"..."
If he really let Hayasaka leave just like that, she'd only get angrier the more she thought about it later. Only an idiot would let Hayasaka stomp off in a huff.
Of course, whether he could cheer her up was one thing; whether he even tried was a matter of attitude.
Back in the room.
Amamiya Natsuki kept his promise. At first, he just gave her a simple hug, but before long, he couldn't resist getting handsy.
"Pervert President, don't push your luck!" Hayasaka Ai said, her voice full of embarrassment and annoyance.
Amamiya Natsuki lowered his voice and warned her:
"Keep it down. Kaguya's room is right next door. You don't want the Young Lady to hear us, do you?"
Hayasaka Ai: "..."
A little while later.
"Do you think I'm Shoko, someone you can bully whenever you want?"
Hayasaka Ai clenched her fist, seized her chance to break free from Amamiya Natsuki's embrace, and swung at him.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Amamiya Natsuki parried while apologizing sincerely. "Please forgive me."
"It's too late to apologize now!"
Hayasaka Ai gave him a thorough beating. Once she felt she'd gotten it out of her system, she finally left, satisfied.
"...Taking a beating wasn't a bad deal."
Amamiya Natsuki secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If Hayasaka found out that the only person he'd bullied yesterday wasn't Marin—that he'd also done it to Zhuzhu and Sayu—she'd beat him senseless.
Around eight o'clock.
The girls got up one after another and went to the restaurant for breakfast together.
Breakfast was still served buffet-style. As the Supernatural Story Management Bureau had been established to deal with emergencies, it was loaded with money and spared no expense.
After washing up and getting dressed, Amamiya Natsuki went to the restaurant, where he happened