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"…He's not right!"
Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly, a hint of suspicion arising in her heart.
Ever since Shinomiya Kaguya-san and Amamiya Natsuki had an intersection, Hayasaka Ai had begun to secretly observe Amamiya Natsuki's every move.
This guy seems gentle and polite, but in reality, he always maintains an appropriate distance from others. At school, besides reading and studying, he spends the rest of his time discussing games and manga with a few male friends. I've never seen him actively talk to other girls… of course, Kaguya-san and the others are exceptions.
Why would he take the initiative to talk to me today?
Both at lunchtime.
And now.
A possibility suddenly flashed through Hayasaka Ai's mind.
(Could it be… that this guy has discovered my true identity?)
(Impossible!)
The thought only flashed for a moment before being rejected by Hayasaka Ai.
Even Kaguya-san hasn't been able to discover my true identity, how could a mere Natsuki do that?
Don't underestimate a maid who has received professional spy training!
"Tsk~ Is this some kind of brand new way to pick up girls?"
Hayasaka Ai put her right hand on her waist, tilted her head to a cute angle, and showed a cunning, black-bellied smile on her face, then her expression straightened and she quickly said:
"I understand, Natsuki-kun is actually using what happened just now as an excuse to try to win me over, right?"
"Sorry, I refuse."
Hayasaka Ai took half a step back, covered her chest with both hands, and looked wary:
"To use such a strange way to pick up a girl when it's only the second time we've spoken… no, it's not just strange, it's frivolous."
"Mom taught me from a young age to stay away from frivolous boys, lest I be cheated out of my money and body, so please forgive me for not being able to accept it, goodbye!"
"…"
After speaking, without giving Amamiya Natsuki a chance to stop her, Hayasaka Ai ran away in a puff of smoke.
Looking at the direction Hayasaka Ai left in, Amamiya Natsuki put his right hand in his pocket and pondered.
Without a doubt.
This Hayasaka's attitude towards him is different when she plays different identities.
The Spicy Girl Hayasaka Ai at school is obviously deliberately keeping her distance.
As for the energetic junior Hanamori who comes to his door at night, she takes the initiative to attack, using various methods to win him over.
As for the close-fitting maid Hasaka… I haven't had much contact with her, I just feel that she is a very capable, ruthless, and taciturn professional maid.
Which role is Hayasaka Ai's true face, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't tell for the time being.
It's even possible that the three identities he's seen are all disguises after putting on a mask, and he hasn't yet come into contact with her true personality and face.
But it doesn't matter.
Although I don't know why Hayasaka wants to disguise so many identities, there must be a reason and purpose that she doesn't want to reveal, since that's the case…
Role-playing, huh?
I'll play along to the end!
Amamiya Natsuki returned to the classroom, picked up his schoolbag, and then turned to go to the tea room, which was the private classroom that Shinomiya Kaguya had used to meet before.
Knock knock.
Walking to the door, Amamiya Natsuki raised his hand and knocked.
"Come in."
The Sheltered Ojou-sama's clear and pleasant voice came from inside the room.
Amamiya Natsuki pushed the door open and entered the room, his eyes swept over it, and in the huge room, only Kaguya was alone.
This Sheltered Ojou-sama was kneeling in front of the tea table, holding fragrant tea, brewing black tea, every movement had a pleasing aesthetic.
"Natsuki-kun, have a cup of tea first, it will be brewed soon."
Shinomiya Kaguya raised her hand and tucked the green silk beside her ear, and said in a nonchalant tone, "You're so late, did something happen?"
Amamiya Natsuki knelt down opposite Kaguya and said casually:
"Kaguya-san, do you know Tsubame-senpai?"
"I know her."
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly, "The upperclassmen's campus goddess, she's beautiful, has a good figure, and has a cheerful and gentle personality, no one doesn't know her, right?"
Wait a minute.
How does this sentence sound so familiar, and there seems to be a strange resentment lingering in it?
"Cough…"
Shinomiya Kaguya coughed lightly, changed the subject and said, "Suddenly mentioning Tsubame-senpai, is it related to Tsubame-senpai?"
"I was just called to the back of the old school building by Tsubame-senpai…"
Amamiya Natsuki nodded and simply recounted what happened just now.
A clear conscience fears no midnight knocking.
He and the senpai are innocent, so naturally there is nothing that cannot be told.
"I see."
The Sheltered Ojou-sama's pink and moist lips raised slightly, and her mood value rose rapidly.
Verification successful!
It's exactly the same as what Hayasaka reported, there are no omissions or concealment, it's only the first time they've spoken, how could it be a confession, how could there be so many philandering cats in the world!
"Natsuki-kun, have some tea."
Shinomiya Kaguya smiled and handed over the teacup.
"Hmm…"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the clear red tea in front of him, and always felt that if he had lied just now, he wouldn't have been able to drink this cup of tea.
After drinking the black tea.
The two began to do serious business.
"Let's start."
Amamiya Natsuki urged.
"Okay, I'll start."
Shinomiya Kaguya took a light breath and tossed the coin of fate into the air.
Sure enough, tails up.
Amamiya Natsuki sat next to her, took out a notebook, and began to record the corresponding data.
This private activity room is spacious and no one else will break in, it is a good place to 'overcome tribulation'.
The time of bad luck is half an hour.
During this period, the two read and studied together, but while Amamiya Natsuki was safe and sound, Shinomiya Kaguya, even if she was careful, still had unlucky things happen such as the pencil tip breaking and the book page accidentally tearing.
The afternoon sun was quite quiet.
There was only the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching on the paper.
"Huff…"
Shinomiya Kaguya pressed her eyebrows and exhaled lightly: "Natsuki-kun, has half an hour passed?"
"It just passed."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at his phone, "It's okay to go home now."
As the number of times the reverse side was thrown increased, everyone gradually figured out the rules—
Don't go to crowded places, don't go to messy places.
As the saying goes, a clever woman can't cook without rice. As long as you hide in a safe enough place with low enough potential dangers, the unlucky things that happen are basically within an acceptable range.
Buzzing.
The phone suddenly vibrated.
Amamiya Natsuki heard the movement, picked up his phone, and saw a message from Fujiwara Moeha.
"Senpai, are you still at school?"
"Yes."
"Um, I haven't given you the thank-you gift yet... If you're free now, Senpai, I'll come find you?"
Amamiya Natsuki pondered for a moment, then agreed: "Let's meet at the pavilion where we had lunch."
"Okay, see you there!"
"..."
Putting away his phone, Amamiya Natsuki greeted Kaguya and got up to leave the clubroom.
When he arrived at the lunch break spot, he saw a short, twin-tailed loli waiting in the pavilion.
"Senpai, good afternoon."
Fujiwara Moeha's eyes lit up, and she hurried forward with small steps, taking out an envelope and handing it to Amamiya Natsuki.
Amamiya Natsuki: "..."
Wait.
What about the promised gift?
Why is it an envelope?
You didn't accidentally bring the wrong thing, did you?
"Inside is..."
Amamiya Natsuki hesitated as he took the envelope, squeezing it with his right hand. He felt something hard inside, seemingly a card.
Hey, hey, it's not a bank card, is it?
Even a pair of panties would be better than a bank card!
"When I asked my friend the night before last, my friend said that boys all like collecting cards..." Fujiwara Moeha extended two fingers, lightly tapping them on her chest, her small face slightly flushed, and she looked up expectantly, "Senpai, see if you like it."
Amamiya Natsuki raised his eyebrows slightly at her words, opened the envelope, and poured out the contents. They were actually two rare Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.
"Thank you, I like them very much."
Amamiya Natsuki smiled.
Fujiwara Moeha couldn't help but sigh in relief, a brilliant smile appearing on her face: "I'm glad Senpai likes them."
"..."
At the same time.
Not far away.
"Hey, hey, Chika-chan, look, it's Natsuki-kun."
Several Game Club members, who were wandering around the campus holding a giant dice, suddenly spotted the two people in the pavilion.
A girl pushed up the glasses on her nose and exclaimed:
"That junior high girl looks so familiar... Hey, Chika-chan, it looks like it's your younger sister!"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
Remove 'looks like', and it is my younger sister.
Another Game Club girl excitedly shouted:
"She actually pulled out an envelope, is it a confession? It must be, right?"
"It's not a confession letter at all!" Fujiwara Chika quickly retorted, "On Saturday night, Moeha accidentally ran into trouble while walking Pace, and Natsuki-kun happened to pass by and helped. It's just a thank-you gift!"
"But..." a girl slowly raised an objection, "No one uses an envelope as a thank-you gift, do they?"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
"Ah, I understand." Another girl's eyes brightened, and she said excitedly, "A small favor cannot be repaid, except by offering oneself!"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!
Moeha only said she wanted to thank Natsuki-kun with a gift, she didn't say what kind of gift it was, and what could that thin envelope hold?
Could it really be that she's offering herself as a thank-you gift?
"Ah, look, Natsuki-kun took the envelope!"
"Moeha is smiling so happily... Is this a successful confession?"
"Natsuki-kun actually accepted a junior high student's confession. I didn't realize he was a loli-con."
"..."
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Fujiwara Chika bit her lower lip and shook her head vigorously.
He clearly promised her the day before yesterday that he would never bully Moeha, so how could he accept Moeha's confession!
"It must be a misunderstanding!"
Fujiwara Chika puffed out her cheeks and said: "Based on my many years of experience as a love detective, there's absolutely no pink atmosphere of a romantic couple between them."
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki turn and leave, and her younger sister cupping her cheeks, giggling happily in the pavilion, Fujiwara Chika took a deep breath and threw down the dice prop in her hand:
"You guys go back first, I'll go ask what's going on."
"..."
"Moeha."
Fujiwara Chika quickly walked into the pavilion.
"Eh, sister?" Fujiwara Moeha looked up in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"I was just passing by with a friend." Fujiwara Chika pointed behind her and said in a casual tone, "Were you just giving Natsuki-kun the thank-you gift from that day?"
"That's right."
Fujiwara Moeha nodded.
"What was the gift?" Fujiwara Chika put her hands behind her back and lightly whistled, "I think I saw an envelope just now."
"The gift, well..."
Fujiwara Moeha blinked, and a mischievous smile suddenly appeared on her face, "Sister seems very concerned?"
"I am not!" Fujiwara Chika coughed twice and turned her pretty face away, "I'm just worried you might get tricked."
"Hmm..." Fujiwara Moeha propped her chin with her right hand, an expression of thought on her face, then suddenly said, "If it's Senpai, I'm willing to be tricked."
"Wait, wait, wait—"
Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but shout, "You're still just a junior high student, isn't that kind of thing too early!"
"I'm already in my third year of junior high, and next year I'll be a high school student." Fujiwara Moeha said discontentedly, "Sister, do you know how many people in our class have dating partners?"
"A full twenty people!"
"Someone like me, who's about to graduate from junior high and still has no dating experience, is already behind the times."
"Ah..." Fujiwara Chika's smile stiffened, and she said softly, "I feel like I've been abandoned by the times."
"That's just how it is." Fujiwara Moeha put her right hand on her hip, "It's embarrassing to be so old and still not have a dating partner, okay?"
Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but shout:
"Even so, only Natsuki-kun is not allowed!"
"Eh, why?"
"Dating is such an important thing, you should consider it carefully..." Fujiwara Chika stammered, "A boy must at least have qualities that make one's heart flutter!"
"Natsuki-senpai clearly has many good qualities." Fujiwara Moeha said confidently, extending a finger, "For example, his academic performance is super good. In the last exam, he even surpassed Shinomiya-senpai, didn't he?"
Fujiwara Chika said:
"That was just a coincidence. Surpassing her once doesn't mean he can surpass her every time."
Fujiwara Moeha retorted:
"Then why has sister never surpassed Shinomiya-senpai even once?"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
I'm so bad at studying, I'm really sorry.
"Also, Senpai is very handsome." Fujiwara Moeha clasped her hands to her chest, her small face flushed, "Especially when he smiles, he's super handsome, he feels like a Johnny's idol."
Fujiwara Chika extended a finger and admonished:
"Being a look-con is too shallow; a boy's character is more important."
"What's that, aren't you a look-con too, sister?"
"..."
"Speaking of character, Senpai is very brave." Fujiwara Moeha's eyes sparkled as she continued, "That day when I went out with Pace, there were other people who saw that vicious dog bullying Pace and me, but those people all detoured and avoided it, not daring to get close. Only Senpai stepped forward... This must be what they call fate, right?"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
It's not fate, it was me!
If I hadn't called Natsuki over, you and Pace wouldn't have met at all!
"And, and." Fujiwara Moeha continued, "Today at noon, when I was eating lunch in the classroom, I saw Senpai feeding stray cats here. Many people like cats, but very few are willing to take the time and effort to feed stray cats, which proves that Senpai is gentle, kind, and super caring."
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
It was me!
It was me!
It was still me!
It was me who asked him to come feed the stray cats this noon!
Fujiwara Chika felt completely unwell.
Every single thing was related to her; was she acting as a matchmaker between her younger sister and Natsuki?
Would she even become her brother-in-law in the future?
No!
Absolutely not that!
Amamiya Natsuki naturally didn't know what happened next. After leaving school, he walked straight home.
Today, only Kaguya had time to flip a coin. Because it was monday, Chika had club activities with her friends after school, and Marin had already left school for her modeling photo shoot.
Midway, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.
He took out his phone and saw a message from Juju-sama.
"When are you free? There's a super scary evil spirit at school today, it's been staring at me for two whole classes."
"I'm free now." Amamiya Natsuki replied, "Just left school, heading home. Where are you?"
Juju: "...I'm on the train. I'll just come straight to your house."
"That works too."
"..."
Putting away his phone, Amamiya Natsuki continued walking home.
About ten minutes later, Amamiya Natsuki saw Juju-sama standing at his doorstep, shielding her head from the sun with her backpack, already waiting.
"I'm home."
Amamiya Natsuki walked over to Juju and pointed to a potted plant on the steps not far away: "See that orchid? The spare key is under the pot."
Juju tilted her small face, confused. "Why are you telling me this?"
Amamiya Natsuki said, "It's getting hotter and hotter. Next time you come over to play, just use the spare key to enter the house. You don't have to stand outside in the sun anymore."
"Hmph."
Juju turned her small face away, letting out a tsundere hum. "I won't come over to play often."
He opened the door and entered the house.
Amamiya Natsuki put down his schoolbag, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Juju. "It's getting hotter and hotter, and I'm covered in sweat, which is very uncomfortable. I'll take a shower first... Do you want to take one?"
Juju covered her chest with her arms, looking at him warily.
Amamiya Natsuki said casually, "Don't worry, I'm not asking you to shower with me..."
"I wouldn't shower with you!"
Juju glared at him, blushing with indignation.
She had been a little tempted, but after thinking it over, she decided against it.
Marin wasn't here. A single man and a single woman, alone in a room, and the girl taking a shower defenselessly... In a manga, that would clearly imply she was tacitly allowing the boy to peek!
"Then I'm going to take a shower." Amamiya Natsuki nodded, not minding. "You can sit for a while. There are cold drinks and ice cream in the fridge; help yourself."
"Annoying."
"..."
Watching Amamiya Natsuki enter the bathroom, Juju raised her small hand and fanned herself.
So hot.
It wasn't even June yet, and the weather was already so hot. Global warming was truly terrifying.
Should she turn on the air conditioning?
Juju hesitated for a moment, then shook her head gently.
It wasn't yet so hot that she would die without air conditioning. At the current temperature, an electric fan would actually suffice.
However, there was no electric fan in the living room, so she could only go to the upstairs room...
Juju hesitated for a while, but finally got up from the sofa, took an ice cream from the refrigerator, and then walked upstairs.
She'd go upstairs, use the fan for a bit, and then come back down. That was the plan!
She arrived on the second floor.
She pushed open the door and entered Amamiya Natsuki's room.
Juju turned on the fan, and as the cool breeze blew over her, she happily narrowed her eyes. Then her gaze involuntarily drifted towards the bookshelf.
A strange feeling surged within her...
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