Rich young people and extraordinary corporate executives all extended invitations to Haruno.
"I'm sorry. I have an appointment tonight." Haruno politely declined.
"Oh?"
"To be able to be Haruno-san's male companion, he must be an outstanding young talent, right?"
"Would it be convenient to introduce him to everyone?"
Everyone expressed great curiosity.
"Tsk! It's already so late, and he still hasn't appeared. How can a guy with no concept of time be worthy of Haruno-san's wait?" Someone spoke enviously.
"Hahaha. You're all making fun of me. My male companion... how should I put it?"
"He's a very unique guy."
Haruno evaded the question, parrying everyone's probing questions without revealing any useful information.
The classical clock in the banquet hall struck six o'clock sharp.
"Yo. Haruno, we're not late, are we?"
Almost at the last second, Tenya appeared beside Haruno and unceremoniously put his hand on her shoulder.
"This kid..."
"Where did he come from?"
Everyone was astonished. No one had noticed where he appeared from.
"But he's so handsome. He looks very young too, could he be a high school student?"
"Tsk tsk. Haruno really knows how to have fun."
Compared to the men's jealousy, the women, one by one, cast playful and teasing glances.
"Haruno, why don't you quickly introduce this handsome young man to your sisters?"
Those who could attend such an upper-class evening banquet were naturally young ladies of considerable status, and their eyes, one by one, glowed with fervent gazes as they looked at Tenya.
"His name is Tenya, he's a second-year student at Sobu High School, and he's my little boyfriend now."
Haruno proactively took Tenya's hand, lacing their fingers together and raising them high, as if declaring her ownership.
"Hmm."
Tenya maintained a cold expression, adopting an attitude of keeping everyone at a distance. In his opinion, without a treasure chest, there was no value in making acquaintances.
"He's the cool type."
"Tenya has personality."
"Speaking of which, Haruno, how much does it cost you to keep him for a month?"
"Why don't you come over to big sister's side, I'll double it for you? Hahahahaha."
The women burst into laughter, their words containing hidden mockery. This was because it was well-known that the Yukinoshita family had been forced into bankruptcy liquidation due to a real estate investment collapse.
Where would they get the money to keep a handsome man?
"How awful! Can't we just be true love?" Haruno smiled without warmth.
She, of course, knew that these people in front of her were mocking her.
"True love?"
"Ahahahaha."
"That's hilarious."
"Sisters, help me."
"Did I hear that right?"
"Haruno is actually a love-struck fool, how did I not notice that before?"
Immediately, the crowd erupted in shouts of derision.
In upper-class circles, the unwritten rule was that romance was at the very bottom of the contempt hierarchy.
"Is there a possibility that you're all too ugly, which is why you can't experience love?" Tenya's opening line was a bombshell.
He thoroughly roasted all the women in front of him.
"Wh-What?!"
"Too ugly...?! "
"What you said is too harsh."
"Don't think you can talk nonsense just because you're handsome."
"Exactly."
"These days, which of us doesn't have a few gigolos?"
The women, one by one, looked upset and immediately retorted.
"Look at my face, look into my eyes. Among the gigolos you keep, is there anyone handsomer than me?" Tenya's profound self-confidence successfully subdued everyone in the room.
"Holy crap!"
"You're too narcissistic, kid!"
"How arrogant! What a cringey statement!"
The men, one by one, expressed their disapproval.
"....."
The women, however, collectively fell silent. (Affected by the Affinity skill)
Honestly, this guy was indeed incredibly handsome, and none of their gigolos could compare.
"Pfft..."
"Tenya-kun, you're really too amusing."
Seeing that Tenya, simply by presenting his face and without any verbal skill, managed to silence the "sisters," Haruno immediately burst into radiant laughter.
"Haruno, I'm sticking up for you here. You'll have to compensate me well afterwards."
Tenya's large hand slid down a few centimeters along her waist.
You said 'afterwards,' so why do you want compensation now?
Haruno glared at him, annoyed.
"Little brother Tenya, right? I am a few years older than you, you don't mind me calling you that, do you?"
A rich young master couldn't resist being condescending.
Splash!
Tenya splashed the red wine from his glass onto the other party's face.
"Rude fellow, get lost!"
"You..."
The rich guy was about to lash out but was intimidated by a single glance from Tenya.
Don't misunderstand. Here, Tenya didn't use any skills. It was purely just an ordinary glance and the other party just backed down.
"It's not a good thing for young people to be too impetuous. Let me introduce myself, I am Smith, the General Manager of West Australia Gaming."
This time, a mixed-race middle-aged man, standing one meter ninety tall, approached.
"Oh."
Tenya had one arm around Haruno and held a red wine glass in the other, gently swirling it.
He didn't even glance at the other party.
"Meeting is destiny, Mr. Tenya, why don't we..."
Smith seemed very friendly, his words full of inducement.
"You want to pull me into a gambling game."
Tenya was too lazy to listen to the other party ramble and directly exposed his true intentions.
Smith's eyebrow twitched, he maintained his composure on the surface, but inwardly, he couldn't help but be startled.
How did this kid see through my plan?
"Mr. Tenya is indeed bold, interested in playing a few rounds with me?" Smith used a taunting strategy.
"Tenya-kun, no! He won the Asian Cup as a Gambling King." Haruno whispered in his ear, trying to dissuade him.
"No matter. If you want to play, I'll accompany you to the end." Tenya immediately smiled.
This big fat sheep delivered right to his doorstep, it would be a waste not to slaughter him fiercely.
"As expected of an outstanding young man who can impress Miss Haruno! This old man must learn a lot from you today." Smith's words contained hidden sarcasm.
He thought to himself, 'I am the Gambling King, surely I can handle a mere high school student, right?'
The gambling match between the two attracted the attention of many people at the banquet, and the onlookers gathered around.
Smith struck while the iron was hot, immediately ordering his assistant to bring out various gambling tools such as playing cards and dice.
"Tenya-san, what would you like to play?"
"Whatever you want."
"Then let's start with dice to warm up. How about setting each game at 200,000 yen?"
"Whatever you want."
"....."
Tenya's quick agreement made Smith feel a sense of unreality.
Was he just putting on a show, or did he really have the ability?
"Tenya-kun, can you gamble?" Haruno, seeing his confidence, immediately asked curiously.
"No." Tenya shook his head.
Although he had many skills, none of them were related to gambling.
"Huh? Then why did you agree to gamble with him?" Haruno asked, wide-eyed.
"It's fine. As long as it's related to money, the Goddess of Fortune will always be on my side."
Tenya's confidence came from the skill, God of Wealth. Born with good financial luck, he would never have to worry about money in his life.
"Let's play 'guess the size'."
"Big."
"You got it? Not bad luck, young man."
"Again!"
"Big."
"Oh? You got it again? There's something to this..."
"Continue!"
"Big."
"Hiss... Could he be a master at feigning weakness to ambush?"
"I just won't believe it!"
"Big."
"Why..."
In the dice game, Tenya hit ten out of ten.
"Hehe. As expected of Tenya-kun , 2,000,000 yen already in the account?" Haruno's eyes lit up.
The speed of making money surpassed her part-time job.
"Calm down, this is just the beginning."
Tenya was lounging on the sofa, enjoying grapes peeled by Haruno herself.
"Boss, could this kid be cheating?"
"Nonsense! The dice are mine, and I rolled them myself. How could he cheat?"
Smith was already sweating profusely at this point. The key was that he couldn't see any suspicious movements from Tenya. It was as if it was all just luck.