I really don't want to be reborn.

It is now 3 p.m.

They... are starving to death.

"Because, because... well, I brought her out to eat."

That's what Touma said.

Touma Kazusa, with her long, straight black hair, stammered, her usually indifferent face flushed. It was clear that her lying skills were still at the elementary level of a primary school student.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course we've eaten—"

Before the handsome Touma could finish speaking, she and Shino made two strange "cooing" sounds.

Shi's expression remained unchanged.

Touma, who had been dragged out to be stalked, had already squatted down, feeling a sense of shame and anger so intense that she wanted to kill someone—an emotion she had never felt before.

It was novel and left a deep impression.

"What am I doing...?"

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June has ended.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Thousand Words on the Tip of My Tongue, But a Kiss on Your Face

"Ah, I'll have to trouble Touma a little."

At Touma's house, the apron-wearing boy who came out of the kitchen breathed a sigh of relief: "Help me comfort Shino, she's throwing a tantrum right now."

Shi looked over coldly: "I didn't!"

You have it!

The stingy Shino was upset because he wouldn't let her eat fast food, and his reason was infuriating—"That stuff isn't nutritious, and besides, it's all hormone-injected meat. Do you think eating hormones will make you grow taller?"

That's really infuriating.

So-and-so grew taller by eating KFC!

"To comfort someone..."

Like Kasumigaoka Utaha, Touma Kazusa isn't very good at comforting people. She's used to being alone and has never comforted anyone before, so she feels awkward when asked to do so.

He awkwardly approached Sinon and patted the little girl's head: "He's right, fast food... fast food has no nutrition, and eating too much of it will make you fat and chubby."

Shi looked at her with displeasure, the look one would give a traitor.

This person, who looks a lot like my sister, told me just a few days ago that fast food is much better than barbecue, but now she's changed her mind.

Hmph, she really is just like her sister, neither of them keeps their word!

Taking off his apron, Kousaka Kyosuke glanced at the two girls on the sofa and suddenly asked, "I have another question I'd like to ask. Touma-san, are you going to participate in the Miss Minegashiro Affiliated Miss pageant?"

She frowned in displeasure: "I think I've heard of it, and from what I remember it, it's something terrible—what is it?"

"Your school's annual beauty pageant."

The girl's displeasure suddenly turned into disgust. Her sharp eyebrows furrowed sharply, clearly indicating that she disliked the competition. Her tone was cold and crisp.

"Boring stuff."

"Well, there's something I need to ask Touma-kun. After all, I'm not a student at Minegashiro University Affiliated School, so I'm not very clear about the specifics of this competition."

He was rejected.

Touma's reasoning was quite compelling: "It's disgusting for a boy like you to participate in a beauty pageant, but... don't ask me about that, because I don't know either."

The voice was decisive and crisp, without any hesitation.

She's a girl who's like a tomboy.

He silently added an attribute to Touma Kazusa in his mind: "I have a friend... well, a female friend, who studies at your school. She was almost forced by the girls in her class to sign up for that competition. Touma, if you were in her shoes, what would you do?"

The girl, who had been staring blankly at the kitchen, paused, then asked, "Me? Why would I participate in something so idiotic?"

"I already said it's semi-mandatory."

Well, as far as Ogiso Setsuna is concerned, since everyone thinks you should participate in the beauty pageant, it would be your own fault if you didn't.

If she doesn't go, she'll probably become estranged from the other students in the class, which is something Ogiso Setsuna doesn't like.

She doesn't want to suffer the same treatment as the reclusive piano girl who sleeps in class and stares at the sky while walking!

Pickled mustard green sauce is so trendy, okay?

This is something I can't tell Touma Kazusa, and even if I did, she probably wouldn't understand.

The strong Touma Kazusa simply doesn't understand the cozy, weak person who's always smiling and trying to fit in!

"You're a traitor if you don't fight for the honor of our class."

"...Where did this idiotic argument come from?"

"Sorry, this is the mainstream value system nowadays."

He brought the food out of the kitchen, glanced at his sister-in-law who had sat down and picked up her utensils, and instead of dwelling on the issue of values, he asked directly, "I know you are a kind and intelligent girl, Touma, and you must have some profound insights. So don't hold back."

Touma concealed her bra size, but she didn't hide her true abilities.

She's eating; she doesn't have time to talk.

A woman may have many mouths, more than one for eating, but only one for speaking.

He didn't appreciate the two pretty girls eating; instead, he went to the balcony to answer the phone: "Why are you calling me all of a sudden? Did your parents get divorced?"

The person on the other end of the phone shouted angrily, "...Kyosuke Kosaka!"

"I'm here, what's up, Eriri?"

Sawamura asked him with a tone that seemed to be both guilty and ashamed, "Um... what does kissing feel like?"

"kiss?"

"Yeah, you mean... the one who always tries to kiss Kasumigaoka Utaha, right?"

The boy declared proudly, "Absolutely not! She was the one who asked me for a kiss!"

"Pooh!"

Eriri Sawamura didn't believe it.

However, when it comes to his girlfriend asking for a kiss, he feels that every time she asks for a kiss, it's like a honeymoon trip.

He initially refused when Xiaoshi asked for a kiss.

Pressing down on a girl's shoulders and raising her neck high to prevent her from kissing her is infuriating to watch.

Then Xiaoshi acted like a spoiled child, jumping into his arms and rubbing against him, her thighs rubbing between his legs, and deliberately moaning.

After her prank succeeded, she didn't stop at all; instead, she buried her face in his chest and laughed silently.

"Let me tell you, boyfriend, my underwear is different today."

These ambiguous and seductive words made the naive Kyosuke curiously look down at the unusual color at the bottom of her collar: "What's different? Is it lace?"

Then, taking advantage of his relaxation, Xiao Shi would suddenly tighten her grip on his neck, her light, wet tongue sliding across his Adam's apple.

Then--

"Enough! Enough! I don't want to hear it anymore!"

Eriri found some dog food to eat by herself, and after eating it, she complained, "How come in your description, Kasumigaoka Utaha has become so... erotic?"

"Don't you understand? Women are much more sexually aroused than men."

Eriri sneered, but today's sneer wasn't an admission of weakness; it was mockery: "Stop talking. I think you two are both like that! Perverted and shameless, so lewd you still use literature as a pretext!"

Kosaka grinned.

He was somewhat embarrassed and angry: "Mind your own twin tails. Look at you, you have blonde twin tails, you speak rudely, you're so arrogant, and you have a sister with long, straight black hair—you should be glad your father's surname isn't Qiuyue."

What are you talking about?

"Oni Chichi" hasn't been released yet, so Eriri obviously doesn't know. Kousaka realizes this and corrects his statement: "You should be glad you're not Alibeki."

"Restico, I see something hard sticking out from down there, what is that?"

“Oh, my child, that’s the devil I told you about. He’s harassing me so much, I can’t bear it anymore.”

Praise God!

The girl said, "It seems my life is better than yours, because I don't have such a devil inside me."

"But you have something else that I don't have, and it's in the same place," Lasticco said.

"what is that?"

“You have a hell,” said Rustico. “Have pity on me! Let me put the devil back in hell. If you let me put the devil back in hell, it will be a great comfort to me. I will feel very comfortable. You will also do a great thing for God and make God very happy.”

"Oh, Father, since I have hell, then let us do what you want! The sooner the better!"

The "father" here does not refer to their father-daughter relationship. Of course, Kozo Akizuki is not Eriri's biological father either. After saying this, Kyosuke Kousaka realized that it was not a nice thing to say and quickly skipped the topic, afraid that Eriri might suddenly decide to read "The Decameron".

"By the way, why are you suddenly asking me this? Did... you kiss someone else?"

Eriri hesitated for a moment, then finally gave a soft "Mmm".

"oh oh!"

He offered his congratulations: "Congratulations! Now that you've found a boyfriend, you have to treat us to a meal!"

After an eerie minute of silence, Eriri finally managed to say, her voice trembling with tears, "No... he's not my boyfriend... I don't have a boyfriend either."

She sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "It's not with my boyfriend, it's with your girlfriend."

"...?"

"Kasumigaoka Utaha and I—we kissed."

"..."

He was a little unsteady on his feet.