"Man, making a huge profit on the first day of the trip—what a great start!"
"And you'll be getting another 160,000 points every month until graduation, right? I'm insanely jealous. Still, you even took this month's share from them? That's brutal."
As Hashimoto spoke, I nodded and excitedly looked at my terminal screen—
Hikigaya Hachiman
The 2.56 million points I had just obtained from the former Katsuragi Faction, combined with the points I already possessed, had pushed my total past four million private points. It took twenty million points to rise to Class A, meaning I had already completed twenty percent of my goal.
"Add the nearly five million you'll receive before graduation, and you're really only short about ten million, right? Are you going to ask Sakanayanagi for a loan?"
"No... tempting as that offer is, I refuse. Accepting her loan would mean becoming her pawn."
That might have been a clever way to survive, but I really could not be bothered with having someone boss me around.
"You'll manage even without Sakanayanagi's loan anyway. Still, the thought of Sakanayanagi and Kamuro wearing maid outfits is pretty exciting! Once this trip is over, I'm going to have some fun with that."
"Do whatever you want, but don't tease Kamuro too much and get sent flying."
"I know. But Kamuro always has that stern look on her face in class. She's actually pretty cute in a maid outfit, isn't she?"
Hashimoto suddenly said something like that, and I could not help retorting, "What the hell is this guy talking about?"
"No, no. Kamuro is cute even without a maid outfit, isn't she?"
"Oh? How so?"
"When she eats sweets, she makes this super cute expression. And if you occasionally blow on her ear, she even lets out these cute little