But this time, she was sincere and genuinely wanted to build some kind of relations.h.i.+p with Kitagawa Tera, and certainly not the money-employment relations.h.i.+p.

It was not purely because Kitagawa Tera possessed extraordinary powers, but simply because he aroused her curiosity.

Character, appearance, powers, way of talking…

Kamiya Mirai wanted to take it a step further in understanding Kitagawa Tera, instead of becoming strangers again after this incident.

Kamiya Mirai did not deny that her current emotions might contain romantic feelings between a male and a female.

Kamiya Mirai had never felt that it was wrong to have desires in the long development of the human race. But at the same time, she was not like other normal girls who were thrown head over heels because of the youthful urge for romance and became negative IQ idiots.

Her rational thinking, reasonable a.n.a.lysis, and curiosity surged within her, but she could not come to any conclusion.

Wanting to build a connection with someone might be love or perhaps curiosity.

Yes, Kamiya Mirai was an eccentric girl, but at the same time, she was very clear about where she stood.

But now, she could not figure out what the emotions emerging within her were.

This bewilderment was nudging Kamiya Mirai's innate character.

I'm very curious.

Kamiya Mirai believed that this expression was written on her face.

If she did not understand it once, then try a second time, a hundred times, a thousand times.

If she was still unable to understand it, then even if Kamiya Mirai had to tie up Kitagawa Tera and force this youth to sign his name on the marriage application… Although she might not be a match for Kitagawa Tera, she could spend the rest of her life examining this issue that she could not understand. It was not a bad idea… Besides, she had nothing to lose being married to Kitagawa Tera.

Kamiya Mirai's snow-white face glowed with a blush.

Kitagawa Tera took a deep look at Kamiya Mirai, whose brain was being excessively delusional.

After hesitating for a while, he looked up and said calmly, "I object."

Hearing this, Kamiya Mirai widened her eyes, twitched her mouth, and strangely kept quiet.

After remaining in this strange state for a long time, Kamiya Mirai suddenly said, "Huh?!!!"

She truly did not expect him to reject her request. This disappointed her, and a sense of grievance rose from her heart at the same time.

Here she was feeling hurt, and there Kitagawa Tera was speaking calmly again. "I haven't finished yet."

"Haven't finished?" Kamiya Mirai looked up in surprise.

"Well…" Kitagawa Tera touched his chin. "If you can take care of Eri in the few days that I'm in Ha.s.san City, we can become friends."

Kitagawa Tera was well versed in the routine of dangling the carrot. If he had promised Kamiya Mirai now, she would have become overly excited and turned Kitagawa Eri into a useless person in the few days he was away. By then, who could he go to for help?

Moreover, through taking care of Kitagawa Eri, Kitagawa Tera could also see clearly some hidden qualities of this little girl.

Therefore, it should logically only be decided later.

Although it was slightly unfair to Kamiya Mirai, the most important things in life were knowing someone and selecting your friends.

Kitagawa Tera always had a benchmark internally, and he would not lower his standards regardless of how pretty and cute the other party looked.

He thought while saying, "If Kamiysan agrees with me, then afterward…"

"I promise to take care of Eri-chan!" Without waiting for Kitagawa Tera to finish, Kamiya Mirai patted her chest vigorously and nodded her head heartily.

"I'll entrust her to you then." Kitagawa Tera did not take back all of the thirty-five thousand yen but instead left fifteen thousand yen for Kamiya Mirai. "This money is for you to buy groceries. I'll leave taking care of Eri to you for the few days I'm not around."

"Rest a.s.sured!" Kamiya Mirai's face full of confidence and the signs of planning to turn Kitagawa Eri into a useless person left Kitagawa Tera rubbing his fingers unwittingly.

Is Kamiya Mirai reliable?

He rubbed his temples and could not be bothered with it. After all, the food would turn cold.

Therefore, Kitagawa Tera stopped talking, lifted his hand toward Kitagawa Eri, who was staring at the TV screen despite sitting next to him, and flicked her head.

"It hurts!" Kitagawa Eri covered her head, looking in confusion at her brother and the smiling Kamiya Mirai.

After realizing that they were both staring at her in an 'unfriendly' manner, she shrank her neck, picked up her rice bowl, and used it to cover her small face, putting something between her and their glances.

"Let's eat." Kitagawa Tera shook his head, speechless.

His sister did not even know that she was sold. This muddle-headed character made Kitagawa Tera worry about her being cheated and abducted outside.

However, considering that Kitagawa Eri was in her third year of middle school and about to go on to high school, he was slightly relieved.

She was almost in high school and would unlikely be abducted.

…

Early the next morning, Kitagawa Tera woke up early to exercise as was his routine. However, what he did not expect was for Kamiya Mirai to wake up with him as well.

Seeing that she was still sleepy but beginning to cook, Kitagawa Tera was a little worried when he left.

He did his usual twenty-minute run and then ran back home quickly.

Kitagawa Tera's motive for running was not for fitness. The short twenty-minute run was nothing to him at all.

He simply wanted to adapt and adjust to his current physical condition.

After all, Kitagawa Tera's body was strengthened after exorcising wraiths, and in this strengthening process, he would inevitably misjudge his strength.

What was most important for surgery?

Accuracy.

A ridiculous physique was not what Kitagawa Tera wanted.

As a medical student, Kitagawa Tera could not say that he understood the human body, but he knew a thing or two at the very least.

Therefore, Kitagawa Tera certainly could not lag behind on exercising. After all, a lot of exercise was the most fundamental method for understanding how to control the body.

He returned home.

Kitagawa Eri would usually still be sleeping in bed at this hour. But he did not have to wake her up today. He saw Kitagawa Eri in her slippers, standing at the basin was.h.i.+ng up.

He could tell from this that Kamiya Mirai had accomplished her task well.

Kitagawa Tera was finally relieved.

Kamiya Mirai looked unreliable on the surface but was actually quite good.

Kamiya Mirai's head popped out from behind the table. "Terkun, you're back? The food is ready. Take a seat, and we can eat in a while."

Kitagawa Tera did not answer her but only looked at her for a while, causing her to feel unsettled before he nodded. "Got it."

He was very satisfied with Kamiya Mirai's performance thus far.