Meanwhile, Okaya was enjoying a great date with Nako.
Nako’s younger sister, Akari, was at Haneda Airport.
“Grrr… that girl… showing off her big sisterly charms like that…”
Akari grumbled, gripping her smartphone tightly.
Sitting next to her was light novel author Aida Rushia, dressed in a one-piece outfit.
“Jealousy is an unbecoming trait, Akari.”
“You’re the one who can’t stop doing the leg-bump you’ve been doing since earlier!” “Haha, what do you mean?”
Tik-tik-tik. Rushia was tapping her foot against the floor.
Her expression betrayed that she was thoroughly irritated.
So why were the two of them at the airport? It’s simple.
They had come to monitor Nako and Okaya’s date.
Because Okaya and co. looked like they were having far too much fun on their private trip…
Akari and Rushia were both so restless that they decided to head down to Sapporo. “I’ve been checking the tickets.” “Midoriko Lake”
Okaya’s younger sister, Okaya Midoriko, approached them. “How did it go?”
“No luck. They’re completely sold out. No cancellations for same-day entry either. Though I guess that was a given.”
For some reason, Midoriko had been dragged along on this trip. Akari let out a frustrated grunt. Gnnn…
“Yeah, it’s the Obon holiday season. You can’t just book a flight on short notice like that.” “Exactly. Well then, let’s head back.”
“No way, Midoriko. Don’t you care?”
“Huh? I-I do… it bugs me…”
Midoriko was, after all, one of Okaya’s many provisional girlfriends.
“Still, we can’t get a plane no matter what we do. We just have to wait for Onii-chan to come back.” ”… …”
As if making up her mind, Rushia pulled out her smartphone.
“I suppose there’s no other choice. I’d rather not use it… but…”
Rushia tapped away at her phone. Click, click. Then, a minute later…
“I’m so sorry to keep you waiting, Miss Ruko!!!!!”
Several unfamiliar older men rushed over in a complete state of panic. Akari pointed at them. “Who are these guys?”
“They’re employees of the Kaida Group, Aviation Division.”
“Your family owns… an airline company too…?”
“Oh yeah. Do you know [KAL]?”
“Yeah, it’s a major carrier… Oh, right… it’s short for [KAIDA Airline], isn’t it…”
The KAL staff guided Rusia and the others with deep, fawning bows.
They had been stared at by odd, peculiar glances from the people lining up to board the plane.
Mindoro Lake asked Rusia a question while keeping an eye on their surroundings.
”…W-wait, what did you do?”
“I asked Grandfather for it. I said, ‘Grandpa, I want to ride in a plane’… Ugh! This is so embarrassing…”
Rusia generally disliked using the Kaida name to wave her authority around.
And asking her grandfather, Kaidan Kougen [Grandpa], to do something was off the table as well.
Kougen, the typical doting grandpa who’d drop everything for his precious grandkids, got all fired up once they asked him like that…
…and practically forced them to prepare three first-class seats.
“Forced us to prepare? How’d you even pull that off?”
”…” Lusya didn’t answer.
Judging from the lack of response, they probably got the seats by less-than-savory means.
Yet when they stepped into first class…
“Wait! There’s no one else here!”
“Grandpa… we only asked for three…”
It seemed Kougen had rented out the entire first-class cabin. At the last possible minute, at that.
”…Your grandfather is insane.”
As Midoriko murmured this, both of them nodded in agreement.