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Chizuru; Yanagi--

Jin; It’s fine.

Yanagi; Hahaha, ha… You and Minato can make girls happy too, though?


Jin; ………

Jin; ...If you don’t intend to contribute to the recovery from this incident, at least look for a successor for H3. That’s the responsibility of the one who’s leaving their role, no?

Yanagi; Responsibility…

Jin; We need to end this chaos and restore peace to the school. Cooperate, okay?

A pressure I couldn’t say no to. That was exactly the same as when I was in black dorm. It’s funny, he’s so compelling it makes his opponent feel secure. Saying he’s giving me a chance to fulfill my responsibility, it seems he’s already decided that this is what’s going to happen.

Yanagi; ...I understand. Although I don’t think I’m qualified for recruiting.

Jin; Excellent. I’ll prepare an opportunity for you to search for a successor. This is a critical project to save not only the female students of Shinonome Gakuen, but the entire country!

--17:15. “Shinonome-based humanity sustainment plan” commences.

After Yanagi left the room, another took his place. Heaven’s flower garden, “Sucré Nuage”, Minato appeared. Chizuru showed him in, bowed and left the room.

Jin; What do you think of the current circumstances?


Minato; Mm~ I don’t really understand hard stuff, but… I’ll be lonely if I can’t hang out with Yanagi anymore. I can still hang out with girls, but I think it’s more fun when Yanagi’s there too.

Jin; Do you want Hanabusa to return to H3?

Minato; Hmm. If Yanagi doesn’t want to come back, there’s nothing we can do. If Yanagi found something else he thinks is fun, that’s what's most important~


Jin; Fu… I see. That’s fine, then. Aside from forcing him to come back, all we can do now is quickly look for a successor to sustain the peace. Ushiwaka, as a member of H3, I’d like to request your cooperation as well.


Minato; If that’ll make Yanagi happy, I’ll help out~
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The next morning--

It’s unbelievable, but I’m running without anyone chasing me.

Touji; Hanabusa-senpai! You’re lagging behind! Come on, one, two! One, two!


Yanagi; Haa… haa… Wow, you’re really fast, Touji.

Touji; I train my strength and endurance daily. If you continue to run early in the morning every day, without losing your focus, you too could achieve this much before breakfast, Hanabusa-senpai!

Yanagi; Next up is meditation, then… push ups and sit ups, right? It’s probably going to be a lot slower with me here. Is that okay?

Touji; I usually complete this routine in 1 hour and 25 minutes, but…


Touji; An opportunity to train with Hanabusa-senpai is precious indeed. I will be content whether we are on schedule or not!

Yanagi; Thanks. I’ll do my best to catch up with you someday soon.

Touji; Haha, that’s the spirit, Hanabusa-senpai! Now, let’s give the last lap our all! One two, one two!
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Scene; Second year classroom

Yanagi; yawn

Shinya; Ahaha, that was a big yawn. You look tired. Did you get enough sleep?

Yanagi; I got up early to work out today. I’ll probably go to bed early tonight, too. After school, I have to spread fertilizer for the gardening club, though.

Mikage; You’re maturing~ (What Mikage says here can either mean that a person is maturing, or that a flower is withering/dying.)

Shinya; Ehh, the club’s flowers are withering!? Yanagi-kun, let me spread some fertilizer too!

None of the flowers in the greenhouse were dying, though. But as I started to tell Shinya that, everyone’s phones started ringing. It sounded like a notification sound.

Shinya; Eh!? An invitation to “H3’s final breakup event… slash… new H3 candidate selection and cultivation tour”...?

Minato; Oh, this is what Jin-san was talking about the other day~ Yay, exciting~


Yanagi; (I see… Looks like Jin-senpai’s already started moving…)

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Yanagi; Morning. Your lip gloss looks cute today.

Shion; ………

Yanagi; (Today, there were finally no ambushes from any honeys. Tomorrow I might be able to go to school using the main road instead of the back way.)

Once the aftermath of my press conference dies down, I can leave it behind me and forget about it. I thought I’d returned to my normal life, but…


Shinya; Shigure, give me a hand! Girls are passing out everywhere, from the gate to the courtyard!

Yanagi; (?)

Shigure; Inquiries about that have been flooding in since this morning. Although they’ve all been about female students…

Chizuru; Dragon King Corporation’s staff is collecting them as we speak.

Watching my flustered classmates from the corner of my eye, I whispered to Minato, who was actually in the classroom in the morning for once.

Yanagi; Minato, did something happen?

Minato; The girls in our school don’t have any energy. I think maybe they slept with their stomachs uncovered last night.

Yanagi; ………

Mikage; Aren’t you looking a little uneasy, Mr. Lady-killer?

Yanagi; Of course not?


Minato; If you sleep without covering your stomach your body gets cold. We have to warm the girls up.

Mikage; Oh really~ We’re going to need a huge hot water bottle~

Yanagi; Mikage, why don’t you help them out?


Mikage; My body temperature is pretty low.

I didn’t feel like any more banter, and let out a small sigh.

Yanagi; I don’t really understand what the problem is, so I’ll leave any medical issues to our doctor, Shinya. Wouldn’t he be better-suited to that than me?

Suppose the girls’ deteriorating condition is my fault. By saying “let’s leave it to someone else”, everyone will understand I’m not taking responsibility without my having to give a reason why. However, if I do anything further I feel like I’ll probably become even more like someone who that person hates.

Chizuru; Yanagi.

Yanagi; Hm? Ah, it’s rare for you to start a conversation with-

Chizuru; Jin-san would like an audience with you. He requests your presence in the third year classroom after school.

Without waiting for my answer, Chizuru walked away.

Mikage; Ooh~♪

Yanagi; sigh
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Scene; Third year classroom

Jin; 60%. Do you know what that number represents?


The moment I entered the third year classroom, Jin-senpai threw this question at me. I could tell right away this was going to be trouble, but Chizuru was standing behind me as though blocking the door, so I couldn’t run away.


Yanagi; Um, what could it be… Is it the percentage of time you and Chizuru spend together in a day?

Jin; According to a survey by my company, it’s the ratio of single women. Currently, our country’s birth rate decreases every year, and in recent years it’s dropped below 1 million. If it continues to decline at this rate, it will threaten the survival of the nation.

Yanagi; I see, that’s a problem. So, why are you telling me this?

Chizuru; Presently, roughly 80% of Shinonome Gakuen’s female population is suffering from abnormal thirst and a decline in estrogen, as well as strange hallucinations of all men appearing to be vegetables, root vegetables and fruits.

Yanagi; Oh, really…?

Yanagi; (That must have been the cause of the uproar this morning.)

Jin; Furthermore, along with the decline in couples, the school’s happiness index has decreased sharply. If this continues, it will have an effect not only on Shinonome, but on our society as a whole! And this strange phenomenon only began after your press conference. You’re the cause. Do you disagree?


Yanagi; ……

I’d been evading the question, glossing over the truth and dropping the issue, but Jin-san was pinning me with a reproachful look that said he absolutely wouldn’t allow that.

Yanagi; That’s an unusual opinion for you, Jin-san. What makes you think that?


Jin; Never mind marriage, there is an increasing tendency for young people to think that even romance is too much trouble. But that isn’t the overwhelming opinion at Shinonome. Why is that? It’s because of you… Not only you, but H3 as a whole allows this school’s female students to feel hope and warmth.


Yanagi; I wasn’t playing with my kitties with such grandiose intentions.

Jin; It doesn’t matter what your intentions were, you played a significant role in this phenomenon, so you can’t just ignore the situation like you’re not involved.

Yanagi; You’re giving me too much credit. The girls may be a little upset right now, but as time passes they should return to normal, right?

Jin; …Hanabusa. You have a talent for making women happy.

Yanagi; ……

Yanagi; Ha, ahahaha!

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A cellphone’s ringtone is echoing in our room.

Yuma; ...Senpai, your phone’s ringing.

Yanagi; Yeah, it’s ringing, huh?

Yuma; You’re not answering?

Yanagi; ………


Yanagi; I already quit that.

Yuma; Yanagi-senpai… You’re serious, aren’t you.

Yuma; ...If there’s anything I can do to help you, please tell me.

Yanagi; Haha. Thanks.


Yuma; Ah, do you want a red viper drink?

Yanagi; That's okay. It’s not like I’ve lost my physical strength.

My ringtone, which had been playing on and off for the last ten hours or so, finally stopped. My phone probably died. The person I hold dearest might try to contact me, so I can’t leave it like that. I plugged it in, and my eyes fell on Yuma’s bookshelf.

Yanagi; ...Hey, you like SPICY☆LOVER too, Yuma?

Yuma; Eh? Y-yes.

SPICY☆LOVER. It’s a shoujo manga featuring anthropomorphizations of spices, popular among middle school students.

Yanagi; I just discovered it recently, but it’s quite popular right now, isn’t it? There’s a collab cafe where you can eat the protagonist Karina’s curry, and employees dressed as the characters say “smell my scent” while adding seasoning to you food. It's such a hit you have to line up for five hours.

Yuma; Yes. Because of that-- ah, no. Certainly, the many different ikemen characters surrounding Karina, battling with scents, have been very well-received.

Yanagi; Yeah. But, the one they just introduced, uh… Cumin? The flashy character.

Yuma; Ah, yes. He uses specific spices in the rice shower to stop his lover from having a change of heart. And he’s a painter, right?

Yanagi; A girl I know really doesn't like Cumin.

Yuma; Eh?

Yanagi; “Even though he doesn’t have feelings for them, he toys with however many girls’ feelings he wants for his own enjoyment!” is what she said.


But there's one aspect of Cumin’s character I can't relate to. I wasn't able to protect myself.

Yuma; That’s… yeah. I think she’s right.

Yanagi; It’s a pretty strong criticism.

Yuma; If there’s more you’re not saying, feel free to tell me.

Yanagi; Haha. If I kept going, you’d die from the shock.

Yuma; ?

Yanagi; ...It’s nothing.

Yanagi; (It doesn’t have anything to do with me anymore.)
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Mamoru; Everyone at Shinonome Gakuen, good morning! This is Hodo Mamoru of the press club, bringing you an emergency report on the mystery incident that’s sweeping the school!

Female student A; Skin… drying out…

Female student B; Uu… water… water…

Mamoru; You may have understood from that footage; currently, the female students of Shinonome Gakuen are suffering from a “skin desertification phenomenon”, the cause of which is unknown. The number of affected students is increasing rapidly!

Mamoru; Excuse me, could I ask you for a comment!

Female student A; Round… eggplant… looks delicious…

Female student C; Uu~.... uu~....


Mamoru; R-round eggplant? A-as we’ve just seen, hallucinations that every male student of Shinonome is a vegetable are also spreading! The school is in chaos!


Senri; Yuni-tan, listen to this~! When we were in the hallway, a girl told the lion that he looks like he’s “half cabbage, half purple cabbage”! That’s awesome!

Takaomi; Shut up. Didn’t she call you a carrot?

Touji; What a coincidence. Mere moments ago, I was called an “expensive-looking cob of corn”. To notice my polished hairstyle, she knows where to focus her eyes.

Yuni; You all look delicious!

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Scene; Yanagi & Yuma’s room

Yuma; Eh, what’s that roll of bills? It’s more like a mountain. A mountain of bills... Money, mountain…

Yanagi; Yuma, calm down.

Minato; I can get married with this~

Yuma; Married?

Minato; Yuuma, have you ever proposed?

Yuma; No, I haven’t.

Minato; I see. Nobody has. Hm~

Yuma; Yanagi-senpai… What’s going on?


Yanagi; He’s going to get married.

Yuma; To who…?


Minato; To Shion-chan!

Yuma; Eh.


Yanagi; You are…?

Minato; Yeah. I’m going to try asking. With a cool proposal.

Yanagi; Ah, I see… But, why Shion?

Minato; Because Shion-chan’s the most like her.

Yuma; Like who?

Yanagi; ...Like your fiancée?


Minato; Ufufu.

Scene; Hallway

Minato; Knock knock kno~ck.

I knocked on Shion-chan’s door. Right now, Shion-chan’s probably in the middle of a skincare routine or exercising- but just then, the door opened.

Shion; --

Minato; He~y, Shion-chan. Um, there’s something I wanted to ask-

Shion-chan turned away in a huff and started closing the door. But, panicking, I caught it.

Minato; Why are you closing it?

Shion; ...Let go.

Shion-chan was pushing hard on the door to close it. So I pushed back, not wanting to lose.


Minato; Shion-chan, I need to ask you something. Um-

Shion; Let go.

Touji; (Umu, my stomach is full. There’s nothing like ingesting protein in the morning-- Hm? In front of my room…)


Minato; --on-chan, please! I want you to marry me!

Touji; Fwaaah!?!?

Shion; Stop messing-

Touji; Y-y-y-y-y-y-you can’t get married!!!!

Shion; Ah…

Minato; Touji’s saying it too. Marriage~


Touji; NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I will! Never!! ALLOW THIS!!!

Minato; That’s not good. I mean, I already proposed to Shion-chan-

Shion; Haa…

The door closed, and Shion-chan disappeared.

Minato; No, no, don’t go! Meme!


Touji; ! ...Meme?

Minato; Arrière-grand-mère…

Touji; That’s… French.

Chizuru; He’s talking about his great grandmother.

Touji; Maki-senpai…?


Minato; sniffle

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Yanagi; There have been a lot, but last year was... Oh, right. You said "I want to take a nap on a cloud", which was so outrageous that your partner, Shion, was understandably troubled. Even though you two were as close as Hakka and Shinya up until then...

Minato; Shion-chan? We're still best friends, though~


Yanagi; .........

Minato; Yanagi?

Yanagi; ...Anyway. So, what do you want to do this time?

Minato; Oh~ the main issue!

To make my serious announcement, I stood up from the bench.


Minato; I've decided to get married.

Yanagi; ...What?


Minato; Because I found someone I want to marry and make happy. Ehehe~

Yanagi; That's... An amazing thing to say.

Minato; Yanagi, have you gotten married before?

Yanagi; I haven't. I'm a philanthropist.

Minato; Do philanthropists know how to propose? I want a cool, awesome proposal that anyone would say yes to!

Yanagi; Hm...

Seeing the always smiling Yanagi looking serious, my chest felt tight.


Minato; Is proposing no good? Is there a problem?

Yanagi; It’s not really a problem, but… If you want to get married, you have to prepare something first.

Minato; Prepare something…

Yanagi; Economic strength. That is, money.

Minato; Money… But I’ve heard love is more important than money in a marriage.

Yanagi; Personally, I don’t mind that kind of romantic thinking, but in modern Japan that might be seen as the argument of someone financially weak.

Minato; ???

Yanagi; ...Minato, do you have any savings?

Minato; Savings… Money…

Yanagi; In the first place, why did you suddenly decide to get marri-

Minato; Ah~, I got it.

Yanagi; ...What?

Minato; I just need to start making some money. Yeah, that’ll be fine~

Yanagi; Making money?

Minato; Yeah. Yanagi, how much do you need for a wedding?

Yanagi; ...About ten million yen, I guess? It’s a pretty small sum, but it’s a good compromise between how much you can make and how much you might need.

Minato; I see, I see. So with ten million, I can get married ♪
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Scene; Shibuya

I decided right away to display a sketchbook with my “wish” written on it in the center of the city.


“Please give me money.”

Yanagi; ...Surely, that’s not all you’re doing?

Minato; What? I need money, so shouldn’t I let everyone know?

Yanagi; Minato… This is just a social norm, but someone who earns their fortune through hard work is usually much more attractive.

Minato; I see. Attraction is important. Yanagi’s always thinking about so many things, amazing~


Yanagi; Thanks. So? What will you do?

Minato; Hm…

My “yeah yeah mode” disappeared in an instant. But I quickly came up with a fun, good idea.

Minato; That’s it!

I took a pen out of my pocket, turned to a new page in my sketchbook and wrote something down.


“Priced hug”

Minato; ‘Kay. It’s ready.

Yanagi; I see. You’re going to sell attraction.


Minato; It’s a good idea, right? Hugs are warm, I love them~

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