Reward Arisu Sakayanagi with Black Stockings! Part 3 (Continued)

Since it was impossible to run a shop by simply tossing in some money, Oreki had chosen to buy the place outright.

Since it was his now, he could do whatever he wanted with it.

Masumi had approved of all of this.

But now he still wanted her to keep working part-time.

Something like this, something like this...

"I won't come looking for you while you're working," his junior Oreki said. "But the hours you work can also be counted toward that one-month period."

Oh.

So that was how it was.

In other words, she could still get paid by Oreki for working part-time.

Masumi Kamuro felt that was acceptable.

It was just...

"Do you really like Honami Ichinose from Class 1-A that much?" Kamuro asked, a little curious.

After all, he had confessed by jumping off a building, and now he was doing everything possible to support her family.

In her eyes, these were all signs of someone whose brain had been taken over by love.

"How should I put it?" Oreki thought about the question for a moment. "Saying I've fallen for her would definitely be going too far, but I also feel like I can't just leave her alone."

"At the very least, I'll make sure her financial foundation is secure. I don't want her to feel troubled because of that," Oreki said. "At the same time, I won't let her fall victim to harassment from other guys."

Oh.

So that was how it was.

So wasn't this basically love or something?

Although she had no dating experience, she was at least a third-year senior and had heard some classmates' love stories.

And this was a very pure kind of romance.

For some people, liking someone meant possession, while for you, liking someone meant devotion, wanting to