Chapter 466: Chapter 459: The Irreversible Past
Neon girls generally know a thing or two about makeup; this applies regardless of age. Some elementary and middle school students even try on a bit of light makeup themselves. Even so, their parents don’t seem to mind—everyone has a desire to be beautiful, which is unrelated to age or appearance. They all went through this too, so they naturally see no problem with it. As long as the children don’t wear heavy makeup and stand out too much at school, the parents let them be.
The cute little Ise Yu seems to have incorporated a bit of makeup skill in her dressing skills. However, Shirakawa Sawahei has been with her for so long, and he always saw her with a bare face. In short, she’s just too lazy to put on makeup. It’s not just her; the few girls in the Calligraphy Club also hardly wear makeup. Call it the privilege of pretty girls or plain indulgence. Shirakawa Sawahei has never seen Tsukimi and the others seriously wearing exquisite makeup in front of him.
Miss Kaori also most frequently appears without makeup. There was an exception during a piano event, but the impact of her beauty remains about the same, whether made-up or not, so he didn’t pay much attention.
So, Black Hearted Lolita is the only one who cheats!? Increasing her appeal with lip gloss fooled me into thinking my old lusty man switch was flipped on!
Thus, Shirakawa Sawahei eyed Black Hearted Lolita with an angry glare.
"What do you mean! Who said I’m the only one with lipstick! Minister Sakurazawa clearly has it too!"
"I... I... I just... collected it..."
"And Orikin! You have it in your bag too!"
Slack-off girl looked evasively away...
Black Hearted Lolita coldly smirked and said, "Besides, Hayakawa, even though you came empty-handed, who remembers if you applied lipstick last night?"
Shirakawa Sawahei tried to recall...
Little Arrogant last night... hmm...
No impression...
Miss Kaori shrugged, "It seems like the deduction process has hit a deadlock again. Whoever kissed Shirakawa last night must know it themselves."
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Black Hearted Lolita suspiciously asked, "Could it be Tachibana..."
"That’s impossible..."
"True... Xiao Mo couldn’t be the culprit..."
Asano Nazuki thought for a moment, feeling it unlikely too, and directed her gaze once more to the suspicious Black Hearted Lolita...
There’s just something about her... super suspicious...
The invisible person finally awoke from the noise of the argument, slowly waking up, her eyes still blurry.
What’s going on... why’s everyone gathered here...
Shirakawa... oops!
Miss Tachibana Tomoku covered her little mouth, her eyes couldn’t hide her surprise. When Shirakawa Sawahei saw her wake up, he helplessly covered the hickey on his neck and said, "Alright, alright, let’s have breakfast first. Let’s just say it was done by a ghost, last night a ghost kissed me, okay."
Miss Kaori’s expression shifted upon hearing this, a cold smile appeared: "Are you implying that we suspects are all ghosts, Shirakawa?"
"Shirakawa, can you watch what you say!"
"Shirakawa! ’Emotional Intelligence’! Can’t you read ’Emotional Intelligence’ well!"
"Little Bai... uh, Shirakawa, if you can talk, say more..."
Miss Tachibana Tomoku: Shocked
Regardless, this farcical drama that happened so early in the morning was finally dismissed by Shirakawa Sawahei on the grounds of having breakfast. Even though no conclusion was reached in their deduction until the very end.
Shirakawa Sawahei was doubtful about this matter. This hickey couldn’t have appeared for no reason, surely one of the girls in the room did it...
The essence of this issue isn’t really about who did it, the real point is that at least one girl in this room has romantic feelings towards him.
A simple prank seems unlikely, he’s spent nights with these girls before, except this time, there was an addition of Little Arrogant... her arrival marked the beginning of this mysterious hickey incident...
Perhaps... the girl felt the pressure from Hayakawa Kashi’s advances and used this method to declare sovereignty...
Perhaps, that girl is Little Arrogant?
Or even... Black Hearted Lolita... could it be?
Shirakawa Sawahei felt a bit troubled for a moment because apart from Tsukimi Sakurazawa, the rest are his study girlies and have connections with the system. If it was the system’s doing, it might make some sense, but it remains unclear which one of the study girlies already has a crush on him...
It’s all due to this lousy system. Shirakawa Sawahei cursed under his breath, looking at the system’s confession progress interface and sighed deeply.
If only he paid more attention to researching the so-called confession progress and strategy progress... Now things are complicated, with two at 99%, and the other two aren’t even on the same wavelength... It’s really stressful...
Not just Black Hearted Lolita’s hot spring incident, even this hickey seems like a sign, constantly reminding Shirakawa Sawahei that the current situation has changed from the past.
Perhaps... after this school trip in the woods... he’ll never be able to return to the peaceful and harmonious life he once had?
Will I face the blade alone, offering my life and honor to the Harem King tonight and every night?
Just thinking about it makes life seem chaotic...
Feeling he couldn’t bear the fate of being a scumbag, Shirakawa Sawahei shook his head gently, letting himself temporarily forget the chaotic stuff, and got up, heading towards the direction of the girls.
At the dining table, Miss Kaori still maintained a composed face while facing Black Hearted Lolita’s death glare. Little Lolita seemed to be adamant that it was she who secretly kissed him and licked the stuff, her expression was icy, and she never showed her a pleasant face. Meanwhile, after discussing the suspects for a while, Tsukimi and Ise Yu quickly got distracted and started happily chatting about the Night Festival’s anecdotes.
"It seems everyone will be divided up to help build the bonfire later. Boys will be carrying wood, and girls will clear a small snowy area..."
"Ah... shoveling snow is such a bother... But for the lively Night Festival, a little trouble isn’t a big deal~"
Shirakawa Sawahei glanced sideways at the cute little Ise Yu without saying a word.
This one’s skill in slacking off is increasing by leaps and bounds daily. If he doesn’t keep an eye on her later, she’s likely to be naturally forgotten just like the others.
Worry about inequality rather than scarcity; everyone is working hard, but just letting her skate by passively, what kind of example is that!
Not long after breakfast, Shirakawa Sawahei and the others were indeed found by Teacher Takagi, who assigned tasks. Miss Kaori didn’t claim any special privileges and naturally followed everyone in preparing for the Night Festival. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Sawahei was assigned the task of moving materials from the hotel warehouse.
When the results of the assignment came out, Shirakawa Sawahei, the old rascal, felt something was slightly off.
What’s going on here? I’m tasked to move stuff in a rarely visited warehouse, and no study girl of mine is being sent along to trigger a closed warehouse event?
Lousy system... is it finally done playing tricks this time?