I.W.B.A.L

　　"Does he live nearby? Your neighbor? What kind of person is he? Is he a handsome guy?"

　　Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Qingura Setsuna sighed and reached out to untie the arms that Saionji Sekai had hung on his shoulders. He picked up the black tea in front of him, took a sip, and answered her questions.

　　"The other person came to Tokyo from Gifu to study. Last night, my mother visited him and got to know this new neighbor. As a result, something unexpected happened..."

　　He briefly recounted what happened last night, and after listening to it, Saionji Sekai felt a little disappointed.

　　She thought it would be a more interesting development, but she didn't expect it would be such an accident that would make her best friend fall in love with her...

　　"Is this love? But, according to what you said, the other party should be a very handsome boy, right?"

　　"That's right."

　　"Does the other person have a girlfriend?"

　　"have no idea."

　　"Is there anyone you like?"

　　"have no idea."

　　"All you know about him is his name and that he lives alone. You don't know anything else, right?"

　　Kiyoura Setsuna nodded helplessly. At this point, after being questioned by Saionji Sekai, she had clearly understood that she had developed feelings for the boy named Miyamizu Kento, but she knew nothing about him.

　　The aho-haired girl looked at the disappointment in her friend's eyes, clapped her hands and stood up. Under the gaze of Qingpu Setsuna, she patted her chest, which had already begun to take shape.

　　"Leave it to me. As your good friend, how can I just sit there and watch? He just came to Tokyo and must be unfamiliar with everything. He needs a tour guide. I will go and get some information for you. You just wait here for my triumphant return!"

　　Qingpu Setsuna looked at his friend who volunteered and felt that this was not a good idea. Although he had a good impression of Miyamizu-kun, he suddenly asked him some personal questions.

　　"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that I know you. I'll just visit you as a neighbor who lives nearby~"

　　Seeing the worry in Kiyoura Setsuna's eyes, Saionji Sekai comforted him and made some assurances.

　　"Do you still think I will take away the person you like?"

　　"No... But is this really okay?"

　　"Don't worry, don't worry, trust my social skills, Setsuna. Once I get the hang of it and get the other party's information, I'll come back and report to you!"

　　Raising her thumbs, Saionji Sekai walked towards the door of the room.

　　Kiyoura Setsuna was left sitting in the room, looking at the back of Saionji Sekai as he left, clenching his hands with some uneasiness and anticipation.

　　Snap——

　　The door of the room was closed. When she closed her eyes and prepared to wait patiently, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps in front of her room door.

　　Snap——

　　The door was opened, and the departing Sekai Saionji poked her head in, looked at Kiyoura Setsuna who was sitting in the room, and asked a question awkwardly.

　　"Oh, um, I forgot to ask you just now, where is his home?"

　　"Room 201 of the Fuji Highland Apartment across the street."

　　"OK~ Wait for me to come back~"

　　As soon as he finished speaking, the person disappeared again from Qingpu Shan's sight, which made Shan's mind worried.

　　"Is it really okay..."

　　Image: "Saionji World", Location: "Images/1635325704-100277911-107874293.jpg"

Cherry Blossom Season: 8. March 23, the world is standing before my eyes

　　After washing all the clothes that needed to be washed and hanging them up on his balcony, the virtuous man basically had no more tasks to do. The furniture and home appliances he needed had basically been purchased. He went out early in the morning and brought the coffee table and cushions back home.

　　Looking at the room that was empty the day before yesterday and yesterday, but now has a bit more life in it, the expression on his face became relieved.

　　"Next, we just need to wait for school to start. The school will start the day after tomorrow..."

　　He glanced at his newly bought calendar on the desk. Kento still remembered the start time of school because he had arrived in Tokyo a week before the start of school.

　　He used a black pen to circle the date 'March 28' again and again, reminding him that school would start again.

　　Today is the 23rd. In four days, he will have to return to that green campus and relive his high school life. The thought of sitting in the classroom and listening to the teacher's lectures again makes him feel like ants are crawling all over his body and he finds it difficult to adapt.

　　"The first goal of changing your life is to get into a better university, a liberal arts university. Goals like the University of Tokyo are too far away, but it would be better to set your goal at Gakushuin University or Musashi University."

　　Kento had considered continuing his studies at the beginning, but because he had always relied on Sayuri Sawamura for financial support, his self-esteem as a man was somewhat affected. After some consideration, he rashly chose to give up continuing his studies and enter the society.

　　Looking back now, perhaps if I had continued my studies at that time, I might have been able to convince my parents. Or maybe it was because I gave up on continuing my studies that my parents and Eriri Sawamura opposed it.

　　How could I entrust my most important person, my mother, to a man who doesn't consider the future?

　　Recalling the memories of that time, Kento looked a little sad.

　　"But it's all in the past. Now I have a brand new life. I should continue to think about further studies. The admission deviation of Musashi University is about 60. If I were the old me, maybe I could have an easier time."

　　However, as a person who has been sinking in society for nearly ten years, he has almost returned all the knowledge he learned in school to his teachers, and now he is barely better than a blank sheet of paper.

　　If you want to aim to get into a university ranked in the top 20 in the country, you will have to work twice as hard.

　　"If you pass the exam, you don't have to worry about the tuition fees, but before you get into school, you still have to consider the cost of private tutoring. Money..."

　　He looked at the manuscript he had completed yesterday and had to submit it to those magazines.

　　In the past, I had met quite a few magazine editor friends, and they would accept my submissions directly with just a phone call. Now I have to deliver my manuscripts to email addresses myself, wait for a reply, and only after confirming that there are no problems can I get a reply and payment after the manuscript is published.

　　When buying breakfast at the convenience store in the morning, he looked for a suitable person to submit his article to in the magazine section. It was not that he didn't have a goal. All he had to do now was to go out and deliver his magazine and wait for the other party's reply.

　　He stood up, took the manuscript wrapped in an envelope in his hand, and prepared to go out and submit his manuscript.

　　I arrived at the door and stretched out my hand to open it. Just as I was about to go out, I saw a girl with short and long hair standing at the door of my apartment. From the way she raised her head, it seemed that she was about to press the doorbell?

　　The girl didn't seem to expect this to happen. Before she pressed the doorbell, the person in the house opened the door first.

　　The two looked at each other, and Saionji Sekai blinked, feeling a little embarrassed.

　　"that...."

　　Facing the boy who appeared in front of her, Saionji Sekai was initially puzzled as to why Kiyoura Setsuna would like a boy. But after seeing Miyamizu Kento in front of her, she suddenly understood why her friend suddenly fell in love with him.

　　Looking at the boy in front of her, Saionji Sekai, who felt a little embarrassed at first, quickly recovered.

　　"Hello, I live in the nearby Saionji World. I heard that the vacant apartment here has a new tenant, so I came to visit. Um, do you want to go out?"

　　Looking at the girl in front of him, Kento was a little surprised. He didn't remember that in his original life trajectory, there would be so many girls who would take the initiative to visit him, especially this Saionji Sekai... He had no impression of her at all.

　　Moreover, the Saionji world... should it be the Saionji world where 'it's all the world's fault'?

　　His eyes suddenly became subtle, and Kento subconsciously covered his abdomen with his hands.

　　"Hmm?"

　　But facing the confused gaze of Saionji Sekai, he remembered that he seemed to have overreacted. He moved his hand that was blocking his abdomen slightly and coughed lightly.

　　"I'm Kento Miyamizu, who just moved here. I'm about to go out to deliver the mail. If there's anything I can talk about, can we talk next time when we're free?"

　　"Delivering mail? Then I'll go with you. You've just arrived here, so you probably don't know much about this area. I can just introduce you to the area."

　　Kento wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he realized that he and the other party were not in a relationship, so there was no chance that he would be assassinated by the other party. He had just arrived here and was not familiar with the area around here. There was no need to think too much about it, so he nodded and agreed.

　　"Will this be too much trouble, Ms. Saionji?"

　　"It's okay, it's okay. I'm pretty free during this time before school starts. Just call me World."

　　"...Then, I'll trouble you, Ms. Saionji."

　　Facing the Saionji world, Kento always felt his heart beating a little faster, and his back felt a little cold from time to time. Even though he had experienced a lot of things, he had never encountered a girl next to him who could stab repeatedly with a knife. He always felt that it was more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

　　Even though he knew that he was not the target of the assassination, he still felt a little uneasy.

　　"Miyamizu-kun is really shy. Didn't I tell you to just call me Sekai~"

　　"Hi, Miss World."

　　"...Why, it seems like Miyamizu-kun is afraid of me?"

　　"No, no, no, that's not the case. I'm just not very good at socializing with girls."

　　"He's such a handsome boy?"

　　"You are overrated."

　　The two walked out of the apartment and headed towards the nearby mailbox. As for the apartment opposite, the girl knelt on her bed and looked downstairs through the gap in the curtains. Looking at the two people walking side by side, Qingura Setsuna's expression seemed a little complicated.

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Cherry Blossom Season: 9. We are good sisters, how could we run away?

　　Because it is in a residential area, the location of the mailbox is quite conspicuous.

　　In the past, Kento would often send letters to his family, so some impressions of it remained. Not long after, he and Saionji Sekai, who was not very familiar with the location of the mailbox, arrived in front of the mailbox together.

　　Although they are postboxes, for the sake of aesthetics, the postboxes in Koishikawa are not the common red in appearance. Instead, they are covered with a layer of pink cherry blossom patterns, making them look very girly.

　　"Is this a letter to your family?"

　　When Kento was about to deliver the envelope, Saionji Sekai asked curiously.

　　"Family? Oh, and I have to send some things to Sanye and the others... I have to prepare a new letter and send it back when I get back to the apartment."

　　After hearing what Saionji Sekai said, Kento remembered that he had promised his sister to send some Tokyo specialties back home. He tidied up his apartment and put the matter behind him for a moment. He had to send another letter back later.

　　After hearing Kento's whisper, Sekai Saionji, who was standing by, realized that the letter was not sent to her family.

　　"Is it sent to your girlfriend?"

　　After stuffing his manuscript into the mailbox, his eyes fell on the curious Saionji Sekai beside him. As they walked over, he realized that this world was different from the works he knew and had subtle differences.

　　The girl next to him was just an innocent girl. She seemed to be worried about being assassinated. It was just that he was overthinking.

　　Moreover, as long as you treat a girl seriously and don't waver and make her feel insecure, there is no way such a cruel ending as "Bloody End" will happen.

　　"No, not a girlfriend. I have never had a girlfriend. The letters I sent out were for submissions."

　　"Submit an article?"

　　"If the articles I submit to a magazine are accepted and published, I can get paid. My family supported me to come to Tokyo to study, but they could only provide me with some help in the early stage for living expenses. The rest still depends on my own efforts. So in order to earn some living expenses, I chose to submit articles to those magazines."

　　Facing the curious girl, Miyamizu Kento did not shy away from the topic. He explained to her the reasons why he did so from the perspective of a person with experience and an elder.

　　"Huh? That's amazing!"

　　Saionji Sekai, who was standing aside, showed a look of surprise and admiration. She had never lacked living expenses, so she was not unfamiliar with the fact that some boys would choose to do part-time jobs for living expenses, but it was the first time she heard of and saw things like submitting articles to magazines.

　　In this social environment that has a great respect for literati and writers, even just submitting an article to a magazine is a very remarkable thing for Saionji Sekai.

　　Especially when Kento talked about this matter, his natural and calm expression and reaction were full of a calm temperament rarely seen in boys of this age, which made Saionji Sekai look at Kento differently.

　　"So, Miyamizu-kun is a writer? A young writer!"

　　"I'm not a writer. If you want to call yourself a writer, in my opinion, you have to publish your own works to be considered a qualified writer. Miss World can also try submitting works to magazines."

　　"Can I do it?"

　　"It's a very simple thing. Just write what you want to write and submit it. The worst that can happen is that it will be rejected."

　　The straightforward answer made Saionji Sekai's originally expectant expression suddenly become discouraged.

　　"Being returned? I feel like it will be a huge blow, so I'd better forget it..."

　　Seeing Saionji Sekai suddenly retreat, Kento did not try to persuade her much. Everyone has their own ideas about such matters, and he had no interest in forcibly changing other people's concepts and ideas.

　　After submitting his work, Saionji Sekai led Kento and began to introduce the area where he lived.

　　"This is a residential area, and you can rarely see shops here, but there are still some 24-hour convenience stores. For example, if you go east from Horizaka, you will reach the commercial district, where there are clothing stores, barber shops, and restaurants..."

　　Listening to others' introduction about this area, Kento had a complex and subtle feeling in his heart. When he first came here, there was no one to serve as a tour guide for him, and he had to rely on himself to explore everything.

　　Later, I participated in the activities of the town hall, met some people, and gradually became familiar with this area.

　　"If you are interested in the scenery and culture here, you can go south. There is the Koishikawa Daijingu Shrine, which is a branch of the Daijingu Shrine. It is a substitute for visiting the Chiyoda Daijingu Shrine. Going further south is the famous Koishikawa Korakuen, an ancient garden with a long history!"

　　Looking towards the south, Kento had visited the Koishikawa Lost Paradise before, but he heard that it was free on "Green Day", so he went to visit it a month after arriving in Tokyo.

　　But it was then that I learned that elementary and middle school students can actually visit for free on weekdays.