Chapter 8: Hokushin Itto-ryu Style

The thing that happened earlier for Kouro was just a small episode, it didn't take up too much of his time. 

When he arrived at the senba academy, the last remnants of the sunset were still shining, signaling the twilight of the day. 

If this counts as a date, then Kouro is a gentleman who arrived earlier than the agreed date. 

Surprisingly, Kouro found that Mei arrived earlier than himself. 

She was sitting on the same bench as yesterday, only she was wearing slightly different clothes from yesterday, she was seen wearing clothes with an extra thick coat.

It seemed Mej wanted to have a long chat with Kouro. 

"Have you been waiting long?"Kouro's words caused Mei to turn her head. 

She seemed have a little dazed, and Mei didn't seem to immediately discover Kouro's whereabouts like she did yesterday. 

A few seconds later. 

After seeing that the person she was talking to was really Kouro, Mei's face then revealed a gentle smile. "Not too long, because today is the weekend, so I have more free time, usually I often sit here." 

"Sitting here in confusion, and letting time pass? Sounds very poetic. By the way, have you finished your homework?" 

Kouro's doubts regarding her studies made Mei show an expression of protest. 

"I have finished all my homework for the weekend every Friday."

"So hard work?"

"...Not really, because I don't hang out with other people on weekends like the others, so I have a lot of free time." 

after she finished speaking, Mei's expression flashed a moment of sadness, but she quickly hid it, then quickly the girl's face revealed a relaxed smile as if nothing had happened, and looked at Kouro. 

"How about you, apart from being a student at school, you still have to intern at an ME company right? Isn't it tiring to be busy like that?" 

It seemed that Mei knew that Kouro was still an apprentice at the ME company today, hearing that Kouro was slightly surprised and then quickly spoke. 

"Ah! You don't have to worry about that, I'm currently looking for an opportunity to quit my internship at an ME company. And give other people an internship at the school."

"Huh!? Why?"

Mei's face showed a surprised expression that looked very obvious. 

After all, even though ME company went down a bit after its reputation was damaged, it was still one of the best companies in Nagazora city. 

How could Kouro want to resign on purpose? Could it be caused by someone else from the ME company? 

In the past, Mei was able to use her identity as the eldest heir in the ME company to help Kouro deal with work problems.

 But now, she couldn't do much and could only be a listener. 

Mei was also ready to listen to Kouro's preparations for the matter, but the other party's answer was unexpected.

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"Because the internship that the ME institute gave me was so boring they told me to sort through the information for the past two days. Sounds pretty monotonous right? After further research I found that the information for these two days was similar, or that the information was specifically used for interns in company ME like me, and after spending time on internships in company ME, I found that basically interns have no other job content, and can only rely on accumulations from the past."

Kouro continued, "Besides that, today I also asked about this job promotion. I Investigating it and turns out that I have to wait until I graduate, which is three years later. At that level of work, even if I worked for the ME company for ten years, I would probably still be an information sorter. And if that really happened, I think I would die of boredom."

What he said right now was only half true, actually Kouro already understood the geographic layout of the ME branch office, it was just a matter of how to do it. 

And Mei who heard Kouro's words was slightly taken aback.

She opened her mouth but didn't know how to comfort Kouro, so she kept asking.

"Then... What do you find fun?"

"Fun? Chatting with you now is fun."

Is this a confession?!

Seeing Kouro's innocent attitude, Mei felt this should not be considered as confession, but her white cheeks were already stained with a hint of red.

"Should I... should Say Thank You?"

"Haha just kidding, There's still plenty of time to think about it. No one knows what will happen, after all I'm just an ordinary high school student now."

"There's a lot more to prove its worth besides sorting through information, and next time maybe I can land an important position in an ME company." 

" Or perhaps one day, the ME Company's branch building will encounter some natural disaster, and will be left behind by history in the dust."

Mei Feels that the things that Kouro describes are impossible to come true, but with her gentle personality it is impossible to refute them unequivocally.

Mei also has a bit of selfishness and hope, if Kouro stopped his internship at the ME company, wouldn't that mean he would have more time to chat with her on the weekends.

While Mei was still thinking about it, Kouro spoke again.

"By the way, how about you? do you have any hobbies?"

As far as Kouro knows, Mei has a hobby of practicing kendo, because back when she was a child there was a mysterious figure who wore HOMU clothes (Raiden Ryoma) and taught her kendo for self-defense. 

In the game, Mei's sword technique plays a big role in fighting honkai, which seems to be a high level sword technique. 

"Hobby? Hmm… Actually, I learned a swordsmanship called Hokushin Itto-ryu. When I was a kid, I was a bit interested in kendo, and I practice regularly until now." 

Mei's words that contained lonely emotions made Kouro's eyes lit up, although it was fun to hang out with Mei, but hearing the name of Mei's sword technique, made Kouro a bit curious.

"Actually, I'm also very interested in kendo. Of course, I don't want to learn your 'Hokushin Itto-ryu' sword technique without your permission. It's just that, if you need a training partner, you can count on me."

"It's fine, 'Hokushin Itto-ryu' Swordsmanship technique was taught to me by a mysterious person who dressed as HOMU when I was little. I still don't know who he is, and he also didn't tell me to keep this sword technique as ecret. So if you want to learn it, I can teach you." 

"Thank you mei-sensei, then." Kouro said with grateful expression.

"Hey, no need to be so formal, you… just call me Mei."

 "Okay Mei-senpai."

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