What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

When she said this in the future, had she already successfully broken free from the family's constraints?

Or had she gained enough influence within the family to do as she pleased?

Regardless, the her who said that must have been doing quite well for herself.

That's what Shinomiya Kaguya had thought before.

But now, after reading You Know Who's diary, her mind felt even more muddled.

She began trying to sort out her thoughts in her diary.

First, she must have become a couple with someone in the future.

Hayasaka Ai quitting and moving in with that person was a separate matter. Shinomiya Kaguya still trusted Hayasaka Ai completely; it was possible this was a plan they had arranged beforehand.

However, things started to get a bit strange after that.

After she was confined by the family, that person asked her brother for a billion yen as a breakup fee and intended to use that money to get revenge on the Shinomiya family.

This alone left Shinomiya Kaguya speechless.

The fact that her brother was willing to pay a billion yen as a breakup fee meant that the Shinomiya family wasn't at its most dire point at the time.

In that situation, to use the money given by the Shinomiya family to bring down the Shinomiya family... that was truly a genius idea.

Moreover, You Know Who also mentioned that most of that money wasn't even spent, and the rest was used by that person as startup capital for his own ventures.

Shinomiya Kaguya had no objection to this point; money given by the Shinomiya family wouldn't be taken back.

But the subsequent actions of that person were simply too over-the-top!

What method did that person use to break into her father's hospital room and dare to pull out a marriage application in front of her father?

Putting herself in her father's shoes, recuperating in a hospital bed, suddenly a young man barges into her room and presents a marriage application, asking her to marry him off...

Burying him in cement at the bottom of Tokyo Bay would have been merciful!

Yet, in the end, her father actually seemed to approve of that person and even told him where the will was?

Had her father become soft-hearted due to his serious illness?

Thinking of this possibility, Shinomiya Kaguya felt a mix of emotions.

After all, she hadn't felt much care from her father since she was little. She could even vaguely sense his distance from her.

Once she was a bit older, her father had handed her over to her third brother for upbringing.

Furthermore, starting from junior high school, she moved from the main branch of the Kyoto Shinomiya Family to Tokyo, only seeing her father during holidays.

So, her father did care about her, but for some reason, he had never shown it?

Shinomiya Kaguya felt that this was the only way to interpret it.

As for the later sections, whether it was about fried noodles or the photographer, Shinomiya Kaguya didn't bother to analyze them.

Because she genuinely couldn't.

Regarding You Know Who's comment of "super-era art," although Shinomiya Kaguya had never encountered so-called abstract culture before, she felt a similar sensation at that moment.

It was too abstract.

If she had the chance to travel to You Know Who's past life, she would definitely make the person who created this plot kneel before her and explain precisely what this section meant.

But for now... it was best not to try to understand things one couldn't comprehend. If she thought about it any further, she'd drive herself mad.

Taking a deep breath, she temporarily put aside the thought of "I want to be a photographer."

Shinomiya Kaguya felt she should check on Kasumigaoka Utaha's situation to distract herself.

After all, You Know Who had uncharacteristically apologized to Kasumigaoka Utaha in the diary tonight and offered a gift as compensation.

Shinomiya Kaguya didn't believe that You Know Who, who had just said, "I hope you can help me resolve my doubts," could sincerely apologize.

She opened the group chat and the first thing she saw was Kasumigaoka Utaha furiously ranting at You Know Who.

Kashiko Kasumi: "Shameless! I've never met such a scoundrel! On the first day, he specifically posted the scene where I appeared in the story, on the second day, he not only posted my scene but also heavily commented on it afterward, and today he directly posted the anime to the group. What did I ever do to this scoundrel!"

Followed by a string of words like "scum" and "trash" to vent her emotions.

It was a shame that there weren't many Japanese curse words. If Kasumigaoka Utaha knew Chinese, she could probably curse in the group for half an hour without repeating herself.

Shinomiya Kaguya glanced at the group files.

Six episodes at once, it could indeed be called a super giveaway.

No wonder Kasumigaoka Utaha's reaction in the group was so... intense.

To maintain her persona, Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't openly attack You Know Who in the group like Kasumigaoka Utaha. But seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha's reaction now, Shinomiya Kaguya's emotions also eased slightly, as if she herself had joined in the rant.

Seeing that many people in the group were also tagging her, asking about her current situation, and even inquiring if tomorrow's gathering should proceed as planned.

Shinomiya Kaguya sighed and rubbed her face.

After reading today's diary, her mind was a bit chaotic, and tomorrow's gathering would likely be awkward.

But perhaps this was You Know Who's intention, to make her feel her authority undermined, and thus be too embarrassed to proceed with the gathering.

She believed this was a test for her. Only by overcoming her immature future self could she grow.

So, she replied in the group chat.

Kaguya: "I'm actually okay."

Kaguya: "Although I still can't quite understand why my story went downhill like that, I think such an absurd story probably won't happen again in reality."

Kaguya: "If I'm being honest, I have to thank the mysterious person for telling me that my father would be critically ill in two years, and that the Shinomiya family's branch families were still coveting the Shinomiya family's affairs. Now I have plenty of time to prepare for these things in advance."

Kaguya: "The plan for tomorrow's gathering won't change. I've already had the Shinomiya family's bodyguards get ready. If that mysterious person dares to show up, we might find out his identity tomorrow."

Chapter 52: Do You Think Voldemort Should Die?

The next morning.

Since it was the weekend and her schedule for the day had been booked in advance, Shinomiya Kaguya could afford to wake up a little later.

However, even after waking up an hour later than usual, Shinomiya Kaguya still looked a bit groggy today.

Hayasaka Ai, who was familiar with her young lady's habits, had a slight headache.

Her young lady occasionally exhibited this kind of dazed state.

According to Fujiwara Chika, Kaguya's only friend, this "ultra-rare Kaguya" phenomenon occurred when the young lady's happy emotions and her desire to escape reality reached a delicate balance, coupled with a lack of sleep.

The normally sharp "Ice Kaguya," who would immediately consider the remaining value of anything she saw, would have her intelligence plummet to an unimaginable level in this state.

Hayasaka Ai knew that her young lady was ostensibly going to meet and gather with an online friend she had met on Line.

Since Shinomiya Kaguya needed to mobilize the Shinomiya family's security forces in Tokyo, this was also her explanation to the Shinomiya family's main branch in Kyoto.

But Hayasaka Ai also knew very well that her young lady had, in a way she hadn't yet understood, established contact with those people before changing her phone.

She hadn't reported this to the main family yet, only quietly protected her young lady's secret.

"My young lady seems to be taking today's gathering quite seriously, but now this has happened. What should I do?"

If this had happened during normal school days, she would have been quite happy to see her young lady like this.

After all, she would lurk around her young lady to handle things, perhaps with a little help from Fujiwara Chika. Once her young lady returned to normal, she could even tease her about it.

But now her young lady was going to meet an online friend, and she had made so many plans for it...

Most importantly, Hayasaka Ai had no idea what kind of relationship her young lady had with those "online friends," so how could she help her young lady?!

As a dutiful maid, Hayasaka Ai vigorously ran her fingers through her hair, feeling that this matter was utterly unsolvable.

She tentatively asked, "Young lady, would you like to rest a bit longer? There's still plenty of time."

The scheduled meeting was before noon, and with the Shinomiya family's capabilities, they could get the young lady there in just half an hour. If her young lady could recover before then, it would still be in time!

In her current state, Shinomiya Kaguya's mind was blank, and she couldn't think of much. She just nodded dazedly and slept for another hour in bed.

Unfortunately, it was still no use.

Looking at Kaguya, who was still in her "mascot" state, Hayasaka Ai wished she could reach out and rub her face hard to wake her up.

"Young lady, how about we put aside today's gathering for now? I'll help you contact your friends and reschedule the meeting for later?"

To this, Shinomiya Kaguya flatly refused, "How can I break a promise? I have to go!"

Even in this state, Shinomiya Kaguya still had her principles.

"Then, after you sober up, you can't blame me, and you're definitely not allowed to dock my pay." Hayasaka Ai had tried to persuade her for half an hour, but she couldn't change the young Kaguya's mind. In the end, she decided to give up.

After deciding to give up, Hayasaka Ai felt instantly relieved.

Do you know how much pressure the main family has put on me these past few days, demanding that I figure out what you're trying to do by meeting with online friends?

With you in this state now, I don't have to worry about how to report to the main family tonight.

The people from the main family also knew that Kaguya's condition usually lasted one to two days before she recovered.

So, as long as she reported this matter, she wouldn't have to worry about being questioned by the main family for the next two days.

"Are the bodyguards all in position? Then let's go." Hayasaka Ai, having thrown caution to the wind, no longer hesitated and immediately put the Shinomiya family's bodyguard team to work.

Although Shinomiya Kaguya hadn't told her many things, she was aware of the instruction for the Shinomiya family's bodyguards to watch out for suspicious individuals around the station.

In any case, she would just follow her young lady's previous instructions. If they encountered any suspicious individuals, they would detain them first and deal with them after her young lady sobered up.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Kasumigaoka Utaha had also overslept.

She had stayed up late last night watching the six episodes of the anime uploaded by the mysterious person and also figured out why the mysterious person had uploaded exactly six episodes.

Because the sixth episode was basically her personal episode, and after watching the entire thing, she only had one thought: can this love-struck fool just die already!

He clearly has no interest in you; it's all your self-感动 and wishful thinking, Kasiko Kasumi, what are you doing?!

She forcefully slapped her own face, and then looking at the two distinct palm prints on her cheeks in the mirror, Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to have woken up considerably.

She immediately started applying makeup in front of the mirror, carefully concealing her dark circles.

Even though her status in the group chat had plummeted to rock bottom, she at least had to regain some dignity at the offline gathering.

With everything ready, she walked out of her apartment with her head held high and chest puffed out, heading towards the nearby subway station.

When she arrived at Nanshinjuku Station, it was just a little past ten o'clock.

This was her first time visiting this place too, and just as Shinomiya Kaguya had said, despite being less than a kilometer in a straight line from Shinjuku Station, the crowd density was vastly different.

Only a few people got off in this carriage.

She scanned the surroundings and quickly realized she wasn't the first one to arrive.

Not far from the station, a blonde girl wearing a red hoodie and a red newsboy cap was already playing on her phone while waiting.

The reason Kasumigaoka Utaha recognized her at a glance was simply because the other person was holding a diary.

This was their agreed-upon signal: once they arrived, they would show the diary to identify themselves.

If they were part of the group chat, they could just go up and exchange the code phrase.

If it was someone who had seen Shinomiya Kaguya's message and decided to come at the last minute from outside the group, they would need to confirm if the person might be a disguise by You Know Who.

If someone was lurking nearby and peeking creepily, the Shinomiya Family's bodyguards would apprehend them and await further instructions.

Of course, Shinomiya Kaguya wouldn't explicitly state such things in the group chat, but Kasumigaoka Utaha figured everyone could figure it out.

With that thought, Kasumigaoka Utaha also took out her diary and walked up to the blonde girl to exchange the code phrase.

"Do you think Voldemort should die?"

The blonde girl looked up at Kasumigaoka Utaha, seemingly recognizing her identity at a glance.