Just watching was never Kiana's style.
In fact, the moment she confirmed the time of the video, she stormed out of her room and confronted Bronya.
"Ah, Kiana."
Bronya, who had swiftly closed the web page, turned to Kiana with an unfazed expression.
"Next time, Bronya would prefer it if you knocked."
"This is an emergency—and why didn't you tell me sooner!"
Kiana demanded, incredibly annoyed as she looked at Bronya's calm face.
"Senior and the Class Rep went to a hotel together! You should have told me something like that right away!"
Faced with Kiana's accusation, Bronya's expression remained unchanged.
"Bronya was simply acting according to our agreement."
"Ultimately, Kiana, do you really think this is Bronya's fault?"
Meeting the girl's calm gaze, Kiana very naturally...
—felt a pang of guilt.
"...Fine, it's my fault."
"Kiana, Bronya isn't trying to blame you, but you need to understand that a promise cannot be broken."
"As promised, Bronya gave you some of the intel after you finished your homework. Bronya has fulfilled her agreement with Kiana."
"As for why the information wasn't sent immediately—in the end, Kiana, if you had just studied properly from the start, none of this would have happened today."
Kiana wanted to retort, but after thinking it over, she realized—Bronya was completely right.
"If Kiana had paid attention in class from the beginning, you could have watched the surveillance footage with Bronya today and known the whereabouts of Leo and Class Rep Fu Hua at all times."
"Even if Kiana wasn't paying attention, if you had listened to even a little of the course content, Bronya could reverse-calculate from the speed you just did your test papers and conclude that you could have finished them much earlier, and thus known the whereabouts of Leo and Class Rep Fu Hua sooner."
"But, since Kiana chose to slack off, then—isn't it normal to pay a small price for that?"
It was irrefutable.
Faced with Bronya's rational words, Kiana found that her points were indeed very reasonable.
If she had studied seriously before, Bronya wouldn't have worried about her grades and made such a pact with her.
In the end, Bronya was only doing all this because she cared about her—if she didn't care, she could have just ignored the troubled Kiana and not wasted time hacking cameras and gathering intel for her.
"I'm sorry, it was my fault—but Bronya, you must know the coordinates of that hotel, right!"
After apologizing, Kiana immediately took a step forward, grabbed Bronya's shoulders, and pleaded.
"Tell me the address, I—"
"Kiana, even if you go there, what can you do?"
Bronya calmly began to count on her fingers for Kiana.
"Leo and Class Rep Fu Hua went in about an hour ago. Even if they started by showering, and even if they took turns, it would take half an hour at most."
"Then there's kissing, foreplay, hitting a home run... hmm, for a normal person, half an hour should be enough for the whole set."
"Aside from 'kissing,' I feel like I only half-understand what you're saying..."
Noticing the look in Kiana's eyes and the color of her face gradually changing, Bronya maintained her serene expression and continued speaking to Kiana, who seemed to be realizing what the slang meant.
"However, considering that Leo and Class Rep Fu Hua have much greater stamina than ordinary people, their battle will probably last much longer."
Seeing an even more astonished look appear in Kiana's eyes, Bronya turned around and clicked open the surveillance page on her computer.
"Teacher Himeko's house is about a twenty-minute journey from the destination. If Kiana sprints over at full speed now, you might just make it to the scene during their post-battle period of dependency."
"No, wait a minute!"
Having finally understood what Bronya was talking about, a beet-red Kiana shouted at her.
"You're only fourteen! How do you know so much about this stuff!"
"Kiana, has Bronya not mentioned this before? Bronya's motherland trained Bronya as a child soldier."
"Therefore, Bronya has also undergone systematic training in matters of sex and seduction."
"It's just that Bronya has been lucky enough not to have encountered a mission that required the use of this knowledge."
*No, if I hadn't met Mother Cocolia, then perhaps Bronya... would have been sent on such disgusting missions as well.*
"Besides."
Facing the shocked Kiana, Bronya suddenly spoke in a rare, slightly annoyed tone.
"Kiana, what we are doing is spying on people who see us as comrades. In other words, we have already betrayed their trust to a certain extent."
"Whatever actions they take are their freedom. What right do we, who have betrayed their trust, have to take some sort of inexplicable action?"
*That's right. No matter what excuse I find, what's wrong is wrong.*
*Just like how Bronya found excuses to participate in Mother Cocolia's plan. No matter how many reasons Bronya came up with, it couldn't hide the fact that she took part in it.*
"But, but..."
Kiana, rendered speechless by Bronya's words, felt terribly wronged and didn't know what to do.
*Meeting Senior, going through life and death with him—I was the one who was there first for all of it!*
*Why, why did things turn out this way!*
"Sigh, Kiana, you really are an idiot."
Seeing Kiana's aggrieved expression, Bronya's face suddenly changed, and she made a funny face at Kiana.
"Did you not watch the video Bronya sent to Yuno carefully? If you had paid any attention at all, you would have noticed—there's no atmosphere like that between Leo and Class Rep Fu Hua at all."
"Eh???"
"Although I don't know what they're planning to do, it's clearly not a ritual of love."
Pointing behind Kiana, Bronya suddenly revealed a smile.
"Look, Mei and Yuno aren't making the same expression as you at all right now."
"Wait, you mean—"
Stiffly turning her head, Kiana looked at Mei, who was trying to stifle her laughter, and Yuno, who had turned her head to the side, and asked in a somewhat desperate tone.
"You all saw? And heard everything?"
"Kiana..."
Mei, holding back her laughter, said to Kiana in broken speech.
"You were so loud just now, we could hear you loud and clear even from outside."
Meanwhile, Yuno, with her head turned away, said to Kiana with a deadpan expression.
"But don't worry, we'll be sure to remember all of it."
"You'd better forget all of it!"
.......
At the same time, St. Freya High School, Headmaster's Office.
In the Headmaster's office, Himeko, who had been busy for a long time, saw a text message on her phone, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face.
"What is it, Himeko?"
Theresa, who was sitting in the Headmaster's chair, openly reading manga and drinking bitter melon juice, saw the smile on Himeko's face and asked curiously.
"What's making you smile like that?"
"How should I put it... I suppose it's a good thing."
Himeko put down her phone and looked at Theresa with a light chuckle.
"I just received a message. Fu Hua and Leo Ash went out shopping together."
"Oh, that kind of thing—that kind of thing???"
Theresa, who almost spat out a mouthful of bitter melon juice, threw her manga onto the desk and looked at Himeko in utter shock.
"Are you serious?"
"Why would I lie to you?"
"That prim and proper Fu Hua was actually asked out by Leo Ash..."
Theresa, whose imagination was already running wild, suddenly sighed helplessly.
As the Headmaster, she certainly had to prevent such unhealthy trends from spreading on campus.
Most of the time, St. Freya High School doesn't have male students, but there are male teachers.
Just a short while ago, a male teacher suddenly resigned and disappeared from Schicksal's intelligence network. Schicksal still hasn't found any real information about him.
If Theresa let others fool around in relationships, the moral atmosphere at St. Freya High School would likely become quite chaotic.
But the problem was, the male in this pair was none other than Leo Ash.
After Leo Ash joined the Apocalypse family, he became one of Theresa's own kin.
In other words, in Theresa's eyes, Leo Ash was already one of her juniors.
With Theresa's protective nature, she was undoubtedly torn about this matter.
Leo's heart needed to be cared for by others, and if Fu Hua could do that, then...
After chugging a few more gulps of bitter melon juice in distress, Theresa looked at Himeko and asked.
"Himeko, from your expression, you seem pretty happy about this?"
"What else? Should I be angry?"
Himeko looked at the somewhat conflicted Theresa and said with a frank smile.
"With Fu Hua's old-fashioned personality, I was genuinely worried she'd end up old and alone out in the world."
"But now, after spending some time with Leo Ash, she actually went out with him voluntarily. No matter what they're doing out there, it's a good sign."
"Besides, the other person is Leo Ash—I haven't been blind this whole time. Although the kid has some issues with his state of mind, he's great in all other aspects."
Himeko counted off on her fingers in front of Theresa.
"He's handsome, brave, and resourceful. He isn't arrogant despite his achievements, he's diligently learning in class, and he even has the status of being part of your Apocalypse family."
"Aside from his extreme mindset, in other areas, if he isn't perfect, he's not far from it."
Speaking of which, Himeko let out a slightly regretful, bitter smile.
"Sigh, if only I were a few years younger..."
"—If you take the lead in a teacher-student love affair, I'll have no choice but to smack you on the head with Judah."
"Alright, I'm just kidding."
Seeing Theresa's even more complicated expression, Himeko spread her hands helplessly.
"I won't make a move on your family's boy, and I can't possibly fight a student for a man."
"I say, are you that certain that the two of them have already..."
Theresa suddenly felt that something was off about this situation.
While a boy and a girl going out together was indeed a sign of potential romance, it was just a sign.
How come Himeko was so certain they had already fallen in love just by hearing about it?
"It's not certainty, it's a blessing."
Himeko lay down on the sofa with a flourish, closed her eyes, and spoke to Theresa as if talking to herself.
"Leo Ash has psychological problems, and that girl Fu Hua is too rigid. If they can get to know each other, perhaps they can solve the problems each of them has. That's why I hope..."
"—that what we are imagining is reality."
...
About an hour ago, in a restaurant on the commercial street, Fu Hua, who had finished her meal, looked at Leo Ash who had already paid the bill and sighed softly.
Having made up her mind, Fu Hua looked at Leo Ash before her and said.
"Leo Ash, thank you for your hospitality today. But it's getting late, we should be heading back."
"Ah, you're right. Let's go then."
As Leo Ash turned to leave, Fu Hua immediately followed.
Then, in a corner of the street where there was no one around, Fu Hua knew her chance had come.
"Leo Ash, there's one more thing."
"Oh, what is it?"
Leo Ash, who had turned his head, suddenly saw countless feathers dancing before his eyes.
And in front of him, Fu Hua, with a hint of helplessness, gently tapped his shoulder with her right hand.
"Leo Ash, I will help you train, so..."
"Come with me. I will impart those things to you."
....