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

“I’ve already eaten.” Amamiya Natsuki coughed twice and handed over the gifts she was carrying. “These are souvenirs I bought on my trip. One for Miko, Auntie, and Kyosuke, one for each of you.”

"Ah, thank you, Natsuki." Miko's mother smiled as she accepted the gift. Following Japanese custom, it was always opened in front of her, followed by thanks. "Eh, is it a set of skincare products?"

Seeing that the mother quickly suppressed her smile—she worked in a shopping mall and naturally recognized the brand of the skincare products—she said softly:

"The gift is too expensive, Xiaoxiashu, please take it back."

“It’s not valuable.” Amamiya Natsuki took Miko’s hand. “The most valuable thing is actually Miko.”

Caught red-handed by her mother, Miko was already ashamed and too embarrassed to look anyone in the eye. Hearing Amamiya Natsuki's words, she was both ashamed and angry, and shooed her away:

"You can go back now!"

"What are you going back for?" Mrs. Jianzi rolled her eyes at her daughter and smiled, "Alright then, I agree to your marriage with Jianzi."

The girl's pretty face flushed red, and she couldn't help but shout:

"Mom, what are you talking about!"

"Huh?" Jianzi's mother tilted her head and looked over. "Jianzi, didn't you hear me clearly? Let me say it again..."

"That's enough, no need to say anymore!" Seeing that the tips of her son's ears had turned pink, she quickly said, "Mom, hurry up and go check on the food, don't let it burn!"

"Oh, I almost forgot." Miko's mother slapped her forehead. "Natsuki, you and Miko go upstairs to play first."

Amamiya Natsuki respectfully said:

"Auntie, go ahead and get busy."

"call……"

Watching her mother walk into the kitchen, Jianzi clutched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she turned to look at Amamiya Natsuki, her pink cheeks puffing up quickly, and said in a low voice, blushing:

What were you just doing?

Amamiya Natsuki said with a completely innocent look:

"I haven't seen Jianzi for many days, so I couldn't resist."

Seeing Zi lightly grit his teeth, he said:

"It's only been a few days."

Amamiya Natsuki shrugged and said:

"Besides, you didn't mention that your aunt is at home."

"It's a day off today, so it's normal for Mom to be home, right?" Seeing that her son was both embarrassed and angry, she couldn't help but reach out and pinch Amamiya Natsuki's waist again. "It's clearly your fault, okay?"

As soon as I walked in the door, you hugged me and lifted me up high in the entryway. Luckily, I held you up, otherwise you probably would have kissed me already, right?

Natsuki Amamiya said in a serious tone:

"I'm so sorry, I'll be more careful next time and won't let Auntie find out."

"There won't be a next time." Jianzi couldn't help but scold her, raising her hand to tuck a strand of hair that had fallen to her chest behind her ear. "...Come back to the room with me."

Go up to the second floor.

Enter Miko's room.

Amamiya Natsuki sat in the chair and then carefully recounted the process of the "Summer Revisited" instance.

When I first finished the game, I did send a message to Miko, but it was just a brief message without much detail.

Now, after hearing Natsuki Amamiya recount the details, Mikoko finally understood the harrowing nature of the events.

"How could it be so dangerous?"

Seeing Zi purse her lips, I felt a pang of heartache.

Just listening in made her nervous and her heart race from time to time. It was hard to imagine how much pressure Amamiya Natsuki, as the person involved, was under.

"It's alright, it's all over," Natsuki Amamiya said gently. "At the time, I just felt that I hadn't had a proper chance to hold Miko, and that was such a shame."

Seeing that her daughter was annoyed by what she heard, Amamiya Natsuki clearly knew she was playing the victim, but she still couldn't bring herself to refuse. Her pretty face flushed as she whispered:

"You...can hug me, but you're not allowed to do anything else."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

"I promise not to do anything."

Seeing her son take two steps forward, her pretty face flushed, she said, "...Hurry up and hug me."

Amamiya Natsuki reached out and pulled Miko into her arms, inhaling the sweet mango scent emanating from her childhood friend, and asked:

How have you been sleeping these past few days?

"What do you think?" Jianzi said with a resentful tone, "Especially when Hua came to visit the other day, he brought a ton of evil spirits with him."

Evil spirits have the ability to pass through walls, coming and going without any hindrance. But she is just an ordinary person and has no means to eliminate evil spirits. She can only endure the torment with caution. Since Amamiya Natsuki left, she has not had a good night's sleep, and dark circles have reappeared under her eyes.

Amamiya Natsuki pinched Miko's fingers and said:

"Come over and rest tonight."

"Hmm..." Jian Zi responded softly, then suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Your hand!"

Amamiya Natsuki feigned ignorance and said:

"What happened to my hand?"

Seeing her face flush red, she snapped at her, "Don't pinch my waist like that, it tickles."

“I didn’t pinch you,” Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. “I was just holding you.”

"Pah!" Jianzi spat lightly. "Then don't move."

“I can’t do that. I’ve already promised to only hug and nothing else. How I hug is my right.” Amamiya Natsuki looked at Miko and said in a low voice, “Unless…”

Seeing the disdain in her eyes, she asked, "Unless what?"

Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said:

"Unless I see my son kiss me."

Seeing the disgust in her son's eyes, she blushed and scolded, "...You really didn't have good intentions!"

"..."

After talking for a while, seeing that Zi had broken free from his embrace, he took out the witch's potion he had made over the past few days with great anticipation.

Miko used to work at a convenience store on an hourly basis, earning 1,000 yen per hour. Now, she works on a piece-rate basis, which has greatly increased her enthusiasm. She has even changed her lazy, complacent habits and used up all the materials that Amamiya Natsuki had given her in just a few days.

"Let me take a look." Natsuki Amamiya examined each of the potions, then nodded and said, "Not bad, the success rate has increased a bit more."

After putting away the witch's potion, he handed a stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi's potion to Miko. Both Amamiya Natsuki and Miko were very satisfied, and everyone was happy.

Amamiya Natsuki sat for a while longer, then went downstairs with Miko, politely declined Miko's mother's hospitality, said goodbye, and returned home.

"President, you're back?" Kaguya Shinomiya, wearing a panda apron around her waist and a towel wrapped around her head, was carrying a dish out of the kitchen. At some point, her aloofness had completely disappeared, and she had officially become a housewife. Hearing the door open, she turned around and said, "Go wash your hands, dinner is ready."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Amamiya Natsuki changed into slippers and headed to the restroom.

Finished washing.

When Natsuki Amamiya came out of the bathroom, the rice had already been served and placed on the table.

Natsuki Amamiya walked to the table and sat down, and dinner officially began.

There are three people in the house: Natsuki Amamiya, who goes without saying; the runaway heiress; and the down-on-her-luck junior who can't find a place to rent. Kaguya-sama, who is watching TV on the sofa, is not human.

During the meal, Hayasaka Ai suddenly said:

"Seniors, seniors, there's something I need to tell you."

"Hmm?" Natsuki Amamiya looked at Hayasaka. "What is it?"

Hayasaka Ai put her hands together in prayer:

"Isn't summer vacation already here? I plan to go back to my hometown for the summer and visit my parents. Thank you so much for taking care of me during this time, seniors and classmates."

It's well-reasoned and logical, leaving no room for criticism. It's rather strange that he's not going home for summer vacation.

Kaguya Shinomiya put down her chopsticks and said softly:

"when are you going back?"

"We're leaving tomorrow." Hayasaka Ai pushed up her non-prescription glasses on the bridge of her nose to disguise her luggage. "We don't have much stuff, we can just pack our things quickly later."

Natsuki Amamiya looked at the spy maid with a sincere expression and said calmly:

"That's good, it's good to go back and play for a few days... Let's continue eating."

"..."

Dinner is over.

Natsuki Amamiya cleared the dishes and headed to the kitchen. Since the young lady was in charge of cooking, he naturally took on the task of washing the dishes afterwards.

After finishing tidying up, Amamiya Natsuki found Kaguya taking a bath. She went upstairs to Hayasaka, who was tidying up in her room, and asked him:

Why are you leaving all of a sudden?

Hayasaka Ai rolled her eyes at her, annoyed: "You know perfectly well why I'm leaving, right, you perverted senior?"

As the saying goes, youthful impulsiveness breeds contempt, and once tasted, it becomes addictive. Hayasaka Ai used to trust Amamiya Natsuki's self-control, but now she can't. She's worried that if they continue staying, Amamiya Natsuki might not be able to resist sneaking over to ambush her at night, and if the young lady catches her red-handed, that scene...

No!

We must keep this a secret from the young lady!

Therefore, Hayasaka Ai made a choice: to nip the danger in the bud. The best way was naturally to move away directly, so that she wouldn't have to worry about exposing their relationship.

Natsuki Amamiya was silent for two seconds, then suddenly smiled:

"Moving away is fine too, I'll help you pack your things."

"Eh?"

Hayasaka Ai was slightly taken aback, but quickly gritted her teeth and angrily punched him, shouting, "I haven't even left yet, and you're already making your move on the young lady?!"

"You misunderstood." Amamiya Natsuki grasped the maid's small fist and quickly explained, "What I meant was that Ai and the maid are both my girlfriends. It's okay if my junior is offline for the time being. I'm going to go on a date with Ai and the maid."

"Pah~" Hayasaka Ai spat lightly, trying to pull her hand back, and snorted, "They're not your girlfriends."