Tokyo landlord: why is the panties of the lady next door in my house?!

Afternoon.

Sunlight filtered through the ginkgo trees on Tokyo's campus, casting mottled patches of light and shadow, as a gentle breeze lifted the golden yellow leaves into the air.

"You little rascal, why did you decide to come for lunch with me today?"

Nozomi Mizutani pouted playfully, expressing her strong disapproval of Haruka Yuzan's unfaithful behavior during the latter half of the last term!

"Wasn't there an unexpected incident last term? Teacher Mizutani, please forgive me."

Haruka Yuzan surrendered immediately, but the 'petty' Teacher Mizutani clearly wasn't planning to let him off the hook:

"What incident? Was hooking up with the two prettiest young ladies in school an incident?"

"Ah? Teacher, you can't just spread rumors like that!"

Haruka Yuzan quickly responded.

His own reputation didn't matter anymore, but he had just started to mend things with Shimizu a bit. If these rumors and gossip caused another rift, he would have a real headache.

"Hmph!"

Nozomi Mizutani snorted coldly: "Now who in our school doesn't know that a legendary figure has appeared among the freshmen!"

"Ah, I have my own difficulties,"

Haruka Yuzan explained that things weren't as glorious for him as they seemed on the surface.

"Pfft," Nozomi Mizutani straightforwardly showed disdain. Just see if I believe your nonsense.

"This is true."

Haruka Yuzan sighed. Indeed, ordinary mortals simply couldn't understand him.

Having a 'yandere' girlfriend was like sitting on a time bomb, which could explode any moment and splatter blood all over you.

"So, Teacher Mizutani, what did you do over the summer vacation? Don't tell me you just stayed home and didn't go out."

Seeing that Nozomi Mizutani was about to criticize him again, Haruka Yuzan swiftly changed the subject.

"Uhm, well..."

Nozomi Mizutani seemed to recall something, her fingertips lightly touching her lips, her head tilted as if deep in thought:

"I went to London, to Malaysia, to the Eastern Great Country, all quite fun."

"Ah? That's totally something a rich heiress would do."

"What! You little brat, how dare you tease me!"

"You started it."

"Looking for a beating!"

As she spoke, Nozomi Mizutani moved to punch him a couple of times, and Haruka Yuzan quickly dodged and begged for mercy: "So, Teacher Mizutani, did you go alone, or did you go with your husband?"

"..."

Haruka Yuzan dodged for a long time but suddenly realized the expected punches never came.

He then opened his eyes and saw Nozomi Mizutani sitting on the bench, somewhat despondently opening her lunch box, not saying a word, seemingly too lazy to bother with him anymore.

"What's the matter?"

Haruka Yuzan thought he might have said something wrong.

"It's nothing." Teacher Mizutani's brows slightly furrowed, her eyes revealing a touch of mild melancholy.

The lunch box was opened, but Nozomi Mizutani lost the appetite.

With one hand supporting her chin and the other absentmindedly fiddling with the hem of her clothes, she seemed lost in thought about something worrisome.

"Come on, tell me, maybe I can help, right?" Haruka Yuzan approached, smiling as he nudged her shoulder with his own.

"You?"

Nozomi Mizutani turned her head to size him up: "You actually might be able to?"

"What happened exactly?"

"Haruka, tell me, what do you guys generally like?"

"Video games? Comics?"

Haruka Yuzan tentatively said.

But unexpectedly, Nozomi Mizutani gave him a look that read, 'As expected of a little kid.'

"What?"

Haruka Yuzan was somewhat defiant: "Don't tell me you're having relationship troubles?"

"Ah."

Nozomi Mizutani didn't seem intent on hiding it.

She appeared to recall something, a fleeting look of desolation crossing her eyes.

Just then.

Text suddenly scrolled in front of Haruka Yuzan's eyes.

[When love had once dimmed, we thought it had vanished forever. Yet, as the gears of fate quietly turned, the sparks of past joys rekindled the fiery blaze of love, immersing us once again in these warm emotions.]

[Faced with Nozomi Mizutani's request, please choose from the following paths:]

[Route one: Pure Love]

[Route two: Bullheaded]

???

Faced with this sudden mission, Haruka Yuzan swallowed hard, instinctively glancing at Nozomi Mizutani.

As today was the first official day of the term,

the teacher still wore her OL uniform, with its form-fitting jacket accentuating her shapely curves.

The simple lapels highlighted her elegantly slender neckline.

The black pencil skirt snugly wrapped her hips, gently swaying with her steps, exuding an air of intellect and sensuality.

'Pure Love' likely meant helping her regain her emotions, but 'Bullheaded'...

Since he didn't understand the beginning, progression, or outcome of the situation

Haruka Yuzan chose not to take on the mission for now, as there was no time limit, and he planned to learn more about the situation first.