CHAPTER 422: CHAPTER 417: TAINTED WITNESS - ASANO NAZUKI

"Sakurazawa-chan... Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Yeah... Ah, it’s actually nothing. Maybe I’m just a bit tired..."

A bit tired!!!?

The manga artist turned slacker girl suddenly imagined ten thousand ways to play until one gets tired...

"Then... What about Shirakawa?" Ise Yu Yuzhijin asked unwillingly, "Why isn’t he up yet?"

"Eh? Shirakawa? Why are you asking me, Orikin... Didn’t he go to your room to sleep last night?"

At this moment, the slacker girl realized what it meant to be falsely accused.

Well... well, Sakurazawa-chan, don’t be like this, I know you and Shirakawa are close! But sleeping together and intentionally slandering me is too much!

"No! There’s no way I slept with Shirakawa last night!"

"You didn’t sleep together?"

"Of course not! In every sense of the word, no!"

Tsukimi sakurazawa was also stunned: "Then where did Shirakawa go last night?"

The gaze of the two girls shifted simultaneously to Black Hearted Lolita, who was emerging from the room...

"Ohayou... Why are you looking at me like that?"

Inner thoughts of the humming creature: A strange rival has appeared!

Inner thoughts of the slacker girl: Ah~ Kaori-chan’s morning greeting sounds so nice, and she looks so cute half asleep~

Hmm? Someone’s first reaction seems off?

"Konatsuori? Where’s Shirakawa?"

"Shirakawa? Didn’t he sleep with Minister Sakurazawa last night?"

"Me?"

The humming creature pointed to herself, shocked: "How is that possible? I didn’t even see Shirakawa last night. I thought he went to Orikin’s room."

"I thought he went to your room!"

"I thought he went to your room too!"

The humming creature: Meow meow meow?

The three of them fell into a strange silence. Tsukimi sakurazawa felt bitter inside, but she couldn’t express it. Just as Black Hearted Lolita was about to head upstairs to look for the old rogue’s silhouette, the door to Shirakawa Sawahei’s room swung open.

"Why are you all gathered here?" Shirakawa Sawahei asked, looking puzzled, "No one washing up?"

"G-Good morning~"

As they watched Xiao Bai emerge from Shirakawa Sawahei’s room, cute little Ise Yu fell silent.

Asano Nazuki and Tsukimi sakurazawa also fell silent.

A sense of shock as if being ambushed by a support character overwhelmed them...

Oh dear... Was Xiao Mo possessed by a ghost? How could... She was the one who swooped in last night!

"You guys... Last night..."

"It was too cold last night, so I asked Tachibana if I could sleep on the floor."

"Is it that simple?!!"

"It’s that simple. Or rather, how complicated do you think it was?"

"I thought you made some inappropriate requests to Xiao Mo..."

"No! It wasn’t like that." Tachibana rushed to clarify in her pajama-exclusive attire, waving her hand: "Actually, I..."

"If the request wasn’t that inappropriate, there’s nothing to worry about." Shirakawa Sawahei interrupted Xiao Bai’s words, deflecting the topic, "What’s for breakfast?"

"Shirakawa..."

"If no one speaks up, I’ll decide."

"..."

"Hmph! I want a French breakfast!" Tsukimi sakurazawa begrudgingly suppressed her frustration, planning to confront the old rogue Shirakawa later. Black Hearted Lolita noticed her leader dispersed and also suppressed her grievances, grinding her teeth.

As for the slacker girl, she couldn’t help but secretly run to Shirakawa Sawahei’s side and ask.

"Shirakawa, you guys last night..."

"Don’t let your imagination run wild." Shirakawa Sawahei, of course, knew what she was thinking, and said with little patience, "Go brush your teeth."

"Eh~ Come on, really nothing happened?"

"Nothing did."

...

Breakfast was simple: fried eggs and ham, cooked by Shirakawa Sawahei. After taking in cute little Ise Yu as a learning assistant, her cooking skills unsurprisingly landed in his hands. Unfortunately, the shocking sight of Tachibana and Shirakawa Sawahei appearing together in the morning was too overwhelming, causing the humming creature and the Black Hearted Lolita to be unable to turn their minds away from it.

"What are your plans for today, Tachibana?"

"Rest... Have to take care of the flowers at home."

Shirakawa Sawahei said with keen interest, "Oh, then take a picture at that time."

"Huh? Take a picture of me?" Tachibana was a bit taken aback, feeling slightly awkward, "If you take a picture of me..."

"..."

"The flowers."

Tachibana: Blushing Steam Girl.jpg

"But if you take a picture of yourself, it might not be bad?"

Tachibana: Looking down blushing-ing

Tsukimi sakurazawa: Stare... (Death stare)

Asano Nazuki: Stare... (Death stare)

Ise Yu Yuzhijin: Stare... (Death stare)

"Hey... Orikin..." The humming creature leaned over quietly and whispered while Shirakawa Sawahei and Xiao Bai were chatting, "Do you think Shirakawa and Xiao Mo’s relationship has become a bit strange?"

"Rather than strange... isn’t it more like they’re closer now? Tachibana seems to be... actually looking into Shirakawa’s eyes when talking!"

"You noticed that detail too!! Something must have happened between Xiao Mo and Shirakawa last night!"

Black Hearted Lolita calmly suggested, "How about we test Tachibana later?"

"This... might be a bit underhanded... But I like it!"

"Agreed! No progress can be made with Shirakawa, so we must approach Xiao Mo."

The three girls immediately dispersed, pretending as if nothing had happened, focusing on their breakfast. Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at them, smirking inwardly.

Doing all these flashy things in front of me, have you all forgotten why you couldn’t get out of bed before!

Is it hard fists?

No, it’s multiplied homework and a certain Black-hearted Sister’s cheating!

Thus, using the excuse of morning tutoring, Shirakawa Sawahei successfully kept the humming creature and the slacker girl behind, sent away Xiao Bai, and just as Black-hearted Lolita was about to escape, she was caught by Shirakawa Sawahei and pinned against the door.

"What were you discussing with Tsukimi just now?"

"N-nothing, Little Whiteface, you’re so annoying, do you have paranoia?!"

"Not speaking?"

"I don’t know what you’re talking about... W-what are you doing, Little Whiteface!"

Shirakawa Sawahei picked up Asano Nazuki and calmly said, "Sending you home, to prevent you from bothering Tachibana."

"Why would I bother Tachibana Tomoku! Little Whiteface! You’re so double-standard! Obviously, I’m this cute, and you never protected me in front of the Black Hearted Woman!?"

"Because you don’t need protection; don’t you always claim to be irresistibly charming?"

"Being irresistibly charming also requires encountering a creature with normal aesthetic sense! Facing someone like Little Whiteface, who is visually impaired, what can I do?!"

"Hmm?"

"Wait a minute... What are you doing... Don’t... don’t... okay, I’ll confess! I’ll be the witness!"

Seeing Shirakawa Sawahei’s hardening palm getting closer and closer to her small rear, Black Hearted Lolita quickly began to save herself.

"But... in exchange, during the camp at the forest school, you have to stick with me the whole time."

"..."

"How about it? Isn’t it reasonable?" Asano Nazuki counted on her fingers in satisfaction, "It’s scheduled for shortly after the midterms. I heard this year we’ll be skiing... Little Whiteface, you have to take me skiing then. Make sure I don’t fall or get hurt, spoil and pamper me, and don’t randomly change to the Black Hearted Woman’s camp..."

"Hey, Little Whiteface, did you hear me?"