Chapter 169

"Before leaving Shuuchin Academy, I had already politely refused him many times."

Kaguya Sigong does not record such numbers, but she knows the count of polite refusals has reached dozens.

It just pains her that the president never noticed the 240.

Her signals were clear enough, yet the person involved failed to perceive them at all—it's baffling.

The president is simply terrible at reading such cues.

Or perhaps the president never regarded her polite actions as rejection in the first place.

"The president never noticed once?"

Kaguya Sigong gave a slight nod.

Chihiro Fujihara didn't know what to say about it.

Kaguya had been so polite, yet the president still didn't notice a single thing—it's truly headache-inducing.

"The president's reactions are genuinely headache-inducing."

"I politely refused hoping the president would give up, but I never imagined he wouldn't notice at all."

Chihiro Fujihara could roughly understand Kaguya's predicament.

She herself had been politely refusing, yet the one being refused had no clue about her thoughts.

It's no wonder Kaguya is headaches over this.

If she were in this situation, it would also give her a massive headache.

But if it were her, she wouldn't be as polite as Kaguya—she'd be more direct.

Kaguya Sigong shook her head slightly.

"Let's leave the president's matter here."

"As Amamiya-kun said, the president won't come after you, and there won't be similar troubles in the future."

"As for the diary matter, Fujihara, you should be careful too."

"Don't keep bothering Amamiya-kun."

"Some matters are still under testing."

Chihiro Fujihara pouted.

Still, she knew it was best not to contradict Kaguya now, or else she'd be held accountable for what she'd just said.

"Oh, by the way."

Chihiro Fujihara suddenly remembered what she'd prepared today and pulled out a specially made chocolate from her pocket.

"Kaguya, this chocolate is for you."

"..."

Looking down at the chocolate offered to her, Kaguya Sigong fell into thought.

She knew today was Valentine's Day.

But isn't Valentine's Day when girls give chocolates to boys?

Then what does Chihiro's chocolate mean?

"... Thank you."

Though it felt odd, Kaguya Sigong still didn't reject Chihiro's gesture.

She slightly composed herself.

"Sakasaka."

Behind her, Sakasaka Ai promptly produced a finely wrapped small box.

Kaguya Sigong handed the elegant little box to Ren Amamiya, who was watching the scene from the side.

"Amamiya-kun, this is a thank-you chocolate."

"For me?"

Ren Amamiya, who had been just watching, hadn't expected anything for himself.

Kaguya Sigong gave a slight nod.

"Yes, though it's only a thank-you chocolate, I still think it's necessary to give it."

"Thank you."

Ren Amamiya wasn't that fussy.

If it was called a thank-you chocolate, then it meant gratitude.

Kaguya's many Xie Li were likely due to the earlier tests.

He hadn't really cared about any of it.

He was just a lazy fish—before his reincarnation, he'd been an ordinary person, with no rigid customs, and he wasn't a delicate type.

Still, he wouldn't refuse someone's apology.

"By the way."

Ren Amamiya pulled out the invitation voucher he carried.

"This is an invitation voucher given to me by a neighbor I happened to help out the day before yesterday."

"The destination is Tsukikage Island."

"She originally planned to vacation there, but due to what happened the day before yesterday, she's now confined to her home to rest."

"It's a two-day, one-night trip, perfectly timed for the weekend."

"I'm planning to go—what about you?"

Kaguya Sigong glanced at the invitation voucher.

She considered her recent peaceful life, then looked at the voucher—perhaps Tsukikage Island might bring something interesting.

She knew Ren was preparing to see more interesting stories.

So, will some stories happen on Tsukishima Island?

"Amamiya-kun, do you know?"

Kaguya Sigong gently tapped the invitation ticket on the table.

Ren Amamiya paused briefly, but still shook his head.

"I forgot."

"For me, sixteen years is still a bit too long; I've already forgotten ninety percent of the stories about the future."

"But I still have a strange feeling that this time I should run into something."

"A feeling?"

Kaguya Sigong only felt it was very unreliable.

But her thoughts suddenly paused for a moment—could this feeling be related in some way to the power Ren had obtained?

After she came back to her senses, she was suddenly enlightened.

"In that case, let's treat this as our club's first outdoor activity."

"Then I'll prepare the boat tickets to that small island."

Ren Amamiya did not object.

"I'll trouble you with this then, Sigong-san."

"Please leave it to me."

Kaguya Sigong gladly took on this preparation work.

Fujiwara Chika was a bit dumbfounded; she hadn't expected the decision to spend the weekend vacationing on a small island to be made so easily.

"Eh? So it's already decided we're going?"

"Hmm~ Amamiya, is your feeling really that accurate?"

Ren Amamiya smiled without speaking, and instead took out a gold coin.

"This weekend's trip will run into a murder case."

The coin flipped up, landing steadily in Ren Amamiya's palm, showing heads.

This action was repeated five times, and all five times showed heads.

The answer was very stable.

"My feeling is quite accurate, and then, this is my divination for this result."

"The result of multiple tries is all 'yes'."

Fujiwara Chika's eyes went wide—five heads in a row, that probability is a bit too low.

Not only Fujiwara Chika, but even Kaguya Sigong and Hayasaka Ai were the same.