I Suddenly Became Rich, But I Have No Idea How to Spend the Money

After arriving home and finishing carrying in the groceries, I took a short break before starting to cook.

“Something simple should be fine…”

With that thought, I quickly boiled some pasta, mixed it with a store-bought sauce, and in no time, I had a Diablo-style pasta dish ready.

“Mmm, not bad.”

It wasn’t as if I had a particular fondness for Diablo-style pasta sauce, but it had caught my eye while shopping earlier, and so that’s what I ended up making for dinner.

After finishing my meal and relaxing for a bit, I received a message from Hitomi. She had just finished her part-time job.

It was nothing special, just a routine message, but being able to chat with her over LINE made me happy. I found myself recounting the events of my day to her through our messages.

As I savored the joy of this simple, luxurious moment, I powered on my laptop and checked the stock market to monitor the status of my investments.

I used to check in the mornings, but since my assets had stabilized, I had shifted to a long-term investment strategy and now only reviewed my portfolio at night.

The last time I checked a few days ago, my total assets were around 30 billion yen. However, when I looked now, stock prices had soared significantly, and my total assets had grown to nearly 40 billion yen.

“A 25% increase, huh… Well, it’s still a reasonable amount compared to American private investors. But if it ever reaches a trillion, that might actually be a problem.”

At this point, I had given up on keeping track of my ever-increasing wealth and simply continued managing it as usual.

While checking my stock performance and chatting casually with Hitomi through our messaging app, I suddenly got an idea.

Kirishima: “Let’s go on a trip. During summer break.”

Hitomi: “Ooh, sounds good! Where to?”

Kirishima: “Summer means the ocean. Okinawa is nice, but typhoons and crowds can be a hassle. I’d rather go overseas.”

Hitomi: “That might be tough for me.”

Kirishima: “Then, how about Atami?”

Hitomi: “Why Atami?”

Kirishima: “It has both the ocean and hot springs.”

Hitomi: “No objections.”

Kirishima: “Alright, how about three nights, starting the day after our exams end?”

Hitomi: “Three nights?! I don’t have that kind of money!”

Kirishima: “I pay for my rent and utilities with my credit card, and the reward points have piled up like crazy. I was thinking of using them.

So, including transportation, it should be less than 30,000 yen per person. Excluding highway tolls.”

Hitomi: “I see… But I’d feel bad about using up your points.”

Kirishima: “I didn’t even realize I had been accumulating them for a year and a half.

Since I only just noticed, I figure that’s a sign I should use them.”

Hitomi: “Hmm… if you say so…

Then at least let me cover the highway tolls!

I have an ETC card, so I can handle that!”

Kirishima: “That’s unexpected. You have an ETC card?”

Hitomi: “Yup! They recommended it when I opened my bank account, so I signed up for one.

Leave it to me!”

Thinking to myself how glad I was that she had a solid sense of financial responsibility, I responded:

Kirishima: “Alright then, I’ll leave it to you.”

Hitomi, excited by my response, sent a message back filled with enthusiasm, along with a cute sticker:

“Leave it to me! Don’t underestimate the financial power of Hitomi Yuki!”

I couldn’t help but chuckle at her energy.

After finalizing our travel plans, I started browsing the internet to find a nice place to stay.

Thus, another happy day came to a close, and a new one was about to begin.