I, Tomoya Aki, am not a bootlicker

"Kato-san is surprisingly gossipy."

Aki-san replied calmly.

It is reasonable for ordinary high school girls to have such curiosity, but in the eyes of others, is the relationship between the three of them like that?

"I'm sorry, Aki-san."

Kato Megumi might have felt that she was asking something she shouldn't have asked. After all, they were just classmates with whom she had a casual relationship, and it would have been inappropriate to ask such a question directly.

I asked this subconsciously out of curiosity just now, but now it seems that I was a little careless about the air.

"You don't need to apologize, Kato-san. I don't mean to blame you."

There was a trace of helplessness on Tomoya Aki's face. He was just simply surprised and didn't mean anything else.

"Besides, there's no need for me to lie to you."

Regarding the question about Kato Megumi, Aki Tomoya has actually already answered it once.

After hearing this, Kato Megumi nodded. Although she was still confused, she also understood that she was not qualified to know more details.

Whether it’s Eriri, or Kasumigaoka Utaha next door, or Aki Tomoya across the way, I’m actually not familiar with any of them.

Although Kato Megumi was among the three people, she did not really participate in it. At this time, she only needed to be a bystander.

And except for Tomoya Aki, the two girls of the same grade and seniors who were extremely popular in the school did not notice her.

It would be better to just treat what happens next as a youth love campus story played out on a late-night TV drama, Kato Megumi thought to herself.

Kato Megumi has already found her own position very clearly at this moment.

She had a weak presence and no direct relationship with these three people. She was just the person who happened to be standing closest to the center of the incident. As a bystander, she only needed to fulfill her obligations as a bystander.

The three famous people in the academy seem to have nothing to do with each other on the surface, but the fact is surprising. They have established an unusual connection long ago.

In Kato Megumi's opinion, such super development seems a bit conventional.

And in Kato Megumi's eyes, the most special one should be Aki Tomoya.

Take the present moment for example. He remains calm and composed in the eye of the storm, immersed in his own affairs with peace of mind. He seems passive on the surface, but he always holds the initiative. It is indeed special.

Kato Megumi and Aki Tomoya met for the first time on the spring break. Like other girls, she paid attention to fashion magazines and tried to dress herself up that day.

The opportunity for meeting Tomoya Aki was among the drifting cherry blossoms. My hat fluttered in the cherry blossoms and happened to fall on a boy of the same age. Can such an encounter be called romantic?

It was indeed a bit dreamy and romantic, but this incident did not cause any ripples for Kato Megumi at the time.

But in reality it was just a chance encounter.

The other person was a boy known to everyone in the school, and she was the inconspicuous one.

Kato Megumi, who was used to being forgotten, was amazed at the coincidence at the time, and she didn't think that Aki Tomo would remember her.

However, when she helped her teacher to find Tomoya Aki last time, she found that the other party still remembered her, and Kato Megumi had a new understanding of this boy.

After the spring break, school started again and something quite unexpected must have happened to Tomoya Aki, who seemed somewhat out of place here.

Just like the ghost stories published in magazines, Kato Megumi felt at first that it was a bit like a supernatural event.

"Keeping people at a distance is just an illusion. Rather than saying that Amaki-san is deliberately showing that kind of rejection, it's better to say that there is no need or time for it anymore..."

Kato Megumi seemed to have found one of the reasons why Aki Tomoya seemed out of place.

What kind of place is the University of Tokyo? As an ordinary female high school student, Kato Megumi's first impression was how boring it would be for people who planned to enter there.

No matter how you look at it, last year's Tomoya Aki was not someone who would have that kind of goal, and that's how the so-called sense of incongruity came about.

"Then are Sawamura-san and Kasumigaoka-san also responsible?"

Kato Megumi glanced at Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha again without leaving a trace, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

“…Maybe there’s a deeper reason.”

After comparing the current differences between Aki Tomoya and the other two, Kato Megumi does not think that those two people were the reason that prompted Aki Tomoya to make a subversive change.

Unconsciously, Kato Megumi suddenly woke up. In this subtle atmosphere, she did not find the truth of the triangle relationship she expected, but instead realized that the boy Aki Tomoya was different from others.

In this place where atmosphere and air are so important, Aki Tomoya, who was assigned to the same class as him after the spring break, has completely ignored all external factors and is heading towards the place he longs for, no, it should be said that he has chosen the place himself.

"See you tomorrow, Aki-san."

Kato Megumi closed the red book of Fuzugawa University, then stood up and politely said goodbye to Aki Tomoya.

It was already this time, she had to go home.

"take care."

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Chapter 16 She and She

"See you tomorrow, Kato-san."

Aki Tomoya didn't care too much about Kato Megumi's departure. She was just an ordinary student and would have gone home long ago at this time.

However, that girl was indeed somewhat interesting. She was obviously just an ordinary girl, but because of her weak presence, she seemed extraordinary.

And seriously speaking, girls like Kato Megumi are actually more special than ordinary female high school students.

I don't know if she has discovered this characteristic of herself.

Time passed unknowingly and it was closing time. After calculating the time, Tomoya Aki looked up and saw that there were no other students in the library except for Kasumigaoka Utaha who was sitting next to him.

After packing up his things, Aki Tomoya stood up and politely nodded to Kasumigaoka Utaha beside him: "Goodbye, Kasumigaoka-senpai."

Tomoya Aki walked towards the library entrance with his schoolbag, pretending not to notice Eriri who was hiding there with sore legs.

He carefully glanced at the panicked Eriri over there with the corner of his eye and couldn't help laughing in his heart.

After hiding outside for so long, Eriri still couldn't get rid of the knot in her heart. Perhaps she had thought of the key point, but unfortunately she lacked a little courage.

He subconsciously stopped where he was and looked at Eriri. Even though he pretended not to notice him, it seemed like he was trying to cover up his crimes if Aki Tomoya did this.

After realizing this, Aki Tomoya no longer wanted to make such a meaningless disguise. He turned to look at Eriri and said, "Eriri, is this something that needs to be entangled for a long time?"

After leaving these words behind, he walked straight downstairs regardless of Eriri's confused look.

Eriri looked at Tomoya Aki's back with some panic and confusion, thinking about what he had just said.

"What, that guy..."

Were you making fun of him just now?

If that were the case, how arrogant and conceited would Akitomo be now...

But that's definitely not what he meant. Just now, Tomoya Aki's tone sounded more like a teasing tone.

"Sawamura-san, no, Kashiwagi Eri-sensei, you really look like..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha appeared at the door at some point, looking at Eriri with a subtle gaze.

Although she didn't say those two words, Eriri could also feel the mockery of this woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Because of Tomoya Aki, probably during the summer semester of last year, they learned about each other's hidden identities.

One is a rising star in the light novel world, and the other is a well-known artist in the doujin industry. With Tomoya Aki as the bond, they got to know each other.

As for secrets, there aren't many between them, except for what's hidden deep in their hearts. As "enemies", they also have mutual respect and know each other well.

“Xia Xia Xia… Kasumigaoka Utaha! What do you mean by standing behind someone out of the blue?!”

Because she was too excited, Eriri accidentally bit her tongue. She covered her mouth and subconsciously took a step back, then showed her vigilance towards Kasumigaoka Utaha without any concealment.

Standing gracefully at the door of the library, Kasumigaoka Utaha maintained her elegant demeanor, which was in sharp contrast to Eriri's flustered appearance.

"Could it be that some blonde tsundere girl was so focused on a boy that she didn't notice someone coming over? Sawamura-san, you're really interesting!"

A faint smile appeared on Kasumigaoka Utaha's beautiful face as she teased Eriri at that moment.

It's not that she appeared here like a ghost, but that Eriri's attention was all on Tomoya Aki, which made her not notice the arrival of Kasumigaoka Utaha. Don't make any mistake.

After being hit on the head with facts by Kasumigaoka Utaha, the mixed-race lady with gorgeous blonde hair chose to avoid looking.

She is already pitiful enough now, and she really doesn't want to deal with Kasumigaoka Utaha's ridicule anymore.

But that doesn't mean Eriri can't think of a rebuttal.

"Humph, isn't a certain woman who writes romance novels now also abandoned by her loyal fans, Kasumi Shiko?"

The air was suddenly filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Eriri seemed to have found the soft spot of this elegant woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha, and a competitive smile appeared on her face.

The pot calling the kettle black, knowing that his childhood sweetheart had recently left his home, the light novel writer he liked the most in front of him had to be described with a prefix -

"Well, a light novel writer you once liked?"

Eriri's words seemed to have hit the nail on the head, and Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression was obviously a little embarrassed.

No matter who they are, they don't have the confidence to laugh at each other.

To put it nicely, they are now indistinguishable from each other. To put it bluntly, they have all become the so-called "women of the past."

And the most infuriating thing is that this description actually has no element of objective fact at all.

"Then can we interview you, a 18X artist who is humiliated, about how it feels to be pLAYed by your childhood sweetheart?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha took a step forward with great momentum, making full use of her tall figure to look down at Eriri in front of her.

"What a poor child, a childhood friend who is now a total stranger. This is a complete failure, right?"

Her long, beautiful black hair fluttered like waves, shining like blood in the setting sun. With her wine-red eyes, she looked like a witch at dusk.

Eriri's petite figure suddenly fell into the shadow of Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"…You're obviously about the same as me, so don't be so proud now!"

Eriri looked up into Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes.

The situations of the two are not much different. She doesn't think that Kasumigaoka Utaha is much stronger than her now, and she doesn't understand why she is at a disadvantage when facing Kasumigaoka Utaha.

When Kasumigaoka Utaha heard this, she immediately retracted her aura and looked at Eriri with some pity: "How pitiful, Sawamura-san, do you still regard him as the former Amaki Tomoya, or do you not see yourself clearly now?"

I thought that as childhood sweethearts, Eriri would understand the current Aki Tomoya better, but it turns out that she is even more confused than she is.

"You are wrong. We are very different now. If you continue to dwell on the past, you will drown sooner or later. I will see that person clearly and then make a decision. If you want to be entangled, you can continue to be entangled, because no one will sympathize with you!"

After saying these fierce words, Kasumigaoka Utaha went straight downstairs.

It turns out that arguing with Eriri has become so boring and meaningless.

Knowing the feelings of this blonde mixed-race girl for her childhood sweetheart, he used to be wary of her, but now such vigilance is unnecessary.

The phrase "strangers" is really interesting.

At this point, Kasumigaoka Utaha seems to have realized that clinging to the past will only blind one's eyes.

She no longer had any need to compete with Eriri, but was looking for the answer to the problem at hand for herself.

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Chapter 17 The dead otaku is really rich