Chapter 173: No Gain

“Narase-san…”

Yagi Miyuki slipped on the slippers placed by the pink-haired girl at his feet and glanced indifferently at the open shoe cabinet in the entrance. Then, he bit his lip anxiously.

As expected, on the shelves of the shoe cabinet, there were only two pairs of round-toed leather shoes… These were the standard shoes issued along with the uniform at Private St. Cronia High School.

If Mrs. Narase lived here, wouldn’t there be at least one pair of her shoes? So…

“Narase-san, it’s so late, hasn’t your mother come home yet?”

“My mom rarely comes home.”

Mermaid-san smiled naively, pulling Yagi Miyuki towards the living room, “Yagi-sensei, please have a seat. I’ll make some tea for you.”

“No need…”

Yagi Miyuki was about to refuse, but seeing Narase Mero already bustling about making tea, he didn’t say anything more.

“How strange…”

Looking at the innocent expression on Narase Mero’s face, Yagi Miyuki frowned slightly. Honestly, he couldn’t believe that this simple personality was all an act.

But if Mermaid-san’s true nature was as innocent as he saw, why would she fabricate a “mother”? Or was… Takahashi-sensei lying?

“Well…”

Yagi Miyuki shook his head, took a sip of the tea Narase Mero placed before him, and quickly calmed down, looking steadily into her bright purple eyes.

No need to play mind games with this dummy, let’s get straight to the point. Maybe… she doesn’t even understand the situation?

“Yagi-sensei…”

Seeing Yagi Miyuki finish his tea, Narase Mero eagerly refilled his cup, then blinked her big eyes and said, “So, Yagi-sensei, are you here for a late-night lesson? I… I know this! It’s like in the movies…”

“How much have you watched!”

Watching Mermaid-san naively suggesting something suggestive, Yagi Miyuki suppressed the excitement in his heart, coughed, and seriously said, “Actually, I came at this time because there’s something I can’t get out of my mind and want to ask you, Narase-san.”

“Hmm?”

Narase Mero tilted her head adorably, “What is it that has to be done now? What is it?”

“It’s like this.”

Looking into her genuinely innocent eyes, Yagi Miyuki gradually relaxed but still said, “Narase, you know I’ve been busy with the school festival, especially the St. Cronia Miss Contest, which I’m in charge of.”

“This afternoon after classes, your homeroom teacher, Takahashi-sensei, came to me to register you for the contest. You know about this, right?”

“Um…”

Narase Mero was slightly stunned, then nodded, “I’m not sure what it is, but Takahashi-sensei did mention something about it… What exactly is this contest for?”

Yagi Miyuki: “…”

This silly girl probably is really naive…

“I’ll explain that to you later.”

Yagi Miyuki took a deep breath, looking directly into Narase Mero’s beautiful purple eyes, “When registering you, Takahashi-sensei told me… you don’t have a mother, and your guardian is a distant cousin…”

“No mother?”

Narase Mero frowned, puffed her cheeks, seemingly unhappy, “Of course I have a mother! Mom…”

As she spoke, Narase Mero suddenly paused, as if recalling something, uncertainly touching her chin, “Cousin? Um… Mom did say to call her ‘sister’ in front of others…”

What’s with that half-understanding expression?! A mother telling you to call her ‘sister’? What kind of shameless mother does that!

Yagi Miyuki was somewhat exasperated but quickly calmed down, thoughtfully looking at the pink-haired girl in front of him.

Suppose Takahashi-sensei wasn’t lying, and Narase Mero’s registered guardian is indeed her distant cousin, but Mermaid-san calls that distant cousin ‘Mom,’ then it makes sense.

But… that distant cousin is quite suspicious, isn’t she? If she adopted Narase Mero, why use the name of a cousin?

“So… Narase-san, is your mom also a mermaid?”

“Hmm?”

Narase Mero blinked and then shook her head, “Mom doesn’t have a tail.”

“Hmm…”

Yagi Miyuki nodded.

Well… it seems he was overthinking it. It’s all because of that annoying Ms. Moon, making him involuntarily associate any abnormality around him with her.

So far, it seems Takahashi-sensei didn’t lie, and Narase Mero wasn’t acting.

The issue lies in Mrs. Narase posing as a cousin, while Narase Mero calls her ‘Mom,’ leading to this confusion.

But… he still finds this so-called cousin very suspicious.

“Narase-san, doesn’t your mom live with you?”

“That’s why I said Mom rarely comes home.”

Narase Mero smiled, “She last came home two weeks ago, sometimes she doesn’t come back for a month or two.”

Yagi Miyuki frowned slightly, feeling something was off but couldn’t pinpoint it.

“Forget it…”

Yagi Miyuki shook his head. Looking apologetically at the pink-haired girl beside him, he realized he might have wronged her in thinking she had been pretending all along.

Regardless of Mrs. Narase’s situation, as long as Mermaid-san is fine, that’s all that matters.

Yagi Miyuki rubbed his temples, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Just because of a few words from Takahashi-sensei, he rushed over here late at night, somewhat bewildered by Ms. Moon.

“I’m sorry for disturbing you so late.”

Yagi Miyuki stood up and said to Narase Mero, “It’s already past ten, you should go to sleep too. I’ll head back now.”

“Eh?”

Narase Mero looked disappointed, reluctantly saying, “Are you leaving already? It’s so late, Mom said it’s dangerous to walk alone at night. How about… you stay over tonight, Yagi-sensei?”

“No way!”

Yagi Miyuki helplessly rubbed Narase Mero’s head, “Alright, I need to go back and take a shower. Go to sleep, you have class tomorrow.”

“Oh…”

After watching Yagi Miyuki leave, Narase Mero was about to return to her room when she suddenly paused, taking out her phone ringing in her pajama pocket, her face lighting up, pressing the answer button without hesitation.

“Hello? Mom… Hmm? You’re coming back in a few days?”

This novel was translated on ShanghaiFantasy, https://shanghaifantasy.com/novel/an-extraordinary-girl-is-trying-her-best-to-ruin-my-daily-life/. If you are not reading on this website, it was stolen and aggregated

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