It Wasn't That He Wanted to Be Arrogant-His Strength Simply Wouldn't Allow Him to Keep a Low Profile

Even though Kaguya Shinomiya had already begun turning into a lovestruck airhead in front of Ai Hayasaka, she could only hope that Ai would come to understand the treachery of human hearts through her betrayal.

Of course, if her identity as an undercover agent had not been exposed, then with her keeping watch from the sidelines, she could stop any schemes the Shirogane Family might have in time. And even if Ai Hayasaka could not stop them, wasn't there still someone above her in the Shinomiya Family?

Although she loathed the Shinomiya Family, when weighing the lesser of two evils, if the other party truly intended to harm her mistress, Ai Hayasaka would not mind carrying out the essential duties of an undercover agent. As long as she reported that someone wanted to use her mistress to scheme against the Shinomiya Family, would those

"young masters," whose eyes had turned red from fighting over the inheritance, really refrain from acting? Of course, supporting her openly was one thing, but behind the scenes, Ai Hayasaka had also employed plenty of little tricks—for example, testing Miyuki Shirogane in front of her mistress... As a maid with an undercover background, could Ai Hayasaka possibly not know that human nature was the one thing that should never be tested?

Especially a man's nature. Yet she had ignored her mistress's unease and personally gone to probe him—unfortunately, the result of that test only made Kaguya Shinomiya even more lovestruck.

Instead, it made Ai Hayasaka even more anxious, and even less able to openly point out Miyuki Shirogane's problems. "..." There was no helping it. She had approached him in the guise of a fangirl, and honestly, Ai Hayasaka felt that Miyuki Shirogane was not entirely uninterested in her. She and her mistress were clearly different