The time returned to the present, at the shoe lockers of Private Toyogasaki Academy.
When you saw a goddess, how could you close the distance between yourself and her?
Tomoya Aki would teach you a trick: perform a dogeza! As long as you could cast aside your pride, even a goddess who had seen every storm imaginable would be left flustered and scrambling.
If the goddess said something harsh—someone had already dropped to their knees in dogeza, yet that woman was still speaking so cruelly. How utterly heartless. Her reputation would be ruined.
If she simply turned and left—someone had already dropped to their knees in dogeza, yet that woman just walked away. Clearly, she must have done something to wrong him. Her reputation would be completely destroyed once again.
If she tried to persuade him gently—oh my God, she only started speaking nicely after someone had dropped to their knees in dogeza. She must feel guilty. If she didn't, why didn't she just turn around and leave, or scold the man a little?
Sawamura Eriri was currently caught in exactly that situation. Faced with her childhood friend suddenly dropping to his knees in dogeza, Eriri was nearly dumbfounded. What the hell was she supposed to do?
The guy in front of her, who said he didn't want to keep arguing with her, was indeed her childhood friend in a certain sense. Yet he was also a complete scumbag—one who simply had no idea that he had already been exposed. And Eriri had no intention of telling anyone about it.
After all, she had been the one too blind to see people clearly back then, mistaking trash for a precious gem. If anyone found out, how was Eriri supposed to go on living!?
Originally, Eriri had thought that as