Yukinoshita Haruno: This Is Great-I Want an Older Brother Too! Paying Back 5,000 Words!

So First Year Class C was now facing the predicament of being the fastest to drop into Class D.

Meanwhile, outside the school, in Hokkaido.

The second-year upperclassmen were still on their school trip.

However, Hachiman was on a date with an older woman.

More precisely.

He was currently confronting Haruno.

Karuizawa had been sent away by Haruno, and then Haruno had exposed her younger sister's greatest weakness.

The real Yukino was actually very prone to relying on others and lacked a sense of self.

Normally, it was impossible to tell. One might even think Yukino was strong and independent, only to discover now... that she was the least independent of all.

That really was a major problem.

Hachiman had once thought Yukino and Horikita were very similar, except Yukino was stronger than Horikita in many ways, like an enhanced version of her.

But looking at it now.

Yukino Yukinoshita was even harder to deal with than Horikita.

Horikita was growing. That was undeniable; she was growing both mentally and physically. Yukino, on the other hand, looked like she had developed to her limits, yet her heart had not caught up at all.

But perhaps that was why Yukino's older sister cared so much about whether there were other people around her younger sister.

"I understand," Hachiman said. "I'll treat this carefully."

"Mm-hm." Haruno nodded as well. "Then I won't look into why Hachiman, despite already being a student from another class, is still using Chabashira-sensei's phone to make calls."

"..." Hachiman fell silent.

This woman!

"Still."

Seemingly noticing the shift in Hachiman's mood, Haruno immediately changed the subject. "Come to think of it, Hachiman, since you're dating the person you're going to marry."

"And have fallen in love."

"Then."

She paused before asking, "Have you entered the adult