Chapter 988: The Reason for the Girl's Forgetfulness

"Okay, Broly-san, I'd be very happy to help you!"

Tadokoro Megumi did not refuse Broly's request, decisively agreeing to the invitation.

"Fine, then Komekko, get in the cart. Tell me where there's a place selling bedding, and I'll take you there right now."

Broly pointed to the empty cart board behind the handcart under his butt and said.

"Broly-san, this kind of small handcart used for light short-distance cargo transport isn't allowed to carry people."

Tadokoro Megumi looked at the three-wheeled cart and couldn't help but remind him in one sentence.

In the academy, using this to carry people doesn't matter, but once leaving the school and hitting the road, the police on the streets aren't pushovers.

"Fine, then I'll return this cart, and we'll walk there."

Hearing this, Broly was instead delighted. After parking the three-wheeled cart at the Sixth Cooking Building with Tadokoro Megumi, he took the girl toward the school gate.

Although it was an academy, there was no such thing as entry restrictions. As long as you showed your student ID, without needing any teacher's note, you could pass directly.

However, for those who were neither students nor staff, wanting to enter Totsuki Academy from the outside would be subject to stricter checks.

"Broly-san, what's your budget for buying bedding?"

After leaving Totsuki Academy, Tadokoro Megumi finally asked.

"120,000 yen, I guess."

This was the amount of cash Broly currently had on him.

"Of course, I want to buy better bedding. If the budget isn't enough, I can also scrape together some more."

A bed is a tool for sleeping, and good sleep quality can significantly improve the user's comfort.

Comfort is also a kind of happiness, and Broly never shortchanges himself in this aspect.

Moreover, the bedding bought in this world might not necessarily be slept in by only him.

"Ah, a budget of 120,000 yen is already enough. No need to scrape together more."

After hearing Broly's budget amount, Tadokoro Megumi hurriedly waved her hands and said.

In Japan, a budget of 120,000 yen for buying bedding, although not yet touching the top-tier standard, could be considered a mid-to-high-end consumption budget.

"With such a budget, we can go to Nishikawa Futon Store. Hmm, first from the bus stop at the school gate, take a bus to the nearby subway station, then take the subway to Nihonbashi Station. There's a Nishikawa 【store】 there with a relatively large scale and relatively complete goods."

Tadokoro Megumi held her phone, using the navigation map to confirm the way to the destination.

Broly didn't need to worry about anything throughout the journey, following the girl to take a bus first, then transfer to the subway.

Since it wasn't yet rush hour, there weren't many passengers on the subway, but Broly still sat down next to Tadokoro Megumi.

【So close. Even though there are bigger empty seats next to him, he still sits close to me. Broly-san won't squeeze over, will he? If he squeezes over, what should I do—】

From Tadokoro Megumi's nervousness at Broly sitting close to her, to producing various random thoughts in her mind, to Broly not making any further moves, she gradually calmed down—

However, after getting off the subway at Nihonbashi Station, Tadokoro Megumi's baby-fat face couldn't help but turn a bit red, like the feeling right after taking a bath.

"Broly-san, we'll leave from Exit B2 and walk to the Nihonbashi Tomizawacho area."

With her heartbeat faster than usual, Tadokoro Megumi forced herself to calm down, leading the way ahead as if nothing was wrong.

After exiting the subway entrance and feeling the wind outside, her slightly nervous mood eased a bit.

The girl slowed her steps, walking on the street near 5 PM.

"Is there something about the roadside scenery?"

Broly came to her side, noticing Tadokoro Megumi looking at the street scenery, and couldn't help but ask.

"Ah, nothing much. It's just that I rarely leave Totsuki Academy to go shopping."

Tadokoro Megumi subconsciously replied.

"You don't like shopping?"

Broly asked. In his impression, his own wife mostly liked shopping.

"That's not it, it's just—"

Tadokoro Megumi's voice weakened, and her steps gradually stopped. She looked at the bustling streets of the big city and actually stood there in a daze.

"Just what?"

Broly stopped beside her, waited a while, then gently asked.

"Ah, sorry. I was just spacing out a moment ago."

The startled girl hurriedly bowed and apologized.

"It's fine."

Broly waved his hand and looked at her gently, as if wanting to hear what came next.

"It's just that my coursework is heavy, and some of my exam results aren't very good. I'm always worried about being expelled by the school, so I've never had such free time."

Pausing for a moment, Tadokoro Megumi continued: "Broly-san, I'm from a small port city in the Tohoku Region. My family runs a small cooking inn with only 12 rooms. My parents and family saw that I had talent in cooking and didn't want my talent to be buried in a small place. After asking for my opinion, they sent me to Totsuki Academy in Tokyo to study."

After arriving in the big city, the situation at Totsuki Academy was not quite what I imagined. The intensity of internal student competition was completely incomparable to the small places back home. But my family has already sent me here, and I cannot let down their expectations."

Broly listened quietly, remained silent for a while, then asked: "Then Komekko, if you didn't need to consider your family's feelings, how would you think yourself?"

"Um, if I didn't need to consider my family's feelings—I also really like cooking. If possible, I want to refine my culinary skills at Totsuki Academy, not be eliminated, and be able to study until the end and graduate successfully—"

Tadokoro Megumi said this, revealing an embarrassed expression.

"Am I thinking too beautifully? With my abilities, I might be eliminated and expelled one day. The words I'm saying now are like words that can only be spoken in a dream."

"No, Komekko. Your words aren't daydreams. They will definitely come true. I can guarantee that."

"Huh?"

Tadokoro Megumi blinked, tilting her head slightly to look at the Saiyan boy beside her.

"What, you don't believe me?"

Seeing the doubt in her eyes, Broly asked.

"I don't even have confidence in myself—"

Tadokoro Megumi bittersweetly smiled and said.

"It doesn't matter if you lack confidence in yourself, as long as you have confidence in me."

"Hmm?"

"I will do my best to help you, and I will absolutely not let you be eliminated by Totsuki Academy."

Broly looked seriously at the braided girl, patted his own chest, and promised to her.

After learning Tadokoro Megumi's situation, if necessary, he didn't mind using some unconventional means to safeguard the girl's school life before him.

Of course, Tadokoro Megumi temporarily couldn't get his true thoughts, only thinking the boy before her was cheering her on.

While feeling warm in her heart, she was also made somewhat uncomfortable by Broly's undisguised gaze of goodwill toward her.

"Broly-san, thank you for your kindness, but let's hurry to Nishikawa Futon Store; tonight, we still need to rush back to Polar Star Dormitory to cook—"

Tadokoro Megumi changed the topic, her steps started moving again, and she walked briskly toward the street ahead.

【Tadokoro Megumi, Happiness Value increasing—】

Looking at the Crystal Palace Panel, the girl's Happiness Value of 14 points suddenly jumped to 20 points, and Broly felt very relieved.

"You're out, do you want to eat something?"

", eat what?"

"Like that one."

Broly raised his hand, pointing to a milk tea shop that happened to pass by on the side of the street.

"No need—"

Facing the temptation of milk tea, Tadokoro Megumi's words of refusal couldn't be spoken.

In the end, she and Broly each had a cup of milk tea, and holding them, they walked into the Nishikawa Futon Store at Nihonbashi Station.

"Two Customers, is there anything you need help with?"

Upon entering, the waitress of Nishikawa Store walked over to ask.

Hmm, the girl before them holding milk tea, one of them wearing a school uniform, someone like this walking into their store selling mattress products, at a glance they had consumption needs in this aspect.

"If you don't want to be disturbed, we can tell her we're just browsing."

Tadokoro Megumi leaned close to Broly's side, stood on tiptoe, and whispered to the boy in a small voice.

【This height difference, can't even reach the level of whispering by the ear—】

The waitress watched this scene from the side, and couldn't help but think in her heart, but on her face she smiled and said: "Customers, it's no problem if you want to browse by yourselves."

However, our Nishikawa Store has specialized sleep consultation services; if you need help, please feel free to speak up.

"Uh—"

Tadokoro Megumi's body, standing on tiptoe to whisper, froze; the girl stiffly turned her head, looking at the waitress smiling to welcome her, her baby-fat cheeks instantly turned red; obviously, others said this because they heard her whisper.

【What a cute reaction, this is an introverted and shy Customer—】

The waitress kept a smile on her face, but in her heart she secretly thought.

"Okay, I want to buy a bed suitable for me to sleep on, budget is 120,000 yen, do you have any good recommendations?"

Broly didn't mind being disturbed by the salesgirl, and directly stated his budget and the product category he wanted to purchase.

"Buying a bed with a 120,000 yen budget, then, two Customers please come this way—"

The waitress led the two people to several mattresses.

"These are several beds at this price range of our Nishikawa Futon Store, Air Series Double Bed; of course, given your physique, I estimate you'll need some custom-made extra-long and extra-wide ones."

Broly's height of over two meters, his double-door physique, even the largest standard mattress on the market wasn't enough for him to sleep on.

"Customers can lie down and try these standard beds to see which type of bed you like more; Model 01 is firmer with strong support, Model 02 is moderate, belonging to the balanced type, Model 03 is softer with strong wrapping, suitable for people who like soft sleeping types."

"And over here are the higher-priced SI Model and SX Model; their surfaces use more advanced polyurethane material, and the sleeping experience will be better—"

The waitress actively introduced the sleeping feel of different mattress models, and at the end added meaningfully: "However, no

matter whether it's the high-end model or the standard model, the inside has no springs."

"It's very quiet; even if you do some high-intensity exercise on it, it will absolutely not disturb others, especially suitable for couples like you, Customer."

Tadokoro Megumi didn't react to the meaning behind the previous words, but after hearing the words about couples, her face instantly turned blood red.

"Ah, we're not a couple at all—"

Tadokoro Megumi explained in a fluster.

"Ah, that was my misunderstanding, very sorry, this Customer."

The waitress immediately bowed and apologized.

"Komekko, which bed do you think feels the best to sleep on?"

Broly seemed not to have heard what the waitress just said, and directly asked the girl for her opinion on the experience of lying on several beds.

"Uwa—Broly-san, this is the bed you will sleep on; your own experience is the most important; mine doesn't seem important."

"My sleeping feel is a bit dull, and I can't really distinguish the difference between these beds, so that's why I need to ask for your opinion."

Broly said with a smile, but actually he felt the sleeping feel of the SX Model bed with strong support and a hard bed type was the best, but he wouldn't say it.

"Is that so; then I think this bed feels the most comfortable to sleep on—"

Tadokoro Megumi didn't doubt him, pointing to the SI Model bed with a softer sleeping feel and said.

"Okay, then let's get this one."

Broly didn't hesitate and directly decided.

【Truly a little couple; it's just that the female side is thin-skinned, didn't see the male side not objecting—】

The waitress thought in her heart; after Broly finished speaking, she then spoke to remind: "This Customer, SI is the high-end model of the Air Series; the normal price of a standard Single Bed is around 150,000 yen, but your situation needs enlarged and widened custom processing; roughly calculated, the price is probably around 350,000 yen—"

"Ah, why is it so expensive?!"

Tadokoro Megumi exclaimed.

"Standard single beds aren't expensive, but custom-made beds of specific sizes carry a huge markup—"

the waitress explained.

"If your budget isn't enough on your side, you can actually choose the wool series over there; the filling inside is French wool, and there are no springs inside either."

"No need, I'll take this one. However, I don't have enough money with me; do you support paying a deposit first and paying the full amount when the goods arrive?"

"We support it, or rather, it should be so. Besides that, we also support installment payments—"

"No need for installments."

It was just over twenty thousand yen more; Broly felt that these days, if he went out to wander around outside, perhaps some kind person would voluntarily sponsor him.

"Custom-made beds may take two to four weeks to complete. After the beds are done, our side will contact your mobile number via phone call. At that time, after the goods are delivered to your designated location and installed, you, the customer, will pay the remaining final payment."

Broly cheerfully filled in the delivery address, prepaid a 30% deposit, then took the receipt slip and left this not-bad shop.

On the way back, Broly said to Tadokoro Megumi, "Komekko, after the bed arrives, when I don't need to use it, if you want to experience it, you can come sleep in my room anytime."

"Ah, no need for that—"

"Don't be polite. You're the first friend I've made here."

", what about Yukihira?"

"He's a male friend; you're female."

"Then what about Nakiri?"

"Currently, she hasn't expressed willingness to be friends with me."

As the subway approached five-thirty, the number of passengers increased, but perhaps because of Broly's physique, a circle was stubbornly kept empty around him and Tadokoro Megumi.

After taking the bus to the academy side, Tadokoro Megumi had already expressed that if she wanted to experience the new bed, she definitely wouldn't be polite with Broly.

The two returned to Totsuki Academy, but didn't walk directly back to Polar Star Dormitory; instead, they first went to the Sixth Cooking Building side.

【Besides the bed, perhaps I should also buy a vehicle. Hmm, handcarts and four-wheeled small cars won't do. It's best to have a two-seater vehicle—】

On the way back to Polar Star Dormitory riding a small tricycle carrying Tadokoro Megumi, Broly couldn't help but calculate in his heart. With the cargo tricycle as transportation, the two returned to Polar Star Dormitory before sunset.

"You're finally back. What dish are you making tonight?"

Isshiki Satoshi stood at the entrance of Polar Star Dormitory welcoming the two, looking expectant.

"Oh no, I forgot to go to the Logistics Department side to purchase ingredients for cooking."

Hearing this, Tadokoro Megumi's face changed, but she remembered that she had to cook tonight.

", Tadokoro, you actually forgot something. That's rare—"

Isshiki Satoshi was somewhat surprised. In his impression, Tadokoro Megumi was absolutely a meticulous girl.

【Originally I hadn't forgotten, but on the way to buy the bed—】

Tadokoro Megumi had bitterness she couldn't speak of. She couldn't frankly admit the reason for her forgetfulness: she had been thinking about whether or not to sleep in Broly's dormitory.