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Thanks to all of Shokuhou Misaki's various antics, what was supposed to be afternoon tea somehow lasted the entire afternoon.
After that, Shokuhou Misaki even brought Fang Li around Tokiwadai Middle School and the Tokiwadai girls' dormitories for a tour. She completely ignored the fact that Fang Li was male; she even dragged him into the changing rooms without hesitation, causing quite a commotion.
On top of that, the ojou-sama of Shokuhou Misaki's faction all seemed to have reached some sort of consensus. Like Shokuhou Misaki herself, they constantly stayed by Fang Li's side, showering him with attention and trying to please him in every possible way. Their enthusiasm was so excessive that even Shokuhou Misaki flew into a rage several times because of it, which only made the disturbances spread even further.
It was safe to say that after today, Fang Li would thoroughly become a hidden celebrity within Tokiwadai, admired and talked about by all the Tokiwadai ojou-sama.
And that statement was not exaggerated in the slightest.
Although Tokiwadai was one of Academy City's top five prestigious schools, its admission requirements were so strict that the entire school only had around 180 students.
Among those approximately 180 students, the weakest were still Level 3 Espers. In addition, there were forty-seven Level 4 Espers, while standing at the very top were two Level 5 Espers.
Now, one of those figures at the summit, the Mental System Queen, was openly pursuing Fang Li, and even the members of her faction had begun enthusiastically chasing after him as well. Meanwhile, the other figure at the summit, the Electric Princess, had also been seen together with Fang Li, and he had even met her parents.
Under those circumstances, it was hardly strange that all the ojou-sama in this girls' school of only 180 students would become interested in Fang Li.
Thus, beginning from this very day, Tokiwadai Middle School truly became a paradise that brought Fang Li both pain and joy.
And judging from how much girls loved gossip, it was only a matter of time before this matter spread throughout the entire School Garden, bringing Fang Li, this lone male, into the sights of every ojou-sama in Academy City.
As for Fang Li himself, however, he couldn't feel happy about it at all.
"It feels like I'm being raised as meat by a pack of wolves. It's seriously terrifying."
That was Fang Li's honest feeling. If possible, he truly never wanted to come back a second time. And so, only when the sun was nearly setting did Fang Li finally obtain his freedom.
At the very moment the sun dipped below the horizon, the second day of the Daihasei Festival's competitions officially came to an end.
Next, the ojou-sama competing throughout the various corners of Academy City would gradually return to the School Garden.
At that point, no matter how powerful Shokuhou Misaki's ability was, she wouldn't be able to maintain mental interference over all the students throughout the entire School Garden. Naturally, she could only send Fang Li away.
However, Shokuhou Misaki was not the only one seeing him off.
"Please take care on your way home, Fang Li-sama."
"We look forward to meeting you again."
"If we have another chance, we'll definitely host you again next time."
"Please be careful on the road, Fang Li-sama."
The ojou-sama of Shokuhou Misaki's faction escorted Fang Li all the way to the gates of the School Garden. Their reluctant expressions made Fang Li shudder slightly. As for Shokuhou Misaki, she seemed to have accepted the situation by now. Leading the members of her faction, she simply smiled charmingly at Fang Li.
"I won't give up that easily, you know~~☆"
Leaving behind those words, Shokuhou Misaki returned to the School Garden together with the members of her faction. It seemed that Shokuhou Misaki had more or less guessed what kind of relationship existed between Fang Li and Sylvia.
However, this queen-sama was clearly not the type to surrender.
To use Hokaze Junko's words:
"Even if Queen wanted to give up now, the people in the faction would absolutely never agree to it."
It almost felt as though these ojou-sama had begun taking the act seriously, to the point that even Shokuhou Misaki herself was becoming somewhat intimidated.
As for Fang Li, he had already fled without even looking back once.
"I am absolutely never coming back a second time!" Fang Li made that firm resolution.
Though whether that resolution would be crushed by reality was another matter entirely.
Just like that, Fang Li left the School Garden and finally managed to head home.
Unfortunately, he had forgotten about one other ojou-sama.
"Hohou… so this is where you were…"
Along with that low voice, the Electric Princess of Tokiwadai, dressed in sportswear, appeared in front of Fang Li without the slightest warning, glaring at him with a murderous aura.
Seeing this, Fang Li fell silent for a moment before turning around.
"Pa!"
Almost at the same instant, one of Fang Li's hands was tightly grabbed.
"Heh heh…"
Misaka Mikoto's low laugh entered Fang Li's ears once more.
"You think I'd fall for that trick again?"
It seemed that after several months of Fang Li wordlessly turning around and leaving every time he encountered her, the Tokiwadai Electric Princess had already predicted his actions perfectly.
Unable to turn back, Fang Li could only mutter weakly like a groan.
"Please… just spare me…"
At this rate, Fang Li was genuinely going to develop psychological trauma toward Tokiwadai.
"…I don't know what happened, but it looks like you've had a rough time." Misaka Mikoto eyed Fang Li suspiciously before continuing, "This is the first time I've seen you this exhausted. Before now, no matter what happened, you always handled everything with ease."
"…That was because I was previously ignorant and naive, unaware that terrifying things were hidden within Academy City." Fang Li spoke as if talking to himself. "There's always someone stronger out there, and always a sky beyond the sky. This is karma."
"What are you muttering to yourself about? I can't understand a single word." Misaka Mikoto immediately complained in annoyance. "Besides, you didn't even participate in any events today, so why are you this tired?"
"It's… a long story." Fang Li rubbed his forehead before asking Misaka Mikoto, "By the way, where's that yuri woman who's always glued to your side?"
"You mean Kuroko?" Misaka Mikoto answered straightforwardly. "Kuroko went back to the hotel with my mom. She said she had something important she wanted to discuss with her."
At that, Fang Li could more or less guess what it was about.
Most likely trying to preach things like "yuri is good, yuri is wonderful, only yuri leads to true happiness," and so on to Misaka Misuzu.
And normally, that wasn't called "talking."
That was called brainwashing.
Poor Misaka Mikoto clearly hadn't realized this and had no idea that her mother was currently being corrupted.
"Oh, right, I still haven't asked you something."
As though suddenly remembering something extremely important, Misaka Mikoto glared angrily at Fang Li.
Just as Fang Li thought she was about to question him about how he and Misaka Misuzu had teased her yesterday, Misaka Mikoto instead asked:
"Why do you know Shokuhou Misaki?"
(End Of This Chapter)