In fact, she had originally intended to go find Kamijou Mutsuki just now, but Anon had beaten her to it.
Afterward, considering that asking him for help in front of Tomori and the others wouldn't be appropriate, she decided to wait until her teammates had all left before doubling back to look for him.
However, she seemed to have discovered something else.
Based on past experience, Kamijou Mutsuki should have been heading home by car at this time. So where was he going now?
Soyo hesitated for a long while. The curiosity in her heart stopped her from stepping forward to call out to him.
She had a premonition—the answer she wanted lay at the destination of Kamijou Mutsuki's current path.
And so, by a twist of fate, a certain JK divorced rich lady followed Kamijou Mutsuki all the way to Sakiko-sensei's new home.
Then she watched as he very politely rang the doorbell.
"Anyone home?"
"Is Sakiko here?"
"Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?"
Just as Kamijou Mutsuki was starting to think that perhaps no one was home today, the door suddenly opened from the inside.
"Who the hell is making so much noise?!"
The first thing out of the mouth was crude language completely unbefitting Sakiko-sensei's beautiful-girl temperament, and the voice sounded rough as well.
In fact, the one who opened the door was indeed not a blue-haired beautiful girl, but a slovenly, middle-aged man with an unshaven face.
He held a can of beer in his hand. It looked like he had just started drinking, since there wasn't much alcohol smell on him yet.
Where did this brat come from?
The impatient man was just about to say that when Kamijou Mutsuki suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Sakiko, how did you get this haggard after just one day apart?"
the boy said.
Middle-aged man: ?
No, wait—are you drunk, or am I drunk? You can't even tell me apart from Sakiko?
Kid, if you don't need your eyes, donate them to someone who does!
"It's all my fault. I forgot to pay you your salary…"
"I'm her dad!"
He directly cut off Kamijou Mutsuki's words, saying so with a dark expression.
"Then I'm her grandpa!"
"I f—"
If he weren't afraid of spilling the beer in his hand, he really would have thrown a punch.
"I really am her dad!"
"Do you have any proof?"
"Believe it or not!"
"So it's Father-in-law! My apologies, my apologies!"
"What did you just call me?!"
Looking at the boy in front of him cupping his fists in greeting, he truly wanted to hit someone this time.
Even though he had fallen so low as to become a useless father who drank all day and lived off his daughter, being wary of delinquent pretty boys was still every father's instinct.
"Say that again and see if I don't—"
He was about to threaten him when he suddenly noticed the burly man who had appeared behind Kamijou Mutsuki at some point—wearing a suit, sunglasses, nearly two meters tall, muscles bulging all over.
The middle-aged man's tone instantly softened.
"—see if I don't just accept you as my son-in-law."
A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him. Acting cowardly didn't cost anything anyway.
"So, Father-in-law, what are you up to?"
"Drinking."
The middle-aged man looked uninterested, thinking only of brushing this guy off quickly so he could go back inside and continue drinking.
"Drinking alone isn't much fun,"
Kamijou Mutsuki said with a smile.
"How about we have a couple together~"
So he's a little drunkard too!
The middle-aged man's expression showed surprise.
See? I knew he was drunk just now!
"Come on, let's chug one together!"
Naturally, he wouldn't refuse this suddenly appearing drinking buddy who looked quite wealthy.
That man is…
However, Soyo—who was hiding in a corner and secretly observing—was somewhat stunned.
Kamijou Mutsuki didn't go home in the evening… just to find a drunk?
The girl began to doubt her premonition.
There was no way this man had anything to do with Sakiko, right?
What kind of connection?
Sakiko's father?
Impossible!
How could a gentle and elegant young lady like Sakiko have a drunkard father like this—and live in such shabby conditions?
Seems like her intuition was off this time.
But forget it. She had originally planned to ask Kamijou Mutsuki for help anyway.
By the way… those black-clad men who suddenly appeared…
Are they Kamijou Mutsuki's bodyguards?
He did seem to be a young master, after all. She had only ever seen this kind of scene on television.
Wait.
Soyo suddenly realized a serious problem.
She had been tailing Kamijou Mutsuki for quite a while now.
Had his bodyguards already noticed her?
Probably not… right?
The girl felt a little uneasy.
At this moment, in a corner behind Soyo, a female bodyguard dressed in casual clothes shook her head.
Young people these days really know how to have fun.
And somewhere behind her, a black-suited bodyguard seemed like he was about to do something, only to have another bodyguard smack him lightly on the head.
Did you forget what the young master told us?
We stay out of the young madam's affairs!
And in a building further behind them, a blue-haired girl holding a sniper rifle scratched her head in confusion.
What are those bodyguards chatting about so lively over there?
Forget it. She was just someone paid to do a job—why bother with so much?
Meanwhile, inside Sakiko-sensei's home…
"Ah, this is the life~"
By now, Sakiko's dad was completely drunk, leaning against the wall in a daze.
"This is the life~"
"Look at you a Togawa guy—what a lightweight!"
Kamijou Mutsuki sat on the other side, his face slightly flushed as well.
"Already drunk after just a few cans!"
"I'm not a lightweight…"
Sakiko's dad tried to argue back.
"It's just that Brother, you're way too good at drinking!"
As everyone knows, when men get drunk, calling each other "brother" is perfectly normal.
Clearly, the somewhat muddle-headed Sakiko's dad had already been completely won over by Kamijou Mutsuki's alcohol tolerance.
"From the way you say it, you must be pretty good at drinking?"
Mutsuki asked with a faintly teasing smile.
"You kidding me!"
The middle-aged man gulped down a mouthful of beer, looking smug.
"I'm super good at drinking!"
"I'm super brave, okay?!"
"Super good at drinking, very brave indeed~"
As he spoke, Kamijou Mutsuki patted his thigh.
"Pretty sturdy body too."
"B-Brother, wh-what are you doing~"
Sakiko's dad sensed the shift in background music and immediately tensed up.
"At your age, I'd say you really don't get it~"
"G-Get what?"
"Where is Togawa working these days?"
"Working…"
Hearing that question, the drunken man sobered up slightly.
"No job. I just drink at home!"
As he said that, he took another big gulp, as if trying to use alcohol to completely numb himself.
"You don't get it? I can teach you~"
Kamijou Mutsuki took a sip of his own drink and said with a smile, "With a body as sturdy as yours, you'd make good money carrying bricks at a construction site!"
"Brother, you know me!"
Upon hearing the suggestion, Sakiko's dad shook his head vigorously.
"Working a job? Not happening. I'll never work in this lifetime!"
"Only by using my daughter's salary to buy alcohol every day can I barely maintain this kind of life."
"Drinking at home is super comfortable. The TV hosts are all such talented people, and they speak so nicely. I love it!"
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