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After seeing Hayasaka Ai off, it was already eleven at night. Amamiya Natsuki took another shower, preparing to rest.
Not long after he lay down, his phone vibrated. Fujiwara Chika had sent a message.
"Ahhh, I can't sleep!"
"Do you want to go out to eat?"
"No, I don't. Eating so late will definitely make me gain weight."
"Then you want to go out and play?"
"Eh, how did you know?"
"Because Kaguya-san said that Chika-chan's head is only filled with Pes, delicious food, and fun."
"Kaguya-chan actually saw through me..." Fujiwara Chika sent a message, "I'm laying my cards on the table, I'm not pretending anymore, I want to go out and play."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Play what?"
"Swimming!"
Fujiwara Chika said, "Not swimming when summer comes to the sea is like eating saury without lemon juice; you'll regret the whole summer!"
Amamiya Natsuki mused, "It's a bit late to go to the sea now."
"Let's go tomorrow morning." Fujiwara Chika quickly replied, "We'll get up early and go to the sea."
Amamiya Natsuki: "What time are we going out tomorrow?"
"Five o'clock, I guess." Fujiwara Chika obviously had it planned out, "Anyway, we have to ride in the car for so long on the way back, so we can catch up on sleep then."
"Then it's settled."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki put down his phone and began to sleep.
The night passed without a word.
The next day.
Five o'clock in the morning.
"Natsuki-kun, it's time to get up."
Mrs. Shimizu, who had been playing on her phone all night, acted as an alarm clock, waking Amamiya Natsuki.
"Are you awake?"
Amamiya Natsuki picked up his phone and sent a message to Fujiwara Chika.
"I'm awake, getting up now."
Fujiwara Chika quickly replied.
"I'll be there soon."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki put down his phone and began to wash up.
After getting ready, he went out to the room next door and raised his hand to knock on the door.
Click.
The door slowly opened.
A pair of beautiful burgundy eyes peered out from behind the door.
"Kaguya-san?"
Looking at the girl behind the door, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly felt a little guilty. After all, when he was messaging Chika yesterday, they secretly agreed that only the two of them would go out.
"Kaguya-san, why are you up so early?"
Amamiya Natsuki asked calmly.
The Sheltered Ojou-sama bit her lower lip and said in a faint voice, "Because someone came knocking super early."
Impossible.
The knocking just stopped, and you came to open the door. You definitely weren't woken up by the knocking.
Amamiya Natsuki's mind raced, and he quickly guessed the reason.
There is only one truth.
A traitor had appeared by his side.
"I confess, I surrender." Amamiya Natsuki quickly made a decision, raising his hands and saying, "Last night at eleven, Chika messaged me saying that if we came to the sea and didn't swim, she would regret it for a lifetime, so she asked me to go to the sea with her in the morning."
Shinomiya Kaguya's expression did not change at all. She had obviously already learned the secret. With her arms crossed, she tilted her head and said:
"Natsuki-kun got up before dawn, that must be really hard on him."
"One must keep their promises." Amamiya Natsuki coughed lightly, "Kaguya-san, do you want to come along?"
The Sheltered Ojou-sama's expression remained unchanged: "Fujiwara didn't ask me to come along, I would just be a bother to you two."
Amazing, you can even say sarcastic remarks now!
"Come along, you must come along." Amamiya Natsuki said decisively, "If Kaguya-san doesn't come, I will have a lifelong regret."
"You, what are you saying!"
The Sheltered Ojou-sama's pretty face flushed, and she took half a step back, unable to resist.
Amamiya Natsuki glanced into the room. The bathroom light was on, indicating that everyone was already awake. He said to Kaguya:
"You go wash up and change, I'll go wake Juju and the others."
"..."
The rooms were not far apart, only a few steps away.
Amamiya Natsuki arrived at the door of the room, checked the time, a quarter past five. The three girls were probably still asleep, and knocking on the door rashly would be too disturbing, so he first sent a message to Juju.
Unfortunately, there was no reply, indicating she was still asleep.
Amamiya Natsuki waited for a moment, then sent a message to the long-haired girl.
"Komi, are you awake?"
"..."
After waiting for a while and seeing no reply, Amamiya Natsuki was about to knock on the door when a new message suddenly popped up.
Komi: "...Awake."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Good that you're awake, open the door, I'm outside."
"..."
After the message was sent, Komi immediately fell silent.
"Fell asleep again?"
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki transformed into a big bad wolf: "This is my only request, open the door."
"No, you can't. Everyone is still sleeping, boys can't come in."
The little white rabbit girl was probably trembling, but to protect her companions, she still mustered her courage and bravely said no.
Amamiya Natsuki: "Then I won't go in, you come out."
"..."
The long-haired girl's eyes widened. She held her phone with both hands, hiding under the covers, her body trembling involuntarily.
"Girls must protect themselves when they are out."
Last night, the words of Big Sister Juju echoed in her ears.
"Komi, especially you, don't do whatever a boy tells you to do."
"Some boys look very proper, but they are actually big bad wolves. Komi is so cute, they will definitely want to trick you and eat you."
"That's right, I'm talking about Natsuki, that big bad wolf."
"..."
Komi still felt that Juju had exaggerated last night, deliberately trying to scare her, but now she couldn't help but suspect him.
It was a little past five in the morning, everyone was still asleep, and a boy suddenly wanted to enter a girl's room. No matter how you thought about it, it didn't make sense!
What to do?
Should I open the door?
If I open the door, what if Natsuki turns into a big bad wolf and pounces in to bully people? Bullying me is one thing, but what if he implicates Juju and the others...
Komi shivered.
After hesitating for a moment, she finally made up her mind.
Refuse.
I can't agree to every request!
The phone vibrated gently, and a new message popped up.
"Chika said she wants to go swimming at the sea, right now. I was going to wake you all up."
"Eh?"
Komi was startled, and carefully sent a message: "Are you really going swimming?"
Amamiya Natsuki said faintly, "If I wanted to do something to you, I would have done so last night."
"..."
Komi hesitated for a while, but finally chose to believe him and woke up Juju and Spy Maid.
A moment later.
Big Sister Juju rubbed her eyes and opened the door.
Amamiya Natsuki was about to walk in, but Big Sister Juju extended her small hand and blocked the door: "Girls' rooms, boys are not allowed."
"That's not fair." Amamiya Natsuki argued, "Why can you all enter and exit the boys' room freely?"
"Less nonsense." Big Sister Juju covered her mouth with a yawn, tilting her small face, "What are you doing going swimming so early?"
"Chika said that if you come to the sea and don't swim, it's like not eating the last bite of cake, you'll regret it for a lifetime." Amamiya Natsuki said, "So we have to go swimming no matter what."
Big Sister Juju nodded, "I understand, I'll go change now."
To be honest, it would indeed be a shame to leave without swimming after coming all the way to the sea.
"Tsk."
Hayasaka Ai was already awake, biting her thumb and saying, "Is Kaguya-san going too?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Spy Maid: "Of course, she's already getting up."
Upon hearing this, Hayasaka Ai immediately said:
"I didn't rest well last night, my eyes are so sore, so I won't go swimming."
Saying that, she picked up her backpack and walked out: "Senpai, lend me your room for a bit."
"For what?"
"I can only fall asleep when it's quiet."
"..."
This was a lie.
The two identities of Hayasaka and Hanamori could not appear at the same time. Now that the Sheltered Ojou-sama was awake, she naturally had to accompany her as a maid, so she had to quickly change clothes and go back.
That hateful Source of Chaos, she really is my lifelong enemy!
The Spy Maid couldn't help but stomp her foot. According to the original plan, she would wake up at six o'clock, return to the other room as a maid, and then operate on two fronts, deceiving everyone.
But now she had unexpectedly encountered the Source of Chaos waking up at five o'clock, completely ruining her plan.
Going to the sea to swim so early, the seawater must be very cold. That guy really is an idiot, isn't he!
"Senpai, give me the key."
Hayasaka Ai extended her right hand.
"It's no problem if you want the key." Amamiya Natsuki glanced at the restroom, where Juju and Komi were washing up, and lowered his voice, "But you have to agree to one condition first."
"What does Senpai want to do?"
Hayasaka Ai covered her chest with both hands, her eyes vigilant, "No dirty things."
Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly:
"In your eyes, am I that kind of person?"
"Experts have said that for male creatures, as long as they are still breathing, the filth in their minds will never disappear."
"Well said." Amamiya Natsuki smiled, "Tell me the address of this expert, and I'll send a bag of razor blades to thank him."
Seeing that time was running out, Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but get anxious: "Senpai, what do you want to do? Hurry up and tell me, I'm dead tired."
"It's very simple." Amamiya Natsuki said, "The girl I told you about, the one I fell in love with at first sight, had a small accident during our last date, and now she's not replying to my messages."
Was that a small accident?
That was clearly a major accident!
Amamiya Natsuki continued:
"You're so good at chatting, and your voice is so pleasant. Later, I'll give you my phone, and you can help me talk to her. As long as she's no longer angry, I'll give you the key."
Hayasaka Ai: "…"
Before, you only asked me for advice, but now you're asking me to substitute? You're really not polite at all!
"Could it be that my disguise has been exposed, and Natsuki is deliberately messing with me?"
This thought suddenly flashed through Hayasaka Ai's mind.
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible!
Hayasaka Ai quickly shook her head inwardly.
Even the yound lady didn't discover her disguise, how could a mere Natsuki possibly discover it!
"Senpai is going too far!" Hayasaka Ai said with a resentful tone, "Knowing that Hanamori likes you, and now you're making Hanamori help you pursue other girls. Your shamelessness must be breaking through the human limit."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Amamiya Natsuki's expression didn't change in the slightest; after all, it was all her.
"Senpai, you're an idiot, idiot, big idiot!"
Hayasaka Ai took a deep breath and reluctantly agreed, "I agree then!"
Conquering myself, there's no difficulty at all.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Amamiya Natsuki nodded and handed over the key, "Go rest."
"I don't want to talk to Senpai Scumbag right now!"
"…"
What happened next needs no further explanation.
Hayasaka Ai quickly changed her clothes and returned to her room, then successfully used the prepared excuse to gloss over the truth of her absence from the room.
A moment later.
Juju and Komi finished washing up, and the group met in the hallway.
"Juju, Shoko, good morning!"
Fujiwara Chika's voice was clear as she greeted them, then she asked curiously, "Didn't you say Hanamori-chan arrived last night? Why haven't I seen her come out?"
Amamiya Natsuki glanced at the maid behind Kaguya-san and said:
"Hanamori said she has a stomachache and can't go to the sea right now."
"I see." Fujiwara Chika nodded, "Then let Hanamori continue to rest. Let's go to the sea!"
"Oh."
Unfortunately, apart from the enthusiastic Fujiwara Chika, everyone else's spirits were quite low.
"Let's go."
Amamiya Natsuki led the way out.
The group quickly left the inn and arrived on the street.
It was just half past five, and the sun hadn't risen yet, but the sky had already brightened.
There were few tourists on the street, and it was quite quiet, appearing a bit deserted.
"Should we go to the Convenience Store to buy swimsuits first?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the girls.
"I don't need to." Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips, lifted her chin, and hummed proudly, "I brought a swimsuit specifically for swimming."
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head: "What about Juju?"
"I…"
Juju opened her mouth, then turned her face away and whispered, "I brought my own."
If you brought your own swimsuit, why did you refuse when I suggested swimming yesterday afternoon?
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Sheltered Ojou-sama: "Kaguya-san, do you need to buy a swimsuit?"
"...No."
After hesitating for a few seconds, Shinomiya Kaguya decided to tell the truth, "I brought one."
Swimsuits sold at the Convenience Store, regardless of their quality, definitely aren't clean. It would be unbearable to wear them directly!
She brought her own swimsuit just in case, not because she wanted to swim!
"Since all of you brought them, then…"
Mid-sentence, Amamiya Natsuki looked at the quiet black-haired girl, "Komi, where's your swimsuit?"
Komi shook her head.
"Didn't bring one?"
Komi hesitated slightly, then nodded gently.
"I didn't bring one either, let's go to the Convenience Store together." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya-san and the others, "You all go to the sea first, Komi and I will go buy swimsuits."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…"
The first time shopping for a swimsuit wasn't with her! She should have just said she forgot to bring one!
The group split into two.
Fujiwara Chika and Kaguya-san walked towards the beach, while Amamiya Natsuki went to the Convenience Store with Komi.
The Convenience Store was open twenty-four hours. Upon entering, they saw a middle-aged man with a fierce expression standing behind the counter.
"Welcome, good morning."
A low, fierce voice came from the man's mouth.
Hearing him speak, Komi was startled and quickly reached out her hand, wanting to grab Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve.
However, Amamiya Natsuki just happened to swing his hand back, precisely grasping the soft fingertips of the black-haired girl.
Amamiya Natsuki was slightly stunned and turned to look at Komi, only to see the black-haired girl with her head bowed, her pretty face already crimson, simply looking down at her toes, obediently letting herself be led, without any struggle.
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