North–South Derby (1)

Even after the blind date, I continued seeing her.

That is, I continued meeting Charlotte Albrecht several more times.

‘Lotte’—no, Charlotte and I got along quite well in conversation.

‘Phew. We almost ended up last in the league.’

It was true that I had flinched when I first heard Charlotte's name.

There was an air of a league bottom-dweller right in her name.

I felt as though I had to shout, “This year will be different.”

Anyway.

Charlotte was more down-to-earth than I had expected.

That was because she earned the money she spent on her own living expenses...