"I am home."

  After following the dire of the memory of the previous Satoshi, he found a normal house that appeared slightly old.

  If he had to say, this house was quite simir to the house of Nobita in Doraemon, the most designed house in the try.

  Still, just having a house in this try was good enough, as most people lived by renting, he thought.

  However, wheered the house—

  "Wele back!" 3x

  "O-Oh..."

  Satoshi was dumbfounded when his father, mother, and little sister weled him at the same time. "What's wrong? Aren't you three asleep yet?"

  "How we sleep? Onii-, you told Mom that you stayed at the hospital to apany yirlfriend. Or rather, when did you get a girlfriend?!"

  Yes, his family sisted of four people: him, his mother, his father, and his little sister.

  His little sister was quite simir to him, short and quite cute, he thought.

  Still, as he had beore handsome, his appearance was better.

  "More importantly, is she okay? You apanied her because her father was hospitalized, right?"

  His mother's focus was on what Satoshi had told her when he had called her previously.

  "Her father is okay. He just woke up earlier, so he told me to go home since he was worried that I couldn't go back as the bus service had ended."

  "What kind of..."

  Probably because of the ck of eai, his mother and little sister tio ask him, but while his father didn't say anything, he kept listening ily.

  Still—

  " we talk inside first? I am cold!"

  "O-Oh!!" 3x

  Regardless, as Satoshi ate the dihat was warmed up by the microwave, he told the details of how he found his girlfriend's father suddenly fell, helped him, and then apanied his girlfriend to the hospital.

  "I see... I never expected that you would be so... reliable."

  Thinking of Satoshi's daily activity, they felt that his story was quite unbelievable, but they didn't think that he was lying, especially when he had no reason to lie, and more importantly, they also felt that he had ged somehow.

  Calm, manly, and mature.

  Those were the impressions they got from Satoshi.

  His height might be short, but his guts weren't short at all!

  He robably one of those that was called a "Mighty Mite."

  "So, be careful, Dad. You should watch your health more."

  When Satoshi thought of Kaho's father, somehow, he couldn't help but feel worried about his father.

  Uhe father, Ishigami, who was a business owner and could maintain his health without worry as they had money, Satoshi's father was an employee of a pany, which made him often stay at night, whether it was to work or socialize, especially after the "Last Decade," which made the ey of this try turn downhill.

  To take care of his family, Satoshi could tell that his father worked hard.

  "Ugh.."

  Those words were ued as Satoshi's father never expected the care of his son all of a sudden, which made his eyes teary.

  Or rather, his mother and little sister were also affected and quickly cared for by his father, especially whehought of the ihat happeo Kaho's father.

  "You don't have to worry. I am pretty healthy!"

  Still feeling their care, his father also told them that he was fine.

  Being happy was the secret to great health.

  However, Satoshi had to say that unlike Kaho, who had immense wealth and came from an iial family in this city, even if her father somehow was sid couldn't work, they would be okay.

  Yet, it was different for Satoshi since his father was the breadwinner, and if he lost his father, he knew well that his life wouldn't be good.

  "I will still be alive even after I have a great-grandson."

  "...it's still too early."

  Satoshi eechless when his father mentioned about a great-grandson when he didn't even have a child yet.

  "But when did you have a girlfriend? Why didn't you tell us anything?"

  This question made all of his family curious.

  "Just today."

  "Today?!" 3x

  They were even more dumbfounded.

  "...then, you dated her just today, and walked home together, and all of a sudden, discovered her father fell due to heart disease?"

  "Yes."

  Somehow, his little sister was amazed by her big brother, who could handle all of a date so calmly.

  "...do love ge someone so much?"

  As she muttered, Satoshi nodded with a gentle smile. "It did. It ged me a lot since I wao bee a better man for her."

  "....." 3x

  Somehow, while it sounded y, they felt jealous of Satoshi's girlfriend to have him.

  "Thanks for the food."

  After washing the dishes, Satoshi decided to take a bath and the, especially after what had happehat day. His family also didn't stop him and even wished to help him wash the dishes, especially when he had just faced so many things.

  Still, he did everything by himself, then washed his body aed ihtub as the warm water rexed his entire body.

  Money.

  Satoshi khat he had to get it, especially whehought about the situation of his family. As a high school student, he khat he had o worry about this problem, but somehow... due to his past experie was hard for him not to think about money.

  Still, how should he get money?

  Stocks?

  Somehow, he was afraid that his parents thought that he was robbing someone or using sorcery to steal from someone. More importantly, it was hard to deal with the neighbors if he suddenly got money.

  Iy, the neighbors might not be a problem, but in the tryside, a neighbor was a vital factor, and they had to be watched out for since a single malice could cause a disaster.

  Jealousy, pt, and many others.

  In Tokyo or other cities, for someoo suddenly rise to prominence might not be a problem, but in the tryside, where the hierarchy was obvious, it was quite troublesome.

  Still, it didn't mean that living in the tryside was hard since as long as you lived like others, it retty fortable and uhe retionship between the people iy was so distant that it was so cold, the retionship in the tryside was warm, and the people cared for each other.

  heless, even if Takayama was a tryside, it wasn't a small one, but quite rge, so it wasn't a problem, Satoshi thought.

  Or rather, this was the rgest city in Japae being in the tryside!

  Regardless, he didn't think that stock ossible, so what about a business?

  Shaking his head, it would take too long to gain permission to open a business, and at the same time, he had no capital to make oe having many ideas.

  Then, what about w a part-time job?

  Whehought of this, he couldn't help but shake his head since w a part-time job wouldn't give him much of an ine despite taking much of his time, and whether he wa or not, he had to work there for at least a few months, which was quite troublesome, so he wouldn't give a bad impression to the others.

  So, what could he do?

  Staring at all the money in his hand, Satoshi sighed.

  What should he do to make money without taking much of his time and also without needing a lot of capital to make

  Still, as he thought so, he couldn't help but g the manga on his bookshelf.

  "Manga..."

  As he murmured, he couldn't help but think of this possibility.

  "Should I make a manga?"

  Still, on the m, when he went to the school, he met Kaho, who seemed to wait for him, but—

  "Satoshi, let's work hard to bee a monk."

  "....." Satoshi.