Don't force me to use my right fist.

How is she not cute? This person's comments are just made up off the cuff.

“You’re right about that, but you have to think about it. If you were a little cuter, my experience as your temporary partner would be much better.”

Sōyu nodded; he supported the point that strength was very important.

"I think you would also feel that having a warm-hearted man by your side who cares about you is better than having a cold-faced, expressionless guy as a partner."

Looking at Kaguya with some anticipation, Saku still hoped that she could change her bad temper.

"So, do you consider yourself a nice guy? I'm talking about me."

Kaguya stared coldly at Saku. Besides insulting and criticizing herself, had this guy actually done what he claimed to do?

"Um... I can change it~ If you ask me to, I can barely manage to do it."

Sōyu paused, seemingly realizing he hadn't quite achieved what Kaguya had described.

"Why should we force ourselves to become the side of ourselves we don't like? Isn't it better to be true to ourselves?"

Kaguya pressed Saya with a serious expression, as she didn't want to change for anyone.

"Hmm, what you said does make a lot of sense."

But the problem is that I don't have as bad a temper as you, so I'm the one who suffers.

Saya shrugged and sighed, tacitly agreeing with her answer and swallowing back her inner complaints.

"So, my all-powerful Miss Hanezaki, have you taken care of my request for a piece of land?"

Not wanting to continue the conversation on that topic, Saku changed the subject, propping his chin up with his hand and asking Kaguya a question.

"If you want this, I can arrange it for you today. But I don't want you to leave the Yuzaki family before our agreement is fulfilled. Do you understand what I mean?"

Since Saya didn't want to talk about these things anymore, Kaguya naturally stopped insisting and instead tapped Saya's desktop with her finger, stating her own conditions.

"Can I go ahead of time? It's really difficult for me to do research in my own basement. And, how should I put it, could you get me some sugarcane?"

The thought of farming immediately piqued Zuoyou's interest.

Chapter Sixty-Five: I'm Different From Him

As Saku and Kaguya were discussing whether they could go check out the construction site they had agreed on beforehand, a green figure peeked out from the doorway, and the previously noisy classroom quickly quieted down.

All eyes were on the green-haired girl whose leg was still bandaged, but the atmosphere was rather oppressive.

Sawa quickly noticed this change, looked around, and silently snorted.

They're really in sync when it comes to using passive-aggressive tactics.

"Is this why you openly challenged the whole class yesterday?"

Kaguya raised an eyebrow. She had to admit that Shubu Saya was quite good-looking, which explained why Saya insisted on becoming a good classmate who stood up for what was right.

Kaguya Hazaki had absolutely no recollection of this green-haired girl.

Just as she once said, she rarely came to school, so naturally she didn't have much of a chance to communicate with this shy girl, let alone bully her.

She didn't have that much free time to play house with these classmates.

"Tsk."

Saya clicked his tongue in annoyance. He was about to stand up and help the girl who was limping towards her seat when Kaguya stopped him.

"My intervention is more effective than yours."

With her slender fingers smoothing her long hair at her temples, Kaguya Hazaki stood up from her seat and coughed softly.

The other students in the already unusually quiet class almost simultaneously turned their gazes over, wanting to see who was so foolish as to stand up for Saya.

However, to their surprise, it was not Saya who stood up as they had expected, but the even more terrifying Kaguya, who was known as the princess of Sakura Academy.

But didn't she never care about class matters? Why did she suddenly stand up now?

Kaguya Hazaki stood up in front of everyone, tossing her long, flowing black hair as she walked towards Shubsaya by the door.

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, Kaguya gently took the girl's arm and helped her walk towards her seat.

"Kaguya-kun?"

What shocked Saya even more than her classmates was that she never expected that the girl who could practically control everything at school would suddenly take the initiative to approach her, an ordinary girl who was unknown to anyone.

The idea of ​​bullying had barely crossed her mind when she dismissed it. Someone like her would never have the time to get involved in such childish things.

If they really wanted to target her, getting the school to expel her would be a simple matter of a single word.

"It's alright, I'll help you to your seat."

Kaguya simply gave her a cold reply, and then, as if dragging her, forcefully pulled her to her seat and pressed her down.

Then, Kaguya turned around and glanced at the classmates who were staring at her with indescribable looks.

“Saku is my friend, and what he said yesterday is also what I said.”

A cold, emotionless voice came from Kaguya's mouth, causing the temperature in the entire classroom to drop several degrees.

"And I'm different from him."

His slender fingers pointed to the somewhat innocent-looking Saya.

"I don't like warnings, and I don't like giving people a second chance."

"So, if you've done anything to upset me, good luck to you."

Kaguya glanced at everyone with a disdainful look before sitting back down in her seat.

"You're even more arrogant and domineering than me. Aren't you being a bit too overbearing?"

Even though he knew that this girl's aura completely overwhelmed him in this regard, seeing her angrily confront her classmates and make them all shut up and lower their heads, Sōyū couldn't help but sigh.

"If you don't act assertively when you have the strength, are you going to wait until you have nothing left before you start bluffing?"

Kaguya rolled her eyes at him. She had never dealt with school bullying before, but dealing with these bullies who preyed on the weak was a piece of cake for her, a descendant of a capitalist from a large conglomerate.

If they like to gossip and cause trouble, then let's just deprive them of the courage to do so.

"Have you always been this assertive?"

Saya said, stroking his chin. Thinking about it, Kaguya had never treated him like that before; at most, she was just a bit stubborn and rigid.

"You have to wear a mask when you don't trust someone, otherwise how can you protect me?"

Kaguya's frostiness softened a bit, and she replied to Saya with a hint of annoyance.

“I understand the logic, but in the current situation, I feel like they are transferring the hatred they felt for what you just said onto me.”

Saya, who had been secretly observing the atmosphere in the class, scratched his head in annoyance as he looked at his classmates who were staring at him and Saya with even more hatred inexplicably.

These guys only dare to harbor resentment towards themselves and Saya, who are relatively weaker. I don't even know where to begin criticizing them.

This is probably just human nature.

"If you really can't stand it, I'll change her class? Anyway, the root of the problem is that girl, right?"

Kaguya glanced at the green-haired girl sitting next to Saya, who buried her head in her arms like an ostrich as soon as she sat down, and offered Saya what she considered to be the most practical solution.

"If only things were as simple as you think. If the root problem isn't solved, even if you do that, it'll just be another group of people bullying her."

Saya said with some distress, "If there's still a chance to resolve Kaguya's situation, then I really don't know what to say about Saya's."

You can't exactly tell her, "Don't get so excited when you see your friends in the future, or you'll give them nightmares tonight," can you?

Judging from her behavior just now, she doesn't seem to know what she did in her dream. Does she not have any memory of the dream?

That would be even more troublesome.

"What else do you want? I've already stood up for you personally. This has nothing to do with what I asked you to do. I've gone to such lengths. You can figure out the rest yourself."

Kaguya frowned, turned away, and ignored Saya, who was still troubled.

She had arranged for him to come to the school to help her investigate the incident, not to help her solve the problem of school bullying. The fact that he stood up for her like he did just now was something she would never have imagined before.

"Yes, I know, so thank you, Kaguya-san."

Saku nodded seriously. He was indeed somewhat moved by what Kaguya had just done.

Chapter Sixty-Six: Don't Blame Everything on the World

"A simple thank you is enough? I think the best answer you could give me would be to help me catch that guy lurking in the school who wants me dead."

Kaguya frowned, glanced at her incessantly ringing phone, sighed, and turned to Saya.

"I'm leaving things at school to you. Just call me if you need anything. I have to go out for a social engagement again. If anything happens, you'll have to come over immediately."

After giving Saya some instructions, Kaguya Hazaki stood up from her seat and straightened her clothes.

She wasn't wearing the same school uniform as everyone else, but no one dared to bother her.

Are you this busy every day?

Zuoyou looked at her unwilling expression and asked.

It seems that life isn't as leisurely as one might imagine for the wealthy; farming is definitely more suitable for him.

"Otherwise what? Do you think I'm some kind of canary kept in a cage?"

Kaguya turned around and glanced at him before walking gracefully toward the door.

Saya watched Kaguya's figure disappear through the doorway before turning his head to look at the green-haired girl who had been hiding in his arms, secretly glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.

"I'm telling you, Saya, if you want to watch it, you can watch it anytime. There's no need to be so sneaky."

While teasing the girl in a playful tone, Saya secretly tilted his head, trying to peek through the gap in her arm to see what the girl was secretly looking at.

Since learning the truth about this girl's so-called curse yesterday, Sawa has basically figured out what kind of girl she really is.

She's just a shy child. Even if her true form is a little bit indescribable, it doesn't affect her true nature, does it?

Moreover, judging from yesterday's events and previous rumors, it's still uncertain whether Saya can control her true form from that night. And even so, she still hasn't harmed any of her classmates who came into contact with her, even though they are still bullying her now.

As for scaring people, that's beyond her control.

"Saku, Saku-kun, please stop joking with me. Didn't we agree last time that we wouldn't talk to each other anymore, because it would bring you bad luck? And today you've dragged Kaguya-kun into this too."

Shabushaye, her face flushed with excitement as she lifted herself from his arms, spoke to Saya with a hint of a sob in her voice.