“Everyone, I’m back!”

  “P-Please excuse me…!”

  Yuuji announced as Viktoriya shyly excused herself aered the house of her mother’s friend.

  She was very nervous. She maet her nervousness on the way here thanks to talking with Yuuji, but now, it resurfaced.

  Her mother’s friend, Mira… Viktoriya had heard about her often from her mother. She was an incredibly talented and successful ior who had roots in all the successful businesses in the world. But even with her success, she never ged. She was still the kind ale person her mother knew when they were in school together.

  Until now, Mira was still her mother’s best friend, and Viktoriya had e to admire and respect her a lot, despite never havi her.

  Admiration ofteo over exaggeration, especially when she never met her. But now, after seeing how… “perfect” Yuuji was, she couldn’t help but think if all the great things she thought about her were actually not an exaggeration, but an uimation…

  “Oh my~ Wele, Visha~ Ufufufu~ You’ve grown up into such a beautiful young dy~”

  Viktoriya looked up in shock the moment she heard a supremely beautiful voice speaking in perfect German. And when she saw her figure, Viktoriya stood frozen in shock.

  H-How beautiful… I’ve heard of her beauty from mom, but I never expect it to be this…

  Her soft ale, yet alluring expression. Her beautiful, shiny, light brown hair. Her curvaceous figure that rivaled that of the Goddess of Beauty. Mira was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen…

  And if what her mother said about her abilities were true, then wasn’t she the most perfean in the world…?

  I see where Yuuji-kun got his looks and character now…

  During the short time it took for them to reach the Tsubakihara household, she spent the eime talking with Yuuji.

  Having been raised by her mother aing a lot of different people, Viktoriya had learned how to observe other people closely and look past the veil they put up. Because of this, it was very simple for her to see through the obvious lust and i boys in her school had for her whenever she talked to them.

  But Yuuji was different. All she could see from Yuuji’s eyes was simply appreciation for her beauty. And after she talked about herself more, admiration not for her beauty, but her abilities.

  It was the first time Viktoriya had ever felt this way towards a boy her age. It was very refreshing and fortable.

  She was very surprised at first. But now, she could uand why.

  Yuuji had been living with the most beautiful woman in the world all his life. It’s uandable why he wouldn’t drool at the sight of a beautiful woman that easily. And sidering Mira’s character, she must’ve taught Yuuji to be respectful towards women.

  Her admiration and respect towards Mira and Yuuji rose tremendously.

  “T-Thank you very much for… w-weling me…! M-my name is Viktoriya Ivanova Serebryakov. I-I will be in your care from now on…!”

  She bowed deeply.

  Viktoriya did her best to speak in Japanese. Even if Mira was fluent in her mother to’d be rude if she were to reply not in Mira’s mother tongue when she greeted her in her mother tongue.

  “Ufufufu~ We will be in your care too~ Ah, please just speak in whatever nguage you’re fortable with, okay~?”

  “Y-Yes! A-Ah, h-here is something small I brought with me… P-Please enjoy it with the rest of the family.”

  “Oh my~ Thank you very much~”

  Having finished greeting each other, Mira and Yuuji lead Viktoriya ier ging into slippers.

  They headed into the living room, where Yuna, Nina, and Aika who were sitting on the couch, stood up and weled her with beautiful, bright smiles.

  “Wele to Japan, Serebryakov-san~ My name is Yuna~ Let’s get along~”

  “Wele to Japan. My name is Nina. Please take care of me.”

  “Hello! My name is Aika. Hope you enjoy your stay here!”

  Yuna and Nina’s English were perfect. Aika spoke in a more casual tone, but heless, she still sounded like a native.

  Moreover, all of them were beautiful… So beautiful that Viktoriya, who had been surrounded by beauties like her little sisters and her mother all her life, couldn’t help but admire.

  “I-It’s a pleasure! T-Thank you very much for weling me! P-Please take care of me!”

  I-I should’ve learned Japanese harder!!!

  These wonderful people were able to talk with her in English perfectly, but her Japanese was still g that she couldn’t evehem properly! Viktoriya couldn’t help but regret her ziness.

  “e take a seat~ Mom and Yuu-kun have prepared such wonderful food for us~!!!”

  Yuna approached her aured towards the dining table, where a magnifit Japanese feast had been spread.

  S-So much…! A-And they all look so delicious…!

  It was like the feast she would get if she visited a luxurious Ryokan she had only ever seen in anime and Japanese food works!!! It’s amazing!!!

  “Y-Yes! Thank you very much! Uhm, I’ve alsht this cake. Please enjoy it with everyone.”

  “Thank you very much for your sideration. I shall put it in the refrigerator. However… Yuuji bought a very special cake to wele you. Would it be fine if we eat that first?”

  Opposite of the cheerful Yuna, Nina approached Viktoriya calmly with a smile.

  “Eh? A special cake…?”

  “It’s the Extra Super Melon Cake!!! Do you know about it? It’s very famous and super expensive!!! I was very shock when Yuu-kun suddenly brought it out!!!”

  “T-That-?!”

  Viktoriya had seen it on a Japanese food work… It was an incredibly luxurious cake one buy normally from a bakery!

  “Oh~ And Yuuji-kun also bought the Shirou Houseki White Strawberries for this event~ Don’t you love strawberries, Viktoriya~?”

  “W-White strawberries?!”

  Once again, Viktoriya couldn’t help but gasp at another mention of another luxurious food item.

  She turowards Yuuji in bafflement… Wasn’t he just a high school student her age…? H-How could he buy such ridiculously pricey food for this?!

  Seeing her rea, Yuuji simply smiled softly.

  “I got quite lucky with my iments and decided to splurge a bit to celebrate your arrival. Let’s eat it deliciously together.”

  So he was also a genius in iments… He was truly different from the young boys she knew ba her school, Viktoriya thought.

  And this kindness… She felt extremely weled here, even though she couldn’t eveheir nguage perfectly. She couldn't help but feel touched.

  “T-Thank you very much!”

  She bowed deeply at all of them.

  “Now now~ Let’s start eating before the food went cold~”

  “Y-Yes!”

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  Because of the warmth and kindness she felt from the Tsubakihara household, Viktoriya opened up faster than she ever expected to the people she had only met this m.

  She ended up using English to verse most of the time, but since everyone could uand her, she was able to tell them about herself much more.

  Viktoriya told them that she was the oldest of three siblings. She bragged about her genius little sisters, Mary and Tanya. She was talking about them so excitedly that she didn’t realize the cream that was smeared on the er of her lips. It was very cute to see how animated she became when talking about the things she loved.

  Then, she also told them about how she actually trained in martial arts, specifically German Jiu Jitsu, and joined in some of the military training her mother held when she was young.

  “Oh, so that’s why… No wonder you could do a throw on that man?”

  Yuuji had actually seerash of a man approach her. Judging by how unfortable Viktoriya look, he immediately khat the man’s attention was unwanted. But before he could help her, she suddenly threw the man over her shoulder, shog him and everyone who saw it.

  After all, who would expect such a lithe and slender highschool girl to be capable of throwing a man over her shoulder like that.

  “Yes! Thanks to mom’s training, I’m perfectly capable of defending myself! At least, I thought so… Thank you for helpihis m…”

  “You’ve already thanked me enough. Please don’t mind it anymore.”

  “Oh? Did something happen when you picked her up, Yuuji?”

  “Well…”

  Yuuji g Viktoriya, who him, and began telling the event that happehis m.

  “Eh?! Did that really happen?!”

  “Are you okay, Viktoriya-san.”

  “Tch… Scumbags with no game really exist everywhere, huh…?”

  “Viktoriya-…”

  Yuna, who was sitting on Victoriya’s left, immediately moved her chair closer and held her hand. Nina and Mira, who were sitting opposite of Yuna, looked at her with . While Aika, who sat on Mira’s left, clicked her fingers and frowned deeply.

  Every single one of them was an absolute beauty. Thus, they’ve experienced being approached by unsavory mey of times before.

  Being approached by someohey dislike, especially so forcefully, was something everyone would dislike. But having experie first hand plenty of times, they were able to rete to Viktoriya’s plight much more.

  “Viktoriya- is so cute, I’m ashamed I failed to see such a thing happening. I’m very sorry. And good job on helping her, Yuuji-kun.”

  “I-It’s fine, Mira-san! Please! There’s o apologize.”

  “Mm. Though, I’m sure she could’ve ha herself.”

  Yuuji smiled and go his side towards Viktoriya.

  “You must be afraid that you’ll end up getting into trouble and be forced to move back to German if you make a se, right?”

  “Y-Yes…”

  Viktoriya gnced away shyly after beihrough by Yuuji. Moreover, she couldn’t uand why her heart was suddenly beating so quickly. She never experienced such a thing before while talking with any uys.

  It was… very perplexing. Viktoriya had experieraining and living with young male soldiers while she was training in the military with her mother. She met them frequently, and many had fessed their love for her. Male students from her school also loved her, and some of the most popur and handsome male students in her school had also fessed to her several times before.

  But not once did she ever feel her heart move. The males who fessed to her were just like any other friend, rade, or acquaintao her.

  Yuuji’s appearance was certainly above any man she had ever seen before. But his appearance wasn’t what made her heart beat fast.

  She ealking to him during their walk back to his home. So much so that she felt like she had been friends with him for a long time. She felt very fortable with him…

  And when he saw through her just now, she felt so vulnerable and shy. This wasn’t the first time it had happened. Her mom and her sisters often told her that she wore her heart on her sleeves. She never mi before, but why did she feel so embarrassed now?

  “Hm… There’s a high ce this kind of thing would happen again once you enter school tomorrow.”

  Aika put her elbows oable aed her cheek on her hand as she looked at Viktoriya. And everyone agreed.

  Although there were already a lot of beauties in Yuuji’s school, the fact that she was a fn traudent in addition to being such a beauty, she’d definitely get a ton of attention, especially from the boys.

  “Don’t worry! Nina-, Yuu-kun, and I will always be with her!”

  Nina and Yuuji both Yuna’s fideion. Even if Viktoriya wasn’t the daughter of their mother’s friend, now that they’ve bee close, he would still take care of her in school.

  “But… It will be a bit difficult if she’s not in the same css as us.”

  There were several first year csses. Yuuji was in Css 1-A, while the twins were in Css 1-B. There’s also Css 1-C, which was the third first year css. So if Viktoriya were to be assigo 1-C, all they could do was be with her during breaks and when they return home.

  “Ufufufu~ Don’t worry~ I’ve asked the principle to put Viktoriya in Css 1-A so she could have Yuuji protect her~”

  ““Eh?””

  All of them looked at Mira in shobsp;

  “S-Since when…”

  “Since Illya told me you’re ing here and enrolling to that school~ Don’t worry, I’ve arranged everything~”

  Mira winked pyfully. And they were reminded once again how iial Mira was…

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  Oernoon came, Viktoriya excused herself aurned home. There was still some of her stuff she o unpack as soon as possible since she would start school tomorrow.

  She lived in the rge, fairly high-end apartment which was actually just oation down. It was actually a walkable distao the Tsubakihara household. She went orain to get here because she couldn’t risk getting lost and io greet the family of her mother’s close friend.

  Though… she still ended up ing te in the end because of her clumsiness…

  Yuuji offered to walk her home. sidering the previous event this m, he didn’t wao risk getting picked up and bothered by some guys oreet.

  Viktoriya tried to refuse, but after Mira, Yuna, Nina, Aika, and Yuuji himself insisted, she relented.

  They had a pleasant versation as the e-red sun slowly set uhe horizon.

  And ohey arrived in the rge apartment building, Viktoriya bowed and thanked him for apanying her.

  “Don’t mind it. I’ll see you tomorrow. Good night, Viktoriya.”

  “Mm! Good night, Yuuji. See you tomorrow!”

  Uhe darkened sky, Viktoriya smiled brightly, lighting up everything around her.

  She was just like a sun, Yuuji thought inwardly as he smiled. He watched her ehrough the automatic gss door and pressed a button for the elevator. And o arrived, she entered and waved her hand at him.

  She mouthed “see you” to him, and he waved his hand while mouthing “see you” as well.

  Ohe elevator door closed, Yuuji turned around aurned home.

  “I’m back.”

  He announced as he pced his outdoor shoes into the rad slipped into his indoor slippers.

  “Wele home~”

  He heard Mira’s beautiful voice resounded from the kit. He also sensed Yuna, Nina, and Aika’s presehere.

  It was… unusual. Normally, instead of the kit, they’d be hanging out in the living room. But now, they’re gathered around the dining table.

  He came to the kit, and as expected, everyone was sitting around the dining table. Yuna, Nina, and Aika turo him with a look of fusion and questioning, while Mira was smiling brilliantly at him.

  He knew instantly what was going on.

  “Yuuji~ Please e take a seat~ You have a lot you want to tell us, don’t you~?”

  “Ah… Yes.”

  And thus, Yuuji spent the rest of the evening expining to his family about the Chat Group, his magic, his three girlfriends, and how Mira became so beautiful.

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