Why is the Demon King like this?

Needless to say, Keisuke Ao's room, despite its emergency repairs, is still a heavily anime-themed area.

Seeing the room filled with figurines, Shiraishi Chizuru's gaze towards him became strange.

But it doesn't matter, since he didn't buy it himself anyway.

"Oh, is there anything you like? You can choose one yourself."

"No...no, these are all your wives, aren't they?" Dr. Shiraishi Chizuru gave an unsettling smile. "How could I possibly take them away?"

Aoki Keisuke tapped her forehead.

"Alright, go explore on your own, just don't go into the master bedroom in the middle."

Chizuru Shiraishi didn't really care; she just wanted to gather some useful information anyway.

As a result, not only did they not get any useful information all morning, but they were also tricked by Qing Keijie into going out to buy groceries and bringing back a sumptuous lunch for the Demon King.

"Goodbye, Dr. Shiraishi. I need to start my weekend homework this afternoon."

"Huh?"

They were then sent out for this reason.

While waiting for the tram, Shiraishi Chizuru gazed at the tall apartment building, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and sincerely cursed Aoki Keisuke for making all his homework wrong.

Aoki Keisuke wasn't lying to her. After Shiraishi Chizuru left, he took out the math notebook that Arisugawa Asuka had lent him and started studying it from scratch, looking up any unfamiliar words in his browser.

The learning progress is incredibly fast!

There were no incomprehensible problems for him.

While I was at it, I also flipped through all the other textbooks.

After eating the last grape that Chizuru Shiraishi had washed, Keisuke Ao stood up, stretched, and rubbed his temples.

My brain is consuming too much energy.

Despite having the most advanced processor, it was not matched with a suitable power supply, resulting in performance loss and even damage to the power supply itself.

"It's been a long time since I've felt this way, like pushing myself to the limit. It's not bad to experience this once in a while."

The sky outside the balcony was already approaching dusk.

……

Chuanyan Village.

"Where did you run off to?!" Chizuru Tsukishima grabbed Shiraishi and pinched her arm angrily.

"What's wrong?"

"Just because you ran away, I was caught in the crossfire and became an innocent bystander..."

Chizuru Shiraishi immediately retorted, "Hey, who was it that was stirring things up and forcing me to go on blind dates?"

That bastard...!

Tsukishima gritted her teeth in anger. It was bad enough that Shiraishi Chizuru stood her up on the blind date, but she didn't even take her with her when she ran away!

Last night, she listened to his nagging for more than three hours.

To avoid contradicting Granny Shiraishi's values, those three hours were a true nightmare.

"Hmph!" Shiraishi Chizuru raised her chin smugly. "Besides, your charm has diminished considerably lately. What other options do you have besides blind dates?"

Tsukishima delivered a powerful punch directly to Shiraishi Chizuru's round, plump buttocks, sending her fleeing in a sorry state.

"Tetsuo Tsukishima, he's getting angry because I hit the nail on the head!"

"A cold, tomboyish woman, even high school students..."

"That's enough!"

Grandma Baishi came running at the sound, waving her cane.

"You come here right now!"

Chizuru Shiraishi nudged Tsukishima's butt: "I'm talking to you."

The young high school homeroom teacher remained expressionless, not even glancing at her.

Then, Shiraishi Chizuru's grandmother almost poked her own granddaughter in the face with her cane.

Shiraishi Chizuru then followed with a forced smile, saying, "Oh dear, Grandma, were you calling me?"

She held onto her grandmother's left hand, while turning back to make a face at Tsukishima.

If she had come back last night, she might have gotten a beating, but now, her grandmother's anger has mostly subsided, so at most she'll just scold her.

If you just go along with it, you'll soon regain your freedom.

Grandma Shiraishi led her back to her room, and as she sat down, she loudly said, "Kneel down by your grandfather's shrine!"

Yes~

The old-fashioned clock on the wall ticked away, its pendulum swinging back and forth.

Grandma Shiraishi glared at her granddaughter for a full minute, then took a deep breath before continuing, "Last night, Qing Shan's eldest son waited for you for a full two hours! Two hours!"

I didn't find out what you'd done until their parents called!

"I'm sorry, Grandma~"

Chizuru Shiraishi made a cute face and pleaded, "But Kiyosuke and I are really not a good match."

"Why isn't it suitable? Our two families are well-matched, we know each other well, and the young man is good-looking and has the character of his father's generation, unlike the young people nowadays! They don't even have any backbone!"

Most importantly, they really like you.

"Huh?" Shiraishi Chizuru was taken aback.

"I was asked by Qingshan's son not to tell you, but this matchmaking was actually something he worked hard to arrange himself."

Shiraishi Chizuru's heart skipped a beat; she sensed something was amiss.

"Unfortunately, you didn't give her a chance at all." Granny Shiraishi said with a stern face as she picked up her cane.

Chizuru Shiraishi broke out in a cold sweat.

broken--

Something's not right.

"Chizuru, although you are very beautiful, you must understand one thing: a good man will not wait for you."

I'm only 26, Grandma!

And she's so cute!

And I clearly said I wasn't going...

But expecting a grandmother with traditional values ​​to understand these things is like expecting a stone to suddenly become enlightened.

Just as the cane was about to land on her kneeling bottom, Shiraishi Chizuru's little head began to think.

"There are so many good men in Tokyo, you can't find a single one!" (Saying that would get me killed)

"I love Tsukishima!" (This phrase can drag a cunning Tokyo schoolteacher into a quagmire)

"I heard that Qing Shan's son is having a lot of fun in private!" (This is complete nonsense.)

In the blink of an eye, Shiraishi Chizuru gradually understood the essence of the problem.

—After her eldest and youngest grandsons all got married and started their own families, and even after Shiraishi Reiko started elementary school, she finally became the only one who was pressured to get married.

In the minds of the older generation, no matter how beautiful a woman is, even if she is the most beautiful courtesan, she will become like a reed by the riverbank when she gets old, and will never have the glory she once had.

Although the Shiraishi family has no worries about food and drink, Shiraishi's grandmother certainly hopes that her most beloved granddaughter can find happiness.

This is her experience, the wisdom of someone who has been through it all.

Perhaps it is no longer suitable for this society, but for Granny Shiraishi, it is the most earnest expectation for Shiraishi Chizuru.

Shiraishi Chizuru's mind raced, and a flash of inspiration struck.

"Wait a moment!"

She shifted her position, turned around while kneeling.

"Grandma! Now that things have come to this... it seems I have no choice but to tell you my secret. But I have one condition: you must keep it a secret, or I'll move out!"

Incidentally, she also slipped in her own little scheme.

Seeing Shiraishi Chizuru's solemn expression, Grandma Shiraishi snorted coldly, leaning on her cane as she looked down at her granddaughter's face.

"Speak."

"Even Tsukishima can't be told!"

"Even if your father asks, I won't tell. Even if your grandfather appears to me in a dream, I still won't tell."

Ah, the stubbornness unique to the Shiraishi family is truly reassuring at times like this.

"actually!"

Chizuru Shiraishi said, "I have a boyfriend."

The decisive blow begins here!

"N-Nani?!"

"Today, I even cooked dinner for my boyfriend before coming home."

Grandma Baishi's face turned red, then yellow, then white again.

"Of course I didn't do that. I will remember Grandma's teachings!"

The old man's complexion improved slightly.

Why didn't you say so before?

"Because I'm shy! And if I tell them, my father and brothers will definitely cause a lot of trouble..."

This was the only point that earned Granny Shiraishi's heartfelt approval.

"That's true." She thought of her good-for-nothing son and her stubborn eldest grandson.

"And another thing..." Chizuru Shiraishi added excitedly, "If Tsukishima knew about this, he would definitely be anxious, and might even feel like he's in the way and want to move away."

Grandma, you don't want to lose Tsukishima either, do you?

Granny Shiraishi snorted coldly: "Tsukishima is much more obedient than you."

"Oops~"

Chizuru Shiraishi then moved closer to her grandmother: "So, you see, this is the only thing I've told you, Grandma!"

"Don't give me that!" Despite saying that, he no longer refused to let Shiraishi Chizuru's small hands massage him.

The old woman thought for a moment, then asked with some doubt, "You really have a boyfriend?"

Shiraishi Chizuru nodded vigorously: "Absolutely true!"

Anyway, it's that clueless guy, Ao Keisuke, so it won't hurt to take advantage of him a few more times!

"Smell it, you still smell of cooking oil on you."

"Who wants to smell your stench! Get out of here!"

"Yay~ Grandma and I are getting a little kiss~"

The resourceful Chizuru has once again withstood the test of life!

Nice!

"Speaking of which," after enjoying her granddaughter's affection for a while, Grandma Shiraishi considered for a moment and lowered her voice, "Now that you have boyfriends, you young people... no matter what, you must take precautions."

"...Huh?"

Chizuru Shiraishi paused for a moment, then her face suddenly turned red.

Why do I have two different stories when talking about my boyfriend?!

grandmother?!