"You're the ones who said you wanted to study..." Masuzu Natsukawa said. "Yet you're also the ones who started chatting the moment you began studying. It'd be one thing if you didn't study yourselves, but you're even holding others up from studying..."
"I..." Yukino Yukinoshita was left somewhat speechless by that. It couldn't be helped—before they had even gotten into the groove, their thoughts had been thrown into disarray by the two poor students, Eriri and Mashiro.
"If you don't understand, don't just open your mouth..." This was precisely when the Little Golden Retriever had to bite... speak up. "Yukinoshita-senpai was only trying to help Mashiro..."
"Pfft..." Masuzu Natsukawa gave a disdainful chuckle before saying, "Wasn't she just helping her find a direction for her revision? If you can't even handle something that simple, how dare you claim you can help anyone?"
"Heh..." Yukino Yukinoshita could no longer sit still. "It sounds as though Natsukawa thinks helping Mashiro is very easy..."
"How hard could it be?"
"Is that so?" The second young lady merely gave a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Then would you mind if I asked Natsukawa to try tutoring Mashiro?"
"..." Masuzu Natsukawa choked up at that. She wasn't stupid—how could she not know that helping Mashiro study would be an absolute nightmare? Thus, she said, "Although this is very simple for me..."
But before she could finish, Yukino Yukinoshita said, "Then Mashiro's studies are in your hands, Natsukawa!"
Only after the second young lady had finished speaking did Masuzu Natsukawa's belated response arrive: "But I refuse..."
At the same time she spoke, Yukino Yukinoshita also said, "Thank you, Natsukawa!"
Having dealt with her for a while, the second young lady had clearly long known what Masuzu Natsukawa wanted to say. Therefore, she had never intended