In practice, I can issue tasks to my master.

"It's alright, Gasang just misunderstood..."

Although Honami Ichinose is still quite shy, her gentle maternal instincts will not allow her to neglect her younger sister.

After answering her sister's question, she looked at her mother and continued to explain, "Mother... I know you've always been very strict with me in this regard, but Nangong Jun is really different."

“He even helped me a lot with the fact that I was allowed to go home.”

Can you understand how I feel?

Ichinose's mother sighed with a complicated expression.

Perhaps she was afraid that her carefully nurtured little cabbage would be eaten by wild boars outside, or perhaps she was afraid that her daughter would repeat the mistakes she and her ex-husband had made.

That's why she was in a hurry just now.

“Fanbo…you are my daughter, of course I’m willing to believe you unconditionally, but you know…”

Honami Ichinose nodded seriously.

Of course she knew.

What kind of heavy blow and damage did a failed marriage bring to a strong-willed woman? Her mother slowly told her over ten years.

"I know, I know everything."

"But you should also know that I have never let you down since I was a child... Anyway, I hope you can believe me this time too."

Ichinose's mother sighed again.

What else could she say now that things had come to this?

Strongly opposed?

She almost regretted it for the rest of her life, so this time she'll trust her daughter's own judgment.

"You say it."

Honami Ichinose breathed a sigh of relief, happy that she had finally convinced her mother.

But she quickly revealed the true purpose of her trip: "Actually, I came home today to ask you..."

In the latter half of the night.

Honami Ichinose talked a lot with her mother.

While I can't say I grew up overnight in a particularly significant way, I did learn a lot about men and women.

Even her mother was worried that she would get too love-struck and give herself away, so she told her a lot of knowledge and experience about... that kind of thing.

So embarrassing.jpg

Finally, until bedtime.

She exchanged for a [Gene Enhancement Potion], then mixed it with sleeping pills and gave it to her mother, who had been busy all day.

This is the special privilege granted by [Bonds].

It can be used by people with whom you have a "bond relationship" or even to inform them about parts of the system.

However, Honami Ichinose believed that her mother probably couldn't accept such a supernatural event, which even young people might not be able to accept, so she didn't plan to say anything, but quietly helped her mother improve her body, which had been severely depleted over the years.

"Sister...I like you the most..."

"But...I'm sorry..."

The little sister in her arms was used to being pampered by her in her dreams, and Ichinose Honami affectionately stroked her sister's face.

But after hearing the last sentence, she sighed again.

However, my inner feelings have become increasingly firm.

"I'm sorry, Nangong Jun... please forgive me for being such a despicable woman..."

...

...

"Fanbo, you must remember this."

Before leaving, her mother earnestly reiterated the content of their conversation from the previous night.

"I turned out this way because I was too strong-willed and had a very assertive personality."

“But you and I are completely different. You are too gentle. Such a personality is actually easy to suffer. But on the other hand, you can also use this to make the Nangong Jun you speak of gradually deepen his sense of guilt and dependence on you.”

"For example, if you say he likes to call you 'Mom,' then you might as well try to really put yourself in that role and treat him like a child."

"Moreover, love can easily turn into family affection in the end, so if you can't understand what love is, then you might as well skip love and just bind him with family affection."

"In the end, he will definitely be unable to leave you!"

The child travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried.

Honami Ichinose could certainly sense that her mother was still very worried about her, but she knew her own situation better than anyone else.

From the very beginning, it was not that Nangong Cheng would be unable to live without her, but rather that she would be unable to live without Nangong Cheng.

Unless she is willing to abandon the system.

But seeing her mother's significantly improved mental state, Honami Ichinose completely abandoned the idea.

"Yes, I've remembered it all, Mother."

Honami Ichinose murmured to herself, then looked at the clothes belonging to Makoto Nangong in her hand and took a deep breath.

She should have come yesterday morning.

But because she wanted to spend more time with her family, she took a rare break from her routine.

So she practically worked through the night to make two bento boxes, and then found an excuse to "ask for leave" from Nangong Cheng, asking him to heat up the bento boxes she had refrigerated according to the instructions on the sticky note she left before eating them.

I was planning to give Nangong Cheng a big surprise that evening... but who would have thought such a huge mess would happen.

Although it was customary for her to prepare dinner and then deliver it to the student council for Nangong Cheng, it was still a pity that she didn't have a chance to speak with him last night.

"But this feeling... is more like we've been living as a married couple for years..."

Honami Ichinose sighed and then began to busy herself with housework.

The girl had already mastered the skills in this area, and since boys only have three pieces of underwear, it wouldn't take much time.

She went to the balcony and hung up the clothes.

Before leaving, she glanced curiously in the direction of the bedroom—the door was closed.

Nangong Cheng never closed the bedroom door when she came over before, but maybe he just did it on a whim today.

"boom."

Honami Ichinose left.

But quite coincidentally...

As she closed the front door, the door to Nangong Cheng's bedroom was opened from the inside.

Karuizawa Megumi came out rubbing her eyes—

"Nangong Jun?"

"...Have they left?"

The girl murmured something.

She didn't feel disappointed, after all, in her opinion, her relationship with Nangong Cheng was better than that of a couple, even if they weren't lovers.

The only difference is that I know your strengths and weaknesses, and you know my depth and breadth...

Oh no, the latter may already be known.

The scene from last night flashed through Karuizawa Megumi's mind, her body trembled involuntarily, and then she walked into the bathroom with a flushed face.

"Splash—"

She tilted her head back to face the showerhead, letting the warm water slide down her face.

At first, she wanted to clear her head and calm down, but in the end, she couldn't help but fantasize about Nangong Cheng.

The suppressed breathing continued for a while.

The sound of the shower stopped.

Karuizawa Kei walked out of the bathroom, returned to her bedroom, put on her school uniform, then went back to the living room and entered the hallway, preparing to go out for breakfast.

"Hmm? I don't think I saw this yesterday?"

She looked at the pink bunny slippers on the shoe rack in the entryway and thought to herself that she didn't seem to remember coming here last night.

"Perhaps they didn't notice."

She shook her head.

I didn't pay much attention to it.

Although pink is generally a color that girls like, it doesn't mean that boys can't choose it.

"I never expected that Nangong Jun would have such a girlish heart."

Volume 1: 67. Class D's score is... 250.

the other side.

Nangong Cheng has arrived at Class D's classroom.

The moment he stepped into the classroom, he felt almost everyone's eyes turn to him.

"Ok?"

What does it mean?

While it's possible that this incident was indeed triggered by him, Karuizawa Kei, who single-handedly defeated 18 girls in Class C, is more noteworthy than him.

Unfortunately, the person in question was suspended from teaching.

"Where's Hirata? I haven't seen him."

Nangong Cheng asked casually.

The "nice guys" are usually among the first batch of students to arrive at the classroom, so it's quite strange that I didn't see any today.

Someone answered him immediately.

"Hirata got into a fight with a student from Class C yesterday and was slightly injured. The teacher at the infirmary gave him a sick leave certificate, and he doesn't need to come to class for the next few days."

"what?"

It's both surprising and not so surprising.

After all, he was a man who had indeed caused violent incidents during his junior high school years, so it's understandable that he would get into a fight because a girl in his class was being threatened by girls from other classes.

But given Hirata Yosuke's personality, unless he really can't come, he should still come back to class.

So this injury is quite serious?

Nangong Cheng scanned the classroom again.

He discovered that quite a few boys did have some injuries, but most of them were just minor scrapes.

wrong.

Why did you get a scrape on your forehead, Ayanokouji?

Although I know you want to maintain a normal persona, you're really putting on a good show.

Oh, so he's quite the actor himself.

That's fine.

What happened with the boy yesterday?

"Which side made the first move?"

The girl who just answered his question was from Karuizawa Kei's group, namely Matsushita Chiaki, who had come to the library to find him before.

She glanced at the others first, then continued to explain to Nangong Cheng:

"It was Sudo who started it, and then Hirata went to help... But this was also because the students in Class C kept deliberately using some... foul language to provoke and anger the students in Class D."