Suto had not expected Miyuri-san to be able to drop money too.
He glanced at his wallet balance.
[0 gold coins, 0 silver coins, 24 copper coins]
It had increased by 10 copper coins.
Clearly, Miyuri-san was worth just as much as Kato Megumi.
So, was Miyuri-san actually a [Heroine] from some anime too?
“Suo-kun!
Here are some gloves!”
“Okay.”
Suto accepted the gloves, put them on, and helped the landlady sprinkle the powder.
“Suo-kun, you don’t know how badly I slept last night.
I kept worrying that another snake would crawl out from somewhere.”
“I ran to several stores this morning before I finally managed to buy this snake repellent powder.
I heard it’s very effective.
Apparently, it uses a formula from abroad, with realgar or something mixed in…”
“…Suo-kun, you’re really strong!”
…
Asou Miyuri’s personality was truly lively.
She chattered nonstop the entire time.
Soon, the whole bag of snake repellent powder was used up.
Under the streetlight, Miyuri looked at the white line around the apartment wall, placed both hands on her hips, and let out a relieved breath.
“Suo-kun, you were a huge help!”
“Don’t say that.
Miyuri-san, you are doing this for the whole apartment building, so it’s only right that I help.”
Suto took off the gloves and handed them back to Miyuri.
His fingers seemed to brush against her hand again by accident.
But the system did not react at all.
No money dropped.
“That may be true, but several tenants passed by the entrance this afternoon, and only Suo-kun was willing to come over and help me…”
Miyuri looked at him and said, “Suo-kun really is a good man.
Once you get into university, I’m sure you’ll find a wonderful girlfriend.”
Suto nodded and said, “I’ll take your blessing.”
“You must be tired after working for so long.
Why don’t you come to my place and rest for a bit?
I’ll treat you to some juice.”
This was the second time Miyuri had invited Suto to her home for juice.
Suto thought for a moment and said, “Next time.
I still have some things to do when I get back.”
A hint of regret appeared on Miyuri’s face.
“All right.
But next time, you’re not allowed to refuse again!”
“Mm.
See you.”
“See you!”
When he reached the third floor, Suto took out his key and was about to open the door.
The door to the room next door suddenly made a clicking sound.
Suto instinctively turned his head to look.
The door next door was pushed open from the inside, and a silver-haired older beauty with delicate features and an indifferent expression walked out.
It was the beautiful neighbor Suto had seen this morning when he went downstairs—Yukino Mifuyu.
At the moment, her hair was a little damp, probably because she had just taken a shower.
She was carrying a bag of trash in one hand and had a small bag over her shoulder.
Suto politely greeted her.
“Good evening, Yukino-san.”
Yukino Mifuyu closed the door, nodded at him, and said flatly, “Good evening.”
After that, she walked through the corridor and went downstairs.
Suto opened the door to his room.
After entering, he leaned against the door and silently thought about it.
When Yukino Mifuyu had walked past him just now, he hadn’t felt that chill from this morning that made his body turn cold.
There had only been a pleasant shampoo fragrance.
“This morning… was it just an accident?”
In this kind of youthful slice-of-life mixed anime world, someone who seemed to have ice-type superpowers had suddenly appeared.
There was a high chance that Yukino Mifuyu was also a [Heroine] from some anime.
Then, based on his experience with Megumi and Miyuri, physical contact with her should also make money drop.
If he had the chance, he could befriend this icy neighbor and collect some friendship fees or something…
However, Suto did not know much about Yukino Mifuyu.
Based only on the information he currently had, he could infer one thing.
When she came back this morning, she looked very tired.
But now that it was dark, she had gone out again in good spirits.
So, Yukino Mifuyu was probably working a night shift.
Suto couldn’t help frowning.
If that was the case, then their schedules were almost completely opposite.
On weekdays, he basically had no chance to interact with her.
Only rest days would work.
Suto then remembered the instant noodles and beer that Yukino Mifuyu had been carrying that morning.
So, Yukino Mifuyu probably wasn’t very good at cooking, or maybe she was simply too tired after work to cook for herself.
In that case, food might be a possible breakthrough point…
After thinking for a while, Suto walked into the kitchen and cooked some rice.
Then he took out part of the fish meat from his inventory.
As for the remaining fish meat, there was no need to freeze it in the refrigerator.
The inventory’s “permanent freshness” effect was much better.
Boil some water, cut some ginger strips, and steam it directly.
After taking it out of the pot, drizzle on some soy sauce.
Simple, easy, and delicious.
After dinner, Suto took a shower.
He felt a little tired today and had no plans to go out again.
After spending some time finishing his homework, he lay on the bed and continued reading current news to deepen his understanding of this world. This chapter was taken from novelping.com without permission.
After reading the news for an hour, Suto searched for the works of the doujinshi artist who used the pen name “Kashiwagi Eri.”
He had to admit, those works were quite bold and good-looking.
After appreciating the doujinshi, Suto searched for the works of the light novel author who used the pen name “Kasumi Shiko.”
Love Metronome.
Because Kasumigaoka Utaha was currently only a second-year student, which was one year before the start of the anime’s plot, the work she had written had only just released its first volume.
It was published by Fushikawa Bookstore’s Fantastic Bunko.
At present, the sales of this light novel were very bleak.
Judging from the comments, it even seemed to be in danger of being cancelled.
Suto recalled the anime’s plot.
Later on, it was because of Aki Tomoya’s blog recommendation that the second volume’s sales suddenly surged, eventually turning it into a popular work.
In other words, the quality of this light novel itself was not a problem.
It currently only lacked popularity.
It did not necessarily need Aki Tomoya’s blog recommendation to come back to life.
If another major blogger recommended it and managed to attract everyone’s attention, the second volume’s sales could increase just the same.
Suto formed a rough idea in his heart.
He looked at the time.
It was already almost 10 o’clock.
In his previous life, he had stayed up late far too often and had suffered for it.
Now that he had returned to youth, he had to maintain a proper schedule and live healthily.
Suto turned off his phone.
Lights off, eyes closed, sleep.
Ten minutes later, Suto opened his eyes helplessly.
He couldn’t sleep.
Maybe the coffee he had drunk last night still had a little bit of lingering stimulation left.
Suto did not reach for his phone.
Instead, he opened the system panel and studied it again.
[Inventory], [Talent Skill Panel], [Status Panel], [Shop Panel].
The first three panels had no changes.
Inside the [Shop Panel], there was only one empty slot.
Originally, the [Double Jump] skill book had been displayed there.
After he bought it, the slot had been left empty, with only a conspicuous notification remaining.
(This item will refresh in: 29 days.)
This refresh time was way too long.
Although he didn’t have much money to buy anything right now.
Still, if there were good things displayed in the [Shop], wouldn’t that give him more motivation to earn money?
Or it would be fine to pop up another ad for him to watch too.
Suto stretched out his finger and poked the empty slot.
The next moment, a notification popped up.
[Spend 1 gold coin to refresh immediately?]
Sorry for bothering you.
Suto silently closed the [Shop Panel] and shut his eyes to sleep.
It was only 29 days.
Actually, it wasn’t that hard to wait.