A Generous Offer

A weekend morning wasn't supposed to go like this.

Normally, Kazehara Tetsu would still be catching up on sleep in his dorm room, or he would have gotten ready and been waiting to head out at the time he'd arranged with a girl.

The two days of the weekend were among the few stretches of time he had left this semester to spend as he pleased.

But today, he was on his way to the Student Council Office.

It had started the night before.

Miyabi Nagumo had sent him a message. Just one sentence.

"Come to the Student Council Office tomorrow morning."

He hadn't said what it was about, whether it was urgent, or even given him a reason.

Kazehara Tetsu had glanced at it, then set his phone facedown on the desk.

He knew Miyabi Nagumo too well.

If something had truly been urgent, the man wouldn't have sent such a bland message. He would have called.

A one-line message with no explanation meant it wasn't something only Tetsu could handle. It was probably another dull errand that would leave him sitting around doing nothing.

He hadn't planned to respond.

Then, when he woke up this morning, there was a notification from the school system on his phone.

His personal account had received a transfer of 100,000 Personal Points.

The sender was Miyabi Nagumo.

Kazehara Tetsu stared at the number for two seconds, then sat up in bed.

He couldn't help it.

Nagumo had dropped a hundred thousand points on him without a word. He'd clearly paid up front to make Tetsu feel bad about not coming.

He had no plans today anyway. He might as well go and see what the Student Council President was up to.

Kazehara Tetsu climbed the stairs. The Teaching Building was quiet on