Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

Tatsuya Kamio can make up stories effortlessly, without ever stumbling.

“I see.” Kikyo Kushida nodded. “It seems that Horikita is a kind-hearted person. Although she seems cold, she is willing to help classmates who are in trouble.”

Oh, I never said she was very enthusiastic. It's all your own speculation, it has nothing to do with me.

Kamio Tatsuya picked up his teacup and silently took a sip of tea.

However, this also put Horikita Suzune in a difficult position.

Oh well, if I've already been scammed, so be it.

This isn't the first time I've tricked her.

"In that case, I'll take my leave."

After learning that Horikita Suzune was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, Kushida Kikyo said goodbye with a smile on her face.

"Well, take care, and don't bother seeing me out."

After Kikyo Kushida left, Tatsuya Kamio finally had some peace and quiet, but he waited until bedtime without seeing Yosuke Hirata arrive.

It seems that he won't come again because Kikyo Kushida has already visited.

School was over the next afternoon.

"Kikyo, do you want to stop by the coffee shop on your way back?"

"Yes, I want to go! Oh, but wait a minute. I'll go see someone else first."

After saying this to her female friend, Kikyo Kushida ran straight to Suzune Horikita's side.

"Horikita-kun, I'm going to a coffee shop with a friend later. Would you like to come along if you'd like?"

"Not interested in."

Horikita Suzune refused without hesitation.

Because not only was she uninterested, she also had no money.

"Oh, okay? Then I'll invite you again next time."

Kikyo Kushida showed no sign of discouragement; her smile remained bright.

"No need, you're just bothering me."

"I will invite you again, because I think someone who helps classmates they've barely spoken to must be a good person."

Kikyo Kushida's smile remained unchanged.

However, Horikita Suzune couldn't quite understand what she was saying.

Help a classmate you've barely spoken to?

what are you saying?

How come I didn't know I did such a thing?

Horikita Suzune was confused, but her face remained indifferent.

"By the way, will Horikita-san go to see Kamio-san later?"

Horikita Suzune was even more confused now.

Why go to him?

"Huh? Kamio asked you to explain the key points of the teacher's lecture to him, so I thought you would go to him after school."

Kikyo Kushida looked surprised.

"Could I have made a mistake?"

Upon hearing this, Horikita Suzune's expression changed slightly, and then she packed her things without saying a word.

"Then I'll leave first."

Some time later, outside room 404 on the fourth floor of the first-year dormitory, Horikita Suzune stood there and knocked on the door.

"What, it's you again?" Kamio Tatsuya looked at Horikita Suzune, who exuded a cold aura, with a sleepy and seemingly speechless expression. "You're not here to spout that nonsense from yesterday again, are you?"

"Didn't you ask me to help you explain the key points of the teacher's lecture?"

Horikita Suzune's tone was cold, with a hint of displeasure.

Kamio Tatsuya, on the other hand, looked slightly embarrassed.

"Come in first."

After pouring Horikita Suzune a cup of tea, Kamio Tatsuya began to explain what had happened yesterday.

"So, you lied to her because you didn't want her to bother you?"

"Because I think it would be troublesome to get involved with you guys," Tatsuya Kamio glanced at her and said casually.

"You mean, I'm a problem?"

Although that wasn't my initial intention, since you've put it that way...

"Isn't that right? If you hadn't come to me yesterday, or if you had come and she hadn't found out, none of this would have happened."

She came to see me yesterday, clearly because of you.

"Speaking of which, isn't fabricating facts and spreading rumors about me? How come it sounds like I'm the one in the wrong when you say it like this?"

"But ultimately, if you hadn't come to me, Kushida wouldn't have come to me, and wouldn't have asked why you came here."

Since she didn't ask why you came, I don't need to make up a lie saying you came to help me highlight the important points. Just tell me, did this whole thing start with you?

Horikita Suzune was speechless. It seemed that this was indeed the case.

After a long silence.

Horikita Suzune glanced at Kamio Tatsuya, then hesitated before asking, "So what do you think? Do you think I should try to get along with her?"

As soon as she asked the question, Horikita Suzune realized she had asked a stupid one.

Kamio Tatsuya's disrespectful look, as if she were looking at someone mentally challenged, had already answered her question.

"What does this have to do with me? Whether you want to become friends with her or not is your business. Don't drag me into it. I'm not your parent. Do you expect me to decide for you whether you want to make friends or not?"

It's truly an honor for Horikita Manabu to be associated with your younger sister!

Damn, what a jerk!

Speaking of which, could it be that Horikita Manabu chose this boarding school because of you?

"That's true, but you really have a harsh way of speaking."

Horikita Suzune's tone was full of displeasure.

"So what? Do you expect me to sing for you? Or add melody to my speech?"

"No need. I hope you can always be this shrewd and never give me an opening."

Good grief, you've held a grudge.

"Then come on."

Seeing Tatsuya Kamio's completely indifferent attitude, Suzune Horikita was a little annoyed.

Who is this person?

Pray, pray you don't fall into my hands.

"I want to go back!"

"Take care, and don't bother coming back tomorrow." Kamio Tatsuya yawned. "By the way, don't come tomorrow unless you have something to do."

Do you think I like coming here?

"That would be great, thank you so much."

Horikita Suzune stood up angrily, grabbed her schoolbag, and quickly left Kamio Tatsuya's dormitory.

Hehe, she's just a teenage girl, we can't control her.

Chapter 23 The mysterious Ayanokouji Kiyotaka

A week passed quickly. During this week, besides eating and sleeping, Kamio Tatsuya also studied his school textbooks.

As students, our primary responsibility is to study, and this school's special exams may also include written tests.

What's a bit strange is that someone delivers his class notes to him every day. Judging from the handwriting, it should be a girl, but Tatsuya Kamio has never met her.

As expected of Horikita, right?

Haha, even Kamio Tatsu doesn't believe it.

On Monday, Tatsuya Kamio once again stepped into the classroom of Class 1-D.

Because his schedule had been irregular for the past few days, he arrived relatively late.

Upon seeing Tatsuya Kamio, Haruki Yamauchi, who had been boasting to others, immediately stopped, his eyes filled with fear and resentment as he looked at Kamio.

Kamio Tatsuya said he didn't care about this.

However, to be honest, Class D seemed a bit strange today. Although Tatsuya Kamio arrived relatively late, that was only relatively speaking.

At this time in the past, Haruki Yamauchi and Kanji Ike would usually not have arrived yet.

Moreover, they always had lewd smiles on their faces.

"Did anything happen today?"

Tatsuya Kamio glanced at Suzune Horikita beside him and struck up a conversation quite naturally.

Horikita sighed, then looked at the two people with disgust.

"We'll have a swimming lesson in PE class this afternoon, now you understand?" As she said this, Horikita Suzune looked at Kamio Tatsuya with a scrutinizing gaze.

Oh, it's swimming class! No wonder, so we get to see the girls in their swimsuits! That's great news.

Regardless, Tatsuya Kamio is a normal teenage boy, and he still has some expectations for this.

But these two guys' behavior was way too blatant, wasn't it?

Ike and Yamauchi showed no restraint when discussing topics of the opposite sex, speaking in undisguised voices, whether intentionally or not.

and many more?

Swimming lessons?

Kamio Tatsuya was taken aback, because it was the first time he had heard of this, so he hadn't prepared any swimming trunks.

"What's wrong? Your face looks a little stiff. Are you thinking about something disgusting like them?"

Horikita Suzune's gaze, which was almost like looking at an insect, almost shifted to Kamio Tatsuya.

"Swimming lessons? That's not for me." Tatsuya Kamio glanced at Suzune Horikita. "I didn't know about swimming lessons, so I didn't even prepare a swimsuit."

Horikita Suzune understood immediately.

Swimming class is in the afternoon, and Kamio Tatsuya missed his physical education class last Monday afternoon, so he really didn't know.

"That's a shame."

"I have no regrets. It's not bad to sit in the stands and watch you guys have fun."

Then she was looked down upon by Horikita Suzune.

"I thought you would be different, but I didn't expect you to be just like them, vulgar."

"Heh, it's not your place to say that."

And so, amidst the boys' antics in the classroom, physical education class began.

Just like the information we received before, it was a swimming lesson.

Meanwhile, Tatsuya Kamio took advantage of his lunch break to buy swim trunks, since it would be a shame not to participate in the first physical education class.

Thanks to the school's all-powerful supermarket.

Inside the men's changing room, Kamio Tatsuya leisurely changed into his swim trunks and then prepared to go out.

Because they were all basically completely honest with each other, Tatsuya Kamio noticed several boys with very good physical fitness.

The first one to be affected was a boy named Rokusuke Koenji. That guy was a narcissist who would look in the mirror in the classroom whenever he had nothing to do, and occasionally he would shout: "I'm so beautiful."