After showering, Shiina Mahiru lay in bed, silently weeping.
After a while, she finally calmed down a bit.
She reflected carefully for a moment and realized that she also bore significant responsibility for how things had turned out.
She couldn't blame Lin Mu entirely.
She knew how cute she was; from elementary school to high school, everyone said she was an angelic girl.
Every day, her shoe locker would be filled with confession letters.
Although Lin Mu was bad and took advantage of her vulnerability, her allowing him to do as he pleased was also a mistake.
Thinking about how she had given up on herself yesterday, saying he could do whatever he wanted, her cheeks grew even hotter.
Scenes from last night flashed through her mind, and Shiina Mahiru's heart raced, her cheeks flushing even more.
Those suggestive images completely flustered her.
And it wasn't just last night.
That guy had also made a move on her just now.
That strange feeling seemed to still be invading her body, causing her to instinctively cover her small mouth.
"Hate it… why am I thinking about that bad guy? That shameless pervert."
He seemed to be her neighbor too…
No, she couldn't let him find out, otherwise, he would definitely bother her again.
Shiina Mahiru, whose attention had been diverted, had no time to think about her sad family matters; she directly called to ask for a day off.
She didn't plan on going to class today.
And besides… it still hurt a little… she needed to rest…
Lin Mu saw all of Shiina Mahiru's actions and couldn't help but sigh.
Having just awakened his memories, he hadn't had time to organize the information about this world yet.
Aki Tomoya choking to death on water seemed strange no matter how he looked at it.
Moreover, searching his memories, he was surprised to find that this world had the Yukino Zaibatsu, and the Shinomya Zaibatsu, known as the heart of the nation, whose heir was a girl named Shinomiya Kaguya.
The second largest zaibatsu was the Sanzenin Zaibatsu, followed by the Sagimiya family.
Continuing to search his memories, it was incredible.
He had a junior high classmate named Katsura Kotonoha, and another with golden twin tails named Eiri.
Currently, the place he was in was Kyoto, and the largest school was his own St. White Emperor Academy.
From the moment he saw Aki Tomoya, he felt that this world was not simple.
It seemed to be a mixed world of various anime.
So, his goal for his retainers was also very clear.
Was there any retainer more excellent than a female protagonist?
Therefore.
Contracting more retainers, gaining more abilities, becoming the strongest devil, establishing his own retainer harem, and building the Mu Empire were the things he had to do in the future.
While he was contemplating his future ambitions, a knock suddenly came from outside the door.
He opened the door and saw.
It was a beautiful girl with a high ponytail, looking very energetic.
The girl politely bowed to him and handed him a gift bag.
"Hello, I'm Aoyama Nanami, who just moved next door. This is a small gift, please take care of me in the future."
"Ah, nice to meet you, I'm Lin Mu."
Lin Mu quickly responded, but he was extremely surprised in his heart.
Aoyama Nanami, from The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, was a girl who worked hard for her dreams.
It was said that she worked several jobs at the same time just to earn money to enter a voice actor training agency and become a famous voice actor.
"Um, Lin Mu-san, I still have to go to other neighbors, so I won't disturb your rest."
"Okay, you go ahead."
Lin Mu smiled and nodded, but he did not enter the room.
Aoyama Nanami smiled politely and then knocked on Shiina Mahiru's room door.
Shiina Mahiru subconsciously asked, "Who is it?"
"Ah, I'm Aoyama Nanami, who just moved next door, here to say hello."
Hearing this, Shiina Mahiru then opened the door and accepted Aoyama Nanami's gift.
Accepting someone else's souvenir was basic courtesy. If you didn't, others would think you looked down on her.
Shiina Mahiru politely greeted Aoyama Nanami, then suddenly saw Lin Mu next to her, and her smile instantly froze.
It's over!
He knew she lived next door to him!
The plan she had just made instantly fell through.
Shiina Mahiru quickly greeted Aoyama Nanami politely and then quickly closed the door.
Aoyama Nanami, meanwhile, continued to visit other neighbors.
Not long after.
A knock sounded at Shiina Mahiru's door.
"Who is it?" Shiina Mahiru subconsciously asked, feeling a little nervous.
"It's me, Lin Mu."
"..."
After a long silence, Shiina Mahiru sighed and said from behind the door, "What do you want?"
Lin Mu shamelessly spoke.
"Student Shiina, I just got out of the hospital and haven't prepared any ingredients. Can I come over to your place for a meal?"
"No! Go buy a bento at the convenience store yourself!"
"Oh..."
Lin Mu responded dejectedly and slowly left.
Listening to his footsteps fading away, Shiina Mahiru breathed a sigh of relief, but she also felt a little sad.
After refusing his request to freeload a meal, she felt embarrassed herself.
Actually, eating a meal wasn't a big deal, was it? He had just been discharged from the hospital and had expended so much energy...
Ugh...
She couldn't think about it anymore.
Expending energy was his own fault.
Let him bully her!
Thinking of this, Shiina Mahiru's guilt towards him vanished. She put on an apron, tied her golden hair into a ponytail, and began to cook.
She was actually hungry too; crying was also very tiring.
Moreover, she was the one being bullied by him.
Lin Mu, unable to freeload a meal, had to go to the convenience store to buy a bento and also purchase some ingredients to put in the refrigerator.
Lin Mu was now looking forward to this world more and more.
Since Aoyama Nanami had appeared, then the cute pet girl, Shiina Mashiro, would also appear, right?
He wondered what abilities this innocent girl, who was always drawing and whose mind was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, would bring him after becoming a retainer?
Also, Shiina Mahiru and Shiina Mashiro, their names were so similar, could these two not be related?
Moreover, both of them had blonde hair, making the possibility of them being relatives even greater.
Returning home and putting the ingredients in the refrigerator, Lin Mu fell into deep thought as he looked at his bank card balance.
He probably had about 200,000 yen left, which seemed like a lot, but converted to Chinese yuan, it was only 9,918 yuan.
Coupled with the high prices in Japan, this amount of money was simply not enough.
So, did he have to work part-time?
Lin Mu sighed, not expecting that even after transmigrating, he would still have to be a corporate slave to earn money.
Was there no faster way to make money?
Thinking of his super recovery ability, being a host was a good option.
But Lin Mu didn't want to sell smiles; it was too demeaning for a devil.
Although other demon lords could work, he wanted a job that could make money comfortably.
Rubbing his chin and thinking for a moment, Lin Mu decided to return to his old profession and become a light novel author.
Since this world had various anime heroines, then light novels related to those heroines had not appeared.
He checked his phone and found that the most popular light novel currently was a school romance.
It was called "love metronome," and the author was Kasumi Utako.
It must be you, the black-stocking senior, Kasumigaoka Utaha, whom Eiri called "Kasumi Fatty"!
It made sense. Aki Tomoya had appeared and even choked to death on water.
So, it was not surprising that the fair-skinned and beautiful senior, Kasumigaoka Utaha, had appeared.
He just didn't know which school she attended.
Lin Mu thought of the senior's black stockings and subconsciously compared them to Shiina Mahiru's, but he couldn't make a comparison.
Because he hadn't officially met her yet, and this was a real world for him, different from anime character designs.
This was also why he didn't recognize Shiina Mahiru immediately.
Lin Mu was a person of strong action; he did what he decided to do.
Since he decided to write light novels, he naturally had to scan through the currently popular genres.
After scanning.
Goodness, several familiar names appeared again.
For example, the eromanga artist Kashiwagi Eri, and Eromanga Sensei.