Uh, in Japanese you don’t need to say ‘I’, ‘I’, for every little thing. They only occasionally use it. For that reason, even when mothers refer to themselves as Okaachan or sisters refer to themselves as Oneechan or this little girl here refers to herself as Riri, it’s nowhere near as annoying as in English.
How it sounds in JA: Riri went to the shops today. (I) saw a great big bear, and (I) thought to (my)self, wouldn’t this be perfect in Riri’s room?
How it sounds in EN: Riri went to the shops today. Riri saw a great big bear, and Riri thought to herself, wouldn’t this be perfect in Riri’s room?
And so, like I’ve done in Tilea’s worries and other translations, I’m just going to go halfway. You’ll get used to it in no time, I swear. >_>
Summer break is a gathering of troublesome relatives.
Naturally they bring children, or rather, sometimes I think children is all they have, but amongst the children is my natural enemy.
“Taka-niisama~ I’ve missed you!”
Hugging my Oniisama was the daughter of my father’s younger sister, and a girl 1 year my junior, Kotou Ririna.
In other words, my cousin.
“Riri’s wanted to meet you allll this time, but Taka-niisama, why didn’t you ever come visit me?”
“I was busy with school, you see.”
“Ehhh~ But Riri wanted to meet you! In exchange, stay with Riri for all of today! Okay?”
…
“Yeah. With Reika too, okay?”
Ririna finally looked this way after 100% ignoring me all this time.
“Ahh, Reika-san. So you were here.”
“Gokigen’yoh, Ririna-san.”
Of course I was. Right next to Oniisama!
Didn’t you purposefully push me away when you ran to hug Oniisama?
Damnitt~ This girl isn’t cute at all!
Ririna’s an only child, and she apparently wants an Oniisama, so she’s always been clingy with my Oniisama.
Incidentally, she apparently doesn’t need an Oneesama (me).
Hmph!
“Hey, Taka-niisamaa. Let’s have a chat over there. Riri has plenty of things she wants to tell you.”
With that, she pulled my Oniisama away.
With Oniisama taken away, I was suddenly by myself.
Endure it, endure it. I’m an adult. I’m an adult.
It’s childish getting angry over a little girl’s selfishness.
It’s only for today after all, so it doesn’t matter. I’ll lend him to you.
My Oniisama!
“Reika, you come too.”
Oniisama turned his head to call for me.
Waa~hh, Oniisamaa!
The enemy skilfully chose a two-seater sofa and secured the position next to Oniisama.
The topic of conversation is nothing but Ririna’s bragging.
About where she went, the various things she bought, how she was praised at a recital…
And the kind Oniisama listened to her with a smile.
“Honestly, Riri wished she went to the same school as you, Oniisama. Then we could have been together.”
One of the requirements for the Zui’ran primary section is living somewhere less than an hour commute away, so Ririna couldn’t get in.
Honestly, I’m relieved about that. I’d absolutely hate to go to the same school as her.
After that, Ririna’s boasting continued.
While completely ignoring my existence.
When I first met Ririna, I was thinking of getting along with my younger cousin.
But the moment she saw me, she registered me as an obstacle and enemy, so I gave up on getting along before long.
Aahh, I got completely ignored and refused.
At the very least I don’t respond when she picks a fight, but I can’t stop the sparks silently flying between our eyes.
With his gentle and refreshing looks, and his gentle personality as well, naturally Oniisama is popular amongst the other children amongst our relatives as well.
Children steadily started gathering around him, and Ririna’s mood took a nosedive.
She started glaring in every direction.
Amongst them were distant relatives in middle and high school, who were Ririna’s biggest rivals.
There were those who genuinely dreamt of Oniisama, but some of them might have also been spurred on by their parents, because they looked like they were aiming to become the wife of the Kisshouin heir.
“Takateru-sama, it has been a while. Do you remember me?”
“Of course I do, Kasumi-san.”
“I’ve looked forward to meeting you as well, Takateru-sama.”
“I see. Thank you very much, Maya-sama. It seems you’re doing well.”
“Hey! I was talking to Taka-niisama! Don’t butt in!”
Ririna clung to Oniisama’s arm and barked at them.
“I see you’re the same as always, Ririna-san. Don’t trouble Takateru-sama so much.”
“Huh! There’s no way that Riri is troubling Taka-niisama! Taka-niisama loves Riri! Don’t say whatever you want! Go away already!”
Ririna became really irritated.
In the end they could have just ignored it as the nonsense of a child, but everybody was more or less troubled by her normally selfish behaviour and many found it irritating. Given how often Ririna tries to monopolise the precious Oniisama, she often butts heads with the older girls who don’t back down.
“Takateru-sama, there is some summer homework that I don’t understand. Could you please teach me?”
“Hahh? Go ask your tutor or cram school!”
“Nobody was speaking to you. Takateru-sama, is it no good?”
“Mm~mm, well, just a little is fine. I guess we’ll do it together with anybody else who has problems.”
“Taka-niisama!”
“You didn’t bring any homework, Ririna-san? Then perhaps you should go read a picture book somewhere.”
“What was that!? I’m not at the age where I read picture books anymore!”
The smaller kids were frightened by their fighting, so I’ll call them over and play with some toys prepared in advance.
Fights between women are scary so I immediately retreated from the frontlines. Oniisama, try your best.
Now then, should we go with something easy like playing cards?
“Calm down, Ririna. You can stay by my side, but only if you behave, okay?”
“But Taka-niisama! You’re Riri’s Taka-niisama! Why do we have to be with these people!?”
Apparently Ririna couldn’t endure the fact that she couldn’t monopolise him.
“Riri’s Taka-niisama, you say? Takateru-sama has a proper young sister in Reika-sama. Takateru-sama is Reika-sama’s Oniisama.”
Ah-, the taboo words.
After hearing the number one thing she didn’t want to be told, Ririna trembled in mortification then for some reason sharply glared my way.
Whoa, whoa, it’s not like I said it, right?
“I definitely won’t forgive you lot! I’ll tell Okaasama on you!”
After screaming that, Ririna flew out of the room with a bright red face and teary eyes.
“I’ll talk to Ririna, so everybody, please study first.”
Saying that, Oniisama chased after Ririna, and everyone left behind started to complain at once.
“What’s with that girl. Even selfishness should have its limits.”
“She’s being spoilt because Takateru-sama is kind.”
“Whenever there’s something she doesn’t like, she immediately thinks she can just go tell her parents!”
It was an explosion of displeasure at Ririna stealing away their long awaited chance to get close to Oniisama.
“With that girl treating Reika-sama as an enemy, even Reika-sama must be angry, right?”
“Right, right. Just now she was clearly ignoring Reika-sama, wasn’t she.”
Oop, the conversation turned my way.
“Well, by no means does she visit each and every day, so I personally do not mind. Ririna-san must be lonely from being an only child.”
I’ll give a safe reply just in case.
If I joined in on their badmouthing here, things’ll probably get annoying later.
Although the girls seemed dissatisfied that I didn’t join in, even without me, they began a huge Ririna Badmouthing Festival.
Scary.
Ririna really is younger after all, so honestly I should be trying to persuade them to stop, but no matter how much I think I can’t come up with any good points about her, so I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear anything.
This is exactly why family gatherings are so tiring.
*imouto*
*imouto*
*imouto*
*imouto*
Thanks for the chapter.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ugh.. Fast.. Let me reply here so people can read my awesomeness.
btw Thakn you Esteemed Holy Sheeprabbit
LikeLiked by 1 person
Youre awesomeness(lol) seemed to have misspelled Thank
LikeLike
Your*
LikeLike
I’m a loser
LikeLiked by 2 people
Fuck. I swear that comment wasn’t there when I first commented.
LikeLiked by 6 people
KAHAHAHAHA
LikeLiked by 3 people
that evil sheeprabbit is back
LikeLiked by 1 person
Damn you sheeprabbit! I should have commented first instead of reading the chapter first…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Youve activated Este’s trap card!
LikeLike
Thanks
LikeLike
Hmm… I can’t hate the girl for some reason. ……
LikeLiked by 1 person
You are far more accepting than me.
LikeLiked by 5 people
Eh. Ririna is a spoiled CHILD. It’s not her fault that she’s been spoiled by her parents, and doesn’t know better. I can’t really hate Ririna, but the parents that made her complete unreasonableness “acceptable”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
everything has a cause, after all maybe her parents did so because of their lifestyle made them lax
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s still a parental responsibility to raise their children well. A kid as young as Ririna is described as wouldn’t know better on their own. Lax doesn’t need to mean irresponsible.
LikeLiked by 2 people
the blame game never ends, that’s all I’m saying
LikeLiked by 2 people
I get it. That’s why I just stop it at the parents. They’re in a society with extremely good information dissemination methods, and parents are in the optimal position to be sure that their children don’t end up little shits.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They’re rich so where’s their noblesse oblige?
LikeLiked by 1 person
It doesn’t need to exist is where it is. As long as children get taught to be decent human beings we’ll eventually end up developing improved technology, making previous technology cheaper and more widely available anyways, giving everybody a better quality of life over a longer period of time. Regulated capitalism is a useful tool you know.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I don’t feel like I’m going to get the last word here…
LikeLike
“Ririna’s an only child, and she apparently wants and Oniisama, so she’s always been cling with my Oniisama.”
wants an Oniisama
“children steadily started gathering around him, and Ririna’s mood took a nosedive.”
Capital C on Children
“I see. Thank you very much, Maya-sana. It seems you’re doing well.”
Maya-sama
“Takateru-sama, there is some summer homeowkr that I don’t understand. Could you please teach me?”
summer homework
Thanks for the chapter.
LikeLiked by 1 person
>those who were genuinely dreamt of Oniisama
remove “were”
>Ririna tries to monopolised
monopolise
>their long awaited change
chance
LikeLiked by 1 person
>so she’s always been cling with my Oniisama.
clingy
Btw Fluffy, have you read:
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, yes, yes. Why do people keep asking me this. I was going to do a teaser for it back in March (https://oniichanyamete.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/two-of-the-four-new-teasers-for-much-much-much-further-down-the-line/) and 50 chapters in I realised it was crappily written so I never even bothered with a teaser.
LikeLiked by 3 people
Well, the first few chapters seem right up your alley :v and I don’t remember seeing that teaser announcement back then.
LikeLike
:P
I loved the premise, but I soon realised that the author’s thought process is a bit too shallow for an author.
LikeLike
I still like the bear puppets!! *pakupakupaku* *chases small children with the bear puppets pretending to nom on their faces/arms/tummies*
LikeLike
thanks for another release ^^ cant wait till you pass the other translator so we have something new to read
LikeLike
I want to kill that brat.
Thank you for the translation. I don’t think the pronouns are stiff at all. Actually it captures the bitchiness of that brat very well. (Seriously, i want to kill her. ) You did a wonderful job , Grand arbiter estellion! (^_^)b
LikeLike
In the end she goes tsundere for Reika, so I’m fine with her.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yessssssss. I was hoping she’d become less of a shit somehow and this is the best possible way!
LikeLike
really? i can’t believe it.
LikeLike
Is it me, or is the story barely advancing? There seems to be not alot of actual development going on, unless all of the recent characters that were introduced will play a role in the story.
LikeLike
I think they’re introducing some of the characters right now.
In my memory from Kobato’s translation, the story is supposed to advance soon.
But since the last translation was so long ago, I don’t really remember it :p
LikeLike
Thanks for the chapter.
Even if that kid acts like that, as Reika said, she is just lonely. So I can’t hate her for trying to NTR Reika’s Oniisama.
Plus, she is probably going to like Reika in the future, since she is the only girl around her age. And since they’re definilty going to be in the same school in the future.
LikeLiked by 4 people
I’m sure after she saves her from bullying event in a future family reunion, she’ll cling to Reika going ‘あたし… お姉さまのそばにいたいの…。’
Maybe even going so far as to ask her parent to let her move in with the Kisshouins so she can go to Suiran with Reika…
LikeLike
It’s probably just the primary school that has the whole “you have to be near” deal. Because if the whole school is like that, then they won’t have a lot of students.
So she will probably get into the school in the future.
She just won’t be able to get into the Pivoine.
But if she is still in bad terms with Reika at that time, then Reika’s “followers” will probably go and bully her. And Reika will save her like a prince on a white horse.
And she will then become yandere for her “oneesama” instead of the “oniisama”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, Reika-chan. Family gathering is friggin’ tiring. Haaah~~~
LikeLike
Thanks for the chapter.
LikeLike
Yay another chapter; but for some reason the last couple chapter aren’t showing in the table of contents? It’s hard to find 13 & 14 to re-read :(
LikeLike
EH. I just haven’t updated it yet. Can’t you just use the ‘next’ and ‘previous’ links?
LikeLiked by 1 person
oh… yea I can. derp.
LikeLike
Ririna Badmouthing Festival!!! XD XD XD I think Ririna is exactly how Reika would have turned out if she had not been reincarnated? (>.<) Thank you for sparing us that!! XD But, MORE IMPORTANTLY!!!!, I'm not sure yet how to set up my ships… I mean, of course, ReikaXOniisama is #1 in my heart, but I don't think it's obtainable… so maybe ReikaXEmperor's Bestie? He seems really sinister… suitable for a ship of my construction… Eagerly looking forward to more chapters~~
Thanks so much for all your hard work ani-ue~~
LikeLiked by 3 people
Thank you for the chapter. Great work!
LikeLike
footstep……..
LikeLike
Guessing Ririna replaces Reika as the villain of the story later on seeing as the current Reika is trying to live life as quietly as possible.
LikeLike
Reika is the heir of a powerful family and a member of the Pivoine.
I don’t think it will be possible to bully her, unless you’re someone like the Emperor.
LikeLike
Thanks for the chapter!
LikeLike
Edits/suggestions:
“My Oniisama!” ”
You’ve got spare quotes here.
“Go ask a your tutor or cram school”
Guessing you forgot to delete the “a”.
“It was an explosion of displeasuring at Ririna stealing away their ”
“displeasuring” -> “displeasure”?
“Oop, the conversation turned my way”
Is that supposed to be “oops”?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank for chapter.,
LikeLike
Thank for the chapter
LikeLike
‘but no matter how much I think I can’t come up with any good points about her’ LOL
Poor Riri, it’s not her fault she’s such a spoiled child.
LikeLike
Oh boy it’s that Riri. She annoyed me a lot when she first appeared, but then Reika’s mature reaction helped me cool of XD. After all she’s just a lonely child. It’s your loss of you get to upset.
There’s a lot of potential for the future though. Initially I thought she would be the new villianess, but there’s another possibility. I think she may come to like Reika since Reika will be one of the few people ego treat her with understanding s opposed to put right contempt. Tsundere rival incoming?! Reika-sama has that adorable charismatic aura after all!
Ahh but I have a weakness for imoutos. Reika going all MY oniisama was so cute. Loli saikyou!
Thanks for the chapter Est!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ririna a cuute! Cuuuute!
LikeLike
Tnx for the chapter
LikeLike
… So if everyone else gets someone who likes them… Does that mean she accomplished her goal? That’s sad :-
LikeLike
I wonder were this will lead
LikeLike
Out of curiosity do you have a favorite series or genre estelion? Besides Worm that is. (Only series so far that you only describe as awesome.) Or do you particularly enjoyed finding the gems among the rocks?
LikeLike
Mn, amongst web novels, Mushoku Tensei is my favourite. It did what it was supposed to really well.
LikeLike
mushoku tensei is my favorite until the chapter of the university.
LikeLike
the best parts are following the university, imo. after the desert arc, the last few arcs are my favourites. for example, the asla succession arc.
LikeLike
i was happy when i read the ending the conclusion chapter was so good
LikeLike
thank you for the update
LikeLike
I just began reading everything. Like EVERYTHING on this wordpress.
Do forgive me for not thanking you for each chapters.
And as a selfish self centered bastard, do listen to my request:
MORE KENKYO AND TILEA’S PLEASE!!
Thank you very much.
LikeLike
Yay! Glad you’re enjoying it!
LikeLike
“One of the requirements for the Suiran primary section is living somewhere less than an hour commute away, so Ririna couldn’t get in.”
A previous chapter said that the students came from various places since it was a private school….
LikeLike