Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

Miku Nakano is introverted and sensitive, and lacks self-confidence.

For someone with her personality, it really takes great courage to take the initiative to talk about topics that may expose her sexuality.

"what!"

When Kitahara Takashi heard what Miku said, his eyes widened slightly and he said, "...You actually know this joke."

'That's really great.'

Miku breathed a sigh of relief when she realized she had guessed correctly.

For someone like her who is socially anxious, taking the initiative really requires courage.

This is also why many people with social anxiety will become completely withdrawn after being rejected for the only time.

Kitahara Takashi had been paying attention to Miku's expression, and he started to act.

He looked her up and down and said, "Could it be... that your grades are very good? What was your ranking on the last national mock exam?"

How many?

Are there any rankings for national mock exams?

Miku, whose score was so low that she was not even qualified to be on the ranking list, blinked her eyes, which were as clear as a college student's but revealed a hint of stupidity, and looked at Kitahara Takashi.

“It has nothing to do with grades?”

Kitahara Takashi muttered to himself and began to analyze.

"Your grades are average, yet you know such an unpopular joke. You like history? No, the history of the Warring States Period, right?"

Of course, his analysis was meant for Nakano Miku.

I guessed from the beginning that the other party liked Warring States generals. Even if we can talk about it now, there may be a risk of being exposed when Miku goes back and calms down and thinks about it carefully.

After all, how could a normal person guess it right away?

Only by taking it step by step and telling it to Miku will it seem more natural and not arouse suspicion.

Miku didn't understand at all that everything had been arranged for her since she met this man.

"……Um."

Although it was not completely accurate, Sanjiu nodded slightly.

"Am I weird?"

She was a little shy and nervous. This was the first time she talked about her unknown and unpopular interests in front of strangers. She lowered her eyes and stared at her legs wrapped in black pantyhose.

"What's so strange about this? I also like Boss Cao and Lu Bu."

In fact, Kitahara Tsutomu prefers Li Er and Liu Laosan, but who can blame them for not being popular in the island country?

Even if Kitahara Takashi told her, Nakano Miku probably wouldn't know who these two people were.

Boss Cao and Lao Bu are different.

The Three Kingdoms has always been the top-tier drama in the island country. When the 94 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was being filmed, Japanese investors were planning to insert someone to play the role of Kong Ming or Boss Cao, but were rejected.

In the island country, Boss Cao is much more famous than Li Er and Liu Laosan.

And Lu Bu is the top among the top.

If you ask the Japanese people who is the ceiling of the flower-growing generals, they will definitely answer Lu Bu.

On the other hand, Li Er and Liu Laosan had fallen so low that one of their eyes was blinded by Simida.

When Kitahara Tsutomu saw the news, he was completely shocked.

He had read history and heard unofficial history, but this was the first time he had fed someone dog shit.

If the latter is told to others, no one will know.

It's really bad, my family.

"Me too! By the way, I also like Kong Ming, especially him..."

When Kitahara Takashi catered to his interests, Nakano Miku was like an orphan who had met her family, and she pulled Kitahara Takashi aside to start talking about the Three Kingdoms.

This is also what Kitahara Takashi hopes to see.

In fact, he has always been leading the topic towards the Three Kingdoms.

Judging from the results, Kitahara Takashi's knowledge reserve is definitely higher than Nakano Miku.

But if you are just talking about other generals of the island nation, Kitahara Takashi may not necessarily know more about them than Nakano Miku.

There is no other reason, because nothing that Nakano Miku said will be tested!

Why memorize something that won’t be tested?

The island country is such a tiny place. Let’s not talk about anything else, but the Battle of Sekigahara, in which the island country is known as the “battle that divided the world”.

This was the largest battle in the history of the Warring States Period. Both sides mobilized more than 100,000 troops. It may be a bit of an exaggeration to call it a village war, but compared with the large-scale battles in the history of the Flower-Growing Country, its scale was still relatively small.

Kitahara Takashi studied the history of the Warring States period of the island country, which was an individual assignment given by his teacher.

He discovered that during the most ferocious period of the early Warring States period when the lower orders were overthrowing the upper orders, a dozen people with seven or eight guns could be considered as a group of princes.

Even in Nobunaga's famous battle, the Battle of Inabori, he had only a few hundred men under his command.

He really has no interest in understanding.

Because he didn't understand, Kitahara Takashi didn't talk about it and wanted to steer the topic to the Three Kingdoms.

Because he wouldn't pretend to know something he doesn't, that would just add to the joke.

Besides, I can talk to Miku Nakano for a long time just by watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Once you are familiar with it, you won’t need to look for these topics specifically.

He chatted with Miku just to have a common topic to advance their relationship, not because he really wanted to chat with her.

This is just like when a man and a woman go on a date and have to go to the cinema. This is just one of the ways to promote feelings, not really going to the movies.

While Kitahara Takashi and Nakano Miku were chatting, a paparazzi raised his camera in a dark alley.

"Kacha!"

"Kacha!"

He has been squatting on Kitahara Takashi since last night.

Now Kitahara Tsutomu is like a traffic password in the island country. As long as you send it, the traffic will not be reduced.

This paparazzi is counting on Kitahara Takashi to make him popular.

*

At the same time, in Tokyo, at the Shinomiya residence.

"Miss Kaguya, please eat!"

Hayasaka Ai placed breakfast one by one in front of Shinomiya Kaguya and stood behind her with an expressionless face.

"Hayasaka, is it my illusion? Why do I feel like you're not in a good mood today?"

Bing Huiye glanced at Hayasaka Ai.

Today, Hayasaka Ai put down her knife and fork with a bit more force than usual.

Others may not notice this behavior, but it is impossible for Kaguya Shinomiya, who grew up with Hayasaka Ai, to not notice it.

Hayasaka Ai said stiffly: "No."

Shinomiya Kaguya put down her knife and fork, looked at Hayasaka Ai calmly and said, "You're lying."

"..."

Hayasaka Ai stood there with her head lowered, her thin lips tightly pursed, and she said nothing.

Yes, she did lie.

She was in a really bad mood today.

Because she saw the video of Kitahara Takashi confessing his love to Shinomiya Kaguya loudly yesterday afternoon.

Although Kitahara Takashi gave an explanation at the first time.

He explained to herself that he was being targeted by the Shinomiya family and that he had no choice but to do so. Hayasaka Ai could understand.

But this didn't prevent her from being in a bad mood.

She hated Shinomiya Yanan very much.

It’s fine if you target the Konoe family, but why do you also want to target Kitahara Takashi?

With both his parents dead, he came to Tokyo alone to study. He has tried his best to survive. He is pitiful enough in himself, but now he has become a pawn in the game between you major families.

Hayasaka Ai couldn't imagine how painful and helpless that innocent boy must have felt when facing the overwhelming online violence.

I heard that some people threw rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at him.

He was only sixteen.

No one knows how much Hayasaka Ai felt sorry for Kitahara Takashi when she saw him being booed by the audience yesterday.

If possible, Hayasaka Ai would fly over and spend time with him. (Yozakura Hitomi: No need, I've already comforted him.)

What did he do wrong?

He just wanted to live a better life.

Did he do anything wrong?

Sigong Yan'an, the scene brought back emotions, you only took up two words! !

The first and third words!

Whenever she thought about it, Hayasaka Ai became more determined to leave the Shinomiya family as soon as possible.

Because of this, Hayasaka Ai took her anger out on Shinomiya Kaguya for a while.

Hayasaka Ai knew that she shouldn't be like this, but she couldn't control herself from thinking this way.

Sometimes people's emotions are not driven by themselves.

Even though she had tried very hard to regard Shinomiya Kaguya and the Shinomiya family as two independent entities, there was one fact that could not be ignored: Shinomiya Kaguya had the influence of Shinomiya Gan'an flowing in her.

Can she really be separated from the Shinomiya family and Shinomiya Yan'an?

"Hayasaka, you are the person I trust the most. I hope you can speak up if there is any conflict between us."

Shinomiya Kaguya looked calmly at Hayasaka Ai, her tone sincere and her eyes genuine.

Under Kaguya Shinomiya's affectionate gaze, Hayasaka Ai took out her phone and expertly found the video she had watched countless times last night: "...Miss Kaguya, please take a look at this."

Shinomiya Kaguya took the phone and read it carefully. She was puzzled: "Are you unhappy because of such a trivial matter?"

"Insignificant?"

Hayasaka Ai's eyelashes trembled slightly like butterfly wings, and she looked at Shinomiya Kaguya with some sadness.

I can't believe why Kaguya Shinomiya would say such a thing.

"Is not it?"

Shinomiya Kaguya asked back.

"There's a price to pay for talking nonsense."

"Let's teach him a lesson, so that he understands the price he has to pay for teasing someone of the direct lineage of the Shinomiya family."

Shinomiya Kaguya thought there was nothing wrong with this.

Anyone who offends her will suffer the consequences.

This is not only to protect Kaguya Shinomiya, but also to protect the face of the Shinomiya family.

Even for Kaguya Shinomiya, this lesson was considered light.

"..."

Hayasaka Ai remained silent, and no one knew what she was thinking at the moment?

"Didn't we do that before?"

Shinomiya Kaguya thought Hayasaka Ai was weird. You must have done this kind of thing many times before.