The new school semester was about to begin.

Summer festivals were held actively throughout Japan.

Summer festivals themselves are held everywhere in July, but the large-scale festivals are concentrated in early August.

“Beautiful shooting stars~!”

Ria was looking up at the night sky with a smile on her face.

Today she was dressed in a pale yellow yukata, her hair tied up and pinned with a flower hairpin.

It was the first time Haruka had seen her in a yukata since they first met, and she looked very fresh, sexy, and lovely.

In the high mountains where the hustle and bustle of the summer festival could be seen, Haruka was lying on the grass and watching the shooting stars in the night sky.

There was an observatory nearby, where they can go to the bathroom.

“Haruka-”

Ria, her voice already sounding feverish, embraced and twined herself with Haruka who was lying down.

After kissing two times, Ria rolled over on her back next to him.

“I never thought I’d see a shooting star like this with someone.”

“Are you happy?”

“Very!”

Ria muttered, looking deeply moved and happy.

Haruka silently held her hand, contemplated, and felt her body heat.

The sound of the crowd’s happy voices coming from far away, the warm breeze caressing his skin, the warmth of Ria’s hand. Everything was lovely and comfortable.

“The shooting stars are beautiful, but I’m afraid they might fall here.”

“Don’t worry. The Stonehenge are working properly.”

Europe and the United States launched countless small objects toward Japan, and are calculated to arrive during this time.

The countless small objects released hits the atmosphere and emit luminescence, becoming meteor showers that will fall in the sky.

The largest summer festival is held to coincide with the artificially created meteor shower.

By the King’s arrangement, the night of the summer festival was always clear and there was not a cloud to block the moonlight and the meteor shower.

The bright heavens and earth spread out before their eyes.

A large impact occurred a short distance away from them, as they werelooking at the sky side by side, holding hands.

It was Nanasaki Sumireko, clad in purple electricity, was standing there, burning and scorching looking like a white flower.

Her mechanical prosthetic leg, which looked a little different from usual, deformed with the exhaust heat and returned to its usual shape.

The raging purple electricity rose to the sky and disappeared.

Sumireko was still wearing her black uniform with a white robe over it.

She was wearing glasses, but they were not functioning to alter her appearance, so her beautiful green artificial eyes were visible.

She turned her eyes towards Haruka and Ria and walked up to them with a gracefully, which was the opposite of her landing roughly just a little while ago.

Sumireko walked up to Haruka and bent down on her knees.

“You’re pretty flashy.” (Haruka)

“Isn’t it cool?”

“I know right.”

“Good evening, Sumireko-senpai.” (Ria)

“Good evening. You’re as passionate as I heard, Ise Ria…”

“Ehehe.”

It was casual greeting. They were having a casual conversation. However, Haruka couldn’t concentrate on one thing.

“Sumireko-senpai, your underwear is exposed.”

Sumireko was wearing a mini-skirt, but she was bending down with her knees up, so her lacy white underwear were visible from Haruka’s position.

“10,000 yen fee. Seven million nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand yen of debt to go.”

Haruka was convinced that she was showing them on purpose.

He thought that he had completely given her the money with no strings attached, but it seemed that Sumireko intended to pay back the eight million yen.

Sumireko looked down at Haruka with a happy smile on her face, but her cheeks were slightly reddish. She’s not that ashamed of it, apparently.

“The view is too expensive.”

“I may look like this, but I’m popular with the opposite sex. The price is usually 30,000 yen.”

Sumireko lied down on her back, following Haruka and Ria’s example.

“What about Yuzurika?”

“She’s coming after she stocks up on some food and drinks.”

Haruka was enjoying the summer festival but doesn’t intend to go to the food stalls.

He was not interested in going to the food stalls because Ria was a beautiful woman who attracted unwanted attention.

When a man spots the beautiful Ria, the next thing they would do was to check out her profile, only to find out that she was a rank E citizen.

It wasn’t likely that she will be denounced in public. However, Haruka and Ria, who wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble from spoiling their mood, had decided not to go to the stalls.

“Where is Uta Miyako?” (Sumireko)

“Miyako is with her friends today.”

Miyako wanted to come with Haruka today, but recently she seldom socialized with her friends, so she decided to prioritize them due to her position.

Instead, Haruka and Miyako will come back to the summer festival the day after to make up for it.

“Chuu…”

Ria, who was in top form today, kissed Haruka on the cheek, not minding that Sumireko was lying down besides Haruka.

When Haruka turned his face to her, they kissed as a matter of course.

“Idiot.” (Sumireko)

With her prosthetic left hand, Haruka was lightly smacked on the back of his head.

“Do you want to do it too, Sumireko-senpai? Do you want to kiss Haruka? Fufufu…”

With a provocative tone on her voice, Ria asked Sumireko who was on Haruka’s other side.

With determination in her eyes, Sumireko smiled fearlessly.

“I’ll do it.”

“Hmm?”

“Haruka.”

“Yes?”

Haruka’s head was forcibly turned towards Sumireko’s, as she forcefully took Haruka’s lips.

“Nn… This will cost 30,000 yen…”

“That’s too much…”

At this rate, the debt will be paid off soon.

“Everyoneー,Sorry for the waitー”

Yuzurika called out from the paved road with a drone on her side carrying a large case filled with food and drinks.

“You finally came.”

“It took me too long to decide what ingredients to buy.”

“Well, let’s prepare the food. I haven’t eaten since this morning and my back and stomach feel like they’re sticking together.”

“You have to eat properlyー”

Yuzurika and Sumireko went to the observatory and started to prepare for the barbecue.

Haruka stayed lying down and saw them off, and spent a few moments in silence with Ria.

Occasionally, they kissed each other as if it was natural and exchanged their affection.

They stayed closer to each other and gazed at the stars and meteors that covered their vision.

They stayed like that for a long time, and when Haruka sat up to help with the barbecue, a huge fireworks display goes off in the city.

It was only a few seconds after it exploded that the sound reached Haruka and others.

“It’s pretty loud…”

“Beautiful…”

If people are moved by the fireworks, it will raise the reputations of the Pyrotechnicians reponsible.

Fireworks were shot off one after another, blooming beautiful flowers filled with spirit and enthusiasm, and then they fall.

“Haruka..”

“What is it?”

“I’m so happy right now… I feel like I’m going to die.”

Staring at the fireworks, Ria thought back on how she spent her first semester in school.

In middle school, where she had thought that she would spend her time in solitude, she instead formed relationships she had never expected.

She learned a lot of emotions that she would’ve never have known in her life.

It was an incredibly short time, but it was the most fulfilling time she has ever had.

“Haruka… I love you so much…”

Ria was so moved that she cried and hugged Haruka as if covering him.

Even though Haruka had just gotten up, Ria pushed him down, and he lied on his back on the grass again.

Haruka gently hugged Ria, who was bawling her eyes out.

“I love you… I love you, Haruka…”

“Yes… I love you, too.”

When their lips met, far away in the distance, many stars were blooming.

They were white, bright, and shining, as if celebrating.