"Cover story: Momonosuke, Part 11—The Grave of the Lecherous Brat."
"Father, I... I think I killed someone," Kuina said, her voice trembling. Koushirou adjusted his glasses and calmly surveyed the scene. When his gaze fell on Momonosuke's curled hands, his brow furrowed.
"It wasn't your fault." Koushirou shook his head. "I could tell from the start that this child was sneaking around and behaving badly. He was evasive about where he came from, too. I only let him stay out of pity. I never thought his lust would be the death of him."
"That whetstone was heavy. You nearly fell to your death." Koushirou sighed and helped Kuina up. After glancing at the moon outside, he decided to bury Momonosuke's body among the abandoned graves outside the village while few people were about. Put up a headstone? Of course not. Letting the brat rest in peace was already more than he owed him, even if Momonosuke had broken Kuina's fall and spared her life...
"After Tomorrow..."
After reading the item's detailed description, Noah paused. "So that's what it means..."
It effectively gave him two chances to turn back time and start over from a day earlier.
But the price...
"At first glance, I thought it was 200,000 points."
The long string of zeroes made Noah's head ache. "It's actually two million? I can't afford that. All the points I've earned since the beginning would only add up to about that much, wouldn't they?"
It was absurdly expensive.
"I'd love to have it, but it looks like I'll have to pass for now."
Noah sighed. He wasn't one to dwell on what he couldn't have, so he decided to pretend the item had never appeared. Otherwise, he would keep thinking about it.
Unless he got a discount coupon like the