My love index is at its maximum.

"First, you have to let go of my hand," said Tsukasa Tazaki, his head throbbing.

"It's alright, bring your aunt along." Kurisu smiled sweetly. "Your aunt isn't a little girl anymore, she won't get jealous so easily, please don't worry."

Tazaki Tsukasa looked at her with a helpless expression.

With her elegant hairstyle and graceful white kimono, Kurisu Kirikawa is an impeccable noblewoman, judging solely by her appearance and disregarding her inner personality.

"How did my aunt find time to come to the high school cultural festival?"

"I didn't have time originally," Kurisu Kawa pouted, looking rather distressed. "But unfortunately, the car got a flat tire when it passed the school gate, so my aunt had no choice but to come in and take a look around."

"Can't you come up with a better excuse?"

"Oh dear, you've been found out." Kurisu Kawakami smiled embarrassedly, then hugged Tsukasa Tazaki's arm and shoulder and continued to plead, "Tsukasa, please help your aunt, just once, or my health will be ruined."

"...?"

Students passing by whispered among themselves as they watched the two.

Tsukasa Tazaki even overheard discussions about his 'having both mother and daughter' relationships.

"Please?" Kurisuki, completely ignoring the strange looks from those around her, smiled adorably for her age and continued shaking Tsukasa Tazaki's arm. "Just give it to your aunt this once, as a way of repaying her. From now on, I'll do anything for you that I can do!"

"Ah, haha~" Tsukasa Tazaki chuckled dryly, indicating his refusal.

"How heartless."

"It's not like you just met me yesterday."

"Then let's just take Auntie to see the school festival." Kurisu hugged his arm tightly, gazing at the playground outside the corridor as she murmured, "Waaah, just thinking about how I graduated from here seventeen years ago makes me so sad. I never imagined that when I come back here, I'll be so old and faded. Women, your greatest enemy is time~"

Tsukasa Tazaki let out a very short sigh.

He spoke of his failing health and lamenting the passage of time, his words carrying a hidden meaning. He closed his eyes, rubbing his temples as if in pain, and said, "Sachiko-nee is such an idiot..."

Halfway through his sentence, Tsukasa Tazaki's lips were pressed against Kurisu Kawakami's soft fingertips.

"Auntie, I really dislike kids with accurate intuition." She said, a warm, ambiguous smile appearing on her flawless face. "It gives people a sense of helplessness, like they're hard to grasp. Auntie only likes kids she can hold in one hand."

“My aunt is someone I can’t even hold in one hand.” Tazaki Tsukasa said, taking out a beauty cream from the system and handing it to her, scolding her irritably, “I knew you didn’t have good intentions when you asked for Sachiko-nee’s. Here, take the thing, but I must warn you, don’t you dare instill your dirty big family mentality into her.”

"Xiao Si is awesome!"

Kurisuki instantly let go of his hands, holding a small box of beauty cream in both hands, her expression as happy as if she had received the most precious jewel in the world.

[I want to look younger too! The Kichikawa Chestnut Stock Index rose 100 points, and the current stock price is 190.]

A system notification popped up, and Tazaki Tsukasa looked at the satisfied Kurisu Kawakawa: "I'm going to challenge all the students in the school now. Auntie, do you want to come and watch?"

“Of course.” Kurisu tucked the beauty cream into the inner pocket and leaned on his shoulder: “The second purpose of my coming here today is to witness with my own eyes how Si defeats Wei and successfully takes control of her body.”

"...My biological mother?"

“Of course she’s my biological daughter.” Kurisu Kawakami smiled warmly and gently. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother teasing her.”

Tazaki Tsukasa was speechless at this unpredictable woman.

The two walked side by side past the vending machine in the courtyard. Tsukasa Tazaki bought two bottles of Ramune soda, one for himself and one for his aunt.

In the pavilion next door, three girls were rehearsing a type of rakugo performance. They were young and lively, with skin full of collagen. Even if they did nothing, just standing there was enough to attract a lot of attention.

"Xiao Si, can you open this for me?" Qi Chuan Li blinked, looking like a frail girl who couldn't even twist the bottle cap.

"She's such a good actress..." Tazaki Tsukasa suspected that if he were really a sixteen-year-old boy, he might have already been tricked into putting on the reins and forcibly pulling this cart.

Shake the soda bottle a few times, then pull the tab with a "bang".

"Give."

"Wow, thank you, Tsukasa." Kurisu took the soda bottle, held it up towards the sun, and saw the clear blue sky of autumn through the bubbles rising in the water.

"What a pity, it's not summer."

She grumbled regretfully, then put her sexy, moist lips to the bottle and drank the soda. It was slightly pungent and icy, followed by a sweet aftertaste. Though it wasn't summer, it was still wonderful.

Tazaki Tsukasa didn't have her little mood swings. He chug down the whole bottle of soda and wiped his mouth.

Walk towards the first classroom in the corridor on the first floor of the club building. In front of the classroom, there is a large sign that reads "Archery Club Defending the Championship".

You are the first victims...

Tsukasa Tazaki arrived at the archery gate and smiled brightly.

Chapter 249 School Festival (5)

"Hello, I'm here to challenge you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the noise at the archery gate froze instantly, falling silently to the ground.

The short-haired girl in charge of registration held a ballpoint pen and stared at Tsukasa Tazaki in disbelief. The gentle autumn sunlight shone down, making the scenery in her eyes seem to glow.

"Hello."

Tazaki Tsukasa spoke again, revealing a smile that no girl could resist: "Please register, Class 1-F, Tazaki Tsukasa, to sign up for the archery club's challenge."

"Ah, you are!" The short-haired girl covered her mouth, as if she had just remembered something, and let go of her hand: "Tazaki-san, aren't you a kendo practitioner? This is the archery club..."

"Is there a problem?" Tsukasa Tazaki looked down at the registration form in her hand. "I exercise regularly, and I'd like to try any sport."

"Ah, sorry, no, no!" The short-haired girl waved her hands vigorously, shaking her head like a rattle-drum. "It's no problem, I'll register now..."

As she spoke, she gently touched her eyebrows with her fingers, trying to appear calm as she began the registration process.

This girl is probably the type who gets nervous easily.

Kurisu lightly punched Tsukasa Tazaki's shoulder and said reproachfully, "You've made me shy."

"What can I do?" Tsukasa Tazaki shrugged, feigning innocence.

"Don't be too gentle."

"That doesn't count. When I'm truly gentle, I'm like a cloud wearing pants."

"My aunt prefers clouds that aren't wearing pants."

“Just look up and you’ll see,” Tsukasa Tazaki said, pointing to the sky above the courtyard.

Looking out from Kurigashi, the vast sky is cloudless, and the shadows of ginkgo trees are imprinted on the ground.

The conversation between the two made the short-haired girl, who was already prone to nervousness, even more nervous, and her cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

After registering, Tsukasa Tazaki went straight into the archery club's practice area.

Part of the entrance area is a preparation area with hardwood floors, which occupies about one-third of the entire interior space. Bow racks are arranged against the wall, with black bows over two meters long neatly placed on them.

Beyond the original wooden floor, the open space is covered with lush artificial turf, which, together with the extremely tall artificial trees, creates a natural feel indoors.

Almost at the same time that Tsukasa Tazaki entered, the students inside, dressed in black and white archery uniforms, turned to look at him.

Suddenly, a blonde girl emerged from the crowd behind them.

She looked at Tsukasa Tazaki, her brows furrowing slightly: "Why are you here too?"

"Oh, Yui is here too." Before Tsukasa Tazaki could reply, Kurisu Kawakami spoke first, and then put her left arm around his waist, rested her shoulder on his shoulder, and whispered while smelling the scent on his neck, "Mom and Tsukasa just talked about it, and he plans to come home tonight and spend the night with us."

"Ugh~" Tsukasa Tazaki's body stiffened, and a strange sound came from his throat.

?

Sichuan Yui: "..."

The blonde girl was completely shocked; her mind went blank for a moment.

The members of the archery club and the students watching from outside the classroom were all petrified, and an emotion called jealousy was brewing in the air.

Many of the boys wore expressions of despair.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, that's an unethical development."

"Whose son-in-law is he exactly?"

"The Kuriyama family or the Kichikawa family?"

"I really envy guys like him. How come all the girls around him are so outstanding?"

"too disgusting!"

Conversely, the girls didn't seem to care.

Ever since winning the Jade Dragon Flag Tournament, Tsukasa Tazaki's image has reached perfection in their minds. Handsome, academically excellent, and physically strong, he's practically the ideal object of their romantic feelings.

Tazaki Tsukasa grabbed his aunt's head and explained to Kikawa Yui, "Auntie was just teasing you. Even if I'm going home for the night, I'll go back to my own little house. How could I possibly go with you guys?"

"What did you say?" Yui Kichikawa asked angrily.

like……

He looked like he had said something wrong.

"Let's have a match, let's have a match..." Tazaki Tsukasa quickly stepped aside, took a wooden bow from the bow rack, and entered the arena.

Upon hearing his words, the archery club members, who had just been planning to watch the spectacle, all became serious, and their gazes towards him carried a hint of resentment.

According to the rules of this school festival's challenge format, each class and club will be issued 100 initial tokens. Students can freely choose to represent their club or class in the challenge. If they win, they can collect one token from their opponent; if they lose, they must hand over one token as a penalty. On the afternoon of the last day of the school festival, the final rankings will be determined based on the number of tokens each club and class has.

The archery club's way of defending their title is naturally through archery competitions, which they excel at.

"Minister~"

After a moment of silence, someone from the archery club suddenly shouted, kneeling on one knee and presenting the bow to another person with both hands: "Please defend the honor of our archery club!"

"Alright!" The archery club president nodded heavily. He took the bow with one hand, slowly turned around, and shouted loudly while holding the wooden bow high in his hand: "Today, I, the president, hereby swear to defend the honor of the archery club to the death."

"..."

"Hahaha..." Some of the students watching couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Your archery club has been established for over sixty years, and you've never won a national championship. What glory do you have to defend?"

"...!" The archery captain's face flushed red, veins bulging on his forehead, as he shouted, "Today, no one will take a single point from me!"

He has the confidence to back it up.

Last year at the National College Archery Championships, this club president made it into the top 16 in the individual competition. In Beichuan, a school that has always valued academics over sports, being in the top 16 nationwide is a height that most sports clubs can hardly reach—except for the Kendo Club, which has three national champions.