My Anime Girlfriends

"Because... I know that Setsuna and Ten-nii are protecting me!" Konaka said with a smile immediately after Asuna finished speaking, and then took my and Setsuna's hands and smiled.

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Since the group operations were being conducted in Nara today, after breakfast, the various groups in Class A began to move around. Sasaki Tokie was the first to invite Negi, followed by Yukihiro Ayaka, then the twin sisters, since they were at the same stage as Negi. Finally, Miyazaki Kazuka, who had been silent until now, finally broke through and successfully "won over" Negi, so Negi and I ended up working with Group 5. (Because in everyone's hearts in Class A, I already belonged to Konoka, so no one contested it.)

The group of eight soon arrived at Nara Park. Negi's childlike nature was immediately apparent upon entering the park, as he kept trying to catch up with his father, as opportunities to play like this were rare.

Wow, there really are deer on the road!

"Wow, that's awesome! Asuna, look!"

Seeing Negi's excited face, Asuna could only helplessly repeat, "Yes, I saw it!" and "Yes, I know!"

Meanwhile, Miyazaki Waka stared blankly at the excited Negi, a happy smile on her face, and murmured, "Hehe... Negi-sensei!"

"Waka is so good!" Haruna and Yuei, who had been walking behind Waka, suddenly jumped out and gave Waka a hard shove.

"Whoa!" Kaori cried out in fright.

"I have to look at you in a new light! I never expected you to have such courage!"

"I'm so touched!"

Haruna and Yuei were very pleased that Kaori had managed to win over Negi among the various groups vying for him that morning, and couldn't help but praise her.

"Hehe... Thank you for your encouragement... I'm so happy to be able to sightsee in Nara with Teacher Negi! All my wishes for this year have come true..." Kaori said happily when she heard them say that.

"Idiot!" Haruna said, giving Kaori a light tap after hearing her words.

"Wow!"

Haruna glared angrily at Waka and said, "How can you be satisfied with just that? The most important thing is yet to come!" Then, with a smile, she added, "Waka, go confess to him! You must confess your love to Mr. Negi today!"

"What? I can't do that!" Kaori said shyly, her face turning red.

"Actually, you don't need to be afraid if you just muster up your courage. Kaori is very cute!" I said with a smile, standing behind Kaori.

"Ah! Mr. Kuchiki!" Kaori jumped up in fright, her face glowing red.

"The teacher heard everything!" Shizuna asked, smiling at me.

"Of course!" I nodded immediately and said with a smile.

"Thump!" He Xiang fell directly to the ground.

"He Xiang, cheer up!" Xi Ying hurriedly said, pulling her along.

...5 minutes later

Haruna and Yuei, in order to separate Negi from the others and create an opportunity for Kaori and Negi to be alone, took Asuna away under the pretext of seeing the Great Buddha. As for Kaori and Setsuna, I originally wanted to lure them away, but who knew that Kaori had already dragged Setsuna away to who-knows-where. I could only smile and apologize to Negi before turning around and leaving. In the end, only Negi was left looking at the three groups of people leaving in confusion.

After parting ways with Negi, I wandered around for a while, and before I knew it, I found myself on a commercial street in the park. Suddenly, I sensed a pure Buddhist power, but it was very weak and quickly disappeared. While it's normal to sense Buddhist power in places with temples, this kind of pure Buddhist power is not something an ordinary person can possess; at the very least, it should be something a highly accomplished monk could have. It was really strange—why did it disappear? With this question in mind, guided by my perception of Buddhist power, I came to a jewelry stall. Many tourists were gathered around the stall, and the stall owner was just an ordinary-looking young woman.

Looking at the various kinds of jewelry displayed on the stall, I smiled at the few infatuated girls next to me who were staring at me. Then I scanned all the jewelry with my spiritual sense. However, apart from discovering that a few pieces of jewelry had a trace of impure Buddhist power, all the other pieces were just ordinary jewelry. Just as I was wondering if I was mistaken, I saw a red rectangular wooden box engraved with Sanskrit characters placed in a corner of the stall. I was slightly surprised because I hadn't noticed it when I scanned it with my spiritual sense before.

I immediately reached out to grab the jewelry box, and at the same time, another hand reached out, and we both grabbed the box almost simultaneously. When I realized that someone else had grabbed the box, I looked up at the owner of the hand and saw Asuna standing next to several fangirls (the fangirls were in the middle), looking at me with a surprised expression.

"Tomorrow's food!"

"Mr. Kuchiki!"

Asuna and I exclaimed in surprise, then simultaneously asked each other, "What are you doing here?" After a slight pause, we asked at the same time, "Where are Haruna and Yuue? (Negi, where are they?)"

"I don't know," Asuna and I replied in unison.

After answering the other person's question, we both glanced at our right hands, which were still holding the box, and then said at the same time, "You go first!"

After speaking at the same time six times in a row, Asuna and I fell silent for a moment. Looking at the puzzled faces around us, Asuna and I laughed simultaneously: "Hehe..."

……………………Ten minutes later……

Asuna and I sat on a wooden bench in front of a tea shop. I asked Asuna with a smile, "How did you end up there? Weren't you going to see the Buddha with Haruna and the others?"

“I didn’t know where Haruna and Yuue ran off to after we parted ways. I was wandering around looking for them and that’s when I saw those pretty pieces of jewelry, so I thought I’d buy one for Konoka. By the way, wasn’t Mr. Kuchiki with Negi and Konoka?” Asuna said with a puzzled smile, clearly unaware of Haruna and Yuue’s purpose…

"They were together before, but Konoka chased Setsuna away to another place, while Negi is with Kaori. This is an opportunity that Haruna and Yuue created for them!"

Hearing me say that, Asuna immediately laughed and said, "Hehe... I see! I always thought it was weird! By the way, Mr. Kuchiki, what's in the box?"

Hearing Asuna's question, I immediately took out the box and said, "Hmm... let me see!" After I opened the box, large beads of sweat immediately appeared on Asuna's forehead, followed by an angry expression. Because the jewelry inside was a bracelet made of stones, and the stones were the kind you could find anywhere—completely unpolished!

"That despicable shopkeeper! He cheated us! It's just an ordinary stone, yet it's so expensive!" Asuna said angrily, looking at the stone chain in my hand.

Just as Asuna was looking furious, I laughed and said, "Heh... I see!"

"Um... are you alright?" Seeing me laugh, Asuna thought I was upset and asked cautiously. After all, 100 million yen is no small sum; most people would probably have gone back and asked for a refund.

"It's nothing! No wonder it disappeared so quickly!" I hurriedly waved my hand and said.

"Disappeared?" Asuna repeated in confusion after hearing what I said.

"Hehe... Look!" Seeing Asuna's puzzled expression, I immediately laughed and said. Then I gripped the stone chain tightly in my hand, and white stone powder leaked out from my clenched fist. When I opened my hand, ten golden objects the size of soybeans appeared in my palm.

"What is this? Is it gold?" Asuna asked, looking at the golden object in my hand with a puzzled expression.

"No, but they are more precious than gold! I used to call them 'relics'!" I shook my head and looked at the 'relics' in my hand with a smile.

"Are they really that valuable? More precious than gold?" Asuna asked, looking at my ever-smiling face.

"Well... how should I put it, they're worth a fortune to some people, but worthless to others!" I said with a smile.

"Then what are they used for?" Asuna looked confused, clearly bewildered by my answer, which was sometimes very valuable and sometimes worthless.

I thought for a moment, then pointed to the bell on her head and said, "This? By the way, Asuna, could you lend me the bell on your head for a moment?"

"Huh? Why do you want my bell for no reason?" Asuna asked, puzzled and a shy expression on her face, but she still took off the bell and handed it to me. As she gave it to me, she kept saying, "This is the most precious thing Takahata-sensei gave me, don't break it, or I won't let you off the hook!"

I looked at Asuna with her hair down and smiled, saying, "Yes...yes, I promise!" as I took the bell.

Under Asuna's questioning gaze, I held the bell in my left hand and the relic in my right. A faint light emanated from my hands, and the bell and relic slowly rose, guided by my hands until the relic completely merged into the bell. With a flash of visible golden light, the bell landed perfectly intact in my hand. Looking at the bell, I smiled and shook it; a melodious sound immediately echoed in my ears.

I smiled and handed the bell to Asuna, saying, "Look, it's perfectly intact!"

"What was that just now?" Asuna asked, looking at the bell I had given her back in her hands, her face full of confusion.

"As you can see, they've merged together. That way, you won't be afraid when you encounter shikigami or similar beings in the future. As long as the bell on your head rings, they'll be affected to some extent, and the weak ones will be stunned!" I pointed to the bell in her hand and explained with a smile.

"What is that?" Asuna couldn't help but ask loudly.

I sighed helplessly and said, "Simply put... it's a magical item!" Then I asked with a smile, "By the way, does the bell have a name?"

"name?"

"Yes, ordinary bells aren't needed. They're magical artifacts now... no... magical items, so they need to have names!"

"Is this important?" Asuna looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"It doesn't matter... Anyway, let's think of a name!"

"Then let's call it Asuna's Bell!"

"That's not good! Think of another one!"

"Call the Kaguraban bell!"

"Think of another one!"

"Kaguya Asuna's Bell"

"bump!"

"Is this a combination of the previous two? Let me think of one for you! Let's call it... call it..."

"what is it call?"

"How could I have thought of that so quickly! That... is called... Kagura Rin!"

"Is this still my idea?"

"To be honest, I can't think of a good name either!"

“Then… let’s call it Kagura Bell. It’s kind of corny, but I like it! Hehe…” Asuna said with a smile, looking at the bell in her hand, and then used the bell to tie her hair up.

I was stunned to see Asuna fixing her hair.

"What are you looking at?"

"Ah...nothing?"

"Kuchiki-sensei is definitely a pervert!"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense!"

Chapter 237 Prelude to the Battle of Lips

9:01 PM on the second night of the graduation trip

Negi cried his eyes out as he recounted his day's events. First, in the morning, the usually shy Miyazaki Kaori confessed her feelings to him, causing him to faint. Then, in the afternoon, when he was feeling a little better, he revealed his identity as a magician while trying to save a cat. Finally, having exhausted all other options, he turned to me, his older brother, for comfort.

After Negi finished speaking, I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Haha... I'm sorry, Negi, unless you use magic to erase their memories, there's nothing I can do."

“But… how can I, as a teacher, lay a hand on my own student?” Negi said hastily.

"Really? But why did you attack me as soon as you arrived at the school?" Asuna asked with a puzzled expression immediately after Negi finished speaking.

“Ah…it was all out of necessity!” Negi hurriedly said.

"If you have no other choice, can't you just have to be forced to this once? I think you should just be forcibly taken back to your country and turned into a mink." Asuna said, very dissatisfied with Negi's differential treatment.

"Waaah... I don't want to turn into a ferret!" Negi cried even louder when he heard Asuna say that.

"If Negi turned into a mink, he would be so cute!" Konoka, who was sitting next to me, said with a smile as she looked at the crying Negi.

"Young Miss!" Setsuna thought that Konoka's words were too much of a blow to Negi and hurriedly said to Konoka.

"Look, even Konoka says so!" Asuna joked.

"Even if it's cute, I don't want it...!" Negi cried out.

"Hehe... Just kidding!" Konaka immediately said with a laugh.

"Alright, alright, enough joking around!" I waved my hand to signal them to stop, then looked at Negi and said with a smile, "Negi, things aren't as bad as you think! There's bound to be a turning point!"

"Really?" Negi stopped her tears and looked at me pitifully, looking absolutely adorable!

Just then, Asakura Kazumi walked in with a smile on her face. On her shoulder was Camo, Negi's favorite pet. Asakura Kazumi immediately smiled and said when she saw Negi, "Negi-sensei, so you've been here!"