Ise Yu’s attitude, from the side, was also indicative of Hinata Rion’s attitude. If, as she said, Hinata Rion can never date Watanabe Ichiro, then Shirakawa Sawahei’s job as a wingman is destined to end in failure.
He thought about it and felt that he really couldn’t make a decisive impact on their relationship, and at most, when Watanabe Ichiro called on him to assist, he could casually use Hinata Rion as an excuse to decline.
Although Watanabe Ichiro seems a bit foolish, he’s probably not a bad person. By then, he could test Hinata Rion’s thoughts and then consider whether he should get involved in this matter.
Early the next morning, Shirakawa Sawahei, as usual, waited at Ise Yu Yuzhijin’s house for her to slowly come out.
Initially, Ise Yu Yuzhijin refused to go to school with Shirakawa Sawahei, reasoning that it would give him unnecessary hope and affect their friendship.
But ever since she pulled an all-nighter once and went to school with Shirakawa Sawahei the next day, she suddenly realized it was so nice to have someone accompany her on the train ride, waking her up at the station after a little nap.
No need to worry at all, and not afraid of being late! It’s the dream treatment.
So, Ise Yu cleverly used the reasoning that their friendship was stable and she trusted Shirakawa Sawahei’s character to invite him to go to school together.
As Tsukimi Sakurazawa would put it, if you treat Shirakawa as a brother, he’s not thinking of getting with you. Even in harem romantic comedies, Shirakawa is one of the rare good guys.
Shirakawa Sawahei thought to himself if he weren’t the good guy, with that trashy system, he’d be living it up by now with left and right hugs, having the best of both worlds.
Although Hayakawa Kashi is a bit hard to conquer, wouldn’t it be easy to get other girls? Believe it or not, I could just snap and get you too.
His first reaction, of course, was to reject Ise Yu’s request, but unfortunately, this girl seemed to have learned Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s skill of pestering, which annoyed him so much that he reluctantly agreed to accompany her to school every morning.
Thankfully, the journey to school was peaceful, with cute little Ise Yu quietly catching up on sleep, and Shirakawa Sawahei seizing the time with a double experience card to continue honing the skills he needed.
He didn’t choose to continue with piano practice, as after reaching lv4, reading sheet music just became too slow. The investment just wasn’t worth the return. So he turned his attention to other lv1 skills, practicing them in case of need.
The time at school was the same, with Shirakawa Sawahei placing the extracurricular books borrowed from the library under his textbooks, feeling somewhat like he was sneaking a look at novels during class.
The fulfilling experience grind continued until the fourth lesson, when two silly delinquents suddenly sent a message. They said there was something very important they needed to discuss with Brother Shirakawa.
Seeing the wording, Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t help but frown. These two delinquents were responsible for keeping an eye on Tachibana Tomoku’s business. If they suddenly said there was something important, could it be that there’s something wrong on Little Invisible Study Girl’s side?
Oh right, the matter with Yuri Hime and Azusa Ishihara hasn’t been resolved yet. Maybe she caused some trouble again.
Even though Yuri Hime hasn’t appeared for a long time, this guy hasn’t given up on eyeing Little Invisible Study Girl, and she’ll eventually do something.
It might be a good idea to take some time to sort her matters out.
Shirakawa Sawahei closed his book and, following the information from Imamura Takuya and Aoki Yoosuke, went to the familiar rooftop scene during lunch break.
"Brother Shirakawa! You’re here!" The lackey delinquents were immediately obsequious upon seeing him, saying, "Come sit down... Brother Shirakawa, we specially bought this fried noodle bread for you!"
"And here’s some coffee milk! See if it’s to your taste."
The two wore ingratiating smiles and spoke in a flattering tone, "Long time no see, Brother Shirakawa, you’re indeed as dashing as ever!"
"As expected of the strongest delinquent youth! Just the aura itself is the legendary kingly demeanor!"
"If you have something to say, say it. Don’t waste my time."
Imamura Takuya stood with a solemn respect, "To guess our thoughts , as expected of you, Brother Shirakawa..."
"I thought I had hidden it well, yet I still couldn’t hide from Brother Shirakawa... Sigh..."
Shirakawa Sawahei said expressionlessly, "If you waste any more words, I’m leaving."
"No, no, no... Brother Shirakawa... Honestly... We... We have something to ask for your help with!"
"You remember that thing with Ishida Koji, right, Brother Shirakawa?"
"A few days ago, we heard from that punk that you helped him resolve a conflict with his girlfriend..."
Shirakawa Sawahei asked suspiciously, "You two... Are also having conflicts with your girlfriends?"
I won’t carry this blame. That thing with Ishida Koji was just me meddling, otherwise, I wouldn’t want to get involved in delinquent love stories.
"It’s not for that reason..."
Imamura Takuya said with a heavy tone, "To be honest... Hearing that Ishida had a girlfriend left me feeling complex..."
"That feeling... It’s like when a student who usually sits in the back row, not listening to anything, suddenly does better than you on an exam."
"Three parts jealousy, three parts shock, three parts bewilderment, and one part bitterness."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Unexpectedly, even delinquent boys not interested in learning have had such a real mental journey.
"Although we say it’s no big deal, our hearts are nearly exploding!"
"How can even someone like him find a girlfriend?"
"I also want to have a childhood sweetheart and experience a sweet love!"
"And with the cultural festival, seeing couples roaming around made us even more imbalanced."
"So far, we could still bear it, relying on our delinquent beliefs... But unexpectedly... Last night, Ajie, he..."
"Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai!" Aoki Yoosuke gritted his teeth, indignantly said.
Seeing the two delinquents with expressions of painful regret, Shirakawa Sawahei thought they committed some crime and asked, "What did you do?"
"Ajie, he... took his sister’s..."
"Took his sister’s shoujo manga to read!"
Shirakawa Sawahei: ???
Damn it, can you not pause dramatically when speaking, almost sending the plot to a 404 error!?
It’s just reading some shoujo manga, do you need to describe it so somberly?
"After reading that shoujo manga, Ajie and I only had one thought left in our heads."
"Fall in love! We must fall in love!"
"That’s right! Even if we have to risk everything, we want to experience a sweet love!"
"We don’t want to pay the single tax anymore! Be it a half-price second cup or a discount on a double meal... These discounts, we also want to share with a cute girlfriend!"
"So, please! Brother Shirakawa!"
"Only you can help us!"