Not knowing how to answer, she decided to pass the buck first.
"Heh... You're really good at dodging responsibility."
Herta narrowed her eyes, thoroughly dissatisfied with Asta's blame-shifting.
"O-Okay... I made the first move..."
Asta lowered her head.
"Do you have no shame at all?!"
Herta abruptly hurled the stuffed bear from her bed at Asta.
"Guh... No matter how I put it, won't you get angry, Ms. Herta?"
"After doing something like that, you expect me not to get angry?!"
After saying that, Herta took a deep breath.
"...Fine. Maybe I really shouldn't be angry. There's no point getting angry with mediocrity."
Herta rubbed her forehead, seemingly trying to restore her inscrutable image.
"But Ms. Ruan Mei did it too..."
Asta was no genuine good girl. She looked sweet on the outside but was black-hearted within.
The moment Herta finished speaking, Asta seized the flaw in her words.
"You—are you deliberately trying to anger me?!"
Herta threw a stuffed crocodile at Asta too.
"Ruan Mei did it too? Then go take Ruan Mei as your teacher!"
"A-Actually, I still like you better, Ms. Herta."
"Hmph..."
Herta's expression eased slightly.
But having gotten this far, Herta no longer knew what to say to Asta.
"...Was he really that charming?"
"No! Not at all!"
Asta shook her head repeatedly.
Herta's expression, which had only just improved, darkened again.
"I'm not interested in him the way you are! You don't need to guard against me!"
"People who say that now tend to get hit by karma later."
Asta lowered her head guiltily. "O-Okay. Anyway, from how I see him now... he really is very charming."
"The you now... That wording is rather rigorous. And judging by the looks of it, you were quite happy last night?"
"Y-Yes. Liu Bai said that part