"Hmm?"

  Juumonji Kaho turned and saw a familiar face, her cssmate. "Fukube-kun?"

  Her voice was straightforward and a bit curious, as she never expected this troublemaker to take the initiative to help her.

  Still, she wasn't someone who would hesitate, so she nodded. "Okay, please take some. It's too heavy."

  "...Shouldn't you be a bit hesitant to accept my help?"

  While Satoshi eechless by her answer, he still took most of the books in her hands without ging his face. They were heavy, he thought, but it wasn't on the unbearable level as the inal Satoshi was an active guy; he was a cardio type of guy instead of a weight-lifting type of guy, which caused his muscle mass to be pretty low.

  Watg his speechless expression, a smile formed on Kaho's thin, pink lips. "You offered me help, right? Or do yret it now?" Yet, his act of taking most of the books that she held surprised her slightly, and because of that, she thought some of them from him as she had to say, it felt quite ered, thinking that it was too heavy for him.

  After all, while it was quite rude, Kaho was slightly taller than Satoshi.

  Yes, Satoshi was just 160 cm, and meanwhile, Kaho was 162 cm, which made her 2 cm taller than him.

  More importantly, as it was the first time someoook the initiative to help her, so of course, she had a good feeling toward him and didn't want to trouble him mubsp;

  Regardless, Satoshi also realized how beautiful the girl, who walked by side, was.

  Due to her hairstyle and gsses, many might not realize it, but Kaho had fair, white skin that made her appear like a fairy in the legend. Her figure was also lissome, like a model's, with long, smooth, willowy legs and quite rge hips, which made her have childbearing hips, and covered in the bck stogs that, despite being inteo hide the whiteness of her legs, they increased her charm even further.

  More importantly, her chest was quite rge but well hidden in her loose uniform.

  'A girl hide her face, but they 't hide her chest,' he thought.

  Still, quickly looking away, Satoshi flirted once again.

  "No, I think I should be happy."

  "Oh? Why?"

  Watg the curiosity on her beautiful face that was hidden by her long bangs, Satoshi said with a smile, "So, I give a cute girl like you a good impressiht?"

  Still, if Kaho was a fairy, then what was he, Satoshi thought.

  Was he that bastard guy who stole the clothes of the fairy so she couldn't return to heaven in the legend?

  'It's good, then.'

  If Satoshi could get a fairy, then why not?

  "...."

  heless, Satoshi never expected that his casual flirtation would cause Kaho to react differently than he had imagined.

  Still, he fot that this was the tryside, and in 2001, in other words, everything was b.

  While some differences existed sine girls in this city longed for the bustling Tokyo, and some wished for a peaceful life.

  Yet, even so, all of them wao taste the feelings of love.

  Kaho also wasn't different, but sideriatus as the daughter of the Juumonji family, the owner of the Arekusu Shrihe rgest shrine in Takayama City, it was quite hard for people to approach her as they would be intimidated.

  But then again, her rustid blunt nature also didn't help much. Her i in occult-reted matters also made it almost impossible for her to gain a romance as it was a creepy i.

  More importantly, in this tryside, it was rare to see someone who could approaeone shtforwardly and send a casual flirt like walking in the park.

  Most of the high school students in this pce would definitely blush and even pass out due to embarrassment after saying such a senteo the girl.

  Or rather, even if they were able to say such a sente would sound awkward and even forceful since a high school student cked experience, and uhematics or chemistry, love was aught at school.

  Lastly, even if he was short, he wasn't ugly, and with the "Double Charm" that he gained in the previous world, his handsomeness was high, especially in the tryside, where the people were mostly like that.

  This wasn't Tokyo, after all, so no men would wear make-up or eve pstic surgery.

  So, while Satoshi didn't think too much, Kaho directly jumped to the clusion and asked, "Do you like me?"

  Satoshi almost staggered and almost dropped all of his books; at the same time, subsciously, the ahat was about to e out from his lips was, "No way!" Like any boy his age who was too embarrassed to express his feelings.

  However, he knew well that there was nothing embarrassing about expressing one's feelings and being liked py feeling.

  So, being asked this question, he decided to be straightforward. "I don't know."

  "...you don't know?"

  Kaho was somewhat disappointed when she heard that answer, but—

  "But I tell that if I have a cute girl like you as my girlfriend, then I will be happy."

  Kaho was beautiful.

  This fact couldn't be ged, and if he could get her as his girlfriend, then wouldn't he be happy?

  Satoshi khat he could be rejected since his exge with Kaho was extremely limited. Except for the fact that they had been a cssmate for a month, and she had always been the one who reminded him that he was a troublemaker ihe css, it must have been ued of him to express his feelings.

  Or rather, the inal Satoshi felt troubled and wasn't good at Kaho at all!

  So, this was why this fession of his was ued, yet whehought that he would be rejected, he fot that Kaho was at the age who was curious about love, so when she saw him early express his feelings uhe bask of the su the mid-spring, somehow, she said, "The's date."

  "....." Satoshi.

  "What's with that expression?"

  "No, I am just surprised." Satoshi looked at Kaho and asked, "You are not joking?"

  "That depends on you." Kaho stared at Satoshi with a ft expression and asked bnkly, "Or are you just pying around like always?"

  "....."

  Scary, Satoshi thought, but pared to all the dahat he had entered as Ishigami, he felt that it was nothing, but then again, sidering Kaho's status as the daughter of a shrine, he felt that she might send a curse to him, and by then, his body might be riddled with nails or something.

  So, taking a deep breath, he said, "Joking might be one of my talents, but even so, I know that this isn't the occasion to joke around, so if you are okay with me, please take care of me, Juumonji-san."

  "Kaho."

  "Hmm?"

  "You are my boyfriend now, so call me Kaho, and I will call you Satoshi." Uhe lenses of gsses, her eyes stared at him straightforwardly, yet as expected, she was a bit shy. "...is that okay?"

  Satoshi grinned and said, "You are cute, Kaho-."

  Blushing, Kaho nudged his side annoyedly but somehow moved closer by his side.

  "Kaho-~!"

  "......."

  Kaho blushed, feeling a bit shy, which made her slightly move her body to the side as if trying to push him.

  "W-Wait, don't push me like that. I will drop the books!"

  "You deserve it!"

  Teasing and ughing as they walked.

  Their iion might be short, but somehow, Kaho anticipated their future.

  Still, inwardly, Satoshi sighed helplessly, thinking that it retty easy, right?

  Yet, what he didn't know, Oreki, who was curious, was dumbfounded since he never expected Satoshi to have a girlfriend!