Chapter 3: Please Entrust Your Life to Me Once More!

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"Though it was a long way around, thankfully, I still found you." Renz smiled, chuckling softly. "When are we getting married?"

"I'm telling you... please entrust your life to me once more!" he said, his voice calm and certain.

"Just like you, huh?" Erina said, crossing her arms, a slight curl at the corner of her lips. "You effortlessly say things that touch my heart."

"Then I'll reluctantly... agree to you again."

"Oh, right, can you hug me?"

Erina's eyes seemed to hold the entire night sky—deep and captivating. She said apologetically, "Here, you don't have to be busy working with me anymore." Erina knew better than anyone how unlikable her personality could be. Having lived together for so long, it was always Renz who accommodated her. She could tell that Renz didn't genuinely enjoy cooking; he only put in the effort to make her happy. She wanted Renz to choose the life he desired.

Renz wasn't overly sentimental. Such hugs had long become a habit for them, but this was their first embrace since returning to the starting point. He couldn't help but hug her tightly.

"I'll take you back to school. If you're out like this, your grandfather will be very worried, won't he?" Renz released his embrace. They had plenty of time. This feeling of returning to the past was like being reborn.

"I really don't know how you managed to sneak out past Hisako, that girl," Renz took a deep breath, inhaling more of Erina's scent.

"You'll take me back? Isn't it time for the opening ceremony?" Erina asked, puzzled. "I can go back by myself."

"I don't trust you," Renz said simply.

"How old do you think I am that you don't trust me?" Erina muttered softly. Although the memories of the future felt like a dream, and she couldn't really feel like she had lived for so long, Erina believed she was capable of taking care of herself. She didn't want Renz to treat her like a child.

"I don't trust you," Renz repeated firmly. "The opening ceremony isn't important anyway; there are no classes. Taking you back is more important."

Ignoring everyone else's gazes completely, Renz took Erina's hand and walked toward the street outside the school.

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At Private Hachiko Academy

"...Gakuto, I really envy couples," Kiyoshi Fujino said, feeling unexpectedly dull. He had been incredibly excited when he came to school today. That's because the school they were attending used to be a purely aristocratic girls' school! This year was the first time they allowed male students to enroll. Many honor students and students from poorer backgrounds had come, but even with so many people, the total number of male students in the entire school wouldn't exceed twenty. Meanwhile, the number of beautiful female students would exceed a thousand.

In a situation where there was plenty of food but few to eat, wouldn't finding a girlfriend be simple? But who would have thought someone had already taken a step ahead of them—already having a girlfriend before even attending this school? Wasn't this just proving that those who tried to take shortcuts, attempting to find girlfriends in schools with abundant female resources, were utter failures?! If they couldn't find one, wouldn't it just prove they were inferior to even failures!

"There's no need to envy. What he has, we'll all have. What's so hard about finding a girlfriend in a school like this?" Gakuto said calmly. "However, our roommate's combat strength is a bit strong."

"Combat strength is a bit strong?" Kiyoshi Fujino was startled.

"His girlfriend is from the Nakiri family, the sole culinary powerhouse. In this school, only the Shinomiya family can contend with them," Gakuto said, patting Kiyoshi Fujino's shoulder. "In other words, if their relationship isn't stopped, once they get married, this exchange student will instantly cross class boundaries."

"He'll become one of the privileged in our eyes."

"Hey, don't make us sound like pitiful commoners!" Kiyoshi Fujino retorted. "Also, are we really going... to peek tonight?"

"Of course. According to my precise calculations, as long as we don't provoke those we can't afford to provoke, peeking into the girls' bathhouse just once, even if we get caught, will only result in being put on school probation once," Gakuto said in a calm tone. "Students from prestigious families in the school usually have private villas near Tokyo."

"In other words, people of their status don't stay in dorms; they commute."

"As for the girls who stay in the dorms, peeking at them showering once shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, as long as you don't get caught, it's not peeking," Gakuto continued. "Moreover, there's a saying: 'The law doesn't punish a multitude.'"

"As long as enough of us peek, if all the boys in the school go peeking, we definitely won't be punished," Gakuto said in a seductive tone. "Kiyoshi-kun, don't you want to see the beautiful figures of girls your age?"

"No!" Kiyoshi Fujino said firmly. However, his heart was already swayed by Gakuto. Teenage hormones surged through him.

"Don't say that. I'll also invite Renz-kun tonight. His girlfriend asked us to take good care of him. As hosts, we should at least let him feast his eyes," Gakuto chuckled.

"So that's the kind of 'care' you were talking about? Do you want Renz-kun to end up sleeping with the fishes in Tokyo Bay because of his girlfriend?" Kiyoshi Fujino was dumbfounded. "You're causing a lot of harm!"

"In the world of youth, loyalty and righteousness are the most important things," Gakuto adjusted his black-rimmed glasses. "Share the blessings, share the hardships."

"It's not like we can all enjoy the sights while he's alone in the dorm playing games, right?" Gakuto said. "Don't worry, I'm 'Brain of Nerima.'"

"My calculations are infallible. There will definitely be no problems with this peeking endeavor."

"Kiyoshi-kun, I've already contacted everyone else on LINE. All the brothers in our dorm, except Renz-kun, have said they're going."

"So, are you going?" Gakuto asked with a smile.

"All of you are going?" Kiyoshi Fujino hesitated for three seconds. "If all of you are going, then I'll go too."

Peer pressure and a subtle stir in his heart led Kiyoshi Fujino into Gakuto's seductive trap. In reality, Gakuto hadn't contacted anyone else at all. Peeking into the bathhouse was a spur-of-the-moment plan. When he talked to the others, each person could be approached with the same tactic, and with the Japanese tendency for conformity, once the group effect of "everyone's going" was achieved, no one would be able to back out.

That's right. I, Gakuto, am manipulating them. This is strategy! Hahahahahahahaha...

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What do you think will happen when Renz joins Kiyoshi Fujino and Gakuto in their "plan," given that he's fully aware of his future life with Erina? Will he participate, or will he find a way to avoid it and potentially foil Gakuto's scheme?

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