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

"Ahem, I only came over to see you because I saw you standing here, Xiaotianyin. I didn't expect your performance this time to be about running a maid cafe. That's quite an original arrangement."

Kuninori Miyako gave Amane a few meaningful glances. He knew that the people behind him were all his peers and juniors. If they were to confirm that he had come for the maid café, who knew what they would think of him behind his back?

Although Kuninori Miyako never cared about other people's opinions throughout his life.

"A token of appreciation? Huh? Don't all school festivals have maid cafes as a regular feature? Well... never mind, welcome! The total is..."

"It's just a few of us old guys going in to rest for a bit."

"There are seven of you. Please follow me."

Upon hearing Tenon's voice, Kamuro quickly cleared out the largest table and added chairs to ensure that all seven people could sit down.

After Miyako Kunimitsu and the others took their seats, Kamuro stood at the door in place of Amane, acting as a lucky charm, since it was impossible for Amane not to accompany them in the current situation.

"Grandpa and..."

"This is Shi Po Guang, just call him Uncle Shi Po. That is Kojo Jun, just call him Uncle Kojo. As for the four of them, they can be considered your seniors, so let them introduce themselves to you."

After Miyako Kuninori finished speaking, he gestured to the three men and one woman sitting opposite Amane that they could begin to introduce themselves.

"Hello, Miyako-san. My name is Ishihara Yui. I graduated from this school in the second graduating class as a third-year student in Class A. Nice to meet you."

A woman with short black hair, who looked very capable and was close to forty years old, greeted Tianyin with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, a fierce-looking man with a body as strong as a bear bowed slightly to Tianyin.

"My name is Yuya Osaki. I am a fourth-graduating student of this school, and I graduated as a third-year student in Class A. Please take good care of me, Miss Miyako."

Osaki's unusual way of addressing Amane made Amane immediately understand his identity.

Please take good care of me.

"I'm Osaki's classmate. My name is Tachibana Yusuke. Nice to meet you."

The bespectacled, refined-looking man, who resembled a clerk, smiled and nodded at Tianyin. However, his muscular physique, which made it difficult for Tianyin to associate him with a clerk.

The last one is a bald, middle-aged man with distinctive features, just like Katsuragi.

"I am Yuki Kuroda from the fifth cohort. Nice to meet you."

Hearing the bald man's introduction, Tianyin looked at him with a bit of doubt. When others introduced themselves, they usually included which class they graduated from, so why was he...?

Tianyin only paused for a moment before realizing what was happening.

Then he nodded respectfully and returned the greeting.

After everyone learned each other's names, Tianyin realized that these people were all advisors to the old man, responsible for the economy, security, politics, and public opinion. The two people who were about the same age as the old man but were feeling depressed because Tianyin called them uncles, were actually top-level officials in the country, only slightly shorter than the old man.

"Grandpa, what would you like to drink?"

"Of course, you come to a coffee shop to drink coffee."

Kuninori Miyako blurted out, only to be interrupted by the gray-haired Kojo.

"Hey, I'm not into those young people's tea ceremonies. I've heard that the Miyako family's tea ceremony is quite famous. How about I see it for myself today? What do you say, Ishiba?"

"Whatever."

Shi Po rolled his eyes at Gu Cheng, who was deliberately trying to show off, and then closed his eyes. Everyone knew that Gu Cheng was a famous tea ceremony family. The reason he asked Tian Yin to make tea for him was not only to show off his skills, but also as a way to retaliate against Miyako Kunimitsu for setting him up and making him feel inferior to Miyako Kunimitsu.

"Oh? Then let me show you all Xiaotianyin's tea ceremony."

Amane nodded and went back to prepare. Just then, Miyako Kuninori glanced around the coffee shop and suddenly asked a question.

"By the way, why don't I see that little girl from the Sakayanagi family... her name is Sakayanagi Arisu, right? Why isn't she here? Is she feeling unwell again?"

Although Kuninori Miyako has information on everyone here, the only person he remembers most vividly is the little girl, Arisu Sakayanagi, who greeted him back then, as he has to deal with various affairs every day.

Unfortunately, Sakayanagi Arisu suffers from a congenital disease and often needs to recuperate. Otherwise, Miyako Kuninori would really like to have Sakayanagi Arisu live with Amane as her playmate.

In that case, perhaps Tianyin wouldn't have been used by that idiot for some kind of experiment.

His granddaughter is a genius; how could an ordinary person know what a genius is?

"Grandpa, we're in Class 2A, and Arisu is in Class 2B. Their performance seems to be about a haunted house. Grandpa, do you want to go see it?"

Upon hearing that it was a haunted house, the old man immediately shook his head.

"My heart has been damaged by those people over the years. If I get scared in a haunted house and have a heart attack, that would be a real problem. I'd rather have some tea here with you, Xiaotianyin."

Despite saying that, the old man's gaze remained fixed on Tianyin.

Tianyin, understanding the unspoken message, rolled her eyes at the old man and turned to prepare tea and make a phone call to Youxi.

"Huh? Tianyin, why are you calling me at this hour?"

Arisu was checking the setup of the haunted house when her phone rang suddenly, startling her. When she saw it was Amane calling, she quickly pressed the answer button.

"You must be busy at this time, Arisu, right? I didn't want to trouble you, Arisu, but Grandpa... Grandfather wants to see you. If it's convenient for you, Arisu, how about coming to my place?"

When Arisu heard Amane say that the old man wanted to see her, her eyes lit up.

"Why are you only telling me this now? Are you at your coffee shop right now?"

Amane on the other end of the phone was a little confused by Arisu's happy and excited tone, instead of asking why.

"Yes, we're at a maid café, so take your time."

"Grandpa wants to see me, how can I take my time? Wait for me, I'll be there as soon as possible."

Just as Amane was about to advise Arisu not to push herself so hard, the call was abruptly ended on the other end.

"Why is Arisu so clumsy today..."

Tenon shrugged and continued preparing to demonstrate her tea ceremony to everyone.

When Amane got serious, she completely abandoned her previous perfunctory approach of using tea bags instead of brewing tea like she did with Shiina at the sports festival. Instead, she started using tea powder, just like Shiina did back then.

A short while later, Tianyin brought out the brewed tea and handed it to each of them.

Gu Cheng took the tea and was eager to give the young junior some pointers, but he was dumbfounded. The tea made by Tianyin was absolutely perfect.

Even compared to him, she was no less impressive. Perhaps only when she was at the peak of her tea ceremony in middle age could she possibly compete with the girl in front of her.

It was only then that Kojo finally realized that the genius granddaughter that Kunihiro Miyako had been showing off to him all the time was not just a name without substance.

"Ancient City, why don't you try it and see how it tastes?"

Kunihiro Miyako deliberately wore a smug expression, wanting to see Kojo make a fool of himself. Fortunately, Kojo was a seasoned politician who had been in the political arena for decades and calmly took a sip of tea.

"Your craftsmanship is quite good, reminiscent of my own style back in the day. Speaking of which, my grandson is only a year older than Tianyin..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Give me a break! Don't introduce your grandson. You just want to use your good-for-nothing grandson to trick my little Tianyin away, right? Go away, go somewhere cool and stay somewhere else."

Kuninori Miyako waved his hand dismissively, as if shooing away flies, and refused the old town's sales pitch.

Gu Cheng's face turned as dark as liver; he couldn't afford to lose face in front of his juniors.

"What are you saying? My grandson is a very handsome man, and your granddaughter is of marriageable age. It would be an honor for you, Bangdian, to marry your Miyako family's granddaughter to my grandson!"

What Kojo said sounded unbelievable, but it wasn't entirely wrong. Although the Kojo family had never reached that pinnacle, their network of connections was arguably the most extensive in the entire circle! Without a doubt!

As for how to build a network of connections?

Despite his advanced age, Kojo Shun was still vigorous and fathered eight daughters, whom he then married into prominent political and business families and tycoons.

However, if that were all, Kojo Shun wouldn't be qualified to say such things to Miyako Kunimitsu. The Kojo family's greatest pride is that, since a hundred years ago, the family has been cursed, with only one person in each generation able to give birth to a male heir. In an era where only male heirs could inherit the family, this was undoubtedly something that could cause a family to decline rapidly. However, the Kojo family produced a ruthless person, a ruthless person who was angered to death by Miyako Kunimitsu twenty years ago. He was also Kojo Shun's grandfather, who lived to be ninety-two years old and had as many as twenty-five daughters, not illegitimate ones. Thanks to that person's arrangements, the Kojo family built an extremely large network of in-laws. This is what gives Kojo the confidence to say such things to Miyako Kunimitsu.

However, the ancient city forgot one thing.

That is, Kuninori Miyako and Amane have the same personality. In fact, Kuninori Miyako only became so protective of Amane after witnessing her cruel nature firsthand.

This "Demon King" Kuninori Miyako is far more terrifying than Amane, who is a "monster". Not to mention Kojo, even Kojo's grandfather is nothing more than a stray dog ​​on the roadside in Kuninori Miyako, someone who can be kicked to death with one kick.

So, faced with Kojo's rebuttal, Miyako Kuninori simply smiled and remained silent. It was only when Ishiba, who was standing to the side, couldn't bear to see these two old men making such a fool of themselves without any manners that he spoke up to stop the farce from going any further.

Just as the atmosphere in the café was starting to become oppressive, the door opened.

"I'm sorry I'm a little late. On the way here I suddenly remembered that this is a maid café, so I changed my clothes. Please forgive me."

As soon as Arisu entered, she walked straight toward Amane.

"It's alright, we old men are just chatting here anyway, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Kuninori Miyako was overjoyed to be called "Grandpa" and a kind smile appeared on his face. However, when he turned to look at Amane, his expression returned to normal, making Amane almost unable to tell who the old man's granddaughter was.

Because an extra chair was needed, Amane had to get up and give up the seat near the old man to Arisu, while she moved another chair and sat down next to Arisu.

After introducing the group to Arisu, Arisu looked at the people sitting opposite him in surprise.

"I never expected to see all the senior members of the student council here."

The moment the student council was mentioned, the four people opposite, who had been silent all straightened up at the same time.

After Arisu's introduction, Amane realized that the four people in front of her were no ordinary people. The only woman among them, Ishihara, was actually the one who perfected and formulated the student council rules and systematically created the special exam program.

Although Osaki and Tachibana are classmates, they both become student council presidents. Osaki tolerates violence in all the special exams at the high school and tacitly allows it to exist. Tachibana, on the other hand, creatively proposes to use points instead of monthly living allowances and then use the huge amount of money from these allowances to improve the school's facilities and environment.

If the three mentioned above were ruthless individuals who perfected the school system and its operation, then the last bald man, Kuroda, proved what it means to prioritize strength above all else.

Kuroda, seemingly having received the script for Amane, led Class D on a rampage, a fanatical believer in the supremacy of strength. After violently unifying the entire grade in a special exam, he began his conquest of the second-year students. At this time, he encountered Tachibana and Osaki, one intellectual and one martial, who were known as the "High School Duo," and a conflict ensued. Kuroda nearly tore the second-year students apart by fighting them both alone, and successfully made all the second-year classes except Class A submit to him. If nothing unexpected happens, Kuroda, who seems to have received the protagonist's script, should successfully defeat the High School Duo and become the new ruler.

However, when the two heroes were about to graduate from the battle, Tachibana carefully prepared a trap for Kuroda.

Kuroda's betrayal by his classmate's girlfriend caused a rift within the class. Finally, when Kuroda became a third-year student, his ex-girlfriend deliberately chose the wrong answer during the most crucial special exam. In the end, Kuroda conquered three grades but could only lead his entire class to graduate as Class B.

This was arguably the greatest humiliation of Kuroda's life. When he met Tachibana again, Kuroda learned that the girl's deliberate approach to him and her relationship with him was a task Tachibana had given him when he was still a freshman. After punching Tachibana, Kuroda considered that he had reconciled with her. Now, as colleagues, Kuroda has an extremely bad relationship with Tachibana and Osaki, but he greatly respects Kunihiro Miyako, who helped him cross social classes. That's why he became a member of Kunihiro Miyako's advisory group.

Despite his extreme skill with violence, he is also a master orator and a master of public opinion.

Ahem, of course, these were things that Miyako Kuninori and Amane secretly talked about afterward, and Arisu had no idea about such gossip from a very distant era.

"The young lady from the Sakayanagi family? As expected of someone from a family of educators, she's not only adorable, but her every move exudes the elegance of her father in his youth. Speaking of which, I have a grandson..."

Before Gu Cheng could finish speaking, Tian Yin stood up and blocked You Qi's way.

"I noticed your tea is getting cold, so I'll add some hot tea for you."

While watching Tianyin's elegant tea-pouring gesture, Gu Cheng keenly noticed the fleeting, warning look in Tianyin's eyes that crossed his face in that instant.

After sitting back down, Tenon whispered to Arisu, as if the horror he felt just moments before was merely his imagination. Could it be that he had only scared himself?

Why did Amane warn me when I introduced her grandson to the young lady of the Sakayanagi family?

Gu Cheng scratched his bald head, looking completely puzzled.

Ishiba and Miyako Kunihiro both noticed the moment when Tenon showed his sharp edge, but they both pretended not to see it.

Kuninori Miyako was happy to see Kojo suffer a setback, while Ishiba knew that Amane's sexual orientation was different from ordinary people, and dared to say in front of the Miyako family heir that he would introduce his grandson to his future wife.

Only Kojo would dare to say such a thing. As an important member of the faction, he knew that Miyako Tenon's personality was almost identical to that of Miyako Kunimitsu; otherwise, she wouldn't have been favored by the old man.

And who is Kuninori Miyago? To sum him up in one word, he's a madman.

After provoking one madman, the ancient city went on to provoke another madman.

Really...

"Arisu~ Can you wear this tonight too~?"

"No! It's hard to clean if it gets dirty, and Grandpa and the others are here, so don't say things that could embarrass me!"

"I can help you wash it!"

"Hmph, you've been planning to do something bad to me all along, haven't you?"

"How could that be~ It's just that Arisu, your maid outfit is just too cute~"

"loquacious!"

After giving Amane a disapproving look, Arisu stopped refusing her request, and Amane, understanding the implication, smiled happily.

Seeing Amane smiling so happily, Kuninori Miyako couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Oh! What's making you so happy? Why don't you tell me and make this old man happy too?"

When asked by Miyako Kuninori, Arisu immediately lowered her head shyly, secretly blaming Amane for having such unhealthy thoughts at this time, which had now ruined her life.

“Just now, Arisu told me that it was a bit strange that you came to visit the coffee shop but were only offered tea. She said she wanted to show you her coffee-making skills, right, Arisu?”

"Ah? Yes, that's right. I think everyone who comes to a coffee shop should at least try Gao Yu's coffee."

"Oh! See? I told you it would be strange to come to a coffee shop and not drink coffee!"

Kuninori Miyako glanced at Kojou, making Kojou's beard tremble with anger. However, what Arisu and Kuninori Miyako said was indeed reasonable. Even if you come to a coffee shop just to go through the motions, you should at least have some coffee. Who comes to a coffee shop to enjoy tea?