"I'm back."
He walked over to the fridge and opened it. Sure enough, another rotten evil spirit's head had appeared inside.
This thing probably liked cold places, just like penguins in the Arctic.
"You... can see me?"
An empty murmur came from the evil spirit's mouth.
Amamiya Natsuki replied without changing expression, "I can."
"Y-You can see me?"
The evil spirit's head froze. A crimson light suddenly appeared in its eyes, and it lunged out of the fridge, jaws snapping.
"You can see me... I can eat you now!"
Amamiya Natsuki silently activated his Evil Spirit Repellent Aura, purifying and destroying the head evil spirit on the spot.
The night passed without incident.
The next day.
At school.
Amamiya Natsuki had just entered the classroom when Ice Sculpture Girl Kaguya came over to him. She lightly bit her lower lip and explained why she'd come.
"...There's something I'd like to ask you to do after school this afternoon."
"...There's something I'd like to ask you to do this afternoon."
Looking at Young Lady Kaguya, who was speaking softly and seemed somewhat embarrassed, Amamiya Natsuki was utterly shocked.
Hey, hey, are you really Young Lady Kaguya?
Whether it was the Blind Box Mission or the Horror Game, she'd rather grit her teeth and bear it alone than ask anyone else for help.
What terrible disaster had she encountered today to make the proud swan lower her head and ask a human for help?
"I'm free this afternoon." Amamiya Natsuki was extremely curious. "What do you want to ask me to do, Kaguya-classmate?"
"..."
Shinomiya Kaguya's expression was cool and she said nothing.
"Let me guess." Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers, his expression serious. "Have the Three-Body Aliens attacked Earth, and is humanity's world about to be destroyed?"
"That's for the Prime Minister and the cabinet to consider." Shinomiya Kaguya folded her right arm across her chest and couldn't help but retort, "If the Three-Body Aliens really did invade Earth, what could you do to help?"
Amamiya Natsuki pondered for two seconds. "...Surrender and become a collaborator?"
"Shameful to humanity."
If aliens invaded Earth, you wicked capitalists would all become collaborators, every last one of you!
As long as the price was right, you'd sell humanity and Earth together without a second thought!
Amamiya Natsuki continued,
"Could it be that Mount Fuji is about to erupt and the Japanese islands are going to sink?"
"You're overthinking it. Even if Mount Fuji erupted, it wouldn't sink the islands."
"I saw a news story on Twitter last night. Hundreds of monkeys escaped from a U.S. laboratory." Amamiya Natsuki lowered his voice. "Could a Biohazard outbreak be coming?"
"Biohazard?"
Shinomiya Kaguya tilted her head slightly, a trace of hesitation appearing on her pretty face. She seemed puzzled by this unfamiliar subject.
Amamiya Natsuki was shocked. "You've never seen Biohazard?"
"No."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki fell silent for several seconds. "Come to think of it, you didn't know much about Twitter before, either?"
"Mm."
She didn't know this, and she didn't know that. Was she some sheltered young lady who lived on Mars?
"I'm curious." Amamiya Natsuki pressed a finger to his brow. "Have you ever eaten instant noodles?"
"The chefs prepare and deliver my boxed meals every day," Shinomiya Kaguya replied calmly. "I've never eaten instant noodles."
Just as he'd thought.
What kind of sterile environment had this young lady grown up in?
"Instant noodles are convenient and delicious." Amamiya Natsuki spoke solemnly. "I highly recommend them."
Shinomiya Kaguya fell silent for a moment. "...Maybe sometime."
As they spoke, Amamiya Natsuki's pinky suddenly twitched.
He turned toward the classroom door. A girl with a butterfly hair clip in her bangs was leaning against it, wearing a smug little smile like she'd just pulled off a prank.
"Ehehe~"
Amamiya Natsuki silently wiggled his fingers in reply.
"Good morning, Kaguya-chan." Fujiwara Chika walked in with her hands behind her back, her steps light as a fawn in the morning sunlight filtering through the forest. Her eyes were full of curiosity. "What were you talking about just now? I want to join in."
Amamiya Natsuki said,
"I was recommending which flavor of cup noodles tastes best."
"You can't put it like that." Fujiwara Chika's expression immediately grew serious. She gently wagged a finger, her voice clear and bright. "There's no 'best' cup noodle flavor, only ones that taste even better. Every popular cup noodle sold at the Convenience store has lots of fans behind it."
"I'll tell you, I've already collected eighty different cup noodle containers." Fujiwara Chika lifted her chin and gave a proud little hum. "My goal is to collect ninety-nine."
Amamiya Natsuki teased, "And then summon the Flying Spaghetti Monster?"
"Of course I mean the Cup Noodle God."
"..."
Watching the girl with the butterfly hair clip chatting happily with Amamiya Natsuki and completely forgetting she was even there, Shinomiya Kaguya lightly bit her lower lip. Her wine-red eyes quietly dimmed.
Cancer of the Earth. How true.
The day's classes passed in a flash.
Aside from a few evil spirits wandering in, nothing happened.
At three thirty in the afternoon, the school bell rang right on time.
Amamiya Natsuki had just packed his schoolbag when he felt someone's gaze on him.
He looked up and saw Ice Sculpture Girl watching him from the side.
"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly to show he understood.
A little while later, after his classmates had left the classroom, Shinomiya Kaguya stood up and came over.
"We can go now."
Amamiya Natsuki followed Young Lady Kaguya downstairs and all the way to the school entrance.
Shinomiya Kaguya walked straight toward a black luxury car parked in a corner and said quietly, "Get in."
Amamiya Natsuki teased,
"You're not planning to sell me, are you?"
"Don't worry. Human trafficking is illegal."
Every drop of blood in capital's veins was tainted with sin. If there was profit to be made, capitalists would do anything, even break the law—or violate basic decency!
The corners of Shinomiya Kaguya's soft pink lips turned up slightly. Her disdainful gaze seemed to look down on a paramecium. "There are plenty of ways to make someone sell themselves."
"..."
They walked over to the car.
A blonde girl wearing a maid uniform bent down and opened the door. Her manners and posture were impeccable. "Young Lady, please get in."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the Blonde Maid and felt that she seemed strangely familiar.
Noticing his gaze, the Blonde Maid placed her right hand over her chest and introduced herself with a foreign accent.
"I'm Smithy Hasaka, Young Lady Kaguya's personal maid. It's a pleasure to meet you. I look forward to working with you."
"..."
Meanwhile.
Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana were walking toward the school gate together.
"Hey, hey, that looks like Natsuki-classmate."
Yotsuya Miko looked up. "I see him."
"Isn't that the super-famous Shinomiya Kaguya?" Yurikawa Hana stood on tiptoe. "Why is Natsuki-classmate getting into Shinomiya-classmate's car?"
Her Bestie widened her eyes, suddenly thinking of a possibility. "...Could Natsuki-classmate be getting kept?"
Yotsuya Miko: "..."
Impossible.
How could someone as beautiful and rich as Shinomiya-classmate keep lowly Natsuki? There must be some other reason.
Yotsuya Miko pressed her lips together. She watched the black luxury car drive away, then looked away and said,
"Come on, let's go to work."
When she got home that evening, she'd give him a few kicks first, then ask him what was going on.
The journey passed in silence.
Half an hour later, the black car slowly came to a stop in front of a villa.
Amamiya Natsuki followed Kaguya out of the car and into the villa.
"There's a very dangerous Vengeful Spirit in the villa. It hunts and devours other evil spirits," Shinomiya Kaguya said quietly. "I'd like you to exorcise it."
"Got it." Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly, though his questions remained unanswered.
It was just a measly evil spirit. Was it really worth setting aside her pride to ask him for help?
The villa seemed to have been unoccupied for a long time. It was quite empty and desolate. Amamiya Natsuki followed Kaguya through the villa, searching for the evil spirit.
As they passed a floor-to-ceiling window, Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly stopped. She bit her lower lip, her expression complicated.
Amamiya Natsuki curiously looked over and saw an Earthbound spirit by the window, its body glowing faintly.
Wait.
Why was the Earthbound spirit a giant Kaguya-classmate?
(PS: There's a lot to do at home for the New Year, and I'm not feeling well either. My stomach keeps hurting, and I really can't take it. I can only manage one update. I'm very sorry.)
Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender ### Black hair.
Red eyes.
A quiet, gentle temperament.
And a beautiful face that looked seven-tenths like Shinomiya Kaguya's... It was clearly a grown-up version of Kaguya.
Amamiya Natsuki turned in surprise and looked at Young Lady Kaguya beside him.
Could this be Kaguya-classmate's mother?
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