Seeing Ibuki Mio, Yeyue confirmed that Ryuen's strategy had not changed at all—still as naive as ever. After settling Ibuki Mio in, Kushida Kikyo jogged over to Yeyue's side.
Sitting right beside Yeyue, Kushida asked gently, "That girl is Ibuki Mio from Year 1 C Class. What do you think we should do, Yeyue?"
"What does Little Kikyo think?"
"Yeyue can decide."
Yeyue could not help but glance at her. Kushida Kikyo no longer needed to rely on other people's trust to survive, and she rarely went to such lengths to put on a gentle act anymore.
Yeyue looked at Ibuki Mio and smiled. "Let her stay. She may not be as pretty as Little Kikyo, but she's quite good-looking too."
"Hm."
Kushida nodded, revealing a sweet smile that somehow made her look as though she were about to cry. "I want Horikita to be the leader. Yeyue... do you not want that?"
So this was the one thing she could not accept... Yeyue smiled casually. "She is the leader. Little Kikyo, you think D Class is guaranteed to lose this exam, don't you? But I don't think so."
Without waiting for Kushida's reply, Yeyue patted her slender waist. "It's fine. Suzune can't accomplish anything anyway. But if Little Kikyo and Suzune come into conflict, I'll help you deal with Suzune. Go back and maintain order in D Class first. Can you do that?"
"Hm, no problem. Leave it to me."
Kushida let out a breath of relief, forcing out a smile as she nodded.
After leaving, she kept turning back to secretly glance at Yeyue. All of a sudden, she felt like crying.
His attitude had clearly changed drastically, yet Kushida stubbornly refused to admit it deep down.
If not for Yeyue's request, Kushida no longer wanted to keep