Stealing Spree Chapter 579: Mihara-sans Interest

Mihara-san picking up to send ho was actually Otoha giving her chauffeur a chance.

A chance to be alone with .

Otoha has long been aware of Mihara-san’s interest in . According to Mihara-san herself, Otoha already knew about it even when we’re still together.

Mihara-san confessed to her about it, thinking it’s a duty she should report.

As for the reason for her interest in ... the large part ca from how she beca a witness of her Ojou-sama’s relationship with , the rest ca from how I beca the closest guy to her.

It’s kinda weak as if it’s telling that if she had more contact with n, she wouldn’t be interested in .

Mihara-san ca from a servant family of the Kaneko House. Ever since birth, she’s destined to serve them. Originally, she’s not supposed to be a chauffeur for Otoha but a maid or secretary assigned to her older brother.

However, she sohow excelled with more manly things than chores befitting of a maid. And with Otoha becoming the favorite granddaughter of the Family Head, she was reassigned to be Otoha’s exclusive servant.

In truth, Mihara-san is seven years older than Otoha. She was assigned to her when Mihara-san was still in middle school and Otoha had just started attending grade school.

However, being soone from the servant family, she had an accelerated study and already finished the high school curriculum before she was assigned to Otoha. Due to that, they’ve been together for 10 years already. More than just her servant, chauffeur, bodyguard and instructor, Otoha was already treating her as a close sister.

It was just Mihara-san who was stubbornly doing her job despite Otoha requesting her to treat her as a sister as well.

Although Otoha held absolute command over her, telling Mihara-san to level herself the sa as the young lady of Kaneko House was sothing she couldn’t do.

In the end, Otoha gave up on getting her to accept it. But in her mind, Mihara-san was already an extrely reliable older sister.

Being a woman whose sole purpose was to serve Otoha, she actually vowed to never fall in love with soone even if that’s not against the rule. Her interest in was no more than just interest in the opposite sex that she never felt to anyone before.

Who knows? Perhaps she’s unaware and it’s truly a foreign concept for her or she’s just restraining herself.

Either way, when Otoha was made aware of my confession to Mihara-san, that girl gave her this chance.

She even sent a ssage to to take care of Mihara-san. According to Otoha, my confession was the trigger for her to try and push Mihara-san towards .

She’s aware of my previous tendency after all. Unless I expressed my interest or like towards a girl, I will not strive on making that girl mine.

Otoha’s information was kind of outdated though. With Eimi, Saki and Arisa-senpai as an example, it didn’t matter now whether I was initially interested or not. I guess, it depends on the circumstances now. If there’s a situation or event where I got to spend so ti with a girl, my interest in her may or may not inflate.

However, thinking back to my past experiences, if I wasn’t interested at first, the ti I spent with soone might stack up along with my continued observation of them could lead to gaining an interest.

Moreover, there’s also that urge to tease. Sotis, I couldn’t help but do that. And... that’s a fairly positive indication of my being interested in soone.

Back to the topic at hand, Otoha giving a green light for Mihara-san to spend ti with was sothing I hadn’t expected.

With the chance presented in front of , unlike earlier, I naturally took it.

In the span of ti I spent sitting at the back of the car and watching Mihara-san drive the car, I conversed with her, trying to learn what’s going on in her mind.

Unfortunately, it’s not that fruitful. Between her job as Otoha’s servant and her interest in , she stressed that the forr would be her utmost priority.

She’s grateful for Otoha giving the chance but with her driving the car and her mandate to return to her Ojou-sama’s side as soon as possible, there’s no chance for us to truly spend the ti together.

Anyway, it’s not like I was hoping for sothing to happen. For now, I wanted to learn more about her.

Nonetheless, before I got out of the car, I leaned towards the driver’s seat and stole a kiss from her.

It was a swift one to express my gratitude to her.

As for Mihara-san’s reaction, it was a deadpan expression. She did spend a few seconds tracing her lips though. Perhaps, trying to make sense of what just happened.

By the ti she drove off to go back to the hospital, I ssaged Otoha about the result and as expected, the girl was slightly frustrated upon hearing it.

She even sent another ssage advising to put on my aggressive side to make Mihara-san fold under .

Although there’s a possibility that I would actually do that before, I sohow wanted to peel off the sticker called ‘servant’ in Mihara-san’s personality bit by bit. That way, I will be able to see the Mihara-san that isn’t bound by her duty.

After sending that explanation to Otoha, the girl instantly initiated a call to and through it, Otoha expressed her gratitude to for thinking about Mihara-san’s well-being. She confessed that what I wanted to happen was sothing she also wished for.

“Tomorrow, if grandfather remains asleep, I will send her again to you, Ruki. Start by calling her by her given na. See if that will work.”

Her given na... Hitomi.

That will either be effective or useless at all.

“Are you sure about that? What if I succeeded and she decides to leave your side? And after leaving, she chose to be by my side?”

Although the possibility was low, given that she was raised to serve, that’s not impossible to happen.

“Uhh. Then I will be happy for her. She’ll beco my sister, literally. But I doubt that will happen. It’s Hitomi-nee after all.” Otoha confidently smiled. Being with Mihara-san for 10 years, she’s the one who knows her best.

“You still call her that when she’s not around, huh?”

“You know her, Ruki. She hates it or rather, she wanted to continue addressing her as my servant. She’s too hardheaded.”

That’s right. This is why I also think that it might be useless calling her by her given na. But I guess, it’s worth a try.

“Right. Right. Just like a certain Ojou-sama. I’ll go in, Otoha. Since you’re going to stay there, I’ll remind you to not force yourself to stay up all night.”

“I understand, Grandpa is already in good health. I don’t need to stress myself anymore... See you, Ruki.”

After saying goodbye to each other and cutting the videocall, I entered our front door and was once again greeted by my beautiful wife.

The day could be said to have more or less ended. Although I ended up skipping three periods due to the suddenness of Otoha’s grandfather’s collapse, it still worked out in the end.

Although I am possibly not that ready to et her grandfather when he eventually wakes up, there’s no point in stressing myself over it. I just have to encourage myself that it’s for my Otoha. Without his blessing, it will be hard for to take her away from their family.