Chapter 102: Neighbour Next Door to Gabriel

"Good morning, Miss Aoi. I am Gabriel Tenma White, who just moved here. This is Hachiman, who lives next door in the apartment. We are both students of Sobu High School. Please take care of us in the future," Seeing this, Gabriel immediately understood that this young woman was the original tenant she wanted to rent from, and her future neighbor, so she quickly greeted her politely.

In her self-introduction, she specifically mentioned that she was a student of Sobu High School. This was not to show off, but mainly because Sobu High School has a relatively high reputation, and a simple mention would leave a deeper impression on the other party.

Well... She was laying the groundwork for the possibility that Vignette might corrupt Aoi Yuiko and later help Aoi Yuiko.

"H-hello, I am Aoi Yuiko, currently studying at Chiba University, and I have also just moved here recently."

Aoi Yuiko has shoulder-length hair, and her beautiful appearance looks delicate and gentle. Seeing Gabriel take the initiative to greet her, she quickly stopped taking the key out of her bag and introduced herself.

"A university student at Chiba University? It seems that Miss Aoi is very good at studying. I will have to ask you to tutor me in my studies when I have the chance."

Gabriel nodded with a smile. Chiba University seems to be a pretty good school. If she finishes high school here, she will probably also take the entrance exam for Chiba University.

However, they, as intern angels, probably won't study for that long. Completing three years of high school in the human world counts as completing their training.

"Um... I just got lucky to pass the exam... If you need help with your studies, you can come to me, but sometimes university courses can be quite busy, and I may not be able to spare the time. Sorry."

Aoi Yuiko doesn't seem to have much social experience. After being politely praised by Gabriel, her cheeks flushed, and she nodded shyly.

"I was the one who intruded. I just moved here today and didn't prepare a gift. I will visit Miss Aoi tomorrow."

"No, no, there's no need to be so polite."

Seeing that Aoi Yuiko seemed to be quite shy, Gabriel stopped making small talk.

"Miss Aoi, we will take our leave today. We will visit you another day."

Hachiman gazed at the gentle and obedient Aoi Yuiko, didn't say much, and after thoughtfully greeting her, left with Gabriel.

'This Aoi Yuiko... Is she another heroine I doesn't have much impression of?'

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[Detected character card—Aoi Yuiko]

'Aoi Yuiko... Miss Yuiko...'

Hachiman pondered his memories of Aoi Yuiko as he walked downstairs.

Actually, he doesn't have a deep impression of the name Aoi Yuiko, but perhaps because the surname Aoi is somewhat similar to Kusaoi, he still has some memory of Miss Yuiko's story.

'However, Miss Yuiko in that story is not the current university student, but a married woman in her twenties.'

A pitiful woman who was emotionally abused by her cheating husband, forced and harmed by a scoundrel, completely despairing of reality, and finally giving up on herself.

From beginning to end, Miss Yuiko has always been a very simple and kind girl. If she could meet a good person, she would surely have a good ending.

Unfortunately, in the story, she never met a good person, and even the child she wanted to protect was a beast...

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that sister just now?", Gabriel looked at Hachiman beside her, who seemed a bit strange, and asked with some confusion.

'Hachiman seems a bit off after seeing the neighbor Miss Aoi. Did he discover something?'

She didn't think that Hachiman was attracted to Miss Aoi's looks. After all, even the very beautiful Yukinoshita Yukino didn't receive any good treatment from Hachiman.

Hachiman likes petite, cute, blonde girls. She had previously followed this standard to find suitable love interests for Hachiman.

But now the top priority is not to find a partner for Hachiman, but to stop Hachiman from continuing to fall. Otherwise, even if she found a suitable partner for Hachiman, it would be useless.

"I'm just worried that she might be bullied. Her personality seems too gentle, a dependent personality," Hachiman pondered for a moment, shook his head, and slowly said.

He naturally couldn't say that he knew the other's future, nor could he say that he predicted the other's fate. He could only start from the more easily observable aspects.

"People with soft personalities are indeed easily bullied. It's a pity that she is already a university student and usually won't have much contact with us. Otherwise, we could help her more often," Gabriel nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Hachiman is not wrong. Bad guys like to bully the weak and fear the strong. With a soft personality, it's not easy to survive in the cruel human world.

She knows that Hachiman is kind-hearted, and it's normal for him to worry about someone with a soft personality being easily bullied. She doesn't suspect anything.

On the contrary, it is precisely because she has always witnessed Hachiman's meticulous care for those around him, helping others without considering his own gains and losses, that she firmly believes that Hachiman is a kind-hearted, warm-hearted good person.

It is precisely because of this that she has spent so much effort to save Hachiman, who seems to have been lured into corruption by demons.

The filthy human world needs people like Hachiman to spread warmth and sow hope.

"Forget it, let's go back first. Komachi and the others should have bought the groceries."

Hachiman and Gabriel walked to the apartment building, looked back at the old apartment, and sighed secretly.

'Let's add Miss Yuiko to the love list first, and consider how to get along with her later.'

They live so close, he can visit her anytime. With the love list, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to appear in time when Miss Yuiko is in danger.

Speaking of which, Miss Yuiko is the first married woman heroine he has encountered, although she is still in her university years and has some youthful innocence.

How did she meet her husband? Was it through a blind date? Or was it arranged by her family?

It seems that due to her gentle personality developed since childhood, even if she didn't know the other party, Miss Yuiko didn't have the courage to oppose her family's arrangements and passively accepted everything, which was also the beginning of her tragic experiences.

He doesn't remember the specific plot very well. Now Miss Yuiko is still in her university years, so it should be early for things like blind dates.

However, in this kind of world, with her passive personality, even without the original experiences, she would probably encounter other troubles.

"Onii-chan, didn't Vignette nee-san come over?", In the living room, Komachi looked at Hachiman and Gabriel who had just returned from outside, somewhat surprised.

Vignette has been forcibly brought home by her brother to eat recently. She thought that after cleaning up next door, her brother would bring Vignette from next door back to eat together.

"Vignette is not in the apartment. I sent her a message asking her. Now let's see if she has replied."

Sitting next to Iris, Hachiman picked up his phone and opened the chat window with Vignette, casually saying.

[Hachiman: "Are you there? Come over for dinner."]

[Vignette: "Sorry, I just finished working part-time outside. You don't need to worry about me, just eat by yourselves. Feel free to use the remaining ingredients in the fridge, no need to save any for me. I will take care of dinner myself."]

[Hachiman: "The frugal Vignette who likes to cook would eat out alone? Vignette, as a good child, lying is not good."]

[Vignette: "...I'm not lying. The shop owner at my part-time job gave me some snacks."]

[Hachiman: "Just eating snacks is not enough. Come back quickly to cook."]

[Vignette: "Hachiman, you can cook yourself, why do you insist on me coming back..."]

[Hachiman: "I'm tired today and don't want to move. I want to eat your cooking."]

[Hachiman: "By the way, Gabriel moved into the apartment today. We bought a lot of groceries. You just need to come back to cook, no need to buy more."]

[Hachiman: "It's settled then, waiting for you (*＾-＾*)"]

[Vignette: "...Alright, I'm coming back."]

Vignette, who had just finished her part-time job and changed back into her own clothes, saw Hachiman's message that left no room for refusal, and a helpless smile appeared on her quiet and cute face.

She understands Hachiman's good intentions of inviting her to eat together, probably seeing that she is studying alone away from home.

However, Hachiman's good intentions are a bit too strong, making her a bit overwhelmed.

Because she now has to eat at Hachiman's house every day, she even thought before going out today whether she should tell Hachiman that she might not be able to come back for dinner due to her part-time job. But upon careful consideration, she felt it was strange to inform her neighbor about her part-time job.

Coupled with the awkward experience at Hachiman's house yesterday, she felt too embarrassed to see Hachiman and Iris, so she didn't go over to say hello.

Unexpectedly, before evening, Hachiman's message came as soon as she finished her part-time job, urging her to come back for dinner.

Vignette is a bit helpless about Hachiman's excessive concern, but also a bit happy.

Coming to the human world alone for an internship is actually her first time leaving home. Hachiman and Kaede's excessive care makes her feel the warmth of family.

She feels that the human world is actually quite nice, not as bad as the seniors said.

"Miss Yuza, I'm leaving now."

"Thank you for your hard work today, Miss Tsukinose."

"Miss Aoyama, are you here? The shop owner gave me some snacks. I left half for you on the table in the changing room. Remember to eat them."

"Thank you so much! Miss Tsukinose, you are truly an angel!"

"Uh... hehe..."

Vignette put away her phone, made sure she didn't leave anything behind, took the snacks given by the shop owner, and said goodbye to her part-time job colleagues before leaving.

Since she is only a student working part-time and not particularly short of money, there are still many people working in the shop after she left with her daily wages.

Miss Aoyama, who just came to take over the shift, seems to have her family only providing tuition fees but not living expenses, so she has to work several part-time jobs frequently, sometimes even skipping meals.

Compared to Miss Aoyama, they, as intern demons in the human world, have very good treatment. They receive living expenses every week, and their housing arrangements were taken care of from the beginning. They just need to focus on their studies and training in the human world.

Speaking of which, today seems to be the day when the living expenses are deposited.

Vignette went to the nearby station, got on the train, found a seat, and suddenly remembered that today is the weekend. She took out her phone again and opened the mobile banking app to check her living expenses for the next week.

The living expenses for intern demons are not fixed. The underworld distributes living expenses every week based on the performance of the intern demons.

According to local customs, the week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday, but the living expenses are deposited into their bank accounts a day in advance, which is today.

"Huh..."

Vignette looked at the amount of living expenses deposited today in her mobile banking app and was slightly stunned.

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Having successfully persuaded Vignette to come back to cook, Hachiman put away his phone with satisfaction.

Vignette's personality is also a bit soft, but Vignette is the type who can't resist the more others are good to her, not the type who compromises with bad people without any bottom line.

If someone really has bad intentions towards Vignette, she can also show them what a real demon is.

Of course, he doesn't have any bad intentions towards Vignette. He genuinely wants to rely on her.

Although he also wants to rely on Gabriel and her sister Zelel.

"Hachiman, what did Vignette go to do?", Gabriel saw that Hachiman seemed to have finished communicating with Vignette on the phone and asked softly.

"Vignette said she went to work part-time to earn money. I didn't ask if she is really short of money. She is on her way back now. We can ask her when she comes back."

Hachiman smiled. He has been waiting for Vignette to be short of money, so he can spend a lot when she is short of money.

As long as Vignette starts to be short of money, she will always be short in the future. The studious Vignette, who has to go to school, can't do illegal work and can only do ordinary part-time jobs, so she can't save much money. When he drags her down and spends more on food and drinks, Vignette will find that she can't afford the same things and will calmly come to his house to cook.

Now he still has to frequently invite Vignette to eat, and hasn't made Vignette treat this place as a second home like Shion.

However, Gabriel is a bit more troublesome. Gabriel just moved here and is short of money now, but that doesn't mean she will always be short of money.

Gabriel has not fallen, and her living expenses have always been high. Now, as a little angel, she can't spend it all.

Theoretically, after letting Gabriel come into contact with pay-to-win games, her living expenses will easily be exhausted. At that time, her economy will depend on him, and even the unscrupulous fallen angel Gabriel might think about moving into his house to save rent for pay-to-win games.

But he can't bear to let such a cute little angel fall.

The current little angel is so cute, always thinking about him. If she falls, he will have to serve the fallen angel every day.

"Working part-time to earn money...", The little angel Gabriel, who has not yet fallen, is still wholeheartedly thinking about how to protect her good friend. After hearing Hachiman's explanation, she couldn't help but fall into thought.

She doesn't think Vignette really went to work part-time to earn money.

Angels, as long as they do good deeds and have high performance, their living expenses will increase. Correspondingly, demons, as long as they do bad deeds, their living expenses will increase.

She thinks Vignette's so-called working part-time to earn money is actually doing bad deeds to increase performance. What demon earns money by working part-time?

Unfortunately, she can't freely use her angelic powers now, otherwise she could find Vignette and stop her from doing bad deeds.

Of course, they, as intern angels, have restrictions, and the intern demons from hell should be the same. They can't use their powerful abilities to act recklessly, but rely on their own methods to do bad deeds.

Besides intern demons, there are also many demons who sneak into the human world. If they all used their abilities freely, the world would have been destroyed long ago.

"By the way, while Vignette hasn't come back yet, I'll go next door. Iris, you guys chat here first. I'll come back to help with cooking when Vignette comes back."

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