"Right? She's so cute! But Miki said it was cosplay!" Erika Chiba complained.
"Cosplay..." Yunyi repeated.
"What! You think so too?" Erika Chiba glanced at Yunyi.
"No, not really. I was just thinking about when to let Mayumi wear it and see." Yunyi said her thoughts very decisively.
"Eh!?" Upon hearing this, Mayumi Saegusa immediately showed a surprised expression and asked, " Yunyi-kun, you like this?"
"Maybe it'll suit you perfectly?" Yunyi teased.
"Hmm..." Mayumi Saegusa fell silent. Should she go along with this hobby?
"Acha, you actually want the young lady of the Saegusa Family to dress up as a maid? Yunyi, I really admire your imagination!" Erika Chiba complained, covering her forehead.
She was certain that if Yunyi's idea were to be exposed, it would definitely cause a huge stir.
"Go away, you don't know anything!" Yunyi rolled his eyes at Erika Chiba.
"Hammer?" Shizuku Kitayama, who had just walked over, looked puzzled again. She always heard some strange descriptions from Yunyi.
"Don't worry about it, Kitayama -kun, it's nothing serious." Yunyi quickly gave Shizuku Kitayama a perfunctory look. The way Shizuku Kitayama looked like she had learned something from the last time they talked about putting sacks on each other still struck Yunyi as very strange.
"Speaking of which, as soon as you arrived, everyone's eyes started to focus on this side." Honoka Mitsui looked around, feeling a little uncomfortable with the gazes directed at them.
"After Mayumi and her team have already won two consecutive championships, and they are expected to win three consecutive championships this year. Isn't it normal for them to receive attention?" Yunyi didn't seem to care much about it.
"Yes, indeed. The fact that President Saegusa, Chief Jumonji, and Chairwoman Watanabe were able to enroll in the same grade at the same school is a cheating trait for other schools." Tatsuya Shiba rarely commented on the topic of the three-peat.
Yunyi glanced at Tatsuya Shiba. He really wanted to say that having the two of them in the First High School school this year was truly an exceptional foul. But before he could act on it, Mayumi Saegusa leaned close to him and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, " Yunyi-kun, compared to us, aren't you even more of a foul?"
Yunyi blinked blankly, inwardly thinking, "This girl, why is she stealing my lines?"
The casual conversation hadn't ended when the lights in the meeting room suddenly went out. This unexpected turn of events caused a minor commotion. However, being a military facility, the disturbance quickly subsided.
The moment the lights went out, Yunyi's lips curled into a smile.
"Is that Old Man Kudou trying to make his presence known again?"
Knowing the plot well, he didn't have a good impression of this scheming old man. He had spent almost the entire latter half of his life trying to balance the relationships between the Ten Master Clans, and what Yunyi wanted to do was to break that balance. So, he decided to give this old man a little embarrassment.
He silently unleashed his Domain Magic, just enough to envelop the nearby podium. As he finished, a beam of light shone directly onto the podium, revealing the young woman standing there.
Just as Retsu Kudou, hiding in the shadows, was about to cast his Mental Interference Magic, Yunyi severed the connection between Psions and him, causing his magic to fail before it even began.
This sudden turn of events caught even the renowned master, Retsu Kudou, off guard, leaving him completely stunned. Without the cover of magic, he was quickly spotted by the students below.
" Yunyi-kun, what's wrong?" Mayumi Saegusa turned to look at Yunyi, who was standing beside her.
Others might still be wondering what was going on, but Mayumi Saegusa, who had witnessed Yunyi's methods, immediately realized that it was her boyfriend causing trouble.
"That old man is really wicked!" Yunyi muttered under his breath.
Mayumi Saegusa blinked in confusion. " Grand Master Kudou, you're really bad?"
Seeing Mayumi Saegusa's expression, Yunyi really wanted to say, "Your father is just as wicked." But he was afraid that Mayumi Saegusa's reaction would be too strong and attract attention, so he swallowed his words back.
Although Retsu Kudou on stage didn't understand what was going on, he still whispered a few words to the woman standing in the spotlight.
Upon hearing his command, the woman slowly walked away, exposing Retsu Kudou's figure to everyone's view.
"I'm sorry to have made everyone play this little game with me. Unfortunately, I'm too old and didn't get a satisfactory result. I even ruined the atmosphere of the meeting."
Retsu Kudou had seen countless grand occasions in his life, so the current situation was nothing to him. He was an old man, and even if he were to lose face, no one would dare to point fingers at him.
With his few words, everyone's attention shifted from what had happened earlier. However, without the little game, Retsu Kudou had to improvise a story on the spot. But this was nothing to him; he was a master, after all, and any of his random creations would be enough for these high school students to learn from.
Yunyi didn't hear a single word of Retsu Kudou's speech. His attention was entirely focused on his hands, or rather, on kneading Mayumi Saegusa's hands.
His subtle actions went largely unnoticed by others, but Mayumi Saegusa, whose hand he was holding, was seething with resentment.
"You rascal, why are you going to keep kneading me like this! My hands aren't made of dough," Mayumi Saegusa complained inwardly.
After Retsu Kudou's speech, the exchange meeting entered free time. Yunyi, who had no interest in such occasions, was about to slip away when Mayumi Saegusa seemed even more eager than him and pulled him away from the venue.
The two went straight to Yunyi's room. As soon as the door opened, Yunyi was pushed inside by Mayumi Saegusa. Then they closed and locked the door in one smooth motion, without the slightest hesitation.
" Yunyi-kun, is my hand... nice to squeeze?!" Mayumi Saegusa gritted teeth.
Yunyi seemed oblivious to her embarrassment and, after a moment of careful consideration, commented, "Soft and very smooth, the feel..."
Before he could finish speaking, Mayumi Saegusa, enraged and embarrassed, pushed him onto the bed and pounced on him.
"I told you not to be naughty, I told you not to flirt with me, I told you not to comment..."
A barrage of complaints accompanied by a series of small, falling punches pounded on Yunyi's eardrums and chest. However, Mayumi Saegusa wasn't actually using force; the punches on Yunyi's body hardly even qualify as a massage.
After playing for a while, Mayumi Saegusa, tired from playing, slumped down next to Yunyi. She looked at Yunyi's profile, opened her little mouth, and bit him.