My love index is at its maximum.

Yui Kawakawa bit her lower lip, lost in thought.

Kuriyama Sakura reached up to her forehead and brushed the hair that was hanging in front of her forehead behind her.

Her hair slipped through her slender fingers, which she gently twirled and played with, her gaze returning to Qichuan Wei: "What are you planning to do here with him?"

"When I woke up this morning, Tazaki insisted on coming," Yui Kikawa said calmly, "saying that Eriri had successfully turned the tables, so naturally she had to find the 'official wife' to avenge her previous defeat."

Because her expression was so calm, Kuriyama Sakura couldn't tell for a moment whether she was provoking her.

"I didn't exaggerate that much!" Tsukasa Tazaki quickly raised his hands, surrendering in advance.

"So, you brought your boyfriend here to get revenge on me?" Kuriyama Sakura rested her chin on her hand, tilted her head slightly, and a shy yet natural smile appeared on her face.

But she didn't look at Yui Kichikawa.

Instead, he gazed at Tsukasa Tazaki with "deep affection".

Her closed lips parted meaningfully, revealing charming dimples at the corners of her mouth.

It was thanks to her eye contact that Tsukasa Tazaki was able to see her current attire clearly.

Completely homey and girly style, no makeup on her face.

Her hair was pulled back to one side with a hair clip, and about half of her right ear peeked out from her hair. She wore an elegant light blue dress, and a thin silver bracelet on her left wrist was the only accessory she wore.

Barefoot, she wore a pair of pretty cotton slippers on her feet.

Tazaki Tsukasa looked at her, then at the blonde girl beside him, and couldn't help but sigh, "Two of the most beautiful girls, I really want to hold you both in my arms at the same time, could you give me a chance?"

"Humph!"

The two girls proudly turned their heads at the same time, displaying a perfect understanding.

Kuriyama Sakura's cat tail flicked a few times, conveying a signal of disdain.

"Yui, come over here." Tsukasa Tazaki pulled Yui Kichikawa along, then moved two more stools to the piano and sat down. He looked at Sakura Kuriyama and smiled, "Since we're here, we can't miss the club president's performance. Could you play a piece?"

Kuriyama Sakura rested her chin on her hand, giving a captivating smile: "Why?"

"I have a feeling that Shimamoto-sensei is going to do something naughty tonight!" Tazaki Tsukasa said in an unquestionable tone.

"What does this have to do with me?"

"You have to go tonight too, for the safety of the three of us!"

"But what does that have to do with you wanting me to play the piano?"

“Playing the piano is a mental buff,” Tsukasa Tazaki said earnestly. “Being enhanced by the club president, I can face any risk!”

“…How boring.” Kuriyama Sakura shook her head, suppressing a laugh.

While the two were talking, Kichikawa kept curiously looking at Kuriyama Sakura's cat tail and ears. As he looked, he couldn't help but feel an urge to pet the cat girl.

“I said…” Tsukasa Tazaki hesitated for a moment before speaking, “Can I ask you something really, really silly?”

"Something really, really silly?" Kuriyama Sakura's curiosity was piqued.

"Absolutely stupid."

"It doesn't matter, I would never hate doing something utterly stupid."

Kuriyama Sakura said it very frankly.

After saying that, she added a prerequisite in her mind—only things related to you are not annoying.

"Do you think it's possible..." Tsukasa Tazaki scratched his cheek, asking tentatively, "In the future, um... you and I, and everyone else, could get together often like tonight, or even be bolder and just live together?"

Both girls frowned at the same time.

Kuriyama Sakura fell silent.

She rested her elbows on the piano, taking her time to choose words.

"Impossible!" Yui Kichikawa was the first to refuse. "I will never be with you. Give up on that idea now."

“It seems you haven’t completely won over Kikawa-san yet,” Kuriyama Sakura said, observing Tazaki Tsukasa for a moment without making a sound, before a slight smile appeared on her lips. “You can talk to me about this when she agrees.”

Tsukasa Tazaki nodded silently.

"Well then, as encouragement, I'll play you a piece of music." Kuriyama Sakura adjusted her posture, placed her ten slender and beautiful fingers on the piano keys, stepped on the pedals with her bare feet, slightly adjusted her breathing rhythm, and began to play the piano.

At the beginning, the main melody played with single notes gives a soothing impression.

Then, with a steady variation, the music begins to overflow with a silent sense of sorrow.

Tsukasa Tazaki looked at her white silk blouse and knee-length dark blue skirt.

He wanted to reach out and touch her cat ears, his fingers tracing patterns in her hair. But without a doubt, he couldn't do that without Kuriyama Sakura's consent. In the soft light streaming in from outside, she played the piano with remarkable naturalness and fluidity, as if she were rehearsing something countless times over once again.

As she played, she hummed softly a few times.

The drowning girl's fingers

Feel the stone at the entrance

Unfurling her blue skirt

Kafka gazing at the seaside

The melody of the piece is melancholic, innocent, beautiful, and moving.

In contrast, the lyrics are full of symbolism and contemplation, and the language is very obscure. Tazaki glanced at the sheet music; the piece was called "Kafka on the Shore."

As far as I can remember, this piece of music has no lyrics.

Could the lyrics she sings be ones she wrote herself?

While pondering this question, Tsukasa Tazaki suddenly remembered something and quickly lowered his head.

Beneath the piano, the girl's bare feet moved precisely on the pedals, displaying a power not usually seen. Her smooth calves also came into view, her skin as delicate and white as glazed pottery.

They were completely engrossed in watching it.

Kuriyama Sakura suddenly exclaimed "Ah!" and then asked with slight anger, "What are you touching?"

"No, I just thought, I haven't touched your leg yet!" Tsukasa Tazaki looked up, completely bewildered.

In her line of sight, Kichikawa held the cat's tail in one hand, her face full of admiration. Kuriyama Sakura, on the other hand, was startled and stood up, looking at the tail in Kichikawa's hand with a mixture of embarrassment and anxiety, a blush spreading across her cheeks.

"It feels so good..." Yui Kichikawa gently stroked the cat's fur, her clear blue eyes wide open: "Kuriyama-kun, can you tell me, when I pet you like this, do you feel a sense of comfort from being stroked?"

Kuriyama Sakura gritted her little fangs: "No!"

His tone was fierce.

It's a total fluffy little kitten.

Despite her strong tone, her bare feet betrayed her true feelings.

Both Yui Kawakawa and Tsukasa Tazaki lowered their heads and looked at her ten curled-up little toes, which were pink like cute newborn animals. They both showed the same lecherous smile.

"So cute!" It was rare for Yui Kichikawa to give her a positive review.

But to Kuriyama Sakura, such a comment felt like a huge insult. She quickly looked at Tazaki Tsukasa, her eyes turning icy cold: "Ta! Tsuk! Tsukasa!"

It's not like I'm the one catching you by the tail...

Tsukasa Tazaki felt wronged.

But upon closer reflection, getting these two people to sit together peacefully was his lifelong ideal, and in the face of a potentially life-threatening situation, a little grievance was nothing.

"Yui, let go first." Tsukasa Tazaki grabbed Yui's wrist and took out the cat tail.

Kichikawa Yui leaned against him, then raised an eyebrow at Kuriyama Sakura: "Your Majesty is so magnanimous, I'll just borrow his body for a while. You shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Kuriyama Sakura squinted her eyes.

Just like a carnivore in the forest, after spotting its prey, it observes the movements intently, looking for the right moment to hunt.

"Help!" Tazaki Tsukasa cried out in his heart.

Before, when they were pretending to be a couple, her older brother dared to forcibly kiss her in front of Kuriyama Sakura.

Now that the relationship has progressed further, the eldest brother has to provoke the minister more frequently and boldly. If this continues, when will a harmonious and stable family be formed?

Apart from Sachiko, none of the others were easy to deal with.

Even his usually most considerate and innocent concubine has turned into a scheming villain, constantly trying to trip him up.

Looking at the two girls facing off in front of him, Tsukasa Tazaki suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, he had said early on that he would only marry Hanami-nee, otherwise the question of "who to marry" would have been the death of him.

however……

It wasn't until evening that Tsukasa Tazaki discovered it.

The question of "who he will marry" is going to be the death of him right now!

Chapter 316 Mrs. Tazaki Officially Begins Implementing Her Power Seizure Plan

By the time we returned to Thousand Valley Station, dusk had fallen.

As soon as she stepped out of the tram car, a chilly wind blew past, and Kuriyama Sakura instinctively shrank her head.

"It's so cold! If only spring were all year round, that would be wonderful!" she said, glancing at Yui Kawakawa, who was dressed in thin clothes but didn't seem to feel cold at all, before turning her gaze to Tsukasa Tazaki and winking.

Why didn't you give me that necklace?

'Didn't you have an even more fun transformation device?'

'I want the transformation device, and I also want a necklace that keeps me warm!'

'...Don't be too greedy!'

The eye contact ended.

Tazaki Tsukasa shook his head helplessly, looking at the two of them: "Let's go quickly, Shimamoto-sensei has already called me three times along the way."

Stepping out of the station, the temperature dropped even further, and fine snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Kuriyama Sakura tucked her lips and nose into her turtleneck sweater, leaving only her small, round head peeking out.

Two dazzling lights lined both sides of the street, and almost all the pedestrians I encountered were couples out for Christmas Eve, arm in arm, their bodies close together.

Even wind and snow might not be able to penetrate the gaps in their bodies.

Passing by a vending machine, Tsukasa Tazaki casually bought a can of Coke, opened it, and drank most of it in one gulp.