A Lonely S-Rank Explorer, Returning to His Student Days to Redo His Youth—It Seems the Strongest Loner Is Being Genuinely Loved by the Most Beautiful Girls in the School - Chapter 18: Cash Is Raw

Afternoon break.

Yuito was walking down the hallway, heading back from the restroom.

Suddenly, what caught his eye was a female student holding a large bundle of papers.

(I wonder if the teacher asked her to do it…?)

He hasn’t talked to her, but they’re in the same class. She has a slightly chubby physique, which is quite distinctive.

They are more of a quiet type, and he has seen her forming small groups in the corner of the classroom.

(It’s scary to talk to her, but she looks like she’s struggling, so I should help her, right?)

In his second week at school, he decided to become a full-fledged student.

Yuito’s aim is for someone like Kirika. She has a good personality and is kind to everyone.

Ignoring this situation is far from being a true “real-life” person.

“That looks heavy. Do you need a hand?”

“Uh, um… Yuito-kun? Is that okay?”

“Yeah. Leave it to me.”

“T-thank you… Huh, are you going to carry everything?”

Yuito receives a bundle of papers from the girl.

Heavily weighted.

For Yuito, it was a light burden, but for the girls, it must have been a heavy load.

“I’m sorry. I pushed it on you…”

“It’s okay. This is easy.”

“Yeah…”

When Yuito smiled to reassure her, the girl looked down.

It might have come off as trying too hard to show he can lift heavy things…

Yuito was emotionally hurt.

Yuito heads to the classroom while carrying a bundle of papers.

According to what he heard from a girl on the way, it seems that she happened to meet the social studies teacher and was asked to take them to Yuito’s classroom.

It seems that the teacher had some urgent matter to attend to and was called away by another teacher.

Arriving at the classroom, Yuito placed the stack of papers on the teacher’s desk.

The students’ eyes are darting towards him.

“Yuito-kun, thank you!!”

“Don’t worry about it, it’s a request from the teacher.”

“No, no. Since it was me who was asked by the teacher, I should be the one to express my gratitude… That’s right. Here, take this.”

The woman takes out her wallet.

――Huh, cash? No way!

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Good. Cash is too raw. Just for the sake of it.

“It’s a discount coupon for the Sweets Garden in the building in front of the station. You can get it by going there multiple times and collecting stamps.”

“Eh, is it really okay for me to receive such a valuable item?”

“It’s okay… I thought I would try hard on my diet…”

After saying that, the girl gazed off into the distance.

If she’s on a diet, coupons for a sweet shop like “Sweets Garden” are probably her worst enemy.

As the name suggests, it is an all-you-can-eat sweets shop.

It might be easier to let go.

“Got it… then I’ll have some.”

“There’s a discount for two people and an all-you-can-eat deal. Why don’t you invite your friend, Yuito-kun? You used to get along well with Kirika-san and Hakari-san, right? I think they’ll be happy.”

“Up to two people… yeah, got it.”

Yuito receives the coupon with a “Thank you.”

After that, he returned to his seat while having a light conversation, and Satou turned around.

He straddles the seat and faces Yuito.

“So, which one will you choose, Yuito-dono?”

Satou talks in a strange way with a smirk.

He must be teasing him.

“No, I won’t choose, okay? I will just give it to Kirika-san and go with Hakari-san, right?”

“Tch, how sneaky, but a reasonable answer…!! You should be more like, ‘Which one should I choose?’ and agonize over it! It’s an excuse to go out alone with a beautiful girl, you know!?”

“Well, I’m happy, but I don’t think they want that…”

“You’re saying something like a light novel protagonist…”

It’s no wonder he would say something like that.

Going out together, just the two of them feels just like a date.

――I’m fine with it, but Kirika-san and Hakari-san would probably dislike it.

What a thing, Yuito is seriously thinking.

“Got it. To begin with, let’s agree that you won’t go to ‘Sweets Garden.'”

“Why…?”

“Because that coupon was something Yuito received as a thank-you gift, right? Since you received it as a token of gratitude, I think you should go.”

“Is that so…?”

“Just leave it at that! So, you should choose one of the two and go to the ‘Sweets Garden’.”

“Ugh, hmm…”

When Satou passionately argues, he starts feeling like he has to go too.

However, inviting Kirika and Hakari is quite challenging.

On the day he was rejected, his glass heart was broken. Yuito couldn’t recover.

“Hehehe… Now, choose, Yuito. Your rosy school life is right in front of you. I’ll be completely jealous of you for getting a girlfriend…”

“R-right.”

“Oh, have you decided which route to choose? Which one is it? The energetic, bubbly beauty? Or the cool, long-haired black beauty?”

“Why don’t I just go with Satou-kun?”

“…Huh!?”

The route chosen by Yuito was the third one. It was the Satou route.

“No, no, no, no, why me?!”

“Because inviting the two of them is scary… it would be tough if they refuse…”

“You idiot!! You were guaranteed to win!! Why did you give up just one step before the finish line!?”

“Certainly, Kirika-san and the others treat me well… but isn’t there some resistance to going out just the two of us…”

“Seriously, this kid…!!”

Satou is holding his head in despair.

The girl sitting next to him cast a sidelong glance at the scene.

It’s the child who received the eraser that Yuito carved into a flower shape.

“…I told Kirika-chan, ‘Satou is going on a date with Yuito-kun.'”

“Idiot!? I’m the one who will get scolded!?”

Despite Satou’s desperate cries, the girl tapped on her smartphone.

When she showed him the smartphone, the message had already been sent.