In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

"There are still a few days left in the spring break, so I might as well stay home and rest well."

"That's true."

With that, Gen Chiya sat up straight again and began to do other stretching exercises with Toka.

To Shihua's surprise, apart from that little "accident," he didn't make any other moves.

Perhaps he realized that forcing things too much would only make me notice?

Shihua thought to herself.

However, she thought this was perfect, as it allowed her to say something to change his mind after reading his latest diary and learning about his plans.

"Chiya, there's a question I've wanted to ask you for a long time."

Shihua stretched out her legs and easily performed a split.

"What's the problem?"

Gen Chiya tried to do the same thing as her, but failed.

He has great physical strength and excellent endurance, but his flexibility is lacking.

"Logically speaking, you should be at the stage where you start to have vague feelings for the opposite sex. How come I've never seen you show any interest in any girl, or even actively pursue her?"

Shihua's expression was very casual when she said this.

She deliberately created an atmosphere of casual conversation among family members, intending to use this as a starting point to naturally lead into the following dialogue.

However, something was amiss. She clearly saw Yuan Qianye's eyes light up, as if he were... eager to try!

Wait a minute, he... he might be thinking this is a good opportunity and is planning to confess to me now!

A strong sense of crisis washed over her, and Toka was terrified. Realizing this, she quickly added the next sentence before Chiya could answer.

"You...you have so many girls around you, Yukino, Eriri, Saeko, Utaha, they're all so cute, don't you like them? Haven't you ever thought about trying dating them?"

After narrowing down the scope of the answer, Yuan Qianye's slightly excited expression cooled down and he became calm, which relieved Toka.

He answered softly.

“They are all good girls, but I have my own reasons right now. I don’t want to, and I don’t have time to, think about those things.”

Knowing the specific reason was her own ten flowers, she tried her best to suppress her breathing.

"Really."

"I'm a little curious, Toka, why did you suddenly ask me this question?"

"There's no particular reason." She paused, seemingly hesitant, but still said, "Actually, I suddenly remembered that a friend wanted to take me to a social event, so I thought I'd ask you about it."

"Hey, a social gathering."

Yuan Qianye's expression was subtle, and it was unclear what he was thinking at the moment.

"Yes, I didn't go."

"Oh, why didn't you go?"

Yuan Qianye's subtle expression melted away instantly, turning into a bright smile.

"..."

Don't suddenly be so obviously happy.

Shihua felt that something was really wrong with her.

Surprisingly, he felt a flutter of excitement and joy at noticing Chiya's jealous expression at that moment.

"Because I have absolutely no interest in that kind of thing. At this stage, I don't think anyone could accept dating him, so I didn't go."

As planned, Shihua said these words.

She emphasized the words "no matter who it is".

"Oh, I see..."

After listening, Yuan Qianye fell into a thoughtful state again.

…………

Volume 1: 171: Oh no, I've become a femme fatale (6000) (6/15)

"I wonder if Qianye understands what I mean..."

At night, Shihua leaned against the headboard, stroking the necklace he had given her.

I had been back in my room for a while after showering and drying my hair, and it was already 11:20.

She doesn't have the habit of staying up late, and the specific reason for her current insomnia is simply the reaction Qianye gave after she subtly expressed that she had no plans to be in a relationship at this stage a few hours ago.

He remained silent for a long time.

After remaining silent until Rikka had finished showering and gone upstairs, and after glancing at the group who had been doing stretching yoga together before returning to their rooms, she finally said, "The reason why Toka thinks this way is because you haven't met... or rather, realized the person you truly care about yet."

After saying that, he left first.

What does that sentence mean?

So you're still not planning to give up?

But that won't work, it really won't work.

In any case, if things continue according to his planned arrangements, it will definitely not go smoothly.

He's a complete celebrity now. If the outside world knew about his situation, his ambiguous relationship with his adoptive sister...

Toka isn't worried about himself, but he is concerned that some people with ill intentions might use public opinion to harm him, and even affect his parents and Rikka.

Shihua leaned down, wrapping herself in the blanket, head and all, and clutched the necklace tightly in her hands—the star he had given her during her most despondent moments.

If he really... really insists on doing that, then in the end, I'll only have... only...

"Well--!"

No, it's not time yet, we shouldn't think like that.

Maybe it's not that bad; maybe he listened to what I said and can still tolerate it.

So let's wait a little longer and see how things go.

Later, when I find an opportunity, I will go and read his diary again, and it won't be too late to think about it after I know his latest plans.

"Thousand Nights..."

The girl murmured softly, but even his name seemed to possess a magical power.

The night is long and sleepless tonight.

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The reality did not fulfill Tokachi Kotori's wish.

In the days following the spring break.

She found an opportunity to sneak into Qianye's room and read his diary, doing so every day.

In her view, since she couldn't be honest with Qianye at this stage, this was the most direct way for her to probe his heart.

Unfortunately, after that, no new entries appeared in Qianye's diary.

Perhaps he simply felt that there was nothing particularly noteworthy to record during these past few days.

Perhaps it was because he won the Yulongqi race and saved the people of Fukuoka during the last days of his spring break that he once again became a topic of discussion in the news. So, with his early mornings and late nights these past few days, he may have lacked time to write in his diary.

In any case, Toka's idea of ​​trying to glean insights into his inner world from Senya's diary has indeed been temporarily shelved.

But there was nothing that could be done. If he didn't write, Shihua couldn't very well urge him to write, so she could only patiently wait.

Time flew by and the end of the month arrived quickly.

As the end of March approached, Yukino Yukinoshita boarded a plane to a foreign country once again.

This time, I happened to have some free time, or perhaps I felt that I had neglected the initial learning princess number one for a while.

On this day, Gen Chiya chose to come with Eriri to see her off.

After so many separations, Eriri has gotten used to this kind of scene.

She could even smile during the brief separation, instead of crying her eyes out like she did when she first saw Yukino off.

After seeing Yukino off, it also foreshadowed that the start of school for Minamoto no Chiya and the others was imminent.

Saeko Busujima, who is a year older than Utaha Kasumigaoka, entered high school ahead of everyone else and officially became high school girls.

As arranged in advance, the two of them successfully entered Zongwu High School.

Zongwu High School held its opening ceremony for new students on March 31, one day earlier than Chuanlan Middle School.

This time difference allowed Saeko and Utaha to extend invitations at the same time.

They hoped that Chiya Minamoto could attend their entrance ceremony.

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In fact, when students enter a new school and attend an entrance ceremony to welcome them into a new environment, they usually choose to have their parents accompany them.

The new students, dressed in their new uniforms, took a group photo with their families in front of the teaching building or next to the sign at the school gate.

Inviting friends to attend would make the whole thing seem odd, and very few people would do that.

However, shifting the perspective to Kasumigaoka Utaha and Busujima Saeko, considering their feelings for Minamoto Chiya, and the responsibilities and honors they were given at the entrance ceremony—

Kasumigaoka Utaha, as the top student in the freshman entrance exam, will give a speech as a representative of the freshmen on the crowded stage.

Saeko Busujima's outstanding performance in the kendo club led the school to specially arrange for her to perform kendo on stage after the ceremony.

Both of them secretly wanted to show their outstanding side to their crushes.

With that in mind, their invitation no longer seemed abrupt.

Gen Chiya naturally agreed.

In a visual novel, this would be the perfect opportunity to raise the affection levels of two heroines simultaneously in the same scene, so there's no reason not to.

When Rikka found out about this, she decided to join in the fun since she had nothing better to do at home. Her reason was to check out what her future high school would be like.