"Home, sweet home," I thought as I closed the door behind me. "So familiar, so cozy." And even if it's just a two-story box, I don't have another one like it anyway.
Taking off my shoes, I went into the kitchen, where I left the bag of groceries I'd bought on the way back from school. Then I stepped into the living room, tossed my keys onto the coffee table, and went upstairs to my room to drop off my school bag.
Coming back down to the first floor, I paused to think: should I cook dinner right away or deal with work first? Though what work, really? Everything had long since been created and set up; at this point, all that was left for me was observation—or rather, control.
After all, I'm the almighty boss—not of some trivial thing, but of Shidotemoru. Known worldwide in certain circles. The owner and creator of the most popular search engine and the first social network of its kind. Originally copied from Google and Twitter. Of course, those are just the most famous ones, not the only products of the company.
The main difficulty had been remaining unknown to the public while not losing control. Nobody forgot that I'm a minor, right? And pulling something like this off without the involvement of an adult would've been difficult. But thankfully, Nakata Akemi helped me with that—a very ambiguous figure both in the shadow world and in the legal life of the empire.
Anyway, I decided to start cooking. Even though it's still daytime, I prefer to cook in advance while I have the time. Though I could also check my mail right now—what if something important came up?
About fifteen minutes later, after making sure nothing was burning, I headed to the kitchen. Putting away the groceries on the shelves and in the fridge, I got down to cooking, while recalling my first meeting with Akemi.