Hiratsuka was excitedly fantasizing with Yamanaka about finding their Prince Charming in the future.
Completely unconcerned about how pitiful their image appeared, leaving everyone around them speechless.
Mafuyu Kirisu's face was burning with embarrassment, grateful in her heart that there were no students here, or else the image of these two senpai would be completely ruined.
"Hiratsuka-senpai and Yamanaka-senpai really... do they care so much about marriage?"
Mafuyu Kirisu couldn't help but mutter.
She was completely focused on work and had never thought about marriage or anything like that.
If these two senpai hadn't insisted on bringing her to this shrine, she wouldn't have come here.
Who knew that the moment her muttering came out, she immediately felt two unfriendly gazes staring at her intently.
"Mafuyu-chan, that kind of thinking won't do!"
Hiratsuka's pretty face showed a tragic and indignant expression as she said, "You're still young now, so you think everything can wait. I used to think the same way, but in the blink of an eye, time passed, and marriage should be done while you're young, you know!"
"Shizuka is absolutely right!" Yamanaka quickly nodded, then seriously advised Mafuyu: "Mafuyu-chan, you absolutely mustn't follow our path. By the time you reach our age, it'll be too late to find someone suitable."
Mafuyu Kirisu's forehead filled with black lines.
Annoyed in her heart about why she had said that extra sentence.
It provoked the two to keep muttering nonstop.
Women desperate to marry were truly terrifying. She secretly vowed never to mention such topics in front of these two senpai—no, make that three senpai—again.
Just then—
"Shizuka, Kirisu-sensei, and Yamanaka-sensei, what are you doing here?"
A familiar voice suddenly rang out from the side.
Instantly, Mafuyu Kirisu's pretty face froze.
Both Hiratsuka and Yamanaka, who had been looking tragic and indignant, had their faces stiffen.
Then they turned to look at the speaker, their necks so stiff it seemed you could hear the creaking of joints.
"Ha... Haru, why are you here!"
Hiratsuka panicked, a flash of shame appearing in her beautiful eyes.
Being seen by a student in such a desperate-to-marry state was truly too embarrassing.
Even someone as thick-skinned as Hiratsuka now felt like finding a crack in the wall to hide in.
Although Yamanaka was also somewhat ashamed, it was better since Haru wasn't her student. She pretended not to speak, acting as if she hadn't seen Haru.
"Haru." Mafuyu Kirisu was a bit flustered, though she didn't feel ashamed—she was simply mourning for her two senpai. Now these two desperate-to-marry senpai had really lost face big time.
"I came to visit this shrine."
Haru smiled slightly, "Oh, and several other classmates have also arrived."
With these words, both Hiratsuka and Yamanaka were stunned again.
Then they saw Eru Chitanda, Eriri, and Utaha Kasumigaoka approaching with strange expressions to greet the three.
At this moment, Hiratsuka and Yamanaka felt like dying.
How could they not understand that their earlier conversation had been witnessed not only by Haru, but also by several other students.
For a moment, both wanted to flee the scene immediately.
But thinking about how they had queued for so long and were finally about to get their turn, leaving now would be too much of a waste.
Hiratsuka still brazened it out, acting as if nothing had happened:
"Ahem, Haru, sensei came here to draw a career fortune slip. If you have nothing else to do, go play by yourselves."
Haru looked at Hiratsuka with amusement.
He truly admired Hiratsuka's ability to lie with a straight face.
Even Mafuyu Kirisu beside them felt too embarrassed to look at them, yet Hiratsuka acted as if nothing had happened.
However, Haru didn't plan to continue teasing this desperate-to-marry woman.
After all, she was his homeroom teacher—he should leave her some dignity.
"Then we won't disturb the teachers." Haru smiled slightly, "Oh, and I wish the three teachers success in finding their Prince Charming."
With that, he left directly.
After Haru's group walked away.
Hiratsuka's pretty face immediately flushed red, so ashamed she wanted to bang her head against a wall.
How could she not know that she had completely failed to cover up?
"That brat, daring to tease his teacher. Really has no respect for elders."
Hiratsuka looked at Haru's retreating figure with embarrassed anger, but also breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that those who were watching the show had left.
She could smoothly draw her marriage fortune slip.
"Shizuka, it's your turn!"
At this moment, Yamanaka immediately reminded Hiratsuka that the people in front had all left.
Hiratsuka's eyes lit up, instantly forgetting her earlier embarrassment as she excitedly stepped forward to make an offering and draw a slip.
Soon, a bamboo slip appeared before her.
"Great Fortune!"
Seeing this slip, Hiratsuka's delicate face was immediately filled with wild joy, so happy she almost jumped up.
"I... I can finally get married!"
Hiratsuka was so excited she almost cried.
She had heard that this shrine's fortune slips were extraordinarily efficacious, and great fortune slips had basically never been wrong.
If she was lucky, she might even get direct guidance to her Prince Charming from the shrine maiden who interpreted the slips.
Thinking about how she was about to enter the halls of matrimony, Hiratsuka was so delighted she almost fainted, quickly pinching her own cheeks.
Afraid this was all an illusion.
"Wuu wuu wuu, Shizuka, your luck is really too good."
Behind her, Yamanaka was so envious and jealous she almost cried.
She hadn't expected that Hiratsuka, who came with her, would actually draw a great fortune slip and might be directly guided to her Prince Charming's identity.
"Congratulations, Hiratsuka-sensei." Mafuyu Kirisu was startled by Hiratsuka's complete disregard for her teacher image in her excitement, but still sincerely congratulated this senpai.
Since joining Sobu High, the senpai she respected most was Hiratsuka.
Seeing Hiratsuka able to enter the halls of matrimony, she was genuinely happy for her.
"Hahaha, I'm going to get my fortune interpreted right now!"
Hiratsuka laughed while scratching the back of her head, already unable to wait to get her fortune interpreted—
"Wait, Shizuka, let's go together! We agreed on this beforehand!"
Yamanaka was panicking, feeling indignant. They had previously agreed that no matter what fortune slips they drew, they would go interpret them together.
But now that Hiratsuka had drawn a great fortune slip, she was just going to forget about her, wasn't she?
How disloyal.
Hiratsuka's smile stiffened, and she coughed dryly: "Then I'll wait for you a bit."
Although she was already impatient, Hiratsuka still suppressed her excitement and prepared to wait for Yamanaka.
However, her thoughts had already flown to her imagined Prince Charming.
She wondered what kind of conditions he would have.
"Preferably handsome, with a high annual salary, and if possible, it wouldn't hurt if he were a bit younger than me."
As Hiratsuka fantasized, her face took on a perverted expression.
This made Mafuyu Kirisu's face burn with embarrassment, feeling extremely speechless. Could you please pay attention to your image, Hiratsuka-sensei—
But just then, a surprised scream suddenly came from ahead.
"Great fortune! I also got great fortune!"
Yamanaka was heard excitedly losing her composure completely, happily hugging Mafuyu Kirisu tightly and jumping up on the spot.
Mafuyu Kirisu felt like her body was about to be crushed by Yamanaka's force, and her eardrums were about to burst.
"Sawa-chan, you also got great fortune."
Seeing that Yamanaka had also drawn great fortune, Hiratsuka's pretty face was stunned for a moment, and the excitement on her face suddenly diminished somewhat.
Originally, she had been looking forward to Yamanaka continuing to envy and hate her.
But unexpectedly, this "good" friend of hers also got great fortune.
"Hehehe, Shizuka, what's with that expression!" Yamanaka laughed as she looked at Hiratsuka.
How could she not know what Hiratsuka was thinking?
Want me to be jealous of you? No way.
Now she had also drawn great fortune.
"Alright, you two can go interpret your fortunes now, right?"
Mafuyu Kirisu was really scared of these two people and immediately said.
"Wait, Mafuyu-chan, you haven't drawn yet." Both Hiratsuka and Yamanaka quickly looked at Mafuyu Kirisu, their beautiful eyes full of murderous intent.
Two spinsters who had finally drawn great fortune slips now desperately needed an audience to show off their good luck in escaping singlehood.
Now, only Mafuyu Kirisu remained as that audience, so naturally the two couldn't let her go.
Frightened by the gazes of the two senpai.
Mafuyu Kirisu swallowed and said weakly: "Then I'll draw a career fortune slip."
She wasn't interested in marriage or anything like that right now, so naturally she didn't plan to draw a marriage fortune.
"No way!"
Who knew that as soon as she said this, both Hiratsuka and Yamanaka objected loudly without hesitation.
"Mafuyu-chan, people need to be loyal. Everyone is drawing marriage fortunes, how can you be the exception?"
"That's right, Mafuyu-chan. Actually, you're at the most suitable age for marriage right now. What if you also draw great fortune?"
Both of them were encouraging Mafuyu Kirisu to also draw a marriage fortune.
In their hearts, they really didn't think Mafuyu Kirisu could also draw great fortune.
Because before coming, both Hiratsuka and Yamanaka had heard that this Gab Shrine was different from other shrines.
At other shrines, great fortune slips appeared very easily, and slips other than great fortune rarely appeared.
But at Gab Shrine, the probability of great fortune slips appearing was extremely slim.
But once they appeared, they were very efficacious.
It was precisely because of this that Hiratsuka and Yamanaka were so wildly happy, and they didn't think Mafuyu Kirisu could draw any good fortune.
If nothing unexpected happened, she could only obediently be their audience.
Mafuyu Kirisu sighed: "Marriage fortune it is then."
The important thing was to quickly deal with these two spinsters.
She was really scared of these two.
So Mafuyu Kirisu also stepped forward and shook the fortune cylinder without much sincerity.
Then, a great fortune slip fell out of the cylinder.
Instantly, both Hiratsuka and Yamanaka were dumbfounded.
Even Mafuyu Kirisu was somewhat stunned.
What, another great fortune slip?
"This, this isn't right!"
Hiratsuka stared with her mouth agape: "Wasn't it said that great fortune slips are hard to come by at this shrine?"
"Right."
Yamanaka was also somewhat anxious: "Could the rumors be lies?"
If this shrine's great fortune slips were as easy to get as at other shrines, wouldn't that mean the shrine's efficacy was a lie?
"Kukuku, you three need not worry. Our shrine's fortunes are absolutely efficacious!"
Just then, an extremely confident young woman's voice suddenly came from ahead.
"Three marriage fortune slips appearing at once—even I, the shrine maiden, am surprised. I've specially come out to see you personally and prepare to interpret your fortunes—eh? Hiratsuka-sensei, Yamanaka-sensei, and Kirisu-sensei?"
That woman's voice had initially sounded profound and mysterious, but suddenly became greatly alarmed, as if she recognized the three.
Hiratsuka, Yamanaka, and Mafuyu Kirisu all stared blankly at the speaker.
They saw a shrine maiden girl with beautiful long pink hair.
Her face was delicately cute, with an excellent figure. Her upper body clothing was stretched high by her ample chest, her waist was slender, and she had an innocent and lively aura about her.
"Chika Fujiwara!"
"Fujiwara?"
"Why are you wearing shrine maiden clothes?"
All three teachers were dumbfounded.
How had they encountered another student from their school, and in shrine maiden attire no less?
Chika Fujiwara, a student from Class J, came from a political family. Her grandfather had once served as Prime Minister, making her one of the highest-status students at Sobu High.
That this person would appear at a shrine and serve as a shrine maiden there.
What exactly was going on?
Hiratsuka, Yamanaka, and Mafuyu Kirisu were all confused.
"Ahem."
Seeing the three teachers, Chika Fujiwara also panicked, but then she calmed down, showing a proud smile on her pretty face: "Three teachers, actually this shrine was opened jointly by me and Kaguya-chan. There's no need to be too surprised."
All three teachers were somewhat dumbfounded. None had expected that the shrine opened in Tokyo was actually their own student's business.
But thinking about Chika Fujiwara's background and the "Kaguya-chan" she mentioned, the three felt it was only natural.
With their status, what was one shrine?
However, as students, instead of studying properly, running out to open a shrine—this left the three somewhat puzzled, especially Mafuyu Kirisu, whose brow furrowed with a tendency to want to lecture them.
Chika Fujiwara appeared foolish on the surface but was actually shrewd. Seeing Mafuyu Kirisu's expression, she immediately realized trouble and quickly changed the subject:
"Teachers, our shrine's fortunes are very efficacious. You three drawing great fortune marriage slips can receive guidance from an angel and directly confirm your future husbands' identities."
Chika Fujiwara had a completely confident expression: "Are you three ready? Who wants to go first?"
With these words.
The three who had just been surprised by Chika Fujiwara's identity immediately became flustered, no longer having the mind to lecture Chika Fujiwara.
Even Mafuyu Kirisu, who was temporarily uninterested in marriage, was now somewhat shy.
After all, she was still a woman. How could she be completely uninterested in romance?
Especially when it came to her future husband and such.
"I'll go first!"
"I'll go first!"
Mafuyu Kirisu was too shy to speak.
But Hiratsuka and Yamanaka had already impatiently surrounded Chika Fujiwara, both staring at her intently as if they wanted to eat her.
"Ahem, let's go in order then."
Chika Fujiwara was almost scared pale by the aura of the two spinsters. She took out a compass and extended her hand toward Hiratsuka: "Hehe, Hiratsuka-sensei, please give me your fortune slip."
While saying this, Chika Fujiwara's beautiful eyes also sparkled with a cunning smile. As someone obsessed with romance, Chika Fujiwara was very interested in such matters and really wanted to know who Hiratsuka's future husband would be.
Hiratsuka nervously handed her slip to Chika Fujiwara.
Chika Fujiwara was seen placing the slip into a small hole in the compass.
The next moment, the compass needle moved rapidly.
Chika Fujiwara's beautiful eyes widened in surprise as she said: "Hiratsuka-sensei's future husband is actually right here in our shrine!"
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