“If I didn’t use this method…”
Suto took a sip of milk and smiled.
“Would you have been willing to come to the rooftop to meet me, senpai?”
Eriri looked at the boy in front of her and felt that he was a little different from the other boys at school.
She remembered that when she was in her first year and went to meet the first person who had sent her a confession letter, the boy had been so red-faced and excited that he could barely speak clearly.
But this underclassman in front of her had only shown a bit of curiosity in his eyes when he first looked at her.
After that, he politely met her gaze and showed no intention of looking at her body at all.
That respectful attitude made Eriri calm down quite a bit.
Perhaps the truth really was as he said.
He only wanted to ask her for a small favor.
Eriri took a deep breath and answered honestly, “I probably wouldn’t have come.”
She did not have the time or patience to personally meet every single boy who confessed to her and reject them face-to-face.
Suto nodded and said, “I knew it.
After all, you’re an unreachable flower.”
Eriri choked a little.
Hearing those words from someone who knew about her other identity felt incredibly awkward.
What kind of unreachable flower liked drawing doujinshi?
Eriri was just about to speak when her stomach suddenly made a strange growling sound.
An awkward atmosphere immediately spread through the air.
Suto looked at her and said, “You haven’t eaten yet?”
Eriri’s face turned bright red, and she snapped in embarrassment, “Whose fault do you think that is?!”
After receiving that envelope in the morning, she had been lost in wild thoughts the entire time and had not even had the appetite to eat a small snack.
At noon, she refused the other girls’ invitation to go to the cafeteria.
Then, once the classroom was almost empty, she secretly slipped over here alone.
When would she have had time to eat?
Suto said apologetically, “Sorry.
I’ll treat you to some bread.”
Eriri glanced at the half-eaten bread in his hand and said with a look of disgust, “No thanks.
You already ate that.”
“Of course I don’t mean the bread I already ate.
You sure have a nice imagination.”
As Suto spoke, he moved his hand behind his back and took a new bag of bread out of his inventory.
“!”
Eriri’s eyes widened.
“W-Where did you take that out from?”
“From a mysterious pocket in another dimension.”
“…You definitely hid it behind your clothes.”
Suto smiled without saying anything and handed the bread to her.
Eriri hesitated for a moment.
Suto said, “Don’t worry.
I didn’t drug it.”
She huffed and said, “This is school.
You wouldn’t dare.”
She reached out and took the bread.
Suto did not deliberately make their fingers touch.
There was no need to rush.
Although Eriri said that, after getting the bread, she still carefully checked the packaging first.
Only after confirming that it was completely intact did she open the package and start eating.
It tasted pretty good, but it was a little dry and hard to swallow.
Eriri forced down the bread in her mouth and could not help looking at Suto again.
He was drinking milk.
Noticing her gaze, Suto smiled at her and asked, “Want some milk, senpai?”
Eriri narrowed her eyes and said bluntly, “I want one you haven’t drunk from.”
“Sure.”
Suto reached behind himself again and took out a new carton of milk from his inventory.
“The milk you asked for.
Here.”
Eriri accepted it and carefully checked it as well.
After confirming that the packaging was undamaged, she opened it, inserted the straw, and began drinking.
Just like that, the two of them leaned against the shaded side of the rooftop and silently ate bread and drank milk.
Suto had already eaten half of his bread earlier, so he finished first.
He put his trash aside, then turned his head and looked at the distant sky.
Eriri slightly quickened her eating speed.
Her appetite was not big, and after finishing, she felt a little full.
She touched her stomach and glanced at Suto’s side profile.
Although this guy was a little annoying, he was actually quite considerate.
He had even prepared bread and milk for her in advance.
But she had thought he was more mature than other boys.
She had not expected him to say something like “another-dimensional pocket.” Sure enough, he was a chuunibyou too.
Thinking that, Eriri spoke up.
“Hey, kouhai, I’m done eating.”
Suto turned his head back and said, “Mm.
Then let’s talk about the main topic, senpai.”
After a short pause, he said seriously, “Let me introduce myself first.
My name is Suo Suto, a transfer student from Class 1-E.”
“I hope senpai can use your [Kashiwagi Eri] account to promote a light novel online.”
Eriri asked, “What kind of light novel is it?”
Suto said, “A school romance light novel.”
A strange expression appeared on her face.
“You’re asking a doujinshi artist like me to promote something like that?
Do you really think my fans would be willing to read it?”
Although it sounded a little contradictory, in reality, the people who loved reading doujinshi the most were often also the most devoted pure-love fans.
Eriri curled her lips and said, “Do whatever you want.
Anyway, I’m only responsible for helping you promote it.
I won’t care about the final result.”
Suto nodded and said, “Mm.
As long as senpai is willing to help me, that’s enough.
In exchange, I’ll keep your secret properly.”
Eriri glared at him and said, “If anyone else finds out, you’re dead!
All right, hurry up and tell me the title of that light novel!”
But Suto said, “Now isn’t the time yet.”
Eriri froze.
“Hah?”
Suto took out his phone and said, “I still need to make some other preparations.
Once I’m ready, I’ll tell you.
How about we add each other on LINE, senpai?
That way, it’ll be easier to contact you later.
After all, I’m sure you don’t want me running to your class every time I need to find you.”
Eriri gritted her teeth but still took out her phone.
“You really are a troublesome guy…”
The two exchanged LINE numbers.
Suto put away his phone in satisfaction.
Then he stretched out his hand in front of Eriri and opened his palm.
There was nothing inside.
“Senpai, want to see a magic trick?”
“Hah?”
Suto closed his hand, then opened it again.
This time, two pieces of chewing gum lay in his palm.
“Senpai, have some candy.”
“!!”
Eriri stared at his palm.
This was the third time.
And this time, there had been no blind spot in her vision at all.
How exactly did this person make those things appear?
“If you don’t want it, I’ll eat it myself.”
Suto slowly began pulling his hand back.
Perhaps because she had already eaten the milk and bread he brought earlier, Eriri no longer had as many doubts.
She quickly reached out and directly took one piece of gum from his palm.
Her fingers touched his palm.
The next moment, a crisp and pleasant notification sound rang out in Suto’s heart.