Even Today, the Genius High School Programmer Cashes In on Day Trades, Completely Flustered by Beautiful Girls' Growing Affection.

The Top Three Beauties.

“Kousuke, how could you keep something that hilarious to yourself?!”

“It wasn’t hilarious!”

The next morning, on the way from the station to school.

Shingo had caught up from behind and immediately started teasing me about yesterday.

“Man, though… for someone like you—who’s never shown the slightest interest in other people—to suddenly get involved like that. I’m honestly kind of moved.”

***

The three girls we ran into during yesterday’s lunch break… apparently, they were none other than the undisputed top three beauties of our school.

The girl I helped was Sakuraba Yukina.

Thanks to her refined elegance and snow-white skin, she’s known by the nickname “Yukihime”— Snow Princess.

Stunning looks paired with a genuinely kind personality; she’s popular with both boys and girls alike.

Word is, since starting high school, more than thirty guys have confessed to her—and every single one has been spectacularly shot down.

Right now, the entire school seems fixated on how long her perfect rejection streak can possibly continue.

The petite, big-breasted twin-tail I exchanged Lime contacts with was Yamano Hina.

Sharp, cat-like eyes and those signature twin-tails are her trademark.

Outgoing, baby-faced, and stacked—estimated G or H cup, easy.

Her playful, little-devil vibe has apparently earned her a fanatical following among certain guys.

Her unofficial title? “Illegal Big-Breasted Loli.”

“Illegal…? What the hell makes it illegal?”

“Probably because she’s under eighteen?”

Ah… right. That classic “Are you 18 or older? → No → Yahoo Japan” thing.

Fun fact: if you Google just the three characters for “no” (いいえ), Yahoo Japan ranks near the top of the results.

It’s because more sites link to it from that exact string than anywhere else.

Truly useless trivia.

“Isn’t her character way too intense?”

“That’s exactly why she’s so popular.”

After yesterday’s chaos, Hina sent me a Lime message with a cat stamp that read “Nice to meet you♡”

I just replied “Ah, yeah” and left it at that.

Incidentally, she’s now officially my first high-school-girl contact on Lime.

And the last one—the gentle, wavy-haired beauty—was Ryuusenji Aoi.

Dark-brown wavy hair, a slender figure, and slightly downturned eyeliner that gives off the perfect “kind older-sister-next-door” aura.

Among the top three, she’s apparently been the most popular since first year.

“Still… of all people, the one you saved had to be Yukihime.”

“I’m the most shocked person here.”

“But seriously, that’s not something just anyone could pull off. Walking straight into a group of three sleazy guys and pulling the princess out by the hand? That’s legendary.”

“It was simply the optimal choice under the circumstances. Nothing deeper than that.”

How does Shingo know every single detail about this?

I was surprised to learn it myself, but apparently the girlfriend he started dating over summer break… is that very same wavy-haired beauty, Ryuusenji.

Shingo managed to land one of the top three beauties…?

I genuinely hope he spontaneously combusts.

Those three girls are close friends who hang out together all the time.

Which means everything gets leaked to each other instantly.

“But after that, Yukihime was apparently a total mess. She’s been desperately searching for the mysterious someone who saved her. It’s almost sinful how much she’s suffering over it.”

Shingo punctuated the sentence with light elbow jabs—“This! Guy!”—and it was getting seriously annoying.

“Like—I—said! I didn’t help her for her sake. If I’d just left her there, I wouldn’t have been able to sleep. I did it purely for my own peace of mind. That’s all.”

Honestly, the overestimation here is ridiculous.

“But she doesn’t seem to see it that way~”

“Don’t care.”

While half-heartedly brushing off Shingo’s relentless teasing, we quickened our pace toward school.