Rewind the clock to a Sunday afternoon.

After helping Yoshimura-sensei draw all the line drawings and making sure that there were no problems with the quality, Mihara was going to submit them and prepare to go home.

"Twig..."

"Yoshimura-sensei, let's call me Mihara." Mihara is very resistant to being called her, both male and female.

"Okay, Sanhara, you've been in my studio for two years, and now... Seventeen? ”

"I just turned sixteen this year."

"Well, it's an age to grow." Mr. Yoshimura is a middle-aged man who looks good and dresses neatly, and he pays attention to his appearance compared to other manga artists in the field.

"We're going out for a drinking party tonight, and Mihara should come over too, just in time to meet your seniors."

"Yoshimura-sensei, I'm sixteen, not twenty, and I don't have any interest in drinking clubs."

"What's wrong with Sixteen? Take a sip or two, and no one will say anything about it. Yoshimura shook his head and wanted to step forward and pat Mihara on the shoulder, but he didn't expect Mihara to slap him away with his backhand, and said to him with a serious face: "Please respect yourself!" ”

"......" Yoshimura didn't do anything at this time, but sat down again, glanced at Mihara's manuscript, and said, "The manuscript has passed, take a break later, and continue to work." ”

"Okay." Mihara is not a very sensitive person, it is better to say that she is quite dull, even at this time, she does not see that Yoshimura thinks anything wrong about her, but simply does not want anyone to get too close to her.

It's anyone, everyone is no exception.

After resting for half an hour, the work started again, and it took her three seconds to recognize the draft to be drawn this time, it was her own creativity, her own story, and even the character design was very close. She was still a little happy, thinking that this was finally approved by her teacher and that she could submit her comics and publish them for sale.

But when she looked at it, she realized that something was wrong.

So she raised her head and looked directly at Yoshimura, who was sitting not far away, with a cold gaze.

"Yoshimura-sensei, what does this mean?"

"This is my new work that I am about to publish."

"What are you kidding, this is obviously my work!!" Sanyuan Zhi slapped the table directly, and knocked over the ink on the side.

Watching Black Ink render the original manuscript on white paper, Yoshimura, who is a manga artist, was still unhurried, or didn't care, he looked at Mihara Eda lightly and said, "It's your work, but so what?" Your work is good, but it is only with the blessing of my reputation that it can be recognized by the public. ”

"What bullshit are you putting on! A real masterpiece will never be buried, if it is not famous, it is just because the quality is not good enough..."

"That's why I said Xiaozhi, you still don't understand the industry well enough, or rather, you're too young to think so."

"Actually, let me tell you frankly, I don't know any comics at all."

"My debut work was taken from a woman, and the same is true for my famous works, they are all dull, people who are not good at words, and they either draw comics or draw comics in their lives, and nothing else."

"If I hadn't saved them and allowed their work to flourish one day, they might be worse off than those homeless people on the street."

"When I first saw you, I knew you were that kind of person, Mihara-eda, you want to dedicate your life to the manga, thinking it's your biggest dream, right?"

"In that case, why don't you commit to me, I will use all my current contacts and energy, with the quality of your works that are getting better and better, this time, it will definitely be a big hit, and the sales can also explode, don't you want to see it? How are your comics being touted everywhere? ”

"What do you mean... Committed to you? Mihara was already clenching his fists and clenching his teeth.

"It's simple." Yoshimura chuckled and gestured to the bed behind him.

"Sleep with me."

"Bastard !!"

After that, Mihara didn't have much of an impression.

But when she regained her senses, she found that she already had a broom in her hand, and then beat that hateful Yoshimura into a pig's head beyond recognition.

Seeing him lying on the ground dying, Mihara felt still angry, so he simply smashed all the things in his house.

It was only after being smashed into a mess that she fled.

Then, the next morning, when I was about to go out to buy breakfast, I received a call from the other party.

"Well played!" Saionji Akino couldn't help but say after listening to Mihara's story.

"Huh?" Mihara suddenly came back to his senses and found himself sitting in a strange living room, with his back against the sofa...

This is...

"You, what magic did you use on me?" Mihara looked at Saionji Akino with a surprised expression.

"Magic?" Saionji Akino also felt puzzled.

"It's just... How could I come here with you, and then... Did I just tell you all about that? Mihara wanted to remember what had happened after she was stopped by Saionji Akino just now.

But... It's the same as her beating Yoshimura, and she doesn't have any impression at all...

People in the case of extreme anger...

Do you really lose some of your memories?

"Ahh It was I who asked Mihara-san what happened to you and if you needed help, and then Mihara-san quickly told me everything that happened. ”

“… Yes, is that so? Mihara slowly relaxed, she looked at the exceptionally handsome young man beside her, and chose to accept this fact.

Perhaps, subconsciously felt that he was the boyfriend of Oriyuki Asaba, so he relaxed his vigilance?

"Well, Mihara-san, if that's the case, you should need to find a lawyer, right?"

“… Well, yes to find, but I... I don't understand this thing..."

"I can help you." Saionji Akino said seriously.

"Huh? No, no, no, Mr. Saionji, you... Forehead... This is actually a personal trouble caused by me, and it has nothing to do with you, teacher, so I can't trouble you. Mihara shook his head and hurriedly refused.

"No, it's actually related."

"Mr. Mihara, the illustration you drew is very suitable for "Your Name", and now it is widely praised on the Internet, you should know about it, right?" Saionji Akino saw that the other party was polite, and he also changed his original language.

"Hmm..."

"So, Mr. Mihara is a very important business partner for me, and if this kind of thing happens, if I can help, I'm still willing to help, after all, I don't want such a good illustration to disappear because of this kind of thing."

"And then there's... You... For my friend, Oriyuki Asaba is very important, so... I can't sit idly by. ”

If the former reason is still far-fetched, but with the addition of the latter sentence, Mihara can accept it in an instant...

It's acceptable... But there was some resistance, and her expression suddenly became complicated.

"Wait... Aren't you boyfriend and girlfriend with her? Mihara was silent for a while, then suddenly asked.

Saionji Akino shook his head and said with a smile: "It's a friend, but isn't it enough to be a friend?" ”

"......" Mihara sighed deeply, "That's really... I don't know how to repay you..."

"It's okay, anyway, let's get through the difficulties in front of me first, Sanhara-san, you drink some water first, I'll go out and make a call."

"Okay, okay." Mihara looked at the figure of Saionji Akino walking towards the balcony, and looked around again.

Although it is clean and tidy, it lacks a sense of life...

Well, this is also normal, after all, they are still high school students, and they live together in high school, which is a bit too exaggerated.

Only, why say it's a friend?

It's just a friend, would you care so much about your friend's "friend"?

And... I'm not actually a friend of Oriyuki Asaba.

When the girl was entangled, Saionji Akino looked at the dial in the phone and felt a little puzzled.

On a call.

This is the case for five minutes in a row.

It seems that Mr. Shunji is very busy today.

Then contact him tomorrow to try?

"I'm sorry, Mihara-san, the lawyer I contacted today may be a little busy, and I can't contact anyone yet..."

"Ah, it's okay, I'll find someone on my own side too." Sanhara Zhi hurriedly got up and said.

"No, Mihara-san, let me help with this matter." Saionji Akino said seriously, he knows very well how high the lawyer's hiring fee is, and it is still a somewhat tricky situation at present, so it is better to ask Kawano Shunji, who has the best business ability, to come over.

What if Mihara went out to find another lawyer and was deceived and lost money in vain?

“… This..."

Saionji Akino looked at her hesitant eyes and chuckled, "It's okay, Mihara-san, don't worry about leaving it to me, I can help you deal with it." ”

Mihara felt more and more ashamed.

"Ding-dong-ding-"

"Saionji-kun? At home? I just saw you and Twig chatting at the door of the apartment..."

Seeing this, Saionji Akino hurriedly walked over to open the door, and let Yonko Hayasaka also enter the house.

"Good morning, Hayasaka-san."

"Good morning! Saionji-kun. Yonko Hayasaka, who was staring at the panda's eyes and had a somewhat messy hair, gave a thumbs up.

"I've already made a plan, Xiyuan Temple-kun, do you have time to take a look now?"

"Of course." Saionji Akino is worried about how to continue the conversation with Mihara.

Yonako Hayasaka came just in time.

——

After spending three hours discussing the details of opening the store with Yonko Hayasaka, and after confirming that there were no problems, Saionji Akino also served them as the host, entertained them for lunch, and sent them out of the house after half past twelve at noon.

And as soon as he walked out of the Sanyuan branch at the door of the door of Xiyuan Temple, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Huh? What's wrong, Xiaozhi, isn't the food cooked by Saionji-kun delicious? ”

"It's not... It's delicious... It's just..."

"It's just that I feel that I owe this favor, and I don't know how to pay it back."

"Favors? What favors? ”

"Let's talk about it when we get home."

…

After returning to their living room, Mihara briefly told Yonko Hayasaka what had happened yesterday, and although his tone was calm, it still made Yonko Hayasaka feel indignant.

"Xiaozhi, you played well! This kind of dog man should completely abolish him! ”

"Hmm... But now..."

"Oh, isn't it just a favor owed to the gentleman of Xiyuan Temple? What's the big deal, do you think Saionji-kun is someone who cares about that kind of thing? ”

"He doesn't seem to care, but I can't help it..."

"Well, Xiaozhi, you're right, but do you really think that Xiyuan Temple-kun helped you for free?" Yonko Hayasaka asked with a meaningful look at Mihara.

"What do you mean?"

"Actually, I can see that although Xiyuan Si-kun is really kind and friendly, he also does things with a purpose, and from a certain point of view, I am an incidental to you."

"Mine?" Mihara was puzzled.

"Hmm... Think about it yourself, but Saionji-kun definitely wants something, and this thing can only be given to him, so as long as you give him that thing, our favor can be repaid, and if you can't pay it back for the time being, then pay it back slowly, and one day you can pay it back. ”

"Hah..."

(End of chapter)