I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

"Sakayanagi, you know my identity is rather special. My family has always kept my appearance a strict secret, so it's not allowed for any photos of me to be leaked, especially photos of me with you. What if someone with ulterior motives comes across them..."

Amane's explanation was based entirely on absolute reason and reality, leaving Sakayanagi with no reason to refute it.

"Never mind, I should have guessed this would happen... Wait a minute! Since there's a possibility that people might guess about our photo together, what if I only take a picture of you?"

Sakayanagi thought of another possibility: if only photos of Amane were taken, even if outsiders saw them by chance, it would be difficult for them to associate the little girl with Miyako Amane.

"Taking photos of me alone... it shouldn't be a problem if it's not made public, but didn't you want a group photo with Sakayanagi? What will you do if you only take photos of me?"

"Are you an idiot? I took a picture of you separately as a souvenir, can't you take one of me as a... souvenir? I'm leaving soon, Miss Miyako, you wouldn't be so heartless as to refuse even my last request, would you?"

"……OK then."

"Hehe, I knew you'd say yes, Tianyin! Hurry up and sit down, I'm going to take a picture~"

……

"So Arisu still keeps those photos from back then."

Although Amane really wanted to take out the photo that Sakayanagi had given her back then and put it together to reminisce about the little things they did together.

Unfortunately, that photo was destroyed during one of her special training sessions when she went berserk, and Tianyin was saddened for a long time because of it.

"Keep going! Keep going!"

Asahina's urging voice rang out again.

Tianyin subconsciously uttered that name.

"Arisu."

Asahina was shaking Amane's arm when she suddenly heard the name Sakayanagi come out of Amane's mouth.

Asahina froze for a moment, then grabbed Amane's collar like a madwoman.

"What did you just say? Answer me!! Whose name did you just call out?"

Tenon avoided Asahina's despairing gaze.

"I'm asking you a question! Tianyin, answer me! Whose name did you just call out?"

"Arisu."

After Amane uttered that name, she turned her head to the side. She knew that what she was doing was wrong, but at that moment she didn't know why, she just wanted to say Sakayanagi's name.

"Amane, you bastard! Look carefully! I'm Asahina Nazuna! Asahina Nazuna! Not some Sakayanagi Arisu! Why? Why is everyone so fixated on President Sakayanagi? I admit she's excellent, but am I, Asahina Nazuna, bad? I, I definitely have my own, my own, strengths, right?"

"Feel sorry."

At this moment, Tianyin had nothing to say to defend what had just happened except to apologize.

"Forget it, let's go."

"Senior..."

"What else do you want to say now? Are you going to reopen my wounds and tell me that no matter how much I writhe in front of you, I'm no match for even a single finger of your 'Arisu'?"

Asahina said sarcastically.

"I wouldn't do something so cruel, I just want to know the answer to one question."

"Heh, you don't want to do something so cruel? As expected of a young lady, you're quite tactful with your words. So you're admitting that I'm inferior to Sakayanagi in your eyes, right? Hmph, ask whatever you want. I can't guarantee whether I'll be in the mood to answer you."

Even though Amane had ruined the atmosphere, Asahina still managed to suppress her anger and try to communicate with Amane normally. However, the complex emotions of loss, sadness, and jealousy were about to overwhelm Asahina completely. For no reason, Asahina felt a lump in her throat and tears flowed involuntarily.

Seeing this, according to common sense, Tianyin should shut up and quickly turn around and get out of the room, no matter what she wanted to ask.

But even as Asahina began to sob, Amane hardened her heart and asked the question she most wanted to know.

"I want to know why you went to such lengths, senior? What do you hope to gain from doing all this?"

After calming down, Tianyin really wanted to know the answer to this question. Even though she knew that the current situation was not suitable for asking such a question, she still asked it because she was afraid that she would never get the answer to this question again.

"So you didn't know... Do you remember the idea you gave me that night we met at the forest school? You said that taking Nagumo away from me caused me pain, so if I wanted to get revenge, I should take you away from Sakayanagi and Horikita and make them feel pain too... If I could snatch you away from President Sakayanagi... I think I would be recognized by others, right? At least in terms of feminine charm, I don't think I'm inferior to Sakayanagi. It's a pity, it all fell through. Well, I don't want to talk about this anymore. If you want to continue, go ahead. If you don't want to, just disappear from my sight."

After Asahina finished speaking, he lay back down on the bed.

That submissive attitude had a hint of self-abandonment.

Perhaps if Amane did something to her at this moment, Asahina would feel a little better, since Amane still acknowledges her charm as a woman.

But what I said to her was...

"sorry."

Then came the sound of clothes being put on, and finally the sound of the door closing came from the doorway, bringing everything that had just happened to a close.

After Amane left, Asahina calmly stood up and went to the bathroom mirror alone.

Looking at herself in the mirror, with her eyes red and swollen and her expression pitiful like an unwanted puppy, Asahina couldn't help but laugh at her own appearance.

"Hahaha, I really am a useless person. I even failed to seduce a girl who likes girls. Asahina, Asahina, can't you be less embarrassing? Oh dear, I have to get up early tomorrow, I'd better go to sleep first. Let bygones be bygones... Goodnight~"

After saying goodnight to herself in the mirror, Asahina prepared to go back to bed.

But after taking only a few steps, she suddenly turned around and slammed her fist heavily into the mirror.

Click!

"Miyako Amane!!!"

……

'Drip!'

"Please wait a moment."

Sakayanagi, who was already asleep, was woken up by the doorbell.

It was fortunate that she had just fallen asleep and wasn't fully asleep yet, otherwise such a gentle doorbell wouldn't have been able to wake her.

Sakayanagi, who had already placed his hand on the doorknob and was about to open the door, suddenly remembered something.

I glanced at my phone.

Would someone with nothing better to do really come looking for her at 11 p.m.?

Sakayanagi turned on the light, instinctively gripped his cane, and after dialing the phone to Amane's name, he stood on tiptoe and looked out through the peephole.

Upon seeing who was outside the door, Sakayanagi's pupils contracted rapidly.

"Tianyin? Didn't I tell you to come tomorrow? Why did you come over in the middle of the night?"

Sakayanagi opened the door and let the distraught Amane in. Originally intending to make Amane a cup of coffee, Sakayanagi realized it was already evening and instead made her a cup of hot cocoa.

"I just happened to see you, Arisu, so I came to visit you."

Tianyin's tone was no different from usual, but her expression remained unchanged. Anyone could tell that Tianyin was in a terrible mood.

"You want to play with me? It's already eleven o'clock. You didn't finish playing with other girls, so you're here to play the second half with me, are you? If so, I'm kicking you out."

"How is this possible..."

"You smell of alcohol and a girl, there are faint lipstick marks on your neck, there are marks on the waist of your shirt where your legs have been clamped, and your palms smell of shower gel. Are you still going to try to deny it? It's really unbelievable that you dare to come to me like this."

As she spoke, Sakayanagi glared at Amane. Normally, Amane would have already started explaining, but this time she just silently drank her hot cocoa.

Seeing that Amane was still in such a low mood, Sakayanagi's half-joking expression turned serious.

"Did someone bully you? Tell me their name, or are Horikita and the others having a tiff with you?"

"I'm fine..."

"Tianyin, be good~ Tell me what happened, okay? I'll help you get revenge. No matter who she is, if she dares to bully you, I'll make her pay tenfold or a hundredfold!"

While affectionately stroking Amane's head, Sakayanagi uttered some shocking words.

In fact, Sakayanagi was not exaggerating. What was her purpose in reorganizing the Disciplinary Committee and allowing them to report on each other? On the one hand, it was to gather intelligence, and on the other hand, it was to have dirt on everyone.

There is no such thing as an absolutely perfect person in this world. Everyone has flaws and there will be people who can't stand them. Once someone is disliked by others, bad information will keep pouring into the disciplinary department.

With these skills, it would be incredibly easy for Sakayanagi to get someone to drop out of school.

This is also Sakayanagi Arisu's greatest source of confidence.

"I really wasn't bullied. I just came to visit you today, Arisu."

"You didn't bring a blanket, so it doesn't seem like you were kicked out by Lingyin. That's strange. Who could have bullied you? Speaking of which, I feel like I've smelled your scent somewhere before..."

The thought of Asahina walking around in front of Sakayana every day, and what if Sakayana found out about my relationship with Asahina...

Thinking that Asahina might have a hard time in the future, Amane quickly changed the subject.

"Oh, right, Arisu, I'm a little sleepy. Why don't we rest together? We have class tomorrow."

"Let's rest together? Let's make it clear first, I'm very tired today so you can't touch me. If you can't do that... well, there's a corner over there where you can sleep. I can even provide a pillow."

Chapter 63: I Did It for You

"It feels like it's been a long time since we've had a casual chat like this in the evening."

As she spoke, Tenon gently rubbed her cheek against Sakayanagi beside her.

Sakayanagi rolled her eyes at Amane, though it was uncertain whether Amane could see her expression in the pitch-black room. Sakayanagi was confident that Amane could guess what kind of expression she was looking at her.

The reason why the two rarely chatted at night...

"It's really shameless of you, Tianyin, to say such things. Who told you to either freeload meals or do those embarrassing things every time you come here? And every time, I either lose consciousness halfway through or my voice becomes hoarse from shouting. How can I be in the mood to chat with you?"

Because of their high level of understanding, Amane and Sakayanagi can understand each other's thoughts with just a glance or a gesture. This not only reduces the time they spend communicating, but also makes their way of getting along seem rather strange.

For example, when Amane came to Sakayanagi, she only glanced at the bed, and Sakayanagi blinked in acquiescence. Then... cough cough, in the end, it always ended with Sakayanagi suffering a crushing defeat.

She could do that kind of thing during the day and wake up in the same daytime, and she could do that kind of thing at night and wake up in the same daytime. Sakayanagi had no memory of anything in between. All she knew was that she had been bullied by Amane again.

"Uh... I'll be a little more careful next time."

"If I remember correctly, you've said this to me many times, haven't you? But you've never shown any mercy."

Sakayanagi pinched Amane's cheek.

Sakayanagi was worried that if she woke up at noon again, like last time, she would be in big trouble because she had classes the next day.

Because she had a lot of plans for tomorrow, and as the student council president she was very busy, plus Amane was sure she wouldn't be able to control herself and would mess things up, Sakayanagi, afraid that it would delay the schedule, gave Amane a pillow and shooed her to a corner of the room to make do for the night.

As a result, when Sakayanagi saw Amane hugging a pillow with tears in her eyes, he softened and let Amane sleep in the bed.

Now Tianyin not only has a bed to sleep in, but also a human-shaped body pillow, and the happy expression on her face never faded.

Sakayanagi casually turned on the air conditioner.

Others may not know much about Amane's habits, but Sakayanagi knows Amane very well. Whenever it's time to sleep, Amane becomes very well-behaved as long as the air conditioner is turned on.

Although Sakayanagi couldn't figure out why, it was a little trick she had developed to tame Amane while living with her.

It is especially effective for the sounds of nature in spring.

"Hehe~"

Seeing the contented expression on Amane's face, Sakayanagi couldn't help but smile as well.

If Tianyin were this well-behaved every day, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Unfortunately... Tianyin always seems to encounter some troublesome things.

"Now, Tianyin, can you tell me who bullied you?"

When Amane finally reached her most relaxed moment, Sakayanagi revealed her true intentions, whether it was to get Amane to sleep with her or to deliberately turn on the air conditioner to soothe Amane's emotions.

Their purpose was to find out why Tianyin chose to come to her in the middle of the night looking so lost and dejected.

"I'm really fine."

"If I remember correctly, someone once said they would grant me a wish on my birthday. My wish was that 'Miyako Amane must never lie or hide anything from Sakayanagi Arisu.' That idiot actually agreed. Let me think, who is she?"

Sakayanagi poked at Amane's lips with his finger, then poked at Amane's chest.

He didn't say another word throughout the entire process.

But Amane understood what Sakayanagi was trying to convey.

Be true to yourself.

"Okay, actually, something happened between Asahina-senpai and me... Eh? Arisu, what are you doing with your phone?"

"It's alright, please continue."

"Oh, actually, my senior asked me to go for a walk on the playground tonight..."