Not long after that, the camping trip finally ca to an end.
And just as Yukinoshita Akira had suspected, Hikigaya Hachiman—this male protagonist—truly possessed an incredible talent.
In such a short amount of ti, he had already learned Wind Breathing and even begun to grasp parts of its sword techniques. It had to be said—before this, Hikigaya Hachiman had never once touched the art of swordsmanship.
anwhile, both Yukinoshita Yukino and Yukinoshita Haruno already had a foundation in kendo, so their progress could only be described as rapid.
However, at the sa ti, a subtle change was quietly taking place.
"So, Hayama Hayato—this is the guy you ant?" Yukinoshita Yukino stared at him with an openly displeased expression. "You said Miura Yumiko would confess to you during this camping trip, right? Now everything's over, we're about to go ho, and yet nothing happened at all. Care to explain?"
With the incident involving Upper Rank Three: Akaza now resolved, everyone's attention naturally shifted to Miura Yumiko. After all, the Service Club still had a request from Hayama Hayato to fulfill.
And yet, even with their "little spy," Yuigahama Yui, there had been no results at all.
Miura Yumiko showed absolutely no intention of confessing. In fact, her relationship with Hayama Hayato had shifted—from sothing slightly ambiguous to sothing far more complicated and delicate.
"I don't know either, Yukinoshita."
"I have more than enough reason to suspect you're just playing with us."
"No, I really didn't think of it like that."
"It doesn't matter. Your request was for Miura not to confess in the first place. And now it looks like she truly has no intention of doing so, so let's just consider this request completed."
"…Alright. Even so, thank you for helping."
"Hmph—"
Yukinoshita Yukino let out a cold snort, then turned around and walked away.
The camping trip was practically over. Before long, they would all be heading back ho.
On the other side, Yukinoshita Akira sat by the edge of the pool. Beside him, a small figure clung to one of his arms, squinting her eyes as she leaned against him—like an adorable little kitten seeking warmth.
"Oh, right. Rumi, this is my phone number and email, and Yukino-nee's too. If you ever need anything, you can send us a ssage."
"I understand."
Tsurumi Rumi nodded and carefully tucked the small piece of paper away.
These past two days had been the happiest ti of her life.
The onii-chan who had saved both her and her mother had truly appeared. And on top of that, he was handso—and strong.
In little Rumi's heart, he was nothing less than an upgraded version of a prince riding a white horse.
Deep inside, she had already made up her mind.
When she grew up, she would definitely marry that onii-chan.
Of course, Yukinoshita Akira had no idea that this tiny girl had already begun planning a future with him.
"Tap—tap—"
The sound of footsteps suddenly caught Akira's attention.
"You're back already? How did it go?"
"No idea. That Miura Yumiko… for so reason, she doesn't seem to have those kinds of feelings for Hayama Hayato anymore."
"Huh. Did she fall for soone else?"
"Who knows~"
Even Yukinoshita Yukino looked completely helpless. As for Yukinoshita Akira, he hadn't cared much from the start, and he still didn't now.
Instead, little Tsurumi Rumi glanced at Yukinoshita Yukino, then at herself.
More "information" was added inside her heart—she and Yukino-nee looked so alike. When she grew up, onii-chan would definitely like her too.
"Oh yeah, Nee-san called earlier. She said Mother wants to et us~"
"Eh—"
At that very mont, Yukinoshita Akira's expression froze.
Mrs. Yukinoshita wanted to et him?
He had been in this world for several months now, but the Mrs. Yukinoshita who existed in his mories—he had never once t her in person.
Yet in those mories, Mrs. Yukinoshita had always treated him exceptionally well. So well, in fact, that it bordered on outright spoiling.
If Yukinoshita Haruno was the eldest daughter who had been raised strictly, and Yukinoshita Yukino was the second daughter who was often neglected…
Then Yukinoshita Akira was undoubtedly the youngest child who had been pampered to an excessive degree.
Even in his mories, "Yukinoshita Akira" had rejected her kindness ti and ti again, yet she had never once shown anger because of it.
That level of affection and special treatnt was truly unmatched within the Yukinoshita household.
Even Yukinoshita Yukino's father—Mrs. Yukinoshita's husband—had never received such treatnt.
Haruno and Yukino's father had originally co from an ordinary, not-wealthy family. His surna hadn't been Yukinoshita at all—he only took that na after marrying into the Yukinoshita family.
When he was young, he had been rebellious and cynical toward the world. He skipped school often, smoked a pack a day, and regularly wandered in and out of mahjong parlors and various social hangouts.
No one knew how he had t and fallen in love with Miss Yukinoshita—a young lady from a prestigious family—but it seed they had started dating at a very early age.
Back in their teenage years, Miss Yukinoshita had apparently kept a very tight leash on him. She would often march straight into the mahjong parlors, scold him in front of everyone, and drag him away.
In the end, under his lover's strict supervision, he managed to graduate from high school and university, and leave behind most of his bad habits.
Because marrying Mrs. Yukinoshita ant marrying into her family, he accepted it—and changed his surna to Yukinoshita.
Not long after he joined the family, his father-in-law stepped down, handing over all external affairs of the family to him. In na, this unfortunate young man beca the head of the Yukinoshita family, managing both the family business and a seat on the prefectural council.
But inside the house, his status was painfully low.
All of the family's assets were controlled and managed by his wife, and he obediently followed every single order she gave.
If soone really had to rank the household, the order would definitely be:
Mrs. Yukinoshita.
Yukinoshita Akira.
Yukinoshita Haruno.
Yukinoshita Yukino.
And only then—the so-called head of the Yukinoshita family himself.
And it was precisely because of this that the head of the Yukinoshita family felt deeply jealous of Yukinoshita Akira—the man who had stolen both his wife's attention and affection.
"Why does she suddenly want to et us?"
"Probably because of the marriage issue between you and Nee-san."
As soon as those words left his mouth, Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lip, a trace of unwillingness showing on her face.
Beside them, Tsurumi Rumi was completely stunned.
What did that an?
Onii-chan had a marriage arrangent? And not with Yukino-nee, but with her older sister, Haruno-nee?
"Ah, if there's really no other way, then let's just lay everything out in the open."
"Lay everything out? What exactly are you planning to lay out?"
"I'll tell Mother directly that I'm bringing both of you ho as my wives. That way, all the problems will be solved."
"Are you daydreaming in broad daylight? Who said I wanted to marry you?"
Yukinoshita Yukino's face flushed red, and for a mont, she looked genuinely flustered. This was the first ti she had ever experienced sothing like this.
"We don't have much ti left~"
"Hm? What do you an by that?"
"In this place, Upper Rank Three, Upper Rank Four, and Lower Rank Five have all died one after another. That person won't be able to sit still anymore. If nothing stops it, a plan targeting has probably already started moving."
"Th—this…"
Yukinoshita Yukino panicked slightly.
If the Demon King truly set his sights on him, then this situation was far too dangerous.
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