"Sorry, I have my own music dream."

"For this, I need financial independence."

Michiru shook her head, a hint of determination on her face.

Financial independence...

A sharp glint flashed in Tomoya's eyes. He keenly seized upon the breakthrough.

He knew very well that Michiru's family strongly opposed her playing music, considering it 'not a proper occupation'.

Michiru's parents were typical 'patriarchs', sending Michiru to a girls' high school with the intention of her studying diligently, getting into university, then finding a civil servant through matchmaking, and finally getting married and having children...

Her life was fully planned out!

Michiru didn't want her life to be controlled and often argued with her parents.

Michiru's parents were very tough, at one point threatening to cut off her living expenses and even kick her out of the house, leaving her to fend for herself.

It was precisely because of this that Michiru urgently needed financial independence to escape her parents' manipulation.

Tomoya thought to himself, 'If I secretly tell Michiru's parents about her music, it will inevitably enrage them, leading to them cutting off her financial source and kicking her out...'

'At that time, a homeless Michiru will have no choice but to seek refuge with me.'

'Eating my food, using my things, letting her do some work, isn't that perfectly reasonable?'

However...

Wouldn't this be a bit too cruel to Michiru?

However, Tomoya's hesitation only lasted for three seconds.

For him, achieving his dream was the most important thing.

As for everyone else, they were all just tools.

...

Weekend.

Club offline activity.

At a Dessert Shop.

Tenya (Minister)

Eriri (Artist)

Utaha (Scriptwriter)

Ruri (Programmer)

Michiru (Musician)

From then on, the core members for game development were all gathered.

As the saying goes, three women make a show, four women make a free-for-all.

"Huh? Kasumigaoka, how many times have I told you?!"

"Don't add transition shots arbitrarily, are you incapable of understanding human language?"

Eriri bared her teeth and grimaced, pointing at the script content.

"You too, adding so many close-ups for no reason."

"Don't bring your habit of drawing doujinshi into the game, pervy Kashiwagi-sensei!"

Utaha also expressed her dissatisfaction with her venomous tongue.

"That's enough..."

"A single galgame with so many flashy function buttons, the code volume is even more than the magic book written by the Nightmare Queen."

Ruri, who was usually quiet, had gradually started talking more since joining the team.

"Blah blah blah... No..."

"It's blah blah blah..."

"I still feel like something is missing." Michiru held her guitar, trying out compositions.

The monotonous and boring tune made people feel very agitated.

"What, they all sound the same."

"My ears are about to break out in a rash."

Utaha and Eriri surprisingly stood together to complain.

"Outsiders who don't understand should keep quiet."

"I am a professional!"

"Since I accepted Yoshida-kun's payment, Michiru-chan must go all out!"

Michiru held her guitar, aimed at Tenya who was watching the show, and playfully made a gun-shooting gesture, cutely saying "biubiu" twice.

"Ah~ I'm dead..."

Tenya very cooperatively acted as if he was shot, falling backward and lying on the ground.

This allowed him to openly appreciate the four-legged confrontation under the table.

Black silk - Utaha

Pure white short socks - Eriri

Black over-the-knee socks - Ruri

Bare feet - Michiru

Tenya didn't consider himself a foot fetishist.

But he had to admit. If he could lie down and be stepped on, he couldn't even imagine how exciting it would be.

"Pfft..."

"Yoshida-kun is so fun."

Michiru's eyes lit up with a smile seeing how cooperative he was.

Handsome, rich, and humorous, no wonder there were so many girls around him.

"What kind of childish game are you playing?" Eriri commented with a cold eye.

"Tenya-kun , you aren't secretly looking at feet, are you?" Utaha wrote her text without looking away, casually speaking the truth.

"..."

Hearing this, Ruri, who was rapidly typing code, paused her movements.

She cautiously peeked under the table.

"Hi~ Black Cat-chan."

She saw Tenya greet her with a sunny smile and a raised hand.

His face was as usual, completely unlike the embarrassed look of being caught peeking.

This instead made Ruri feel awkward, thinking she had misunderstood him.

"Sorry."

Ruri sincerely apologized and quietly withdrew her gaze.

How could a person with such a sunny smile do something perverted?

"It's still too early to admit your mistake, naive Black Cat."

Utaha slowly put down her crossed legs, changing the way they were resting, the silk friction making a subtle sound.

This action seemed simple, but it could evoke infinite imagination, a psychological attack that was a sure kill.

Tenya immediately raised a white flag, turned over, faced the ground, and reflected on his life.

"Huh?"

Eriri's eyes widened. As a doujinshi artist, she immediately thought of a certain shocking possibility.

"Seriously...?!!"

Michiru covered her face with her hands to hide her blush, but curiosity drove her to peek through her fingers.

"..."

Although Ruri didn't fully understand, she was deeply shocked.

"Sorry, Tenya-kun."

"I made you do a one-finger push-up."

Utaha's eyes narrowed. She hadn't expected the consequences to be so severe, and she expressed her apology with a sincere face.

"Give me a fulcrum, and I can move the entire Earth."

Tenya recited the famous quote by the physicist Archimedes without changing his expression.

"Then you'd better not pierce the Earth." Utaha's lips twitched.

No, she was about to lose it too!

From quantum mechanics to Goldbach's conjecture, then from Riemannian geometry to aromatic hydrocarbon chemical formulas, and finally reciting pi backward...

Tenya finally overcame that indomitable energy and stood up with a normal expression.

"Everyone must be hungry."

"How about some dessert to change the mood?"

Seeing this, the four girls were instantly full of surprise.

"No way..."

"How did you manage to keep a straight face?"

Eriri tried to look away, but still couldn't help but look a few more times.

"Even though it's sealed, I can still vaguely feel the heat radiating from that Hero's Sword."

Utaha's expression management failed.

After all, she was a woman who had personally experienced the Hero's Sword.

"Well well... Everyone stop making fun. After all, Yoshida-kun is a healthy boy." Michiru said.

Ruri seemed to understand but didn't really want to understand.

At this moment, her brain felt as if it had been severely overheated and overloaded.

Because Tenya performed a comical act, the four girls, who were originally in a free-for-all, unexpectedly put aside their differences, worked together with great sincerity, and the work progressed exceptionally smoothly.

The completion rate of game development was further improved.

"Look, a world where no one is hurt is complete!"