The walk from the apartment building to Toyogasaki High School was only ten minutes.
However, ten minutes was enough for Shiina Asahi, who came from a large family, to see many things clearly.
Of the two siblings, although the girl, Miyauchi Hikari, seemed to be the link between the Shiina sisters and Miyauchi Hikage, she was actually not very scheming.
She probably didn't even see the subtle relationship between him and his daughter. Along the way, she had even been curiously asking why Shiina Mahiru had moved out to live alone.
To this, he was naturally unwilling to state the fact that he and his wife's sordid affairs had led to them neglecting this daughter of theirs since she was young. He just used an adult's disguise to say with a dry laugh that Shiina Mahiru was an independent child and had taken the initiative to live outside.
As he said this, he also asked Miyauchi Hikari to take more care of his daughter and niece in the future, and that if they ran into any problems, they could contact him directly.
Seeing Miyauchi Hikari earnestly pat her chest and say that she would definitely take good care of them, Shiina Asahi then turned his gaze to Miyauchi Hikage on the other side, who hadn't expressed much of an opinion.
It seemed that Miyauchi Hikage had already noticed the rift between him and his daughter.
The younger brother's observation skills are a little sharper.
However, around a few girls, it was indeed necessary to have a perceptive person watching from the side.
From this point of view, Miyauchi Hikage met the conditions.
Shiina Asahi secretly sized up Miyauchi Hikage, wanting to use his adult experience to judge what kind of personality the other had, and whether he would have any bad influence on his daughter and niece.
It was just that he couldn't see what kind of person the other was.
He only saw in these ten minutes that several coins, dropped by who-knows-who, had rolled to Miyauchi Hikage's feet and stopped, and a few banknotes blown by the wind had flown directly into his face.
The most absurd thing was that there was even a stray dog that had run over from nowhere, holding a lady's wallet in its mouth. When it ran to Miyauchi Hikage's side, the wallet had coincidentally fallen out of its mouth.
Is this young man's luck really that good?
Even Miyauchi Hikari on the side couldn't help but start to complain.
"Hey, hey, your luck has been too good recently, you guy. I remember you also picked up a lot of money on your way home from school yesterday, right?"
"Maybe I've been favored by the goddess of luck recently," Miyauchi Hikage casually glanced at the student ID in the wallet.
Yo, it's an acquaintance.
"Sawamura Spencer Eriri. It's that first-year girl who had a scandal with a senior from a higher grade, right?" he said casually. On the side, Shiina Mashiro, keenly sensing the familiar name, hurriedly poked her head over.
"Is it that Sawamura Spencer Eriri?" Shiina Mashiro looked at the blonde girl on the student ID and asked him.
"It should be," Miyauchi Hikage glanced inside the wallet. As expected of a little rich girl, she carried so much money with her.
He handed the wallet to Miyauchi Hikari. "After all, it's a girl's wallet, and she's a celebrity in the school. It's better for you to help me return it to her."
To this, Miyauchi Hikari didn't think much about where Shiina Mashiro had heard the name Eriri from and took it without a second thought.
This girl named Eriri was indeed quite pretty, but her little brother was already with Shiina Mashiro now, and was also suspected to be liked by her other friend, Katō Megumi. He really shouldn't get too close to other girls.
As his sister-in-law, it was no problem for her to help a little in this regard.
On the other hand, Shiina Mashiro pulled Miyauchi Hikage's hand again, as if to indicate that she also wanted to go with them.
Miyauchi Hikage understood what she meant. It was nothing more than wanting to go and ask Eriri for the "manga adaptation permission" again.
So he turned to look at Miyauchi Hikari and told her to take Shiina Mashiro with her at that time.
"Mashiro thinks this girl is also very suitable to be drawn in her manga, so it'll be a trouble for you to accompany her to talk to Sawamura-san then."
Miyauchi Hikage paused for a moment, and then said to Shiina Mashiro again, "If she is unwilling, you just tell her that you have already gotten Kasumigaoka Utaha's consent. If she still doesn't agree, then you'll just have to draw a personal manga with Kasumigaoka Utaha as the female protagonist."
Shiina Mashiro nodded seriously and wrote down what he had said.
Shiina Asahi, on the side, although he still hadn't figured out the situation, it seemed that this young man could really understand his niece's meaning, and was also really helping her come up with ideas?
Anyway, I should observe a little more.
The few of them walked into Toyogasaki High School. A girl with Shiina Mashiro's looks was still very eye-catching on a high school campus.
Although she was blonde like Eriri and had some features of a mixed-race person, the feeling the two of them gave off was completely different.
Shiina Mashiro looked like the kind of eccentric genius who didn't care about many things and lived in her own world.
And Sawamura Spencer Eriri, on the surface, actually had a reputation somewhat similar to Shiina Mahiru's. They were both young ladies from prestigious families who were kind to others, and both had their own disguises under this perfect identity.
Shiina Mahiru, under the care of her maid, was forced to train the attribute of an omnipotent angel.
Sawamura Spencer Eriri was naturally not that omnipotent, but had put all her attribute points into drawing.
Of course, in terms of drawing, Eriri certainly couldn't compare to Shiina Mashiro, who could already hold solo art exhibitions.
However, just in terms of skills in manga, the current Eriri should still be a little higher than Shiina Mashiro, who was almost a blank slate.
As he analyzed Eriri's image and the similarities and differences with the Shiina sisters in his mind, they also arrived at the principal's office, which they had made an appointment with in advance.
It was just as he had guessed before.
What Toyogasaki High lacked was talent, especially a world-class super genius like Shiina Mashiro.
That rather easy-going principal, in order to keep her at Toyogasaki, could be said to have offered extremely generous conditions.
A scholarship, no need to follow the normal class schedule, and the right to use the art club at will.
Even the Miyauchi siblings, in the principal's eyes, had become good students who had recommended Shiina Mashiro to Toyogasaki, and they already had a share in this year's scholarship application.
One could say that Shiina Mashiro was just putting her name on the roster at Toyogasaki. Whatever else she wanted to do, as long as Toyogasaki High could leech off a name that could be used for publicity, it was fine.
And on the matter of class assignment, the principal also asked for her own thoughts.
Shiina Mashiro also, without a doubt, looked at Miyauchi Hikage at the first moment, and then, with a nod from him, somewhat reluctantly chose Miyauchi Hikari's class.