"Hey, Senpai, what happened to your lip?"
Fujiwara Moeha suddenly asked.
"..."
The air fell abruptly silent.
Chika, Haruno, and Sayu all turned to look at Yukino.
Yukinoshita Yukino's pretty face flushed. Her pink lips parted as if to explain, but she had always believed in never telling a lie. Even if she denied it now, nobody would believe her, so in the end, she could only guiltily look away.
"I accidentally bit it just now." Amamiya Natsuki had a remarkably thick skin. He spoke as if nothing had happened. "It has nothing to do with Yukino."
"Ehhh?"
Fujiwara Moeha wasn't stupid. At his words, she immediately caught on, widened her eyes, and stared at Hirano in shock.
Yukinoshita Yukino's face grew even redder. Unable to bear it any longer, she said:
"...Shut up!"
Fujiwara Chika puffed out her cheeks, unhappy. "Now that we've finished the challenge, let's hurry back."
The group climbed onto the snowmobiles and retraced their route.
For ordinary people, the extreme skiing challenge was a near-death ordeal, but Amamiya Natsuki and Yukino cleared it with ease on their first try and received the usual reward of one basic attribute point.
However, they still had six more Extreme Challenges to complete, so they naturally couldn't take it easy yet. As soon as they returned to the hotel, they had the assistant book tickets for their next destination.
"Assistant." Fujiwara Chika raised her hand. "Could you please book two tickets back to Tokyo? Moeha and I will head back first."
Moeha looked pitifully at her.
"I don't want to go back at all. I want to travel the world with Senpai."
"Huh?" Sayu looked over in surprise. "Chika-chan, you're going back already?"
"I still haven't told Mom and Dad that I'm a player, and I don't want to