"Hm? " he was confused, is she going to confess to me, he thought narcissistically inside his mind, well maybe she has something important to say.
"Excuse me , Shiraishi -San why are you helping me? " Mei was confused.
The two of them are not even friends just casual acquaintances , there is no special relationship between them, so she couldn't understand why he was helping since there is no benefit for him in doing so.
He looked at her with a gentle smile and said "Do you need a reason for helping someone, I can't just sit back and watch you being bullied in front of my eyes".
She was stunned when she saw his smile, she blushed , to her his smile was so sincere and pure it blew all the haze in her heart.
Byakuya was confused seeing her standing there staring stupidly staring at him,
"Raiden-san, are you okay? ".
Mei came back to her senses, she was embarassed, she was behaving like a nymphomaniac, would byakuya think she was a promiscuous woman, Mei was worried and started thinking wildly.
"Raiden -san, are there? "
She woke up from her reverie " Yes, I was just surprised that you were willing to help me, you know I am the daughter of a sinner? "
Byakuya disagreed wth her self depreciating words " What does your father's crime have to do with you, I just think these people are jealous of you, and now they get the chance they just want to hit you while you are down"
Her heart warmed up slightly by his words " Thank you Shiraishi-san, I want to repay you for your help "
"No don't worry, I just helped you because I can't see standing them bully you " He was troubled by her words.
Mei looked at him with a firm look in her eyes "please , I insist Shiraishi-san"
Now he was in a bind, then he saw her bento
and he got an Idea
" I happen to have no lunch so Raiden- san can you share your bento" in his previous life Mei was given the nickname of herrscher of cooking so her food should be tasty and this would give him a chance to make their relationship closer.
"Eh! Oh.. Okay Shiraishi-san" While she was stunned by his request she was also happy to have her food eaten by her crush.
. .....
Byakuya patted his stomach very satisfied " It was delicious Raiden-san , you are really talented in cooking ".
He was feeling very happy inside, he got to eat food cokked by Raiden Mei, it was the treatment that only the protagonists of Saint Freiya Academy got.
" Thank you Shiraishi-san , if you liked it I can make it for you tomorrow " as she blurted it out Mei regeretted it ,she was very nervous, as what she said was too straightforward, what if he is misunderstood her as a casual woman .
Byakuya was stunned hearing her say that, he was wondering if she liked him, then he dismissed the thought as he wasn't arrogant enough to think that he could make a girl he met fall in love with him in one day, so Mei must treat it me as her friend as she is lonely, yep that must be it don't be narcissistic Byakuya, he chided himself.
"I would be happy Raiden-san if you could prepare my lunch, but would it bother you? "
Mei was happy he accepted her offer " No problem, I am all alone in my home so I don't have that much pressure "
After that they went back to class.
Throughout out the class he could feel Mei's gaze focus on him.
Byakuya is not dense, he is just self aware, now that he thinks about it it seems like Mei has a crush on him, he saved her bullying, he doesn't treat her with disdain and treats her with kindness, he is just like those prince in shining armor situations, he was very happy in knowing his crush was not one sided and the only problem was how to convince Mei to let him have a harem without her chopping him.
. .....
After class
Byakuya immediately left Senbai Academy and went back to his home a large villa located in the center of Nagazora City.
Yesterday he didn't have time to check the house as it was late, now he sees it he admires that the system is generous enough even though he didn't get any power this villa is luxurious enough.
But the third honkai impact is just around the corner when Mei turns into a herrscher this city will be destroyed and Mei may become a monster who only knows how to carry out honkai's will.
"I will save her even if it means to means to use my life to wake her up" He said with a hint of madness in his eyes, even if Byakuya was just an ordinary person he wouldn't hesitate because he just likes Raiden Mei, and he is really not a completely sane person .
....
After bringing enough money from home,Byakuya went out for shopping. Fortunately, the system arranged for him an identity of a wealthy man, which saved him a lot of trouble.
After all even if he was reincarnated way before, he was just like following a set behavior pattern and apart from daily necessities he won't buy something extra, so he has to make it all up now.
.. A few hours later...
" Technology of this world is much more advanced than that on my previous world.
Even though Otto deliberately suppressed technological growth in order to prevent civilization from developing too much, the technology of the current civilization is still higher than that of Byakuya's original world.
Byakuya bought a phone,a notebook, and a headset. The former is fordaily needs,the middle is for gaming and the latter is purely for hobbies .
He has four hobbies in life: eating, sleeping, playing games, and listening to music. Bai Ge especially likes music.
In his own words, he is a person who is extremely picky about music . He likes both classical music and pop music, and he has theoretical knowledge about almost all musical instruments and about music.
Now, if he were to travel back in time to a pre-civilization period ,Byakuya believes that he could compete with Eden... and then he was defeated!
But it's not like he didn't do anything productive after wandering around for a long time, he also observed the ME-Corp, he concluded that this place has been taken over by cocolia's lackeys.
"Well I should go back " With that he went back home .