That girl—Miyagi—is strange. Once a week, she pays me 5,000 yen to buy the right to command me.

Whether it’s playing video games together, feeding me snacks, or sometimes making slightly dangerous requests depending on her mood… it’s already been half a year since we started sharing this secret.

Yet she still says, “We’re not friends.”

Hey, Miyagi—if this isn’t friendship, then what are we?

That girl—Sendai-san—there was never a particular reason it had to be her.

It just started from a whim of mine, and she happened to go along with it.

That’s all.

So I test her again today—the girl who never refuses my commands.

I wonder… if we’re put in different classes next spring, will she still want to continue this relationship?

Lately, that thought lingers in my mind just a bit.