Vol 1 Chapter 19 (2/2)

“Agreed,” Yume smiled broadly “Mary’s super adorable!”

“O-of course I agree” Mogzo still had his barbute hel for me to have you with us”

Ranta harru fuss when I’ I need to work on… uess Aren’t we friends?”

“hell is gonna freeze over to up at the cloudless sky “Ranta, adonna freeze over”

“Hey! I ads I can improve on! My self-i and you still don’t know that?!”

“If you say so, then, sure”

“Oy! Haruhiro! Don’t just leave it at that! You make me sad!”

“I think it’s a good idea to set a goal for ourselves sooner rather than later,” Haruhiro continued “Even if it’s a teoal…”

He stole a glance at Mary She looked unaffected so far, still staring intently at hi to rebuff theh start for her not to

“…Everything’s become muddled recently,” Haruhiro said “I don’t even think we’re working like crazy to save up enough to buy our Cri from day to day with no real purpose Let’s stop that and at least figure out the direction ant to go next”

“Our goal’s to become BILLIONAIRES! Then WORLD DOMINATION!!!”

Haruhiro thoroughly ignored Ranta and proposed his thoughts to everyone Everyone except the irritatingly loud Ranta and the deathly silent Mary agreed

“I don’t care about anything other than irls too, I guess But girls couess your idea for a goal is okay for so of the first step towards world doly

Yu-winded and ue”

There they go again, Haruhiro thought, and turned to Mary “Mary, what do you think?”

Mary, avoiding his gaze, seen of her agreement

“Would you like to eat dinner with us tonight?” he asked

“No thanks” Then she added, in the quietest of voices, “…not yet, anyway”

“Alright”

What did you expect? Haruhiro told hiically fix themselves instantly, just with that But of course he was iether would come to an end They had burned up some of that precious time already, just to take this first step forward And who knew if their end was already near, having pursued them all this while?

But one step was still a step For Haruhiro and the others, incompetents beyond incompetent, one small step at a time was their only way forward

And if his ears hadn’t deceived him, just before Mary turned away to leave, she had whispered, “See you tomorrow”

Indeed Ad interim, tomorrow comes