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In a grave mood, Yukimiya began to speak.
“That was six months ago. I was out alone on a holiday and got lost and ended up in a narrow alleyway. Then I got tangled up with three ruffians. ……”
“Hey, you. You’re so cute. Come play with us.”
“No, I’ve got some business to attend to.”
“What? Don’t be so naive!”
A man reaches out his hand to Yukimiya.
“Please stop!”
Yukimiya shakes off the man’s hand.
Then the man’s mood changed completely.
“Hey, hey, hey, …… do you have to refuse so violently?”
“I mean, she’s really pretty up close. I’m sure she’s some kind of celebrity or something.”
“She’s an incredibly beautiful girl… I can’t let her go any more. Follow me.”
This time he grabs Yukimiya’s hand forcefully.
“! Please let go of me!”
“Don’t be afraid, I’m not going to do anything to scare you, okay? lol”
“We’re just going to have fun! Just the four of us, okay? lol”
“!!”
She tried to resist, but there was no way she could stand up to three grown men
They were about to take her to the back alley.
“—Get away from her!”
A man appeared.
That was me, Mizuki Saku, who heard the voice and rushed over.
“Ah?”
“Don’t get involved, kid. If you don’t want to get hurt, leave.”
“Help me,…….”
Yukimiya looked at me with frightened eyes.
I looked at Yukimiya without hesitation and replied
“—I’ll take care of it.”
I approach the man.
“Hey, hey, didn’t you hear my advice?”
“A kid who thinks he’s a hero..let me hurt you a little…….!!!?”
A guy comes at me.
I caught his fist in the palm of my hand, grabbed his arm and threw him away.
“Kahah!!!!!!”
The man writhes in agony as the air is forced out of his lungs.
“””!!!!!!”””
The other two twisted their faces as if irritated, and loomed at Yukimiya, pulling his hand away from hers.
“You bastard!”
“Bastard!”
The two men simultaneously launched their fists at my face, but I easily dodged both blows, and then placed a fist into my gaping maw.
“Guhah!”
And with that momentum, I grabbed the last one by the face with my hand and slammed his head down to the ground.
“Ugggghh！！！！”
The time it took to incapacitate the two men – only ten seconds.
In the blink of an eye, the three ruffled men were on the ground, unable to get up.
Yukimiya still looks frightened.
“It’s all right now. Follow me as I take you to the safety of the city.”
After that, I escorted Yukimiya out of the alleyway……
“Well, take care.”
Just as I was about to leave.
“–Wait!”
Yukimiya grabs the sleeve of my dress and holds me back.
Her hands were no longer shaking.
“Thank you for saving me. So, what can I thank you for? ……”
“It’s okay. I only did what a human being should do.”
“That said, you’re still my benefactor.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“But ……”
“Oh, yeah. This town is not very safe, so from now on, you should not go into the back alleys so easily.”
“Y-yes. I understand.
“Well, that’s it then.”
“Eh? wait …….”
I turned my back on Yukimiya and walked away in the crowd.
“He’s gone,…….”
“I was saved by you after what happened…..”
Yukimiya finishes speaking.
“Ah, come to think of it, that’s what happened.”
“.. so that’s what it is to you.”
“Eh?”
“…… kohon. No, it’s nothing. At that time I was too upset to go after you, but after that I was looking for you because I thought I should thank you after all. But no matter how hard I looked for you, I couldn’t find you. ……”
There was no way she could find me
That town is huge and far away from my house.
And I am so overshadowed that even my classmates don’t remember me.
So, Yukimiya seems to be attending the neighboring Suimei High School, but there’s no way I’ll be found even if she searches hard enough.
“But when I saw the video, I recognized you. I recognized your face, your voice, and your atmosphere. After that, I identified the school from the uniform, figured out when the students left school, came running and ambushed you in front of the school gate. ……”
“Slightly scary.”
It’s like a stalker if you don’t choose the right word.
Once again, I think the Internet is scary.
That’s why I don’t do it.
“So, I would like to thank you again. I want to thank you again for saving my life that time.”
“I told you it’s okay, didn’t I? I didn’t do anything that warranted a thank-you.”
“you did! And to be honest, I really don’t like to leave people in debt. I mean, if I may be so blunt, this is for my own good as well.”
“You’re quite honest, …….”
“Anyway! Let me repay you! Please!”
Yukimiya’s face came close to mine.
The sweet smell peculiar to the girl was softly scented.
“Even if you put it that way,…….”
“Of course, I intend to repay you equally for your help.”
“Equal?”
“Yes. For example, one million yen in cash.”
“One million⁉”
I couldn’t help but raise my voice.
“That’s how much you helped me. If I had continued like that, I don’t know what those men would have done to me.”
Certainly, if they had been that violent, she might have been rap*d or sold to a peddler, or something like that, something that would have ended her life.
“That said, a million is indeed ……”
“I can pay you by wire transfer or cash. Of course, immediate payment is also acceptable.”
“I never thought I’d hear the word “cash” from a high school girl.”
“Of course, I am open to anything other than money. So …….”
As I gave a wry smile, Yukimiya moved closer to me.
We were so close that if I moved my hand even a little, we would touch each other.
Yukimiya looked me straight in the eye and spoke forcefully.
“Please let me thank you! Please let me pay you back!”
“I don’t need …… money even if you say so, and I don’t think I owed you anything in the first place.”
I wasn’t hurt by that thing, and it didn’t take up a lot of my time.
For me, I don’t deserve to be thanked for it.
I took some distance from Yukimiya.
Then Yukimiya turned her head down as if she was depressed and said, while putting her hand into her bag.
“T-Then…..!”
Yukimiya was again approaching me – at that moment.
The timer on the phone in my pocket rings.
I quickly pull out my phone. The time was 4:30.
“Oh no!”
There is a special sale at the supermarket from five o’clock today.
I had set the timer so that I wouldn’t miss it.
“I’m sorry, I have something urgent to do.”
“Ah!”
I put my bag on my shoulder and started to run.
“Wait a minute, please! At least give me a name……!”
Yukimiya calls out to my back.
“–Mizuki Saku. Then.”
I just said and headed for the supermarket.
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※Yukimiya Hiori’s point of view
“He’s gone again. ……”
I was a little depressed as I watched his back as he ran away.
I take out a pink bag of heart-shaped cookies from my bag.
“I wanted to give him at least these. ……”
I looked up what to give the boy and had actually baked cookies.
I had prepared them only as a gesture in case he might refuse to reciprocate, but I failed to give them to him.
But I am not so soft as to give up now.
In fact, I was ignited by the fact that he turned me down twice.
I want to thank him no matter what it takes.
“Mizuki Saku-san.”
I knew his name. I also knew his school.
“I definitely won’t miss it. …… fufufu.”
The corner of my mouth involuntarily turned up as my heart burned for the first time in a long time.
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*Osawa Mikoto’s point of view
After playing karaoke.
The five of us came to a family restaurant for dinner.
“I mean, this can’t be real! That Otaku-kun with the goddess of silver!”
“And she dumped us so hard, you know?”
“It’s unforgivable! I really can’t stand it!”
While the boys were irritated, I fiddled with my hair and looked at my phone.
Then a message arrived.
“Ami: Are you okay, Mikoto? There’s a ton of stuff written about you lol”
Along with that was the link sent.
“Hnn What’s written……?”
I tapped the link and there it was, the comment section of the video we had posted.
“What’s okay with that? I don’t get it. ……ha?”
Scroll after scroll after scroll, I was flooded with the same kind of comments.
Suddenly, sweat broke out and I felt hot.
“Hah!?!?”
I involuntarily stood up with my hands on the desk.
“What’s wrong? Do you want to talk about it hahahahahahahahahaha ！！！！”
“This is no time to laugh! We’re–we’re on fire!!!??”
“…………, huh?”
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