Chapter 1・An inconspicuous shop in the corner of the school park

"Whoa-la-"

I closed the door and went back to the back of the counter and stretched wide. After a week of looking around on the recliner, I nodded in satisfaction with my productivity.

"The signboard will be hung up for the time being, and it will be loaded in the afternoon, and it will be open tomorrow-"

Even though I was talking to myself, I didn't have much hope for the future of this small shop. It's more attractive than that, just enjoying a quiet sunbath on an autumn afternoon. If anything, it's because the location of this small shop is so remote. I glanced at the boxes stacked in the store, and the delivery address on them simply said "Fantesi Private College". Speaking of which, I moved these big boxes by myself.

This university with its strange name is located in a basin that is almost isolated from the rest of the world and, of course, the natural beauty is perfectly preserved. The only way to the outside is the road over the back mountain to the east of the school, and the vast primeval forest is on the west side, and the north is adjacent to a quaint small village and town, and on the other side of the village, there are lakes and mountains that are said to hide the ruins. Like other ordinary private colleges and universities, the junior high school, high school, junior high school and headquarters affiliated to Fantesi School Park are lined up from north to south. Relatively speaking, the university headquarters is quite a distance away from the village, and lazy students will bring me business. With that in mind, I hurried to work in the middle of the school season in this remote shop, which was almost half hidden in the forest, before the formal agreement from the school authorities arrived.

- "[Xiang-Lin-Tang]...... What's going on, is that the name of the commissary in Gensokyo-"

I was eating a bento when I heard this sound coming from outside the door and was immediately startled. I hurriedly glanced around, the cluttered boxes, the dusty shelves, and perhaps the smell of sweat from a morning's hard work, at this moment, it was terrible.

The door, which did not serve any blocking effect, opened with a clatter, and the red-and-white figure jumped in.

"Oops! Sure enough, it's you, Xianglin. Why, do you have enough room to open a branch? ”

"Ah, it's Reimu...... How did you come to such a remote place? I'm not ready yet......"

Oops, accidentally said what was really in my heart.

"Think about it. Could it be that Xianglin lost the store in the junior high school and came here to start from scratch? ”

"No, no, no, it's definitely not like that!"

"Yes."

This terrifyingly intuitive 14-year-old girl named Hakuri Reimu is saddled with the name of a genius and skips grades one after another, and this year happens to be the first year of high school. In the past,There's a shrine maiden who doubles as a teacher in the school park.,Reimu enrolled as the adopted daughter of that shrine maiden.。 Because of this, Reimu always wears the red and white shrine maiden costume openly on weekdays. However, the appearance of the two people is almost beautiful carved out of a mold, so there are also gossip speculations that Reimu is the illegitimate daughter of Teacher Borei. Although this possibility is ruled out in terms of age...... Let's not mention it first, the cold sweat on Fang Cai's forehead is still there. At this time, Reimu had already walked in and found her favorite pizza. I can't help but regret that I put these snacks on the shelves in the morning.

"Click"

"It's unceremonious, Reimu."

"Oops, I figured it out!"

"What?"

"Anyway, it's lunch break, wouldn't you go to the junior high school and check out your store?"

The only clean place in the store right now, the counter, has also been taken over by Reimu. The red and white skirt sleeves swayed gracefully, but I felt my whole back stiffen.

"Isn't it? You're a college student now, right? ”

"That's nothing. Because I was accidentally pulled into the Discipline Inspection Commission. Click"

Reimu said slurred as she ate my pancake casually. Whoa—I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. I knew it was sooner or later, but it was too fast. Should I say it's Reimu - no, it's a critical moment for my lies to be exposed......

"Just kidding. Today, I'm going to familiarize myself with the whole high school. Thank you for your hospitality~"

Reimu snapped off the counter to the ground and ran outside.

I was thinking, when Reimu turned around and smiled. It's a sight to behold.

"Xianglin, I'll put the bill on the table."

Reimu walked away without looking back, and I saw a crumpled piece of paper on the table where Reimu was sitting. I struggled with the bad associations, and as I hesitated to take it, I looked up in the direction Reimu had left, and [saw] something unusual.

"Marisa, don't hide. Come on in. ”

"Sure enough. It's really Xianglin. ”

With a bang, a black and white figure jumped out of the foliage and walked into my shop without paying attention to it, shaking the leaves stuck to my body. Ahh

"It turns out that Xianglin is here. No wonder the original store is closed. ”

"Poof—wait, how do you know? Although the members of the Discipline Committee can leave the headquarters-"

I was trying to educate Marisa, but I was choked up. I used to work for Marisa's father, so I was able to talk casually. Speaking of which, I got the inspiration for opening a store.

"What, I didn't expect Reimu to jump to college all of a sudden."

Marisa babbled, and by the way, she sat down where Reimu had been sitting, taking off her hat and dusting her as she spoke.

The full name of this idle blonde girl is Marisa Kiriyu.,It's a child of the Kiriyu family who has a shop in the village.,The same age as Reimu.,It's a friend who has played since childhood.。 Speaking of which, the two used to be the same dormitory when they were in kindergarten, but Marisa and Reimu have a completely different feel. One that always makes people unconsciously ignore age, and Marisa can only make me sigh "what a child".

"Xianglin, are you listening?"

"Yes, yes, please keep up with your talk."

"It was really difficult to skip a grade at the end of last semester. Although I applied for the subject I was best at, I didn't expect the opponent to be the top student of the same subject in the university. That guy is amazing......"

Ah, forgot to mention. Fantesi University, as well as the affiliated school park, has a unique entrance system. With the exception of a small number of compulsory subjects, passing one of the elective courses is considered to be a passing course. It sounds incredible, but it's a matter of course. The total number of elective subjects, enough hearsay alone makes my head big. Thanks to this, a guy like Marisa, who is seriously biased - no, it's all a mess except for that one subject - can follow in Reimu's footsteps and skip a grade. But this time, Reimu jumped up directly from the first year of the first year, did Marisa miscalculate......

“…… So, I found this place with Reimu. Click"

Marisa spoke, and my goods were in her mouth. Ah, and the throat-moistening tea is also in my hand.

"Wait, that is, are you still a middle school student? It's a high school here......"

"That kind of thing, it's okay. Oops, if it goes on like this, it's going to be like Reimon. What is the bill to be paid...... Woo, I forgot to bring it. ”

"Don't look at me like that. You've got a book on credit. ”

I wasn't going to back down from such a matter of principle, and I was about to say it when I looked up and Marisa was gone.

"What is this......"

I smiled wryly and muttered to myself. Ah, the money is bleak. Will this shop be able to make a living? As I picked up my lunch and prepared to heat it up again, I couldn't help but wonder if I was looking for something simple.