Chapter 155 | Imoko, Abandoned By Her Friends

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The young woman, overcome with terror, bolted from the office.

She walked aimlessly through the city at night…

“What… What am I going to do…?”

She currently only had her wallet and smartphone. There were a few tens of thousands of yen in her wallet… but…

“Kicked out… of my home…? That means… I can’t go back…? What am I supposed to do…?”

Until now, she had lived comfortably thanks to her parents’ money and connections. Suddenly expelled from that comfortable life, she had no idea how to survive on her own.

“How… do I earn money? How… do I stay in a hotel? I don’t even know… how much it costs… I don’t know anything…”

Having been kicked out, she finally realized that she had been living all this time thanks to her parents. Until now, she had left all the troublesome matters to others. She had never earned money on her own, nor had she ever lived alone. She simply didn’t possess the skills to live independently.

“Uu… for now… someone… I need someone to help me…”

Even in this situation, she still relied on others. If her parents were out of the picture, she decided to try her friends.

But…

“H-hello?”

“What do you want?! Don’t ever call me again, you idiot!”

She had intended to call a friend, but the call was abruptly cut off.

“Huh? Wh-what…? What’s going on…?”

Similarly, she tried sending messages to her friends, but all she received were angry responses or she was simply ignored. The reactions were uniformly harsh.

“Why…? Why…? Why won’t anyone help me…?”

She tried calling every friend listed in her contacts. Finally, she received a reply from one of her classmates:

[My family’s company… went bankrupt. I heard it’s your fault.]

Company… bankrupt?

Her fault?

[What do you mean?]

[You angered an important person, so all our clients pulled out and the company went under. It’s the same for other classmates too. Their parents got fired. It’s all, all your fault…!]

“No way…”

After that, she was blocked by that classmate as well. The important person… that must have been Kaida or Kougen, the person from earlier.

By angering him, she had caused her classmates’ parents to lose their jobs. If parents lose their jobs, it has a drastic impact on their children too.

It seemed that her classmates’ reactions were due to that.

“Am I… Am I… the one to blame? Are you saying it’s my fault…?”

It was true. But no one would answer her.

Her attempt to rely on all her classmates had failed. Of course, she also tried calling acquaintances other than her classmates…

[Huh? Kicked out of your house? Then, no way.]

[I was only friends with you for your money, so no.]

[You without your parents’ money have zero appeal.]

[Sorry, absolutely no way.]

…and so, she was refused by everyone. …After being kicked out of her home, the young woman realized.

“Was I… really… this unattractive…? Was it all… thanks to my parents…?”

No one would answer. But that silence was the answer.

Yes… without her parents, she had no appeal whatsoever. No one… would be kind to her.

Conversely, the attention and flattery she had received weren’t due to her own merits… It was all because her parents were influential. It was just that…

Only after losing it all did she finally realize.

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