Suto stepped away from the window and returned to his desk.
Only then did the chill in his heart, as if he had been stared down by something dangerous, gradually fade away.
He couldn’t help slowly letting out a breath.
Yukino Mifuyu was definitely not an ordinary person!
If he had still been suspicious before, then now he could basically confirm it.
Just now, he had observed more than a dozen passersby from the window, and not a single one of them noticed his gaze.
Only Yukino sensed something almost the very next second he looked at her, then immediately located him as the source.
It was an incredibly terrifying, beast-like instinct.
Had she always lived in an extremely dangerous environment, causing her to be that sensitive to her surroundings?
Suto could not figure her out.
For safety’s sake, he temporarily had no intention of dealing with the mysterious older beauty next door.
At most, he would nod and greet her if they met.
He also had no intention of continuing to observe the outside from the window.
Opening the system panel, Suto watched the remaining duration of the [Clear Sight] buff enter its countdown.
When the countdown reached 0, the line of text disappeared.
Suto felt the comfortable warmth in his eyes vanish as well.
The world in his vision instantly became “blurry.”
He knew this was only an illusion.
His eyesight had not changed at all.
It had simply lost the “enhancement” and returned to its original state.
It was similar to a car coming down from the highway and suddenly dropping back to normal speed.
There would naturally be some discomfort.
Suto closed his eyes.
He just needed to adjust slowly.
…
Inside her room, Sawamura Eriri wore an oversized T-shirt and a pair of black-framed glasses as she lay in front of her computer, seriously drawing with a graphics tablet.
“Eriri, come out for dinner.”
“Okay!”
Eriri put down the tool in her hand, stretched, and walked out of the room.
In the dining room, as usual, only Sawamura Sayuri could be seen busily preparing things.
“Dad’s working overtime again?”
“That’s right.
Don’t worry about him.
Let’s eat first.
Here, I made the fried fish you wanted.”
Eriri looked toward the dining table, where a plate of golden fried fish had already been placed.
“Great.”
“Wash your hands first.”
“Fine.”
Mother and daughter sat together.
As Eriri ate the fried fish, a trace of satisfaction appeared on her face.
“How is it?”
“It’s good.”
“This is sea bream Mom personally bought at the market this afternoon and had killed fresh.”
“Thank you, Mom!”
Sayuri looked at her with a bright smile.
Eriri found it strange.
“Mom, why do you keep staring at me? Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
You should eat too.”
Sayuri said softly, “Mm, Eriri, Mom wants to discuss something with you.”
“What is it?”
“When we’re outside in the future, how about you call me Onee-san?”
“???”
Eriri was completely confused.
“Mom, what’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing.
It’s just that when I went to the market to buy fish today, I met a boy from Toyogasaki.
He said I looked like your older sister.”
“You actually believe something like that?”
“What?
Do I not look like one?”
Sayuri looked at Eriri with dangerous eyes.
Eriri couldn’t help shrinking back and said, “No, Mom looks very young!”
Sayuri’s expression immediately cleared up.
“Exactly.
That boy named Suo Suto has quite the eye.”
“What eye?
He just praised you a little… Wait!”
Eriri muttered halfway through before suddenly realizing something.
“What did you say his name was?”
“Suo Suto.”
“!!!”
Eriri’s eyes widened.
No, why would that guy run into Mom?!
Seeing the disbelief and slight panic in her daughter’s expression, Sayuri became even more convinced that something was going on between the two of them.
“Mom, how did you meet him?”
“Didn’t I say?
I met him while buying fish at the market this afternoon.”
Eriri suddenly remembered the dinner photo Suto had sent her yesterday.
There had been fried fish in it.
That guy definitely liked eating fish.
“He went there to buy fish too?”
“No, he was helping kill fish at the fish stall.”
“Kill fish??”
“Yes.
That child was very polite.
It seems he’s a little short on money, so he’s working part-time there…”
Eriri froze.
This was a little different from what she had imagined.
Still, it was true that Suto was polite.
Although the way he had called her to the rooftop was a little strange, he had not actually done anything to her.
Instead, he had even prepared milk and bread for her in advance and treated her to chewing gum.
“He’s actually working at the market… Is he really that short on money?”
Sayuri looked at Eriri and said, “As a transfer student, he must already be under a lot of financial pressure.
If he doesn’t come from a wealthy family, it’s normal for him to live frugally… You didn’t know any of this?”
Eriri was confused again.
“How would I know?” New chapters come out on g.com first.
“I thought the two of you were close.”
“Who’s close to him?!
That guy!”
Sayuri’s face filled with gossip.
“What about him?”
Seeing her mother’s eyes shining like that, Eriri was somewhat speechless.
“No, nothing…”
Sayuri looked disappointed.
“Eriri, you’re not cute anymore.”
“…”
…
Katsura Kotonoha finished making dinner and called her younger sister, Katsura Kokoro, to eat.
She picked up the phone on her desk and looked at the screen with anticipation.
But there were no LINE messages.
Suo-kun had not sent a dinner photo tonight.
Kotonoha felt a little disappointed.
But then she thought that perhaps Suto was eating dinner later today, and maybe he was still cooking right now.
With that thought, Kotonoha took her phone back to the dining table.
While her sister was still washing her hands, she took a photo of dinner.
During the meal, Kokoro looked at her clearly distracted older sister and couldn’t help asking, “Onee-chan, what’s wrong?”
Only after swallowing the food in her mouth did Kotonoha softly reply, “Nothing.”
“But you’re not focusing while eating.”
“…Eat your food.”
“Okay.”
After dinner, Kotonoha cleaned up the dishes and washed them in the kitchen.
After finishing all that, she picked up her phone and looked at it again.
There were still no messages.
She silently sighed in her heart, put the phone back, picked up her clothes, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Hot steam filled the room, blurring the girl’s extremely full figure.
After coming out of the bathroom, Kotonoha carefully dried her long hair, then heard the sound of the door opening.
It should be her mother, Katsura Manami, returning home.
She quickly walked out and saw the tired-looking Manami in the living room, then greeted her.
“Mother, have you eaten?”
“I ate at the company.
You finished your bath?
Then go rest early.”
“Mm.”
Kotonoha returned to her bedroom.
Lying on the bed, she tossed and turned, somehow unable to fall asleep.
Her phone suddenly rang.
Kotonoha quickly picked it up and glanced at it.
It was a goodnight message from Suto.
A joyful smile immediately appeared on her face.
She also replied with “Good night.”
After that, she hugged her phone and quickly fell asleep.
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