I endured the humiliation and humiliation while being besieged by the ghost story elder sister.

At the same time, she also planned to ask Arisa what exactly had happened... Fighting on her home turf, she didn't mind fighting that demon again.

However, it's hard to say who will win or lose this time, Fanxia couldn't help but think.

Meanwhile, Ximiao, still sitting on the bench, watched the figure of Fanxia gradually walk away, lost in thought.

She gave Himiko the feeling that she knew what Arisa and he had just done, which made him feel very guilty.

But he couldn't bring himself to ask her directly, so he could only pray that things weren't as bad as he thought.

Inside the rest area of ​​the ski resort.

Having already taken off her skis, Honoka quickly caught up with Arisa.

"What's matter?"

Seemingly having heard the noise behind her, she didn't even need to turn around to know that it was Fanxia who had followed her.

A cool, jade-like hand landed on her shoulder, forcing her to stop and turn around to look at the woman behind her.

Even with a felt hat on, a few strands of silvery-white hair still peeked out from under the brim.

Fanxia's beautiful eyes seemed to be staring intently into the girl's wine-red eyes, trying to discern something from them.

However, having anticipated this, Arisa simply said nothing more.

"Tell me what you want to ask."

"...What were you and Mio doing just now?"

"Do you really want to know?"

Arisa countered with a question, her expression somewhat amused.

In an instant, the temperature in the already heated rest area dropped noticeably and rapidly, and even the skiers wearing down jackets couldn't help but huddle in.

Completely unaware that in the rest area, two women were locked in a tense standoff, exchanging sharp glances.

"If you've got the guts, just say it. We'll settle things later..."

Author's note: Let's fight! Let's fight!

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Chapter Nine: Head-to-Head

boom!

Hiyo, who was resting on a bench, was startled by the loud noise and almost fell to the ground in the snow.

"What happened?"

He looked around in a panic, thinking it was an earthquake or that Mount Fuji had finally exploded, but when Mio calmed down, she realized that nothing seemed to have happened.

However, Ami, who was sitting next to him, looked rather solemn as she gazed toward the ski resort's rest area, fully aware of what had happened there.

In the rest area of ​​the ski resort, towards the women's restroom.

A large group of onlookers were curious about what was happening inside, but dared not go over, fearing that the toilet door would smash their heads open at any moment.

As for why there was such a loud commotion, it was simply because Fanxia and Arisa were fighting in the women's restroom.

They got a little carried away with their fighting and used too much force, tearing the ceiling off the ski resort's toilets...

At this point, the owner of a certain ski resort was gently shattered.

"Phew—how about it? Want to continue?"

Having taken full advantage of the timing and location, and with the venue buff, Fanxia's cold aura had not yet dissipated, and her gaze was very arrogant as she looked at the extremely disheveled Arisa opposite her.

She exuded a smug, petty air about her, which made the girl opposite her roll her eyes and retort irritably.

"If you're so capable, go back to Xijing and fight me again. Let's see who's the boss then!"

"I won't~"

The two engaged in another verbal battle, exchanging barbs, but in reality, they dared not take any further action. If they actually demolished the ski resort, things would not go well.

then.

Not long after the two women tacitly decided to cease hostilities, two beautiful figures appeared in the public rest area outside, heading towards the vending machine.

"Let me see... orange juice, coffee, soy milk, which one will Mio like?"

Faced with such a dazzling array of choices, Fanxia couldn't decide which one to buy for a moment, and muttered to herself.

However, Arisa simply bought two cans of soy milk and, under Honoka's somewhat puzzled gaze, turned and walked back.

A short while later, Ximiao, who was still sitting on the bench outside in the cold wind, couldn't help but ask Aunt Ami what had just happened.

All I heard her say vaguely was, "It's probably because a piece of the ceiling in the rest area collapsed."

"Huh? A shoddy construction project?"

Ximiao was stunned for a moment, and then she sighed.

Just then, he felt a sudden warmth on his cheek and instinctively flinched to the side.

Then he saw Arisa standing behind him, holding a warm can of soy milk in her hand. It was probably the can that had burned his cheek earlier.

"Arisa? Why did you buy me the drink? Didn't Honoka go with you?"

he asked with some confusion.

"Well... she's probably still debating what to buy," Arisa said, her answer somewhat vaguely as well.

However, the next second, a familiar voice came from behind them.

"Who said I was still hesitating?!"

Then, Fanxia walked over carrying two drinks. Ximiao saw that they were two cans of raw milk, still steaming.

When Arisa saw what Honoka had bought, she raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly surprised by her choice.

However, this is still within her control.

Meanwhile, Ashi, who was observing from the sidelines, looked on with amusement, quietly moving her position a little further away, as if afraid of getting involved.

All that could be heard was Arisa slowly asking Nozomi, "So, Nozomi, what would you like to drink? Soy milk or fresh milk? You choose~"

"Eh--"

Looking at Arisa and Honoka, who was also staring at him menacingly, he was at a loss for words.

What he didn't expect was that, not only had he been caught handing over his royal taxes while skiing, but now Arisa was waiting for him to jump into the pit.

A conflicted expression appeared on Nozomi's cute face.

In this situation, choosing either side will offend the other; either way, he's going to die, so why should he have to choose how he dies...?

Thinking of this, Ximiao clung to her last glimmer of hope and looked towards Aunt Ami, only to find that she had already assumed a spectator's pose and was watching her own amusement.

They had no intention of coming to save him at all, which extinguished Ximiao's last glimmer of hope.

"Hurry up and choose, Mio. If you get cold later, it won't be able to warm you up."

Arisa couldn't help but urge her on, and Honoka also came over, seemingly wanting to hear Nozomi's answer.

After weighing the pros and cons, since he had already put Arisa in a "good" mood, it shouldn't matter if he deducted a little bit of her mood value, right?

Nozomi couldn't help but think this way. Then, he reached out and took the raw milk from Honoka's hand, and silently drank the beverage under Arisa's resentful little gaze.

"Hehe~ I don't even need to say a word, and Mio will come over and drink the beverage I brought on her own~ Unlike some people, who couldn't be coerced or bribed at all~"

As Arisa had expected, after the "raw milk" operation succeeded, Fanxia put on a smug look and started showing off.

Seeing her daughter's discomfiture, Asumi couldn't help but sneer.

As a result, Hio felt a sudden pain in his thigh. Even through the thick thermal pants, Arisa's grip on the soft flesh of his thigh remained firm.

The pain almost made Himio spit out the raw milk in his mouth. He quickly swallowed it and then slapped Arisa's small hand, gasping for breath to signal her to let go.

"It hurts..."

"I thought that since you had raw milk to drink, you wouldn't be afraid of pain anymore, but it seems I was wrong~"

Arisa smiled "kindly" at him, but the faint murderous aura emanating from her made Himio break out in a cold sweat.

But soon, Aunt Ashi, who had been watching the show the whole time, felt she had had her fill of entertainment and strolled over to smooth things over.

"Alright, stop teasing Mio-kun. Let's go take the cable car and play on the beginner's slide. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take care of Mio, the newbie~"

After hearing what she said, Arisa and Honoka temporarily stopped fighting and sat down on either side of Nozomi, putting on their respective skis.

"How about we have a race to see who gets to the finish line first?"

Arisa suddenly suggested that she wanted to have a match with Honoka. Actually, she had wanted to do that earlier, but she didn't say it out loud because she wanted to take care of Nozomi, who was a newbie.

Faced with her suggestion, Fanxia naturally had no reason to refuse and nodded in agreement.

"What are you gambling?"

"How about sharing a room with Mio tonight?"

"?"

Upon hearing about the bet mentioned by Arisa, Nozomi, who was listening to the conversation between the two, couldn't help but have a big question mark appear on her head.

The outcome of this match will simply be...

If Arisa wins, then he will be the one who gets slapped.

Fanxia won, so he gets a holiday.

After only a brief moment of thought, he decisively spoke to Sister Xia.

"You have to win, Hoka-nee!"

"That's necessary~"

Author's note: I've been blanched!

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