I, Aki Tomoya, will not be a simp.

On the first Sunday of February, Kasumigaoka Utaha received admission tickets from Keio University and Sophia University, and prepared to take the Keio University Faculty of Letters exam the following week.

Chapter 135 The True Childhood Sweethearts (4/4)

February 4th, the first Sunday of this month. After the first test on the 20th of last month, at this point in time, apart from private universities that can be directly admitted using the unified examination scores, candidates who still need to take the second test have begun to receive the corresponding admission tickets from the universities they applied to.

The entrance exams for private universities are completed before the second round of exams for national universities.

Those who plan to take the entrance exam for national universities, in addition to receiving the admission tickets for the private universities they intend to use as a backup, are also waiting for the results of the first round of selection to be released next Sunday, the 11th.

Although the results of the first test have been released, the selection process by national and public universities based on these results among the applicants is a different matter entirely.

This is the biggest difference between the entrance exams for public and private universities. For the latter, you just need to register for the exam and that's it. For the former, even if you register, you may have already failed before the selection list is released.

"That person, right? The one behind that girl with long, straight black hair on New Year's Day?"

Outside the Aki residence, Eriri, who was about to ring the doorbell, was startled by the sound behind her and jumped aside with a cry.

She stared in surprise at Michiru Hyodo, who had appeared out of nowhere, and only calmed down after recognizing her.

"Rinya's cousin?"

"you know me?"

Michiru Hyodo, carrying a guitar, watched Eriri with great interest.

On New Year's Day, Michiru Hyodo remembered that day very well.

Because of Akane Akasaka's arrival, Tomoya Aki tried to sow discord among her.

"Hello, Eriri Sawamura."

"Hyoudou Michiru, nice to meet you... But let's not use honorifics, it's too much trouble."

When communicating with people her own age, Michiru Hyodo isn't used to using honorifics; she feels more comfortable using informal language.

However, recently she has changed slightly, probably because she now considers the person she is speaking to, deciding which person to use honorifics with and which to use informal language with.

"Are you looking for Allen? Aren't you going to ring the doorbell?"

Michiru Hyodo walked to the door and pressed the doorbell as she spoke.

Eriri gave an awkward laugh. She was just about to ring the doorbell when Michiru Hyodo suddenly appeared.

Are you Tomoya's girlfriend?

After waiting outside, Michiru Hyodo asked Eriri a question out of curiosity.

Her eyes sparkled with a strong sense of gossip.

Eriri paused for a moment, then quickly denied it, "Eh, no, it's just that we've known each other since elementary school..."

"You're blushing... But as a childhood friend, Alan never told me that he has a childhood friend like you in Tokyo!"

Michiru Hyodo looked at Eriri in surprise.

Upon learning that the other person was Aki Tomoya's childhood friend in Tokyo, she was quite surprised that Aki Tomoya had such a mixed-race childhood friend in Tokyo, as they were born on the same day in their hometown of Nagano.

Aki Tomoya had never said that before.

"I've never heard him mention this before!"

Michiru Hyodo muttered with some dissatisfaction.

She assumed that Aki Tomoya had mentioned her to Eriri, but had not mentioned Eriri to her.

However, Eriri felt particularly embarrassed when the topic came up.

This is not a good thing to explain.

In fact, a qualified childhood friend should be someone like Michiru Hyodo.

For the past ten years or so, Eriri and Tomoya Aki's relationship has remained a secret.

"...I only recently learned about you."

What else could Eriri say? Could she tell Michiru Hyodo that she had never dared to reveal her relationship with Tomoya Aki to others before?

It wasn't until August of last year, after clearing things up with Aki Tomoya, that their relationship returned to normal. And after Eriri took the initiative to find Aki Tomoya at school this year, she realized that it didn't really matter what others thought.

Michiru Hyodo was unaware of how complicated Eriri and Tomoya Aki's past relationship was; she was more curious about Eriri.

"By the way, what's the relationship between that girl with long, straight black hair who's with you and Alan?"

Even now, the gossip fire in Hyoudou Michiru's heart has not subsided.

After learning about Eriri and Aki Tomoya's relationship, Hyodo Michiru thought of Kasumigaoka Utaha from that day.

Eriri looked troubled upon hearing this; this was not a topic for gossip.

Just as she was struggling with this, the door opened, and Aki Tomoya came out.

"Michiru, Eiriri?"

Aki Tomoya looked at the two people outside the door in surprise.

He knew that Michiru Hyodo was coming back today, and he was also used to Eriri occasionally coming over on Sundays after the New Year.

However, Aki Tomoya was surprised that the two of them were together at this time.

His two childhood sweethearts were reunited at once.

"You actually came all this way? Aren't you going to leave your friends behind?"

Aki Tomoya first said helplessly to Hyodo Michiru.

Today is the first time that Michiru Hyodo's band has entered the recording studio, and we owe a lot to Iori Hashima for her help.

Otherwise, let alone earning extra money, Hyoudou Michi and the others can forget about getting into a recording studio at this stage.

"Isn't it still early? I'm not going there until the afternoon anyway. They all have things to do in the morning, so I'm just here since I have nothing to do."

Hyodo Michiru stuck out her tongue.

At the same time, she noticed that Aki Tomoya was dressed neatly and had a backpack hanging on his shoulder.

"Is Lun going out too?"

However, before Michiru Hyodo could ask a question, Eriri asked one first.

Judging from his outfit, he was clearly planning to go out.

"As you said, I originally planned to have this guy guard the house. Hmm, I told you before, right? Michiru Hyodo, my relative."

Aki Tomoya knew in advance that Hyodo Michiru was coming, so he made preparations in advance, leaving her alone at home, while he could go out without worry.

"What do you mean you want me to watch the house? You're clearly just leaving me here all alone!"

At this moment, Michiru Hyodo remarked.

But she only just found out that Aki Tomoya had gone out again, and quickly asked, "Where are you going?"

"I have a study session arranged at the Metropolitan Library. Are you interested?"

Aki Tomoya turned to look at Hyodo Michiru.

It's already February, his final year, and the official exams will be next year. His schedule is gradually becoming tighter.

Today is Sunday, and I had arranged to study together with others at the Metropolitan Library.

"Even Sundays are for studying? Looks like I came at the wrong time!"

Eriri sighed upon hearing this, her eyes filled with amazement.

The New Year has only been over for a month, and the other party's schedule is already like this. I guess they won't have much free time in the future.

"There's no other way, after all, the exams are next year."

"Sigh, compared to that, Kasumigaoka guy is so effortlessly infuriating..."

Chapter 136 I did the same thing two years ago (1/4)

To decide to take the Keio University entrance exam and then actually do it—that kind of confidence is rare.

After hearing from Eriri that Kasumigaoka Utaha was going to take the entrance exam for Keio University's Faculty of Letters, and that it was because of Akane Kousaka, Aki Tomoya expressed that he felt the same way.

"To be honest, I wasn't surprised at all when I heard it was because of Akane Kousaka. But that senior is really amazing. She turned down a guaranteed admission to university last year."

These kinds of rumors were mostly heard from the teacher.

When he was told about this, he was subtly reminded not to do what Kasumigaoka Utaha did, but Aki Tomoya was not interested.

Unless the University of Tokyo gives him a guaranteed admission spot...

But thinking about it, that's impossible!

"Like Renye, he should be able to get a guaranteed admission spot next year too. The school still has a few recommendation slots every year."

"If it's from Keio University, I can accept it, but do you think it's possible?"

"So Keio University still has the best chance in the end?"