PriPara: Breakthrough

La Impostora

As Kazue tried to slap the girl who crashed his sister's wedding...

It didn't hit.

Because she grabbed his hand before he could do so.

Kazue gasped, and his expression was more furious.

"HOW DARE YOU?!" Kazue held his slapped cheek.

"I don't wanna hang around and get your filthy venom, you snake!" Kazue paused.

"You're brave, little brat. But you still need a lesson for originality for messing with the identity of Charlotte Koichi!"

Kazue pulled on the girl's hair vigorously, and the girl did the same to keep herself in balance.

"You two, stop this!"

Both stopped and turned to see me.

"Iris..."

"Oh, darling. Calm down for once though. I'm only doing my job here." The girl said.

"And what kind of 'job' are you talking about?" Kazue raised an eyebrow.

"She's an impostor, Kazue." I said.

"What...?!"

"What do you mean, impostor?! Tell me, Iris!"

I stayed silent as I looked at the girl.

"You knew, you planned all of this, didn't you?!"

I still stayed silent.

"Say something, explain yourself, Iris!" Kazue was angry.

"She's only here to protect you!" I finally spoke.

"Protect me?" Kazue's eyes widened.

"Yes, protect you. I know Sadako won't stop until he finds Charlotte and sees her every day. To keep your identity from being exposed, I got her to be Charlotte, just so you all could look like a 'complete family'." I explained.

"Huh, so who is this girl, anyway? She seems to get my Charlotte look perfectly." Kazue inspected her.

"Thank you." She finally said in her normal way, not in the Charlotte way she was supposed to act.

"Come on, I'll tell you about her tomorrow. She has a boarding house across town, she can manage, right?" I asked her.

"Yep." She nodded.

"Oh, I'll definitely be seeing you tomorrow. Meet me at my house, and I'll have to ask you a few questions, before I can welcome you to the Koichi Family." Kazue said.

(The Next Day)

*Ding Dong*

"Come i---"

"I'll get the door." Kazue stopped Celine short.

"O...k." Celine said, dismayed that her brother had to steal her favorite job today.