chapter 34
34. No need.
34. No need
1St period break time.
Kurutta, who went somewhere for a while, called me.
Following the guy, we arrived at the stairs going up to the roof.
Standing on the stairs and looking around to see if anyone was around, Kurutta said quietly, holding out a white notebook to me.
“This is a reward given by our industry as compensation for past work. It contains all the essence of our industry, so cherish it.”
“…Ah, yes.”
That’s the note I received from Kurutta.
On the front cover of the book, it was written clearly as ‘Beautiful Girl’s Note’, and on the back side, my name was engraved with gold thread.
A quality that anyone can feel that it was made with great care.
…Was this what you were giving?
“Big! Haiseki. You can like it more!”
“Wow…”
Let’s go home and throw it away.
***
That’s how Kurutta’s Pretty Girl Note presentation ceremony ended.
As we were going downstairs with only a short break left, we met the eyes of the homeroom teacher who was carrying a heavy load.
A teacher who finds me and his face brightens.
…I feel anxious.
“Ah! My class is Shujinko, right?”
“…Yes.”
“hehehe, can you take these to the teacher’s office? The teacher has work to do.”
Ha… Then it is. I knew it would be like this.
“Yes, I understand…”
Just like that, the teacher handed me a box piled high with various office supplies and left.
A fair weight.
I placed the pretty girl notebook I was holding on top of the box and lifted the box with both hands.
“…”
It is piled high, so it is in danger of falling. Can’t even see ahead.
I wonder if it’s a bit dangerous.
So we are moving to the teacher’s office while playing a precarious tug-of-war with the box.
“Are you an idiot? Eh!”
Kung-
“Write…”
I collided with another child who was walking without looking.
The child who apologized to me after I fell.
The child instead picked up the things that had been bumped into and spilled.
After accepting the child’s apology, I moved back to the teacher’s office.
And I only found out after a while.
The fact that I spilled the pretty girl note and left it on the floor.
And the fact that it wasn’t like that.
***
“…”
A corridor full of people.
A girl picked up a notebook that had fallen on the floor.
‘Beautiful Girl Note’. And, a note clearly written Shujinkoo Haiseki.
***
Sasaki Yuna.
She came out to the downtown area after a long time.
She usually only stayed at her house, but she came out to buy a workbook.
She went to the bookstore as scheduled and bought an unsolved workbook.
Grumbling-
“…”
Hungry, she decided to eat out for the first time in a long time.
There was also an allowance that I received from my parents not too long ago, so the money was sufficient.
She was thinking about where to go, but she soon got tired of thinking about it, so she decided to just go to any restaurant.
The place she stopped by was a shabby restaurant.
Although the person who looked like the store owner looking at the counter was a bit unfriendly, the taste was okay.
After finishing her meal, she went to the counter to pay her bill.
The store owner at the counter said.
“Hey, student.”
“?”
“Have you lost anything?”
“…”
“You lost your wallet, wallet.”
“…?”
She realized that she had lost her wallet just as the store owner said.
Contrary to her usual appearance, she said a little embarrassed.
“Ah…I’m sorry. I’ll definitely pay you back later…”
“Big! Fuhahahahaha!”
“…??”
The store owner suddenly burst into laughter. Seeing that, she was more perplexed than before.
Seeing her like that, the store owner shook her hand with her still smiling face and said,
“Ah~ don’t worry, student. Someone else gave it to you as a student. Now, here.”
“…?”
“Oh, take it now! What are you doing!”
“…”
“Ha ha ha ha! From the look on his face, he seems to be curious about who it is. Right?”
“…”
Nod-
“This, actually, the student asked me to keep it a secret…”
“…”
Although she promised to keep it a secret, the store owner broke it shortly after.
In this way, she was informed of the appearance, appearance, and physique of the person who brought her wallet from her store owner.
And even the fact that she is his classmate.
“…”
I don’t know who it is.
However, for her, the person who did her goodwill without expecting anything in return.
It was a little strange.
“…A strange person.”
***
It’s time for lunch.
As usual, I was eating with Toyoda and Kurutta when a girl approached me.
The true identity of the girl with her black hair and red eyes is Sasaki Yuuna. He was a party to the case I resolved yesterday.
“…No way.”
I waited impatiently as if it were an eternity before she came here and opened her mouth, hoping that my forebodings would pass.
And then she arrived in front of me and said.
“There. You.”
“…Me?”
“Yes, you. Shujinkoo Haiseki-san. Right?”
“Uh, uh… That’s right, why..?”
“Thank you yesterday.”
“…”
Did the store owner break his promise and screw it up?
How is it that ominous premonitions are always wrong…
Ha…
But just in case you don’t know, let’s at least deny it.
“Yesterday..? hahahaha, I don’t know what you mean..?”
“…”
“…I really don’t know… hahahaha…”
“…I have something to tell you after it’s over. Then.
She disappeared after leaving only those words.
“…”
My life with nothing going on.
“Chick Shoo!!!!! A beautiful girl, a childhood friend, a beautiful girl, an ex-girlfriend, another beautiful girl, I’m jealous!!!!!”
“…”
***
The academy is over.
Students rushing out of the classroom.
However, I did not leave and remained in the classroom, dragging my heavy body toward Yuna Sasaki.
As I approach she turns her gaze to me.
I told her.
“That… Well, if you think like this, I’ll repay the favor, it’s okay. It’s not necessary.”
Yes, seriously.
“No, because I’m the kind of person who can’t live without debt.”
“…”
“Debt? What do you mean?”
While she was contemplating what to say to her, she asked Nazuke Ii, who came up next to me at some point.
“Ah, I found my wallet when I went out yesterday.”
“Ah~.”
“So. You want to pay off your debt?”
“Yes.”
“But, like I said earlier, I’m serious about not needing it.”
“…As expected this time too.”
“…? Again?”
“I’ve never seen anyone like Mr. Shujinko. …I think he’s a very strange person in many ways, Mr. Shujinko.”
“…”
It’s a line I’ve heard a lot.
This next line is probably…
“That… Isn’t that like teaching me to study to repay the favor?”
“Oh, that’s right. I don’t know how you know. All I can do is study, so I want to help Mr. Shujinkoo with his studies. I never missed the first place in the whole school when I was in middle school. Probably the same at my current high school. I will.”
“…I don’t need it.”
“…? Why do you say you don’t need it?
“That… I’m not bad at studying either. hahahaha…”
“According to what I found out today, I heard you couldn’t study when you were in middle school.”
“…”
Where did that sound come from again…
“No, no. I’m good at it. That’s pretty good too.”
“Doesn’t it sound like a prize for studying well?”
“… Hey.”
“Why, Shujinko-kun?”
“Am I good at studying or not?”
“You’re good, Shujinko-kun.”
“…”
“Did you hear that?”
“I can’t believe it.”
“…Why.”
“As a result of observing Shujinko-san little by little today, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her study.”
“…You haven’t seen me since you were studying, have you?”
“Once during the first period break, once during lunch. I saw it twice in total.”
“…Isn’t there too little data to make that judgment?”
“No.”
“…”
…If the situation got worse after more time, it got worse.
Let’s bounce quickly.
“Big! Anyway, no need to teach me to study, no need to repay the favor. We are going? Goodbye!”
“Wait a minute.”
She turned around like that and when I tried to go out with this Nazuke guy, she called me.
I turned around at her call and, just as it was, was startled and shouted at her.
“Hey, hey! Put that in quickly. Quickly!”
“…I understand.”
She puts her things back into her own bag.
I was able to calm down only after confirming that the remaining children had not seen the object.
“You, that. Where did you get that?”
“I picked it up in the hallway.”
“Shujinkoo-kun, what was that note from earlier that made you so surprised?”
“…I’ll tell you later.”
“…?”
In this classroom where there are still a few students left, I have no intention of exclaiming publicly that the notebook is actually a beautiful girl’s notebook with information about beautiful girls written on it. Even cold.
“…What do you want?”
“Give me a chance to repay the favor. Then this note will be returned to you.”
“…I think giving me a note would be the biggest blessing to me.”
“I don’t think so.”
“…”
I don’t think it’s anything…
“Ha… Then let’s do something other than study. There are many means to repay the favor, right?”
“Because I’m good at nothing but studying. Everything else is difficult.”
“…Ah! Then why don’t I buy you a workbook you recommend? Then you’re good because you repay the favor, and I’m getting help with your studies from you, so I’m good too.”
“…I think it will be difficult as my allowance money is running out.”
“…Then next month…”
“And even if there was, I don’t think the grace would be repaid with just that. If I hadn’t had money there, I would have suffered greatly. So I don’t think there’s any way to repay the favor other than helping me with my studies. “
“Ha…”
…Even if I talk to this stubborn person any more, it will only drain my strength.
“…”
Yes. Let’s just close our eyes and get help just once.
Like the main character in the original, it’s not what I want, so I’ll be able to finish it once.
Then there will be nothing to do with it.
Eventually, I decided to get her help from her.
“Once. No more than that.”
“…If you think I’ve fully repaid the favor, then I’ll be done with that.”
“Hmm…”
It’s all about what you know anyway, so you can quickly move on by pretending to understand.
Then you’d think she taught me a lot.
Then everything is in trouble.
“Okay, then. Then, let’s go somewhere.”
Actually, I knew what was going to be said next, but I still had to ask for a quick end to the situation.
And her answer came out.
Her answer was, of course, the same answer as in the original story, saying let’s study at your house or at my house.
And Iinazuke, who opposes the death toll.
I also didn’t specifically want to let other people into my house, but going into another woman’s house was a bit like that, so I also joined the refusal.
The conclusion that came after several rounds of discussions.
I decided to ask her for help at her academy library for lunch tomorrow.
Help I didn’t want at all.