7 Meeting (1/2)

Mika Uehara should not have to face any more danger now.

There was nothing more than a scary story behind that brilliant smile; it almost seemed perfect this way.

After he had brought Mika to school once again, Seiji mulled things over on his return journey.

It was good that this fiasco had ended.

However, there were some aftereffects. First, it seemed that he was bound by the promise to escort Mika to school.

Second, Mika Uehara’s favorability rating towards him had surpassed 90—his system told him that she would instantly agree to be his girlfriend or even have sex with him if he asked!

Not only that, even the landlord Nozomi Uehara had a favorability rating towards him of over eighty, and if he asked her to have sex, apparently she would consider it seriously…

‘Haha, this is like a complete walkthrough… Hey, this is no time for me to act like a capture target god!’ Seiji reined himself with great difficulty.

He didn’t have any useful abilities that a capture target god would have, like causing his targets to lose their memories. In fact, Mika Uehara’s deep feelings towards him were troublesome for him by itself.

He liked Mika, but it was only to the extent of an adult that was friendly with a child; it wasn’t to the point of love. Just thinking about having to deal with her sincere feelings was something that gave him a headache.

Forget about it; he would just take things as they come. As a thirty-year-old virgin otaku in his past life, he was clueless on how to deal with a high school girl’s love…

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”You want to change jobs?” The confectionary shop’s manager Rika Amami’s eyes widened in surprise.

”Yes, I would like a higher salary.” Seiji awkwardly scratched his face. After all, directly telling any boss that he wanted to change jobs, even if she was just his manager, made him feel awkward.

”I’m so grateful to you, Store Manager, for taking me in during one of my most difficult times, but I want to earn more money as fast as I can, so…”

”Alright then, you can work inside the store. Your salary will be increased by fifty percent, and if you do a good job and work overtime often, there’ll be extra reward money.” Rika Amami said cheerily.

”Oh… this…” Seiji didn’t expect her to use this tactic.

”Do you still think it’s too low?”

”No, it’s pretty good.” Seiji scratched the corner of his mouth: ”I just thought Store Manager would get angry…”

Just like the Uehara mother and daughter pair, this store manager was also a witness to the miracle.

A flabby fatty had changed into a strong, handsome guy in the short span of one week; she was absolutely flabbergasted as well. Luckily, she wasn’t familiar with the original Seiji Haruta’s otaku lifestyle, so the contrast wasn’t as evident to her.

Rika could only sigh in envy when she thought about how difficult and slow it was for her to lose weight. This youth who was in front of her was unrecognizable as the same person from one week ago.

It was perfect timing, though, as the store’s business was getting better and better, and she had wanted to hire some more workers. She absolutely wouldn’t let go of this polite, hard-working, and handsome guy!

”I’m not really that handsome… anyway, thank you, Store Manager. I’ll take my work seriously.”

And thus, he went from a full-body costumed employee to working inside the store.

Clad in the store uniform, this fresh, energetic newcomer’s appearance instantly attracted the eyeballs of many female customers inside.

Rika’s eyes were shining as well; even though she had expected it, she still didn’t realize that the store uniform would look so great on Seiji Haruta. With his good looks and body shape, he was undoubtedly ranked number one in terms of appearance among the store employees!

Even if there were only four employees…

As the other employees had below average appearances, Seiji stood out among the crowd, and no matter where he was standing, that slightly bashful smile was the focus of female attention.

The store idol… no wait, the store hunk will be you!

And thus, time passed by quickly as they worked busily.

Later that evening, Seiji received a phone call from Mika.

Mika: ”S… Seiji, are you free?”

Seiji: ”Sure, what is it?”

Mika: ”The president found out about what happened yesterday, and she asked me about the details. After hearing them… she said she wanted to meet you.”

Seiji: ”Oh? That student council president wants to meet me? How come?”

Mika: ”She said that she knows you…”

Seiji: ”What?”

Mika: ”She said she knows you, but you probably don’t know her… anyway, she would like to meet and chat with you.”

Seiji rubbed his chin and was rather curious. Just who could this student council president possibly be?”

Seiji: ”Okay then. When does she want to meet?”

Mika: ”If it’s alright with you, she said she’d like to meet tomorrow afternoon in the business district at the confectionary store called ‘Divine Taste.’”

The ‘Divine Taste’ confectionary store… that was the place he worked at! Was this an innocuous coincidence, or was it…

Seiji: ”Alright, but you know I need to work tomorrow, so it has to be after 5:00 pm.”

Mika: ”Okay, I’ll let her know.”

After hanging up, the pigtailed beauty had a complicated expression on her face while she was laying face-down on her bed.

Her first time calling him was actually to talk to him about another girl… Mika Uehara felt like a deflated balloon.

Also, she detected a sense of danger.

The student council president had said that she was familiar with Seiji Haruta—what was that about?

She was grateful to the President-sama, who had coolness, beauty, and gentleness combined in one body. She almost seemed like a goddess—the idol of the entire school as well as Mika herself. And that was why she was worried about the president contacting Seiji… after all, the president’s attractiveness was at the level of an alluring witch!

In conclusion, what if Seiji fell in love with the president? It would become a huge obstacle to her love!

Rolling rolling rolling rolling! She was so indecisive that she could only roll around on her bed.

”Ahhhh! What should I do!?”

Seiji could hear some strange noises coming from downstairs.

Seiji had no clue as to what Mika was thinking just then. He held curiosity towards the true identity of the president.

By stating that she knew him, she had, of course, meant that she was familiar with the original Seiji. However the original Seiji… would only leave nothing but destructive impressions behind.