Natsuki: What If I Want to Marry Ten? (Continued)

Mitsui Reiko said softly:

"Ever since we left through that door, I've wanted to thank you in person, Natsuki-kun. I just didn't have a way to contact you. It wasn't until recently that I remembered I'd met Kaguya-classmate before, so I arranged today's banquet. Please forgive me."

That was actually a lie.

Though Kaguya was the Young Lady of the Shinomiya family, she had three older brothers, each decades older than her. There simply weren't any banquets she needed to attend, so she had never met Kaguya.

The way she'd managed to find Kaguya was actually very simple—

When Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya had entered the door, neither had been wearing a mask. It was obvious at a glance that they were high school students.

There were many regional dialects in Japan: the Kanto accent, the Kansai accent, and the country-girl accents of Hokkaido, among others. That helped narrow down the region.

At the same time, Shinomiya Kaguya's appearance was distinctive—she was one of the academy's three great beauties, with a beauty no one could deny.

A high school JK.

Super pretty.

Black hair.

Red eyes.

With those features, it hadn't taken long to identify Kaguya.

And once she'd found Kaguya, Amamiya Natsuki's identity had naturally come to light as well.

"It's all right. This is my first time attending a banquet, so it feels pretty novel."

Amamiya Natsuki knew that not everything she'd said was necessarily true, but he didn't mind. He was more interested in the real purpose of the banquet. If all she wanted was to thank him, she could have visited him in person. There was no need to hold a banquet.

"Honestly, I don't like attending banquets either. It feels like everyone's just putting on an act, and you can't even eat as much as