This is not the date I wanted.

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"……ha."

Carrying his schoolbag and walking into the teaching building, Shidao couldn't help but yawn.

"What's wrong? Shidou, you look very tired."

Tohka who was beside Shidou couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"Well, it took me a little while to finish my homework, so I stayed up a little late."

"Hmm, I see." Tohka nodded suddenly, patted her chest, and said confidently, "It's okay, Shidou. If you have any questions, just come to me."

"Well, thank you, Tohka."

"If we let Yatogami Tohka tutor us, Shidou's grades will only get worse."

At this moment, Origami, who was following on the other side, replied coldly.

"What do you mean by that? Tobiichi Origami!"

Hearing Origami's words, Tohka couldn't help but raise her brows and questioned angrily.

"It means literally. You complete your own homework with the help of others anyway."

"Um - no, that's not the case! I'm studying hard now too."

"Shidou, there's no need to cater to this idiot. Let me tutor you in your studies. Whether it's math, English, Chinese, history, or the actual combat of health and physical education, I will teach you step by step."

Ignoring Tohka's protests, Origami recommended herself to Shidou.

"Well...I appreciate your kindness. I'll consider it when I have the chance in the future."

Feeling a little guilty, Shidou replied with a wry smile. The homework he was talking about was not the assignment assigned by the school as Tohka and the others thought, but the training goal given to him by Mengyue.

(In the end, I succeeded by chance.)

Shidao thought helplessly. In the training in the virtual world, Shidao was chased by the clone of "Marina", and he fled everywhere like a rat crossing the street. The number of times he was "killed" was so many that Shidao was too lazy to count. The only time he succeeded, he just barely dragged it to the end of the time. If Mengyue set the time for one more second, the result would be completely different.

(Could the enemy's next target be me...?)

Shidou sighed in a trance.

He did not doubt that Meng Yue's speculation was wrong. In fact, it was true that unless new elves appeared, DEM rarely launched active attacks. Because of this, he and everyone else could live a stable daily life like now.

This was not the enemy's mercy. They simply treated Shidao as a fattened animal, and now it was time to slaughter him and harvest him.

But once Shidou dies, Tohka, Origami, Yoshino, Yamai... all the spirits will be reversed at once and become natural disasters that destroy the world.

(And then, the daily bickering between Tohka and Origami... the days of everyone laughing together will no longer exist.)

Watching Tohka and Origami quarreling from behind, Shidou silently clenched his fists.

(Don't think I'll just give in.)

"Yo, good morning."

At this moment, a shout brought Shidao back to his senses from his thoughts. He turned around and saw Mengyue greeting him with a stack of books.

"Good morning, Mengyue. What are you doing?"

"Well, I was bumped into by the teacher when I arrived, and was ordered to help move these books to the office."

Meng Yue shrugged helplessly.

"do you need my help?"

"Thanks, but I'm enough on my own. It's better for you to go to the classroom quickly than me, Shidou."

Shaking her head and politely declining Shidao's help, Mengyue reminded Shidao helplessly.

"Your class seems to be very lively right now."

"?"

Shidao was a little confused, but before he could ask any questions, Mengyue turned and left.

"What happened over there in class?"

Muttering quietly, with some doubt and uneasiness, Shidou quickened his pace slightly and came to the door of the second year, fourth class classroom.

As expected, before he even entered the classroom, Shidou heard a much more lively discussion than usual.

"morning……"

Opening the door and walking into the classroom, Shidou saw that most of the students in the classroom were gathered together, chatting enthusiastically with a female student.

"What……"

Shidou involuntarily took a step forward.

And that female student was none other than the dangerous elf with a beautiful face who wanted to take her life just like DEM - Tokisaki Kurumi.

As if noticing Shidou's gaze, Kurumi smiled slightly, stood up, and walked towards Shidou with graceful steps.

"Varied……!"

"Shidou!"

After noticing Kurumi as well, Tohka and Origami reacted immediately, taking a step forward as if to protect Shidou.

"——Fufufu. Hello, Mr. Shidou, and Ms. Tohka and Ms. Origami. It's been a long time since we last met."

However, Kuang San did not show any vigilance towards the two's actions. She just bowed slightly and greeted the three of them cordially.

"Kyousan, why are you here?"

In response to Shidou's question, Kurumi placed her finger to her lips and smiled a happy smile with a hint of madness.

"Fufufu. I will resume classes from today. Please pay attention from now on. Mr. Shidou~"

Looking at the most evil elf that suddenly appeared in front of him, Shidao couldn't help but sigh helplessly in his heart.

(Mengyue, your premonition... is too accurate.)

04 Campus life

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Perhaps it was because Mengyue had given him some warning in advance, so although Shidao was a little surprised at the appearance of Tokisaki Kurumi, he was not shocked.

The only thing that made him waver was the fact that Tokisaki Kurumi would show up in school so blatantly. He originally thought that the next time he would meet Kurumi, it would be in a deserted alley late at night, or in a desperate situation where he was surrounded by enemies with nowhere to escape.

"call……"

Looking at the smiling Kurumi, Shidou slowly exhaled and calmed himself down.

"It's okay. Tohka, Origami, and Kurumi probably don't have any plans to start a fight right now, so there's no need to be so alert now."

"Eh...is that so?"

Tohka asked with a confused look on her face.

"If she wants to attack me now, there's no need to greet us. She can just summon the angels to attack. Right, Kurumi?"

Shidou turned a questioning look towards Kurumi.

Although on the surface the school treated Kurumi's disappearance as a suspension of study, the actual situation was that she once opened the "Time-Eating City" that absorbed human life and took all the students in the school hostage to threaten Shido, and was luckily repelled by the enraged Kotori in the end.

If Kurumi were to repeat the scene from a few months ago, honestly, Shidou would have no way to deal with it.

Hearing Shidou's words, Kurumi showed a happy smile on her face.

"Hehe, you are worthy of Mr. Shidao. You know me so well. I am a little moved."

"It's really an honor."

Shidou replied in a gentlemanly tone.

"Ah, Itsuka-kun is starting to attack Tokisaki-san."

"You already have Tohka-chan, but you still attack your classmates who are returning to school. You are such a scumbag."

"It's really unbearable."

"Goka~~~ Please take back the magical power that is like the male protagonist in the harem of light novels! You have so many cute and beautiful girls in your harem, so please have mercy on us single dogs! Please be merciful and give us a chance to live."

After noticing the conversation between Shidou and Kurumi, Ai, Mai, and Mii tacitly criticized Shidou in a cold tone, while Tenmachi and the others thought that another peerless beauty was about to be conquered by Shidou, and they wailed sadly.

"Wow, you're still so popular, Shidou-kun."

Looking at the lively scene in the class, Kurumi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, and there was a hint of teasing in her eyes when she looked at Shidou.

"Ha ha……"

In response, Shidao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Haha, the teacher is here. Students, please return to your seats quickly and prepare for the class meeting."

Afterwards, with the appearance of the homeroom teacher, Ms. Xiaozhu, the noise in Class 4, Grade 2 quickly died down. Kuang San did not make any special moves and sat back in her seat obediently.

"Origami, Tohka. From now on, I want you to treat Kurumi like a normal classmate, and try to avoid any hostile actions if possible."

"Wuhu! I understand Shidou."

Tohka agreed seriously and readily.

"Is it okay, Shidou?" Origami did not immediately agree to Shidou's request. After secretly glancing at Kurumi, she warned with a serious face, "Her target is your life."

"Yes, I know." Shidou nodded to show that he understood, and replied, "But, as I just said, it is not good for us to fight with Kurumi now. And since she appeared in front of me so directly, maybe she has other purposes besides killing me. I want to confirm it."

"...I understand. Since you said so, Shidou, I will cooperate with you."

After hesitating and thinking for a while, Origami compromised on Shidou's proposal.

After the class meeting, the first class in the morning was Chinese. The teacher's flat reading voice echoed in the classroom, like a lullaby, causing most students' eyelids to droop uncontrollably.

However, Shidou was not classified as this type of student, not because he was paying attention in class, but because he was concentrating on doing other little things at the moment.

"Okay, that's fine."

After writing down what he wanted to ask on a piece of paper, Shidou folded it into a strip, picked up a rubber band and buckled it between his fingers to make a simple slingshot.

His gaze turned to Kurumi, who was now focusing on the blackboard, and seemed to be listening to the Chinese teacher's boring lesson with great interest.

(I am bone of my sword~Hit, divine bow - lokheira!)

After quietly reciting a chuunibyou line in his mind, Shidou aimed at the drawer of Kurumi's desk and released the rubber band that had been waiting for a long time.

In an instant, the folded note flew out like a rabbit, approaching Kurumi's drawer accurately.

(pretty!)

Shidou couldn't help but clench his fist and praise himself. Thanks to Meng Yue's special training, his control is now obviously a level higher than before.

however--

--Snapped!

With a slight sound, a Chinese textbook suddenly blocked the flight path of the note. After hitting the textbook, the note lost its momentum and fell to the ground.

(What?!)

Shidou's eyes widened in surprise. He looked at the textbook owner who was blocking him, his bad friend, Hiroto Tenmachi, who was looking at him with a smirk on his face.

(Haha, now you know how amazing it is, right? Gokawa.)

(Why are you stopping me, Tonomachi?)

(Shut up! Oh no, we are communicating with eyes now - anyway, your every move is under my surveillance! I, Hiroto Tenmachi, declare on behalf of all the singles in the class that you are not allowed to touch a hair of Kurumi-chan!)

(Wait, you misunderstood...)

(Hehe, there's no point in saying more! Come on, Harem King Gokawa! I'm going to shoot down all the flags you're shooting at Kurumi-chan without missing a single one.)

(Ah...really...)

Seeing Tonomachi's eager look, Shidao couldn't help but hold his forehead with a headache. He really didn't expect that his communication with Kurumi would be hindered by his bad friend.

(I'll go back and find Kurumi to confirm.)

Shidao thought. Considering the possibility that the note would be passed to other people, he did not write too much information on it, so he would not have to worry about being exposed even if it was not collected.

Turning his gaze to the note that fell on the ground, Shidao's pupils suddenly widened. He saw that the shadow of Kurumi, projected by the sunlight on the ground, was slowly moving with strange movements, approaching the note without attracting the attention of the surrounding classmates. Then, a white hand stretched out from the shadow, picked up the note and retracted into the shadow.

(...)