When I Was Presumed Dead, They Became Unhinged Unknowingly - Chapter 32

It had been almost two weeks since I started going to her house. We became close, and around that time, she began referring to herself as “Mika” instead of using “I”.

“Shall we study?”

“No way!! Mika doesn’t want to. Why does Mika has to study when she’s with Satoru-san? Mika wants to know more about Satoru-san.”

She protested, but I thought that indulging her here wouldn’t be good, so I decided to spread out the study materials.

The reason this situation came about was her recent poor performance in the regular tests at school. Considering she could attend that school, her intelligence should be decent, and with some effort, she could achieve an average ranking, if not higher.

Even after I’m gone, with decent academic skills, she should be able to find some kind of job. I didn’t want her to deteriorate without doing anything, but I’m not a genius myself; I’m usually just barely making it into the top 10.

So, I decided to teach her. It’s not like I understood everything, but doing nothing and seeing her decline felt unpleasant.

“Well then, Satoru-san…”

“What is it?”

“If Mika manages to get a good ranking, will you give her some reward? Also, if Mika gets within the top fifty in the practice test next week, will you give her a kiss, Satoru-san? And can you make something Mika likes?”

I didn’t see any problem with that, so I agreed, and she looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“N-nothing. Mika just didn’t expect you to agree, so she was surprised.”

“Well, there’s no reason to refuse, and if it helps you work hard, then it’s fine.”

“Satoru-san, you accept anything, don’t you? Someday you’ll definitely be taken advantage of, especially by a girl like Mika.”

“I don’t want that either, but I’d rather see you struggle with studying than the other way around, so let’s study, shall we?”

“That’s just like you, Satoru-san. When you say things like that, Mika can’t refuse. It’s not fair.”

With her cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk, she looked like a typical high school girl. It might seem strange coming from someone who has no interactions with anyone but them, but that’s how I felt.

“Well, let’s get to studying. But please watch over Mika, okay? If Satoru-san isn’t watching, Mika might do other things.”

“Yeah, I’ll watch you carefully.”

“……please take care of me.”

Reluctantly, she took a pen and started studying, so as promised, I helped her while working on my own studies.

And then, the next day, and the day after that, we continued studying until the day of the practice test, two weeks later.