Yoshida Hachiman felt a great sense of accomplishment.

"You, what kind of silly things are you saying?" The real Hachiman walked past with his dead fish eyes.

"Hachiman! Let's eat dessert together!" Saika affectionately hooked his arm.

...

The game development led by Tenya was progressing at a divine speed.

On the other side, Tomoya's game project hadn't even gathered its core members.

This made Tomoya anxious and pacing, and at the same time, driven by jealousy, he secretly tripped things up.

"She was absent again this time..."

"What is Michiru doing?!"

Eriri frowned and said.

The game development was nearing its end, and the group agreed to work together at the designated location every day after school.

If they found any problems, they could communicate face-to-face on the spot.

Michiru, who was in charge of music, had been absent for several days in a row, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among everyone.

"Tenya-kun, did you ask her what was going on?" Utaha asked.

"Well, about Michiru, she seems to have had a small conflict with her family." Tenya showed everyone the chat interface.

The content was roughly a complaint that some scumbag had snitched behind her back, causing her to have a big fight with her parents, and now she had been kicked out of the house.

"Kicked out of the house?"

"This is not a small conflict."

Ruri's forehead broke out in a sweat.

For her, a middle school student, being kicked out of the house was something she couldn't even imagine.

"No way, it's that serious?"

"What kind of parents are these? Is it necessary to be so harsh on their own child?"

Eriri expressed her inability to understand this.

After all, the Sawamura family practiced a highly liberal education.

For example, her parents would help sell the doujinshi she drew.

Actually, that was quite outrageous too.

"Prejudice is a big mountain in people's minds."

"My parents were also against me writing light novels at first."

"But we made an agreement: as long as my academic performance didn't decline, they would tacitly agree." Utaha's words were very reasonable.

However, this didn't apply to everyone.

Simply because she was a genius, she could get the first place in the grade even by sleeping in class.

For most parents, as long as you study well, whatever you do is right.

"I remember Michiru's academic performance wasn't bad either. She could average within the top ten in the grade."

"This is probably the so-called patriarchal desire for control."

"Treating children as their own possessions and attempting to manipulate their lives."

Tenya said.

"What should we do? Can we help Michiru-senpai?"

Ruri had a very good impression of Michiru, who could play her favorite anime songs.

"This help is difficult..."

"After all, it's someone else's family matter, and it's not good for us outsiders to interfere." Utaha shook her head.

At this point, the atmosphere suddenly became a bit heavy.

With one less core member, the game's development was difficult to advance.

Today's work could only end early.

"Kasumigaoka and I are both main creators, and we have a lot of work to do."

"Michiru's side is left to you, don't mind the trouble."

"You are the club president!"

Eriri seriously instructed.

"Tenya-kun, isn't this great?"

"Comforting a young girl who was kicked out by her parents is an event to increase affection points."

Utaha had originally just casually teased, but unexpectedly, the development of events far exceeded her expectations.

...

Just as Tomoya planned, homeless Michiru could only choose to seek refuge at Tomoya's home, her only relative in Chiba.

"Michiru, you are welcome to stay at my place."

"Tomoya... how did you know I was coming to stay at your place?"

Michiru carried her suitcase, a trace of suspicion flashing in her eyes.

Speaking of which, how did her parents find out that she was dabbling with music?

"Well, about that..."

Tomoya was startled, but he hid it well and immediately thought of a suitable reason.

"Actually, your uncle and aunt are very concerned about you..."

"They called me and told me to help you out." Tomoya just blurted out the lie.

"Really?"

A flicker of light flashed in Michiru's eyes. She felt that Tomoya's explanation was reasonable.

"In that case, I'll rely on you."

Michiru, carrying her suitcase, had walked all day and was now tired and hungry.

She just wanted to look through the fridge for something to eat, but it was empty, not even a single vegetable leaf.

"Michiru, you can eat this."

Tomoya thoughtfully took out stacks of instant noodles.

"No way? Tomoya? You eat this every day?" Michiru pouted.

You know, although the Aki family wasn't wealthy, they weren't poor either.

Both parents were long-term working couples who sent a considerable amount of living expenses to Tomoya every month.

With normal spending, it was impossible to be reduced to eating instant noodles.

"No choice, all my money has been put into the game development budget."

"For my dream, everything is worth it!"

Tomoya's eyes darted around, and he took the opportunity to continue the topic, "Michiru, I sincerely hope you can come and help me."

"Well, it's not that I don't want to help you..."

"It's just that I've already agreed to Tenya, and the work over there is quite busy." Michiru politely refused.

"Michiru, what do you mean by this? You'd rather help an outsider than help me?" Tomoya's face sank.

"They gave me money..."

"Moreover, this money belongs to the band's public account."

Michiru's meaning was also very clear.

Even if I cannot talk about money with you, I can't just let the band be freeloaded by you, right?

"I don't care!"

"In short, you must help me with this!"

"Besides, you're staying at my place now, I didn't ask for rent, so what's wrong with helping me out a bit?"

Tomoya reached out and pushed up his glasses, his tone containing a hint of threat.

If he could, he wouldn't want to use such heavy-handed methods.

But when he thought about the game project, and the slow progress...

If this dragged on, he was afraid he wouldn't make it to the winter comic convention.

"Tomoya!"

"You, what do you mean by that?"

Hearing this, Michiru looked up and stared at Tomoya in front of her with an incredulous expression.

"I-I was just thinking..."

"I'm providing you with a place to stay, and you help me with work, isn't that only right?" Tomoya said, sticking out his neck.

"...."

Michiru was silent for a while, then asked, "Do you mean that if I don't help you, you'll kick me out? Is that what you mean?"

By blood, they were cousins, and they had also been childhood friends who grew up together.

You're treating me like this?

Facing Michiru's sharp gaze that pierced into one's heart, Tomoya didn't dare to meet her eyes.

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