The next day, Rudolph and Maruzensky began preparing to watch the provincial series races.
This was something that had been decided last year: Rudolph Symboli intended to travel around the country to find Uma Musume with sufficient talent in the provinces who hadn't entered the Central and bring them into the Central.
And this plan originally included Representative Chiaki's participation.
However... "No!" A direct refusal, and the style of refusal was very much Chiaki's style.
Hearing these words, a bad premonition appeared on Maruzensky's face, but she didn't know what Representative Chiaki intended to do, so she didn't speak.
And Rudolph Symboli was already accustomed to Representative Chiaki's refusal, so Rudolph Symboli just nodded: "That's fine, but you'll be responsible for the Student Council's matters here, alright?"
"No problem~"
Saying this, Representative Chiaki turned around.
Maruzensky and Rudolph Symboli were only planning to leave in the afternoon, so she didn't need to do much yet.
But as she passed Maruzensky, Representative Chiaki uttered a name.
The moment she heard the name, Maruzensky stood up.
"Maruzen, what's wrong?"
"...No, nothing." Saying this, Maruzensky turned to look at the gradually departing Representative Chiaki.
She knew what Representative Chiaki meant by saying that now.
Because Maruzensky couldn't directly follow her now; it would be hard to explain to Rudolph.
So, Maruzensky simply sat back down in her chair, then immediately took out her phone and sent an email to Representative Chiaki.
And Representative Chiaki, standing outside the Student Council Room, looked at the email on her phone, didn't reply, and directly let her phone go to sleep.
She didn't care what Maruzensky would say.
————Representative Chiaki: Tokai Shizen, you also want to know Tokai Teio's recent situation, right?
The day after Rudolph Symboli and Maruzensky left the Central.
Representative Chiaki walked alone to the residential area.
The residential area was very quiet, because at this time of day, there couldn't be many people in the residential area.
But Representative Chiaki knew that that person would definitely be there, waiting for her arrival.
She walked forward alone along the road.
Representative Chiaki wasn't worried about the possibility of her not being there, after all, she still didn't have her identity, and her daughter still needed care.
So, every day, besides going out to buy groceries, Tokai Shizen basically had no other activities.
Thinking of this, Representative Chiaki's pace quickened considerably.
She didn't intend to do anything specific by coming here today.
Simply put, she was here to mooch a meal.
After all, Tokai Shizen's cooking skills were indeed very high, so it was indeed a good choice for a free meal.
However... "Speaking of which, she should be using the money Maruzensky left her, right? If that's the case..." Thinking of this, the girl just slightly averted her gaze.
She wasn't as good at handling social etiquette as Maruzensky, but it still felt quite awkward for Representative Chiaki to directly use a single mother's only funds.
So she didn't go directly to Maruzensky's house, but went to the supermarket in the residential area first.
She planned to buy some ingredients there that she thought could be used for lunch and dinner.
Before long, Representative Chiaki walked to Maruzensky's doorstep with a bag of groceries.
Shortly after ringing the doorbell, Representative Chiaki heard the sound of a chair being dragged from inside the door.
She knew that Tokai Shizen was moving a chair.
After all, her height was what it was, so Representative Chiaki wasn't too surprised by this outcome.
Therefore, she simply waved at the peephole.
"I'm here to mooch a meal~"
After saying this, Representative Chiaki took a small step back and didn't say anything more.
And before long, the door opened.
Unlike before, this time, the door only opened a crack.
Tokai Shizen's cute face was largely obscured by the door.
She was wary of her.
This, an obviously unnatural thing, Representative Chiaki could naturally see.
But facing Tokai Shizen's actions, Representative Chiaki simply said, "Do you know? The Tokai Family adopted an abandoned infant a few days ago. Now, her name seems to be Tokai... what was it again?"
She knew that her relationship with Tokai Shizen hadn't reached that level yet.
So she could only use this method to see if she would lower her guard.
And the moment she heard this, the expression on Tokai Shizen's face changed.
It was a very obvious change.
Seeing such an expression, Representative Chiaki knew that the child recently adopted by the Tokai Family was Tokai Shizen's daughter.
"Well then, can you help me make lunch? I brought ingredients~"
After showing the items in her hand to Tokai Shizen, Representative Chiaki saw her open the door.
Looking at the person standing inside the door, Representative Chiaki simply showed a satisfied smile: "That child's name is Tokai Teio. It sounds very similar to another person's appellation."
Saying this, Representative Chiaki walked directly into the room.
Walking into the room, Representative Chiaki simply placed the groceries she was carrying in the kitchen, then walked out.
Walking to one side of the sofa, Representative Chiaki saw a stack of folded clothes, and Tokai Shizen standing not far away, looking at her.
Looking at her, Representative Chiaki just smiled: "Don't look, I just came to mooch a meal, even though I brought the raw ingredients."
Saying this, Representative Chiaki walked to another empty sofa and sat down.