As they returned to the hotel, everyone walked down its corridor.
Touka sensed something strange and fell silent. "..."
Luo Mio's group sensed it as well.
Stella whispered uneasily, "What's going on with these inexplicable stares...?"
That was right. The moment Luo Mio and the other four entered the hotel, they felt countless restless, inexplicable gazes upon them.
Ikki and Touka, the most perceptive among the five, immediately noticed that most of those gazes were directed at Luo Mio.
That left them somewhat puzzled.
As the one receiving the most attention, Luo Mio vaguely understood why so many eyes were focused on him.
Could it be... what happened at noon today...?
Under the gazes of the surrounding students, the group arrived at the entrance to the cafeteria.
Then Stella made a suggestion.
"Kanata-senpai, you just finished your match. How about we go bathe together, then have dinner afterward?"
After hearing Stella's suggestion, Kidewara Kanata and Touka both agreed, and the three girls headed toward the women's bathhouse.
"Then the two of us..." Ikki and Luo Mio exchanged a glance.
Still feeling the stares directed at him, Luo Mio said, "How about we go in first and find a corner to sit in?"
Ikki agreed with Luo Mio's suggestion, and the two entered the cafeteria.
Touka, Stella, and Kidewara Kanata arrived at the women's bathhouse changing area.
The three girls removed their clothes, revealing fair, soft bodies that dazzled the eye and stirred longing—sexy, voluptuous figures.
Among them, Stella and Kidewara Kanata were the most generously endowed, making one unable to resist the urge to conquer those peaks.
Though Touka did not quite compare to them, she was only slightly behind.
The three girls wrapped towels around themselves to cover their bodies.
Above the towels, their figures were accentuated even more perfectly, fair, tempting curves outlined like an abyss that stirred curiosity to explore further, along with delicate white shoulders and beautiful collarbones.
Below the towels, their perfect figures were emphasized as the fabric wrapped around their seductive hips, while farther down, their straight, rounded, smooth, and silky legs were exposed to the air.
(You can refer to the illustration in Volume 16 of Chivalry of a Failed Knight here. A gentleman's smile.)
The three girls then entered the women's bathhouse.
Some female students were already washing inside.
"Phew... How long has it been since I last came to the bathhouse with you, Kanata?" Touka murmured softly as she washed herself.
"I think the last time was when we were children." Kidewara Kanata smiled beneath the hot water.
"Was it...? Time really does pass quickly."
"Heh... Touka-senpai and Kanata-senpai knew each other when you were little?" Stella asked in surprise.
Touka smiled.
"Yes. Miohua and I both grew up in an orphanage run by Kanata's family."
As the three girls talked.
A familiar voice suddenly came from behind the adjacent wall.
"Um, um! Asagi Momiji-senpai!" a lively, gossip-hungry girl said.
Stella froze when she heard it.
That voice... wasn't it Gagami?
How did she get in here...?
Then Asagi Momiji's voice sounded.
Touka was stunned as well.
Momiji?...
"You are...?"
"Ah, I'm Kusakabe Kagami from Hagun Academy's newspaper club, and I'm a friend of Toudo Miohua."
"...Little Mio's friend...? Is something wrong...?"
Then, in an excitedly gossiping tone, Gagami asked Asagi Momiji.
"May I ask what kind of relationship Asagi Momiji-senpai has with Miohua?"
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At Gagami's question, Asagi Momiji was instantly left speechless.
The three girls behind the wall were stunned too.
Little Mio... Momiji...
Little Mio... relationship?
Miohua and Asagi Momiji-senpai...?
Countless question marks instantly filled the three girls' minds, but they remained silent and kept listening.
In a somewhat shy voice, Asagi Momiji said, "Little Mio and I are just ordinary childhood friends..."
"Really?"
"...Really."
"Then how do you explain what happened at noon today... blah blah blah...?"
"Ugh..."
With a crack.
A bolt of lightning seemed to flash through the depths of Touka's heart.
Little... Mio... how... could he...
Then Gagami and Asagi Momiji chatted for a while longer.
"Then I'll tell you..., but you can't tell anyone else, okay..." Asagi Momiji said shyly.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"
Next door, the three girls pricked up their ears and listened carefully to their conversation.
"Actually..."
Then Asagi Momiji recounted everything that had happened when she met Luo Mio in front of the cafeteria at noon, from beginning to end.
"That's what happened..."
Next door, Gagami pushed up nonexistent glasses and murmured blankly.
"I never expected Miohua to be such a seasoned player. He even reached out to his own sister and his sister's classmate..."
And next door...
The three girls all fell silent...
A rosy blush had already spread across Kidewara Kanata's dignified, elegant cheeks. Her azure eyes grew moist with shyness, and one slender hand rested on her ample chest.
I never thought... Little Mio would... like...
Stella lowered her head to look at her own figure, her crimson face revealing her embarrassment.
Do boys... all like breasts...?
Ikki...
A crimson flush spread across Touka's exquisite face. She lightly bit her pale red lips, while her chestnut-gold eyes revealed complicated, ambiguous emotions. Her right hand slowly stroked her left breast.
Little Mio...
Far away in the cafeteria, Luo Mio suddenly felt a chill run down his back.
Th-This feeling... what was it...?
Chapter 46: Two Girls
What was with this feeling...? It was so chilly...
Luo Mio suddenly shuddered, then looked left and right around him.
"Miohua?" Seeing Luo Mio's strange movements, Ikki asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Ah, it's nothing..."
"Is that so...?"
Then Ikki followed Luo Mio's gaze and looked around.
"By the way, why are there still so many stares now that we're in the cafeteria?"
Hearing that, Luo Mio coughed.
"Probably... because of me..."
"Huh?"
Luo Mio then explained everything that had happened at noon to Ikki.
"So that's what happened..." Ikki said awkwardly. "And you actually said, right in front of Momiji, that Touka and Kanata-senpai's breasts... private parts..."
Luo Mio scratched his head helplessly and said speechlessly, "I blurted it out without thinking at the time. I never expected it to spread so quickly."
For a moment, Ikki did not know what to say.
"Ah, it's Stella and the others." As Ikki looked toward the cafeteria entrance, Stella and the other two girls walked in.
Ikki waved his arm and called the three girls over.
The three had already finished bathing and changed back into the clothes they had been wearing before. Their beautiful hair was slightly damp, and warmth seemed to radiate from their bodies.
"Big Sis, Kanata, what do you want to eat?" Luo Mio asked as he looked at Touka and Kidewara Kanata, who had already taken their seats.
"..."
"..."
"Hm?" Luo Mio looked at the two girls in confusion.
"Um... Big Sis?"
"...What?" After being silent for a moment, Touka answered in a very soft voice.
"What's going on with you two...?"
Faced with Luo Mio's question, Touka merely shook her head.
"...Nothing."
"...?" Luo Mio felt deeply puzzled and turned to look at Kidewara Kanata.
"Kanata...?"
"...! I'm here!"
The moment Kidewara Kanata heard Luo Mio call her name, her thoughts, still lingering on the conversation in the bathhouse, were instantly pulled back.
Luo Mio was startled too, because he had rarely seen the normally composed and elegant Kidewara Kanata so flustered.
Then Luo Mio looked at Kidewara Kanata in surprise and said, "...Kanata... your face..."
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