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The wind was pushing the undulating clouds to flow slowly, and in the sunlit courtyard, vibrant young girls walked gracefully toward the teaching building.

"Hmm, brother, you must have worked so hard. If you ask me, you recorded far too many songs yesterday. It was already dark when we finished."

Hanakawa Kaori, with a straw in her mouth, spoke while drinking sweet milk, her eyes revealing a hint of complaint: "My throat still feels a little dry."

"Maya-kun is taking this a little too seriously."

Hina Nekoya chuckled and chimed in, then put on a mysterious expression and asked in a low voice, "Sei, is there any news about the school trip?"

"Didn't you already become friends with Aya?" Makoto Takahashi glanced at the questioning look in his eyes.

"It's precisely because we're friends that it's harder to bring it up."

Nekoya Hina awkwardly scratched the back of her head and stammered, "Well, wouldn't that seem too opportunistic? Like taking advantage of a friend or something?"

"So you're not being self-serving when you contact me?" Makoto Takahashi looked speechless.

"We're good friends, what's the big deal?"

Nekoya Hina clasped her hands together and looked him in the eye with sincere eyes: "Please, Makoto, when we get to Hokkaido, I'll treat you to some special ramen."

"Actually, Hina is afraid of being rejected by Maya, which would be very embarrassing."

Hanakawa Kaori sipped her sweet milk, tilted her head, and gave a bright, energetic smile: "Brother, I also want to go to Hokkaido. If we're lucky, we can see the first snow this season."

"Can't we just ask the classmates to vote?" Takahashi asked reluctantly.

The school trip was something the whole class had been looking forward to for a long time, and he didn't want to force everyone to go to Hokkaido unless absolutely necessary.

"The sports festival has already caused everyone a lot of trouble, and my wish is to find a coach for the badminton club. Although everyone understands, Hina-nee is too embarrassed to cause any more trouble for everyone," Hanakawa Kaori explained.

Hina Nekoya nodded repeatedly, her chestnut eyes fixed on Makoto Takahashi with expectant eyes: "Besides, this involves travel expenses, accommodation fees, and pocket money, so I really can't bring myself to ask."

Currently, the best solution seems to be for the student council to directly arrange the locations for the study trips, without giving students a choice, so that no one will have any complaints.

"I'll discuss it with A-Ye at noon."

Makoto Takahashi nodded reluctantly, while Hina Nekoya was moved to tears.

"Hanaori and I are going to the student cafeteria for lunch, so we won't bother you."

"Huh?! I don't want to." Hanakawa Kaori pouted unhappily.

During lunch break, Nekoya Hina forcibly dragged Hanakawa Kaori away and pulled her to the student cafeteria.

Makoto Takahashi walked out of the classroom alone, went downstairs, changed his shoes, crossed the courtyard filled with the autumn atmosphere, and arrived at the student council.

Pushing open the wooden door to the student council president's office, you see Maya Uesugi sitting in the student council president's chair eating a bento box by the window directly opposite, with a Belgian coffee maker brewing coffee on her desk.

Bright sunlight streamed through the clean glass, falling on her long black hair and giving it a pearly sheen.

Makoto Takahashi withdrew his gaze from her fair and delicate face and turned his attention to the balcony, where Yuki Tachibana sat gracefully on the soft sofa with her legs together and her legs crossed, holding a cup of black tea.

They didn't argue today?

Although the atmosphere was a bit stiff, it wasn't tense.

Takahashi Makoto was slightly surprised. He sat down next to Tachibana Yuki and looked up at Kashima Reiko on the opposite sofa: "Have the documents for the school trip been issued?"

“Here I am.” Uesugi Maya’s indifferent voice drifted over.

Makoto Takahashi opened his lunchbox and asked in a deliberately casual tone, "Will we be able to see the first snow in Hokkaido?"

Maya Uesugi might refuse Hina Nekoya, but she would never refuse Makoto Takahashi, and she would never miss an opportunity to settle a personal score.

"Group A and Group C from Year 1 are going to Sapporo."

She put down her chopsticks, her gaze fixed on Tachibana Yuki, her eyes sharp as knives: "The second-year students will all go abroad, and the third-year students can choose their own location."

Tachikami Yuki swallowed a mouthful of black tea, a contemptuous smile playing on his lips.

Seeing her composed demeanor, Uesugi Maya continued with her instructions:

"For the first year, groups B and D will go to Kyoto. I will submit a preliminary plan to the school after school in the afternoon. As for the senior students, we will submit the voting results at the long class meeting on Wednesday afternoon."

Kyoto and Sapporo are both common choices for school trips.

"Sure, I trust Xiaoye."

Yuki Tachimi put down her teacup, picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of beef from the bento box, and held it to Makoto Takahashi's lips: "Makoto-kun, ah~"

As Tatsumi Yuki casually displayed their affection, seemingly unconcerned, Uesugi Maya frowned slightly, her face darkening.

Takahashi Makoto took a bite of beef and asked as he ate, "Is there anywhere Reiko wants to go?"

"......foreign."

Kashima Reiko thought for a moment, then shook her head expressionlessly: "I'm fine with anything."

“Makoto, it would be better if Reiko went to Hokkaido with you.”

Ignoring Uesugi Maya's gaze, Tachibana Yuki said with a smile, "When you visit a friend's house, Reiko can help you, like preparing gifts and such."

She didn't say anything, but she had an expression that said, "I know everything."

Makoto Takahashi nodded in agreement without hesitation. Although he hadn't decided to go to the Nekoya's house yet, traveling with the maid would be a rare experience.

Uesugi Maya stared at Tachimi Yuki with suspicion, trying to see through her scheme.

Li Jianxing narrowed her beautiful eyes with disdain, her voice sweet enough to make your heart flutter: "Cheng-kun, come home with me after lunch. You look like you didn't sleep well last night."

"Okay, that's perfect, I was just thinking of taking a nap."

"Didn't you buy a lot of stockings in Izu last time? You still have a lot left."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blizzard-like atmosphere swept through the student council president's office.

Uesugi Maya's face was tense, and she gritted her teeth.

She could arrange for Group A and Group C to go to Hokkaido together to see the first snow of the year, but Tachimi Yuki could bring Takahashi Makoto home, sleep in the same bed at night, and even play a little game of tearing stockings.

Therefore, Tatsumi Yuki scoffed at Uesugi Maya's provocation.

The school trip is arranged to see the first snow together, so what?

Makoto Takahashi was clearly more interested in the various maid outfits, dresses, stockings, and pantyhose worn by the Tachimi family.

In this war without gunfire, Tachimi Yuki currently wields a more powerful weapon.

She looked at Uesugi Maya with a hint of pity, then looked away and slowly began to eat her lunch.

Uesugi Maya was humiliated, and the tips of her fingers turned white as she gripped the chopsticks tightly.

Listening to the sound of her teeth grinding together, she made up her mind that she must get her revenge on this school trip and teach Tachibana Yuki a lesson she would never forget.

In the hopeless silence, Makoto Takahashi ate his lunch in complete silence.

In the war between Uesugi Maya and Tatsumi Yuki, he is currently only needed as a spoil of war.

When Uesugi Maya no longer wants to maintain the current state, that will be the time for Takahashi Makoto to take action.

Thinking about it this way, there was still a long way to go between Kyushu and Hokkaido before the war ended.

Makoto Takahashi slept at the Tachimi family home all afternoon and into the next morning.

The maid outfit and stockings were very attractive, but no matter how much sweet talk he said, Tachimi Yuki and Kashima Reiko were still unwilling to play with him.

Tuesday afternoons are for home economics classes, and this week it's time for a cooking internship.

Students are free to form groups and decide what to cook. However, the teacher requires students to design menus based on nutrition and to grade the dishes accordingly.

Because it was a free grouping process, many people came to invite Makoto Takahashi.

Since the band became a sensation and gained fame in the art world as "standing at the pinnacle of neon," the girls in Tsurumizawa have found it hard to maintain their composure, and occasionally, even upperclassmen will turn into junior girls in front of him.

"I can't cook at all," Takahashi Makoto sighed wearily.

He had already limited his charm to the point where he wouldn't bewitch people with his words or actions, but the girls in his class, having finally found an opportunity to build relationships, were a little too enthusiastic.

There's no such thing as combining two classes in Tsurumizawa's home economics class, but for some reason, Uesugi Maya suddenly visits the cooking class.

She walked in with a cold expression and naturally joined Makoto Takahashi's group.

The surrounding classmates silently stared at Uesugi Maya with thorny gazes, a mixture of envy and jealousy.

She casually took a hair tie from her pocket and tied her long black hair into a convenient high ponytail, revealing her snow-white nape.

Don't you have class this afternoon?

Takahashi Makoto asked in surprise, but obediently picked up the apron and handed it to Uesugi Maya.

"I asked Maya-nee to come and help."

Hanakawa Kaori raised her hand and said with a grin, "Hina-nee and I aren't good at cooking either, but Maya-nee is very feminine."

"Comprehensive Mandarin Chinese"

Maya Uesugi took the apron and put it on skillfully: "I just received an email this morning that I've been nominated for the Yomiuri Literature Prize and the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize."

She sounds perfectly qualified to teach Mandarin.

Since the person himself is willing, Makoto Takahashi is naturally willing to accept this outcome.

After all, there is a tasting component to the cooking internship. Although no one in reality could probably make the kind of dark substance from the manga, he would much rather eat Hell Girl's cooking than half-cooked hellish food.

"Maya-kun, what are the specific arrangements for the school trip?" Nekoya Hina asked, leaning closer to Uesugi Maya.

This morning, she had already learned from Makoto Takahashi that Group C of Year 1 was going to Sapporo.

Haruna Nekoya's hometown is in Otaru, not far from Sapporo, and her schedule determines how long she can stay at home.

The already quiet classroom fell even quieter, and the students in Group C all perked up their ears.

"At tomorrow's long class meeting, the class supervisors will announce the arrangements for the school trip and the midterm exams."

Uesugi Maya gave Nekoya Hina a cold, indifferent look, her brows furrowed: "Alright, enough of that, let's decide on the menu first."

All ingredients are stored in a refrigerated box on one side of the cooking classroom, with a full range of meats and vegetables.

Maya Uesugi's final menu decision was scrambled eggs with beef, cabbage salad, almond tofu, and miso soup.

Simple dishes like cabbage salad and miso soup were left to Nekoya Haruna and Hanakawa Kaori, as the two were not completely incapable of cooking and could handle such simple dishes.

The complex dishes were prepared by Maya Uesugi, with Makoto Takahashi acting as her assistant.

The so-called assistant's only job was to weigh the seasonings.

"Even home economics classes are under Uesugi Maya's supervision. Sooner or later, I'll become a useless person," Takahashi Makoto thought to himself.