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On LINE, Erina sent a photo to Renz.
"This is the person you need to pick up at the airport later," Erina typed. "But I only have a picture of her from two years ago, so keep your eyes peeled."
"Aren't I picking up Alice?" Renz stared at the photo, momentarily dazed.
"This is my paternal cousin. You're picking up my maternal cousin," Erina continued typing. "She used to study in England, and you've probably seen her a few times in the future, right?"
"Is it the one who's very aloof but always stuck to you at the family dinners?" Renz slowly recalled. "Oh, I know now, but I feel like she's a bit odd," Renz typed out his thoughts.
"Hmm, her situation is a bit special. She might be a bit clingy and needs looking after," Erina replied. "I couldn't feel at ease leaving her in the dorms when she asked me for help."
"Aren't you quite good at looking after children?" Erina typed.
Renz looked at the message, a tear welling up in his eye. From this moment on, Renz clearly knew that his enemy might not just be himself. He could overcome his desires, reduce his interactions with others, and lower risks. But he couldn't guard against being stabbed in the back by his wife.
"No, wife, that's a woman your age!" Renz subtly hinted. "If I look after her, won't you get jealous?"
"Maybe it's better for Hisako and you to personally take care of her."
"Jealous? How could I possibly get jealous?!" Erina adamantly denied on LINE. "How old is she, and how old am I? Would I get jealous of a little girl?"
"And in your eyes, isn't she just a little girl at her age?"
"What can you do, and what can Mashiro do?"
Hearing this, Renz pondered for a moment. If he took care of her, it would just be cooking for his cousin or something. Nothing serious would likely happen. He'd try to avoid sensitive topics. It probably wouldn't be a big problem. And when Erina moved in with him, he wouldn't be the only one taking care of her; Erina would help too. He shouldn't scare himself.
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Later that day, Renz returned to the apartment Erina had rented for him. He tidied up the room, checked the clock, calculated the time, and headed to the airport half an hour early to pick her up.
Along with the photo, Erina had also given Renz a phone number and LINE ID. If he couldn't find her at the airport, he could contact her by phone.
Half an hour later, inside the bustling airport, Renz, while staring at his phone and the location information she sent, searched through the crowd. Finally, he found her in a waiting area around a corner.
"Hello," Renz said somewhat stiffly. "I'm Renz, Erina's good friend."
"Hello, I'm Mashiro Shiina," the blonde girl stared at Renz without hesitation. Her long, slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and beneath her delicate features, her almond-shaped eyes were exceptionally charming. Her skin was fair as milk, but her tone showed no emotion, making him feel like she was always distracted during conversations.
The [Scumbag Simulator] didn't display any information this time. According to the normal process, after introductions, regardless of the relationship, a 0.0001% value would appear. For someone like Mashiro Shiina, with whom a relationship was confirmed, the absence of any value was almost unheard of. Even Alice had a 0.0001% possibility in the database.
A miracle! This idiotic simulator was finally acting like a human being. Now there should be one girl he could interact with normally without worrying about random branch lines popping up! Renz breathed a sigh of relief.
Wait a minute. As Renz thought about it, he realized a blind spot. Could it be that this girl named Mashiro Shiina herself wasn't normal, which was why this situation arose? However, so far, aside from not being very talkative, she didn't seem to have any abnormal states.
He decided to try and coax some information out of her.
"Shiina-san, you'll be staying at my apartment later. Erina might not be able to come until the weekend. During this period, I'll be taking care of you. Do you have any objections?" Renz said carefully.
"Oh," Mashiro Shiina merely nodded.
??? Was she completely unaware of his potentially "execution-worthy" criminal statement? Maybe there really was something wrong with her.
Was she a natural airhead? Or was her reaction simply delayed? He had to try again. Since the [Life Simulator] hadn't branched out, Renz's courage to speak grew a bit.
"My body is very good. I can do 500 sit-ups a day. Erina often praises my physical fitness, but don't worry, I'm not interested in children." Renz deliberately said the first half of the sentence, waiting for any change in Mashiro Shiina's facial expression. But, throughout, she maintained a calm expression.
Indeed. Only with abnormal girls would the [Life Simulator] not extend a branch line.
"Brother-in-law, my cousin told me you're very kind, and I can ask you for anything I need," Mashiro Shiina's tone was as calm as their previous meeting.
"However, why does brother-in-law keep emphasizing that his body is good?" Mashiro Shiina put on a thoughtful expression. "Is there some hidden meaning?"
"Mashiro's body has never been very good since childhood."
"I also want to become someone with a good body like brother-in-law."
"Perhaps, I should ask my cousin how to become as physically fit as brother-in-law."
Crap! Don't do it! If Erina found out he said something like that, it wouldn't just be kneeling on the ground; he'd definitely end up at the bottom of Tokyo Bay.
Renz feigned calmness. "You don't need to ask your cousin about this. Just exercise every day like me, and your body will get better."
"Exercise?" Mashiro Shiina tilted her head.
Close call, it seems I managed to fool her.
"Yes, like going for a run every morning," Renz calmly stated.
"Exercise is too tiring. Mashiro doesn't like it," Mashiro Shiina shook her head.
They got into a taxi. It didn't take long to reach Renz's apartment. Renz had specifically tidied up a medium-sized room for Mashiro to stay in, keeping a larger room for himself. Under Renz's guidance, Mashiro Shiina dragged her suitcase into the room. Then she just stood there.
"I need to take a bath," Mashiro Shiina stated, staring at Renz.
"Okay," Renz nodded.
After a few seconds, "I need to take a bath," Mashiro Shiina repeated.
"There's hot water," Renz added, thinking Mashiro Shiina might be worried about not having hot water. "I heated it up beforehand. Go ahead and wash."
"I need to take a bath," Mashiro Shiina repeated her earlier words, her small face staring at Renz.
You're not asking me to help you bathe, are you? Renz's face showed a look of distress. He suddenly understood why Erina had said, "Aren't you quite good at looking after children?" Was he seriously going to be looking after a child?
In a fit of pique, Renz logged onto LINE. In the future, I painstakingly raise our children. Now, I have to help you take care of your cousin. Turns out, I'm just Erina's personal nanny.
"Mashiro wants me to help her bathe. I'm going into the bathroom," Renz typed ruthlessly on LINE. "Come over now, you still have time."
"???" Erina sent three question marks.
She hadn't interacted much with this cousin, Mashiro Shiina, before. She only knew that Mashiro's self-care abilities were very poor, and in the future, she would only be very clingy. Erina had never imagined that someone's self-care abilities could be so bad that they needed help even with bathing.
Letting Renz help her bathe. Even from a psychological age perspective, it was just bathing a little girl.
But... Today it was bathing, what about tomorrow? What if there was a thunderstorm tomorrow, and Mashiro was afraid of thunder and asked Renz to sleep in her bed? Even if Erina believed that with Renz's self-control, generally nothing would happen, but still, her man being used as a pillow by someone else...
There was still a very strong sense of being robbed.
"Arriving soon," Erina firmly typed back those words. This kind of precedent absolutely could not be set!
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