It was the third day after summer vacation began. Haruto was standing in front of a certain mansion. “Wow… my first job is with a celebrity…” grumbled Haruto with a dejected expression. Today was his first day working at the housekeeping service. After checking his appearance and confirming there were no issues, he pressed the intercom button with fingertips slightly trembling from nervousness. “—…Yes?” A woman’s voice, younger than he had expected, came through the intercom. “Ah, I am from the housekeeping service.” Haruto tightened his expression, being careful not to let his voice tremble with tension, and tried to speak politely. “—Yes, I’ll open the entrance now. Please wait a moment.” When the voice from the intercom said that, the slight feeling of someone moving was conveyed from beyond the door. Haruto quietly exhaled as if to calm his rapidly beating heart from tension. Soon, the entrance door clicked open, and the client of the housekeeping service appeared. Bowing politely, Haruto gave his standard greeting as he said, “Thank you very much for using our housekeeping service. I am Ōtsuki Haruto, the person will be in charge of the housekeeping today, and my na-me is…” The moment he lifted his head, he was speechless for a moment, and an awkward pause occurred at the end of his greeting. “Huh? …Tōjō-san?” The client for his first job was, surprisingly, none other than Tōjō Ayaka herself, the idol of the school Haruto attended. That fact was so shocking that Haruto unintentionally said her name out loud.

Hearing that, Tōjō also looked at Haruto’s face with a surprised expression. After looking at Haruto suspiciously for a moment, she opened her mouth as if to confirm. “Could it be… Ōtsuki-kun… from the same class?” “Um… yes, that’s right.” “Huh? …Why?” Uttering those words of doubt, she turned a wary gaze towards Haruto. Tōjō was probably suspecting that Haruto was doing the housekeeping service to get close to her. If this had been another girl, Haruto might have thought, “What’s this person being so conceited about?” However, the person in front of him was the school’s idol. For someone like her, who even gets called out on the school broadcast, it might be natural for her to feel that level of caution. “Ah… if I’m not suitable, it’s possible to change the person in charge to someone else.” Haruto, sensing Tōjō’s wariness, made the suggestion. “If you change, it will take a little time, so the service duration you initially requested will be slightly shorter.” The details of Tōjō’s request were a three-hour course, consisting of cleaning around the kitchen and preparing dinner. “I totally thought a woman would come…” “Ahaha, I’m sorry…” To her small mutter, Haruto offered a wry smile and profusely apologized. It’s true that the housekeeping service Haruto belongs to has a high percentage of women. However, there are also a few male staff members, albeit a minority. For reference, the website of the housekeeping service he belongs to has a list of staff members with photos, and requests such as preferring a female staff member can be made when requesting housekeeping. But it seems Tōjō had overlooked that part. “So, would you like to change the person in charge?” When Haruto asked again, Tōjō slightly lowered her head, showed a gesture of thinking, and then shook her head slightly. “No, it’s fine as it is. Please do the housekeeping.” “No change… Huh? Is that okay?”

Haruto, who had assumed the person in charge would definitely be changed, was slightly bewildered by the unexpected reply. “Ōtsuki-kun, you’re not… after me, are you?” “Of course, that’s not the case.” “Then it’s fine. Please come in.” Saying that, Tōjō opened the entrance door a little wider and invited Haruto into the house. “Um… well then, thank you for having me.” Haruto entered the entrance of the Tōjō household, feeling bewildered by the unexpected turn of events. “…Excuse me.” Haruto slightly bowed and slipped his feet into the slippers he brought. “The kitchen is this way. Follow me.” Saying that, Tōjō briskly walked down the hallway. Following behind her, Haruto looked around the hallway with admiration. The hallway is long! So wide! As expected of a mansion. While walking down the hallway thinking such things, he reached the end, and Tōjō opened the door there and entered. “Um, this is the living room, and the kitchen is beyond that.” Haruto was stunned, his mouth agape, at the interior of the mansion he was seeing for the first time. In the spacious area that seemed twice, no, three times the size of his own living room, luxurious-looking furniture was arranged tastefully, and a large television was hung on the wall. And beyond that, there was a dining space and an island kitchen, with the latest cooking appliances lined up on the shelves. “Amazing…” He had only seen such a luxurious and stylish living-dining area in romance reality shows. “…Ōtsuki-kun?” Tōjō gave Haruto, who was standing there blankly, a suspicious look. Haruto hurriedly composed himself and confirmed the details of the request with Tōjō. “Thank you very much for using our housekeeping service this time. I am Ōtsuki, who will be in charge this time. I look forward to working with you.” Saying the manual words, Haruto bowed and handed Tōjō his business card. “Wow, you even have a business card.”

Receiving the business card from Haruto, Tōjō looked at it with admiration. “This time, the request we have received from Tōjō-sama is the threehour course, is that correct?” “Huh? Ah, yeah. That’s correct… or rather, even though we’re classmates, ‘sama’ feels a bit weird.” “Even if we are classmates, Tōjō-sama is a valuable customer at this moment,” Haruto answered clearly. The person in front of him now, before being a classmate or the school’s idol, was a customer. Haruto was receiving money as compensation for providing a service to that customer, so he had to be strict about drawing the line there. Besides, it would probably be more comfortable for Tōjō that way. For her, who had been approached by so many boys from school, it would surely be more reassuring to be treated strictly as a customer rather than constantly being wary of being approached using this matter as an excuse. Haruto continued to speak, maintaining a purely business-like tone. “Then I will begin the service now, but were there any requests or preferences in advance?” “Um, it’s not a request, but, um… could you take a look at the kitchen for a moment?” Tōjō, looking a little embarrassed, led Haruto to the front of the kitchen. “It’s this. My younger brother did this, not me, but is it okay to leave the cleaning to you even in this state?” At the end of Tōjō’s gaze, which spoke with hesitation, was a remarkably messy kitchen area. Presumably, someone had tried to make something like pancakes. White powder was scattered on the sink and the floor around it, and pancake batter was splattered around the stove and dried into a crust. The worst part was the frying pan, where the remains of a pancake, half turned to charcoal, were sitting. Besides that, bowls and plates were scattered in the sink, and eggshells were tangled in the drain net. Haruto glanced at the chaotic kitchen situation for a moment, then immediately put on a business smile. “No problem. I will clean everything to a spotless state.” “Really? Thank you, you’re a lifesaver.” said Tōjō as she showed a relieved expression.

“Okay, then I’ll clean the living room, so let me know if anything comes up.” To Tōjō, who was about to leave the kitchen saying that, Haruto said while maintaining his business smile, “If it’s alright, perhaps I can also clean the living room?” “Huh? I feel bad asking for that much…” “No, that is my job, so please don’t worry about it.” “I see… then, can you clean the living room too?” “Understood.” While slightly hesitant, Tōjō requested Haruto to clean both the kitchen and the living room. “Oh, the vacuum cleaner is in the storage cabinet over there.” Tōjō pointed to a long, narrow door next to the living room entrance. It seems mansions have abundant storage space. “Well then, I’ll be in my room, so if anything happens, knock on the door. My room is the door on the left immediately after going up the stairs in the hallway.” Tōjō-san said that and then, saying “Well then, I’ll leave it to you,” she bowed her head slightly and quickly left the living room. After she disappeared from the living room and the sound of her footsteps going up the stairs could be heard, Haruto exhaled as if he had just surfaced from water. “Ah~… I was so nervous…” As if to regulate his breathing, Haruto took a light deep breath. Why is Tōjō-san asking for housekeeping service? Wait, is Tōjō-san a rich young lady? This is the first I’ve heard of it? No, wait, I saw Tōjō-san up close for the first time, she was way too cute, that’s for sure. Inside Haruto’s head, who was released from the state of tension, questions and thoughts overflowed one after another. Until now, Haruto had not shown interest in a female student named Tōjō Ayaka. It’s not that he has no interest in women. If there was a gravure feature in a manga magazine, he was a healthy high school boy to the extent that his speed of turning pages unconsciously slowed down. If so, why had Haruto not shown interest in the school idol until now? Haruto’s somewhat detached personality compared to other male students might be part of the reason. However, the biggest factor is likely his clear goal. To achieve it, he couldn’t afford to be distracted by her—a flower on a high peak. This was no time to waste.

“I can’t believe Tōjō-san was such an amazing young lady…” While muttering, Haruto glanced over the kitchen and living room he was about to clean. At a glance, the kitchen area was in a chaotic state, but the living room and such didn’t seem that heavily soiled. There was fine dust and hair fallen on the flooring and carpet, and a light layer of dust had accumulated on shelves and such, but it looked like it would become clean if he vacuumed and did a light wipe-down. “I was flustered by the unexpected Tōjō-san, but she’s my important first customer, so let’s put some spirit into it.” While rolling up his sleeves, Haruto psyched himself up. Glancing at the clock hanging on the wall, the current time was exactly 3 PM. From here, in three hours, he would complete the cleaning and dinner preparation. “Even so, didn’t Tōjō-san’s younger brother mess up the kitchen way too spectacularly?” While looking at the contents of the tragically-situated frying pan, Haruto gave a wry smile. To leave the kitchen in this state, does Tōjō’s younger brother have a desperate lack of housekeeping skills, or is he still a small child? Even Tōjō-san, when Haruto was shown this tragic sight, naturally seemed embarrassed. “Tōjō-san looking embarrassed… she was cute.” At her expression, which he couldn’t see during normal school life, Haruto’s expression almost turned into a slight grin. Furthermore, speaking of things he didn’t normally see, Tōjō-san in her casual clothes was also very fresh for Haruto. Haruto was a healthy high school boy, to the extent that, seeing poses in manga magazine gravure where the chest was emphasized, he would stare while minding others’ eyes. For him, such a person, the outfit she wore earlier, a light and loose long Tshirt with white shorts, was something quite captivating. “Tōjō-san… has an amazing figure…” Because he usually only glimpsed her in her school uniform from a distance, he didn’t understand the details, so the sight of her earlier was quite hard for Haruto to get out of his mind. “No good! She is an important customer. Do your job properly, me!” spoke out Haruto to shake off the impure thoughts. While fighting against his worldly desires, he made use of the cleaning skills directly passed down from his grandmother and proceeded with

cleaning the kitchen area and living room requested by Tōjō-san. Just over one hour passed since he started cleaning, and as the wall clock was about to turn 4 PM. Thanks to Haruto thoroughly concentrating on cleaning in order to cast away his worldly desires, the kitchen area became completely free of dirt, and the sink became so sparkling clean it made him mistake it for emitting light on its own. The living room was also in a state with not a single speck of dust. “Phew, cleaning complete.” With a face filled with a sense of accomplishment, Haruto looked around the clean room. Then, from the direction of the entrance, the sound of a door opening with a rattle could be heard. At the same time, the voice of an energetic boy resounded. “I’m home~” Following the greeting upon returning home, the sound of clumsy footsteps resounded from the direction of the hallway. Before Haruto had time to think of something and take action, the living room door was flung open with force. What appeared from there was a boy about the age of someone in kindergarten. That boy, catching sight of Haruto standing still by the kitchen, froze. “…………” “…………” Haruto and the boy stared at each other in silence. After a few seconds of silence, Haruto opened his mouth to explain that he wasn’t a suspicious person. “Um, I am a housekee–” “Nee-chaaaaaaan!! There’s a burglar at home!!” Haruto’s voice, trying to explain, was drowned out by the great scream the boy let out. While raising a loud voice, turning on his heel with incredible speed, the boy dashed furiously down the hallway. “Burglar! Onee-chan! Burglar!” “No! Hold on! I’m not a burglar!!” Haruto panicked and chased after the boy, desperately trying to correct him. However, it seemed it wasn’t reaching the boy’s ears at all, and he, while repeating “Burglar!”, tried to go up the stairs. “Ryota, what’s all the noise?”

When the boy put his foot on the first step of the stairs, Tōjō-san, who came out of her room having heard the commotion, appeared at the top of the stairs. “Onee-chan, it’s terrible! There’s a burglar at home!!” “Haa, haa, I’m sorry, Tōjō-san. This kid seems to be mistaking me for a burglar…” While pointing at Haruto who had caught up behind him, the boy desperately appealed to Tōjō-san. Haruto, in response, thinking “How could I possibly become a criminal?!”, because it was after he had done a super dash, explained the situation breathlessly. “Pfft.” The sight of the two of them like that must have seemed amusing to Tōjō- san. She put a hand over her mouth and let out a small burst of laughter. “Onee-chan?” The boy tilted his head at his sister’s reaction. Tōjō-san came down the stairs and gently placed a hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Listen, Ryota, this person is not a burglar.”

“Eh? You’re not a thief? Then who are you? My big sister’s boyfriend?” “Bufu!” At the boy’s remark, Haruto involuntarily bursts out laughing. In contrast to him, Tōjō calmly corrects her brother’s misunderstanding. “He’s not my boyfriend either. This person, you see, is from the housekeeping service.” “Houseseeping service?” At his sister’s explanation, the boy tilts his head. “It’s a person who does cleaning and cooking for us, Got it?” At Tōjō’s explanation, the boy nods. “Sorry, Ōtsuki-kun. This kid is my younger brother, Ryōta. He’s still in kindergarten and doesn’t understand detailed things.” “Ah, no. As long as the misunderstanding is cleared up, there’s no problem for me.” As Tōjō lowered her head, Haruto replied thus, then squatted down to meet the eyes of Tōjō’s younger brother—Ryōta. “Ryōta-kun. Sorry for startling you just now. I’m Ōtsuki Haruto, nice to meet you.” To Haruto, who held out his hand with a smile, Ryōta relaxed his guard somewhat more than before and squeezed his hand back. “Sorry for calling you a thief just now,” said Ryōta who gave a little bow, which slightly surprised Haruto. “Ryōta-kun, you’re a very good kid, aren’t you?” Haruto said to Tōjō, who was standing next to him. At this age, realizing one’s own mistake and apologizing before being told by someone is not something easily done. Praised by Haruto, Tōjō, who relaxed her expression slightly, made a slightly troubled face as if to hide her embarrassment. “But he’s very mischievous, and he scatters toys right away too.” “It’s good that he has energy, isn’t it?” Tōjō, still smiling, stroked her brother’s head. Seeing that, Haruto’s cheeks relaxed, thinking they were close siblings. Being an only child, he harbored a slight longing for siblings. “Ah, that’s right. The cleaning is finished, so could you check it please?” With the appearance of Tōjō’s younger brother, Ryōta, Haruto remembered the job he was almost forgetting. “It’s finished already. That was fast.”

Saying so, Tōjō headed towards the living room. She was looking at the cleaned room and her eyes widened. “Eh? Amazing… It’s sparkling clean.” In the living room without a single speck of dust, the table and water areas like the sink were clean as if they had been mirror-finished. In the living-dining area that was just like a model house, Tōjō opened her mouth slightly in admiration. “Regarding the cleaning, please let me know if there are any dissatisfactions or requests.” To Haruto, who responded according to the manual while wearing a slightly proud, smug look, Tōjō answered while shaking her head. “No, it’s already perfect. There aren’t even the slightest points of dissatisfaction.” Tōjō simply admired the kitchen area, which had been splendidly restored to cleanliness from a chaotic state, and the shelves and table tops, which were completely free of dust. “Wow, Ōtsuki-kun, you are good at cleaning, aren’t you?” “Ah, well. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t have chosen this part-time job.” “Ah, right, that’s true.” “Amazing! The room is sparkling clean! The kitchen is back to how it was! Hey, onee-chan!! It’s amazing!!” Ryōta seemed to have gotten excited about the clean kitchen and living room, and ran around the living room and kitchen area making thumping sounds. To Ryōta’s actions, Haruto, while thinking internally ‘Dust will fly even though I just cleaned…’, felt hesitant to stop the actions of the innocent child showing a beaming smile, and could only watch while smiling. “Hey, Ryōta. Dust will fly when Ōtsuki-kun just took the trouble to clean, won’t it?” However, Tōjō properly fulfilled her role as an older sister and admonished her brother’s actions. Ryōta, who was warned, also honestly replied “Yes~” and stopped running. Seeing such a scene, Haruto unintentionally let out a voice. “Tōjō-san is a good onee-chan, isn’t she?” “Eh? Do you think so?” “Yeah, watching you, I think so.” “I-is that so? Thank you…”

Perhaps embarrassed about being praised, Tōjō, who thanked him while slightly looking down, was looking up with her eyes, and seeing her like that, Haruto felt his heart beat a little faster. “Onee-chan, you see, is a very good big sister.” To Haruto, who had been struck by Tōjō’s cuteness and momentarily fallen into a state of thought paralysis, Ryōta unhurriedly came over and said a little proudly. “That’s right. Ryōta-kun’s sister is a very good big sister, isn’t she? But, I think Ryōta-kun is a very good younger brother too?” Haruto squatted down to meet his eyes and said while stroking Ryōta’s head. “Really? Am I a good younger brother?” “Yeah, Ryōta-kun is a good younger brother who can properly listen to what his onee-chan says.” At Haruto’s words, Ryōta’s face brightened. “Onee-chan! He says I’m a good younger brother!!” “That’s right. Ryōta is a good kid.” “Ehehe~” Praised by the two of them, Ryōta grinned and wore a happy smile. Drawn in by that, Haruto and Tōjō also naturally smiled. “Ah, that’s right. Regarding the dinner menu, the request is to make four servings with what’s in the refrigerator.” Haruto, who had been healed by Tōjō’s brother, who was like an angel, suddenly snapped back to reality and switched to work mode. “Would it be alright if I checked inside the refrigerator?” As a result of his grandmother’s teaching, Haruto could cook a variety of dishes from Japanese to Western and Chinese. However, if there were no ingredients, there was nothing he could do. If that were true, he would have to go shopping, but this was also part of the housekeeping service’s duties. “Ah, um… It’s a bit messy, but please go ahead.” “Then, I will have a look.” To Tōjō, who consented a little shyly, Haruto felt a slight twinge of guilt, but he accepted that this was work and opened the refrigerator door. “Um… Eggs and milk, onion, carrots, cabbage… Oh, there’s ground meat too. Mixed beef and pork, hm…” While checking inside the refrigerator, Haruto listed several potential dishes he could make with the ingredients he found in his mind. “Excuse me, I’d also like to check the seasonings and spices.”

“If that’s the case, they’re in this drawer here.” Saying so, Tōjō opened the drawer under the kitchen counter. “Oh! Such a wide variety!” That drawer contained more seasonings and spices than Haruto had imagined. “Coarsely ground pepper, Sichuan pepper, star anise, cardamom, cloves, oh, there’s also bay leaf, ginger powder, and cinnamon sticks! This is… nutmeg, perhaps.” As someone who enjoyed cooking, Haruto’s tension rose upon seeing the abundant spices before him. With those things, he thought of one dish using what was in the refrigerator and the spices he had just checked. “Regarding the dinner menu, how about hamburg steak?” “I want hamburg steak!!” To Haruto’s suggestion, Ryōta reacted even before Tōjō-san. “Onee-chan, is tonight’s dinner hamburg steak!?” To his younger brother who turned a face full of expectation towards her, Tōjō-san, while wearing a wry smile, said to Haruto. “For tonight’s dinner, hamburg steak please.” “Certainly.” To Tōjō-san’s words, Haruto returned a slightly exaggerated bow, and Ryōta, who was watching that, thrust both his fists up to the sky and exploded with joy. While wearing a smile at that heartwarming reaction from Ryōta, Haruto immediately started preparing dinner. Hamburg steak is one of Haruto’s favorite dishes, which he had just made with his grandmother just the other day. Therefore, so that he could make his grandmother’s exquisite hamburg steak himself too, he had practiced considerably from a young age, and it is also one of the dishes he is confident in. Haruto proceeded with making the hamburg steak with practiced hands. The Tōjō siblings were observing his appearance as he proceeded with the cooking with efficient movements while sitting at the dining table. While thinking ‘Tōjō-san, aren’t you going back to your room this time?’, Haruto, who was proceeding with the cooking, took a knife to mince the onion. At that moment, suddenly feeling a gaze and raising his face, Ryōta’s figure, staring intently over here with a feeling like strong interest, came into his field of vision.

After letting a faint smile appear on his lips, Haruto showed off a superfast mincing of the onion with slightly exaggerated knife skills. Instantly, Ryōta’s cheer of “Wow~!” could be heard. “Ōtsuki-kun, you’re a cooking guy, huh.” Next to his younger brother whose eyes were sparkling, Tōjō-san also said admiringly. “You’re perfect at cleaning too, and you can cook too, Ōtsuki-kun, your ‘femine-power’ is too high.” “These days, I think there are fewer men who can’t stand in the kitchen, you know?” “Is that so? Even so, I think your skill is too good.” “It is an honor to receive your praise.” Not just Ryōta, Tōjō-san also sent her gaze at Haruto’s hands with apparent interest. While feeling the gazes of the two spectators, Haruto proceeded with making the hamburg steak. When he reached the step of kneading the mixture, he made ice water in a bowl and plunged both his hands into it. “……? What are you doing?” At Haruto’s sudden mysterious action, Ryōta tilted his head. “I’m doing it so that the fat of the meat doesn’t melt from my body temperature.” “Fat melts?” “That’s right, you know. If the fat melts, you can’t make delicious hamburg steak, you know.” At Haruto’s explanation, Ryōta perhaps didn’t understand and remained with his head tilted. In contrast, Tōjō-san nodded slightly with a “Hee~”. When he took his hands out of the ice water, Haruto wiped off the water from his hands and quickly began kneading. Because he had put his hands into ice-cold ice water until a moment ago, his hands had become bright red. “Your hands, don’t they hurt?” Ryōta, worrying about Haruto like that, called out to him. “Thank you, Ryōta-kun, but it’s okay. I want Ryōta-kun to eat delicious hamburg steak.” Haruto, while being healed by Ryōta’s kindness, kneaded the hamburg steak and, when it became sticky, he then divided it into four lumps and spread them out into oval shapes.

When all that was left was to cook them, Haruto asked Tōjō-san, “Um, shall I cook all four hamburg steaks? Or shall I cook two first?” The dinner requested by Tōjō-san was for four people. However, right now there were only two people, Ayaka and Ryōta. Presumably, the remaining two portions were for her parents, but there was still no sign of those two returning home. As the cook, Haruto thinks it would be best if it was eaten freshly cooked, so he would like Tōjō-san’s parents to also eat it freshly cooked. “Ah~… yeah. That’s right, I guess I’ll have you cook two first. But…” Saying that, Tōjō-san looked at the clock hanging on the living room wall with a slightly uneasy expression. The current time was past 17:30. Haruto’s contract time was until 18:00, so if her parents didn’t return now, Haruto wouldn’t be there when the remaining two were cooked. “I will leave a note about how to cook them, so if you cook them according to that, the finish will be similar.” Ayaka nodded at Haruto’s words, which he said as if to dispel her anxiety. “Really? Then, please only cook the parts for us.” “Certainly.” Haruto put two hamburg steak patties into the frying pan and started cooking. While waiting for them to cook, he simultaneously plated the consommé soup and side vegetables he had been making, and when the hamburg steaks were cooked, he served rice into bowls and arranged all the dishes on the dining table, at which point it was 18:00, the end of the contract. “Well then, as the contract has ended, I shall take my leave now.” Haruto, who had finished washing the frying pan and other utensils after cooking, said. “Yeah, thank you. You helped a lot.” Tōjō-san looked at the dishes lined up on the table and said admiringly. “Ōtsuki-kun’s housekeeping skills are really too high.” “Thank you very much. I think I was able to make the hamburg steaks deliciously, so please eat them before they get cold.” Haruto said that to Ayaka and started preparing to leave. Just then, Ryōta, who had been gazing at the completed hamburg steaks with a sparkling expression until now, suddenly came over to Haruto. “Hmm? What’s wrong, Ryōta-kun?” “…Bye-bye, Onii-chan. See you later.”

While looking a little shy, Ryōta waved one hand towards Haruto and gave his farewell greeting. That appearance seemed very cute to Haruto’s eyes. He naturally smiled and waved back at Ryōta. “Yeah, see you later, Ryōta-kun.” Although he thought that they probably wouldn’t meet again, Haruto reflexively replied like that. This time, he happened to be requested for housekeeping service by the Tōjō family, but it was not guaranteed that he would be requested again next time. Rather, if they found out it was their classmate’s part-time job, it was highly likely that they would designate a different staff member next time. Having their classmate do things in their house would be terribly awkward. “Ōtsuki-kun, I’ll see you to the entrance.” “Thank you very much.” Haruto, who felt a slight reluctance to part with Ryōta who was waving his hand so earnestly, gratefully accepted Tōjō-san’s offer. “Ōtsuki-kun, thank you so much for today.” When they reached the entrance, Tōjō-san bowed her head to Haruto. “No, thank you for using our housekeeping service.” Haruto, who returned the thanks to Tōjō-san, said “Ah, that’s right” and took out a flyer from his bag, handing it to Tōjō-san. “Um, if you plan to use the housekeeping service again next time, there is also a regular contract option.” Haruto explained, pointing at the flyer he handed to Tōjō-san. “In the case of a regular contract, the price is more advantageous than a one-time contract like this time, so please consider it when you use the service next time.” Tōjō-san let out a laugh, “Fufu”, at Haruto, who was doing sales talk according to the manual. “Somehow, Ōtsuki-kun, you sound like a salesperson.” “Well, this is also part of the work, you see.” “When a classmate uses polite language like that, like a working adult… It feels strange. Can’t you just talk normally?” “It’s not that it’s not allowed, but well, Tōjō-sama is a customer, you see.” Tōjō wore a wry smile at Haruto’s reply like that. “I see… a customer… huh.” “Yes. Ah, if you don’t go back quickly, the hamburg steak will get cold.” “Ah, that’s right. Well then, thank you so much for today, Ōtsuki-kun.”

“Yes, we look forward to your next use.” Haruto bowed deeply one last time before leaving the Tōjō house. The moment he raised his face, when he caught a glimpse of Tōjō-san’s face, her expression seemed regretful, but it was probably just his imagination. Saying that to himself, Haruto finished his first housekeeping job and headed home.