Cheated and Restarted Chapter 5

Usurp the Throne of the Riajuu!

Right after the second period class ended, my wife stared at me with a smirk. She probably wants me to invite her to lunch. I desperately want an excuse to refuse. The eyes of those around us are actually pretty harsh. Since today's lecture was common to the Faculty of Engineering, the ratio of guys in this classroom is insanely high. Everyone is staring at my wife, waiting for their chance.

Mashiba, the "Saba-saba" girl who could have been the thread for an excuse to refuse, practically skipped out of the classroom with a smile like a maiden as soon as the chime rang. That girl is seriously useless.

Just when I felt boxed in on all sides, I got a call on my smartphone. The name "Shigeyoshi Kuramata (Keikai-paisen)" was displayed. I answered immediately.

"Yo! Kanata! You free right now?"

The voice on the phone was that senior to whom I sacrificed my "selfie virginity" at the entrance ceremony. He's the Number 3 of the biggest event circle at our university, serving as the treasurer (Kaikei), and is one of the influential figures on campus. Everyone calls him "Keikai-senpai" with affection, flipping his title around.

"Yes! Super free! Incredibly free! Yessir!"

"You're super energetic! Nice! Ahaha! Come to the Tayoshi Dorm right now! I baked pizza! Come eat! Ahahahaha!"

The Tayoshi Dorm is a self-governing student dormitory located on campus. You can live there for super cheap, but strictly speaking, it's a "wonderful property" that violates various laws. The university wants to demolish it, but due to various resistance from students, alumni, and even professors who used to live there, they haven't been able to do so yet.

"Yessir! I'm super coming! I'll fly there at Mach speed!"

"Oh. I'll be waiting!"

Then the call ended, and I found myself smirking.

"Sooorry! I just! Got called by! A Paisen! It's like, I gotta go or it's bad? You know?"

I was in the absolute best mood. Being called personally by Keikai-senpai meant I had become quite a favorite of his. My youth is about to shine right now.

"Then take me with you. He said something about pizza, right! I want to eat too!"

Wow. She was listening to the conversation.

"But I'm the only one who was invited."

"Ehh, stingy! It's fine! I want to eat pizza too!"

She started whining. In the first world, this woman wasn't the type to say such trivial selfish things often. But occasionally, she would whine incredibly stubbornly. Naturally, I never won a single time. But now, we are students. I had the confidence that I could win.

"Hey, hey. Think about it carefully. Until just a while ago, you were eating with people from the same department, right? Then shouldn't you try expanding to the Faculty of Engineering this time?"

A little while ago, my wife had said something like that. It's a form of nitpicking her own words.

"You'll often be together with people from the Faculty of Engineering in lectures from now on. There are experiments and practical training too, so shouldn't you get along with them while you can?"

"Ugh... hmm. That's certainly true."

"There are few girls in Engineering. Why not try holding a girls' gathering or something? You can do it! Fight!"

"Ah, that's true. Yeah. That's right. I'll try that!"

My wife seemed convinced and immediately walked over to some nearby girls. She seemed to have forgotten about the pizza in an instant. Kukuku.

I immediately left the lecture room and headed for the Tayoshi Dorm.

Kanata ran away!

He successfully shook off his wife!!

The Tayoshi Dorm is located at the edge of the campus. The men's dorm and women's dorm were built facing each other, with a plaza in between. A DJ booth was set up in the plaza, and our students were dancing wildly in broad daylight, regardless of gender.

I passed by that and headed for the corner of the plaza near the men's dorm.

There was a BBQ booth at the edge of that plaza. Students were grilling meat and vegetables there. And among them, something stood out uniquely: a brick oven. A pizza oven. This wasn't installed by the university; students built it themselves without permission. This Tayoshi Dorm was originally a prestigious dorm with history and tradition, but before anyone knew it, it had become a "freedom" zone. Occasionally, they hold parties in this plaza. In the first loop, it was a space I couldn't fit into at all, but now is different. I'm growing too.

"Oh! You came, Kanata! Good timing! The cheese is super melty! Seriously delicious! Wahahaha!"

"Yessir! Thanks for the food!"

A sofa was placed near the pizza oven. One man was occupying it. That man was none other than Keikai-senpai, who had summoned me here.

Keikai-senpai was dressed beyond casual; he was downright sloppy. Boxer briefs and sandals. An Aloha shirt on his upper body, fully open at the front. What kind of getup is that?

"Kei-kun. Want another slice?"

"Oh! Of course I'll eat."

"Then open wiiide. Aaaahn!"

And there was a woman dressed even more terribly. She was just wearing a large men's shirt over her underwear. Her cleavage was plainly visible. Isn't that an outfit you only wear in your boyfriend's room? I almost started philosophizing.

The beautiful woman with long, wavy brown hair, who looked like she might inhabit the Minato Ward area, sat perched on Keikai-senpai's knees and fed him freshly baked pizza.

"Yum! Kanata, you eat too! Take as much as you want from the oven! Also, this! The magic elixir!"

He took a beer can from the cooler box placed beside the sofa and threw it toward me. I caught it, toasted with Senpai, and then immediately popped the tab and took a sip.

"Ahh, that hits the spot! Second period was tough."

Mainly because I was tired thanks to my wife, the beer tasted very delicious!

"Right! Ahaha!"

Keikai-senpai also guzzled his beer.

"Hey, hey, Kei-kun."

"What is it, Kirin-chan?"

The woman wearing the men's shirt seems to be named Kirin. Is it her real name or a nickname? I'm curious.

"Who's this Hollywood-style bad-boy Ikemen?"

"My junior. Name's Kanata. He's a good guy!"

"Heh, is that so. Nice to meet youuu."

The woman brought her beer can close to me. I brought mine close too and toasted.

"Are you Keikai-senpai's girlfriend?"

"Nope."

Apparently, she's not. This is where it's slightly hard for a former In-kya like me to adapt. At Riajuu parties in university and beyond, there are men and women flirting even though they aren't lovers. For someone like me with little experience with women, it's quite a culture shock.

"I got taken home yesterday."

An even more shocking answer came back. What does that mean...? Taken home...?

"...Eh... ehh... is that so..."

"Yeah. We met at a club party in Shibuya yesterday. We talked about how we wanted to have super stupid sex, and we did it on top of that clock tower! The view was beautiful, and it felt like we were doing something bad, so it was fun. Fufufu."

"On that clock tower!? And on top!?"

The clock tower that often appears in our Komaba Campus pamphlets. They did it on top!? Are they idiots!?

"Kei-kun is an idiot, you know! I was surprised! Aokawa University students are all flashy, but it's a smart university, right? Could Kei-kun be a dropout? Ufufu."

"What are you saying? I have way too many credits; I'm even giving them away to other guys! Kuhaha!"

Keikai-senpai laughed heartily.

"Heh, so Kei-kun is smart. Giving credits to others is kind!"

Kirin-san was patting Keikai-senpai's head, saying "Good boy, good boy." What is this stupid scene? You can't give credits to others. Also, the university name is different. It seems like Kirin-san isn't a university student.

"Aokawa University? No, we're not Aokawa University, though?"

I involuntarily retorted. Surely having the university wrong is weird.

"Ehh? But this is close to Shibuya, right? We came by taxi, and it was super quick? Aokawa University is in Shibuya, right? Then where is this?"

I never thought there would be a woman who doesn't even know the location where she was taken home! Are true Riajuu this dangerous!?

"This is Koto University."

"Eh? That Kodai? Isn't Koto University over by Korakuen? I've seen it from the bus! A very pompous red gate!"

"That is the Hongo Campus. Third and fourth years go there. This is the Komaba Campus. First and second years go here."

Kirin-san's eyes went wide.

"Seriously? I didn't know. Then Kanata-kun is a Kodai student? Want to have a mixer (Goukon) sometime? My juniors are full of cute girls! They'd be so happy!"

Kirin-san was laughing innocently. And the man whose lap she was sitting on, Keikai-senpai, was chuckling.

"Actually, Keikai-senpai sitting there is also a Kodai student."

"Ehh? Really? Kei-kun too? But, but! Kei-kun's sex yesterday was seriously just stupid positions! It felt good, but I laughed so much my stomach hurt! Definitely not a Kodai student! He was an idiot!"

"Gyahaha! Stop it! Don't expose my kinks to my junior! Gyahahahahaha!"

Keikai-senpai was laughing like an idiot. And in the end, I laughed at their stupid conversation too.

After laughing for a while, I picked up a pizza and gobbled it down. The melty cheese and the umami of the rich tomato sauce were violently delicious. But.

"Senpai, this is delicious, but isn't there no toppings?"

"Hmm? This is that! A man's dream! It's a pizza with only cheese! Instead, I threw in ten different kinds of cheese! Gyahahahahaha!"

The pizza was also a stupid product. Crap, it's seriously the best!

"Senpai, you're seriously a lump of romance! Hilarious! Ahahahahaha!"

Just as we were having fun and laughing like idiots, the music the DJ was playing changed. Women wearing short pants and tank tops short enough to show their navels climbed onto the stage set up in the center of the plaza.

"That's good, that is. Those are the dance circle folks. They dance erotically!"

"Come to think of it, Kei-kun was doing a hip-shaking dance yesterday too. That was seriously stupid! Like this!"

Kirin-san stood on the sofa and shook her hips back and forth. Her white shirt flipped up, and her black panties flickered in and out of view.

"Hey! I can see them!"

Not just me, but the guys around us were staring intently.

"Oh no. You saw♡"

"You! Show them more! Gyahaha! Don't be stingy, don't be stingy! Go on, go on!"

Keikai-senpai also stood on the sofa and started the mysterious act of pinching and lifting Kirin-san's shirt.

"Kyaa, Kei-kun, you pervert! Kyahaha."

No matter how you look at it, it's a type of sexual harassment, but Kirin-san stuck her tongue out mischievously and laughed happily. The two were frolicking on the sofa with idiotic tension. And the surrounding men were watching it with bloodshot eyes, hands clasped in prayer. How pitiful are men, swaying between jealousy and eros! Truly, what a stupid sight! Outrageous! When I get a girlfriend someday, I'll do it too! I swore in my heart.

Then the music started to build up, and cheers began to echo from the stage.

"Kyaa! Milan-samaaa!" "Milan-chan! Look this way!" "Mi-lan! Mi-lan!"

Among the normally excited men and women, there was one uniquely distinct group of women. They were wearing headbands and Hanten coats with "Milan" written on them.

"Who are they pushing? ...No... is it obvious to anyone looking...!"

Among the dancers, there was one woman radiating a particularly unique presence. An incredibly beautiful woman with silver hair and red eyes. From the front, her hairstyle looked like a short bob. But when she shook her head, I realized the back hair was tied in a ponytail. I felt a somewhat androgynous impression from her. There is something about her that is hard to describe with the word "boyish."

"""""UOOOOOOOOOH! MI-LAN! MI-LAN!"""""

Eventually, voices started rising from the men as well. That silver-haired woman must be Milan. She had the audience's gazes glued to her. Honestly speaking, I don't think her dance technique itself is that different from those around her. But her dignified expression and the contrasting voluptuous movements of her body. And her beautiful body line. Combined, I felt a suffocating sensuality from that woman.

To put it in short words.

"Emo and Erotic."

Yes. Every movement of the body of the girl called Milan stirs up emotions. Tremendously "Emo." And you feel a sense of elation and lust.

"Oh! Kanata, you get it! Misaki is seriously dangerous, right! Seriously erotic!"

He called Milan Misaki just now. That didn't seem like a mistake, did it?

"Erotiiic! Emoooi! It's kind of dangerous, Kei-kun! Just looking at that silver-haired girl makes me feel hot! ...Hey..."

"Oh! I know, I know!"

Keikai-senpai picked Kirin-san up in a princess carry.

"Kyan! Jeez, you're so forceful! Ufufu."

The two went into the men's dorm while flirting. Ehh!? You're doing it in broad daylight!? Is this the university life of a true Riajuu!? I decided to follow Keikai-senpai for the rest of my life.

Then the music ended, and the dance ended too. Great cheers and applause erupted, and the dancer group retreated toward the women's dorm. The audience was full of talk about Milan.

It was then.

"Hey, you there, first year. Where did Kuramata go?"

A guy in sunglasses who looked like a "Kyoro-juu" (wannabe normie) upperclassman and his group of lackeys approached me. They had a somewhat bad vibe.

Keikai-senpai, were having fun flirting with a beauty. And I'm stuck getting irritated with guys? That's too much! I wanted to scream that from the bottom of my heart.

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The senior in sunglasses had a face that existed in my future knowledge. But to be blunt, he wasn't an important person. He holds the position of "General Affairs" in one of the many tennis circles, but he's just a Kyoro-juu (wannabe normie). His name wasn't even worth remembering.

"Hey, first-year kid, you're that guy, right? Heard you're Kuramata's favorite? You became famous at the entrance ceremony, right? Huh?"

The Sunglasses Senior sat on the sofa where Keikai-senpai and Kirin-san had been playing until just a moment ago. Then he made two cute girls, who seemed to be his juniors, sit on either side of him. They were probably students from another women's university. Our university's tennis circles usually have intercollegiate (In-kare) relationships with other women's universities.

"Yes. Kuramata-senpai has been taking care of me."

I replied safely. Seeing that, Sunglasses Senior smirked.

"What's that? You're a boring guy! If you're Kuramata's favorite, you must be an interesting guy, right? Do something! Hyahaha!"

His entourage laughed along with him. Ah, this is the pattern where he's unhappy that I went vaguely viral at the entrance ceremony. Also, this Sunglasses Senior probably hates, or rather is jealous of, Keikai-senpai. No matter how you think about it, Keikai-senpai is the King of Riajuu.

"Haha, even if you tell me to do something, I'm at a loss. I'm not the comedy relief type. Ahaha."

"Hah? What's with you? We came here because Kuramata invited us, you know? Yet you have no intention of entertaining us? Embarrassing Kuramata like that is just wrong!"

Sunglasses Senior is provoking me. I could ignore him, or I could snitch to Keikai-senpai later.

Giggle giggle. "Even though he has a good face."

The two girls sitting on the sofa were laughing at me scornfully. That ticked me off a bit. Being made fun of by girls is tough after all. It makes me recall my wife's misdeeds whether I want to or not. Well, even when her cheating was exposed, she never made a scornful face at me, nor did she say anything to mock me. But it's a fact that she looked down on me. Otherwise, she wouldn't have cheated.

Fine. I'll entertain you.

"Sure thing. If Kuramata-senpai's reputation is at stake, I have no choice. I'm going to do something super interesting now, so please cooperate a little!"

I took a bottle of foreign-made 500ml beer from the rack near the men's dorm. And while I was at it, I also picked up a certain object that was nearby, then returned to the sofa.

"So, what are you gonna do?"

I felt an intense irritation toward Sunglasses Senior, who was leaning back arrogantly on the sofa. That sofa is, so to speak, the throne where only the most Riajuu man at this party is allowed to sit. To tease a junior while sitting there is an insult to the throne itself.

I handed the beer bottle to the senior.

"Senpai, you haven't drunk yet, right? Here, please hold this bottle."

"What? Well, fine, but this bottle isn't open? Are you stupid? Hahaha!"

The people around us were giggling. They probably misunderstood and thought I brought an unopened beer bottle out of nervousness. That's not it.

"This is where it starts! The interesting part! I will open that without a bottle opener!!"

"What? A magic trick? Ugh. Lame!"

"Now, now! Just watch! First, please confirm that there are no tricks to that bottle!"

The senior and the girls on both sides checked the beer bottle. Naturally, there were no tricks. Just a beer bottle.

"You've finished checking, right? Then please hold the bottom of that bottle and raise it to the heavens! I'm going to pray to God and borrow power from an angel now!"

The girls laughed, a bit genuinely this time. Seems it hit their funny bone. But when Sunglasses Senior glared, they immediately retracted their smiles. I really want to tell them that kind of thing is just wrong. I hate these Kyoro-juu in event circles and tennis circles who bully juniors.

"Ooh, God! Give me poweeeeeeeeer. Fuuuu─────────────────────yaaaaaaaaa─────────────────────────────────hoiiiiii!"

Letting out a strange cry, I glared with all my might at the neck of the beer bottle that the senior was holding right at chest level.

"Fuuu───────────yaaa──────────────────────!!! CHESTOOO───────────────────────!!!!!"

I made a fist, turned my palm downward, and formed a knife-hand. And then I swung it with all my might at the neck of the beer bottle!

"Eh?"

"""""Ehh!?"""""

With a snap, the thin neck of the beer bottle broke and flew off. And beer foam gushed out from the open mouth.

"Yes! Magic trick successful! I have splendidly opened the beer bottle without an opener!!"

The people around us were gaping in astonishment. Sunglasses Senior's hands were trembling. Well, if someone snapped a beer bottle in half with a knife-hand right in front of your eyes, you'd be scared. But this isn't the end of it.

"Come on, go ahead, Senpai! The beer is delicious! Come on! Drink up! It's my treat! Ahaha!"

The broken cross-section of the beer bottle is sharp. If you put your mouth on something like that, cutting your lips would be an understatement. There's no way he can do it.

"Ah, ah, aah. Ah. It's that! I have a lecture after this, so I can't drink alcohol! Here, you drink it!"

The senior pushed the broken beer bottle onto a junior boy nearby. But the junior didn't want it either. He pushed it onto someone else. And while they were doing that stupid pushing match, they dropped the beer bottle on the ground.

"Ahh, what a waste! That's just wrong—what are you gonna do about this, Senpaiii? The alcohol I serve is the same as the alcohol Kuramata-senpai recommends! Yet you can't drink it! So lame."

I said that with as much provocative contempt as I could muster.

"Kuh. You. For a first year."

"Actually, move from that seat. You aren't qualified to sit in that seat. Look at both sides. You understand, right?"

Sunglasses Senior looked at the girls on both sides. There were the faces of women who had plainly been turned off by Sunglasses Senior's cowardice. Conversely, they were sending hot gazes my way. It is the women who decide which man wins. I learned that from my wife's cheating.

Sunglasses Senior stood up from the seat with a frustrated face and trudged out of the plaza alone. And I sat in the empty seat.

"C’mon, c’mon, I'm hungry. Let's eat pizza! and drink booze!"

When I said that, the girls on both sides smiled happily; one fetched pizza from a nearby table, and the other took a beer can from the cooler and popped the tab.

"Here, say aahn!"

"Aahn! Chomp!"

A cute girl carried pizza to my mouth. I bit into it. The corner of my mouth got dirty, but the woman went out of her way to wipe the corner of my mouth with her own handkerchief. Creatures called women are creatures who like to take care of the winning man devotedly.

"Here, it's ice cold! Go ahead!"

"No way! Thank you! I'll drink it in one go! Yaaay!"

The other cute girl gently put the beer can to my lips and let me drink. Getting carried away, I drank that beer in one go.

"Puhhaa! It's the best! This is my thanks! Chu! Chu!"

I kissed the cheeks of the two girls on either side of me. The two blushed and looked happy. Then I wrapped my arms around their shoulders.

"The party isn't over yet! Come on! Let's get hype!"

"""""Yeeeeaaahhh!!!!"""""

The guys who were Sunglasses Senior's entourage until just a moment ago all followed my instructions. This is "Circle Gekokujo" (lower overthrowing the higher). Power is power. In the caste hierarchy of university life, face, physical strength, and aggressiveness are everything.

And the party didn't end. We continued to make noise until night.

Tired from drinking too much, I was lying on the sofa in the plaza, looking at the night sky. The plaza, now quiet after the party ended, was empty. But heat still lingered in my body. Today was the most fun. I felt it was a pity to go home like this. I wished there was something to keep this heat going.

"Hey. Sorry to interrupt while you're cooling off, but do you have a moment?"

I heard a beautiful and dignified woman's voice. When I looked up, there was a beauty with silver hair and red eyes. She was dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, looking boyish and cool. As expected, from the front, she looked like she had a short bob and looked like an Ikemen. It was that popular dancer, Milan, right in front of my eyes.

I sat up, leaning my weight against the backrest to reposition myself.

"I don't mind. Rather, I'm honored. Your dance earlier was the best."

"Thank you. You were amazing too. That beer bottle knife-hand chop. I was watching from the window of the women's dorm. It was truly amazing how you manipulated people with such a simple trick."

"Oh? Was I found out! Haha!"

There is a trick to the beer bottle cutting earlier. To begin with, modern beer bottles are extremely durable; no matter how much of a pro fighter you are, you can't cut them with a knife-hand.

"I saw you pick something up together with the beer bottle when you brought it. I immediately pinned it as a stone. And pretending to do a knife-hand chop, you gripped the stone in your hand. Then you used it to break the neck of the bottle. You casually hid that stone in your sleeve, and then you just bluffed your way through the rest. That in itself is amazing, but cheating is cheating, you know. Kukuku."

Milan laughed like a mischievous child. A mysterious and attractive smile where boyishness and female bewitchment coexisted. She's quite an incredible beauty. It makes me dizzy.

And I felt heat gathering in the core of my body again. This girl has surely come to bring me something interesting. The excitement from that conviction wouldn't stop.

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