I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

Kyosuke looked at the goblet on the table in front of Nero. If drinking red wine for afternoon tea was considered a unique taste, then the opened wooden barrel at Nero's feet was what Kyosuke really wanted to complain about. Although the two were on the side of the road, there was still a strong aroma of wine around them, attracting passers-by to look at them.

"Isn't this too much?"

Kyosuke picked up the black tea that Nero ordered for him and took a sip. It was really nice that the other party didn't need him to drink with him.

"What does it matter? Anyway, today's work is over. The next period of time is of course a time for me to indulge myself. Wine and women are really great~"

Nero drank the wine in his goblet, and then he scooped the empty goblet into the wine barrel, and once again a goblet full of red wine appeared in front of Nero. Facing such a heroic way of drinking, Kyosuke had the illusion of seeing a funny Macedonian king. Although it was a little smaller, if this wooden barrel could be called a "wine pool", then he could be called a "meat forest"?

"What~" Nero complained unhappily when he saw Kyosuke's dull eyes, "This is my highest compliment, Kyosuke should accept it with pleasure. After all, in my opinion, no one can compare to you now~"

As he said this, Nero gently scratched the tip of Kyosuke's nose.

"Hey, you're a little..."

Kyosuke looked around somewhat embarrassedly. You know, this place was not far from where Nero had just performed. If any sharp-eyed fan saw him and his goddess having such an intimate interaction, he would be hated.

Compared to Kyosuke's cautiousness, Nero didn't care at all. She waved her hands as if she was shooing away an indifferent fly and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Kyosuke, you are too cautious. It's not up to others to say who I like."

"Anyway, as long as you are happy..."

After all, I need help from others today, and it would not be good if things become too awkward.

Thinking of this, Kyosuke could only succumb to Nero's tyranny and let her touch his face.

“Mmm…this touch…this touch…is really great!!”

I don't know if it's because of the alcohol, but Nero's face has started to turn red. His hand, which was originally just wandering on Kyosuke's face, gradually began to move towards his neck in an unruly manner.

"I told you not to go too far!"

Before Nero unbuttoned the first button of Kyosuke's shirt, Kyosuke finally reached out and grabbed her restless hand.

"Cut~"

Nero reluctantly stopped her attack, but she did not take back her hand and let Kyosuke hold it. Kyosuke was afraid that Nero would continue to touch her if he let go, so he had to hold Nero's hand. For a while, no one spoke, just looking into each other's eyes quietly. This situation made others look like a shy couple from a distance.

"Okay, stop making trouble. I came here to talk to you about something."

"Oh~" Nero picked up the wine glass with his free hand and drank the red wine again. He scooped another glass and put it on the table without caring. "Let me guess, Kyousuke, you came to me because of the pink-haired girl?"

"Not really. You can't help at all with Mashu's problem."

Kyosuke shook his head to deny Nero's guess.

After hearing that he was wrong, Nero's expression fell, "What's going on? I thought you were here to ask about the battle that happened in my theater!"

"It doesn't matter what happens. Anyway, you guys are basically tied all the time."

Although he didn't know the specific situation (because no one told him), Kyosuke had seen them fighting each other before. He thought that since they had been unable to do anything to each other before, it should be the same this time.

"no no."

Nero's fingers slowly stirred the red liquid in the wine glass, with a smug expression on her face. She was very happy that Kyosuke guessed wrong this time.

"how?"

"That Celtic woman lost miserably this time. If you saw her face coming out of Yu's theater, you would definitely not recognize her."

"Master, did she lose?"

Kyosuke found the conclusion told by Nero very unbelievable. Even if Lancelot was helping Scathach, she would not lose so much to Lily. From what Nero said, it was obvious that she did not just lose. It was estimated that Lily was hitting her in the face everywhere.

"Of course, after all, I am also helping you. How dare you deceive Kyousuke? I will never allow that."

"Don't talk like you're innocent!"

Hearing Nero's shameless behavior of singling him out, Kyosuke couldn't help but hit her on the head with a knife.

However, this also explains why the master lost. After all, if three people joined forces, it would not be surprising that the master lost because they could neither leave the venue nor call for reinforcements.

"But it's really rare that you would help Lily."

Kyosuke had previously guessed that the fight would still end in a draw because he knew that they all disliked each other, and in a three-way confrontation, it was very likely that no one would be able to do anything to anyone else. But he didn't expect that Nero would actually take the initiative to help Lily this time.

"Hehe, in the end it's all for Kyousuke~"

Maybe it was because of the alcohol, but Nero looked a little strange. She took the initiative to hold Kyosuke's hands and boasted to him with a rosy face, "That girl (Scathach) really went too far this time. Kyosuke will definitely not like her anymore after this. In this case, if I help Kyosuke vent his anger, I can gain a lot of impression points in your heart! But Kyosuke is really too bad. He didn't come to see me after so many days! Am I so unimportant in your mind?"

So this is what you were thinking...

Seeing Nero looking at him lovingly, Kyosuke felt a little amused.

"Hehe, after all, Kyousuke you are the most important~ I can do anything for Kyousuke~"

After saying that, Nero picked up the wine glass, took a sip of red wine and held it in his mouth. Then he leaned his head over and wanted to take advantage of the romantic atmosphere to kiss Kyosuke's lips. It seemed that he intended to transfer the wine to Kyosuke's mouth while kissing.

However, a hand blocked her lips and Kyousuke's, breaking the romantic atmosphere between the two.

"Ah?"

Nero felt a little strange when she saw Kyosuke put his hand to block her, and she swallowed the wine with a little regret.

"Wait a moment, I have something to ask you."

Kyousuke looked straight into Nero's eyes with a serious expression, as if he wanted to see through her.

"Hey~ Now the atmosphere is just right, if you have any questions, let's talk about it after we finish kissing." Nero looked a little impatient, "Come on, let's continue."

Nero said as he tried to take another sip of his wine.

"That's the question..." Kyosuke pinched his brows in distress, "What did you add when you stirred the red wine with your fingers just now?"

"what are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb." Kyosuke grabbed Nero's right hand, which had been holding the wine glass. There was some white powder on the index finger that had not completely melted. "Just now, when you were stirring the red wine with your fingers, bubbles came out. You deliberately talked about the master just now to divert my attention."

"How do you know this? I clearly—"

Nero, who was exposed by Kyosuke, looked a little depressed. She rested her head on the table and let out a desperate wail.

Kyosuke snorted, "I knew you had bad intentions. Now let's get down to business."

"What do you want to ask?"

Nero, whose plan to drug Kyosuke failed, was quite listless. She looked at Kyosuke with dead eyes, as if she was not very interested in anything anymore.

"About Ayase... She's arguing with Kirino right now. You should know about this, right?"

"do not know."

What a straightforward answer.

"You are their senior, how come you don't know?"

Nero pouted and responded: "I'm not their babysitter, why do I have to know what they did~"

Seeing Nero sulking there, Kyosuke felt a little helpless.

"It was because you brought Ayase there that she and Kirino met, so you must be responsible for this matter."

Kyousuke's reaction seemed to give Nero a chance to take advantage of him. "In that case, it's not impossible for me to help you, but I want a reward. I want to sleep with you, Kyousuke!"

It's quite amazing of you to say such things so openly in public.

"No need to talk, this is your punishment for drugging me, there is no reward."

How could Kyosuke do anything weird at this critical moment? The previous incident with Shiyu had already embarrassed him. Fortunately, Shiyu was not the kind of big mouth who would let the whole world know about it, otherwise he would be exhausted just by cleaning up the mess. But Nero in front of him was a completely different guy. This guy who had no idea what modesty was would definitely let the whole world know about it if he had anything to do with her. And he had a criminal record. Earlier, after he was raped by Merlin, this guy told everyone about his affair with her after he was released. He almost hired two storytellers to tell the story in the square of Akihabara.

"Tsk~ If that's the case, I'll just forget it."

"Oh~ Really?" Seeing that Nero was unwilling to help him, Kyosuke made a gesture to get up, "Then I'll go find Elizabeth. Even though her words may sound harsh, she will definitely help me."

"Wait a minute!! Go find that guy! Absolutely not!!"

Furious, Nero immediately grabbed Kyosuke's sleeve. When she came to her senses, she saw Kyosuke's face with a funny smile.

"I understand. I will help you. Okay!"

Nero slumped in the chair. She had given up on herself so much that she even omitted the word "Yu" when referring to herself.

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On the other side of the street, Mashu sighed as she watched Kyosuke and Nero leave. She was so focused on Kyosuke that she didn't notice a white figure approaching her from behind.

"Whoo~"

"Ah! Sister Meili! You're going too far!"

Mashu covered her ear that was blown by Merry and took a big step back, looking at Merry who was grinning at her with a red face.

"Hehe, I saw something interesting."

"Wha...what?"

Mashu looked around guiltily, not daring to look Mary in the eye.

Meili took out a folding fan with the words "Long Live Love" written on it from somewhere and covered her mouth with it. "Don't be shy. I've seen everything."

"I have no idea what you're talking about. Fufu, let's go."

Mashu blushed so much at what Mary said that she turned around and wanted to escape, but she was stopped by Mary before she could take a step.

"Don't walk so fast. It was you who reminded Kyousuke-kun just now."

Although she used a questioning sentence, Mary said it in a positive tone, and it was obvious that she already knew the answer.

"I just don't want to see Miss Nero promoting bad things to others all day long."

Mash's answer did not satisfy Mary, "You still say that you care about him, don't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have followed him secretly after he left the house."

"None of this has anything to do with you, Sister Meili!"

Mashu pushed Mary away. She was very dissatisfied with Mary's desire to get to the bottom of the matter.

"Of course it matters! This is related to——"

Mary originally wanted to say with confidence that this was related to whether her body would be locked in a cage, but Fufu, who was at Mash's feet, called out to Mary twice to signal her not to say anything.

"What's the matter?"

Mash found it strange that Mary stopped talking in the middle of her sentence.

"Well..." Meili looked proudly at Fufu who was looking at her nervously. She paused deliberately and said, "Of course I'm afraid that my beloved Fufu-chan will be sent to Kyosuke's house as a dowry!"

"what?"

Mashu looked at Merry with a dazed look as she held Fufu in her arms and intended to suffocate it with the "steel plate" on her chest. She felt that her IQ was insulted.