218 – Reunion
The next day.
“Ah! It’s over! It’s over!”
With Satoru’s cheery cry, we all got out of the school gate together, having digested the final schedule of the midterm exam.
The current members are me, Rika, Satoru, Karen, Ayase, and Sasha, who are fixed members after school.
Ryuji and Yaguchi, the official couple in our class, went on a date after a long time, and Hattori, who would normally have followed them around to disturb the relationship, said he had business today and left first.
“So where do we go now? Sasha?”
“My attendant has decided to meet you.”
“An attendant?”
Suddenly, Satoru tilted his head, asking what he was talking about, when he heard a familiar voice.
“My lady, this way.”
Captain Boris, who had just gotten out of the driver’s seat, said that and shook his hand.
“…Couldn’t it be him?”
“Right?”
Sasha, who told Satoru the cold truth, who denies reality, casually left her school bag and asked.
“Boris, where are your father and mother now?”
“I arrived in Japan an hour ago, and now the young lady is waiting for me in the hotel lounge.”
“…I need to go soon.”
Sasha, who usually has a calmer personality than anyone else, says that, and she shows a rare nervousness, so it feels rather fresh.
“My lady’s friends, please come this way.”
Boris opens the door while saying that in a calm high school girl tone.
The expression of Rika and the others changed strangely because of the sense of distance that came from that, but no one pointed it out.
It must have been because Boris’ appearance was too frightening for that.
“What are you all doing? Don’t you ride fast?”
When Sasha, who was used to Boris’ tone, urged him to say so, the party reluctantly climbed into the seats.
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***
“Wow… Sasha, your family is very rich.”
It was Satoru’s exclamation in front of the five-star hotel where Sasha is currently staying for a long time.
It is a private Ichijo academy that is famous as a school for the rich as the tuition is expensive and the variance is high, but in fact, the wealth of its members varies greatly.
If Satoru and Ryuji’s house, who live in the Tower Mansion, are about the middle class, I, who go to school on a full scholarship, and Ayase, who make up for the lack of school expenses through broadcasting activities, belonged to the typical working class.
And among the upper classes of the school, especially Sasha, another level, tilted her head and said.
“Hmm? You didn’t rent the entire hotel, you just rented a suite?”
The mindset itself is different from that of ordinary people.
“Ha, ha ha.”
Satoru just smiled dejectedly.
In the case of Rika or Karen, a girl from a rich family, if it ended with “Heh, that’s great,” Ayase was doing a realistic calculation of “How many hours would I have to work to stay here for a night…”.
“Then let’s go in.”
In the midst of the chaotic atmosphere, thinking that I should keep my head up, I followed Sasha, who was leading the way, and entered the hotel together.
“My lady, this way.”
Boris guides the way with a polite tone.
The place he headed was a small cafe set up in the hotel lounge.
And what I met there was a familiar face.
“This way. Sasha.”
Light blue hair pushed back in an all-back style.
The deep wrinkles on the forehead and the beard that give off a profound feeling remind one of a successful businessman.
But what dulled that impression was the enormous muscle, recognizable under a well-dressed suit.
A body that was equal to or better than mine had the power to overwhelm people just by looking at it.
An old beast literally wearing human skin.
That was a man named Ivan Romanov.
“Отец!”
Seeing him sitting on the couch, Sasha couldn’t hide her delight and ran after her.
She didn’t get the impression that Ivan, whom she met during Golden Week, was a very good father, but Sasha seems to have been happy to see her father after a long time.
Caught tightly in her wide arms, she rubbed her cheeks, not caring that her suit was disheveled.
There was another person who spoke to Sasha.
“Sasha, keep your dignity.”
It was a silver-haired lady who was sitting next to Ivan.
Today’s Sasha looks like she’s aged well, and since she’s a foreigner, the black dress suits her well.
Perhaps its identity is—
“Мама!”
It’s the same Russian language, but this time it was easy to understand.
The identity of the person who scolded Sasha was Sasha’s mother.
After escaping from Ivan’s arms, Sasha was put into her mother’s arms as well.
“This guy, while I couldn’t see him, he was spoiled…”
While gently stroking Sasha’s hair, he muttered that he couldn’t dry it.
Perhaps he was considerate of us who couldn’t keep up with the sudden development of the situation, Boris, who was standing next to him, explained in a calm voice.
“The two of you over there are the lady’s parents.”
“That’s right.”
Ayase, who always wears crooked glasses as if representing his confused mind, answered and gulped down his saliva. Rika, who had been observing the situation, raised one hand and greeted her vigorously as a representative.
“Hello! We are Sasha’s friends!”
Rika and Ivan’s eyes cross each other in the air.
Suffocating tension.
While I was secretly gathering my energy so that I could use my hands in case of an emergency, Ivan took off the white fedora he was wearing and said.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Ivan, Sasha’s father.”
Slippery!
Why are you being kind?!
***
Ivan, who used to be a single-minded general, becomes friendly in front of his daughter’s friends?
To be honest, it’s a scene I couldn’t even imagine when I fought before.
But since it happened in real life, I couldn’t deny it.
“Did you say Kishimoto Rika? She’s a name that my daughter used to refer to often. She’s usually a bit indecisive, but she said she’s a girl who does it when she does.”
“Yes? Me? Ehehehe…”
Rika rubs the back of her neck as if she’s shy, taking pleasure in compliments or not.
“Red hair with the surname Tojo… Maybe her father’s name is Naoto?”
“Yes. Do you know my father?”
“I saw him before when I visited Japan. He was a young man with a promising future.”
“Ohhh…!”
Karen is excited to learn about her father’s past unexpectedly.
“So, is this the class president who is said to be Sasha’s mate? As I heard, you seem to be doing well in your studies. Do you have any plans to work at our company later?”
The class president’s eyes change when he sees the business card Ivan took out of his arms.
I don’t know if Ivan’s recommendation was empty or sincere, but there was no doubt that Ivan’s desire for talent was strong.
He said that he even operated his own scholarship foundation within the company.
For the last time, Ivan’s gaze reached me.
“Did you say Yuseong Kim…? I want to talk to you separately.”
We talked from a distance so that the other children couldn’t hear us.
“It’s been a while. Boy.”
Being kind to the other kids was like a lie, and I could feel the cold envy in his voice.
“…It’s been a while.”
When I answered with a confused expression, Ivan laughed and raised his arms.
“I suffered quite a bit back in Russia because you shattered my wrist bones. I’ve recovered now thanks to the nano-machine technology developed by our researchers.”
Saying that, Ivan clenched his hand wrapped in a black glove and glared at me with a blazing gaze.
“At that time, I was caught off guard, but if we fight again, the same result won’t come out. I heard that now, overtaking Black Yacha and Onigumo, they are called Japan’s strongest? Maybe they have the power to live up to that name? Once again. I want to check.”
“Are you saying you want to fight right here and now?”
As I looked around with a disgusted look on my face, Ivan shrugged his shoulders and said,
“I am a man who will do anything to achieve his original goal. This is a new story.”
I hurriedly raised the yang qi in my body.
“But there is a clue that there is no wife.”
With that said, Ivan patted me on the shoulder.
“Let’s try to put ourselves in each other’s shoes for now. Young friends.”
Fortunately, it seemed that he had no intention of fighting now.
I would be more grateful if they left Japan like this, but the person concerned didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so.
“I’ll let you know the schedule for the fight later through Boris. Stay tuned.”
After saying that, Ivan smiled wickedly and went back to his party.
After tapping the shoulder he touched, I couldn’t help but let out a deep, heartfelt sigh.
“It will turn.”
You have to fight that crazy battle maniac again?
Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.
***
We moved from place to place and ate at the restaurant in the hotel.
Satoru and Ayase get distracted by a sumptuous meal that will cost tens of thousands of yen per person.
Rika and Karen are less agitated as to whether they have ever been to a place like this, but they look just as surprised.
Normally, it’s unlikely that your daughter will serve you a meal at a fancy restaurant like this just because she brought a friend.
Of course, it was the first time for me to have a high-end lunch at such an expensive place.
If I hadn’t had a luxurious meal at the president’s villa, I might have looked around like a country boy who had just arrived in Seoul.
During the meal, Rika asked Sasha’s parents as if she had belatedly remembered.
“Come to think of it, you two are fluent in Japanese, have you ever studied separately?”
Then Ivan responded with a benevolent smile.
“I used to go on business trips to Japan often in the past. The Japanese I use now is what I learned then.”
“Aha.”
Seeing Rika, a mixed-foreigner but native of Shizuoka, and Ivan, a native Russian but fluent in Japanese, made me realize that this is the world of a cartoon.
“Sasha’s father, if you have that much diction, can you work as a voice actor?”
I couldn’t help but laugh at what Satoru said while chewing on his steak, probably thinking the same thing as me.