After a whole m of csses, Shuichi Chiba felt drowsy and on the verge of sleep. Although he was young ahy, he quickly became bored by the lessons.

  When noon arrived, the students revived with energy upon hearing the bell, bustliedly toward the cafeteria or finding spots to enjoy their bento.

  Shuichi Chiba bought some yakisoba bread from the vending mae. He had heard it was delicious, so he decided to give it a try now that he had the ce.

  He took the bread up to the rooftop, where he had retly developed a liking for standing and gazing out. The clear and vivid view fasated him.

  However, today there seemed to be an uninvited guest up there. Shuichi Chiba heard a voiing from the back of the stairwell.

  "Still haven't found a suitable store? Mom, how about I go with you tomorrow to help look for one?"

  "It's okay. It's better than being forced to study at home by my sister. Let me rex a bit now and then, alright?"

  "..."

  The voice sounded increasingly familiar. Shuichi Chiba tinued eating his bread while waiting to firm his suspi.

  Before long, after finishing the phone call, the person came out, and it turned out to be the css representative, An Akiyama.

  Upon seeing Shuichi Chiba, she was startled—so much so that she actually took a step back, clearly on guard and creating some distance.

  Shuichi Chiba blinked a couple of times. "Am I really that scary? Was that step back seriously needed?"

  An Akiyama quickly turned her head away, muttering to herself.

  She thought her quiet murmuring wouldn’t be heard, but Shuichi Chiba caught every word.

  "'t make eye tact, 't talk, 't touch, or else you'll be tricked into having children..."

  Shuichi Chiba was at a loss for words. How could the css representative, eared so aloof and posed, seem so clueless?

  And where did these thoughts even e from?

  She was at the top of her css academically, but she seemed uedly naive in some ways.

  For a moment, he eve a mischievous impulse. "I happeo overhear that Akiyama-san's family is looking for a suitable store. I actually know of a pretty good pce with reasonable prices. Do you need any help?"

  "Eh? Really?" An Akiyama immediately turned back, her eyes sparkling with excitement and a happy expression on her face.

  "Of course, we're cssmates after all." Shuichi Chiba said with a smile, taking in her appearance.

  Her delicate, small features, smooth and radiant skin, and a pair of clear, somewhat na?ve big eyes stood out. Her legs were straight and slender, ing together without a gap, and her skirt fluttered in the wind.

  The vibrant energy of youth alpable, and the joy in the girl’s eyes was iious, making one feel happy alongside her.

  Shuichi Chiba thought to himself that if Akiyama-san turned out to be an excellent shopkeeper, ving her to open a store might earn him a monthly sary bonus.

  "You’re actually quite niot at all as scary as my sister said." An Akiyama said, pletely without a filter.

  So, it was your sister talking bad about me.

  Shuichi Chiba's mind drifted bae memories which he got after ing to this world and after getting this body.

  Tsuki Akiyama, the student cil president, is also known as the "ice-cold beauty" and holds the top academiking.

  Last year, after joining the student cil, she discovered that the former president had been abusing their power for personal gain. Without hesitation, she ruthlessly exposed the person, leading to their plete downfall and removal from office. She was theed as the udent cil president.

  At this school, her as are sidered unpreted, both in the past and likely the future.

  Shuichi Chiba had only ohought about these memories: "Such a small pce, yet such big trouble. A shallow pond filled with ambitious frogs."

  For a small student cil to have such power struggles... How absurd.

  As he was lost in thought, not notig his surroundings, at some point An Akiyama had gotten close to him, waving her hand in front of his eyes to get his attention.

  Her bd-white eyes were full of curiosity and anticipation. “Shuichi-kun? What about the store?”

  Shuichi Chiba offered a warm and reassuring smile. “Let’s exge LINE tacts first. I’ll send you the address, and you take your mother there tomorrow. I’ll also be there to help.”

  “Oh, okay, thanks a lot.” An Akiyama cheerfully pulled out her phone and added him as a friend without any reservations.

  “By the way, what did your sister say about me?” Seizing the opportunity while An Akiyama was busy with her phone, Shuichi Chiba asked.

  Sure enough, An Akiyama was single-mindedly focused oask, and she replied without hesitation, “She said you’d trick me into going home, lock me in a bedroom, do all sorts of strahings, and then have children...”

  Upon hearing that, Shuichi Chiba was left speechless. This was a btant snder. He wasn’t some kind of pervert or criminal.

  Moreover, such statements and tones wouldn’t even work on kindergarten kids. Yet, An Akiyama actually believed it.

  With someohis naive, he could easily trick her into agreeing to anything.

  After finishing with her phone, An Akiyama finally seemed to process what had been said. She looked at him in shod asked, “How did you know my sister mentioned you?”

  Shuichi Chiba waved his hand dismissively. “That’s not important. Let’s focus on tomorrow’s pn. We’ll meet at the entrance of Chikase Shopping Street at ten in the m. Is that okay?”

  “Ah? Oh, that’s fine. I’ll be able to get up… I think.” An Akiyama replied, her attention quickly diverted and g fidence.

  “Alright, then it’s settled. I’m going back to the for a lunch break.” Shuichi Chiba said, ly folding up the empty bread er and heading off.

  An Akiyama watched his retreating figure, blinking her pretty eyes in fusion. It seemed like she had fotten something?

  …….

  Meanwhile, at Chikase Shopping Street, “We’ll be renovating the shop for a while, which might cause you some invenience. I’m really sorry about that. Please accept these pastries as a small token of our apology.”

  The two Ogawa’s sister had spent the entire m visiting all the businesses in the shopping street, apologizing in advance for the disruption caused by the shop renovations.

  The sisters finally returo their empty beauty salon and sat side by side oairs, looking exhausted.

  “We finally have our own shop, and it's two of them right from the start. It’s so wonderful~” Fumika Ogawa said, her tired face breaking into a smile.

  “Yes, and with such low rent, plus having a sickly but charming young man to fill the emptiness and loneliness for you, it’s really quite perfect~” Sayuki Ogawa teased.

  Fumika Ogawa's face turned red instantly. She awkwardly fidgeted with her legs. “Sayuki, you shouldn’t be so mean, alig on me.”

  Sayuki Ogawa rolled her eyes. “Sister, you o accept ye and stop ag like a shy young girl. Try to look a bit more like a mature dy, okay?”

  Fumika Ogaouted but remained silent.

  “By the way, I remember Shuichi said we could ask him for help if we had any problems. Maybe we could also ask him about the renovation?” Sayuki Ogawa said, pulling out her phone and opening LINE.

  “Well… I’m not sure. We’ve already troubled Shuichi enough with the rent issues…” Fumika Ogawa hesitated.

  “Don’t worry, I just want to ask him to help us find a reliable renovation pany, not to cover the renovation costs himself. Besides, it’s not like we’re asking for help for free; we already gave him some pensation this m.”

  Sayuki Ogawa gave her sister’s thigh a meaningful gnce as she said that.