Bonus Story: The Quintuplets and an Argument

Shuya realized that the girl he was being approached wasn't Yuigahama, he was genuinely taken aback.

But he quickly realized what was happening.

He calmly replied, "Ah, um, I understand."

Nothing more than another frozen eel character.

They're both voice actors, so it's perfectly normal.

For example, he would occasionally confuse Yukino's and Ayase's voices.

Shuya calmly waved his hand, and several burly men walked over from a distance and took the three delinquent Yellow Hair thugs away.

His subordinates are Monster, so they can't just attack ordinary people. But they'll hand these three blond -Yellow Hair over to a lower-level yakuza organization, where a bunch of friendly, tattooed burly men will give them a good talking-to.

Shuya didn't care what treatment they would receive; he just wanted to keep this trash out of his sight.

"Huh? Huh? Eh? Oh, what's going on? Kidnapping? Is that a kidnapping?"

The girl with a similar voice to Yuigahama panicked.

The impact of several burly men dragging the person away was quite strong.

"It's alright, those people... well, you can think of them as my bodyguards."

Shuya gave an explanation that an ordinary person could accept.

"Bodyguard?!"

The girl repeated in shock, "I never expected to meet such a rich person."

"Um... thank you so much! I don't know what I would have done without you!"

She bowed deeply, and her attitude was normal; she didn't recognize Shuya, who possessed Strange Arts powers.

"It's alright, just be more careful when walking alone at night next time."

Shuya shook his head.

Mai also said, "A cute girl like you should be careful at night."

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

The girl lowered her head and apologized.

"Just be more careful next time." Shuya waved his hand. "Can you get back by yourself?"

"Yes, yes, thank you."

The girl nodded repeatedly, bowed deeply, and ran away into the distance. Then she paused, bowed again to Shuya, and then left.

They quickly disappeared from sight.

"... Let's go back too."

Shuya shrugged.

"Okay, sure."

Wearing Mai is perfectly acceptable.

Neither of them took the girl's situation to heart; it was just a casual favor, nothing to remember.

After Shuya escorted Mai home, he had almost forgotten about the whole thing.

It's just some random character, not like I've never seen anything like it before...

Shuya stood at Mai's door and said to her, "That's all for today. See you in a few days."

"Um."

Mai nodded, went inside without lingering, and closed the door without saying anything more to him.

But this attitude itself is unusual.

In the past, she would probably have let Shuya, entertained him, and then sent him away.

Even if things don't go well, we'll at least chat for a bit longer.

However, their decision to act so decisively today is clearly related to the change in their relationship.

Shuya felt that she probably needed some time to adjust her mindset.

"It doesn't matter."

He turned and flew away, returning home in minutes.

Upon returning home, he first took out his phone to check his subordinates' reports. Li Shuhong was still indulging in pleasure and had no intention of doing anything serious.

Since there was no noteworthy news, Shuya stopped paying attention to him.

He looked at the schedule sent by Maeda Saori.

Next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will be for script readings and rehearsals, and filming for the first episode will begin on the 6th. His role in the first episode is very short, so filming should be completed in the next two days.

That is to say, Monday and Tuesday were free, Maeda Saori asked him if he wanted to choose a day to participate in a variety show to promote the album.

Shuya declined, finding it too troublesome. He'd already done a lot of album promotion, so a couple of days' delay would be fine.

After reviewing work-related information, he casually browsed the group chat for a while, then went to take a shower, play games, and go to sleep.

Monday arrived uneventfully.

Shuya he went to school as usual.

"Shu-chan, ya, ya hello~"

Upon arriving at the classroom, Shuya saw a listless Dango.

"What's wrong? Are you sick?"

Shuya offered a casual remark of concern.

"Haha, no... I mean..."

Yuigahama slumped weakly onto the table. "Just thinking about the midterm results coming out today makes me feel terrible..."

"Who told you to have so much fun all the time?"

Shuya showed her no sympathy. He pinched her Dango and shook them. "Anyway, if your grades are really bad, don't blame me for making you play a punishment game."

He was forced by Yukino to tutor Yuigahama, which was quite a hardship for him. If she dared to make him waste his time, she shouldn't blame him for taking revenge.

"Waaah, stop pulling my hair... I'm already suffering enough..."

Yuigahama covered her head and half-cried.

"Just you wait."

Shuya released Dango and returned to his seat.

The Yellow Hair next door greeted him, then went back to talking to his friends.

He scrolled through his phone for a while before the bell rang.

Shuya was playing on his phone and dozing off. Before he knew it, it was lunchtime. He didn't bother to ask Yuigahama grades. He put away his phone and slipped to the Service Club office.

Yukino was eating her bento inside.

Seeing Shuya approach, she asked warily, "What do you want with this?"

"Can't I come over if there's nothing wrong?"

"Will you come over if you're okay?"

Shuya blinked. "Maybe, I'd like to have dinner with you or something."

"..."

Yukino looked at his empty hands and silently pulled her bento box closer to herself.

"I won't steal yours!"

Shuya was speechless.

He pulled over a table and chairs, grabbed some snacks, and sat down.

He played on his phone while munching on snacks, occasionally glancing at Yukino.

Her eating movements were elegant and pleasing to the eye.

"... Why are you spying on me like that? Are you trying to tell me about Yuigahama- san's grades?"

Yukino had been stared at by him for almost ten minutes before she finally couldn't help but ask.

"Huh? No, I didn't ask her about her grades."

The midterm exam results were just released, Shuya got full marks. In the leaderboard posted in the hallway, he and Yukino are tied for first place, Uesugi Futaro is second.

I don't know what will happen if it gets Shuya further.

As for Yuigahama, although Shuya hasn't asked her yet, judging from her relieved expression, he knows she didn't do too badly on the test.

Of course, whether Yukino is satisfied or not is another matter.

Shuya came to find Yukino simply because his relationship with Mai had progressed somewhat yesterday, and he was hesitant about whether to mention it to her.

Actually, it doesn't matter if it's not mentioned. Yukino herself knows about him and Mai, but she doesn't know how far things have progressed.

Yesterday, Shuya had mentioned some things he and Mai had done to Yukino. So, if he didn't tell Yukino what he and Mai had done, it would seem like he was letting her down.

Thinking of this, Shuya and said, "Anosa... if I told you that I kissed Mai- chan yesterday, how would you react?"

Cough cough cough!

Caught off guard, Yukino choked.

"Hey, be careful."

Shuya leaned over to pat his back with concern.

"Get out of here, cough cough, get far away, cough cough cough!"

Yukino slapped his hand away.

After she calmed down, she said, "What you just said was... true?"

She was still a little confused.

Chapter 594 Bonus: The Quintuplets and the Controversy

Monday, Itsuki 24th.

"The end of the world is the end of the world---"

"Inoue Shuya's latest album will be released on Itsuki 27th---"

The Nakano Family's wonderful day ended the moment they heard this TV commercial.

At that moment, the Nakano Family's dining table fell into a deathly silence.

With headphones around her neck, Miku Nakano looked up to observe her sisters' reactions.

Ichika Nakano rested her chin on her hand, her usually sweet smile becoming somewhat stiff.

Nino Nakano clicked her tongue in annoyance, her expression the most frightening.

Miku Nakano herself showed no expression.

Yotsuba Nakano wasn't there; she had gone to school early to help with club activities.

Nakano Itsuki had a subtle expression on her face, it was hard to tell whether she was angry or what, but she was definitely very conflicted.

None of the four of them had any interest in talking. They used to chat while eating breakfast, but today they finished their breakfast quietly.

After packing her things, Ichika asked, "... Shall we go to school?"

"... Um."

Tuesday, Itsuki 25th.