Chapter 121: The Chosen Heroine?

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Ding!

Quest Completed!

When Himekoji Akito heard this cold, mechanical alert sound again after a long time, he almost wanted to cry from emotion— no, maybe it was from pain…

Finally, he could let out a sigh of relief.

Then, he took out medicine and bandages from the drawer, silently sat down, and bandaged himself up.

But, before he could even warm his seat—

Ding!

Nude Photos, Part Two!

Himekoji: “…”

He had black lines all over his forehead.

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The whole night, Himekoji couldn’t close his eyes.

Taking nude photos and little videos kept him busy all night— it was way too wild…

So, the next day, he naturally dozed off as soon as he got to school.

While asleep, he definitely didn’t hear these two—

Ding!

The nude photos started to combine…

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He muddled through a whole day at school, using all his classes without shame for catching up on sleep.

Because he just scored first in the year, no teachers bothered to discipline him.

Of course, this might be because most teachers in Himekoji’s class were female.

After all, apart from the seriously dedicated and terrifyingly “gentle” Hiratsuka Shizuka, not many staff wanted to be linked to Himekoji, the famous pervert, especially female teachers…

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Anyway, does anyone else feel like this? When class starts, you get super sleepy, yawning non-stop, and can barely keep your eyes open.

But when the bell rings for break, you suddenly feel energetic and lively, like you’re fully revived.

In short, that’s how Himekoji was; after sleeping hunched over his desk all day, he woke up refreshed and perked up.

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“Hey, Akito~”

At some point, a clear, sweet voice like a heavenly melody sounded behind him.

What was that? An angel?

Thinking this, Himekoji subconsciously turned his head.

Then, his cheek unexpectedly bumped into something cold.

It was a chilled drink can.

“Akito, get!”

Looking up at the cute voice, what met his eyes was Totsuka’s pure, innocent smile, blossoming after a successful prank.

Her— his?— face was flushed red with happiness, along with skin softer and whiter than a girl’s.

His heart skipped a beat.

It really was… an angel.

“Akito, since you seemed down today, I bought you a can of coffee.”

Totsuka’s smile was like warm winter sunshine on your face, cozy but not blinding.

“Here~”

Totsuka held out the coffee with both hands, passing it to Himekoji.

No, no way!

Could this be… the legendary thing—

In social life, an item people give each other to show good wishes or friendliness?

Simply put, this… was a gift?

Oh my god!

He hadn’t received one in over a year!

Wow, this was so touching it almost made him want to offer himself!

Just seeing him lying drowsily on his desk during class, Totsuka specifically bought coffee and brought it right over.

Probably, in the whole class, the only one who’d give him such careful, thoughtful kindness was Totsuka?

Only Totsuka?

And having it be Totsuka was just great!

“Th… thanks.”

A smile unconsciously appeared on his face, Himekoji said softly, taking the coffee.

“Well, I’ll head to tennis club activities now. See you tomorrow~”

Totsuka waved lightly at him for goodbye.

Yeah, as the star of the tennis club, Totsuka couldn’t be late.

Himekoji managed to hold back the urge to reach out and stop him only because he thought of this.

“Ah… o-okay. Dr… no, see you tomorrow.”

Whew, that was close!

He nearly said “see you in my dreams”!

Because helping Himekoji buy coffee took extra time, Totsuka said bye, then scampered out of the classroom, racket in hand.

When he reached the classroom door, the girl… no, Totsuka.

When he reached the classroom door, Totsuka suddenly made a turn and looked back into the room—

Exactly then, his eyes met with Himekoji’s, who was staring after him.

His eyes, clear like a deer’s, quickly dodged away shyly.

Totsuka twisted his super cute and soft little body as if feeling bashful.

So… so adorable!

What was happening? Himekoji’s world went quiet all at once; you could hear a pin drop.

He could almost hear his own heartbeat, “thump,” “thump”…

Every person and thing around faded into a black and white background, unimportant.

“Akito, if I don’t leave now, I’ll be late…”

Totsuka had turned around just to explain this to him.

Silly, I knew that.

“Yeah, go on.”

What a heartwarming scene.

It was like sitting at home reading the newspaper with a gentle gaze, seeing off his little wife to pick up their kids from school.

Hmm, their kids…

What if Saika turned out to be a beautiful girl with… private parts?

Though, that chance was only half.

After all, without pulling down Saika’s pants to check, no one could know.

Oh well, they could just adopt!

Wait, why was he subconsciously thinking like marriage was decided?

Would that make people feel like the heroine was chosen?

Just as Himekoji got lost in these thoughts, a slightly stiff, awkward voice suddenly sounded by his ear.

“Owes you seven meals, three drinks. Now it’s minus one drink.”

With a “clunk” noise.

The girl pressed an alertness-boosting peppermint tea onto the desk. She seemed tense and shaky, losing control of her hands, so the bottle hit the table loudly.

It was Aoyama Nanami, Himekoji’s neighbor.

“Aoy…”

“Don’t rush me! What’s the hurry? I’ll pay back what I owe! I just got a new part-time job at a coffee shop, so the money will come fast!”

As soon as Himekoji opened his mouth, before he could say anything else, the girl cut him off in a fiery torrent, her face red.

“No, I wasn’t hurrying you? I was gonna say, take your time, no rush…”

“The t-tenth… no, mid-month! Latest mid-month, I’ll pay you back!”

Aoyama insisted on that payback date, her tone firm. Then, flipping her ponytail, she jogged away and disappeared.

Himekoji just shook his head, guessing she was off to work again.

This girl, seriously…

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One can of coffee, one bottle of peppermint tea, and one energy drink— which to choose?

Himekoji tangled over it.

Wait a minute!

An energy drink?

Where did this sudden extra energy drink come from?

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