"What!?" Ryota yells as I hand him the paperwork transferring ownership of the gambling dens from me to him.

"Take it. Sign your name. I can't have it if I want to be a house pet."

He stares at me in confusion. What part of this does he not understand.

"Look, Ryota. If I miss a donation and I still have the dens under my name, the student council will simply just confiscate the dens. We cant let that happen because not only will I have to wait even longer to become a house pet, we won't be earning any income from the dens confiscated." Of course, he still looks at me in a face of utter bewilderment. "Ugh. Basically, if I give you the dens, and you make your payments on time, the dens won't be taken away. Look, I already had Ririka sign the paperwork for the ownership transfer. Just sign the papers. Once I gamble against Nishinotouin, you'll give me back the dens. Got it now?"

He says he's still confused, but he signs the papers for each pf the dens anyways. "There, I signed your papers. What now?"

"Now, I have no credit for donations. Once I skip the donation day, I'll become a house pet, and I'll challenge Nishinotouin."

"That sounds like a plan. Now let me eat my lunch." I almost forgot to eat my lunch, and there are only twenty minutes of break left before I have to go to class. I scarf down my bento and run over to the student council office.

I knock on the door, and a voice tells me to come in. I walk in and gasp in surprise. Why is Kirari on campus? i remember her saying during lunch yesterday that she'll be gone for the next few days, so we didn't have to worry about donations.

"Have a seat, Kokoro-san," she instructs me.