[DROP] Horimiya: Izuna Miyamura
23. Unexpected meeting (1/2)

"Ah, What about this one, Yuuki-san?"

"This one? It's easy enough, you just have to use this equation to find the answer, once you're done, you have to calculate it like this .. and then this."

"It's understandable, thanks Yuuki-san.'

"Haha, you praise me too much, Miyamura-kun."

"No, no, what I said is true. I'm not praising you or anything, but what you're saying is easy to understand."

In a library, Izuna and Asuna were studying together. As mentioned yesterday, the two held a study session together after school.

Both are still wearing their school uniforms, as they go straight to the library after school instead of going home first.

Izuna is one thing, but Asuna is different.

If he were to go home, it was likely that he would not be able to keep his promise as he would definitely not be allowed to go out.

Naturally, as the only child of the Yuuki Family, Asuna is required to master various things, and her life has also been arranged by her Family. But it will probably be explained in more detail in the next chapter....

Now, the two are studying quite seriously, considering Asuna is required to get high grades in school, otherwise she might be transferred to another school.

And Izuna, she has her own reasons. Because he was not serious when he was in school, he only got average grades when he graduated and joined a company to earn money.

But, now he knew that he had to master various aspects to be able to do many things. And maybe he could help Asuna if she became smarter.

It wasn't that Izuna was stupid or anything, but she just felt that she wasn't as smart as everyone else. If others are smart because of their innate talent and hard work, but Izuna is smart because she has a "cheat" with her.

Although using "Memory Photography" excessively is a bad thing for him, but that does not mean he does not use it. Especially as it is now.

With "Memory Photography", Izuna reminded everything she learned, and gradually honed her skills with the practice of multi-level problems until she mastered them completely.

That way, Izuna wasn't too worried about the side effects of using "Memory Photography" excessively, and maybe if she did get it, it was just a mild headache.

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An hour passed, the two decided to end their study session today.

Not only because it was getting late, but also because Asuna had not told her parents, and maybe she would be scolded if she came home very late today.

"Yuki-san. Thanks for today." Izuna slightly bowed before then smiled slightly at Asuna.

"No, I also learned many things today thanks to you, Miyamura-kun." shaking her head lightly, Asuna also replied subtly to Izuna's words.

The two spoke for a bit before finally deciding to return to their respective homes.

Izuna previously offered to drive Asuna all the way to her house, which was only to be subtly rejected by Asuna who said that her house was not far from there, and he can walk a few minutes to get to his house.

And Izuna finally gave up and let Asuna walk home alone.

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Actually he intended to buy a can of drink in a vending machine (vending machine), but because he did not bring coins, so he had to buy it at the nearest minimarket.

In fact, it is easier to buy a drink at a vending machine, as it already exists almost on the street corner in Japan.

And in fact, Japan is one of the most countries that have vending machines around the world.

The number of vending machines in Japan peaked in the 2000s, it was about 5.6 million. This is calculated by the probability of one machine being used for every 22 people.

The popularity of such vending machines formed a competition with 24-hour stores thus stemming its popularity and the number has also declined slightly since then.

And now, more than 4.2 million vending machines are reported to be present on almost every street corner in Japan.

Despite the decline, it is still difficult to imagine the Japanese road without them especially as new high-tech generations have emerged across the country in recent years.

A wide selection of food and drinks are sold in vending machines.

Most of those machines sell seasonally-adjusted beverages like hot tea, coffee, and corn soup sold in the winter to jelly grape juice, energy water, and more, and iced tea sold in summer.

Not only limited to food and drinks, most vending machines also sell products such as cigarettes, ice cream, umbrellas, toys, ties and white employee shirts.

In addition, there is a unique vending machine that sells eggs, rice, fermented soybeans and grilled fish. Some machines also sell underwear on the corners of Tokyo streets.

"Ah, aren't you Nagumo-kun's friend, Miyamura-san isn't it?"

A girl's voice made Izuna turn her head.

When Izuna saw that the one who mentioned her name was a familiar person, she relaxed a little while displaying a small smile on her face.

"Shirasaki-san and Yaegashi-san? Why are you here?" Izuna asked calmly. Seeing two beautiful girls together this afternoon might be commonplace in Japan, but Izuna asked just for a small talk at this time.

"It turns out to be true, we intend to buy one of Nagumo-kun's favorite manga! I remember if the latest volume was released today, but I didn't have time to buy it. So Shizuku-chan accompanied me to buy it at this time." in a plain and slightly excited tone, Kaori said the reason why they are here now.

"Ah, is that so?" Izuna asked while looking at Shizuku.

"really. Actually, I'm also quite troubled about this. But because Kaori asked, I didn't have the heart to reject her" Shizuku said with a smile, but her face flushed slightly as she looked at Izuna.

"Young, Shizuku-chan. Don't you like being with me?!" Kaori asked as she puffed her cheeks with a frown, which made her facial expression become cute.

"Haha, I was just kidding Kaori. There's no way I'm gonna leave my best friend alone, right?"

Seeing the two who were familiar and joking with each other, Izuna then asked, "Right. If I see, do you really like Hajime, Shirasaki-san?"

"Hmm?" Kaori turned to look at Izuna with a puzzled look, "really, is there a problem?"

Shaking his head, he first glanced at Shizuku, giving her an eye code that Kaori was unaware of. And when Izuna saw Shizuku who just closed her eyes while sighing with resignation, she just said:

"No, it's just that I feel if you don't really love her ..."

"What do you mean?!" Kaori frowned and asked in a demanding tone.