The Heroines Want to Fall in Love 29

The Heroines Want to Fall in Love 29

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Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction

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Chapter 29 A Penny Can Bring Down a Hero

Inside the Kawasaki residence, in the living room.

“Kyouka-chan, open your mouth, ah~”

Yumiko picked up a piece of cake and gently fed it to her, speaking in a tone as gentle as if she were treating her own little sister.

“Thanks, sis~ ah-woo~”

As the two continued feeding, Saki Kawasaki walked over with a tray of tea.

“What are you two doing? She’ll definitely lose her appetite for dinner if she eats cake at this time…”

After speaking, Saki placed the tea on the coffee table.

Although she wasn’t welcoming to these two ‘envoys’ sent by Shizuka Hiratsuka, as the host, she still had to maintain her hospitality, a matter of courtesy.

In times of war between 2 nations, one doesn’t kill the envoys.

“It’s okay if the kids eat a bit more, Kyouka-chan. If she likes it, I’ll bring some more next time.”

Asakura was the type to spoil children unconditionally; it’s hard to imagine how spoiled his daughter would be if he had one in the future.

“Anyway, it’s only just past 4, she’ll get hungry soon.” Yumiko Miura said with a smile, “Right, Kyouka-chan?”

Kyouka nodded and smiled back, “Yeah! Yumiko-sis.”

Under the duo’s coordinated attack, Saki Kawasaki raised an eyebrow.

These 2 were too familiar, treating this place like their own home, and even getting along with her sister… Were they trying to get on her good side through Kyouka?

She couldn’t help but think of this.

And…

‘Next time? You’re planning to come again? You’re really annoying, Asakura-san.’

Asakura and Yumiko Miura were both popular in class, with strong social skills.

Saki Kawasaki, an outcast, rarely interacted with them, but their social approach was gentle, making it hard to feel annoyed.

They came to deliver materials and even brought cake; those sweets weren’t cheap, after all.

Saki Kawasaki sat down on the living room sofa:

“I can clearly state that you won’t be able to solve this, no matter how many times you come.”

Her voice was exceptionally firm, exceptionally resolute, like a massive mountain pressing down on this small space.

“…Even if Hiratsuka-sensei heard my complaints, she would choose to use an adult’s method; I’m certain of it.”

What adults call “the right way” is the most reasonable choice at the moment.

Unlike passionate high school students, adults are more likely to prioritize correctness when solving problems.

They consider the opinions of those around them, the consequences of the event, and all the factors that will affect them.

They do what their current status demands, rather than what they want to do.

That’s correctness!

That’s the difference between them!

Hearing her words, Asakura Yu started thinking about what kind of trouble she was talking about.

Yumiko, who was always straightforward, didn’t hide her anger at all:

“You’re just assuming we can’t solve it without even saying it? I hate that kind of talk.”

“Hehehe, I’m short on money, so I need money. Will you help me? Just a reminder, it’s not a small sum like a few tens of thousands yen.”

“…What?”

Money, just one word, 3 pronunciations made Yumiko Miura speechless.

Everything related to money is a difficult problem for high school students.

Money is easy to say, but the number of adults who are stumped by it is immeasurable, let alone high school students who are not financially independent.

With just passion, they would only hit their heads against the wall called money.

That’s inevitable!

All the strength in the world, with no place to use.

Yumiko Miura fell into silence.

Her family wasn’t poor, but they weren’t to the point of spending money carelessly, let alone helping an unfamiliar classmate.

What should she do now?

“How much?” Asakura Yu said seriously.

He had anticipated this possibility when he took on the commission.

High school students’ troubles, simple to say, yet complicated, because many things are beyond their ability to solve at this age.

For them, the biggest obstacle is age!

Take the simplest example, high school students can only take low-paying jobs due to their age.

An hour’s work earns them around 900 yen.

Buying cheap cosmetics, going out to eat, that amount of money is certainly enough.

But what if they encounter bigger problems, those that only adults need to consider?

The answer: Ask an adult.

This is the most convenient and effective solution, especially since they have 2 people at home who can provide help almost unconditionally…their parents.

Asakura Yu wasn’t sure if Saki Kawasaki had ever talked to her parents about this.

“Even if you say it, you can’t solve it

“…What you’re lacking is the funds for university, right? That’s probably the only thing that’s been bothering you. After all, you’ve been studying hard and your grades are near the top of the class, so you must be planning to go to college. And with your younger brother in his third year of junior high, the costs of tutoring during the holidays and his future high school expenses won’t be small. You’re thinking of ways to make up for the tuition so you don’t burden your family, right?”

However, even if he found an answer, he didn’t have a good method.

As it was, he found it difficult to deal with money matters.

He could, of course, take out money from the system to help, but would Saki Kawasaki accept it?

Hmph, if he thought she would accept, that would be too naive.

As someone of the same age, offering assistance would be a blow to her pride.

Even if Saki Kawasaki accepted, her parents wouldn’t.

There were many people who went to work after graduating from high school, after all, high school graduates were already considered adults.

Giving up on college didn’t mean giving up on life – that was the correct way of thinking for adults.

Saki Kawasaki observed his expression and found that he was genuinely thinking of ways to help her.

Her tone softened a bit: “It’s okay if you’ve guessed it, you should know that the tuition fees for high school and university are vastly different. That much money is impossible for us to come up with.”

In this island country, high school was compulsory education with many subsidies, and the annual tuition fees for public high schools weren’t exorbitant.

But university was a different story, with annual expenses nearing 1 million yen.

An average family might be able to afford it for one child, but the difficult part was that the Kawasaki family had 3 children, including a boy who was currently in his third year of junior high and was about to enter a phase where expenses would be high.

“It’s actually the university tuition…”

Yumiko Miura faced this problem and couldn’t come up with a solution either.

Even though she had just asked confidently, “You didn’t say it, how do you know we can’t solve it?”, she now found herself truly helpless.

She had siblings too, but she knew that every family’s situation was different.

Just because her family could solve a problem didn’t mean the Kawasaki family could.

The saying “a single coin can fell a hero” probably referred to situations like this.

“I didn’t go to school the day before yesterday because I was really unwell, and after talking to my parents last night, I skipped school today to think about my future. I’ve thought it through, and if all else fails, I’ll just go to work after graduating from high school. Otherwise, when my brother enters high school, he’ll face the same problems, and I don’t want that to happen.”

Saki Kawasaki showed a gesture of sending them off: “Thanks for coming to help me think of a solution, but that’s enough. We’re just ordinary classmates, there’s no need to worry about my problems.”

Asakura Yū noticed that she seemed to be holding back her frustration.

But due to the current situation, I couldn’t get the desired result.

“Kawasaki-san, have you considered getting a part-time job? Within the restricted work hours allowed for high school students, you can earn around 100,000 yen per month,” Asakura Yu suggested a feasible method.

High school students are not allowed to work more than a certain number of hours per month, and this is regulated.

“I have to take care of my younger brother and sister every day, and besides, I already work on weekends to earn money for tutoring fees…”

Saki Kawasaki, of course, knew about the option of getting a part-time job.

However, since her parents work late every day, she couldn’t possibly leave her younger brother and sister at home, and under such circumstances, a normal job was out of the question.

“This is indeed a difficult matter to handle.”

Asakura Yu muttered to himself.

Shizuka Hiratsuka might have also guessed something.

But even as Saki Kawasaki’s homeroom teacher, she couldn’t interfere with her student’s family affairs.

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