Chapter 1 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 1

Amakawa Haruto, a college student living in Tokyo .

Summer .

He was walking below the clear blue sky as the sun shone brightly above .

With the sun shining down combined with the asphalt on the ground, the area was filled with hot air rising causing a heat haze .

In such hostile environment, Haruto still had a cool expression on his face as he continued walking towards the University campus .

Along the way, Haruto discovered a group of female college students walking nearby secretly raising small shrill voices .

Haruto had this hard to approach atmosphere, tall along with a handsome face .

Also as a practitioner of ancient martial arts, he was able to train his body resulting in an excellent physique .

Therefore Haruto walking to University was seen as some sort of celebrity by the opposite sex .

Despite that, no rumours could be found about Haruto being interested in any girls .

It did not mean that he was into men .

Just that in the 20 or so years he had been alive, Haruto never found himself a girlfriend .

The reason was that there was only one person in his heart .

That person was Haruto’s childhood friend .

Unfortunately, his crush never bore fruit .

Yearning for her, Haruto was almost able reached her but she suddenly vanished .

Five years passed since Haruto’s childhood friend’s disappearance .

The last time he talked to her was 13 years ago .

Ever since the time he first encountered her, it took no time for Haruto to fall for her .

Playing with her everyday, it was difficult for him not to notice his attraction towards her .

But Haruto’s parents divorced when he was still young and he was taken by his father to live in his father’s home town in the countryside .

At that time, the two childhood friends made a certain promise .

Someday, when they were reunited, they would get married .

There was no binding force to that promise, only a fleeting transient promise in their childhood .

But Haruto was determined to make that dream a reality and poured all his strength towards that promise .

To achieve their dream, he built his foundation towards manhood through the pursuit of knowledge, agriculture, housework, and martial arts .

He wanted to meet .

He could not stand not being able to meet her .

He did everything with great effort and impatiently waited until the day he reached adulthood for their reunion . Haruto blindly believed in the promise .

Haruto, who dedicated great effort into all his endeavors, was recognised by his father .

Owing to that, his father allowed Haruto to enroll in a famous high school near the area his childhood friend resided .

It was where a shocking reunion was about to happen .

Coincidentally, his childhood friend also enrolled in the same high school .

Dokun, Haruto could feel his heart race .

There was no mistake, it was her .

Even if her appearance had changed over the years, he would make such a mistake .