My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

The black cat now looks like a catgirl, as if a cat has turned into a human, and she's super cute.

However, Saori, who was standing to the side, did not try on the glasses. Instead, she carefully put them back into the glasses case and kept them safe. In a sense, this was the first gift that her friends in the Oriental 04 White outfit had given her.

"By the way, how did your middle school entrance exams go? Did you get into your dream schools?"

"Of course, Ayase and I went to Soubu High School together~"

Upon hearing Dongfang Bai's question, Kousaka Kirino smiled smugly. Soubu High School was the school Yukino attended, and it was generally only students with excellent grades who could get in. Dongfang Bai was fully capable of getting in back then, but he refused.

The reason is that Toyonosaki is a very relaxed school with an open atmosphere, and they don't stop people from dating...

"Hey, Ayase went to Soubu High School too. You two are really good at academics."

Dongfang Bai was somewhat surprised, not expecting that both Kousaka Kirino and Aragaki Ayase would be admitted to Soubu High School. He had originally hoped that Ayase might be able to get into Toyonosaki High School.

However, given Ayase's personality, she's probably deliberately going to the same school as Kirino Kousaka, because she absolutely doesn't want to be separated from Kirino.

Where's the black cat?

Dongfang Bai looked at the black cat again, and the black cat took a sip of tea and said calmly, "I went to Toyonosaki and I am a freshman this year."

"Toyosaki?"

Dongfang Bai was slightly taken aback. So, Black Cat would be his junior from now on?! His junior was Black Cat. In a sense, a junior could also be considered a younger sister. He felt a strange sense of joy.

"Then please take care of me, Dongfang...senpai."

The black cat curled its lips into a charming smile at Dongfang Bai. Dressed in a maid outfit and wearing cat ears, the black cat's gesture was undeniably captivating, instantly making Dongfang Bai's heart flutter.

Ah, the word "senior" is truly a wonderful thing.

Suddenly, Dongfang Bai understood why Kasumigaoka Utaha had that expression when he called her "senpai" (senpai). She must have felt quite comfortable inside.

"Wow, I'm already a junior in high school without even realizing it."

Dongfang Bai smiled slightly. A year had almost passed, and he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental. Suddenly, Saori stood up and said, "The atmosphere is so good right now, why don't we put on a show?"

"Perform a show? Sure."

Dongfang Bai looked at the three girls expectantly, calmly picked up the glass of juice. If he had popcorn on hand, he would definitely have picked it up and taken a couple of bites without hesitation.

Suddenly I feel like something's not quite right...

Why do you all look at me like that...?

Dongfang Bai was a little confused. What was going on with these three? Did they mean he should go up and perform? No way! He just wanted to be a couch potato, eat some desserts and drink some tea.

"I don't have any special talents."

Dongfang Bai rolled his eyes. Judging from the three girls' expressions, they most likely wanted him to go up and perform some kind of show. He felt a little helpless, but in the end, he still went up.

"It's alright, Dongfang-san. This room has a sound system, a monitor, and a laptop for operation. You can perform whatever you want without any problem."

"Why is it so complete?"

Dongfang Bai muttered a complaint and sighed helplessly. He needed to think carefully about what he should perform. Suddenly, he thought of an interesting idea, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Dongfang Bai, dressed in a gray overcoat, stood in front with a confident and mysterious smile on his face. As you know, mysterious boys are very attractive to girls, and the three girls were all looking forward to seeing what he would do.

"What I'm going to perform is magic."

Dongfang Bai smiled slightly, a smile that made it impossible for others to guess what he was thinking, so they had no idea what kind of magic trick he would perform.

"magic?"

Kirino Kousaka was taken aback. So this guy can do magic?

"I have nothing in my hands."

Dongfang Bai spread out his hands, and indeed there was nothing there. When he walked onto the stage, none of the three saw him take anything with him, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Then."

Dongfang Bai reached into his left palm with his right hand and actually pulled out a tulip, making it impossible to tell where he had pulled it from.

"From inside the sleeve?!"

Black Cat was somewhat surprised. She had been watching very carefully, but Dongfang Bai's movement clearly didn't seem to be pulling it out of his sleeve. Could it really have been taken out of his palm?!

And then~

Dongfang Bai grabbed the tulip with his left hand, then squeezed it slightly, and the tulip disappeared completely from his hand.

"Wait, wait, wait?! Where did it go?"

Kirino Kousaka walked up to him with wide eyes, looking him up and down, even searching his sleeves, but she couldn't find the flower anywhere...

The simple magic trick of making flowers appear is easy to learn, but Dongfang Bai probably didn't know he was going to perform it beforehand, so he probably didn't have time to prepare any magic props. Besides, it's impossible for something to just disappear into thin air.

"Here it is."

Dongfang Bai slowly walked towards the black cat, and then slowly took out the tulip from behind her cat ear...?

Everyone: ? ? ?

Are you trying to perform magic under the guise of magic tricks?

"How on earth did they do that...?"

The black cat was completely bewildered. How could a flower, over ten centimeters long and the size of a figurine, have hidden itself so far away? Why was it behind the cat?

I have absolutely no idea why.

"secret."

Dongfang Bai closed one eye and smiled slightly, his expression making it impossible to guess his thoughts. The more mysterious a person is, the more curious people become. Right now, the black cat's mind was completely focused on Dongfang Bai.

[PS: I'm thinking of starting a new book about Vtubers.]

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Chapter 61 The Cunning Yet Adorable Black Cat [Please Subscribe Automatically]

The magic show was just a small interlude in the celebration. Although Dongfang Bai never explained the principle behind the magic trick until the very end, Kousaka Kirino called him "stingy" several times.

Afterwards, everyone sang some songs and played some fighting games, and the celebration party came to an end. Dongfang Bai stretched and prepared to go home at the end.

"Wait a minute, Dongfang Shi!"

Just as Dongfang Bai was about to leave, he was suddenly stopped by Saori. He turned around in confusion and saw Saori, who was dressed in a maid outfit, seemingly hadn't changed her clothes yet. She then pushed the black cat towards him.

"Wait……"

With a blush spreading across her fair face, the black cat was pushed in front of Dongfang Bai by Saori. Saori then spoke with a mysterious smile, "Dongfang clan, my home and Xiaotongtong's home are both quite far from here, and we need to take a carriage to get back. It seems that the black cat's home is very close to the Dongfang clan's home, isn't it?"

That's right.

Dongfang Bai nodded. Although he had never been to Black Cat's house, he roughly knew its location, which was only about ten minutes away from his own home, so it was quite close.

"Look, it's getting a bit dark now. It's not safe for a girl to walk home alone. Could you give her a ride if you're going that way?"

Saori pushed up her round-framed glasses, and her enigmatic smile made Dongfang Bai a little stunned, but he nodded in agreement without any hesitation.

Indeed, it is quite dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night.

"Then this black guy is yours."

Kirino had already changed her clothes, crossed her arms, and was speaking to Dongfang Bai. It was clear from her tone that she wanted Dongfang Bai to properly send the black cat back.

"no problem."

Dongfang Bai smiled and nodded. Come to think of it, he had never been to Black Cat's house before. Taking her home this time helped him find out where her house was, and he could visit her if he had the chance in the future.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Yakumo~."

Ruri Gokou nodded slightly to Hikaru Dongfang, and then Saori and Kirino Kousaka fled as if they were running away. They left so fast that they wished they had two more legs.

Ruri Gokou glanced at Saori and Kirino Kousaka as they left out of the corner of her eye, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

"Alright, let's go, Black Cat."

"Ok!"

Akihabara wasn't too far from Higashikata's home, so the two could easily walk home and chat along the way. As they were talking, Gokou Ruri suddenly mentioned something.

"Yakumo-senpai, editor Kagurazaka has read my work and said he has agreed to publish it."

When Gokou Ruri said this, her tone was quite happy, and she even felt an indescribable sense of comfort. Two whole years of writing and two years of hard work, with the help of Dongfang Bai, had finally yielded results.

Her gratitude towards Dongfang Bai was extraordinary, unparalleled, and thus the emotions it evoked were unique.

"I told you, you're no worse than Kirino."

Dongfang Bai praised Gokou Ruri, but in fact, he had already approved of her work after reading the first volume of her manuscript. He was certain it would be published, especially since Kagurazaka Ayame was reviewing it, so there would be absolutely no problem.

If this still didn't pass the review, Dongfang Bai would have to go and talk to Kagurazaka Ayame. Fortunately, the review was passed smoothly.

"I am so grateful for Yakumo-sensei's help in getting to this point!"

Ruri Gokou bowed to Higashikata, who said somewhat flusteredly, "No, no, I only offered a suggestion; it was entirely the result of your own hard work."

Upon hearing this, Gokou Ruri couldn't help but smile. Her smile was like that of a Yamato Nadeshiko, possessing a captivating charm.

"Thank you, Senior Dongfang. But it seems you don't particularly like the word 'senior.' How about we address you differently?"

"Change the way you address me?"

Dongfang Bai was taken aback. The black cat had already used several different titles for him, such as "Teacher Yakumo" and "Senior Dongfang." Was he about to be given a new title?

Looking at Dongfang Bai's face, which showed no change in expression, Gokou Ruri smiled mischievously, saying, "Brother~ Brother~?"

Dongfang Bai: ? ? ?

"See? As expected, Senior Dongfang seems to prefer this phrase."

Ruri Gokou revealed a slightly cunning smile, placing one hand palm down next to her face, a gesture reminiscent of those chuunibyou protagonists, like the Dark Flame Master.

"No, no, no, I think any normal man would be stunned if a cute girl suddenly called him 'brother'."

Furthermore, Ruri Gokou used a very intimate way of pronouncing "brother," which is unusual even between real siblings. It's no wonder that Dongfang Bai had that expression.

“~Ara, but my brother doesn’t seem to dislike it, so I’ll call him that from now on.”