"Yes, yes, I understand!"
Listening to the voice on the phone, Rita's expression was far from pleasant, but she still gave a perfunctory reply. After listening for over half an hour, the call finally ended when the vaguely concerned warning came to an end.
After hanging up... Rita placed her phone and tea on the coffee table and sat on the sofa with a bored expression, looking almost completely dead inside.
Higokumaru, who was eating chips and watching TV nearby, noticed that Rita was in a bad mood. Looking at the chips in its paws... it hesitated before climbing over to Rita and offering her the entire bag.
"Big Sis, do you want some chips?"
"No."
Looking at the little fox beside her, Rita pulled it into her arms and stroked Higokumaru's fluffy body... Her mood improved a little.
She was already this old, yet she was still being forced to go to school. Her good mood had vanished in an instant.
Who knew where the old man had heard it, but after arriving in Japan... only Mashiro Shiina had been attending school, while Rita had never transferred anywhere.
Although Rita herself knew that she was already in her early twenties, the old man didn't... What kind of sense did it make for an underage girl to skip school and loaf around all day?
Then Rita mentioned that she needed to take care of Mashiro, and just like that... Rita once again became Mashiro Shiina's classmate. Though this was Japan rather than Britain, the old man was a figure in high society. Arranging a school transfer was just a matter of a word from him, and plenty of people were willing to do him that favor.
So... boring!
She had been perfectly fine staying home alone, but now she had