Kaguya-sama: Love Is War wants me to turn myself in.

"It's nothing." Zi'an Yan bit her lower lip. "I just feel a little tired, but I can keep going."

“I don’t think it will work,” Natsuki Amamiya retorted. “If persistence were effective, so many people wouldn’t have fallen into chaos and evil.”

“We can’t stop to rest now,” Natsuki Amamiya said decisively. “Once we stop, our body temperature will drop very quickly, and we’ll feel even more tired and cold.”

As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, she turned to Snow White and asked, "How much longer until we reach the city?"

After some discussion, and converting the time into calculations, it will probably take another half hour.

“We’re not far now.” Amamiya Natsuki hesitated for two seconds, then put down the little girl who had been leading the way. “Chika, you hold Little Red Riding Hood.”

"give it to me."

Fujiwara Chika nodded in agreement.

As a "veteran player," her basic attributes already surpass those of ordinary people, making it easy for her to hug a little girl.

Amamiya Natsuki then looked at Koyasu Tsubame and extended her right hand, saying:

"Senior, do you want me to carry you, or carry you on my back?"

Zian Yan blushed slightly and quickly shook her head: "I can walk by myself."

"Let Natsuki help us," Fujiwara Chika said from the side. "If Senpai could still walk, she definitely wouldn't have said to stop and rest just now."

Zian Yan: "..."

This is true.

Even though I knew I wasn't physically tired, the influence of the Sloth Mushroom made me feel completely unable to walk.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Zi'an Yan blushed and whispered:

"Please carry me for a while, Natsuki-kun."

Being held in a boy's arms with one hand like a primary school student is just too embarrassing to even think about, I definitely wouldn't choose that!

"Okay, senior, come up here."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and half-squatted down in front of her senior.

Zian Yan bit her pink lips slightly, stretched out her arms, and hugged Amamiya Natsuki's neck with a blush.

Even though she is usually very poised and confident, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at this moment.

However, the spy maid was more affected than the two women.

(Ugh! She actually carried that busty upperclassman on her back right in front of me! I'm so angry!)

(Hurry up and get the busty senior down, she can only carry me... maybe the young lady too!)

(I need to find a way to lock that idiot Natsuki in a cage and make her my possession... Wait, why am I even thinking this?)

(Damn mushrooms!)

In the corner.

A random player felt even more aggrieved than Hayasaka.

Me too, me too!

Have you all forgotten that I exist?

Amamiya Natsuki naturally hadn't forgotten her, but her treatment was drastically reduced; she was carried away by several dwarfs.

The group continued their journey.

Aside from the cold, snow, and the occasional encounter with wild animals, there was no danger on the road.

Twenty minutes later.

A city appeared before them.

"We've arrived at the castle." Snow White was slightly out of breath, her physical condition clearly failing. "The city gates will close after dark, and we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to open them again."

"Also, you all have mushrooms growing on your heads, so you can't pass inspection at all. If you get too close, you'll be arrested by the guards immediately."

According to Snow White, the mushroom people are a serious threat, and once discovered, they will be immediately arrested by the guards... much easier to identify than asymptomatic carriers.

Amamiya Natsuki put her senior down, turned to look at Snow White, and said:

"May I ask, how did Her Highness manage to leave the castle safely?"

“Of course I just walked out.” Snow White lifted her chin. “No one dared to stop me.”

“That works too,” Natsuki Amamiya said with a smile. “We’ll go in the same way you came in this afternoon.”

"What do you mean?"

"You'll know right away."

"..."

The city gates are closed.

Firelight shone from the fortress at the entrance, and several guards in medieval armor could be seen standing watch in the distance.

Amamiya Natsuki pulled Snow White along and strode over. Although the others were puzzled, they all followed.

"stop!"

"Who are you?"

"The city gates are closed. If you want to enter the city, come back tomorrow."

"Take off your hats!"

"..."

Several guards stepped forward, drawing their long swords, their voices cold and authoritative.

Natsuki Amamiya didn't care at all and ripped off Snow White's headgear.

Her golden hair, more radiant than gold, her skin, whiter than snow, and her lips, redder than plum blossoms, instantly attracted the attention of several guards.

"It's Snow White!"

"So, so cute."

"Your Highness is indeed the most beautiful person in the world."

"..."

The curse of the simp quietly takes effect.

The guards facing Snow White stared wide-eyed.

Amamiya Natsuki slowly took out a dagger, brought it close to Snow White's face, and smiled:

"You don't want Her Highness to get hurt, do you?"

In ancient times, there were warriors who used Medusa's head to wreak havoc. Today, it's perfectly normal and there's nothing wrong with using Snow White to promote yourself.

"hateful!"

"Release the princess immediately!"

Several guards were immediately enraged and were about to step forward.

"Don't move," Natsuki Amamiya said calmly. "If you move again, you'll lose your grip on the dagger."

"Don't come here."

Snow White responded with a voice as beautiful as heavenly music.

The guards all stopped instantly, and one of them even dropped his weapon, clutching his chest with a dazed look in his eyes.

Natsuki Amamiya gestured with her eyes: "Open the city gate, we want to go in."

A guard struggled to speak, his eyes straining: "The Queen said no one can enter the city after dark..."

"It's the Queen again."

Snow White was unhappy to hear this, so she took the initiative to cooperate, biting her pink lips slightly and showing a tearful expression, "Please open the city gate."

Clang.

Two more guards dropped their weapons on the ground.

"Don't hurt Snow White!"

"We'll open the door right away!"

Several guards completely abandoned their duties and rushed to open the city gate.

Fujiwara Chika and her senior, who were standing at the back, were not affected by the charm and were all dumbfounded.

"So amazing... no, so terrifying."

"So pathetic."

"Luckily, we didn't become simps."

"..."

After passing through facial recognition, Natsuki Amamiya and the others entered the city without any hindrance.

It wasn't actually late, but because of the wind and snow, the sky was already pitch black, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets.

"The buildings all seem quite short," Fujiwara Chika said, looking around. "They only seem slightly wealthier than a village."

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:

"I think we should care more about what's under our feet than about the buildings."

"Hey, why?"

Why were high heels invented?

Upon hearing Amamiya Natsuki's question, Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened immediately. "N-No way?!"

High heels originated in Europe. This was because medieval hygiene practices were backward, and the ground was littered with all sorts of indescribable things—for example, the Louvre Museum in France.

Today it looks solemn and magnificent, but in the Middle Ages, it was actually so dirty that it was unbearable to look at.

Why does France have so many palaces?

Only by building more palaces can one move out and seek refuge when there is nowhere left to stand in one palace.