Just like that, Hakuto, who only left the home of the five sisters at noon, had finally completed his work.
Faced with this half-day of free time, Hakuto felt a little lost without realizing it. He didn't know what to do.
Wandering aimlessly through the streets, he felt the sunlight on his face and let out a deep sigh.
"What should I do? Go home and sleep? Or find something to do?"
Although Hakuto had always looked forward to vacations, now that one had arrived, he felt like there was nothing to do.
With no goal in mind, he simply walked toward his home. But without realizing it, he passed by Eriri Spencer Sawamura's house.
Even though Hakuto's home and Eriri's were not close at all—in fact, they were quite far apart—the route he took today happened to lead him right past it.
Standing on the street, Hakuto gazed at the apartment and unconsciously recalled the phone call he received from Sayuri yesterday.
"Should I go in?"
Since it was Sayuri's request, he had no reason to refuse… But at the same time, he had no reason to waste his precious weekend on it.
Thinking this, Hakuto stopped looking at the apartment, shook his head, and continued walking toward his home.
As far as he was concerned, whatever Sayuri had asked him for probably wasn't urgent. He could just go after school one afternoon when he had time.
Little did he know, Sayuri was practically dying of anxiety at home!
Back at home, Hakuto flopped onto his bed. He thought he could finally get some rest—until he saw a rope hanging down from his bedroom balcony.
Inside the bedroom, Hakuto grabbed Rikka, who had climbed up the rope onto his balcony, with one hand while toying with her ahoge with the other.
"Alright, what do you want this time?"
"Brave hero… Can you let go of the Wicked Eye Lord's ahoge first?"
Rikka dangled in his grip like a little rabbit. Because of their height difference, she looked oddly comical.
"Talk! Or I'll pluck it off!"
"No! That's my charm point!"
The moment Rikka heard him threaten to pluck her ahoge, she started struggling desperately to break free from his grip.
Seeing this, Hakuto shook his head in exasperation before finally letting go and dropping her onto the bed.
"Ouch! That hurt…" Rikka rubbed her sore backside.
"Hero, why is your bed so hard?"
Seeing that she was still talking about irrelevant things, Hakuto's patience ran out.
He stepped forward, transformed his hand into a chopping blade, and started flicking her forehead repeatedly.
"Get to the point! Get to the point! Get to the point!"
"Hero… It hurts…"
"Get to the point! Get to the point! Get to the point!"
"Oww…!"
"Get to the point!"
"It was the Iron Fist of Annihilation who sent me to find you!"
Hearing Rikka finally explain why she was here, Hakuto stopped his assault.
Meanwhile, Rikka clutched her reddened forehead and lay on the bed pitifully.
"Miss Shizuka sent you?"
Still lying on the bed, Rikka covered her forehead and replied.
"Yeah, because on Friday, the Iron Fist of Annihilation tried calling you, but she couldn't get through, so she sent me to find you…"
Hearing that, Hakuto instinctively took out his phone and checked his call history from Friday.
Sure enough, just as Rikka said, Shizuka had called him on Friday night.
Actually, not just Friday—she also called several times on Saturday afternoon.
It was just that she had an impeccable talent for calling him at the worst possible moments, so he never answered.
"What does Miss Shizuka want?"
Hearing his question, Rikka got up from the bed, struck a pose, and cleared her throat.
"Ahem… The Iron Fist of Annihilation said the school is holding a stall event next week, and she wanted me to inform you."
"?? A stall event?"
"Yes, a stall event!"
Upon hearing this, Hakuto's first reaction was confusion—what kind of event was this? But in the next moment, he realized something.
He wasn't even a Toyosaki student anymore! He had been an exchange student for nearly a month already.
What did this event have to do with him?
Was he some kind of double agent now?!
"The Iron Fist of Annihilation said the event will be conducted through clubs or small groups. And since the undefeated weakest hero has formed a contract with the Wicked Eye Lord…"
"Shh—"
"Huh?"
Hakuto cut Rikka off because he had already taken out his phone and was dialing Shizuka's number.
After a few rings, the call connected, and her voice came through.
"Yo! Our big shot finally has time to call me back?"
"Miss Shizuka, I've been busy the past two days. Not picking up your calls was purely unintentional…"
"Fine, fine. Rikka should have already told you about the school event, right?"
"Yeah…" Hakuto glanced at Rikka beside him. "A stall event… If I were the principal, I'd fire the teacher who came up with such a name."
"It's not that bad. To put it simply, it's basically a charity sale."
"The school provides the venue, and students can use it to sell things. It's a pretty decent social practice activity…"
"And what does that have to do with me? Technically speaking, I'm not even a Toyosaki student anymore, right?"
"Shiratori… Who was the one clinging to my leg half a month ago, saying he didn't want to leave school?!"
"That was then! This is now! Stop bringing up the past!"
Hakuto had always disliked events like these. Well, maybe not disliked, but he definitely wasn't interested.
After all, there was no benefit to it—only trouble. He'd rather stay at Hoshino Umi and catch ability users.
"The venue is free, and all the proceeds from sales go to the students themselves."
"Oh~ And?"
"Wait… Normally, you'd never pass up a chance to take advantage of something like this…"
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