The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

"Forehead……"

Inoue Hideka suddenly realized that Saten Ruiko was probably referring to Misaka Mikoto.

After all, apart from Misaka Mikoto, there was no one else who could make Saten Ruiko so certain of Inoue Eika's 'provoking' behavior.

Inoue Hideka felt somewhat helpless.

It's hard to say who came first, Saten Ruiko or Misaka Mikoto.

Misaka Mikoto was the girl Inoue Eika liked in her previous life. After coming to Academy City, she realized that she could never stand with Misaka Mikoto, so she suppressed her feelings in her heart.

Later, he went to the same school as Saten Ruiko, sat in the same seat, and often ate together. Over time, they developed feelings for each other.

But then, another unexpected event occurred with the younger sister.

Touma Kamijou wasn't in Academy City, and Inoue Hidekazu, by a twist of fate, nominally resolved the Level 5 Evolution Project, but in reality, it was mainly Accelerator who abandoned the experiment.

However, Misaka Mikoto attributed the credit to Inoue Hideka, and even afterwards, Inoue Hideka clearly sensed Misaka Mikoto's feelings for her.

Upon careful consideration, it turned out that only Inoue Hideka was wrong.

He failed to hold onto his feelings for Misaka Mikoto, and later, after dating Saten Ruiko, he didn't focus solely on being good to Saten Ruiko, but instead accepted Misaka Mikoto's feelings.

He almost lost both girls because of this.

If it weren't for Misaka Mikoto and Saten Ruiko's unwavering devotion to him, their refusal to abandon him even though he was a scumbag, and their willingness to share their love with him, he would probably be all alone again now.

Thinking of this, Inoue Eika softened her grip, ignoring the dumbfounded Hina Haru Kazari and the pouting Shigefuku Shoho, and lowered her head slightly, maintaining a certain distance, and whispered to Saten Ruiko:

"It was my fault, but I promise it will never happen again! I guarantee it with my treasured artifact for procreation!"

"A treasure for procreation? What is that... You bastard! Eika, you're so lewd! You pervert!"

boom! boom! boom!

Although Saten Ruiko didn't understand what a Noble Phantasm was, she knew what it meant to carry on the family line. By associating the Noble Phantasm with a treasure, she could easily guess what Inoue Hideka, that smooth-talking bastard, was talking about.

With a flushed face, she turned her head and punched Inoue Hideka's shoulder repeatedly with her small fists.

"Wow! Spare me! Spare me, Leizi! I'm serious, I'm not kidding you..."

"oh oh!"

"Roar~ Roar~"

"I knew there was something going on between them!"

"So, they really are dating, aren't they?"

As Inoue Hideka pretended to beg for mercy, a series of excited shouts suddenly came from the classroom, mixed with loud and frivolous whistles.

Saten Ruiko stopped hitting him, and Inoue Eika also stopped begging for mercy, staring stiffly at the front of the classroom.

Gulp~~ Inoue Hideka couldn't help but swallow.

"Eh?"

Saten Ruiko unconsciously uttered a confused murmur.

Ahead, most of the students still in the classroom turned their heads to stare at Inoue Hideka and Saten Ruiko, their eyes filled with encouragement and a sense of eager anticipation.

"You two should get married soon!"

I don't know who shouted that.

Then, as if someone was leading the charge, the word "marriage" was shouted out by the students in even greater unison than when they read it aloud in Chinese class.

Saten Ruiko couldn't help but bite her little finger to ease her embarrassment and shyness.

Even so, her face grew redder and redder. Facing the gaze of all the students and listening to their jeering and shouts of "marriage," Saten Ruiko finally couldn't help herself and secretly reached her other hand behind Inoue Eika's waist and pinched it hard a few times.

"Forehead!"

Inoue Hideka felt a peculiar pain in her waist, different from the pain from knife wounds and sword stabs. She forced herself not to cry out, and her face suddenly turned a purplish-red.

"I remember that boys under 18 and girls under 16 couldn't get married."

The voice of the naturally naive or naturally cunning Hatsuharu Kazari, sitting in front, reached Saten Ruiko's ears through the noise of the classroom, where she was blushing with embarrassment.

"Early Spring~~"

Hearing her friend's untimely and sarcastic remarks, Saten Ruiko gritted her teeth in anger.

Those people were obviously joking! Don't tell me you didn't realize it, you're such a natural-born cynic!

"Yes, Haru-san is right. I... I also think that Inoue-san is not good enough for Saten-san..."

Shigefuku Shoho snapped out of the classroom commotion, walked over to Saten Ruiko, took her arm, and used his body to block the ambiguous gazes of the students in front of the class towards Saten Ruiko.

"what?"

Inoue Hideka felt completely bewildered.

I don't think Chu Chun just said that I'm not good enough for Ruiko, right?

Is it okay for you to label me as 'unworthy' without my consent?

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Beside the flower bed outside Class 3, Grade 1 of Zhachuan Middle School.

The boy with a buzz cut looked at the long-haired girl in the classroom who was burying her head on the table in distress. His gaze softened, and a gentle smile bloomed on his face.

Chapter 401: A party to celebrate Inoue Ruiko's time together?

Looking at Saten Ruiko, who was slumped over the table with her head buried in her arms, only the red blush on her ears standing out, Inoue Eika felt that it would be a real shame not to do something.

Although Saten Ruiko was unusually shy, she looked so cute, super cute, especially cute!

But as a boyfriend, how can you just watch your girlfriend be embarrassed at this time?

Waving his hand, Inoue Hideka stood in front of Shigefuku Shoho, blocking all the mocking glances directed at Saten Ruiko, and said awkwardly in a strained voice:

"Hey everyone, stop messing around, okay? Ruizi is very shy, so just take it out on me!"

While Inoue Hideka was speaking, the commotion subsided slightly, but it didn't stop.

"Huh? I remember Inoue said he would do something to show his appreciation, but he hasn't done so yet!"

Sitting in the center of the classroom, Akemi suddenly said this when the noise subsided a little.

"Huh? Ah... Oh! During the last special training session..."

Upon hearing Akemi's words, Inoue Hideka remembered that when he accompanied Saten Ruiko during her special training, he had indeed said something like "one million yen as a minimum, with no upper limit" to Akemi and the other two.

"Oh yeah! Now that you mention it, I just remembered! Inoue hasn't kept his promise yet, and he's already trying to take my Ruiko home. That won't do!"

Xiao Mu, who was standing next to him, immediately seconded the motion.

The noise in the classroom had stopped by then, and everyone was listening intently to see if there was any gossip to be unearthed in this 'old story'.

Saten Ruiko's three friends, Akemi and Mutsu, had already spoken, so Mako, sitting behind them, naturally couldn't be left behind.

After thinking for a moment, Mako interrupted Inoue Hideka, who was about to say something, and excitedly suggested:

"Inoue, how about this? We don't have anything to do after school anyway, so why don't you treat everyone to dinner? We're not asking for a million yen or anything, we just want everyone to have a good meal! If you can do that, we'll entrust Ruiko to you without worry!"

"Forehead……"

Inoue Eiji looked with a troubled expression at Saten Ruiko, whose head was now buried even deeper, and whose bright red ears were no longer visible.

He doesn't mind treating his classmates to a meal, since it doesn't cost much anyway.

I just don't know what Saten Ruiko's attitude is.

Turning around and bypassing Shigefuku Shoho, Inoue Eika leaned down, bringing her head close to Saten Ruiko's head, wanting to ask her what her attitude was.

"Damn it! Akemi, Mutsu, Mako! You three! How dare you tease me like this, just you wait! And that stinky Eika! Just watching others bully me... You bastards! Unforgivable..."

I heard this muttering as soon as I got close.

Inoue Hideka quickly turned her head away to avoid hearing Saten Ruiko's plans for how to execute her.

However, although the content sounded angry, the tone clearly revealed that she was happy!

So even Ruiko has her moments of not being honest?

With a helpless smile, Inoue Eika faced the students who were about to start jeering again.

"Then it's a deal. I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight, and it'll be all you can eat! But you can't tease Ruiko anymore, okay?"

……

……

The entire classroom was silent for three seconds, then...

"Oh oh oh oh!"

"Great!"

"Wow! Does Inoue-san mean she's admitting she's dating Saten-san? I'm so envious... I want a boyfriend too!"

"Ah! I happen to be looking for a girlfriend, how about you consider it?"

"do not want!"

"Inoue's treating, we're definitely going to have a good feast today!"

"Yeah, yeah! By the way, how about we go for karaoke after dinner tonight?"

"I want to drink! I've never had a drink before!"

……

The classroom erupted in chaos under the barrage of such comments.

Fortunately, they were engrossed in their own discussions, and no one paid attention to this side anymore.

Inoue Hideka then lowered her head and quietly said to Saten Ruiko:

"Raiko, you can lift your head now. But seriously, ostrich Ruiko is so cute!"

After saying this, Inoue Eika waited with a smile for Saten Ruiko to raise her head.

However, about 5 seconds later, instead of Saten Ruiko looking up, Inoue Hideka waited for...