20 million was a drop in the bucket.
Oreki and the great angel Ichinose were not outsiders. In fact, they might even become family in the future.
So if Ichinose had a request, he generally would not refuse.
They set the time for seven o'clock, and the location was Oreki's room.
Today, Oreki had gotten his cat back from Sakayanagi Arisu.
So while waiting for Ichinose, he played with the cat. It had to be said that Sakayanagi Arisu had the ability to spoil people rotten. Oreki's cat had become white and plump—no, perhaps robust was a better word.
Ordinary cats looked nimble and cute, while Oreki's cat was clumsy and adorably dopey.
After playing with the cat for a while, the great angel Ichinose rang the doorbell.
Perhaps because she was asking someone for a favor, Ichinose had made preparations.
Oreki could tell because she had changed into casual clothes: a blue plaid skirt that exposed her shoulders, revealing skin as white and translucent as snow.
Her legs were long as well. Somehow, Oreki felt that Ichinose had dressed up, and she smelled nice too.
But Oreki felt that their relationship did not require such affectation. Of course, it was also possible that this honest girl, Ichinose, still remembered the task Nagumo had assigned her before: pursue him.
The goal was probably to ruin the relationship between him and Sakayanagi Arisu. But Oreki felt that Nagumo had overthought things, because his relationship with Classmate Sakayanagi did not need to be ruined at all. According to the Precognitive Dream, he and Sakayanagi would break up this year.
Then, upon graduation, he would propose to Horikita Suzune. So there was no need to sabotage the relationship; they would already be apart.
Of course, that was only how things appeared on