Chapter 467: Chapter 460: Let Go of My Koyukina
Shirakawa Sawahei was a bit skeptical. Given the low-bar system’s usual style, how could such a heaven-sent opportunity be missed? So amidst the hard work, Shirakawa Sawahei divided his attention, keeping an eye out for any of the girls from the Calligraphy Club or Miss Kaori to come over.
Unfortunately, until the bonfire for the last-night festival was almost complete, Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t encounter the legendary event where you could legitimately hug a girl and cuddle together...
He sighed, unsure if he was feeling regret or relief.
What happened last night, continuing to stir things up repeatedly seemed pretty hard to handle...
If there really were any opportunities in the warehouse, it seemed like whoever showed up might not be the best choice... Tsukimi and Ise Yu were both carefree and hugging them to keep warm didn’t seem problematic. Little Transparent and Miss Kaori were at two extremes, making them not so easy to hug... The only one easy to hug was the Black Hearted Lolita, but Shirakawa Sawahei worried that he might lose control and turn the warehouse into birthplace of an R18 CG set...
The Black Hearted Lolita is quite dangerous now, and Shirakawa Sawahei wasn’t sure where her boundaries were with him... If the mood was really prepared, and the little Lolita blushed and whispered to him: Go ahead. Well, he couldn’t guarantee he could remain the righteous protagonist and not walk in Master Bayi’s footsteps...
Hmm? No, Asano Nazuki is a high schooler, a legal Lolita, fundamentally different from Master Bayi...
Even if he thought that way, deep down Shirakawa Sawahei still held a certain reverence for Miss Kaori’s lv4 machete skills, and a respect for the middle-aged Long Aotian, Asano Fūsei.
After all, who was the one who kissed me last night?
In general mystery drama, the least likely person often turns out to be the culprit, but the least likely candidate was Little Transparent. Just based on that, Shirakawa Sawahei felt this rule that applies widely in various mystery stories was inapplicable.
Then think a few layers more? The person who looks most likely, the one easily suspected... If everyone thinks conventionally, they might easily consider her wrongly accused... But from a third-layer perspective, such a role might genuinely be the culprit!
Hmm, that sounds a bit muddled... So, be straightforward...
There is only one truth! Hayakawa Kashi, it’s you!
This guess aligns with Shirakawa Sawahei’s initial idea, after all, Little Arrogant slept next to him, perfectly possessing both the opportunity and the conditions for the crime... Moreover, given Little Arrogant’s character, performing such a territorial claim action doesn’t seem too hard to understand...
The possessiveness of the sisters from the Hayakawa family appears quite strong. One declares it theirs just by licking, and the other after just a touch, completely forbidding outsiders from thinking about it... Just the only loophole in this reasoning is, if Miss Kaori truly liked him to this extent, would she still behave so coyly given her nature?
Wouldn’t she outright challenge: This one, I claim. Who approves, who objects?
Therefore, such a manner of doing things... within the fitting candidates...
Shirakawa Sawahei thought of someone, sighing slightly.
That’s unlikely... no matter how you think it wouldn’t be her...
The struggle and annoyance persisted until the afternoon when Tsukimi and the laid-back girl came by pulling him to build a snowman, slightly diminishing the gloominess.
The cute little Ise Yu’s snowman was quite slender, seemingly attempting to mold the snowman’s face and figure in the style of a two-dimensional pretty girl. Shirakawa Sawahei glanced over, shaking his head speechlessly, suggesting that if she wanted to do intricate work, she should make a left turn into the ice sculpting store instead.
In the world of two-dimensions, which pretty girl would have a fat waist, explosive bottom, flat chest, and wide jaws? That’s Ma Xiao, isn’t it?
In contrast, the snowman Tsukimi Sakurazawa built was somewhat normal. She exerted great effort rolling the snowball next to Shirakawa Sawahei’s little snowman, then began stacking it, with small branches and pebbles as decorations in place. At the end, she wrapped her scarf around it before stepping back a few steps to admire her masterpiece cheerfully.
"Shirakawa~ Am I cute?"
Shirakawa Sawahei gave her a surprised glance: "Are you asking if you’re cute or your snowman’s cute?"
"I’m asking both. Shirakawa, you decide."
"Then both are cute."
"Hmm~ perfunctory... Oh right, Shirakawa, your snowman didn’t have a scarf. In such cold weather, it could get frostbite!"
"Then let’s take it over to the bonfire to warm up; Asano is over there too."
The Black Hearted Lolita’s little hands were rather afraid of the cold and unwilling to join such freezing hand and foot snowman building activities. Miss Tachibana Tomoku was concerned she’d be left out alone over there and didn’t want to show a childish side of herself, so she simply stayed with the little Lolita for company.
Tsukimi Sakurazawa glanced at him and without warning reached for Shirakawa Sawahei’s neck.
"I meant for you to lend it the scarf!"
"Stop it... your hands are cold..."
"Who said so, my hands are warm... Shirakawa, stand still."
"I’m warning you... don’t get handsy... If you do, I’ll retaliate..."
"Come on, touching each other isn’t too much to ask, is it?"
"..."
After some scrambling for the scarf, the girl ran over cheerfully and tied it around the snowman Shirakawa Sawahei built next.
"Feels like something’s missing..." Tsukimi Sakurazawa mused while rubbing her chin: "It feels incomplete..."
"Is it missing a child?" Shirakawa Sawahei said irritably, "Then move little Ise Yu’s two-dimensional snowman over."
"Great idea!"
Shirakawa Sawahei: ?
Did she not understand sarcasm...?
"Sakurazawa! What are you doing! Let go of my Koyukina!"
"Just borrowing... just borrowing... it’ll be quick..."
"Ahhh, let go of my baby..."
The two girls dashed in front and back, with the one in front carefully cradling the little snowman, making sure not to damage it, while the one behind chased frantically and agitatedly. It appeared quite comical. Seeing this, Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t help shaking his head, thinking how childish it was...
The laid-back girl actually named her two-dimensional little snowman? Tsk tsk... Ise Yu Yukina? That sounds pretty nice...
"Alright, alright, Shirakawa, take a picture of us... Koorikin and I over here..."
"I need Koyukina to be near me..."
"Fine, fine... do you want to be closer to Shirakawa?"
"That’s fine too..."
"Then arrange it like this..."
"Is it ready?"
"Almost... Shirakawa, why are you so impatient?! The Calligraphy Club is not a place for fast shooters, you know."
"..."
Shirakawa Sawahei held the DSLR, resisting the urge to clench his fists.
"Alright, go ahead and snap it!"
The two girls struck a pose, and Shirakawa Sawahei picked up the camera again, focused through the screen, adjusted the angle for a while, and clicked a shot.