I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

Eriri, who was just there to watch, tilted her head and guessed.

"Anyway, what we want to discuss has nothing to do with the one that is completely dead."

Mashu tried to get the topic back on track, but Yumiko didn't buy it. "What about our business then? If this continues, won't Kyosuke be dragged over by that woman to warm her bed?"

"What! I've never heard of such a thing!"

Eriri slammed the table and stood up.

Mashu glanced at Eriri and ignored her. "Comrade Eriri, please sit down. There are many things you haven't heard of."

"Hey!"

"Your mother and I have reached an agreement on this matter. Anyway, as long as the turnover on the books is one level higher than that old bitch, it will be fine."

Although Mashu said it very casually on the surface, she really felt a little regretful when she thought about her helplessness during the negotiation and the other party's clinginess.

[If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to look for that woman. Isn't it just buying a senior to warm my bed? It's not like I haven't done that before. It's not like I'll have to do that woman once more. ]

Yumiko was a little surprised, "My mother agreed?"

"Anyway, it's just a matter of transferring money from one hand to the other. When it's over, just return the money on the account to your mother."

Mashu obviously didn't want to talk about it.

"Hey! Don't ignore me!"

Ying Lili continued to bang the table to emphasize her presence, but no one paid any attention to her.

"I remember the money on the books is to be divided into shares, right?"

Mashu pushed her glasses up proudly. "I have written everything in your name. When the time comes, just give her all your money. The extra money will be regarded as interest. I think you will definitely not mind."

"I always feel that Kyosuke is very pitiful." Yumiko sighed, and she decided not to dwell on this further. "So what do you want to discuss with us?"

"Of course it's the final highlight of the school festival tonight - the social dance!"

Mashu announced the news to everyone with an expression as if she had just won a super lottery, but only a handful of people responded. Except for Mordred, who was caught as a background board, the rest of the people attending the meeting still looked uninterested.

"What? I was wondering what you were going to say. What else is there to say about this?" Yumiko said to Mashu in boredom. "After all, it's the same old routine as every year, dancing around the fire or something. Then everyone can take turns clapping with Kyosuke, right?"

Youmiko actually doesn't care too much about this kind of thing. The reason for this is that there is not much physical contact, and she has no interest in coaxing children who are mostly playing.

"No, this year's ball will be held in the Great Hall, and it will be held according to the standards of a high-end dinner party. Those who attend will have to wear evening gowns."

Mashu shook her finger and gave Yumiko an expression that said, "You're still too sweet."

"Wha...what? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"This is all written on the flyer, didn't you read it?"

Yumiko picked up the school festival brochure in front of her in disbelief and flipped to the end with a very rough method. After reading the contents carefully, she made a decision immediately.

"This dance belongs to Kyousuke and my mother."

"How is that possible!" Mashu directly denied Yumiko's statement, "You know, I was the one who danced with Senior Yuehao in the last round of the school festival!"

"So you brought us here to entertain yourself?"

Yumiko glared at Mashu in a confrontational manner. She had no intention of backing down on this matter.

"Of course not. Of course I'm here to share time with you guys."

It was rare that Mashu, who had always been very protective of Kyosuke, generously learned to share with others this time.

"How rare... What's your conspiracy?"

Obviously, Yumiko doesn't really like Mashu's tricks.

"Of course, this is to prevent us from getting into a dispute and ending up with nothing. You have to know that the enemies we are facing are not just those of us present here."

"So you know you can't protect Kyousuke, so you plan to form an offensive and defensive alliance with us to get the minimum amount of time to spend with Kyousuke?"

After hearing what Mashu said, Yumiko leaned back in her chair proudly, making an attitude that said, "Come and beg me now."

[Tsk, this yellow-haired girl...]

Mashu didn't expect that Yumiko would hit her soft spot so quickly.

Although she had already made up her mind to share Kyosuke at the dinner with the less threatening opponents present, "asking everyone for help" and "I will take the initiative to share with everyone" are two different things, and the biggest difference is the issue of initiative.

The former is to humbly give the initiative to others, while the latter holds the most critical power of allocating time.

And this is related to the last crucial closing dance of the entire dinner.

[I must get the chance to dance with Kyousuke (senpai)! ]*n

"Why are you looking for me for something like this?" Yukino, the only one present who was completely unconcerned about this matter, felt that she was really wasting her time staying here. She closed her notebook and prepared to get up and leave.

"How could it be that you have nothing to do with it? You have to know that the premise for this division of spoils... no, the distribution meeting can only be held is to prevent others from getting close to the seniors. In this matter, you are our most important external aid."

"You are not planning to..."

Mashu's words gave Yukino a bad feeling.

"I'll leave Minamoto no Raikou to you to take care of her."

As expected, Mashu said what Yukino least wanted to hear.

"Why do you want me to stop my godmother?" Yukino slammed the table in excitement, "Can't you just handle that kind of thing on your own?! Also, where do you get the confidence to think that I will help you to cause trouble for Raikou's mother? No matter how you look at it, I am closer to her, right?"

"Oh, is this really okay?" Mashu covered her mouth and looked at Yukino with an ambiguous expression.

"Wha…what?"

Mashu's devilish smile made Yukino retreat a little.

"You should know what time it is now, right? What if some bad rumors about the senior spread at this time and she gets too emotional..."

Even though Mashu didn't say it explicitly, Yukino knew clearly that she was referring to her biological mother, Fumino.

"Wouldn't it be the same if I gave it to you?"

"At least we won't strip naked and run to the bed to dance 'round two' while dancing with our seniors."

"What you said is not convincing at all..." Yukino pointed at Nero who was sitting next to her. As an insider, she certainly knew about the physical relationship between this Roman and her brother.

"I have become a good person recently."

Nero, who had been silent and focused on being a background figure from the beginning, quickly responded after seeing Yukino mentioned her. However, her second sentence completely ruined the atmosphere.

"That's what I should say, right? Mashu-chan?"

Mashu's mouth twitched as she looked at this guy who she didn't know if he was naturally funny or sinister. In the end, she decided to ignore her. "She's going for the pure love route recently, no problem."

"Hey! What are you talking about? Explain it to me!"

This feeling of being excluded made Eriri feel very bad.

"It doesn't matter if you can't hear clearly, just deal with your old friend."

Mashu obviously didn't expect much from Eriri.

"Well……"

Eriri's eyes were filled with tears as she gave a "Mei Liangxin" expression.

"In short, we have only one goal, which is to not give those old ladies any chance to take advantage of us!"

Mashu raised her hand like a cult leader and encouraged everyone.

"Oh——!"

Several stakeholders raised their hands and followed suit. Eriri, who was still expressing her dissatisfaction, was a little slow. After everyone raised their hands, she raised her hand with a confused look on her face.

"oh oh."

"Is it really okay?"

Yukino looked at this haphazardly assembled team and felt a little skeptical.

"Well, now that everyone has reached an agreement, let's discuss the specific distribution plan for the senior dinner."

As soon as Mashu said this, the originally small room was immediately filled with murderous aura.

"I knew it would be like this..." Mashu looked helplessly at the aggressive expressions of everyone present (except Yukino) and took a deep breath, "Then - let's have a showdown!"

So a brutal fight began in this dark little compartment.

—————————————————The dividing line of quarrels—————————————————

"yawn--"

Kyosuke stood in the corridor, covering his mouth and watching the people coming and going in the teaching building. He felt like he was about to be bored to death.

"Kyosuke, you are so leisurely. Being lazy is not a good thing~"

Rie appeared out of nowhere and poked Kyosuke's cheek with her finger with a smile.

"There are no guests and Mashu is not here. Today is the last day and I have a lot of free time~" Kyosuke said word by word, leaning his chin on the windowsill.

Rie puffed up her cheeks and blew out the window to express her dissatisfaction, "Mashu-chan isn't here? What a pity, I came here specially to see her. Pupu~"

"How old are you? Why are you still acting like a child?"

Kyosuke got very playful when seeing Rie's childish behavior. He stretched out his hand to touch Rie's head but she dodged him.

"You don't have to worry about that, Kyousuke~"

"Well... forget it."

After trying several times without success, Kyosuke gave up his original plan. He looked at the blue sky outside the window and began to daydream.

Rie followed suit and looked out the window, a soft smile on her face.

"It's really peaceful~"*2

"What are those two guys doing?"

At the stairs not far away, Merlin and Aguiwen were clinging to the wall and observing Kyosuke and Rie's movements. They were still dressed as stalkers like yesterday, which attracted the passing students to turn their heads and look at these two guys.

"How should I know... Why did you both come here today when we were tortured so badly yesterday? Merlin, you really are a masochist!"

Agguiwen complained when he was angry, but Merlin didn't buy it at all.

"If you think it's meaningless, you can leave. No one is asking you to stay here..."

"Forehead……"