Chapter 337

"You make it sound like I never had a youth before."

Shiki Ryougi retorted at the butler Qiu Long's overly moved expression.

"Miss, in the past, you would never participate in a collective activity like a school sports festival."

The butler Qiu Long replied.

Since childhood, Shiki Ryougi had never fit in, because she was an abnormal existence, and she herself knew of her own abnormality.

Therefore, she hated her abnormal self, and also hated human society which could not let her abnormal self blend in.

Under such circumstances, there was no way she could participate in any collective activity.

However, the butler Qiu Long was unaware of this; he was simply genuinely moved by the change in the girl he had cared for since childhood.

"This is only because I was forced into it."

Even as she said this with her mouth, when Shiki Ryougi looked in the direction of the boy waving at her from over there, her gaze softened.

The wall isolating her from the outside world, built by cognition, had in the past month or so been broken through bit by bit by the boy who intruded into her life.

Because of the boy, she now counted as someone with friends; although it sometimes made her feel embarrassed and annoyed, this feeling of blending into normal social life made her a little intoxicated.

"Broli-sama, Teacher Fujimura, and these young ladies, thank you very much for looking after my Miss!"

The butler Qiu Long walked over here and offered solemn thanks.

Before this, he had still wondered whether to warn this group before him — people who would invite his Miss out to eat, drink, and play during the holidays — to stay away from his Miss.

The reason was that he didn't want others to once again treat his unsociable Miss as a freak, but fortunately he didn't do it.

This group of people before him, up to now, all got along very well with his Miss, and had even made his Miss become more cheerful.

"Shiki agreed to become my wife, so me cheering her on is only natural."

In response to the butler Qiu Long's thanks, Broly replied seriously.

Butler Qiu Long: "..."

He had heard Broly's statement before, but hearing it again at this moment, he still felt it was a bit strange.

If an ordinary young man said such words, this butler of his would certainly not mind making the other party recognize the gap between their own identity and his Miss's.

But the one before him was still a child, and his Miss hadn't denied the other party's words; perhaps his Miss really did like younger boys, was a genuine shotacon...

And this kind of thing, he didn't dare ask Shiki Ryougi herself.

Thinking it over, this middle-aged butler decided that after returning home in the evening, he would go report to the Ryougi Old Master.

"From now on we're all family; you, this butler who looks after Shiki's life, don't need to be so polite."

Fujimura Taiga patted the middle-aged butler's shoulder; looking at him, she always had a sense of deja vu seeing the Fujimura Group little brothers who used to follow behind her butt, responsible for taking care of her, and her attitude toward him was very good.

The butler Qiu Long, patted like that, didn't know what to say; this intern female teacher occasionally gave him the feeling of a big sister who had mixed in the underworld.

As for the others, the girl named Rin Tohsaka was a very noble rich young lady; whenever the Miss was invited out to eat, drink, and play, it was always the other party who paid the bill.

Sakura Matou and Karen were two obedient, sensible little-sister-type characters; the foreign girl named Karen beside them had a bit of a sharp-tongued attribute; he also didn't know how this group of people got mixed together and managed to become friends with his Miss.

But no matter what, the fact that his Miss had friends by her side still made Qiu Long feel very happy.

He just stood at the side, listening to Shiki Ryougi say things like "Hey, can you guys not cheer for me."

"That's naturally impossible; if we don't cheer for you, wouldn't we have come for nothing?"

Rin Tohsaka directly denied her words.

"That's right, Sister Shiki; cheering is a means for us non-participants to realize our spirit and be together with you, the participant."

Little Sakura's words made Karen very much in agreement.

"Just now, Sister Shiki, your posture when you overtook your opponent was really too cool; when you crossed the finish line, I even jumped up and shouted 'Go (Charge ah)' for you."

The magic doll girl's face was flushed red; she had indeed been very excited just now.

"Our minds as one, you will be unstoppable!"

Broly also refused the kimono girl, speaking out the line that surfaced in his consciousness.

"Being able to get first place is clearly my own ability."

Regarding this, Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) was a little dissatisfied; just now when it wasn't yet her turn to run, it was Broly who waved the cheering flag in his hand the most energetically.

She had seen it on the field; at that time, the other people here watching the sports festival were all looking at the boy with strange gazes.

"Give it up, Sister Shiki; this oil, they've definitely decided to pour it on you."

The white-haired little nun walked over, comforted her with a sentence, trying to make her recognize the helplessness of reality.

"Karen, you want to play innocent now, isn't it a bit too late? Do you think I didn't hear you just now, shouting 'the kimono-wearing girl clutching her forehead in the third track' over here?"

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) pinched the white-haired little nun's cheeks; just now when the others still didn't know who exactly Broly and them were cheering so hard for, it was this scheming little brat who guided them in that direction, making her feeling of wanting to crawl into a hole go up another level.

"It's swelling, it's swelling, my face is going to be pinched swollen by you!"

Kneading Karen's cheeks roughly, Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) finally let go.

"Next up is the scavenger hunt two-legged race; please participating players go draw the clues for the teammates you need to find..."

The school PA system advanced the progress of the school sports festival; over there, Kanata was registering the scavenger hunt clues drawn by the participating players.

"The clue you drew is 【Red】; within the next ten minutes deadline, you need to find a teammate with the 【Red】 characteristic in the school grounds, and participate in the upcoming two-legged race with you..."

The first phase of the scavenger hunt two-legged race is to find a teammate matching the characteristic of the drawn clue; and for participating players who have prepared, this is actually not too difficult.

For example, the girl who drew the 【Red】 clue had a friend beside her wearing a red hat; then, while others were still searching for teammates, they started doing two-legged race coordination training.

"My clue is 【Small】."

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) held the clue card between two fingers and handed it to Kanata who was doing the registration.

"Alright, Liang Yi Tong Xue, you need to find a teammate with the 【Small】 characteristic before the deadline."

Kanata did the registration; noticing the companion girls leaning close to Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality), he couldn't help but remind the kimono girl.

"Liang Yi Tong Xue, people with 【Small】 in their names can also serve as teammates."

Hearing this, Komori Nana looked somewhat expectant, gazing at the kimono-clad girl.

"I've already chosen someone."

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) ignored Komori Nana leaning in close, and walked straight toward her friend group cheering her on.

"Broly, are you sure you still want to cheer for me later?"

"Our minds are as one……"

"Fine, I'll let our minds be as one, come here then!"

Seeing the boy was obstinate, Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) directly took action, grabbing Broly and running over to the registration point on this side.

"Kanata, he's my teammate."

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) pointed at Broly and said.

"Eh?"

Kanata widened his eyes.

"What, I chose him as my teammate, is there a problem?"

"Uh, no problem, Broly is a child, a child's small is also small."

Kanata hurriedly shook his head.

"It's just, the stride difference between you two is a bit large, legs tied together won't be easy to run, right?"

Kanata gave a reminder.

For the three-legged race, it's best if two people with similar strides pair up.

"Broly, how to put it, can you still sync minds with me?"

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) wanted him to know when to retreat, not to wave flags cheering for her like before.

"That's not a problem, I'll match your pace."

After understanding how the three-legged race worked, Broly thought Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) was worried she couldn't keep up with him, yet he comforted the kimono-clad girl with a sentence.

Broly's running speed was far faster than hers, he felt he had no problem downward-compatible accommodating Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality)'s stepping speed.

"Those are your words, if we fall, don't blame me."

The track-and-field girl who had expected to team up with Shiki Ryougi watched the girl and boy's feet bound together by a single red strap, like a defeated dog.

"Then, Broly, let's do our best together, win first place."

The kimono-clad girl's voice changed, her attitude toward Broly shifting from the male Shiki's style to a female style.

"When I call 1, I step left you step right, when I call 2, I step right you step left."

Ryougi Shiki held the boy's hand, looking worried he might fall, and had him adapt in advance to the three-legged race's stepping rhythm.

But facts proved she didn't need to call slogans at all, Broly could very easily keep up with her movements, even large-stride sprinting forward was no problem.

The three-legged scavenger hunt race began, Broly and Ryougi Shiki took the lead, arriving first at the first node.

"Classmate Liang Yi Tong Xue leads her partner, the child Broly, arriving first at the first clue extraction node.

The first scavenger clue they drew was 【Green】, they ran toward the grass lawn direction, this is a smart decision.

The child Broly pulled a green blade of grass on the lawn, and together with Classmate Liang Yi Tong Xue in tacit stepping, proceeded to the second clue extraction point……"

The scavenger three-legged race doesn't require running far, just circling the playground once, but finding the clue-related items is more troublesome, and may even cause disputes with teammates due to disagreements.

However, Broly and Ryougi Shiki were quite harmonious; after pulling a blade of grass, borrowing and wearing a hat, requesting a yellow headband to tie on their heads, and grabbing a baseball bat, the two smoothly reached the finish line in first place.

"Our minds are as one……"

After reaching the finish, Broly said this again.

"We are unstoppable!"

But his words weren't finished, before the female personality Shiki took over.

"Tch～"

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality)'s personality came back online at this moment, clicking her tongue in displeasure.

……

In the morning, Guan Shang Academy's school sports festival belongs to the upper-grade students.

In the afternoon, it's the middle school division students' turn to take the field.

Although there are no more Ryougi Shiki's matches, Broly and the others still stayed.

This kind of school sports festival is still quite interesting.

And when the middle school division matches had progressed to one-third, Kokutou Azaka came over.

This black-long-straight girl the same age as Sakura, came to find her older brother.

Upon meeting she hugged him, her brother-complex trait on full display.

However, Kanata still needs to help the middle school division underclassmen maintain sports festival order.

So he brought his younger sister over to this side.

"Azaka, didn't your brother say you're also participating in the sports festival, how do you have time to come over?"

Rin Tohsaka asked curiously, she had a pretty good impression of this girl who looked a bit like her childhood self.

"Our school's sports festival, the middle school division matches are in the morning, I finished competing and rushed over here."

Kokutou Azaka explained.

"Your brother isn't competing, even if he did it's already over, you came here purely to watch the matches here?"

"No, I'm not interested in watching other people exercise, but don't you think my big brother looks handsome when he's working seriously?"

Girls on the picnic blanket: "……"

"This guy, severe brother-complex without a doubt, the incurable kind."

Watching Kokutou Azaka take out a telescope and gaze at her busy brother Kanata, Doctor Tohsaka gave a definitive diagnosis.

"I feel like you lot don't have the qualifications to say that, either?"

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality) pointed at the Sakura beside her who was feeding Broly snacks, smiling as she watched Broly eat seriously, and started complaining.

One likes watching her brother work seriously, one likes watching Broly eat seriously.

Hmm, half a catty, eight taels, alright.

One can only say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; as long as there's a filter, even if the object is a night soil collector, they're probably a handsome night soil collector.

"You really can eat, huh? Every time we meet, you're eating."

After Kanata left her field of vision, Kokutou Azaka put down the telescope, turned her head, and said to the boy still eating.

"Want some?"

Broly held out the potato chips in his hand toward Kokutou Azaka.

"Won't be that if I eat it, you'll demand I become your wife, right?"

Kokutou Azaka was somewhat vigilant.

"No, this is treating you."

Although Kokutou Azaka was a Capture Target prompted by the Crystal Palace, since the other party had already clearly indicated Refusal, Broly didn't force the matter.

Treating her to food now was just his habit of sharing food with people around him.

"Is that so? Happens I'm a bit hungry too."

Kokutou Azaka didn't stand on ceremony, took the potato chips, and started eating.

She was actually quite interested in this boy before her who could eat so much.

Kokutou Azaka had liked abnormal things since childhood, and among those abnormal things were abnormal people.

In her eyes, Broly was a somewhat abnormal boy.

"Right, Broly, can I ask you a question?"

"What question?"

"Do you possess some kind of special capability?"

"What is a special capability?"

"Like the capability to make females around you spontaneously develop favorable impressions of you, for example."

Kokutou Azaka's question made Broly tilt his head.

He looked at the Sakura beside him and asked: "Sakura, do I have that kind of capability?"

"Of course you do."

Sakura answered seriously.

"Mhm."

Karen nodded.

"Don't make me answer that kind of question."

Rin Tohsaka turned her face away.

"Staying on your side, I don't have to take care of a cripple, my favorable impression of you goes up, that's only natural."

Karen's poison tongue was as ever.

"Getting along with you is indeed quite comfortable."

Shiki Ryougi (Weaving Personality)'s answer was direct.

"Then I guess I do have it."

Only then did Broly look back at Kokutou Azaka and answer.

"That's the thing, don't you think love is selfish? That love must be enjoyed by one person alone? Yet you all can tolerate becoming his objects together.

Is it that you don't hold love for him, or that he used some unknown means — like the legendary Succubus's capability — to bewitch you all?"

Kokutou Azaka said this with exaggerated surprise, in an Aria tone.

If not for Rin Tohsaka being certain this girl didn't know Mo Jia Jie matters, she'd suspect she was a child from a Magus Family.

"Then have you been bewitched?"

Rin Tohsaka asked.

"No, my heart forever belongs to my brother."

Kokutou Azaka said with absolute certainty.

"Then that settles it. Broly didn't bewitch us; it's just that for some reasons, we're willing to become his objects."

Rin Tohsaka answered.

"What reasons?"

Kokutou Azaka was very interested in this.

"You're not preparing to become his wife, so why ask so much?"

"Can't I just ask?"

"No soliciting unless sincere."

Rin Tohsaka has favorable impressions of Kokutou Azaka, but this favorability is insufficient to let her share the boy's Crystal Palace matters with this girl.

"Unless Azaka you change your mind, willing to become Broly's wife."

Sakura added from the side.

The more new wives, the more Happiness Points can be obtained later.

And the longer Broly can stay in This World, the longer.

"Then forget it."

Hearing this, Kokutou Azaka hurriedly withdrew her curiosity.