"That little shota is so cute!"
"Shinomiya President is teaching very well!"
"Isn't that little shota holding a girls' standard bow?"
"No way, he looks like he's only first or second grade. Can he draw a standard bow?"
"Maybe he has natural superhuman strength." Mitsuzuri Ayako and the club members joked.
With her cheerful personality, she could always easily get along with everyone, and even the perpetually aloof Kaguya had a good relationship with her.
"Huh, did I see wrong? Why does Shinomiya President's face look a little red?"
"It's not even hot today?"
Hearing this, Ayako's beautiful eyes also focused on Kaguya's gorgeous face. She was shocked to observe that the icy expression that was usually near-immutable was now gradually turning a deeper shade of crimson.
As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya conglomerate, Shinomiya Kaguya grew up in a high-pressure environment in some respects, but in others, she was completely a sheltered hothouse flower—for example, in matters of general life knowledge or sex education.
From childhood, Kaguya's life had virtually no contact with boys. At home, her daily life was entirely handled by her maid, Hayasaka Ai. At school, her status as the Shinomiya Family's eldest daughter kept the boys at a respectful distance. Therefore, the now 17-year-old Shinomiya Kaguya had genuinely never had physical contact with the opposite sex beyond their hands.
The moment the little shota's warm palm pressed against her back, Kaguya's body instantly froze. The strange sensation radiating from her body made her head swim, turning the iceberg into a Steam Princess in an instant!
"Why is this happening?" Kaguya couldn't even find an answer in her own sparse knowledge of gender relations. However, based on feminine instinct, she had a vague premonition.
"Asa-kun, I don't feel well. We'll end the lesson here for today." She dared not meet Asa's eyes, leaving the practice hall with unsteady steps. All she wanted to do now was take a shower.
Asa hadn't expected such a dramatic reaction simply from placing his right hand on her back. Was this the so-called "high offense, low defense"?
"Ice is fragile, indeed..." A look of astonishment flashed across Asa's eyes.
He watched Kaguya's tall figure sway as she left, and he almost followed her. Unexpectedly, a crowd of girls from the Archery Club instantly surrounded him. A beautiful girl who closely resembled Ryougi Shiki bent down and approached him familiarly.
"Hello, little brother! My name is Mitsuzuri Ayako, and I'm the Archery Club President!"
"What's your relationship with Shinomiya-san?"
Asa breathed a sigh of relief. Ah, so she wasn't Ryougi Shiki! Wait... Mitsuzuri Ayako? Asa shifted his gaze but didn't see the certain purple-haired background character.
Subsequently, under the enthusiastic, hands-on guidance of Ayako and the other girls, Asa studied for a while longer. If Shizuka hadn't come to his rescue, he might have had some difficulty leaving the Archery Club today.
....
In the Student Council room.
Fujiwara Chika looked at Kaguya, who had just walked in from outside with a slight blush, with a suspicious expression.
"Something's wrong, very wrong!"
"Kaguya-san, are you actually blushing?" Chika rushed over to Shinomiya Kaguya as if she had witnessed something incredible.
The latter's heart jumped as she saw Fujiwara Chika approaching her with a magnifying glass. Why was this woman still in the Student Council room? She's usually at the Tabletop Games Club by now...
Feeling slightly miscalculated, Kaguya tried her best to maintain her cool expression. "I got a little sweaty from shooting at the Archery Club just now..."
Her explanation only made things worse. Chika's eyes instantly lit up. 'Wait, Kaguya-san's lying skills are declining!'
"Last time you said that shooting arrows hadn't made you sweat in ages."
Kaguya complained fiercely in her mind, looking at the suddenly energized Chika. This woman always remembers the most irrelevant details.
"Something must have happened at the Archery Club..." Chika muttered to herself. Even as Kaguya's long-time friend, she had never seen her blush before. She was extremely curious about who could make Kaguya show that kind of expression.
"If I rush over now, I might still find some clues!" Chika felt she had stumbled upon a huge scoop and raced towards the Archery Club!
Kaguya immediately grew anxious. Although she didn't know exactly what she was feeling guilty about, she quickly messaged Shizuka.
"It would be best for Asa-kun to buy a bow that suits him."
"I happen to be free. I will take him to a familiar shop for a custom order."
Kaguya's plan of action was simple: prevent Chika from interacting with Asa, and simultaneously, confirm her own suspicion... It must have been that she wasn't feeling well earlier, which caused her strange reaction after touching Asa. A single instance could be a coincidence!
Only a repeated experiment could prove the true result, the girl thought with firm conviction.
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