Light Novel Chapter 21

陸上ダイヤモンド (Rikujou Daiyamondo, lit: Track-and-Field Diamond) is the twenty-first chapter of the light novel series of The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.
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==Plot==
Youto is called to an emergency club meeting by the Steel King along with the vice president, Maimaki Mai. While the Steel King simply wants them to get along, Mai is firm in her stance that a pervert like Youto has no place in the club.
Naturally, the two of them continue to quarrel. Finding words ineffective, Tsukushi takes an expected measure: she proceeds to exit the club room and lock the door from outside, declaring that they shall not leave until they have become friends. She believes that the two of them simply act tsundere in front of people and would turn lovey-dovey as soon as left alone, citing the bra passing that she saw during the sports festival, unaware that it was due to Emi's wish.
Not understanding what the president is talking about, Mai attacks Youto demanding an explanation, but is quickly stopped by the president whose orders she can't refuse. The Steel King then proposes that they play a game. Youto is relieved when he hears that the game would be one that the Steel King learned from her sister, Tsukiko.
The game turns out to be Sugoroku though, which Youto finds a bit childish. He finds it hard to believe that she would play this with her little sister, but the Steel King goes on to explain that the one they played was custom-made by Tsukiko, with things like "you must massage your family member's waist," "you have to take a bath with your family member," and "you have to sleep with your family member." There were also some strange tiles that would completely put the reset the game with instructions for Tsukushi to study, and there would be six of them in a row. Tsukushi however is too dense to understand what this means.
Inspired by the game, Tsukushi ended up coming up with her own version that would "allow her to get even closer to Tsukiko." Glancing over the board, Youto sees the first three spaces containing the instructions of "receive Tsukiko's toothbrush," "receive Tsukiko's bath towel," and "receive Tsukiko's bold black underwear." Apparently, Tsukushi actually has the items prepared as well. Meanwhile, Mai sets her eyes on a different tile, "have the person you like pat you on the head." She asks the president if she'll give her headpats if she lands here, which she confirms.
Excited for different reasons, they start the game. Via rock, paper, scissors, the order is decided to be Mai first, Tsukushi second, and Youto third. Mai desperately prays to land in the headpat tile, but instead misses it by one space and lands on "become a kitty." After a brief silence, she half-heartedly "nyan"s three times. However, the Steel King is unsatisfied, demanding that Mai gives it her all, saying that she doesn't want to be reminded of Mai's mockery when she makes Tsukiko act like a kitty in the future.
The vice president has no choice but to follow the Steel King's instructions. She lies on the ground facing up as she slowly pulls the hem of her jersey top upwards, acting like a beckoning cat. She lets out a cute "nyaa" and kicks her legs up and down, a scene Youto finds more akin to an adult video.
On the president's turn, she lands on the sixth space, which says "hug everyone and share love." She first hugs Mai, who clearly enjoys it with her face turning red. Tsukushi then turns to Youto, who despite initial hesitation, accepts the hug, which he also finds exceedingly pleasant and stimulating. However, even as he reached his limits, Tsukushi continues her embrace, finding Youto to be almost the exact same person as "his younger brother." However, feeling guilty about "cheating," she eventually lets go. She crouches down in a corner, lost in thought.
Youto asks if she's feeling unwell and needs the nurse's office. Hearing this, Tsukushi snaps her fingers, having come up with an idea. She answers that she indeed is not feeling well, as she falls to the ground pretending to be unable to move, asking Youto to carry her. She insists that she has no feelings for the older brother Yokodera, and is determined to prove it.
Thus, after briefly debating how to carry her, Youto proceeds to carry her sideways like a princess. Not expecting this to happen, Tsukushi protests, but freezes upon seeing Youto's face right in front of hers. When Youto tells her that she is lighter than she looks, she blushes even more.
Suddenly, Tsukushi starts screaming and falls to the ground. She falls to her knees and asks Youto which direction his house is in. When he points it out, Tsukushi starts aggressively apologizing in that direction for being an indecent woman.
Mai has just recovered from her heavenly trance after the hug. Witnessing the strange scene, she demands an explanation from Youto, assuming that he has done something to the president. She thankfully intervenes before things become heated and they continue the game.
On Youto's turn, with a technique he learned from Ponta, he successfully rolls a 3 and lands on the underwear tile. While Youto too is hesitant to receive such an object, the Steel King insists that the order of the board is absolute. At this point, Mai points out some small text that they have missed: In full, the instructions say "receive someone except Tsukiko's bold black underwear."
This backfires on Mai however, as the president, still treating the order as absolute, is about to offer her own. Panicking, she stops Tsukushi. She then walks to her own locker, takes out some black object, and hands it to Youto. The object turns out to be a pair of socks. When Youto questions this, Mai argues that socks are something you wear on the inside, and therefore qualifies as underwear. Unprompted, she continues to blab on about how she doesn't mind the "white liquid" from one person all while telling Yokodera to move on.
Gazing speechless at the socks for a while, Youto gets a feeling that Mai is in fact a huge underwear fetishist who gets excited giving someone else her underwear. He feels a perverted aura radiating from her that could even rival his own. He feels a shiver down his spine, like a samurai encountering a worthy opponent. At the same time, he feels an odd desire to get closer to Mai, feeling that he may be able to profit from it.
The vice president suddenly points out that Yokodera has changed. He mentions that last year, which was prior to Youto losing his facade, he was much more passionate and respectable, and wouldn't have been excited receiving an underwear. She says that simply imagining what Yokodera would do to her socks makes her shiver. Again unprompted, she tells Yokodera to just put away the socks already and give them back tomorrow, and adds that he doesn't have to wash them either.
Hesitantly, Youto asks Mai if by any chance she is enjoying it. She responds with threats again, but subconsciously ends by saying "I don't know, probably," outing herself and confirming Youto's suspicions.
Finally, they return to the game. The Steel King's next move lands her on "kiss everyone and share love." Tsukushi is devastated, fearing that she won't be able to face the younger Yokodera brother anymore. However, Mai once again points out some small text that says "look on the back." They turn over the board, and find a girl's handwriting:
First: There are things you can do in a game, and things you definitely shouldn’t do.
Second: The people who blindly obey the rules of this Sugoroku are weird.
Third: Do you really have the time to be making this, Nee-san?''
After a brief period of silence, all three of them agree to wrap up the game.
The Steel King then proposes the next stage of her plan: A double date, consisting if Yokodera, the vice president, Yokodera's younger brother, and the Steel King herself. Mai first speak against the idea, but still ends up agreeing to it because "it is the president's wish." Starting from this day, Youto begins noticing Mai acting more and more tsundere.
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