Confession

"Thank you for participating today. With that, it's the end of the party."

"Good work, everyone~"

"That was so fun~"

Near 5:00 p.m., the launch party came to an end. After paying the meeting fees, people left the coffee shop and hung out in front of the store.

"Would you like to go to the second party?"

"What should I do~"

"Will it be karaoke?"

While some of them were planning to have an after-party, Emily was standing there looking absentmindedly. This is the part where I, her master, have to talk to her.

"Emily, what are you going to do now?"

"…Ethan, I'm waiting for my manager to pick me up by car."

"I see. From now on, work will be hard for you, won't it?"

"Thank you for worrying about me."

Some passersby began to notice Emily talking to me with a beaming smile. She had the air of a top idol as she stood tall without worrying about the people in the vicinity who were making a fuss.

As I was thinking happily that this beautiful girl was my sex slave, a cab stopped in front of the store. A middle-aged woman got out of it and approached Emily.

"Emily."

"Jennifer… My manager is here, so I'll get going."

"Yeah."

"Well then, everyone! Today was fun! Thank you!"

"I had fun too!"

"Thank you for coming today."

"I want you to come to school more often."

As Emily greeted her classmates, her manager Jennifer, looked around. Her gaze stopped at a certain spot.

"W-Wait! You there!"

When I followed her gaze, there was a beautiful Jessica in front of me.

"…M-Me?"

"Yes! Are you interested in the entertainment world!?"

"Eh… Uh…"

"J-Jennifer! We don't have time, right!?"

The manager suddenly got excited, and Emily bewildered stopped her. Jennifer seems to have taken notice of Jessica's insanely beautiful looks.

"Ggh! But this kind of good person is right in front of me!!"

"W-We'll be late! I-I'm sorry, Jessica."

"N-No, don't worry about it…"

"A-Ah! I'll give you my business card, so if you're interested, let me know!"

"Seriously, Jennifer!"

"Even if you're not interested, contact me!"

While being pulled by Emily, Jennifer pushed her business card to Jessica, and then she was pushed into a taxi. While waving back to Emily who was waving her hand from inside the car, the taxi hurried away.

"What the hell was that?"

Matthew blurted out a few words, and there was a strange atmosphere, as if everyone agreed with him. In the midst of all this, I spoke to Jessica.

"Are you okay, Jessica?"

"Eh, yeah… I was a little surprised."

She pressed the business card in her hand to her chest and exhaled deeply. I want to be where the business card is, I thought, as I checked with her what she was going to do.

"Jessica, what are you going to do now?"

"Phew… I'm tired, so I'm going home."

"Really? Shall I take you home?"

"I-It's okay. My family will pick me up when I get to the station near my house."

"…Then, do you want to go from here to the station together?"

"Hmm… Okay. Let's go back to the station together."

After thinking about my proposal for a moment, Jessica smiled lightly and accepted. As I admired her smile, a nuisance appeared.

"Jessica! We're going to karaoke for the after-party, how about you, Jessica?"

"Alexander… I'm going home. I have asked my family to pick me up."

"Is that so? Can't you join us?"

"I don't want to upset my family's schedule too much. I'm sorry."

"I see, it's a pity… I'm sorry for being unreasonable."

"It's fine. Excuse me then... Shall we go? Ethan."

"Ah, yeah… See you guys at school. Thank you for today, everyone."

"…Thank you for coming."

"See you at school."

"Good night~"

After saying goodbye to Alexander, who seemed to be offended, and my classmates, I headed to the station shoulder-to-shoulder with Jessica.

"Thank you for the culture festival and today."

"Ethan too. You must've been tired because of senior Margaret, aren't you?"

"That's… Is it the same for Jessica?"

"Yes, let's form a victim's group, shall we?"

After a brief pause on a fortune-telling club-related topic, we finally arrived at the station. It was a big station, so there were separate platforms for those going in the opposite direction.

"Jessica, your train is faster. I'll go with you to the platform." 

"Yes…"

When we arrived at the platform where she was to board, the train would be arriving in a few minutes. As I looked at her, I spoke to Jessica in a lighthearted manner.

"Hey, Jessica?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you free after school tomorrow?"

"Y-Yes… I don't have any particular plans."

"Well, I have something important to discuss with you, so could you please come to the roof of the main building?"

"Eh…"

She gasped in surprise at what I was saying. I guess she guessed what I would say because of our recent relationship and situation.

"…I understand."

"T-Thank you. See you tomorrow."

I smiled as I escorted Jessica, who answered with a nervous expression, onto the arriving train. I waved my hand lightly to her as she stood behind the closed doors and watched the train start to move.

Finally, tomorrow will be an important day for harvesting the rare fruit, Jessica White.

***

Tomorrow is Tuesday. It's a big day for me and Jessica, but it's no different from any other day.

This is because Jessica basically maintains a solitary position in the classroom.

Since I also understand the effects of magic, I didn't feel particularly nervous going into the after-school hours. As far as I could see, she was no different from usual.

After homeroom, the day came to an end. In the noisy classroom, Jessica glanced at me before leaving the classroom.

***

I left the classroom about two minutes behind her. Slowly, I climbed the stairs and finally opened the door leading to the rooftop.

Jessica was not visible from the door. Without panicking, I went out onto the roof and turned to the other side of the tower.

I thought she would be looking at the scenery over the fence from the edge of the roof, but she was behind the tower. I walked up to her and faced her, and to top it all off, I fired a strong affection-increasing magic.

"I'm sorry. Did I make you wait?"

"I-It's okay…"

Jessica must have been imagining what I was going to say to her. She was fidgeting and looking restless due to the fake affection and love that had been implanted and enhanced by magic.

"J-Jessica!"

"Y-Yes!"

I paused here and stared intently into her eyes. Already, Jessica's face had turned bright red and her eyes were moist.

"Jessica… I… I like you, Jessica…"

"!!!"

"Will you stick by me, not as a friend, but as a girlfriend?"

She stiffened at my confession. For Jessica now, it was a courtship from the man she loves.

"…A-Are you okay with me?"

"Yes."

"…I don't have a cute personality, you know?"

"No, I know you from the club activities, and from my perspective, you're cute."

"Huu…"

"…Jessica, please be my girlfriend!"

"Hmm!! Yes."

Her reply of acceptance was in a very quiet voice, but I heard it clearly. In my joy, I went up to Jessica and hugged her, but she accepted without any resistance.

While gently hugging her soft, sweet-smelling body, I felt happiness from the bottom of my heart.

Today was November 8th. On this day, Jessica White and I became boyfriend and girlfriend.