(Note: When the host lives with a person of the opposite sex who meets the system standards for one week, one month, or one year, he will receive sign-in rewards respectively. The reward content increases with the length of time.)
snap——
The chopsticks fell on the table with a crisp sound.
"Not to your taste?"
Poking at the potato stew she cooked, Sayu blinked and said.
After get off work, the two returned home together. After Kato Yusuke took a shower, Sayu had already brought out dinner.
The brown beef is paired with potatoes dyed wheat color, steaming in the pot, making you want to eat it.
But just when he was about to taste it, the system that had been silent for a long time suddenly jumped out and gave him a surprise.
"One hundred thousand...you can still have it if you wait a month, and the value is even higher..."
"Is this guy so valuable...?"
Kato Yusuke murmured, couldn't help but look at Sayu Ogiwara, looked at her from head to toe, and asked.
"Sayu...who are you?"
"Huh?" With a troubled expression on his face, Sayu tilted his head and said, "Even if you ask that... I can only say that I am an ordinary JK, even though I am currently dropping out of school."
"What's wrong?"
She stared over with searching eyes.
"It's nothing." Kato Yusuke shook his head, then thought for a while and said, "I was just wondering if you are special or something."
"Speaking of which... I seem to have never asked you where you are from."
"Hey~" Sayu narrowed her eyes and said meaningfully: "Just like I won't ask about your past, I hope you won't ask too much about why I took you in." and so on.
, who said that~?”
Kato Yusuke's movements stopped.
"That's right. I'm sorry. If you don't want to say it, you don't have to..."
"That's not the case!"
As if he had thought of something, Sayu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and looked narrowly at Kato Yusuke.
"That's better than this~" She said with a smile: "How about we ask each other questions?"
"Asking each other?"
Kato Yusuke repeated it in a daze.
"That's it." Sayu held out three fingers: "We ask each other three questions. Once asked, we must answer. How?"
"What happens if you encounter a question that you don't want to answer or can't answer?"
Kato Yusuke asked subconsciously.
As if she had expected that he would ask this question, Sayu laughed twice and said in a drawled tone.
"Of course it's a punishment game."
"How about the party that can't answer the question should unconditionally agree to the other party's request within its own capabilities?"
(This may be an opportunity to understand her problem.)
Kato Yusuke decided to agree, looked at Sayu and said: "Yes, but this request cannot be too excessive, and physical contact and the like are also prohibited."
"I don't know how." Sayu giggled, holding her chin with her hands and looking at Kato Yusuke: "Then let Yusuke start first."
"Okay." Kato Yusuke nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Where are you from?"
"Is this really the problem?" Sayu sighed softly: "I don't know if I can satisfy you, but...it's Asahikawa."
"Asahikawa?" Kato Yusuke frowned, constantly searching for the name in his mind, and muttered to himself: "Is there such a place around Tokyo?"
"It's not Tokyo, it's Hokkaido."
Sayu Ogiwara said calmly.
"...Hokkaido?" Kato Yusuke was stunned, "Are you from Hokkaido? Alone?"
"Well..." Sayu pondered, thought for a moment and said, "Is this the second question?"
This attitude that seemed to have nothing to do with him made Kato Yusuke silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "Then, when did you leave Hokkaido?"
"Well..." Sayu's eyes moved upward slightly, "About a month ago."
"Is that so..." Kato Yusuke nodded thoughtfully, "Does your family know?"
After finishing speaking, Sayu's expression suddenly became gloomy.
However, it only happened for a moment. Then she smiled sweetly, shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know."
There was a smile on his face, but he didn't feel any happy emotion at all.
Kato Yusuke asked involuntarily: "Aren't your parents worried?"
Sayu did not answer this question. Instead, he held out three fingers at him, as if to say.
"You have finished asking your questions."
That kind of attitude that seemed both aloof and indifferent made Kato Yusuke's eyes blank for a moment. He took a deep breath, looked at Sayu and said.
"Sorry, I want to know about this issue anyway, just treat it as a condition."
"...I see, although it's a bit cunning, but since it's Yusuke, there's nothing we can do about it."
Sayu murmured, then raised his head, looking somewhere in the distance.
"As for the question just now, I think my parents will probably feel refreshed after I'm gone, so it doesn't matter."
Sayu, who had been smiling playfully just now, turned obviously gloomy.
"You can only guess at this kind of thing."
Kato Yusuke asked, his voice slightly deeper.
"I just know it."
Sayu responded categorically, with emotions that seemed to be a mixture of loneliness and resignation in her eyes.
"Sayu."
Kato Yusuke said softly, picked up a piece of potato with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, then gave a thumbs up to Sayu who looked back.
"Today's meal is delicious. Did you add anything?"
The solemnity on his face receded bit by bit. Looking at Kato Yusuke who was enjoying the meal, Sayu asked with some doubt: "...Really?"
"real!"
As he spoke, Kato Yusuke swallowed another piece of potato, then waved to Sayu, motioning for her to sit next to him.
"If you don't believe it, try it yourself."
"……is that so?"
Sayu sat down next to Kato Yusuke, picked up a piece of potato, put it into his mouth, tasted it carefully, and frowned slightly.
"It doesn't seem to be any different than usual."
"Yeah?"
Kato Yusuke said casually.
"Maybe it's because you eat it the wrong way."
"...Huh? What does this mean?"
"When you eat, you have to open your mouth like this, "Ah-", then the food will be delicious."
Kato Yusuke said seriously.
"Come and learn from me, ah——"
"ah--"
A piece of soft potato was put into Sayu Ogiwara's mouth.
Kato Yusuke took back his chopsticks and gently stroked her head with his hand: "When you encounter difficulties, it doesn't matter if you can rely on me more."
The amber eyes swayed for a moment, the girl lowered her gaze slightly, and then smiled as if she was remembering.