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In order to avoid being spotted by anyone from Zui’ran, we agreed to meet up one station down from her house, in a lonely little café that none of them would ever visit.
Just being extra careful, right?
A cow bell rang as I opened the door, and I stepped into a café with a retro aesthetic.
Wakaba-chan was reading a textbook at a seat near the back.
I see.
So the smart kids made use of this time to study too!
“Sorry, did I keep you waiting?”
“Nope, not at all. I actually thought you’d be a little longer, really,” she smiled, closing her book.
On a day like this I’d normally have gone to the salon, and then to the clubroom, but I told them all that I was feeling bad.
On the way out Kaburagi seemed like he really wanted to say something, but that was scary so I power walked to the car park.
Thank goodness he hadn’t asked me to stop…
Since this place didn’t serve hot chocolate, I went with milk tea instead.
Wakaba-chan was drinking a hot coffee.
She’s so mature.
“I was surprised you would be here so early, Takamichi-san. Was there no Student Council work today?”
“There was, but I said I had some family matters to take care of so they excused me.”
“I see…”
Fellow Stalking Horse had also asked me what happened in his capacity as the StuCo President.
All I could tell him was that I heard somebody while on the way back from the nurse’s office. I picked up the marker and discovered the graffiti.
I wonder if he believed me.
The other members of his Student Council seemed to be suspicious of me.
“At any rate, regarding today’s incident…”
“Yeah. It must have been rough, Kisshouin-san. Was everything okay after that? You really had it tough.”
The first words that came out of her mouth were sympathies.
“Ah… So you really believe me when I say it was not I, then…”
“Of course I do!” she nodded.
Her expression told me that it wasn’t even in question.
Not even a doubt in her mind.
“Why are you so certain of that? I am quite sure that I was the most suspicious one there. I would have thought a little doubt to be natural…”
“Ehh? It’s because I’ve always considered you my closest ally, I guess.”
“!?”
What the hell!?
Uuu, I’m so happy, Wakaba-chan!
That’s what you’ve thought of me!?
But…
“On what basis? What if Tsuruhana-san was correct, and I actually despise you in secret?” I said a little contrarily.
There were people like that in the world.
I knew what kind of person Wakaba-chan was, but she didn’t know me nearly as well. Certainly not well enough to be certain that I meant well, right?
“No way,” she laughed. “In secret you’ve been helping me out too, right?”
I wasn’t sure why she could smile so confidently about that.
I was a little confused about it.
“I recall doing nothing of the sort.”
“Eh, really?”
“Yes.”
She folded her arms and hummed.
“Well if she’s that keen on keeping it a secret, maybe I shouldn’t say anything…? Ahh, but is she really keeping it a secret…? I mean, that wasn’t keeping it a secret at all, right…?” she muttered.
“Takamichi-san?”
“Ahh~ Umm… Kisshouin-san, a while back you uh, wrote me a letter filled with what to look out for in Zui’ran, didn’t you?”
“Eh!?”
How come!?
Why did she know it was me!?
“Ah… Going by the look on your face, you really were trying to hide it then?”
Wakaba-chan smiled a little helplessly at me.
“Eh? Eh!? How!?”
And I was so careful to keep it anonymous too.
So how did she realise it was me!?
“How long have you known!?”
“Well, from the start.”
“From the start!?”
“Yeah.”
Eeehhh!?
“If you looked at the inside of the envelope under a light there was a little Kisshouin crest. So yeah, when I first opened it I realised it was from you.”
“Ehhh!?”
What the hell!? I didn’t know about that at all!
It’s true that I used our family’s letter set since the one I had was a little plain, but I thought I was in the clear since I avoided the one with our crest on the back!
But despite all that there was a watermark on the inside!?
I had no idea!
“You didn’t sign the letter, but since the envelope had your family’s crest on it I figured that you were using that instead.
“But after a while, from your attitude, I started thinking that perhaps you had been trying to keep it a secret…
“I thought about thanking you so many times, but if you were trying to hide it then I thought maybe it would be better to avoid mentioning it.
“Which is why I hadn’t mentioned it until now. I mean, you even referred to yourself in third person.”
UGYYAAAAAAAHHH!
THIS IS SO EMBARRASSINGG!!
‘Kisshouin-san’ I called myself!
I even thought I was so clever about it!
Even though she knew from the start!
This is hell! Somebody kill me!
‘Kisshouin-san’s group wields the most influence amongst the 1st Year girls of Zui’ran, so take care around them’?
Hahaha, who actually says that about themselves?
Seriously, ‘Kisshouin-san’!?
Aren’t you the one who wrote it!?
I thumped my head onto the table and began grating my head against it.
“Ah geez, Kisshouin-san, are you okay?”
I’m not okay…
I’m about to die of shame.
“Sometimes I sent you little signs though. Like when I made the seven-herb congee for you. Your letter warned me to be careful while picking wild herbs after all.”
So that really was pre-meditated!
“Plus, around the time I got your letter, the gardener told me to be careful as well. You told him to warn me too, right?”
“…”
I guess she knew it all, then.
At this point the only thing I could do was sulk.
“…I see. Well thank you very much for all your consideration… I was the one who wrote it, oh yes.”
“Mmn…”
Wakaba-chan gave another helpless smile as I sulked.
“Well anyway, that’s why I think you’re on my side.”
“Yes…”
“And I finally get to say it now; thank you for being sincere, and always coming to help me, Kisshouin-san.”
Uu…
“You are welcome…”
I was so ashamed that I couldn’t even look at her in the face──
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After that I listened to her talk about the Student Council.
Apparently Fellow Stalking Horse didn’t think I did it either.
“It doesn’t fit her M.O.” he apparently said.
“Just the time you shut up those sports clubs was enough to remember you did things completely differently. Man, that fan was something else!” laughed Wakaba-chan.
Is that so?
When I got home later that day, I checked what I thought were unmarked envelopes.
Just like Wakaba-chan said, it seemed plain on the inside until you shone a light on it, and our family’s crest appeared.
Geh, it was true.
But I’m impressed that you even found this, Wakaba-chan…
I vowed never just to slack off and use my family’s stationery to send anonymous letters ever again.
*
Wakaba-chan might have believed me, but the problem was Kaburagi.
If he ever decided that I was Wakaba-chan’s enemy, my future was over.
I needed to find a way to make him understand, and secure the safety of my family.
But how.
If I revealed the nature of my relationship with Wakaba-chan then it would certainly solve the current issue.
But if the whole school realised it as well, it would make life a lot harder for me.
Well, whatever the case, I’d have to see how Kaburagi behaved tomorrow…
If he didn’t say a word to me, then I’d just leave it be.
Yeah, that sounded like a good idea.
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*
But despite that, no sooner had school ended did Kaburagi call out to me.
Hiiieee~!
We weren’t in the salon right now.
Instead, he had brought me to a small conference room.
I guess he asked for permission so that he’d have a place where we wouldn’t be heard.
Scaryy.
What was I going to do if he sentenced me to death?
“Umm, so what was it you wished to speak to me about…?” I asked nervously.
“Yeah. About yesterday’s locker incident.”
I knew it!
“It was not me!”
“I know.”
“Heh?”
So he hadn’t called me here because I was a suspect?
“I’ll admit that I was a little suspicious. But afterwards Iwamuro told me that you were absolutely not the kind of person to do that.”
“Iwamuro-kun did?”
He and Kaburagi knew each other!?
Apparently Iwamuro had once been his horse.
“Your class rep came and told me the same thing. You’re pretty popular, Kisshouin.”
Maiden’s Society――! You came through for me!
“Sorry for even doubting you.”
“No… But I see now. In that case, what was it you wished to speak about?”
“It’s a bit hard to say, but…”
Kaburagi hesitated for a moment.
“The truth is, I actually have a girl I like…”
“I see.”
I already know that. And?
“I’d like your help with that.”
“Ehh!?”
Why me!?
“Why me!?”
“Both Iwamuro and Class Rep said that your hair was a god of love.”
“Ehh!?”
What the hell do you mean my hair!?
“Apparently by touching it you’ll be granted luck in romance. They say it’s super effective.”
“Ehh!?”
Class Rep――!
“Do you truly believe such a story?”
“Ah, I mean, not really but… honestly I just wanted a girl to talk to about these things. And you were the best suited for that.”
“Ehh~”
Choose somebody else, please.
“Please, Kisshouin. I won’t ask anything unreasonable.”
“Ehh~”
No way.
In the past you used me as a gopher, didn’t you.
And I don’t want to get involved in your romance either.
But I doubted Kaburagi would back down.
I probably couldn’t even leave until I accepted.
Ugh.
I didn’t even have a choice, did I!?
Hm, but if I had to do it either way, then…
I suddenly had a wonderful idea.
“…I understand. But I have a few conditions.”
“Shoot.”
“You will not at any point in the future attempt to uncover evidence of crimes committed by my family, nor will you attempt to destroy us. Please swear on this.”
“Is your family involved in crime?”
“Absolutely not! It was simply an example! Yes, an example!”
Uh oh, I might have made him suspicious for no reason.
His eyes were certainly looking suspicious.
“Any how! As long as you refuse to swear this I will not aid you in the slightest!”
“Haaah. Alright, alright. I just have to promise, right?”
“A verbal agreement is not binding.”
I took out a sheet of writing paper from my bag.
“Please print the following: ‘I, Kaburagi Masaya, swear not to engage in behaviours that will bring about the ruin of the Kisshouin family’.”
“Are you guys really doing something that shady?”
“The heavens as my witness, we are doing no such thing! Now, come! Please hurry up and write it. And sign it as well, please.”
“What a pain…”
Although he complained to himself, he did as he was told and thrust the completed declaration at me.
“See? Done.”
“Not yet.”
I retrieved a box cutter from my pencilcase.
“Please use your blood to sign with your thumb print.”
“Haah!? Blood!? What the fuck are you saying!? Scaryy! What the fuck!? Is this a pact to murder the King or some shit!?”
“A signature is simply not enough. Please show me your resolve. Now come. The blood seal please. Come. Come.”
“No fucking way! That’s fucking heavy! Your folks are definitely up to some fucked up shit, aren’t they!? Just what kind of crazy stuff are you involved in!? No fucking way am I giving you a blood seal!”
He even tucked his thumbs into his fists.
Are you a child?
“Phew, I suppose I have no choice. In that case, as a compromise just using ink will do.”
Since I didn’t have the traditional red ink on hand, I provided him a red marker instead.
“A thumb print…? Well, if that’s all…”
Kaburagi coloured in his thumb and gave me what I wanted.
Of course none of this would hold up in a court of law, but at least Kaburagi would think twice before breaking this promise.
“Thank you very much. Well then, I promise you my cooperation, Kaburagi-sama.”
“Alright! Well then, let’s… Hang on, I’m going to go wash this ink off first.”
Kaburagi left for the bathroom.
I carefully placed his oath into my bag.
A while later he burst into the room screaming,
“Oi! This ink is freaking oil-based, damnit! It won’t come off at all!”
Geez. What an excitable guy…
“Both Iwamuro and Class Rep said that your hair was a god of love.”
The original line is,
“Both Iwamuro and Class Rep called you the Hair of Luck in Romance.”
“Ehh!?”
What on earth did you talk to those two about!? Who, exactly, is this God of Luck in Romance!?
The joke is that he’s used the intonation for hair(kami), but she hears it as god(kami) since it just makes more sense to her that way.
お兄ちゃん、やめてぇ！ 
Like I mentioned a long…long time ago, this is one of my favorite chapter of Reika.
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I said the same thing, a long, long time ago.
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Long, long, time ago I was reading those comments
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Long, long, time ago I was probably ignorant of why. Today?
Today I’m enlightened
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Man was that over two years ago now? I feel so old.
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Men another 2 years again?
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Was it in a galaxy far, far away?
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And here I was, just thinking about how he would get tetanus infection if he used that box cutter to cut his finger… .__.
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Good chapter. She knows… I and even Kaburagi goes to our God of love 😍 Will he succeed?!!
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I mean, at least Wakaba doesn’t think badly of him.
The question is, will his relation with her go well enough that he won’t get jealous when Wakaba get friendly with Reika.
Or in reverse, will he not get jealous when Wakaba goes to Reika for help (if she ever need one) and not him.
And the part of me that vote for yuri route hope he fails.
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I’m a bit surprised at how much people are into the yuri ship.
I once jokingly suggested it several several dozen chapters back and now I keep hearing its fandom wanting Kaburagi to be NTR’d.
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Nope you are not the only one. I have been wanting a yuri route for so long… Aira-sama and Reika for example but didnt happen
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Our forever lonely God of love xD
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“On the way out Kaburagi seemed like he really wanted to say something, but that was scary so I power walked to the car park.”
To apologize hopefully. The bastard.
“Ehh? It’s because I’ve always considered you my closest ally, I guess.”
*dies*
“Just the time you shut up those sports clubs was enough to remember you did things completely differently. Man, that fan was something else!” laughed Wakaba-chan.”
Totally right Wakaba *thumbs up*
“Please print the following: ‘I, Kaburagi Masaya, swear not to participate in activities leading to the ruin of the Kisshouin family.”
… unbelievable.
And no I don’t mean unbelievably smart Reika.
“No fucking way! That’s fucking heavy! Your folks are definitely up to some fucked up shit, aren’t they!? Just what kind of crazy stuff are you involved in!? No fucking way am I giving you a blood seal!”
*dies again*
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But what if Wakaba is bullying Wakaba?
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I see now Wakaba was hinting her back when she asked whether the Kisshouin family had their own crest.
Thanks for the chapter.
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Wow… this really made me remember why this is one of my favorite novels. Thanks for the double update!
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thanks for the chapter
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Reika-chama, are you into some dark shit? Or secretly the head of the Yakuza? ‘Please sign this in blood’ lololololololol
*died in this
*dies again when
The red marker was oil-based!!!!
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Thanks for double release
Now card on the table, I’m waiting for more Reika and Kaburagi interaction with little bit of Enjou
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“No fucking way! That’s fucking heavy! Your folks are definitely up to some fucked up shit, aren’t they!? Just what kind of crazy stuff are you involved in!? No fucking way am I giving you a blood seal!”
lol
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Having a secret rendezvous where Reika confessed (to sending the note). Thanks for the chapter
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Aaaaand now even Kaburagi is gonna have higher caution towards Reika because of the blood seal lololololololololololol
Such a great chapter
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holy shit, this was probably one of the best chapters ever!!!!
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200 chapters but even Kaburagi bowed down to Reika.
Banzai!
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Banzai!!!
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Omg 😂😂😂I’m laughing so hard, she made him promise not to dig into any information regarding her family, I bet he wants to now 😂
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More like I bet he doesn’t.
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I bet he’s too scared to dig up information…
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Kaburagi making love consultations to Reika has now become into an image of a prideful young lady experiencing love for the first time and timidly trying to approach the school’s love guru in order to seek guidance…
“but… honestly I just wanted a girl to talk to about these things. And you were the best suited for that.”
I know it’s quite off the mark, but heck, I couldn’t help but think bakaburagi was cute this chapter!! (Also he’s entered the maidens in love club in my mind).
Thanks for the chapters!
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I lost it when she asked for the blood seal😂😂😂
Thanks a lot!
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Coming up next: How Reika show Kaburagi how suckup he is at keeping secret too
Like, seriously? “The truth is, I actually have a girl I like…” Who the hell didn’t see that?
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thank for the update
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WAHAHAHHA, so funny XD, why she do that arggg hahahah so stupid move. I mean isnt that supposed to be common sense, if you try to make a big fuss to not touch her family, people will be way more suspicious, huhu Reika, where common sense-chan go??
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She has some but did she ever have that much to begin with?
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Common Sense doesn’t want to work anymore
Sorry
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Common Sense-chan has become a NEET because she couldn’t take it anymore.
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Common Sense-chan wandered out to the convenience store for food but was hit by Truck-san. She has now reincarnated into a different world!
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Wtb spinoff novel of the adventures of common sense-chan, onegai!
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It’s not really worth it. She just turns out to be a haremfag who kickstarts an industrial revolution using a grade school understanding of chemistry and physics. People strew her path with flowers and kiss ass to the great Wisdom-sama.
Also, she bought some slaves who fall into her harem because she’s a “kind master” who rescued them from a life of servitude.
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But what about the presentation?! The PRESENTATION! (I assume that was full sarcasm, though it sounds like a familiar premise. Maybe a lot of the isekai stories out there? 😋)
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Well, I have read a lot of isekai. Let’s just say that the genre has a lot of bad novels with Mary Sues.
The overuse of slavery, poorly-written magic systems and embarrassing grade schooler science are the big ones that push my buttons.
Dishonorable mentions to got Make My Abilities Average, Magician’s Grandson and World Teacher.
Honorable mentions go to Destruction Ending and Overlord.
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*Dishonorable mentions go to . . .
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Sounds right. I research fairly well before I read, and I don’t bother reading unless it’s above average.
Destruction End Otome?
Have you read ‘My Death Flags Show No Signs of Ending?’
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Yes to the first question. No to the second.
I hew pretty closely to Brian Sanderson’s laws of magic in fantasy literature, since they pretty neatly summarize how I feel an author should use magic as a setting element or plot device.
In summary, you want very hard descriptions of magic if it’s important to resolving conflict. Soft magic is okay if it’s not important for that and super okay if it will create conflict for your protagonists. (The mass teleportation event in Mushoku Tensei and dark magic in Bakarina.)
Bakarina sucks at magic. So hey, we don’t actually need to know how it works. She’s never at any risk of forming a mental image of mind bullets and then killing everything problem to death. She is a harem-master but that’s played for laughs.
Probably the big thing that gets me with World Teacher and Magician’s Grandson is that it’s never properly established why you wouldn’t just imagine a hyper-heated stream of air conjured from nothing instead of imagining a more efficient combustion reaction for a bigger fireball. Or why the mere mortals of the setting can’t do exactly the same thing. Like sure, they might have less mana to do it with, but they should still be able to know that’s how it works.
Every one of these novels assumes that there are magician-scientists funded by the might and treasure of the entire kingdom, which operates at roughly 15th to 16th century levels of technology. There are royal-sponsored academies for teaching magic because it’s a matter of national defense and economic power. But they know nothing about how air makes fire hotter.
At the moment, I’ve been enjoying “Drop!” but the translator seems to have real-life going on. The protagonist might be a noblewoman scientist about herbs or something, but it’s largely established that her house has a ton of wizard-scientists on the payroll and that her particular fiefdom cares about these things anyway because they’re an agricultural powerhouse ruled by a bloodline of plant wizards.
And well . . . nobles historically have had a ton of dosh to blow on science.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
That, and I have done that science experiment where you extract caffeine from tea leaves or vapor distill banana oil. It scratches a particular nerd itch I didn’t know I had.
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Thank’s for the chapter… its very good as always..
my stomach upset cus laughing too much :/
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Alternative title for this chapter:
Kisshouin Reika’s Regrets.
Here we see Exhibit A, “Reika’s embarrassing past”, where she meddled and ends up showing Wakaba she’s even more of ditzy ojou-sama than imagined.
Next is Exhibit B, “Reika learns nothing”, where she meddles again and lays the path for a frustrating, mortifying future with a romance idiot.
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I feel like riding a roller coster while read this 2 chapters.
Maiden duo and Reika-sama’s exchanges at first made me smile, then I shocked from unexpected event, felt angry to Tsuruhana, anxious after the incident, almost cried when Wakaba-chan told the truth, and laughed so hard because Bakaburagi
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Thank you for the chapter!
This chapter is full of Reika-sama’s cuteness.
The fan is the most fearful weapon in the hands of Reika-sama.
“A signature is simply not enough. Please show me your resolve. Now come. The blood seal please. Come. Come.” hahaha the only lacking thing in the contact is the promising of his soul.
Maiden society plus one.
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blood blood blood blood thank you
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Well… looks like my theory’s wrong XD
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Huh. This chapter made me realize that Kaburagi is much, MUCH more normal than I thought. I see myself reacting the same way if someone asks me to give a thumbprint IN BLOOD. Reika, what the actual fuck? 😂
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What the fuck are you saying… whats normal about that shit seriously…
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Reika-sama seems like she has blood of phoenix running in her veins….
She sounds so much like Zhu Yao in this chapter!
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Rei-chan # 200! Banzai!!
Rei-chan! Your contingencies are suspicious! You didn’t think it through fully again!
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Currently the Kisshouin family is absolutely not doing anything shady, Bakaburagi, but Reika has *plans* for her future syndicate. Be careful you don’t get accidentally recruited!
In all seriousness, one of my favorite elements in this series is that the characters take turns in showing their silly side. Wakaba-chan is described as a natural airhead, but I really feel for her helplessness at Reika’s brand of (cute) idiocy. Bakaburagi too, is often “disappointing” but his reactions are completely normal here,. Really Reika? A blood seal? XD XD XD
I love you for the double updates.
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The exact opposite of the original.Reika may drive them apart by accident. Plus spending time with Bakaragi could be dangerous.
She also warned the maiden class rep against enlisting Arima’s help, because he could raise the girl’s flag. Could this be the case her?
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
Kaburagi narrowly avoided selling his soul to Kali. LOL
And I know we all think that he’s into Wakaba (including me), but what if the girl he likes isn’t her?
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I see what you meant there. But it’s enough with the chinese fandom making Bakabureika fanarts.
We should remain pure of this possibility
……No no. If that’s what happening, hopefully Reika has another stash of favorite Shoujo mangas – because she might reincarnated again after another abdominal ulcer…
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Fortunately she already has based on the previous chapter
…and it already reached its climax!
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You know you might be on to something… makes me wonder who the person who is always watching Reika sama is… That was revealed a few chapters back… Bakaburagi was depressed about valintines day right? Did Reika sama give him anything? Wasn’t it only Enjou?(Well technically the little brother but I’m sure rumors might be around) bakaburagi did warn Reika sama about Enjou’s fiance and we all know how Enjou likes to tease people… hmm..
NotLikeThis… The more I think about it the more plausible it seems… Ugh.. someone sink this ship(theory of mine)…I need my ReikaxWakaba end….
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What? Kaburagi and Reika? Given how much time he’s been spending around Wakaba and the lengths he goes to pick her up on the way to school, I don’t think so. I thought the Renjou ship was the obvious one and that ship has steadily been dropping hints over the course of the chapters.
There are two big hints recently.
The first is when Enjou tells Reika that he knows how it feels to wait for a chocolate from somebody special but being disappointed. He’s implying that while he might get a lot of chocolates, he still hasn’t gotten any from the one girl he’d actually care about: Reika.
At Yukino’s birthday, Enjou compliments Reika’s appearance and gives her a smile that makes her swoon. Reika then tries to secretly pluck a hair off his back to jinx his next crush to get revenge for being startled by his Casanova smootheness. She fails at this because he’s too well-groomed.
That last one works on a couple layers. Firstly, it foreshadows that Enjou’s next crush will succeed because Reika’s curse fails. Secondly, Enjou is actually Reika’s type. Reika spends A LOT of time discussing what she likes in men throughout the novel.
She likes kind boys, but dismisses Akizawa despite him being “cute” because she finds him too tame. She likes dynamic charismatic types like the previouso STUCO prez. She likes Imari and her brother, the latter of which is just as black-bellied as Enjou and likes to tease her. She outright states that she prefers Enjou’s face to Kaburagi’s face when it just comes down to looks. Besides that, the only other boy she likes is the boy that looks like her former cousin in her past life, who was nice to her when she was still growing up in her past life.
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preach
This ship is The Ship
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Lol. Dat analysis 👍
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The chocolate thing is cause Yuiko never gave him one as a child. He must have known Yuiko since childhood since he knew Katsuragi since before middle school. And he pretty much never talked to Reika till high school so he has no reason to assume he would ever get obligation chocolates from her. He isn’t stupid like Kaburagi is after all.
She has stated that her ideal might be Onii-chan but her reality is completely different. And the whole “she prefers Enjou’s face” only applies when he had honey blond hair and looked like a prince from a fairy tale.
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YES! At this point I’m 75% sure it’s Enjou who will be her sweetheart. And for the other 25% is me thinking she’ll be the Chief of Forever Alone Village (unless her parents step in directly and start doing marriage interviews).
And if Enjou doesn’t make a move on her, he’s just kinda stupid. But if he’s crushing hard for a long time, I’m thinking he’s shy. And if he’s shy, then we may not see anything until college.
No, the Chief shouldn’t have for her Spring Time that long!
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He’s been sending signals. The trouble is that Reika doesn’t have his sense of humor and is also afraid of him because of the whole reincarnation memory thing. So I can’t blame him for being cautious because Reika has emphatically been rejecting him.
He’s sent her gifts in the form of the Kaburagi concert and the firefly. Although they’re more like playful flirtations. The thing is that Reika is not the sort of person who shares his sense of humor and so she just thinks he’s insulting her. He thinks he’s being playful. So it just doesn’t work.
A girl like Sakurako *might* be more receptive to that approach, but possibly not. Sakurako is also a bit black-bellied and so might enjoy that kind of ironic self-deprecating humor. She’s got some bite to her. But Reika isn’t that way.
That didn’t work, so he went with a more conventional approach and gave her the latte art. She destroyed his art. Which is about as emphatic a rejection as you can get.
I think the only reason he hasn’t given up is because he understands that Reika is a bit of a scaredy cat and understands that his past behavior hasn’t exactly done anything to improve her trust. Which is why he changed his approach with the latte art and then is mostly just glad to be able to interact with her through Yukino. Because they can almost have normal conversations now where Reika doesn’t immediately assume he’s working an angle. Partly it’s because being Yukino’s brother has humanized him a bit in her eyes.
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Kaburagi has never warned Reika about Enjou’s fiance that was Katsuragi which is Enjou’s childhood acquaintance. Names are close but they are completely different people. Be mindful of that.
The reason Kaburagi was down for Valentines is because Wakaba never gave anything while thinking she would at least give obligation chocolates because he was decently close to her.
And the person who watched Reika but wasn’t mentioned by name was definitely Kaburagi. He has been stated and shown to have a hobby of Reika watching(stalking) at various points throughout the story. Chairmen wouldn’t be commenting about how “He” smiled away and looked if it was just Enjou because he is always smiling. Kaburagi doesn’t smile or pay attention to any females other then Yuuri/Wakaba/Reika.
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His lists of wrong doing are mounting…
Doubting Reika… you shit! Wakaba will end up with Reika! that is my curse upon thee!!! or with Fellow stalking horse… anyone but you!!!!
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Sigh, Reika-chan… why have you not common sense? 😅
Thanks for all your hard work! 😄
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“you’d be a little longer” should probably be “you’d be a little later” or “you’d take a little longer”
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Nah, dw. It’s dialogue and I’ve heard people say that. Thanks though!
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You can think of it as “I thought you would be a little longer in arriving.”
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Wooooa i get a good laugh, thank you for the chapter Este-sama 😆😆😆
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Can’t wait for Reika-tan to admit their(Wakaba-chan) to Bakaragi. That they are in-love with each other and Bakaragi got NTR’ed. It is Reika and Wakaba against the world(Suiran).
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I mean their relationship
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OMG! HAHAHAHAHA! That was a good laugh. I find those two funny but i hope they dont become a couple or i might die laughing later on.
Anyway Kaburagi is joining the Maiden society~ Looks like their society have gain one of the Iconic Leaders of the Forever alone village that trying to leave the Village since childhood!
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Reika-sama…
This marked the second time Reika made Kaburagi a fool lol the first time is the tonsure advice.
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Which shows how much power she doesn’t realise she has.
Who besides her and his best friend can actually make a fool out of him and get away with it?!
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Is it just me or is she gaining more power…….. and in all different ways (fear, ideal girl, reliable person, merciful noble, ect.)
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Bakaragi already fell, Enjou is still formidable. Once she grasped his weakness, then everything else are just trivial things like Tsuruhana and Stalking Horse. Stalking horse is still troublesome but she might be able to control him through Wakaba-chan.
Reika-sama, what a fearful child, really good at scheming.
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The fan gets a cameo!
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As always . The angry is vanish when reika sama make a joke….
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No one mention in ‘kishoin san’ part
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Thanks for the chapter🤣🤣🤣😋😋😋
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Thanks. Man the entire bit with Wakaba-chan and the blood seal was so good.
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Lololol Reika-chan… If you pushed for blood a little bit more he may have let you off from being his romance advisor!! XD But at least you got back at him with the oil ink. Lolol but now other people are going to misunderstand whenever he comes to find Reika for advice. I fear for her eyebrows!
Many thankss
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People will witness Bakaragi patting Reika-tan’s head, and she lets him to. People will misunderstand it again. But actually Bakaragi is just paying respect and praying to goddess of love.
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Thank you for the chapter~ it was awesome and I died so many times I must be a cat 😂😂😂 I really loved this chapter, one of the best updates I have ever seen 🙇🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻
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Thanks for the chapter.
I think you pushed it a bit much Reika.
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How is Reika so oblivious sometimes…? Why was she trying for a fancy letter set when she’s going incognito?? But this does cement Wakaba being totally in Reika’s corner. Looks like Student Prez and the baka emperor will always play second fiddle to her.
At least Bakaburagi isn’t completely incompetent. But he loses points for actually having some doubts despite having known her for years.
But now he wants the goddess’s blessing too… I’d say back out, but this is also the perfect time to get rid of him permenantly. Either he succeeds and leaves the FAV and owes Reika for life or fails and Reika could probably convince him to join a far-off monastery.
But Reika’s negotiation and contracting skills leave much to be desired… so suspicious…maybe I should retract my prior scolding of Bakaburagi doubting her??…nah.
Thanks again for the double release! And yes, god(kami) should make more sense for her XDD
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Well, to be fair, this is Suiran. The vast majority of students probably have fancy letter sets — with or without family crests.
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What the heck. Reika looks like a witch offering a devilish contract to kaburago. LOL 😂😂
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“He even tucked his thumbs into his fists.
Are you a child?”
Lol Reika making it sound that piercing your thumb is just a trivial thing
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Thanks for the chapter!!!!!!
My God, I can’t stop laughing!!!
With this chapter and the comments…!!!!
X’DDDDDDD
Thank you so much for the translation!!
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avoid family ruin GET
3rd cute disciple GET
another reika-sama chapter
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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Loooooooord Reeeeikaaaaaaaa what the fuck is with your braaaain Reiiikaaaaaa!
Thanks for the chapter!
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Loved the part with Wakaba as always! And as for the blood seal…damn girl, at this rate you’ll be running a yakuza empire in the future…no scratch that, you’ll be running the whole criminal underworld! LOL! With her upbringing, how in the world does she come up with this shit?! I’m almost scared for what she’ll become in the future! I have a feeling that Bakaburagi’s family’s days at the top are numbered.
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For once, it’s Reika that’s being the weird baka doofus and not Kaburagi.
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True dat. I hope it’s not a sign of compatibility 😒
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What an emotional roller coaster I’ve experienced! No wonder I wasn’t sleeping well, it probably was the subconscious anticipation! Need some Oniisama to cure my violently beating heart~ ufufufu~ thanks a ton, Este! 💖
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Right now my wife is wondering why I’m dying of laughter and I can’t explain. It would take 199 chapters of material to tell her why this is so crazy hilarious.
Best chapter of the story, without contest.
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I know, right?
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Chương mới đã đến!!
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cảm ơn vì đã dịch :D
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damn..
that’s the first time kaburagi said more than 10 sentence in a single chapter
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Reika, your family is clean. That contract was TOTALLY unnecessary, love! lololol Oh, Reika, when will you realize/accept that the danger of your family’s destruction passed a LONG time ago?
Thanks for the chapter! 200! ^__^
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Congrats on 200 chapters of Reika!!
Lol! Even Kaburagi is praying to Reika for luck in love. XD
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aah I wanted her to take kaburagi’s route… there’s still hope
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Thx for the chapter o/
Immediate of the Glorious ReikaxEnjou ships: Captain, we see ReikaxKaburagui ships on the horizon, should we open fire?
Captain of the Glorious ReikaxEnjou ships: No immediate, that’s a BakaburaguixWakaba ship coming to our side, with their help we will DESTROY those pesks WakabaxReika ships and that one or 2 person that still believe in a ReikaXBakaburagui ship…
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ReikaxEnjou fleet Detected!!!
ReikaxWakaba Fleet Open Fire!!!
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10 years later
“P.M Kaburagi, you must act right now , Kisshouin Sama follower is already control the diet now !!!”
– But i can’t … she has my oath of not messing with her family business …
“why ? what did you make that oath for ????”
and then, the Lone Village Chief Reika took over the Japan Diet for sake of finding a handsome man to fuel her fantasy …
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Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
“A signature is simply not enough. Please show me your resolve. Now come. The blood seal please. Come. Come.”
Come. Come. It’s only a little drop of blood.
😂😂😂
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That’s what all the scary witches and demons say 😱
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This chapter is super great
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thnx for the chapter
and wow the wakaba x reika ship is strong….but why did masaya wanted the help of his love rival? is almost imposible that he wins in love with poor wakaba
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omg!!!! amazing! I need more, tks for your working
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What will reika do??? Will she help? Or no??? Let’s wait until next update!!!
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I’ll mirror everyone else’s comments, here. Hilarious chapter!
Reika’s ‘sneaky’ ways are not as sneaky as previously thought, lol. I liked Wakaba’s little monologue about whether she should reveal that she knew it not.
Oh yes, my family isn’t doing anything suspicious, nope. Just sign away the possibility that you’ll stop us from not doing anything suspicious in the future, here. Oh, and in blood please, thanks 😇
Thank you very much.
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* Won’t hold up in a court of law anyway.
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As she mentioned, which makes it all the worse 😔
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Thank you for the chapter~
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Thanks for the chapter!!
Also, anyone remember which chapter Reika gave Wakabe the letter? I want to go back and re read it!
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Chapter 123
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TiBwHW6UciI
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Thank you for translating! This is one of the best novel translation sites out there and I couldn’t help but binge-read this story. The notes and mini-history trivia are super helpful and interesting as well. You’re all awesome, thank you!!
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:P
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test
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Thanks for the chapter
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Is this dropped? I havent seen new chapters for a while
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It gets updated in bursts depending on schedule of the Sheeprabbit.
That is not to say that I’m not suffering from Reika withdrawal.
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No, I just have a job.
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I presume that involves a schedule of some sort.
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Yep. It’s a number of projects across the year, some of which are closer to others, and each has its own lifecycle.
The more thinking I do during a week, the less thinking I want to do when I get home. Tling involves thinking, and while I could grind it out, I hate that feeling of knowing that there’s a good way of wording something, but being unable to put my finger on it.
So I just don’t.
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I’ve been binge reading this and finally caught up. I’m so excited to see how this goes :)
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Ariiigatooouuu for the chapter translation!!!
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Congrats for the milestone. Thx for the translation. Yori Shasha was here.
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Saying you didnt do it when nobody ask you make people think you did it!
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The amount of times ive faceplamed or giggled while reading this is damn too high!
Could someone just please tell her she doesnt have a poker face?!
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You know something’s up when Masaya of all people calls her crazy.
This gave me a life 😂
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this is the funniest chapter so far
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Yuuuup, as expected of our ever so clumsy and lazy Reika, I knew she exposed herself right away back when she planted that envelope xD
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Man, what a funny chapter. Reika-sama being doubly, triply sure that Kaburagi won’t ruin her family and all that stuff about the blood pact was fucking hilarious. Even he was flabbergasted to the point of showing so much emotion.
And it really is great to see the seeds she’s sown in the past be reaped with the sport’s club incident covering for her from FSH and the maiden’s society from Kaburagi. Though, that brings a whole slew of troubles with her becoming Kaburagi’s love advisor.
But most of all, her being so embarassed due to Wakaba-chan knowing it was her all along, thumping her head onto the table, grating her head against it and at the end, just sulking, it must have been so fucking cute. Wakaba-chan definitely sees her as the perfect yet helpless ojou-sama she is. It kind of feels like she’s acting as an older sister to her. Yep, definitely one of my favorite chapters.
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