I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

"The official version is still under development, so it probably won't be called this... Well, it looks pretty fun. You can try it out after you get the helmet. But once you're in the game, your incredible strength won't be of any use, okay?"

He grinned mischievously: "Hehe, I'm really looking forward to seeing you get knocked over by a level one wild boar. Please record it and show it to me then."

Tenkuji Yuu-you greeted everyone with a relaxed smile.

"Don't worry, that moment will never come."

After all, it was just something for my younger sister to play with.

Crack!

The sound of an empty can being tossed into a trash can suddenly rang out.

"Bye-bye, Yuuki-kun."

Yukinoshita Haruno had a cheerful smile and a gentle tone.

"Alright, alright, I'll leave then. I won't bother you anymore." With a slight tremor in his shoulders, Yuuki Koichiro glanced at Tenkuji Yu and raised his hand.

"See you another day, Sky Temple."

"See you another day, Yuuki-san."

Being older, even though he acted as if he were a peer, Yuu Tenkuji still used honorifics.

Koichiro Yuuki nodded with feigned satisfaction, then turned and walked towards his companions who were still waiting at the arcade.

"And so, Koichiro Yuuki embarked on a journey fraught with unknown dangers. Little did he know how much cruelty awaited him in the future..."

As if reciting the Bible, watching his retreating figure, Yukino Yukino sighed solemnly.

Tenkuji Yu glanced at her sideways.

"You hate him that much?"

“No, he’s much better than I imagined the eldest son of the Yuuki family to be.” Her smile returned, and she said easily, “Getting engaged to such an interesting guy isn’t actually unacceptable.”

Yuu Tenkuji asked in surprise, "Didn't you never intend to resist in the first place?"

Under the snow, Yang nodded generously.

"That's right, so I only said that on purpose to make you jealous!"

"Huh? You're overthinking it. How could a rented boyfriend be jealous of his employer?"

“That’s true~” Yukino Yukinoshita took the lead and walked towards the elevator. “After all, Yuuyu really hates me, this bad woman.”

Tenkuji Yu was taken aback. Could this guy read minds? How did he know she had secretly called him a bad woman?

Without thinking much of it, he followed, jokingly saying, "If you just explain to me what you're planning today, I won't hate you anymore."

"That won't do."

Yukino suddenly stopped in her tracks, and then, in front of everyone, turned around and hugged his arm, pressing almost half of her mature and soft body against him.

Tenkuji Yu's body stiffened, feeling that the warmth and softness like shackles, locking him in place and unable to move.

"Hey you……"

"Because this is just the beginning, the experience of being boyfriend and girlfriend."

Her body clung to her like a snake, her voice as sweet as honey, yet carrying a hint of poisonous danger.

She brought her lips close to his ear, her teeth and tongue lightly touching, and whispered in a coquettish voice.

“Even though I have power, money, and a social status far higher than yours, you can break me as easily as smashing that machine… Therefore, we are on the same level.”

Sometime during the night, her fingernails left crescent-shaped marks on his arm.

"And if you hate me, I will never like you... Don't you think that's the perfect romantic relationship?"

He seemed quite pleased with himself when he drew his conclusion.

"...Huh?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Yuukokuji Yuu saw Yukinoshita's face flushed as if she were drunk, yet she was laughing happily. He couldn't understand her thoughts at all, only that she was more serious than ever before.

"Where is it most perfect... You've got it backwards, haven't you?"

"Ok?"

Yukino looked up, the corners of her mouth curving upwards, staring intently into his eyes as if asking, "Do you really not understand?"

After watching him for a few seconds, she suddenly relaxed her grip, resting her shoulder on his arm and gently hooking her hands together.

"Truth is positive, lies are negative."

She pursed her lips and said lightly, with an air of "that's all," "So, it's just right for us."

"..."

Yuu Tenkuji could only look at the whorl of her hair, feeling the coolness and unexpected elasticity and softness of her skin as they touched.

After a long pause, he sighed, seemingly unsure of what to say.

"So, this is the conclusion you've reached today?"

Yukinoshita suddenly laughed.

"Didn't I say that when we first met?"

"I want to enjoy the feeling of being in love... If you can't even meet my standards, how can you give me that feeling of enjoyment?"

She embraced him intimately like a girlfriend, and as they strolled slowly toward the elevator, she spoke in a gentle, cheerful voice:

"Ultimately, aren't relationships just like commodities? If one doesn't work out, you move on to the next; if another does, you use it until the end. If you have the means, isn't it normal to choose one that won't make you feel wronged?"

"But for the sake of the Yukinoshita family's reputation, I can't just date any boyfriend like that... that's why I chose to rent one out."

"Spend money and time until the person who best suits my taste appears, like buying all the near-expiry meat slices and roasting them together on the stove, trying my best to experience the feelings of love that every girl should have in this relationship."

"That way, I won't regret being arranged into this marriage!"

Yukinoshita nudged his arm: "As for how things will end, you hate me and I don't like you. When our financial relationship ends, we can both just forget each other cleanly and decisively."

"So, isn't my 'calculation' perfect?"

She leaned on his shoulder, tilted her head back, and smiled proudly, like a proud little girl.

Yuu Tenkuji roughly understood her thoughts and could only look at her with an expression that said, "Although I find you very strange, I have to admire you in this respect."

Then he reached out his fingers and gently brushed aside her slightly messy bangs.

—Tenkuji Yuu wouldn't do that to Yukinoshita Haruno.

But in this relationship, he wasn't Tenkuji Yuu, he was just a 'boyfriend'.

From this point on, you have a boyfriend who is formal and with whom you can have intimate interactions.

This is the 'lie' that Yukino Hiyono sought.

"..."

Yukinoshita's eyes widened, and after a long pause, a bright smile bloomed on her face, her eyes filled with joyful laughter.

"As expected of Youyou! I love how quick your reactions are!"

The person who just said "I don't like you" a few seconds ago is saying this.

"What a liar she is..."

Tenkuji let out a long sigh, her body no longer stiff, and her expression naturally allowed her to press all kinds of softness and elasticity against her.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I always feel like I'm being kept by a rich woman."

"Huh? So you're being kept by me. Two hundred and one thousand!"

"I'm only seventeen... What you're doing is a crime."

"It's okay, it's okay~ The most important thing in life is to be happy!"

He paused.

"...Miss Yang, do you really treat me like your boyfriend?"

"Of course! I only do that with my 'boyfriend'~"

As she spoke, Yukinoshita Haruno leaned closer with a grin, letting his arm clearly feel the soft warmth of a woman, wanting to see his shy expression.

Tenkuji Yu remained unmoved, simply nodding thoughtfully and gazing into the void.

There, there was a row of words that only he could see.

"The boyfriend mission will end when the other party 'satisfies' the requirements. The system will then correct the boyfriend's status and start the next mission target."

"Task: Incomplete".

In other words, Yang was still not satisfied under the snow.

—However, the rewards were very generous.

Chapter 40 Which innocent little sister would question her brother about selling his ass outside?

Once in the car, on the way back, Yuu Tenkuji suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, the result of that 'trial'..."

"Hmm? I thought you didn't care."

There was a red light ahead, and Yukino stepped on the brake.

Tenkuji Yuu looked at her with narrowed eyes: "If I hadn't asked, were you just going to brush it off like this?"

"Hehe~"

Yukinoshita Haruno tacitly accepted the situation without the slightest shame.

She suddenly found an empty spot and pulled the handbrake at the red light.

"Well, although I often lie, I always keep my promises. So..."

She slowly turned her head, staring at him with a strange smile.

His eyes were like stars, shimmering with an inscrutable light.

...Yuu Tenkuji felt a bright red "Danger" sign appear above his head.