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My name is Seigo Konoe. I'm a high school student who just started my second year of high school.

After the opening ceremony was over, I was locked up in the life guidance room, a torture room, and was being scolded severely. The reason for this was that I had fallen ill from working too many part-time jobs during spring break. I didn't expect to collapse after working a mere twenty-four hours of multiples for the entire spring break.

There was no way I was going to say something like that, as it would mean a long scolding period. This kind of thing can be released if you just apologize appropriately.

And when I returned to the classroom after being released, my bad friend Manaka Kaito called out to me with a smirk.

''Brother, thank you for your hard work,''

I'll say it again because it's important, but this is a guy I've been friends with since freshman year. We're not related by any means.

'Shut up. Monaka.

My last name is Maka!　Don't turn it into ice cream.

Don't assume it's ice cream. It's essentially a traditional Japanese snack.　At least I'm better known than you.

It's sad. When you hear the word ”monaka”, you think of ice cream when you hear ...... Japanese candy monaka is delicious.

It's not a good idea. I don't want to be compared to such a product and its visibility, but ...... how was it more than that?　The Senkos.

I was in rage mode. I recorded it on my phone, do you want to hear it?

'You recorded it: ...... I've known you since the first year, and I still don't know you very well.

If you get beat up, you can take the money.

Well, the teachers understand that assaulting them is enough to get their heads off, so they just yell at them.

'Scary!　That's not the idea of a high schooler.

Really?

'Yeah. So what happened to your part-time job?

It's not allowed for a while.

Well, I don't need the school to tell me to do it, but my family has banned me from doing it.

'Well, of course. How many part-time jobs have you had to do to get emergency transported for doing too much part-time work?

I worked up to four jobs, 24 hours a day, with no breaks, and then I collapsed.

To be precise, I'm not working hard because I have breaks and time to travel to my part-time job.

”You ....... You're an idiot.

Oh my god. ....... Kaito called me an idiot.

''You have a lot of respect that you can still come up with such words after knowing the academic gap between me and you.

'Gu ....... I can't say anything back to you just because you're always showing me your homework.

But you're free without a job. What am I gonna do?

In fact, I'd say none of my spare time is currently spent. I've been putting in a part-time job for all my spare time.

'Oh!　Then why don't we play a game?　VR Games

You mean that VR game that's been in the news a lot?

I've heard stories of people dying from dehydration after diving for twenty-four hours straight, of being stalked by real criminals, of getting in trouble with video games that led to murder.

'That's a bad example. The government and the people running the game are taking a lot of steps to make sure it's okay.

'Heh, I didn't know that. So what kind of game is it?

'Oh!　Are you interested?

'I'm bored. Playing games to pass the time isn't so bad, is it?