Do You Think Voldemort Deserves to Die?

When she said those words in the future, had she already successfully broken free from the family's restraints?

Or had she gained enough influence within the family to do what she wanted?

Either way, the version of herself who could say those words should have been doing pretty well.

That was what Shinomiya Kaguya had thought before.

But after reading You Know Who's diary, she felt even more confused.

She began trying to sort through her thoughts in her Diary.

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

Setting aside the matter of Hayasaka Ai resigning and moving in with that person, Shinomiya Kaguya still trusted Hayasaka Ai very much. Perhaps that had been a plan they discussed in advance.

But after that, things gradually started getting strange.

After she was locked up by the family, that person asked her brother for one billion yen as a breakup fee, then planned to use that money to take revenge on the Shinomiya Family.

That alone left Shinomiya Kaguya at a loss for words.

Since her brother had still been willing to pay one billion yen as a breakup fee, that meant the Shinomiya Family had not yet reached its most critical point at the time.

Trying to use money given by the Shinomiya Family to bring down the Shinomiya Family in that situation... what a genius idea.

And You Know Who had said it too. In the end, not much of that money was actually spent, and the rest became that person's startup capital for their own career.

Shinomiya Kaguya had no objection to that. Money given out by the Shinomiya Family would naturally not be taken back.

But what that person did afterward was way too outrageous!

Just what method had that person used to break into her father's hospital room, and how did they dare pull out a marriage application in front of him?

Putting herself in her father's shoes, while resting in a hospital bed, some young man somehow barged into the room and pulled out a marriage application, asking him to marry his daughter off to him...

Pouring concrete over him and sinking him in Tokyo Bay would have been merciful!

Yet in the end, her father seemed to have actually acknowledged that person and even told them where the will was?

Had her father become softhearted because he was seriously ill?

Thinking of that possibility left Shinomiya Kaguya with complicated feelings.

After all, she had rarely felt any care from her father since childhood. She could even vaguely sense how distant he was toward her.

Once she had grown a little older, her father had directly handed her over to her third brother to be raised.

And ever since middle school, she had moved from the main house of the Kyoto Shinomiya Family to Tokyo, only getting to see her father during holidays and festivals.

So her father had actually cared about her, but for some reason, he had never shown it?

Shinomiya Kaguya felt that seemed to be the only possible explanation.

As for those later parts, whether it was the fried noodles or the photographer, Shinomiya Kaguya did not analyze them any further.

Because she truly could not make sense of them.

As for You Know Who's assessment of "art beyond its era," although Shinomiya Kaguya had never encountered so-called absurdist culture before, she understood something similar in that moment.

It was too absurd.

If she ever had the chance to travel to You Know Who's past life, she would definitely make the person who wrote that plot kneel before her and properly explain what exactly it meant.

But for now... people should not try to understand things they could not understand. If she kept thinking about it, she would drive herself insane.

Taking a deep breath, she temporarily set aside the words "I want to be a photographer."

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

After all, tonight You Know Who had broken character by directly apologizing to Kasumigaoka Utaha in the diary and even offering compensation.

Shinomiya Kaguya did not believe that someone who had just said, "I hope you can help me resolve my doubts," could offer a sincere apology.

She opened the group chat and immediately saw Kasumigaoka Utaha furiously tearing into You Know Who.

Kashiko Kasumi: "How shameless can he get? I've never seen such a bastard! On the first day, he specifically posted my introduction scene from the story. On the second day, he not only posted my scenes, but went on and on with his commentary afterward. Today, he directly uploaded the anime to the group! What the hell did I do to offend this bastard?!"

That was followed by a long list of words like scum and trash to vent her emotions.

Unfortunately, Japanese really did not have many insults. If Kashiko Kasumi learned Chinese, she could probably curse in the group for half an hour without repeating herself.

Shinomiya Kaguya took a look in the group files.

Six episodes had been released at once. It really could be called a massive giveaway.

No wonder Kasumigaoka Utaha had reacted so... intensely in the group.

To maintain her image, Shinomiya Kaguya could not openly bombard You Know Who in the group like Kasumigaoka Utaha did. But seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha's reaction eased her mood somewhat, as if she had cursed him out along with her.

Seeing that quite a few people in the group were @-ing her to ask about her current situation, even asking whether tomorrow's gathering would still proceed as planned, Shinomiya Kaguya sighed and rubbed her face.

After seeing today's diary, her thoughts were in disarray. Tomorrow's gathering would probably be awkward too.

But perhaps that was You Know Who's plan: to make her feel that her authority had been swept away, leaving her too embarrassed to hold the gathering.

She saw it as a test. Only by overcoming her immature future self could she grow.

So she replied in the group.

Kaguya: "I'm actually doing alright."

Kaguya: "Although I still can't understand why my story fell apart like that later on, I don't think such an outrageous story could play out again in reality."

Kaguya: "If anything, I should thank You Know Who for telling me that my father will become critically ill in two years, and that the branch families are still eyeing the Shinomiya Family. I still have plenty of time to prepare for these matters in advance."

Kaguya: "Tomorrow's gathering will proceed as planned. I've already had the Shinomiya Family's bodyguards prepare themselves. If that You Know Who dares to show up, perhaps we'll learn his identity tomorrow."

Do You Think Voldemort Deserved to Die?

The next morning.

Since it was the weekend and she had arranged her schedule in advance, Shinomiya Kaguya was able to sleep in a little later than usual.

But even though she had only woken up an hour later than usual, Shinomiya Kaguya looked somewhat dazed today.

Hayasaka Ai, who knew her young mistress well, had a headache.

Her young mistress occasionally fell into this sort of muddled state.

According to Lady Kaguya's only friend, Fujiwara Chika, this was the "ultra-rare Little Kaguya" that appeared when her young mistress's happiness and desire to escape reality reached a delicate balance, combined with insufficient sleep.

The "Ice Kaguya" young mistress, normally so sharp that she would immediately consider the remaining value of anyone she encountered, would see her intelligence plummet to an unimaginable level in this state.

Hayasaka Ai knew that on the surface, her young mistress was going to meet online friends she had met on Line today.

Since Shinomiya Kaguya needed to mobilize the Shinomiya Family's security forces in Tokyo, this was also the explanation Lady Kaguya had given the main house in Kyoto.

But Hayasaka Ai also knew very well that, even before changing her phone, her young mistress had somehow formed a connection with those people in a way she did not yet understand.

She had not reported this to the main house yet, merely silently protecting this secret for her young mistress.

"My lady cares quite a bit about today's gathering, yet she ended up like this. What am I supposed to do?"

If this had happened during an ordinary school day, she would have been quite happy to see Lady Kaguya like this.

After all, she would stay hidden around her young mistress and handle matters for her. At most, she could ask Fujiwara Chika for help. Once her young mistress returned to normal, she could even tease her about it.

But now her young mistress was going to meet online friends and had made so many plans for it...

Most importantly, Hayasaka Ai had no idea what relationship her young mistress actually had with those "online friends." How was she supposed to help her young mistress?!

As a competent maid, Hayasaka Ai vigorously scratched her head, feeling that this situation was simply impossible to solve.

She cautiously asked, "My lady, would you like to rest a little longer? There's still plenty of time."

The agreed time was before noon anyway. With the Shinomiya Family's capabilities, they only needed half an hour to get her young mistress there. If Lady Kaguya recovered before then, there would still be time!

In her current state, Shinomiya Kaguya's mind was blank. There was not much she could think about, so she could only nod dazedly and sleep in bed for another hour.

Unfortunately, it was still no use.

Looking at Lady Kaguya, who was still in mascot mode, Hayasaka Ai wanted nothing more than to reach out and thoroughly knead her face until she woke up.

"My lady, how about we put today's gathering aside for now? I'll contact your friends and postpone it a little?"

Shinomiya Kaguya refused without hesitation. "How can we put aside something we agreed on? I'm going!"

Even in this state, Shinomiya Kaguya still had principles.

"Then once you wake up later, you can't blame me, and you absolutely can't dock my pay." Hayasaka Ai spent half an hour earnestly trying to persuade Little Kaguya, but she still could not change her mind. In the end, she could only decide to stop caring.

Once she decided to stop caring, Hayasaka Ai immediately felt much better.

Do you know how much pressure the main house has put on me these past few days? They want me to find out exactly what you're trying to do by meeting online friends.

With you looking like this, at least I don't need to worry about how to report to the main house tonight.

The people at the main house also knew that Kaguya's condition usually lasted one or two days before she recovered.

So as long as she reported this matter, she would not need to worry about being questioned by the main house for the next two days.

"Are all the bodyguards in position? Then let's go." Having given up completely, Hayasaka Ai stopped dwelling on it and directly put the Shinomiya Family's bodyguard team to work.

Although Shinomiya Kaguya had not told her many things, she did know that the Shinomiya Family's bodyguards were supposed to keep an eye out for suspicious people around the station.

In any case, she would follow Lady Kaguya's previous instructions. If they really encountered anyone suspicious, they would restrain them first and wait for her young mistress to wake up before dealing with them.

Meanwhile, Kasumigaoka Utaha had overslept as well.

Last night, she stayed up late watching all six episodes of the anime uploaded by You Know Who, while also figuring out why he had uploaded exactly six episodes.

Because episode six was basically her personal episode. After watching the whole thing, there was only one sentence in her mind: could love-struck idiots just die already?!

That person clearly had no feelings for you. It was all just you, this love-struck idiot, getting emotionally carried away and loving them unilaterally. Kashiko Kasumi, what the hell are you doing?!

She forcefully slapped her own face, then looked at the two obvious handprints on her cheeks in the mirror. Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to wake up quite a bit.

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

Although her standing in the group had already fallen to rock bottom, she at least needed to recover a little dignity at the offline gathering.

Once everything was ready, she held her head high and walked out of her apartment toward the nearby subway station.

By the time she arrived at Nanshinjuku Station, it was just past ten.

It was her first time coming here as well. Just as Shinomiya Kaguya had said, although it was less than a kilometer in a straight line from Shinjuku Station, the difference in foot traffic was enormous.

There were barely any people getting off here from a single train car.

She glanced around the area and quickly noticed that she was not the first to arrive.

Not far from the station, a blonde girl wearing a red hoodie and a red newsboy cap stood by the station, playing with her phone while waiting for someone.

As for why Kasumigaoka Utaha could recognize her at a glance, it was entirely because she was holding a Diary in her hand.

This was what they had agreed on: once they arrived, they would take out their diaries to identify themselves.

If they were from the group, they could simply go up and exchange the code phrase.

If someone outside the group had seen Shinomiya Kaguya's message and decided to come at the last minute, they would need to confirm whether the other person could be You Know Who in disguise.

If anyone was lurking nearby and watching them sinisterly, they would directly have the Shinomiya Family's bodyguards take them down and wait for further instructions.

Of course, Shinomiya Kaguya would not say such things directly in the group, but Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that everyone should have thought of it.

With that in mind, Kasumigaoka Utaha took out her own Diary, walked up to the blonde girl, and exchanged the code phrase.

"Do you think Voldemort deserved to die?"

The blonde girl looked up at Kasumigaoka Utaha and seemed to recognize her identity at a glance.