Chapter 4: Sora Kasugano
'To think the famous series like Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and Fairy Tail doesn't exist in this world! Those works were very famous in my previous life, but they don't exist in this world! Unbelievable! I never expected the ACG industry in this world is so backward!'
Haru was dumbfounded; he had surfed on the internet and browsed everything related to this Alternate Japan's ACG industry. There was a Wi-Fi connection in the apartment complex, so he could easily access the internet. In the end, he discovered this shocking truth.
Haruka Kasugano, Haru's predecessor and the owner of the body that Haru took over, wasn't an Otaku. Haruka had no interest in Japan's subculture. Hence, there was only a little information about it in the assimilated memories.
Haru had mixed feelings after discovering how backward the ACG industry of this alternate Earth. The year of this alternate world was 2016. Yet, the development of the ACG Industry in his previous world was more advanced than this world in spite of also in the year 2016!
As an aside, Haru died in the year 2020.
As someone who enjoyed those famous works in his past life, Haru felt dissatisfied by their absence. However, it also presented an opportunity for him, and he couldn't miss this opportunity because the royalty from those franchises would make him rich!
As someone who was desperately in need of money to support his little sisters, Haru wouldn't waste this opportunity. He would be a fool if he dared to miss it!
So, Haru was going to plagiarize the famous works from his past life? So, what? Haru didn't care about others' opinions! It was not like his soon-to-be readers would know that he was plagiarizing someone else's works!
'Since I am not confident with my drawing skill, though I remember those famous works panel by panel, let's focus on the light novel industry for the time being. After I become successful in the light novel industry, I will move to manga, and then anime too, perhaps.'
Haru quickly made up his mind and started browsing the famous light novel chart.
After surfing on the internet for a while, Haru discovered that "Konosuba," "Oregairu," "Sword Art Online," "No Game No Life," "Rising of the Shield Hero," "Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World," and others famous works never got published in this alternate Earth!
Even a renowned web novel platform such as "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" and others that existed in his world was nonexistent here!
Utter blasphemy!
'Just what the heck happened to those historical figures of light and web novel industry? Did they not exist? Perhaps, they had some accidents? Whatever! That's not important! With the low quality of light novels published in this world, I can use it to produce easy money for me!'
Haru browsed the list of famous publishing houses in this world. He discovered that there were the parodies of the publishing company that existed in his previous world. For example, Dangoki Bunko was the parody for Dengeki Bunko, and Kodokawa Bunko was the parody for Kadokawa Bunko. Those publishing companies had published some famous novels in Haru's past life, such as Kadokawa with their Konosuba, and Dengeki with their Sword Art Online and A Certain Magical Index.
'What kind of works I'm going to introduce to this pitiful world, I wonder...'
Haru carefully contemplated his choices, but something interrupted him.
*Knock!*—*Knock!*—*Knock!*
Haru stopped his brainstorming and turned his head to the door.
"Haru! Are you awake?" A feminine voice called him from outside.
Although it was the first time for Haru hearing that voice, Haru immediately recognized whose voice it was!
It was Sora's voice!
'Huh, her voice sounds similar to Haruka Shiranami's, her VA in both of Anime and Eroge,' Haru mused in his head.
Because of his Enhanced Memory, Haru could recall the voice of Sora in anime. He never played the game, though.
Haru knew that Sora's VA in the anime and the game was the same person because he had visited the fandom community website on the internet in his past life.
"Haru! Answer me! Are you awake?!"
Haru snapped out of his thoughts and replied in a hurry, "Yeah! I'm awake! Wait for a moment!"
Haru stole a glance at his desktop clock to check the time; it was almost lunchtime.
'Is she calling me to have lunch together?' Haru wondered as he approached the door; he felt giddy and happy with the prospect of eating together with Sora. The assimilation was the reason behind his present mood, though.
Speaking of Haru's new sisters (well, in his perspective, they were his new sisters), Sora and Suzuka were often fighting from the smallest thing. They were like water and oil. They always fought. Their interaction was toxic at best and violent at worst. At the very least, they had slightly mellowed after the death of their parents.
Haru stopped his recollections as he arrived in front of the door. He then unlocked his door and opened it, after which he immediately saw his twin sister standing in the corridor. He became dumbstruck after seeing Sora for the first time.
'I know that she's pretty in those memories, but she's more beautiful when I see her with my own eyes like this!'
Sora was a beautiful white-skinned young girl who possessed a perfect, doll-like appearance that gave off fragile and weak impression with long silver hair tied in twin tails with black ribbons; the color of her irises was gray, and her height was 152 cm. A white-colored, frilly Gothic Lolita attire that displayed her shallow yet still enticing cleavage was covering her delicate figure.
Sorra was carrying a black rabbit doll, which was something that their stepmother gave her in the past. If Sora's birth mother was the one who gave that doll to her in Yosuga no Sora, the one who gave it to Sora in this world was their stepmother, Suzuka's mother. Although their stepmother wasn't the one who birthed Haruka and Sora, she still treated them well. That's why her death also affected Haruka and Sora, badly.
Sora accepted that woman as her mother figure because she had no recollections of her actual mother. It was also the same with Haruka. Their knowledge about their mother was limited to photos and stories from their late Father and Grandparents. But, let's cut short this digression.
Haru gave Sora a quick once-over before questioning her. "What's it?"
"I am hungry."
Sora sulkily replied, to which Haru involuntarily made a wry smile.
"Do you call me to have lunch together?"
"Got a problem?" Sora curtly questioned back with a challenging look.
If Haru had not assimilated Haruka's feelings for his sisters, he would surely treat Sora with apathy. However, he couldn't do that because he had come to love and treasure his sisters in a short time. It certainly complicated things because Haru was a self-centered loner in his past life. In the end, Haru let everything flow naturally.
"No. I have no problems with it," Haru replied, and Sora gave him a scrutinizing look before curtly nodding.
"Come with me," Sora demanded and then turned her body around before heading for the kitchen.
"Okay." Haru obeyed and followed her.
As they went to the kitchen, Haru inspected the apartment in which they lived. The apartment looked like the one in the Yosuga no Sora anime that Haru had watched in his past life.
As they entered the kitchen, Haru recalled that his stepsister, Suzuka, had prepared lunch for him and Sora. They only needed to reheat the food.
Sora sat on one of six chairs around the dining table. Meanwhile, Haru went to get their food in the refrigerator, after which he put it inside the microwave.
The menu consisted of rice with Nori, Kaarage, Hamburg Steak, and Potato Salad. After reheating the food in the microwave, Haru carefully carried his and Sora's lunch to the dining table.
"Haru," Sora called him out of a sudden after he put the food on the table.
"What's it?"
"Sit next to me," Sora curtly demanded.
Haru sighed in resignation and followed her demand. A part of him was feeling annoyed by Sora's willful behavior, but since it had yet to touch his bottom line, Haru decided to entertain her willfulness. After taking the seat next to Sora, they started eating their lunch.
"Itadakimasu!" Haru and Sora clapped their hands and declared at once. They then used chopsticks to eat their meal; the lunch was a silent affair.
"Ah, Sora," Haru suddenly called out for Sora in the middle of their meal.
"Hm?" While slightly tilting her head to the side in confusion, Sora turned her head to Haru.
"You have rice there," Haru said and pointed the spot in question with his chopsticks.
When Haru looked at Sora's lips, he felt his throat become dry, and his heart throbbed. Sora's lips seemed inviting and delicious, and he wanted to taste them.
"Where? Get it off of me!" Sora demanded in a spoilt manner.
Haru put down his bowl and chopsticks and then moved his hand to Sora's face. He cupped Sora's chin and rubbed off the rice that stuck below her lips. As Haru did this, Sora looked at him with glazed eyes, his face rapidly reddening.
Haru swallowed his saliva harshly as he saw her enticing appearance; he wanted to taste Sora's lips. It had been years since they kissed according to his predecessor's memory; his urge was almost overtaking his mind.
In the end, Haru thought, 'Ah, fuck it!' and moved his face closer to Sora. When Haru's face approached hers, Sora closed her eyes.
A moment later, their lips met.
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