Although it was currently after-school hours, there weren't many students in that particular spot. Mn, perhaps there was no one else except for Kushida Kikyou; otherwise, Kushida Kikyou wouldn't have called him over.
One had to admit, this dormitory area was truly quite deserted. Usually, one could basically see no one here. Every time Shikime Natsu brought a beautiful girl back to his room, he basically never saw anyone around.
After arriving at the location, Shikime Natsu quickly spotted Kushida Kikyou standing near the railing. The railing, the lake, the breeze lifting the girl's skirt... Although the girl's skirt looked very short, the wind just couldn't seem to lift it quite high enough.
No matter how many times he looked, Shikime Natsu still lamented that this scene was quite magical; Newton's coffin lid could hardly be held down anymore.
Although they were standing in the same place, Kushida Kikyou didn't kick at the railing. Instead, she maintained a certain distance from it. Seeing Shikime Natsu arrive, she revealed a rather sweet and cute smile. The feeling she gave off was exactly that of an angel's smile.
"Kikyou, is there something you need me for?"
Shikime Natsu asked casually. This beautiful girl wasn't a simple character either.
"The method for Horikita to purchase exam papers from the upperclassmen... did you give it to her?"
The smile on Kushida Kikyou's face remained unchanged, but the tone of her voice had shifted slightly. Although it was a question, it... seemed like she wanted Shikime Natsu to give an affirmative answer.
"What kind of answer do you want me to give?"
Shikime Natsu chuckled lightly, not giving Kushida Kikyou a reply immediately.
Mn, Kushida Kikyou was also familiar with Shikime Natsu's way of speaking. However... looking at Shikime Natsu's appearance, Kushida Kikyou became even more convinced that Horikita Suzune had learned about buying past exam questions from the upperclassmen from Shikime Natsu's mouth.
"It seems it really is true~ I indeed didn't guess wrong... After all..."
...how could that bitch possibly think of such a method.
As she spoke, the smile on Kushida Kikyou's face suddenly vanished without a trace, and those eyes looked quite terrifying.
Moreover... this form of address. It seemed Horikita Suzune had really offended Kushida Kikyou quite badly, especially considering the conversation with Horikita Suzune last night.
Horikita Suzune hadn't thought about chatting with Kushida Kikyou at all, but... she took advantage of Kushida Kikyou as a matter of course.
A little pitiful.
"Kikyou, you really should get along well with Horikita. After all, you don't want your past to be spoken out, right?"
Watching Kushida Kikyou's appearance, Shikime Natsu felt that sooner or later she would be exposed. Disguising two different faces—eventually, the mask would slip. How can one walk by the river without getting their shoes wet?
"When that time comes, I'll count on Natsu to silence Horikita for me~"
Kushida Kikyou's face quickly resumed that gentle and lovely smile. Her voice was quite tender and pleasant to hear, but the words she spoke were quite scary.
Silencing people at the drop of a hat—those who didn't know better would think she was in the mafia.
[Ding~]
[CG37: This is a Promise (Kushida Kikyou)]
[If you fulfill the promise with me, there will be terrible consequences~]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining Skill Card: Silence (Set a certain keyword or a certain event; the target cannot express this event via voice, text, or other special means. You can set a duration, up to fifty years. Can be used five times within a month)]
Looking at the suddenly appearing CG, Shikime Natsu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Kushida Kikyou was truly bad; the things she gave him all seemed to want to turn him, a good child, into something bad.
Item Card: Recording Pen, Skill Card: Invisible Fingerprints, Beguilement, and now a Skill Card: Silence.
Truly scary.
Mn, even though that was the case, Shikime Natsu didn't want to give up a single one of these rewards.
"I have upheld the agreement with you, Kikyou, very well. I actively let Mei-chan chat with Horikita to become friends."
The content of the agreement back then was that Kushida Kikyou would obey Shikime Natsu's arrangements, while Shikime Natsu had to ensure that the secret regarding Kushida Kikyou in this school was known only to the two of them.
"But up until now, Horikita hasn't made any friends at all. Is it that you aren't working hard enough?"
After hearing this sentence, a vein popped on Kushida Kikyou's head. What exactly was this guy saying?
Was this human language?
What did he mean by she wasn't working hard enough? Was she not working hard enough yet?
Because Horikita Suzune was assigned by Shikime Natsu to write that whatever-it-was record book, she actively went up to communicate with Horikita Suzune every day.
But what about that bitch?
After exchanging a few sentences, she would end the topic on her own accord. If it were once or twice, fine, but ever since returning from the exchange student activity, Horikita Suzune had been like this consistently. What was the meaning of this?
Was she provoking her?
Especially yesterday, she actively went up wanting to express the idea of making friends, only to be rejected cleanly and crisply by Horikita Suzune.
She really gave her face, didn't she?
She had made so many sacrifices, yet Shikime Natsu actually said she wasn't working hard enough?
Kushida Kikyou was truly angry!
"Rest assured, she won't say it. So, is that all you sought me out to talk about? Just this tiny matter?"
Shikime Natsu looked at Kushida Kikyou's little expression and smiled. He had already said so much; if Kushida Kikyou could still maintain the expression of a little angel, he would really have to give her an award. It would be truly remarkable.
One sentence saying she wasn't working hard enough, one sentence saying he could guarantee Horikita Suzune wouldn't speak of her affairs. With just two sentences, Kushida Kikyou's emotions had shifted twice.
However... what did he mean by 'just this tiny matter'? She had been constantly concerned about this matter. If this matter were spoken out, she could forget about staying in this school properly.
It's easy to be relaxed when it's not your problem.
If possible, Kushida Kikyou really wanted to grab hold of a weakness of Shikime Natsu, but... for such a long time, Kushida Kikyou hadn't been able to grasp a single one.
The only thing that could count as a matter was probably that Shikime Natsu was on speaking terms with many girls, right?
But... up until now, Kushida Kikyou hadn't heard of Shikime Natsu dating anyone. It was fundamentally impossible for her to use "You don't want your girlfriend to know..." to threaten Shikime Natsu.
The current Shikime Natsu was still in an untargetable state. It was truly annoying, quite annoying.
"Hearing Natsu's guarantee, I feel much more at ease. However, what I want to say is more than just this small matter."
Kushida Kikyou readjusted her expression, revealing a gentle smile.
Mn, the problem with this beautiful girl before him was really not just ordinarily big.
Cute — Terrifying — Angry — Cute.
Her expressions changed constantly. Shikime Natsu almost thought Kushida Kikyou was sick, or perhaps had lost control over her facial expressions.
Of course, Shikime Natsu was also quite clear about what Kushida Kikyou was thinking. Even in front of him, Kushida Kikyou had to try her best to put on a cute appearance. But because he knew her true appearance, Kushida Kikyou also had thoughts of being too lazy to cover it up. Mn, the main thing was probably wanting to let Shikime Natsu know she wasn't someone to be trifled with, right?
As for being angry, that was simple: she was provoked by Shikime Natsu.
Shikime Natsu didn't speak, quietly waiting for what followed.
"Can I ask Natsu not to give Horikita these kinds of strategies anymore?"
"You know it too, right? I hate Horikita. I hate her very much. Watching that woman show off in front of the classmates, I'm very unhappy."
Kushida Kikyou expressed the thoughts in her heart quite directly in front of Shikime Natsu.
Kushida Kikyou's little expression could be said to be quite serious. Horikita Suzune, ah, Horikita Suzune, you are guilty of the most heinous crimes!
Of course, if he agreed to Kushida Kikyou's request so simply, then Shikime Natsu wouldn't be Shikime Natsu.
"So, why do you think I should agree to you?"
Shikime Natsu looked at Kushida Kikyou with a rather playful gaze. This expression made Kushida Kikyou's teeth itch; this guy was truly annoying.
The favorability rating that Shikime Natsu had raised in her heart due to his good cooking immediately plummeted. Zero points!
"Then what did Horikita do to make you help her this much?"
Kushida Kikyou's tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction. Could it be because this guy thought Horikita Suzune was cute that he helped her?
The moment she thought about how Horikita Suzune—who was quite cold and aloof in class, putting on a haughty attitude even when chatting—had long been interacting with Shikime Natsu in private, Kushida Kikyou became even more furious.
On what basis could Horikita Suzune gain someone else's attention so naturally, while she herself had to exhaust her mind and efforts?
Horikita Suzune's words this morning made the flames of jealousy in the young girl's heart burn even fiercer.
"Do you really want to know?"
She was anxious.
Looking at Kushida Kikyou's somewhat anxious little expression, Shikime Natsu became even more satisfied.
Clearly, he was a very gentle person, but... when facing these problem girls, thoughts of toying with them always involuntarily arose.
Especially seeing the deflated expressions of these problem girls always made Shikime Natsu's mood pleasant.
Facts also proved that Shikime Natsu's words were indeed quite effective. Kushida Kikyou was already staring at him with a gaze that wished she could kill him.
That gentle and lovely smile on her face had completely disappeared.
"Whatever she paid, I can do it too!"
Good, very spirited. Shikime Natsu considered that he had witnessed the girl's determination.
He hadn't expected Kushida Kikyou to have such a great spirit of sacrifice.
"Good. Since you want to know so much, then I will tell you..."
Kushida Kikyou focused her attention, intending to hear exactly what price that woman, Horikita Suzune, had paid to make this annoying guy, Shikime Natsu, help her.
"She is willing to be my maid."
Kushida Kikyou's pupils shrank violently. She looked at Shikime Natsu with a face full of disbelief. What exactly was this guy saying?
Horikita Suzune was willing to be his maid?
Kushida Kikyou ran through all the scenes of interacting with that woman, Horikita Suzune, in class—very haughty, and very annoying. Then, she replaced the figure in her memory with one wearing a maid outfit serving Shikime Natsu.
No, no, no. No matter how she thought about it, it wasn't right. Kushida Kikyou shook her head; clearly, she didn't believe it.
"You... you aren't planning to trick me into being your maid, are you?"
Kushida Kikyou quickly calmed down. She had just said she could pay the same price as Horikita Suzune, and in the blink of an eye, Shikime Natsu said Horikita Suzune was his maid.
It looked like he was talking about Horikita Suzune, but actually, he was setting a trap for her.
Did this guy Shikime Natsu's brain actually contain maid outfits?
Thinking of that kind of strange play, Kushida Kikyou couldn't help but feel a few more degrees of disdain for Shikime Natsu in her heart. Sure enough, boys' heads were full of these strange thoughts.
"You don't believe it?"
How could she believe it?
She, Kushida Kikyou, wasn't brainless. How could a Horikita Suzune like that put down her arrogance to be Shikime Natsu's maid? And... doing it for the class? Don't joke around; was that something Horikita Suzune would do?
Even though Kushida Kikyou admitted that Horikita Suzune had changed somewhat compared to the first few days of school, this change obviously wouldn't make Horikita Suzune make that many sacrifices.
"Unless you let me see it with my own eyes!"
Kushida Kikyou looked at Shikime Natsu coldly.
"If you see that it's true?"
"Then I can also satisfy your perverted hobby."
Kushida Kikyou's face was still full of disgust, but... she could be considered to have learned what this guy Shikime Natsu liked. It was actually maid outfits?
No, no, no. In the end, what this guy liked was cute girls, right?
It was just that now it had turned into letting cute girls change into maid outfits.
"Kikyou, what are you saying? Is there anything wrong with liking cute girls changing into maid outfits to serve me?"
Shikime Natsu was quite dissatisfied with Kushida Kikyou's rhetoric.
However... thinking of Sakayanagi Arisu, Horikita Suzune, and Kushida Kikyou all becoming his maids at the same time—it was quite nice.
"So?"
"So what?"
"...How are you going to prove that Horikita really became your maid?"
Kushida Kikyou looked at Shikime Natsu coldly.
"If you come to my dormitory tonight, you can see it."
Just as Shikime Natsu finished saying this, Kushida Kikyou's eyes became quite vigilant. Although Kushida Kikyou would use the method of pressing handprints to threaten others, but... it didn't prove she was an improper woman!
Inviting a girl to his room at night—could she not understand what idea he was entertaining?
He just wanted to make a move on her, that was all. And she would be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. If she were eaten clean then, it would be terrible.
Of course, Kushida Kikyou could use the sperm left inside her body to accuse Shikime Natsu, but if it really came to that, wouldn't she be ruined?
"Don't look at me with those eyes, Kikyou. After all, we are so familiar with each other; I know you inside and out. Can't you have a little more trust in me?"
Shikime Natsu naturally noticed the vigilance in Kushida Kikyou's eyes and pretended to be quite hurt.
Indeed, he knew her inside and out, but... only Shikime Natsu knew her inside and out. Kushida Kikyou didn't understand Shikime Natsu at all. Outwardly, Shikime Natsu always maintained a quite perfect appearance; it was hard to imagine what kind of stains such a person would have in his past.
"Save that talk. Wouldn't it be fine if you just took a photo of Horikita and sent it over?"
This was the simplest method.
"Kikyou, have you forgotten? Right now, you are the one asking a favor of me~ Photos or whatever, it's impossible for me to take them for you. If you want to see, then come over personally."
Shikime Natsu shook his head.
"I agreed to put on a maid outfit to satisfy your perverted thoughts. Is that enough? The requirement is, you are not allowed to give that woman, Horikita, any more help!"
Kushida Kikyou's pink little fist clenched and then loosened. She agreed to satisfy Shikime Natsu.
"Just right. Tonight at eight o'clock, come to my dormitory. My dormitory number is XXX."
Shikime Natsu nodded.
"For today, you don't need to change into a maid outfit; just simply watch Horikita wearing a maid outfit. As for... whether or not to provide help to Horikita, that depends on the performance of the two of you. If you perform well, I can provide you with help and let you become the central figure of Class D~"
This guy... she was actually completely controlled by this guy!
If not for that woman, Horikita Suzune!
Kushida Kikyou disliked Horikita Suzune even more now. If not for Horikita Suzune, she wouldn't have vented that night, and subsequently been discovered by this hateful guy before her, revealing her true side. Nor would her past have been shaken out. And now, it was even more impossible that she would agree to Shikime Natsu's demands just to stop Horikita Suzune from showing off in Class D.
Everything she was suffering now could be said to be caused by Horikita Suzune!
Truly a hateful woman!
"Fine, I'd like to see if that woman will really put on a maid outfit to serve you."
"I hope Natsu isn't deceiving me~"
Kushida Kikyou resumed her angel-like smile, a smile filled with malice.
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