But that should be enough of a warning for the hyenas who are after Rika.
“You should’ve told us sooner that your boyfriend was coming to get you. Haha.”
“I kept telling you?”
“Sorry. I didn’t mean to. It’s a good seat, so I was trying to get you to leave by yourself….”
“You kept stopping the person who was trying to leave.”
“No, I think there’s some kind of misunderstanding….”
“What kind of misunderstanding!”
After listening to both sides of the story, I nodded and looked at the three people in front of me.
“Are you sure about that?”
“……”
All three of them were speechless.
I scratched my head and said,
“Let’s just apologize and end this without making a big deal out of it in front of people.”
Even without that, the people from Rika’s department were already swarming in to watch.
Then, the one who seemed to be the weakest of the three bowed his head first.
“I’m sorry!”
I nodded and looked at the other two.
“Aren’t you going to do it?”
However, the two of them didn’t bow their heads, perhaps because of their pride.
“Geez, you guys are making life hard for yourselves.”
I sighed softly and grabbed the two of them by the shoulders.
Then, I pressed my thumbs hard on their collarbones.
“Ouch!”
Then, the two of them fell to their knees in pain.
I asked the two of them.
“Are you going to apologize? Or not?”
“Y, yes!”
They shouted in a hurry with their faces distorted as if they had never been so humiliated before.
“I’m sorry!”
“I’m sorry!”
After I had finally gotten an apology from them, I said, putting my hands off their shoulders.
“Let’s go, Rika.”
Then, Rika replied with a cheerful “Yes!” and hung on to my arm.
***
When I got home with Rika, whom I had picked up from the izakaya in the sidecar, it was almost 8 pm.
I asked Rika if she wanted to eat, but she said she was fine because she had eaten some snacks at the bar, and I said I understood and took off the Hawaiian shirt I was wearing.
“Why are you wearing a Hawaiian shirt?”
Rika asked as she was about to go into her room, and I shrugged and replied.
“If I wear a leather jacket here, I’ll look too scary.”
“Is that so?”
Rika tilted her head and looked me up and down.
Then she muttered as if she couldn’t understand.
“I think you’d look cool.”
It was a nice thing to say, but I had to know that Rika’s taste in men’s fashion was different from that of ordinary people.
Because she had been reading 80s and 90s shonen manga since she was a child, her taste was classic in a good way and old-fashioned in a bad way.
I changed from my going-out clothes into my everyday clothes and told her something I had forgotten to mention.
“Oh, by the way, the chairman is coming home today.”
“What? Really?”
“Yeah, it looks like his schedule just cleared up.”
“Then we should clean up instead of…”
Rika is the type of person who puts off cleaning the house and then does it all at once, but even she doesn’t want to be scolded by the chairman for having a dirty house.
As I was helping Rika clean up the house in a hurry and was about to start vacuuming the living room,
Click! Click! Click!
As the saying goes, even a tiger will come when you call its name, and I heard the sound of the door lock being pressed from the entrance.
“Ryu-chan!”
At Rika’s urgent voice, I started picking up the trash that had fallen on the floor at super speed.
In the meantime, the entrance door opened, and the chairman, his face slightly tired, entered the house.
“I’m home…What are you two doing?”
“Oh, nothing.”
We barely made it in time and waved our hands casually as if nothing had happened in response to the chairman’s question.
***
Rika is weak against the chairman.
To be more precise, should I say that she is weak because the chairman is the owner of the house?
This newlywed house is a shared living space that the chairman has prepared for me, my eight wives, and the members of the Kim Yu-seong harem.
Ordinary couples would live in one house, but we live separately to pursue our own interests and dreams.
In the meantime, we come down to Kyoto when we have time, stay in this house for as long as we want, and then go back.
For that reason, the ones who used this honeymoon house the most were me and Rika, who were attending school in Kyoto.
As the chairman of the Saionji Group, Chairman was often traveling around the world to meet buyers, so he didn’t come home very often.
He would usually stop by at least once a week, but sometimes he couldn’t even do that when he had a long business trip.
Naturally, this honeymoon house was inevitably dyed with the colors of me and Rika.
“Ryu-chan, then I’ll go in first and sleep.”
“Oh, yeah. See you tomorrow.”
Rika went into her room first, looking at Chairman’s expression.
It seemed that she wanted to give up the bed in the bedroom to Chairman, who had come home for the first time in a long time.
Chairman, who seemed to have noticed Rika’s thoughts, smiled and said, “You’re taking care of me.”
“I think so too.”
It had been two weeks since Chairman last came home, so it had been a long time since I had spent such a cozy time with him.
“Come to think of it, Yusei-kun, how are your studies going these days?”
I smiled wryly at the question Chairman asked while drinking red wine.
“Me? I’m the same as always. When I get interested in something or want to learn something, I take classes on it. That’s the advantage of a liberal arts major.”
“Hmm. Well, that’s good. I thought you might be like you were in high school, Yusei-kun, not knowing what you wanted to do.”
“Well, not to that extent. I’m graduating in two years, so it’s about time I decided on my career path.”
“I’m relieved to hear you say that. I was thinking that if Yusei-kun still couldn’t figure it out, I would make him an executive in our group.”
“That’s not a bad idea. I’ve noticed that you’ve been looking more tired lately, Chairman. It wouldn’t be bad to have someone help you out.”
“Ho ho, that’s nice to hear.”
As he said that, Chairman put the wine glass he was holding on the table.
“But you won’t, will you?”
“Huh?”
“Yusei-kun is a man with a strong sense of self, so I don’t think you would just follow the path that others have laid out for you.”
“I appreciate you thinking so highly of me, but I’m not that great.”
Chairman shook his head and denied my self-deprecating confession in a firm tone.
“No, Yusei-kun, you’re a much greater person than you think you are.”
And then he looked me straight in the eye and said, “So have some confidence. I’ll vouch for you, more than anyone else.”
“……”
What part of me does this man see that makes him believe in me so much?
I wondered for a moment, but then I nodded.
“I understand. When I find something I want to do, I’ll tell you before anyone else.”
“That’s enough for me. I’m confident that I can wait long enough.”
Chairman said so and smiled confidently.
That bright smile.
Chairman was wearing the exact same smile when he stole my heart on that island on a midsummer night.
I realized that I had almost finished the wine in my glass and got up from my seat, feeling a little tipsy.
“Then let’s go to bed, Princess.”
When I said that and lifted Chairman up in my arms, he let out a “Whoa!” and wrapped his arms around my neck.
I carried Chairman in my arms and thought as I headed for the bedroom.
I still can’t imagine what kind of job I’ll choose in the future, but at the very least, I’ll be a man who makes my wives happy for the rest of their lives.
I made that promise to myself, secretly.