I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

Merlin rolled his eyes and expressed his thoughts: "This sounds really crazy, and it doesn't seem like something that Mordred, who has an IQ of less than 9, would come up with."

"Yes, that's right. Because this plan was yours."

Mash pulled Merlin's hair unceremoniously to vent her anger.

"What? Why didn't I know?"

PS: This is the first update. There will be another update later. Two updates today.

Chapter 27 Lancelot: I have always been caught cheating, but I actually saw my daughter catching someone else cheating

Merlin had no impression of what Matthew mentioned. He showed a confused expression, "I have never thought of this plan. I admit that I have thought of many weird ideas, but I really don't have this one... Wait, you are talking about her?"

Seeing Mash nodding vigorously, Merlin felt sick all over.

"That girl Meili is really crazy. What good will she get from doing this?!"

Merlin didn't quite understand what Meili did. Although he knew that she always did unnecessary things, he didn't expect her to go to this extent.

"Because she bought all of your remaining assets to Eriri-chan. Not only will she get a large sum of money, but she can also drive out all those who stand in her way of occupying Camelot. In this way, she can live in a world of two with Fufu."

"What?! Does she think Gawain and the others are matchsticks? And if Eriri really wins, I'll be put in a cage by Jill! What can she use to live alone with that white-haired little bastard!"

"Probably in a cage."

Mash's answer didn't make Merlin laugh. In fact, he couldn't laugh at all. His mouth was so wide open that it looked like an egg could fit inside. "It's really crazy. I bought Yukinoshita, Fufu used me to buy you, and then she bought Eriri. Merlin, who should I help?!"

"Merlin isn't that you?"

Mashu wondered if she should just leave this man alone and let him calm down.

"Please! Please don't talk to me now and leave me alone."

"No problem. I was going to do that even if you didn't tell me."

Since Merlin himself brought it up, Mashu naturally followed suit, and she turned her head back to monitor Kyosuke.

At this time, Kyosuke and Eriri, who were standing in front of the stall, finally finished feeding the box of takoyaki. Kyosuke had just thrown the takoyaki into the trash can when Eriri left.

"Damn it. They're moving, Merlin? You..."

"If Eriri wins, she can get a lot of money. If the Yukinoshita family wins, I can get the materials I want. But only Mashu..."

Mash looked at Merlin who was writing something in his notebook and shook his head. "Forget it, I'll do it myself."

Mash said as she left Merlin where he was and followed Eriri and Kyosuke into the school building, leaving Merlin alone in the bushes.

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"Aren't you going to eat something else? Didn't you just say you didn't have lunch?" Kyosuke was pulled forward by Eriri, and all the classmates he knew (those with whom he had a decent relationship) who passed by gave him a look that said "I understand."

You know nothing! I would really like to trade with you.

"There's a project I really want to go to, and it's right in front. The second round of openings this afternoon is about to start...it'll be too late to eat anything else. Really, why does eating takoyaki waste so much time?"

"I think if you hadn't stuffed your foot into my mouth at the top of the stairs, we would have had enough time to at least have one more serving of fried noodles."

"Shut up, Kyousuke. Don't you dare mention this again!"

"learn."

Seeing Eriri's two ponytails standing up like a cat's fur threatening him, Kyosuke responded considerately with a thumbs up.

"So what do you want to play?"

"You'll soon find out..."

Eriri took Kyosuke to the back half of the corridor on the second floor of the teaching building, which had been cordoned off with a black cloth.

"Wait, this is... a haunted house?"

Kyosuke looked at the big sign with a confused expression.

"Yes, and it's only for couples. Wait for me a moment, I'll go and register."

Kyosuke saw that there were already quite a few couples queuing up at the door. Looking at those affectionate young people, he asked Eriri hesitantly, "We're not a couple, are we? Can we still play? What if they ask us to prove it?"

"It's not that strict, just one man and one woman. Besides, what we played half an hour ago was much more exciting than what ordinary couples do." Eriri poked Kyousuke's chest with her hand, "Don't make excuses to refuse, and don't run away before I come back, otherwise you will be in trouble. Hi, Azusa. I'm here to sign up, did you save a seat for me?"

"Hey, Eriri." The black-haired girl immediately showed a gossipy expression when she saw Eriri, "Of course, there are still three pairs that can sign up. Um... Is that him? He looks good."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Ying Lili picked up a pen and started writing in the registration book.

Kyosuke looked at Eriri's excited back and shook his head. He hated horror movies and haunted houses, which he thought were more terrifying than entertaining a woman with a sullen face. Although he felt sorry for Eriri, it was nothing compared to his own heart stopping from being frightened.

"Isn't this Kyousuke?"

Kyosuke, who was about to leave secretly, was suddenly bumped into by Lancelot, Bedivere and Gawain. As if to avoid trouble, they all put on hats and sunglasses and made some disguises. Although it looked a bit strange, it complemented the atmosphere of the school festival. At least he would not be blocked by the fan girls because of those three tempting faces.

"You guys are here too?"

"Yes." Gao Wen sighed, "At least coming here to participate in your school festival is the only outing that the king allows me to do now."

"You guys are planning on visiting the haunted house too?"

"We saw the flyers at the school gate and thought they were very interesting. But..."

Gawain glanced at Lanstro with resentment.

"But we didn't realize that this was an event that only couples could participate in." Lancelot scratched his nose with embarrassment, "Originally we planned to let Bedivere dress up as a woman to fool people."

"What?!"

Kyosuke looked at Bedivere with horror.

"Don't worry, this proposal was not passed because only two people can enter at a time, and Bedivere doesn't want to go shopping twice, so this plan was shelved."

Hearing that the reason his eyes were not blind was not because of Bedivere's refusal but because of this, Kyosuke took a step back calmly.

"OK..." Kyosuke looked at the three people in front of him and suddenly came up with an idea, "Don't you want to go in and have a look? Eriri also wants to go in and play. Lancelot, you can pretend to be me and take Eriri in. As for Gawain, I think it shouldn't be a problem for you and Bedivere to just make do with each other."

Lancelot smiled and shook his head: "I'm sorry, Kyousuke. I can't help you. First of all, when a girl wants to go to a haunted house, it's probably not because she wants to go by herself, but because she wants to go with a male companion. Secondly, Eriri is right behind you."

"Oh... Shit..."

Before Kyosuke could finish his words, he was dragged away by Eriri.

"I knew you were going to do something unnecessary, come here now!"

"What a sweet couple, aren't they?" Gawain smiled and blessed Kyosuke who was desperately looking at him for help, "But how are we supposed to get in? There are only two couples left. The next round will have to wait until the evening, and I have to work tonight. And if Kyosuke is there as a spice, I definitely don't want to miss it."

"Yeah...what should I do?"

Lancelot rubbed his chin in annoyance.

Bedivere rolled his eyes at Lancelot in boredom and said, "Why don't you just let you and Gawain go in? I'm not particularly interested anyway."

"They require us to be a couple, but Gawain and I are not."

"They didn't ask for heterosexual couples. I think you can give it a try." Seeing that Lancelot was really hesitating, Bedivere quickly stopped him, "Wait a minute, I'm kidding."

"Forget it, let's go back. I guess even if we can't watch the live broadcast, Merlin should have the video." Lancelot finally gave up and turned around helplessly to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Mash coming towards him.

"Have you seen Kyousuke and Eriri? I'm looking for those two bastards."

"Damn it, the last time I was that embarrassed was when the King saw me and Guinevere in the same bed."

Seeing Mash's expression of catching someone cheating, Lancelot covered his face. As expected, he was beaten by Bedivere.

PS: The second update is done, time to go to bed.

Chapter 28 Mashu: Having a perverted father is the pain of my life

Kyosuke looked at the pitch-black environment around him. It was really bad to be in the dark. But what was even worse was the soft touch of the ground he was standing on, which made him feel like he was stepping into soft soil.

"Eri, this is your class project, right? Please tell me first if a hand will suddenly emerge from the ground and grab the legs of passersby!"

"Come on, Kyosuke. You're a boy, right? How can you be so timid!" Eriri, who was walking in front of Kyosuke, stopped. "And I'm sorry to remind you that I don't know what's next, or if there are any scary equipment along the way. Because I've been participating in our art club's projects and have no time to take care of the class projects."

Kyosuke stopped walking and waved his hand at Eriri, "Okay, I got it. I won't leave then, unless you can tell me what scary things are coming next. Otherwise, I'll wait here until the staff comes to close the place and clear it out."

Eriri said nothing and stepped forward to grab Kyousuke's arm, "I beg you to stop being stupid!"

Although Kyosuke was very reluctant to explore the haunted house, he didn't resist too much when Eriri dragged him forward. However, the delicate atmosphere of love between the two was destroyed by Kyosuke's almost rogue behavior, which made the intimacy between the two people worse than that of other couples who came in earlier, who were entangled like rice cakes.

"I say, why don't we just go to a cafe to improve our relationship? Why do we have to come to such a gloomy and scary place..."

Kyosuke shivered as he looked at the pitch-black darkness around him. The only thing that made him feel a little safe was the retro lantern that Eriri was holding in her hand. However, this did not dispel his fear, which made Eriri look extremely strenuous when dragging her useless childhood sweetheart.

"That's enough, Kyosuke." Feeling that she wouldn't be able to leave until dinner time if she continued like this, Eriri stopped walking. She glared at Kyosuke who was hugging her arms tightly with dissatisfaction, "You really have no manliness at all! Others have boys holding lanterns to lead the way, what's wrong with you! I know you don't like haunted houses, but you're exaggerating! You know, ghosts are just made up to scare people."

"Go talk to Dion about this."

"Who is that?"

Eriri didn't understand what Kyosuke was complaining about at all. She could only look at Kyosuke with a caring look.

"You know, I've never liked this." After seeing that Eriri was not very willing to act as his umbrella, Kyosuke chose to hug a pillar to give himself courage. "Rather than waiting to be scared like a fool like now, I still prefer to sit on a chair and enjoy afternoon tea. In my opinion, spending money to watch horror movies or go to haunted houses for excitement is as meaningless as a fat otaku going to a maid cafe."

"I'm sorry, but this is called faith. And if you say so, your class's host bar is also a waste. Come on, I know you're scared, but it's too late for you to go back now. If you don't believe me, look back. The way we came in is gone~" Eriri pretended to be gloomy and scared Kyosuke, "All you can do now is follow me until we get out of this maze, otherwise I will have to leave you here alone with great regret."

Kyosuke looked back at the road that had become so dark that he could not see the bottom, and swallowed nervously.

It is unknown how this haunted house was designed. According to what Eriri told Kyousuke, this project was jointly operated by several classes that were planning to hold a haunted house. For this reason, they specifically asked Yono to communicate and discuss this matter.

They rented half of the corridor on the second floor of the teaching building and the classrooms in the area, and announced to the public that they were going to create an unprecedented haunted house for high school students. However, after Kyosuke heard the names of Nitocris, Mephistopheles, and Avisbronn, he felt that this haunted house could not be "real", but must be "super". This is also the reason why Kyosuke refused to leave. He didn't believe that those guys didn't use their abilities to do anything when they were building the haunted house. This was just like Lancelot saying that he was still a virgin and it was completely unbelievable.

But continuing the stalemate is not a good thing either.

So after making eye contact with Eriri for a long time, Kyosuke finally gave in.

"Okay, I'll go with you. But I have one request: you must not come to scare me in person."

"Ok, deal."

Eriri extended her hand with satisfaction, "Now, hold my hand. Let me take you to this unknown adventure."

"Hmm...it sounds so childish, but it's okay to be willful for once in a while."