"Kitahara-kun, do you want to pray for good fortune?"
Takashi doesn't quite believe this, but Kotonoha does.
He saw that there weren't many people in front of the shrine, so he decided to follow along without waiting.
Both of them arrived at the shrine, and after Kotonoha bowed her head and clasped her hands in prayer for her family, she stole a glance at Takashi, silently wishing, "I hope I can be with Kitahara-kun for life."
She liked Takashi.
She wanted to keep him to herself, preferably forever.
As Kotonoha prayed, Takashi thought to himself that since he was here, he might as well follow the ritual, joining his hands together in prayer.
"May I safely make it ashore."
His situation was not looking good right now.
Narii liked him, Kotonoha liked him, Eriri liked him, Nagisa seemed to like him, Maki was also on the verge of falling for him.
If things kept going this way, he couldn't even imagine how many parts of himself would be split once the truth was out.
Five parts?
No, that would be mild.
Fortunately, this was the real world. If it were a fantasy world, his body parts would probably be up for auction by now.
Takashi shuddered at the thought.
"Next up for auction, Takashi's finger, starting price 100,000 yen. Each bid must increase by at least 100,000 yen."
"Oh, Miss Sawamura has bid 500,000 yen, 500,000 yen once!"
"What, Miss Katsura has bid 700,000 yen, 700,000 yen once."
"Shijo raises the bid to 1,000,000 yen!"
"Wow, Miss Kamikawa raises it to 5,000,000 yen! Is there anyone willing to bid higher than Miss Kamikawa?"
...
Imagining the intense auction scene, Takashi shuddered again.
It was the peaceful society that saved him.
At this thought, when Takashi dropped his coin into the offering box, while others put in 5 yen coins, he deliberately put in a 100 yen coin.
"Thank you, Motherland. Damn, I'm in an island nation right now."
Takashi thought about giving a speech thanking his homeland, but then realized his current identity and felt frustrated.
But after a moment, he still silently thanked it in his heart.
After all, whether Asia is in chaos or not, it's up to Dragon Brother to decide.
Leaving the shrine, they walked to a bench area. Takashi turned to Kotonoha and said, "I'm going to the bathroom, wait for me here."
"Okay."
Although he said he was going to the bathroom, when he reached a corner where Kotonoha couldn't see him, Takashi immediately headed toward the first-floor mailbox.
He still had many letters to send.
Kotonoha rested her cheek on her hand, watching Takashi disappear. She took out her phone and looked at the photo of Takashi.
It was one she had secretly taken.
There was a saying circulating in their school: if you set a photo of the person you like as your phone's wallpaper for three weeks without anyone noticing, your dream will come true, and you'll end up together.
Today was the last day of her third week without anyone noticing.
If the legend was true, then she should be able to be with Takashi soon.
Thinking about the days she could spend with Takashi, Kotonoha unknowingly smiled with her cherry-colored lips.
Lost in thought, she suddenly heard someone lightly call, "Katsura-san, what a coincidence."
Kotonoha froze at the sound and turned to see Kato Megumi standing with three of her friends not far away.
…
Takashi quickly arrived at the mailbox, bent down, and started writing quickly.
Time was tight, the task was heavy, and he had to be fast.
There was no choice but to use that skill.
Summer and winter vacation homework super ultimate move—[A pen, a lamp, a night, a miracle].
You might not believe in the sleepless night of New Year's Eve, but you should definitely believe that the night before school starts is the night when every household lights up.
Takashi's pen moved so fast that it left traces in the air, and the pen tip almost sparked against the paper. In just one minute, he completed a letter.
The second letter, the third letter, Takashi was writing so quickly that bystanders began to wonder if this was a filming set for a drama.
Some even thought Takashi was a professional ghostwriter and asked how much it cost to write a letter.
Among the crowd, a pair of eyes silently observed Takashi.
'Why does this feel like I'm being watched?'
People are very sensitive to the feeling of being stared at.
Takashi sensed an intense gaze behind him. He suddenly turned around, and a pair of small eyes met his gaze.
Upon seeing those eyes, Takashi immediately recognized the person as someone from the Komi family.
"Hello, good friend."
Takashi now understood Komi Shouko's personality, and he wouldn't be fooled by her seemingly cold exterior.
However, why was Komi Shouko always appearing wherever Kotonoha was?
Was there some kind of inevitable connection between these two?
"You, you, you..."
Komi Shouko stammered for a while, her face turning red, unable to say anything, and finally typed: [Hello, Kitahara-kun!]
"What are you doing here?"
Takashi asked curiously.
Komi Shouko typed: [I'm here with my family.]
Thinking about it, maybe it wasn't good to always make Takashi come up with a topic, so Komi Shouko typed again: [What are you doing?]
"Good friend is writing letters."
Takashi waved the letter in his hand.
Whether it was a coincidence or not, he was currently writing a letter to Komi Shouko.
"If you're here, I'll just give it to you directly."
Takashi quickly finished writing the letter and turned to hand it to Komi Shouko.
Komi Shouko didn't look at the letter. She turned her head and stuffed it into the mailbox.
"Good friend, I have to go. I'm leaving now."
After Takashi sent all the letters, he prepared to go back and find Kotonoha.
Just a few steps later, Takashi suddenly felt his clothes being tugged.
"Huh? Is there something else?"
[I saw you on a date with another woman.]
Komi Shouko was holding up her phone with a deadpan expression, staring at Takashi coldly.
Although Takashi knew this was her usual expression, he still felt his heart racing from the way she was looking at him.
'Damn shrine, taking my money and doing nothing! I'm going to destroy it next time!'
Takashi decided that the next time the system refreshed the invisibility skill, he'd be the first to smash that shrine.
He'd spent a full 100 yen on it!
[What is your relationship with her?]
Komi Shouko was just curious about Takashi's relationship with Kotonoha, but her intense stare made Takashi lie without thinking: "Good friends!"
[Good friends?]
Komi Shouko eyed him suspiciously.
[Good friends hold hands, right?]
"Yes."
[Good friends hug, right?]
When did this girl start watching them?
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