"Sorry, I have my own job!"
Mizusaki Yuma shook his head. He wouldn't neglect his Yorozuya work.
To become a chef?
Unless he had lost his mind.
"But we can offer you higher compensation than your current job!"
Nakiri Erina really wanted to invite him to join the academy.
She really wanted to learn this glowing cuisine.
"No need, I'm not interested in money..."
"Not interested in money..."
The others silently grumbled to themselves.
This person was really free-spirited.
Not interested in money, could anyone in this world truly achieve that?
Without money, it would probably be impossible to move an inch.
Looking at the departing Mizusaki Yuma, Nakiri Erina also sighed, realizing her own narrow-mindedness.
"You didn't actually believe him, did you?"
Kobayashi Rindou muttered.
He was so pretentious, and Erina actually believed him?
"Do you know him?"
"No, but he's my cousin's friend."
A strange feeling flashed in Kobayashi Rindou's heart.
Why was Erina asking this?
Could it be...?
..."Xiao You was so cool just now!"
After leaving the restaurant, Tohru gave Mizusaki Yuma a thumbs-up.
Whether it was his cooking just now or what he said afterward,
Her beloved Xiao You was indeed impeccably good.
"If you're not interested in money, you can give all your money to me!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha muttered.
Why did this guy's words always annoy her so much?
She had just moved out, and her book had only been released recently.
She hadn't even received her royalties yet.
She was very short on money right now.
The more she thought about hearing such words, the more unpleasant she felt.
"Sure, sign a contract, and you can have as much as you want!"
"Then forget it..."
She knew that the content of the transaction involved her life.
She didn't want to die so quickly.
"Where to?"
Mizusaki Yuma checked the time. Including the time they spent eating, it was already four o'clock.
They had lingered in the restaurant for four hours.
He had originally planned to take a nice walk outside in the afternoon.
"How about the library?"
"I thought you'd want to go shopping..."
A hint of surprise flashed across Mizusaki Yuma's face.
In his mind,
weren't all girls fond of shopping?
He had already prepared for Kasumigaoka Utaha to say she wanted to go shopping.
Then he could just ditch her and go home to rest.
"Of course, if I weren't broke, wouldn't I go shopping?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha silently grumbled to herself.
Poverty meant she had no money to splurge.
She had been broke for this entire period, at least until her royalties came in.
After she moved out, she had promised her parents that she could be financially independent.
So her parents had stopped giving her money.
"Xiao You, Kanna wants to go to the library."
Having never been to a library, Kanna expressed great curiosity about it.
What exactly was inside a library?
"Tohru wants to go too!"
"Alright, then let's go to the library and take a look..."
To be honest, he had no interest in reading whatsoever.
Reading when bored at the Yorozuya was already something he couldn't avoid.
Reading during his time off? He felt he would definitely go crazy.
He still had a bloodline lottery ticket here.
Now he was just eager to go home and draw the prize.
However, he couldn't resist the fact that all three of them wanted to go. Since that was the case, it wouldn't hurt for him to sit in the library for a while.
"Eh, isn't that Senior Kasumigaoka and Mizusaki-san?"
"Should we go say hello?"
Kato Megumi pointed in a direction, and Eriri followed where she pointed.
After looking, she found that it was indeed the two of them.
Were they on a date?
It didn't look like it; there seemed to be two other girls with them.
This man really had an incredible way with women.
Eriri had originally planned to draw at home today.
As a shut-in, she believed that if she didn't have to go out,
she absolutely wouldn't.
But Kato Megumi had invited her to go shopping for clothes together.
They had only become friends yesterday, and she was afraid that if she refused,
it would affect their friendship. Besides, Kato Megumi had mentioned before that she didn't have many friends.
So Eriri also considered herself Kato Megumi's only friend.
A good friend needed to go shopping, so she naturally needed to go with her.
So today, she had taken off her green tracksuit and put on a floral dress to go out with Kato Megumi.
However, before Eriri could think much, Kato Megumi looked at the four people who had already walked over and quickly greeted them, "Senior Kasumigaoka, Mizusaki Yuma, I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Oh, Kato, are you shopping?"
Looking at the shopping bags in Kato Megumi and Eriri's hands.
Kasumigaoka Utaha's envy flashed in her eyes.
It had been a long time since she had bought new clothes.
Damn it!
"Yes, Senior, but I just bought some everyday clothes. Are you two out shopping?"
"Just having a meal. Oh, let me introduce you. This is Tohru, this is Kanna. And this is Kato Megumi, and the blonde next to her is Eriri."
After Kasumigaoka Utaha's brief introduction, Eriri immediately became unhappy.
Why were others introduced normally, but when it came to her, she became a 'blonde'?
Although her hair was blonde, wasn't 'blonde' clearly used to describe dogs?
"Hello, you're so cute."
Kato Megumi greeted them. Kanna's short legs were so adorable.
And were the horns on their heads just decorations?
So cute.
"Hello."
The four exchanged greetings.
And after learning that they were going to the library,
The group of four, who had originally planned to just wander around, instantly became a group of six.
They had just finished buying clothes and were currently strolling on the street.
Since that was the case, they might as well go along.
"If we're going to the library, how about the municipal library? It's closer and has more books."
Kato Megumi used to occasionally go to the library when she had nothing to do.
She was quite familiar with it. If they were going to a library,
That library was also quite good.