But only for an instant, Ririko said darkly,
"Anyone who hasn't reached Clear Sword Heart by the age of eighteen should obediently scram back to their family and marry one of the useless heirs from another great family. Keh heh heh heh heh..."
Seeing Uesugi Tetsu looking at her strangely, Ririko spread her hands.
"Isn't that how it's written in those role-playing game scripts? Most stories are terribly cliché."
Uesugi Tetsu couldn't be bothered to answer her. She was clearly beyond saving after watching too many light novels and "Return of the Dragon King."
"By the way, Uesugi-kun, do you want to come back to the Special Affairs Division with me when we leave school?" Ririko came closer and raised her fist, the muscles in her forearm sharply defined. "We can even have another training session tonight."
"If you think beating me up this afternoon wasn't enough, you can just say so."
Uesugi Tetsu rolled his eyes at her. "I'm going straight home to sleep like a baby."
Going into Edo Castle to grind Soul Ash counts as sleeping soundly too. Nothing wrong with that.
Ririko clicked her tongue and turned around, continuing to walk beside Uesugi Tetsu.
Only this time, the distance between them wasn't a clearly defined half meter, but two fists' worth of space with a somewhat blurred boundary.
"Sister Mafuyu is already waiting for us at the entrance. So, are we getting in the car or what?"
Uesugi Tetsu answered with his actions.
Before long, the two of them reached the school gate and saw the van covered in battle scars.
The van's windows were rolled down, so even from a distance they could see Shizuma Mafuyu, dressed in office-lady attire, sprawled over the steering wheel and sleeping soundly. A can of black coffee sat beside