First Day of High School

We departed home after having our breakfast, butter toast with boiled eggs, Shizuka said she wanted to make some sausages but... she didn't have time. I wonder why?

In any case, we were now in her vehicle driving towards School, it wasn't far away. My gaze was fixed on the window while she hummed the music that was playing on the radio.

"HUM HUM~"

"..."

"Remember to behave~" She suddenly said, ugh, I know what's coming so I simply nodded and spoke drily.

"Yes..."

"You will have different classes now instead of a single one, so you have to pay attention to the time and head to the right class, alright?~"

"Yes..."

"And if someone tries to bully you, tell me directly, don't try to solve it on your own, okay?~"

"Yes..."

"You can also tell me if there is a teacher that picks up on you, I'll sort him or her out, yes?~"

"Yes..."

"If a girl confesses to you, reject her and tell me her name, okay?~"

"Ye- huh?" What did she just say?

"Huh?" Shizuka stopped abruptly, avoiding my gaze and blushing.

"..." I fixed my gaze on her.

"..." She kept ruthlessly evading me, focused on the road, the seatbelt pressing relentlessly against her bubbly chest, splitting her mountains in into a pair of wiggly hills.

Shizuka began to whistle, ignoring me, 'this woman...'

I merely smirked and shook my head, allowing silence to reign in for the time it took us to reach school, there were students coming from everywhere. The female uniform was white and green, shirt and skirt; while the male uniform was a black suit.

She parked and it was time for us to separate.

"I have to go this way, please... behave Brand-chan... if you don't score good grades your parents will separate me from you and get someone else... I-I don't want that..." She said, that's something I'm aware of, my parents spoke to me last holiday, telling me that they weren't content with my grades, however, they didn't blame me at any point, they blamed Shizuka, it was after I insisted that they allowed her to stay, but giving an ultimatum, If I didn't score good grades in high school, they'd replace her.

"Why? I thought you were about to graduate?" I asked offhandedly, making her gasp a little, her gaze looked a little hurt.

"That... b-because you're like my little brother now, so... I'd like it... if we can keep living together. Wouldn't you like that?" She fidgetted and regarded me. I smirked and hugged her.

"I would~ don't worry Shizuka, I'll try my best," I said the words that she expected me to answer with.

"That's it~"

She gave me a kiss on the cheek and headed to her own end, I guess it is time for me to watch what was around. As for remaining with Shizuka, I'll have to think, her having a bombshell of a body doesn't translate to her being necessary to me... the apocalypse is going to start in a year, is she going to be useful? she is useless even to take care of herself at home, let alone during the apocalypse... I can't allow my dick to think for me at this junction.

Do I want a serious relationship with Shizuka? the answer would be... Yes?

Do I want to have sex with her? of course I want!

Do I want her with me during dangerous situations? that's a clear no.

Can I trust her with anything? No, again.

There are two 'yes' and two 'no' but the 'no' has way more weight than the other two, so I can't decide properly like this, I decided to cast that aside for now.

"I have a question, Hollow... can I summon the items in my inventory to me at all times?" I asked, the crossbow should be under my bed, I need to know if I can borrow it at any time, if I recall correctly, it is in my inventory.

[Yes, in fact... you could just think about the item and it will appear wherever you want it to be].

!!!

"So I can, like... thinking the arrows are in the crossbow and they will appear?" If this is possible it would allow me to easily reload it.

[Correct... all the arrows you have registered in your inventory can be stored back at all times, regardless of location, but at the same time, the items will be stored back in the state that they're in, if the arrows are broken they will be stored broken, if they're stained, they will be stored stained].

"Oh?" This makes things even better! That means I don't have to go and pick up the arrows personally!

'Hehe~ HAHAHA!'

This must be my luck in the process, such a thing wouldn't have worked with bullets!

Once a bullet is used it can't be 're-used', different from arrows. I would be spending coins on cartridges that I can't reuse, unlike arrows that I can keep using for a while until they break, whenever they break I only need to get a new one for a single gacha point.

This is something that had been worrying me. now I feel relieved. If I had gotten a gun, I was worried as to where I'd get ammo from to not spend gacha points on that.

'Thanks, my goddess~'

Once I'm back home I'll try practising how it works.

Walking along the school I found several students, my class starts at 6 o'clock and I'm in class 1-A. First-year, class A.

As I walked up the stairs I caught the glimpse of someone coming down the stairs a beautiful purple-haired girl. She noticed my gaze on her and stopped.

"You are..." She began with a smile, confused as she had never seen me before.

"1-A Brand Mercer..."

"A pleasure to meet you, Mercer-san. I'm 2-B, Busujima Saeko, your senpai. So, you're from the new first years... I see you have foreign parents?" She giggled and extended her hand forward, I shook it.

"Yes, my father is from the states... my mother is Japanese. A pleasure to meet you Busujima-san, please take care of me from now on" She's certainly captivating.

"And you even have an accent, could it be that you're proficient in English?"

"Yes, I can speak it fluently, my father insisted~ in any case, I have to go to class now, Busujima-san I hope we can meet again" as much as I wanted to keep talking to her, I'll be late for class.

"I hope so too~"

I walked past her and she waved her hand to me, going back to wherever she was heading.

'Busujima Saeko, huh?' She's indeed a 'clear' beauty.

I had yet to see the 'poison island' but... I'd do so soon enough.