Back to school again. Everyone in your RS passed, none of them failed even though nearly half of the second years dropped. There are less than 300 second years in Totsuki. And your group passed with flying colors.

But... thanks to that test, you got a drop in your budget and that shit's still not leaving you. You honestly want to march in the elite ten building and demand for payment, but even you can't do that. You would ask your grandfather but that would be abusing your power. But... technically... they do owe you...

{Do not abuse your power (Y/N). You should learn how to share.}

You throw your phone on the sofa after reading your grandfather's reply to your whole ass essay of a message. "'Learn to share' my ass! I worked my ass off to get those lands and have people grow them! I worked day and night finding only the best fertilizers and the best teachers to teach my members how to grow them! I even used my own money! You're supposed to be our sponsor!"

You took deep breaths, calming yourself after ranting and crying about how it's totally unfair. "Kuga..." You smirked, taking your phone clicking on Kuga's number.

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"Chief, you have a call!" One of the members exclaimed, calling for their leader.

Kuga was cooking something, "Hang up! I'm busy!"

"It said 'Empre-"

"Well why didn't you say so!" Kuga immediately snatched the phone away and left the kitchen. "Hello, (Y/N)-chin! Didn't expect you to be calling me! We can hang out now, our work is totally finished-"

{Come to my RS. Bring Nene, Isshiki and that one guy the money fetish.}

Kuga wasn't able to give a reply as the line suddenly got off. "Hmph, the first time ever calling me and she hangs up just like that!" He complained, messaging the three other people you told him to go with. "I wonder what's up... to call four seats so suddenly-" He paused, remembering the events of their exam. "Ah.. I see now..."

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"I wonder why (L/N) would call us all of a sudden?" Isshiki asked as he walked along with Nene, Kuga, and Eizan beside him. "Do you guys have any ideas?"

"No idea." Nene answered plainly, fixing her glasses.

"Still, I'm surprised you all came..." Isshiki added, looking at their group. "You guys barely come out of your kitchen. Or office." Everyone seemed to flinch and turn away by his words.

'I wasn't going to come but did so anyway. I just saw my head fall off when I blinked.' Eizan thought, looking around the forest. "Still, she managed to get this much in Totsuki..."

"It surprised me at first too! It took me three hours to find where their HQ was!" Kuga said with a cheer on his voice, remembering the shit they went through to find the building. "I swear this place is not on earth anymore!"

After their silent walk, the group finally made it in front of a building, the smell of sugar and chocolate filling their noses, there was even a sharp scent of orange dancing along the air. Isshiki stepped forward and was about to knock but the door magically opened.

"Welcome, everyone, to our RS." People from inside greeted them as they lined up, bowing politely. Isshiki, Nene, and Eizan were surprised by the sudden greeting. Kuga was already used to it.

"Welcome, thank you for coming all the way despite your busy schedule." A guy with pink fluffy hair approached with a friendly smile, wearing the school uniform minus the vest. "I'm Mituse Amabi, I'm the vice president of Pastry and Sweets RS. Please follow me upstairs to our meeting."

'Meeting?' They asked themselves, wondering what they could be meeting about. The group made their way to the third floor, but instead of the silver door that Kuga thought they would be going in, they stopped in front of a black door.

Mitsue opened the door, holding it open for the elite ten to enter. The inside of the room was mostly ombre of black and grey, really giving off an intimidating and cold vibe. In the middle of the room was a long table, on the head as you, waiting for them with a smile. On your right was Hano, also waiting, but her smile was closely turning into a frown.

"Please take a seat." Hano said, gesturing to the chairs. Mitsue sat on your left. "I would like to thank you all for coming here today. Now, then, I would like to get straight to the point."

Atsue began passing papers that listed various fruits and ingredients such as spices, milk, cream, vanilla beans, and a lot more. Eizan narrowed his eyes at you, already knowing where this was heading to.

"As you already know, during your exam, your group had used our RS' sources." Hano began, already hating what she was about to say. "...For... free..." She grits her teeth, trying not to scowl in front of them. "Now, then, I would like you all to know that our ingredients are also being imported outside of school and are of high quality."

Eizan raised his hand, "You're asking us to pay for it, aren't you?" He asked, going into business mode. "If it's that's all, then we are willing to pay. We did use your stuff, it's only natural to pay."

"Well, that definitely makes things faster!" Hano cheered, taking her calculator and began clicking on it with a smile. "Now, we need to take in not only the prizes of how much you took from our gardens but also transportation cost and the labor our members had endured to give our empress and you people our quality ingredients. And also add the fact that... and then... but you need to reduce the... and..."

"Please forgive her." Mitsue chuckled, gaining everyone's attention and ignoring the crazy girl that's been muttering about money. "I shall explain. Our fruits and vegetables are all grown within special facilities. For example, strawberries. Those are Albion. The fourth seat herself has a high demand for those. And if you look at the paper, 1 pack, which is 25 pieces of our Albion strawberries, costs up to 1800 yen."

Everyone did as he said and looked at the papers.

"Every single thing that comes out of our farms are all recorded." Mitsue added with a smirk, making Ezian flinch, already knowing what that smile meant. "In total, within those three days, you all used about..." He paused, looking through the various papers. "Aha! Here it is. The total of strawberries that you used are... 25 packs, 650 individual pieces."

There was a long silence within the room as Eizan and the others all gulped at the result in their head. And that was just one fruit. They couldn't imagine how much they have to pay if you add the mangoes, peach, kiwi, chocolate, and more.

"May I see the list?" Eizan asked. Atsue nodded, handing the paper to Eizan and he began to examine it. 'Shit... that's... a lot...' He thought, looking at every single thing that they used from your RS.

"Not only that," Mituse added, a little snicker left his mouth, making everyone even more nervous than before. "Everything there is under the (L/N) name. So, it's not us that you need to worry about. It's the head of the (L/N) family." Another long silence. "(L/N)-san is here to represent the family. Hano-san and I are the ones who assigned this meeting."

"S-so, how much is all of this?" Eizan asked, handing the papers to Nene when she asked for it. "And how would you like to get the money?"

"That would be," Hano began, already back to her professional self. She clicked the equal button on her calculator and placed it on the table. "Around, this much!" Their mouths nearly touched the ground at how many numbers were written on the screen. "We've already included a discount per our empress' request. It's thanks to your position, she's respecting you by reducing the total!"

"Well, when are you going to pay, Eizan-san?" Mituse chuckled, resting his head on his hand.

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"You've taken care of that problem perfectly, (Y/N)." Your grandfather said from the other side of the screen. "But still, I already said that it was fine by me if they used it for free. You really need to share." You scoffed, hating that word. "So, are you going to the country for summer?"

You tapped your hand on the table, thinking for the answer. You nodded. 'I have nothing else to do here anyway... the new first years all want to go to the autumn election... Mitsue is going to Shizuoka, Hano is going to Okina with her family... and I don't have friends.' You nod.