"Shido, is there anything else we need to buy?"
Arriving at the shopping district, Yutsuki confird with Shido.
"Mhm, let think... Fish, at, and vegetables. We just restocked rice the day before yesterday, so we don't need to buy it for now. Speaking of which, the salt and vinegar in the kitchen are almost running out. Let's take this chance to buy so too."
Shido answered after thinking for a mont.
"Understood."
Having decided on the ingredients to buy, the two started browsing the stores in the shopping district, looking for cheap and fresh ingredients. Before they knew it, the shopping bags in their hands were multiplying.
"What an incredible amount."
Looking at the four heavy large bags each of them carried in their hands, Yutsuki couldn't help but roast.
"Well, it can't be helped. After all, there are a lot of people at ho."
Shido said helplessly.
"That's true. , you, Kotori, Yuzuru, Kaguya, Yoshino, and counting Tohka as four people's portions, not to ntion Miku who occasionally cos to eat... We have to prepare at least ten people's portions for every al. Thinking about it this way, these ingredients will be eaten up in two or three days at most."
After doing so ntal calculations, Yutsuki sighed, sowhat dumbfounded.
"Well, being able to eat is a blessing." Shido shrugged with a smile, and asked Yutsuki, "How about it, Yutsuki? If you can't carry them, I'll help you."
"Wake up. If I really gave them to you, your arms would break before we get ho. Don't tell you carry this many bags ho by yourself every ti you go grocery shopping? Have the neighbors looked at you weirdly?"
"Well, I only do this when soone is helping. I definitely wouldn't buy this much on my own."
Shido couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
"So you're treating as free labor. Well... I'm the one who said I wanted to co back together. Anyway, the things aren't heavy, so I'll help you out."
After all, with a Spirit's strength, carrying these things wasn't difficult at all. Yutsuki was just teasing him and didn't really mind.
"But Shido, you have to prepare everyone's als every day. Don't you get tired?"
On the way ho, Yutsuki asked curiously.
"It's fine. Although it is a bit tiring, it's very fun."
Shido answered in a relaxed tone.
"Fun? Because you like cooking?"
"That's part of the reason. But more so, it's seeing everyone's happy expressions when they eat."
Saying that, a smile appeared on Shido's face.
"Tohka's hearty way of eating, Yoshino expressing her satisfaction with body language while eating... Seeing everyone gathered happily together, enjoying the food with blissful faces, there's probably nothing that makes a chef happier. Plus, although it's hard work, I feel my cooking skills have improved a lot compared to before."
"Hoh, is that so..."
Hearing Shido's answer, Yutsuki sighed aningfully. She looked up at the setting sun in the distance, seemingly thinking about sothing.
"In that case, I will also take charge of cooking."
Suddenly, Yutsuki said this.
Hearing Yutsuki's words, Shido widened his eyes in surprise.
"Eh? Yutsuki, what do you... an by that?"
"Just what it sounds like. From now on, the two of us will be in charge of everyone's als together. We'll take turns cooking, so you can have an easier ti, right?"
Yutsuki shrugged, continuing the topic as a matter of course.
"But, this is..."
"What's with that look? Don't trust my cooking skills? When you were busy, I cooked for everyone too, and I received unanimous praise."
Yutsuki said, unconvinced.
"No, no, of course I'm not doubting that." Shido hurriedly waved his hands to explain. "I'm naturally very happy that you can co help . But Yutsuki, you also have your own things to do, right? Taking up your ti wouldn't be very good."
"It's fine, I actually like cooking quite a bit myself. Hearing you talk about it so happily just made want to try it out too."
Seeing Shido suddenly acting formal with her, Yutsuki didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and changed her wording.
"Let's put it another way. I didn't suggest this because I wanted to help you share the workload. It's because I want to do it myself. How about it, Shido? Are you going to refuse a Spirit's request?"
"...That's too sneaky."
Not expecting Yutsuki to bring out her Spirit privileges at a ti like this, Shido was rendered speechless. After a mont, he could only let out a sigh as if admitting defeat.
Setting the plastic bags in his hands gently on the ground, Shido pulled sothing out of his pocket and handed it to Yutsuki.
"Here, Yutsuki."
"What is this?"
"The spare key to our house. Without this, it'd be very inconvenient to go to the kitchen to cook, right?"
"Ah... Suddenly I feel the weight of responsibility."
"It's not too late to back out now."
"As if. Do I look like soone who goes back on her word?"
Facing Shido's slightly provocative line, Yutsuki took the bags with her left hand and reached out her right hand to Shido without showing any weakness.
After exchanging glances, the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
"When I'm not ho, I'll leave everyone in your care."
"Mhm, don't worry."
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Early the next morning, Itsuka Shido went to Raizen High School for classes as usual.
However, for so reason, the mont he entered the school, he felt the gazes of the surrounding students focused on him.
(Wh-What is going on?)
Sensing this abnormal atmosphere, Shido couldn't help but feel restless.
Honestly, after going through so many incidents, he had long gotten used to the students' gazes—full of killing intent, as if they wanted to slice him into a thousand pieces. But this ti was different. The gazes looking at him weren't jealous or angry; instead, they were filled with expectation and excitent.
Feeling these baffling gazes made Shido's heart feel even more creeped out.
"Morn..."
"Itsu~ka~"
As soon as he walked into the classroom, his classmate and bad friend Tonomachi Hiroto slung an arm over his shoulder with a disgustingly flattering tone.
Shido instantly got goosebumps all over.
"What is it, Tonomachi? Acting so gross. Did you eat sothing weird for breakfast?"
"Don't be like that, Itsuka. Aren't we intimate, inseparable best friends with no secrets between us?"
"..."
Looking at Tonomachi's grinning face, Shido secretly put his guard up. According to his experience, whenever Tonomachi was being overly friendly for no reason, nothing good would co of it.
"So, I have a favor to ask you..."
Sure enough, with the very next sentence, Tonomachi pulled out an envelope and placed it in Shido's hand.
"This love letter... could you help pass it to Aoi-senpai in Year 3 Class 1?"
"...Huh?"
Hearing this baffling request, Shido's face was full of question marks.
However, before he could reply, his classmates and the students waiting out in the hallway could no longer sit still and sward around Shido.
"Itsuka-kun, please help give this love letter to Matsuoka-san in Year 2 Class 2!"
"Senpai, this love letter... please help pass it to Tenjouin-senpai in the basketball club."
"Itsuka, pass this letter to Asagami in Year 3 Class 4 for . Do a good job, and I'll let you off the hook this ti."
"Itsuka, actually... I've had feelings for you for a long ti..."
(Wh-What is this situation?And who said the last line!?)
Shido felt extrely confused by this abnormal state of affairs.
...
"Summary. So theoretically, a rumor is spreading around the school that 'as long as you ask Itsuka Shido to deliver your love letter, your confession will definitely succeed'?"
In the adjacent Year 2 Class 3, Yutsuki and the Yamai sisters were chatting during the free ti before horoom.
"Kuku—What foolish and blind humans. To actually be played in the palm of the hand by such a simple mind-control spell. Amusing! Truly amusing!"
"..."
Yutsuki first glanced at the envelope hidden in Kaguya's uniform pocket, then looked again at Kaguya herself who was letting out chuunibyou laughs. She wisely chose not to roast her.
"Well, things like rumors inherently beco more exaggerated the more they spread. Most listeners actually don't care if it is true or not, only if it is interesting. Once you know that, starting a rumor is not difficult at all."
Yutsuki said calmly. As the person involved, she naturally knew this rumor was fake. The person who received Kousuke's love letter was her, but the one who ended up dating Kousuke was actually his classmate, Sadayuki Yuiga. Naturally, the people at school couldn't possibly know the whole story.
What they saw was a junior seeking romance advice from Shido and subsequently succeeding in dating a beautiful girl.
Then, errors and hearsay occurred during the spread of the information, ultimately evolving into a bizarre rumor like "Itsuka Shido is the school's Cupid."
"Well, compared to things like 'harem scumbag' or 'beast', isn't this kind of rumor quite cute?"
Turning her head to look out the window, watching Shido running for his life to escape the crowd, Yutsuki couldn't help but snicker secretly.
Seeing this scene, the Yamai sisters seed to understand sothing, and a drop of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.
"My comrade, could it be you..."
"Guess. Because Shido passed soone else's love letter to you and dragged you into a troubleso situation, you felt angry and took the opportunity to take revenge..."
"How could that be~"
Yutsuki narrowed her eyes, answering with a refreshing smile.
"Do I look like such a petty person?"
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Next, this is a trivial daily occurrence that happened around Shido in the winter of early December at the new tiline.
"Itsuka, soone is looking for you."
A familiar conversation.
"H-Hello! Itsuka-senpai, I am Tsukimichi Kousuke from Year 1 Class 2."
A familiar character.
"Um... I have sothing I want to consult with Itsuka-senpai about. Because it might take so ti, can I tell you the details during lunch break?"
Like déjà vu, a delicate and pretty first-year junior made an earnest request to Itsuka Shido.
To this, Shido did not rush to give a definite answer. Instead, as if looking for sothing, he turned his head and looked around.
Soon, at a hallway corner not far away, he spotted a girl with a dyed blonde side ponytail.
(Hmph... I see. So this is the corrective force of history?)
Seeing through the truth, Itsuka Shido couldn't help but curve his lips into a smile. He patted this junior's shoulder, and with a friendly, reliable, and decisive tone, gave this reply.
"I refuse!!!!!!"
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