The night passed without incident.
The next day, the sky was still early.
At seven in the morning, Kinoshita Kazuya woke up on time.
Something seemed to be pressing on his hand. He looked to the right and saw the little lolita, Sharl, sound asleep, her arms wrapped around his hand.
Further to the right, Minamoto Chizuru was leaning towards Sharl, her hand resting on Sharl's blanket. Perhaps she had been helping Sharl cover up and had fallen asleep like that.
The pajamas provided by the hotel were not tight-fitting, they looked quite loose. Seeing the white apple-shaped size so early in the morning, should he say how beautiful it was and let out an exclamation?
Kinya's rationality told him to avert his gaze, it was not right. If he was caught, he would be met with Minamoto Chizuru's disdainful look, could he withstand such a gaze?
What, a look of disgust, Kinya's rationality's opposite was becoming more agitated.
Seeing Minamoto Chizuru beginning to show signs of waking up, Kinya reflexively averted his gaze.
"Good morning, Kinoshita-kun."
Minamoto Chizuru wasn't fully awake yet, her voice still had a bit of childish charm, enough to make a normal man like Kinoshita Kazuya's blood rush.
"Good morning, Ichinose-san."
Because of Sharl next to him, Kinya didn't plan to get up yet.
Minamoto Chizuru propped herself up and sat up.
She rubbed her face with both hands, shaking off her sleepiness.
Then she noticed she was disheveled. She looked at Kinoshita Kazuya beside her, her face flushed as she quickly rearranged her clothes, hiding her bright spring scenery.
Seeing Minamoto Chizuru already up, Kinya also got ready to get up.
He couldn't be more of a lazy bum than the girl, could he?
"Kinoshita-kun, could you please hand me the rubber band?" Minamoto Chizuru said, "It's right next to your left hand."
"Hm." Kinoshita Kazuya nodded and went over to pick up the black rubber band, "Should we wake up Sharl-chan too?"
"No, let the child sleep a little longer." Minamoto Chizuru took the rubber band, her voice flat, "We'll wake her up for breakfast."
Because of Sharl, Kinoshita Kazuya and Minamoto Chizuru went back to their rooms to wash up after getting up.
Then the two of them played on their phones until eight o'clock, before waking Sharl up for breakfast.
"Big brother, big sister~" The little lolita's voice was soft and slightly hazy, "Good morning."
…
They had a milky matsutake mushroom breakfast.
Then they delivered the little lolita to her parents.
Then they accompanied her family to stroll around the scenery of the mountain.
They took a bath before leaving for Tokyo.
"Goodbye, Sharl-chan." Everyone except Kinya's parents said goodbye to the adorable golden-haired angel.
"Bye, big brother, see you next time."
Sharl's happiness was not affected by the parting. It was because she believed they would see each other again.
The trip ended like this.
…
"You worked hard." Kinoshita Kazuya and Minamoto Chizuru walked along the street.
Minamoto Chizuru picked up a men's fashion magazine and flipped through it.
"It's nothing, I promised." She said, "Come on, tell me which fashion style you think is the most stylish? It's okay to just go by your gut feeling."
Minamoto Chizuru said this as she flipped through the pages quickly.
"Actually, I've always just made decisions based on my gut feeling when it comes to choosing clothes."
However, she was referring to her past self, not the original consciousness Kazuya.
"Really? Today we're going to buy clothes based on your choices. Tell me, which one do you like?"
Minamoto Chizuru looked very serious, not taking Kinya's request lightly.
"Okay, you worked hard." Kinya looked at the Japanese fashion magazine, "They're all about the same, really."
Fashion magazines seemed to be similar regardless of the country.
"What do you mean?" Minamoto Chizuru questioned.
Kazuya said, "Nothing, I'll trouble you to take a look later, I might have some things I haven't paid attention to when choosing clothes, maybe I'll have no taste or something..."
Minamoto Chizuru continued to help Kinoshita Kazuya with the coordination in her heart, "It's fine, don't worry. Most of the outfits featured in this kind of magazine are stylish no matter which one you choose. However, I think there are also clothes that wouldn't suit you, if you choose that kind, I'll stop you."
"I understand."
However, looking at them like this, they were all truly stylish. After all, with the photographer's lighting techniques and retouching, Kinya's eye couldn't really tell anything from the pictures.
After about five minutes, Kinoshita Kazuya pointed to clothes that he thought were stylish and fashionable, wondering if, aside from the difference in appearance with the model, they would suit him?
"How about these?"
"That one... Hm, that's fine." After Minamoto Chizuru said that, she closed the magazine and opened the map app on her smartphone.
"We're going this way then." Minamoto Chizuru said.
"Okay, I'll trouble you." Kanya was very polite to his client.
"The shop with the clothes you chose is over there." Then Minamoto Chizuru led Kanya to a shop that looked very stylish.
"Wait here for a moment?" Kanya was going to go get some money.
"Okay."
He withdrew money from the ATM, quite a bit, about a third of the original body's total assets, he was going to shop properly this time.
...
"How about this?" Minamoto Chizuru pointed to a very expensive outfit, if he bought this one, he probably wouldn't be able to buy too many other clothes.
"Is it a bit expensive?" Kinoshita Kazuya, although he had a daily income of 10,000 yen, a fool would pay with omnipotence points.
"It's okay."
Minamoto Chizuru took the jacket and handed it to me.
"Really? Why?"
The price tag in front of his eyes read (￥9,720).
"The outer jacket brand is different from the shirt brand inside."
Minamoto Chizuru was full of confidence at this moment.
If he hadn't been broke, Kinya would have been interested in watching Minamoto Chizuru shop with such confidence every day.
"I see, as expected of Minamoto Chizuru." Kinya exclaimed in admiration.
"What does 'as expected of Minamoto Chizuru' mean?"
Minamoto Chizuru was dissatisfied, it was clearly Ichinose when they were at the hotel, what was this teasing tone all about.
"Nothing, Minamoto, just the perfect mode of Ichinose Chizuru-san." Kinya was just making a joke.
"I don't understand?"
In Minamoto Chizuru's opinion, Minamoto was her and Ichinose was her, she didn't quite understand Kinoshita Kazuya's meaning.
"Forget it, Kinoshita-kun, you know?" Minamoto Chizuru explained to Kinoshita Kazuya, "Fashion magazines will generally list the brand name and price of the clothes they feature. Once you find an outfit you think is stylish, you look at the price section. Then you look for a brand that's 'affordable' and go there to look."
"I see." Kinya learned a new piece of knowledge, but he used to buy clothes either randomly from online stores or go out to clothing streets and buy whatever looked good.
Picking brands was a rare experience.
"Then, if they're all expensive brands, you can look for other outfits, if you keep looking like this, you'll definitely find something."
"That way, there shouldn't be any major problems. In the outfit you chose today, only one shirt is from this brand, but magazines will choose brands that really match the overall style, even for just one shirt. So, other clothes from the same brand can be considered suitable for your preference."
Simple and clear.
"I understand, that's really useful."
Kinoshita Kazuya learned new knowledge that he wouldn't use many times.
"You're quite good, you need to work harder."
Minamoto Chizuru was being a good teacher, in a good mood.
"Yes, Ichinose-sensei."
Kanya joked.
"Kinoshita-kun, keep working hard."
Minamoto Chizuru even laughed as she said it.