Before long, a day had passed.
When morning came again, everything was as usual.
"Good morning, Zheng."
"Mm, good morning."
The man and woman climbed out of the same bed, exchanged morning greetings, then changed clothes, washed up, and headed out to school.
The reason was simple. Well... to put it plainly, they had ultimately become an official Bonded Pair.
That was right.
Although Julie had initially told Fang Zheng that she would ask Tachibana Tomoe to partner with her, Fang Zheng had felt those two worked well together. Their abilities were similar, and from their previous sparring match, it was clear that they admired each other. There should not have been any problem, so he had not paid it much attention.
Unexpectedly, when dusk came, Julie returned alone and somewhat dejected, saying that Tomoe had refused her invitation.
Thus, Fang Zheng and Julie became the final two left over. According to the rules, they could only be forcibly paired as a Bonded Pair.
Neither of them voiced any dissatisfaction. In fact, it was not much different from how they had lived before.
It was just that the vow for becoming a Bonded Pair was way too disgusting. Damn it, it sounded exactly like wedding vows, with that "regardless of life, aging, sickness, or death, we will remain by each other's side" nonsense. Who had come up with such revolting lines?
Fang Zheng silently recited it once and felt as though it was practically a public execution. Luckily, they had been the leftovers. Otherwise, if they had recited it in front of the entire class, who knew what kind of reaction it would have gotten?
Hm? Wait, aside from himself, everyone else seemed to have paired up with someone of the same sex, right?
Fang Zheng suddenly wanted to