On Monday, in the student union room during lunch break.

Shinjoka informed Kato Yusuke of the information she learned.

Serizawa Yui, 18 years old, is a third-year student at Yotsuya Futaba Academy in Tokyo.

Speaking of Yotsuya Futaba Academy, it is a famous aristocratic school for girls and one of the three schools of Tokyo Girls' High School. The students there are either rich or noble.

However, because her parents had had conflicts with her uncle and his wife during their lifetime, the girl's arrival was not warmly welcomed by her family, so she ran away from home this time.

Kato Yusuke quietly listened to the whole story.

Although it still lacks a lot of details, there is nothing wrong with the overall logic and it basically makes sense.

"...Besides these, does she have anything else to say?"

"No more." Shintiao Xiang bit a lollipop in his mouth and shook his head from side to side.

"Although I wanted to continue asking, Xiao Xi didn't seem to be used to staying up late, so she fell asleep after talking about it. Of course, it may be that she was really tired~"

"..."

Kato Yusuke stared at the meeting minutes in front of him, and the mechanical pencil in his hand unconsciously rotated between his slender fingers, making various dazzling movements.

"It means that you, the president, are very concerned about Xiao Xi's affairs, right?"

"What do you want to say?"

"Hey, it's not a big deal~ If you feel worried, President, would you like to go and check with me after school?"

Faced with Shinjoka's proposal, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but think about it for a while and replied: "...We'll talk about it then."

"Yeah~ I understand, then I'll go back first, President."

"Um."

Shinjoka turned around and walked towards the door.

At the same time, the door was suddenly pushed open with a "click".

A graceful girl walked in.

"Yu-chan, I'll come..."

The words stopped abruptly mid-sentence.

The two girls faced each other, and they were surprised for a moment.

"...Ah, it turns out to be Kasumigaoka-senpai. Good afternoon, senior-senpai~"

Shinjoka, who was the first to react, smiled and nodded in greeting, and took the initiative to step aside to let the other party go first.

"..."

Shiyu nodded silently, his eyes swept over her face and clothes as if inadvertently, and simply said: "...It turns out it's you."

"Well, it's me. I just reported to the president and am about to leave. Goodbye, senior sister."

After leaving the room, Shinjoka closed the door and the footsteps quickly faded away.

"Senior Shiyu?"

Kato Yusuke asked aloud: "What's the matter?"

"..."

The girl didn't say anything. She walked over without a smile and looked around him with sharp eyes. Fortunately, she didn't find any flaws or doubts...

His expression looked a little better now.

"...It's nothing. Didn't you say you would be working here at noon today? So I brought you a gift of condolences. You haven't eaten anything yet, right?"

Kato Yusuke glanced at the bread in the other person's hand and replied truthfully: "Well, not yet."

"In that case, why don't you eat with me~?" …

"good."

A smile appeared on Shiyu's face, and she naturally stretched out a hand and pulled him to the sofa.

"I bought curry bread, pork chop sandwich, and pineapple bread, which one do you want?"

"Curry bread."

"Okay, here you go~ there's also milk."

"Thanks."

Two people sat side by side on the same sofa, chatting while eating.

"Speaking of which, I remember Yu-chan, is the single volume of your comic released today?"

Kato Yusuke nodded "Yes" to express his affirmation.

The stand-alone book of "Chainsaw Man" was released today, and it's no secret.

As the editor-in-chief Suzuki previously informed him, the final price of the single volume is 440 yen (tax included).

Currently released are the first and second volumes, which cover chapters 1 to 16. The progress is 7 chapters behind the comic magazine.

"Congratulations~ Yu-chan, I knew you could do it."

Shiyu first congratulated you proudly, and then curiously asked about the details.

"Then, how many volumes will be printed in the first batch of comic books?"

"Well, there are 200,000 copies in total."

"Is that 100,000 copies per copy?"

"Um."

"...This number is not very high, but as long as the sales are good, it won't have any impact. After all, I basically reprinted it once a week, so you'll be fine, Yu-chan!"

Kato Yusuke smiled slightly and replied thank you.

He knew that this was an act of concern on the part of the girl who was worried that he would be unhappy.

After all, considering the popularity of "Chainsaw Man" in the industry, although the first printing of 100,000 copies is not low, it is not too amazing.

For ordinary people, this may indeed lead to some small thoughts.

But he actually didn't care much about these things, but was thinking about other issues.

——That is whether to tell Shiyu about Serizawa Yu.

As his girlfriend, he felt that he should tell her the truth, but that would inevitably bring up Shinjoka.

Although since they settled their differences, the girl rarely mentioned Shintōka in front of him, and she behaved calmly even when they met.

But this does not mean that certain things have not happened, nor does it mean that Shiyu really has no grudges.

In fact, it can be seen from the meeting between the two parties just now.

Even though Shinjoka behaved very humbly, the girl always had a cold attitude and even checked to see if he was messing around.

Such a reaction made Kato Yusuke wary and did not want to break the existing peace easily.

After much thought, he decided to remain silent for the time being.

Anyway, Serizawa Yu will only stay at Shinjoka's place for a week, so there is no need for Shiyu to feel unhappy about it.

"...What are you thinking about? Yu-chan."

"Nothing."

Kato Yusuke smiled at her, "I was just thinking that Shiyu-senpai's new book will be released at the beginning of next month."

"Hmm~~That's true."

The girl narrowed her beautiful eyes in contentment, then remembered something in the next second and looked towards him.

"So, Yuu-chan, you seem to have taken over the illustration job for my novel, right?" …

"Well, that's right."

"Are you okay there?"

"Fortunately, after all, it's just some simple black and white illustrations, so it's not too troublesome, and Ms. Machida also asked me to do that."

"I'm not talking about that~"

Shiyu said with a smirk on his face, while placing a hand on his thigh, he also pressed his soft body against him.

"...I mean, did you understand the situation in the article well? Did you encounter any problems?"

"...What problem did you encounter?" Kato Yusuke looked back at her in confusion, waiting for the follow-up.

"Yes, for example, is there anything difficult to understand? What is the expression of each character? What is the environment they are in, etc... Various questions~"

I don’t know if it’s because I just ate pineapple buns…

There was a hint of sweetness in the girl's warm breath, exuding a sweet cream smell, caressing his face faintly.

"Well - I haven't encountered any of the above problems."
To be continued...