"Mmm~ As long as you're not troubled by it."
Machida Sonoko didn't want to make things difficult for Nanaya. Compared to Kasumigaoka Utaha, her little wolfdog was far more deserving of her concern.
With Nanaya's words, Sonoko decided that when she later delivered the bad news to Utaha, she would also share this good news with her.
After all, Shi-chan was the most talented new author Sonoko had encountered so far.
Holding Sonoko in his arms, Nanaya couldn't fall asleep right away.
As he thought about his next plans, he realized there were still plenty of opportunities for him to maneuver!
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By the time Nanaya woke up, Machida Sonoko had already left for work, leaving him a note—and breakfast prepared.
This had been the routine for the past few days.
After finishing his meal, Nanaya leisurely took a taxi to Private Toyogasaki Academy.
On his way to the classroom, just like in recent days, he drew the attention of many female students. The bolder ones even approached him directly, asking to exchange contact information.
If they were good-looking and offered decent rewards, Nanaya would agree.
But if they were unattractive and the rewards were equally lackluster, he would sternly refuse.
The moment he sat down at his seat, he heard the voice of Katou Megumi beside him.
"Nanaya-kun is quite popular, huh?"
"Oh, Megumi, you noticed?"
Nanaya stretched lazily and casually placed his hand on Megumi's shoulder—only for her to immediately push it away.
"Please don't do that, Nanaya-kun…"
Observing Megumi's reaction today, Nanaya fell into thought.
Throughout the morning, Nanaya holding Megumi's small hand was nothing unusual. But whenever he tried to take things further, she resisted firmly.
Now, Nanaya was certain of one thing.
Megumi must have listened to someone's advice, which was why her behavior had changed.
But who could it be?
After class, Nanaya went to the homeroom teacher's office under the pretense of "understanding student circumstances" and looked up Megumi's home address and family details.
Oh?
Aside from her parents, she had an older sister—three years her senior?
Moreover, sometimes this sister, Katou Hiromi, would attend parent-teacher meetings in place of their parents.
If it was her, then it made sense that Megumi would confide in her and receive some solid advice.
But unfortunately… you're standing in my way.
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Turns out, a few days earlier, when Megumi had returned home to hang Nanaya's coat and the pink-spotted underwear out to dry, she was discovered by her sister Hiromi, who had come home early due to dizziness.
At first, Hiromi had only teased her sister about whether she was dating someone—until she noticed the hickeys on Megumi's neck and chest, as well as the red marks left by grasping hands!
Under Hiromi stern questioning, Megumi ended up confessing everything that had happened recently to her sister.
Megumi was just a 19-year-old student. No matter how strong-willed she was, what could she do?
After careful consideration, and since reporting it to the school or their parents wasn't an option, Hiromi advised Megumi: Small things, you can indulge him. But anything more intimate? Absolutely not!
Days of this guidance had finally borne fruit.
Which was why Megumi resisted so firmly today.
From noon onward, Nanaya didn't show himself in front of Megumi.
Nanaya had a temper too. Originally, he had planned to earn his rewards normally while teasing the girl.
But now that things had turned out like this, there was no need to keep pretending.
One by one, Nanaya called all the girls he had recently exchanged contacts with to meet him on the rooftop.
He was ready to harvest a large batch of rewards. With his ability to see affection levels, he could easily judge who would provide rewards the fastest.
[First Kiss Reward: Sketching Techniques (Acquired)]
[First Kiss Reward: Motorcycle Riding Skills (Acquired)]
[First Kiss Reward: Handicraft Skills (Acquired)]
...
In just a few dozen seconds, his mind was filled with knowledge he had never learned before—from complete unfamiliarity to mastery.
Aside from the heroines of anime, many girls in this world could provide skill rewards, though none matched the quality of the main heroines.
But now, they were all his. More skills, no burden.
Smacking his lips, Nanaya sent the peach-flavored girl away and lay back on the bench, enjoying the breeze.
Once the midday sun weakened a bit, he'd go have a chat with Katou Hiromi—to teach her the correct way to guide Megumi in her interactions with him.
Tap, tap.
The sound of small leather shoes reached his ears.
Opening his eyes, he saw a girl in Toyogasaki Academy's uniform.
She had sleek black hair, neatly pinned back with a white hairband.
Her figure was voluptuous and tall, her face a perfect blend of a high schooler's innocence and a mature woman's allure, exuding an elegant, noble aura.
Her uniform was immaculate, her long legs sheathed in glossy black stockings, her delicate feet hidden in brown leather shoes. A pair of orange-red eyes gazed down at Nanaya as he lay on the bench.
"To think the handsome new transfer student is actually a scumbag who tricks girls into kissing him~"
The girl stopped a short distance away from Nanaya and waved her phone teasingly. "Hmm, how should I expose this, I wonder?"
"Should I send it to the newspapers? Or post it on the school forum? Ah, what a dilemma. Maybe the scumbag has some suggestions?"
"Kasumigaoka Utaha?"
"Oh? The scumbag transfer student actually knows me? How disgusting."
Utaha frowned, clearly repulsed by the fact that Nanaya recognized her.
In just a few lines of dialogue, her venomous words and dark personality were on full display.
How unbearable.
Unbearably tempting to pin her down right here, cover her in white stains, leave her eyes rolled back and tongue lolling—break her completely.
Nanaya decided then: when it was finally her turn, he hoped her ahegao would become a daily sight.
"The scumbag must be fantasizing about something filthy again. Seems like I really should have the teachers and faculty chat with you—clean out all that perverted garbage in your head."
With that, Utaha turned to leave.
"I wonder if senpai reads light novels? I just published one called Love Metronome."
Nanaya pulled out a copy of Love Metronome from under the bench and spoke softly.
Utaha froze mid-step at the title.
Her back still turned to him.
"I do enjoy sweet romance stories. Though my Love Metronome is terribly written, with clumsy phrasing and incoherent sentences… I'd still love for senpai to read it and offer some advice."
"If you have time, please give it a look."
"..."
There was no way she could pretend not to hear that!!
And what did he mean by he wrote it?! Those were her words, painstakingly typed one by one!
And "terribly written"? "Clumsy phrasing"? "Incoherent sentences"?!
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