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Compared to their first meeting, Houraisan Kaguya's room was somewhat different this time.
The cases full of game discs and stacks of manga that had covered the floor had vanished without a trace. Who knew where Houraisan Kaguya had put them, leaving the old-fashioned tatami completely exposed to the air.
The room also seemed to have been specially tidied up. Compared to the first time, it was much cleaner, without that slovenly feeling. Together with the incense burner at the side releasing some kind of fragrance, the entire atmosphere was now comparable to an ancient Japanese noble's residence.
If one ignored the computer sitting in the corner of the room, its screen still lit up and left running, displaying the interface of some unknown game...
Sitting beside the kotatsu, Houraisan Kaguya still wore that Japanese-style outfit with a pink upper half, white lower half, and extremely long sleeves, resembling a kimono. Holding a teapot, she poured coarse tea into the two cups before her, an elegant smile on her face.
No!
Rather than an elegant smile, it was more like an exceptionally teasing, cunning smile—like a cat toying with a mouse, brimming with mockery and dark intent!
With that smile, Houraisan Kaguya pushed the tea in front of Wu Yan and Alice, who sat opposite her, and spoke softly.
"Please, have some tea..."
Feeling somewhat uncomfortable under Houraisan Kaguya's cat-and-mouse expression, Wu Yan and Alice nodded in unison, reached out, picked up their cups, and began sipping the hot tea in small mouthfuls.
Up until this point, the scene had been fairly normal, and the atmosphere had been cultivated quite nicely. Like an ordinary occasion for receiving guests, it could not be called harmonious or