Chapter 71 ~ Weing Party


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Everyone, I’m back!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“P-Please excuse me…!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji announced as Viktoriya shyly excused herself and entered the house of her mother’s friend.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She was very nervous. She managed to forget her nervousness on the way here thanks to talking with Yuuji, but now, it resurfaced.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her mother’s friend, Mira… Viktoriya had heard about her often from her mother. She was an incredibly talented and sessful investor who had roots in all the sessful businesses in the world. But even with her sess, she never changed. She was still the kind and gentle person her mother knew when they were in school together.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Until now, Mira was still her mother’s best friend, and Viktoriya hade to admire and respect her a lot, despite never having met her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Admiration often led to 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 underestimation…


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">“Oh my~ Wee, Visha~ Ufufufu~ You’ve grown up into such a beautiful youngdy~”</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">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.


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">H-How beautiful… I’ve heard of her beauty from mom, but I never expect it to be this…</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her soft and gentle, 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…


    <span style="font-weight:400">And if what her mother said about her abilities were true, then wasn’t she the most perfect woman in the world…?


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">I see where Yuuji-kun got his looks and character now…</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">During the short time it took for them to reach the Tsubakihara household, she spent the entire time talking with Yuuji.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Having been raised by her mother and meeting 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 interest boys in her school had for her whenever she talked to them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">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.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was the first time Viktoriya had ever felt this way towards a boy her age. It was very refreshing andfortable.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She was very surprised at first. But now, she could understand why.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji had been living with the most beautiful woman in the world all his life. It’s understandable why he wouldn’t drool at the sight of a beautiful woman that easily. And considering Mira’s character, she must’ve taught Yuuji to be respectful towards women.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her admiration and respect towards Mira and Yuuji rose tremendously.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“T-Thank you very much for… w-weing me…! M-my name is Viktoriya Ivanova Serebryakov. I-I will be in your care from now on…!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She bowed deeply.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Viktoriya did her best to speak in Japanese. Even if Mira was fluent in her mother tongue, it’d be rude if she were to reply not in Mira’s mother tongue when she greeted her in her mother tongue.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ufufufu~ We will be in your care too~ Ah, please just speak in whatevernguage you’refortable with, okay~?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes! A-Ah, h-here is something small I brought with me… P-Please enjoy it with the rest of the family.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh my~ Thank you very much~”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Having finished greeting each other, Mira and Yuuji lead Viktoriya inside after changing into slippers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They headed into the living room, where Yuna, Nina, and Aika who were sitting on the couch, stood up and weed her with beautiful, bright smiles.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Wee to Japan, Serebryakov-san~ My name is Yuna~ Let’s get along~”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Wee to Japan. My name is Nina. Please take care of me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hello! My name is Aika. Hope you enjoy your stay here!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuna and Nina’s English were perfect. Aika spoke in a more casual tone, but nevertheless, she still sounded like a native.


    <span style="font-weight:400">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.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-It’s a pleasure! T-Thank you very much for weing me! P-Please take care of me!”


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">I-I should’ve learned Japanese harder!!!</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">These wonderful people were able to talk with her in English perfectly, but her Japanese was stillcking that she couldn’t even greet them properly! Viktoriya couldn’t help but regret herziness.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Come take a seat~ Mom and Yuu-kun have prepared such wonderful food for us~!!!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuna approached her and gestured towards the dining table, where a magnificent Japanese feast had been spread.


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">S-So much…! A-And they all look so delicious…!</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was like the feast she would get if she visited a luxurious Ryokan she had only ever seen in anime and Japanese foodworks!!! It’s amazing!!!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes! Thank you very much! Uhm, I’ve also brought this cake. Please enjoy it with everyone.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you very much for your consideration. I shall put it in the refrigerator. However… Yuuji bought a very special cake to wee you. Would it be fine if we eat that first?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Opposite of the cheerful Yuna, Nina approached Viktoriya calmly with a smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh? A special cake…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“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!!!”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">“T-That-?!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Viktoriya had seen it once in a Japanese foodwork… It was an incredibly luxurious cake one can buy normally from a bakery!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh~ And Yuuji-kun also bought the Shirou Houseki White Strawberries for this event~ Don’t you love strawberries, Viktoriya~?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“W-White strawberries?!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Once again, Viktoriya couldn’t help but gasp at another mention of another luxurious food item.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She turned towards Yuuji in bafflement… Wasn’t he just a high school student her age…? H-How could he buy such ridiculously pricey food for this?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing her reaction, Yuuji simply smiled softly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I got quite lucky with my investments and decided to splurge a bit to celebrate your arrival. Let’s eat it deliciously together.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">So he was also a genius in investments… He was truly different from the young boys she knew back in her school, Viktoriya thought.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And this kindness… She felt extremely weed here, even though she couldn’t even speak theirnguage perfectly. She couldn''t help but feel touched.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“T-Thank you very much!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She bowed deeply at all of them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Now now~ Let’s start eating before the food went cold~”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes!”


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    <span style="font-weight:400">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 morning.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She ended up using English to converse most of the time, but since everyone could understand her, she was able to tell them about herself much more.


    <span style="font-weight:400">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 corner of her lips. It was very cute to see how animated she became when talking about the things she loved.


    <span style="font-weight:400">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.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, so that’s why… No wonder you could do a throw on that man?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji had actually seen the trash of a man approach her. Judging by how ufortable Viktoriya look, he immediately knew that the man’s attention was unwanted. But before he could help her, she suddenly threw the man over her shoulder, shocking him and everyone who saw it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After all, who would expect such a lithe and slender highschool girl to be capable of throwing a man over her shoulder like that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes! Thanks to mom’s training, I’m perfectly capable of defending myself! At least, I thought so… Thank you for helping me this morning…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You’ve already thanked me enough. Please don’t mind it anymore.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh? Did something happen when you picked her up, Yuuji?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji nced at Viktoriya, who nodded at him, and began telling the event that happened this morning.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh?! Did that really happen?!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Are you okay, Viktoriya-san.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Tch… Scumbags with no game really exist everywhere, huh…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Viktoriya-chan…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">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 concern. While Aika, who sat on Mira’s left, clicked her fingers and frowned deeply.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Every single one of them was an absolute beauty. Thus, they’ve experienced being approached by unsavory men plenty of times before.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Being approached by someone they dislike, especially so forcefully, was something everyone would dislike. But having experienced it first hand plenty of times, they were able to rte to Viktoriya’s plight much more.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Viktoriya-chan 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.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-It’s fine, Mira-san! Please! There’s no need to apologize.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mm. Though, I’m sure she could’ve handled it herself.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji smiled and nced to his side towards Viktoriya.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You must be afraid that you’ll end up getting into trouble and be forced to move back to German if you make a scene, right?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Viktoriya nced away shyly after being seen through by Yuuji. Moreover, she couldn’t understand why her heart was suddenly beating so quickly. She never experienced such a thing before while talking with any other guys.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was… very perplexing. Viktoriya had experienced training and living with young male soldiers while she was training in the military with her mother. She met them frequently, and many had confessed their love for her. Male students from her school also loved her, and some of the most popr and handsome male students in her school had also confessed to her several times before.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But not once did she ever feel her heart move. The males who confessed to her were just like any other friend,rade, or acquaintance to her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji’s appearance was certainly above any man she had ever seen before. But his appearance wasn’t what made her heart beat fast.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She enjoyed talking 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 veryfortable with him…


    <span style="font-weight:400">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 minded it before, but why did she feel so embarrassed now?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hm… There’s a high chance this kind of thing would happen again once you enter school tomorrow.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Aika put her elbows on the table and rested her cheek on her hand as she looked at Viktoriya. And everyone agreed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Although there were already a lot of beauties in Yuuji’s school, the fact that she was a foreign transfer student in addition to being such a beauty, she’d definitely get a ton of attention, especially from the boys.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry! Nina-chan, Yuu-kun, and I will always be with her!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Nina and Yuuji both nodded at Yuna’s confident deration. Even if Viktoriya wasn’t the daughter of their mother’s friend, now that they’ve be close, he would still take care of her in school.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“But… It will be a bit difficult if she’s not in the same ss as us.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">There were several first year sses. Yuuji was in ss 1-A, while the twins were in ss 1-B. There’s also ss 1-C, which was the third first year ss. So if Viktoriya were to be assigned to 1-C, all they could do was be with her during breaks and when they return home.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ufufufu~ Don’t worry~ I’ve asked the principle to put Viktoriya in ss 1-A so she could have Yuuji protect her~”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">““Eh?””


    <span style="font-weight:400">All of them looked at Mira in shock.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“S-Since when…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Since Illya told me you’reing here and enrolling to that school~ Don’t worry, I’ve arranged everything~”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mira winked yfully. And they were reminded once again how influential Mira was…


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    <span style="font-weight:400">Once afternoon came, Viktoriya excused herself and returned home. There was still some of her stuff she needed to unpack as soon as possible since she would start school tomorrow.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She lived in therge, fairly high-end apartment which was actually just one station down. It was actually a walkable distance to the Tsubakihara household. She went on the train to get here because she couldn’t risk getting lost andingte to greet the family of her mother’s close friend.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though… she still ended upingte in the end because of her clumsiness…


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji offered to walk her home. Considering the previous event this morning, he didn’t want her to risk getting picked up and bothered by some guys on the street.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Viktoriya tried to refuse, but after Mira, Yuna, Nina, Aika, and Yuuji himself insisted, she relented.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They had a pleasant conversation as the orange-red sun slowly set under the horizon.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And once they arrived in therge apartment building, Viktoriya bowed and thanked him for apanying her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t mind it. I’ll see you tomorrow. Good night, Viktoriya.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mm! Good night, Yuuji. See you tomorrow!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Under the darkened sky, Viktoriya smiled brightly, lighting up everything around her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She was just like a sun, Yuuji thought inwardly as he smiled. He watched her enter through the automatic ss door and pressed a button for the elevator. And once it arrived, she entered and waved her hand at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She mouthed “see you” to him, and he waved his hand while mouthing “see you” as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Once the elevator door closed, Yuuji turned around and returned home.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m back.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He announced as he ced his outdoor shoes into the rack and slipped into his indoor slippers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Wee home~”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He heard Mira’s beautiful voice resounded from the kitchen. He also sensed Yuna, Nina, and Aika’s presence there.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was… unusual. Normally, instead of the kitchen, they’d be hanging out in the living room. But now, they’re gathered around the dining table.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He came to the kitchen, and as expected, everyone was sitting around the dining table. Yuna, Nina, and Aika turned to him with a look of confusion and questioning, while Mira was smiling brilliantly at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He knew instantly what was going on.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yuuji~ Pleasee take a seat~ You have a lot you want to tell us, don’t you~?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ah… Yes.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">And thus, Yuuji spent the rest of the evening exining to his family about the Chat Group, his magic, his three girlfriends, and how Mira became so beautiful.