*Ryo Asahi's POV*
//July 8, 2040//Sunday//
Three hours have passed, and it is time to eat our lunch. We returned back the books that we used on their respective shelves. I am also starving since junk food is the only thing I ate this morning. Well, it's not like my lunch will be any different from what I ate earlier.
"Hey, Asahi, let's eat lunch together." Ichika said.
While we were walking at the library, Ichika offered to eat with me. I frowned at what she said and scratched my head.
"Do you remember what Sasaki told us two weeks ago? Sasaki told us that we should eat what Ichi is providing for us in our rooms since there is a possibility that the culprit who poisoned Megumin tampered with the food in the kitchen."
"Come on, we are just going to eat together. We can just get some food from our rooms, and meet at the cafeteria."
"Well, you have a point. Sure, I don't mind eating with you."
Both Ichika and I headed back to our rooms to get the food that we are going to eat for our lunch together.
Sigh… I want to go back to eating lunch together with everyone, and also to taste the food Megumin made.
Thinking about it, what was the culprit's intention for killing all of us? Is it for the reward that Ichi said? After all, ¥Two Billion is a huge amount of money. If I were to have that amount of money, it would truly change my life.
Maybe my life would become peaceful without interacting with people or maybe, I would finally quit being a film director, and start my life as someone who just wants to watch different movies every day?
It might be a boring life, but that is what I want. If our destiny is that only one is to survive here at Saitei University.
Maybe I should just kill everyone?
"..."
I left my room and went inside the elevator. Ichika told me to meet at the cafeteria. Since It took a while for me to pick something to eat, and because of my thoughts about that reward Ichi was talking about, Ichika might already be at the cafeteria.
*DING*
I finally arrived on the first floor and went straight to the cafeteria. I went inside and saw Ichika waiting for me at a table.
"Seriously, Asahi, chips again for lunch?" Ichika asked.
"Mind your own business."
I walked straight to where Ichika is and sat in front of her. The two of us started eating, and this is the first time I saw Ichika eating something other than fruits, or what Megumin was cooking for us.
Ichika was eating a calorie bar, and she also brought fruit juice. Even if Ichika is eating something new, those are still healthier than the chips that I am eating.
"Asahi, do you know who the culprit that poisoned Megumin might be?" Ichika asked.
"Who knows? I'm not like Sasaki, and Machida. Even they do not have a clue who did this."
"Hmph! Even Megumin asked the two of them to stay when she got poisoned two weeks ago."
"It is probably information that only Machida, and Sasaki should know about." I said.
"If that is true, even with that information that they got from Megumin they still can't find out who the culprit was?"
Well, Ichika has a point. I was staring at Ichika who was slowly eating the calorie bar that she has when something suddenly popped up in my head.
"Ichika, can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"If you have the reward that Ichi told us about, what would you use the ¥Two Billion on?"
I have been wondering, what would the people do if they had that huge amount of money? Money is something powerful, but it depends on the person and what they want to do with it.
For fame, a good life, for pleasure, to save someone, or to kill someone they hate. Those are the common things a person will do when they have the money. So I am really curious, especially about those individuals who are gifted.
If they are the ones who got that huge amount of money, what would they use it for?
"I would not be using that ¥Two Billion." Ichika said.
"Why wouldn't you use it?"
"Because I do not have any intention of killing anyone here. So it is impossible that I can get that huge amount of money."
Ichika smiled at me, and I started to blush then my heart skipped a beat. What the hell, am I falling in love with this person?
She might have a sharp tongue sometimes and I hate to admit it, but she really is a kind person. The two of us have been together for quite a while, and every day I get to know her better.
I thought of her that she is a bitch at first, but she is more than that. I didn't have anyone to rely on before I went to Saitei University. I am a film director myself who interacts with a lot of people that rely on them for the film to be a success, but when it comes to my personal life, no one is there that I can count on.
I just realized this now, but you might be the first person that has a special place in my heart. That's right, there is no way I can kill everyone for that reward. After all…
Yua Ichika is someone special to me.
"Aaah, I forgot to bring any drinks."
"Hahahaha! That's hilarious, Asahi. You brought your chips, but you forgot your drinks? I thought chips would go well with drinks?"
"Shut up. I said I forgot it."
"Here you can have some of mine."
Ichika reached out for her fruit juice with a smile on her face. I smiled back at her and took the fruit juice that she was offering me.
"Hmph! If someone gave you something, what should you say?" Ichika said.
My heart started beating quickly. I'm nervous to say it to Ichika. Wait, am I really in love with her? Fuck, my heart is still beating quickly, and it won't stop.
"I-Ichika…"
"What is it, Asahi?"
It's now or never. My body is now shaking because of how nervous I am. I need to say it.
"Ichika, it's you, am I right? You are the one responsible for poisoning Megumin."
******** TO BE CONTINUED ********