Chapter 203: This woman is scum!

The next morning, the cruise ship was still on its way to Tokyo Port.

To ensure the stability and safety of the voyage, the speed at night was not particularly fast, remaining stable at a more appropriate speed.

The stability of the cruise ship, the quietness of the rooms, and the calmness of the sea surface all allowed everyone to have a pretty good night.

"..."

Kaguya Shinomiya sat up from the bed, but no one else could be seen in the room.

"Hayasaka?"

No one responded.

"Chika?"

No one responded either.

This made Kaguya Shinomiya, who had just woken up from her sleep, feel a bit strange. She tilted her head, trying hard to let her hazy brain think about the whereabouts of these two people, her body stiff for a long time, and her brain also seemed to have crashed.

Five minutes later, Kaguya Shinomiya straightened her tilted head and turned to look at the white, hazy window.

"Is it dawn?"

The brightness outside the white window stabilized Kaguya Shinomiya’s dazed spirit, and her blank look finally changed.

"It’s already the second day."

Kaguya Shinomiya still remembered what happened yesterday.

She had officially confessed to Ren, and the scene of the confession had even been watched by everyone.

Afterward, she fainted during training because of Hayasaka’s dimensional shattering, and when she woke up again, she was already in the room.

"That’s right, I already confessed to Ren."

At that time, because she was interrupted by those guys, she didn't even get to ask for the final answer.

Thinking of this, Kaguya Shinomiya fell back onto the bed.

Her body rolled back and forth on the bed quickly.

"Hayasaka... ah, she’s not here."

When encountering trouble, Kaguya Shinomiya still subconsciously thought of the omnipotent Hayasaka.

But as soon as she called out the name, she realized that the omnipotent Hayasaka didn't seem to be in the room.

She looked at the large grandfather clock in the center of the room again.

The time was 6:04, which could be said to be the very beginning of the morning; on a weekend, she should be enjoying the warm bed in the morning at this time.

Kaguya Shinomiya remembered that Hayasaka seemed to start her day’s work very early every day; she should have already gotten up.

"I remember Ren works part-time on weekends, so he gets up a little later than usual in the morning."

In order to have enough understanding of Ren, Kaguya Shinomiya also learned all of Ren’s past life patterns through the information she investigated.

The wake-up time for his weekend part-time job was an hour later than his usual school time, which meant that according to Ren’s past habits, he hadn't gotten up yet.

Thinking this, Kaguya Shinomiya was completely awake.

She was actually quite concerned about the answer to the confession; only by confirming the answer could she know if they had started dating.

Yes, at this moment, Kaguya Shinomiya wasn't even sure if she and Ren could be considered to have started dating because she hadn't received a response.

Suddenly, Kaguya Shinomiya jumped out of bed.

She walked into the bathroom barefoot to wash up, changed into a different dress than usual, tied her long hair with a ribbon, and her image was no different from her usual self.

"Hmm, ready."

Kaguya Shinomiya stood in front of the floor-length mirror to confirm her image, then took a deep breath and walked out of her room.

The distribution of everyone’s rooms on the cruise ship was very close, especially since their group was assigned to the same area.

However, as the only boy in the circle, Ren’s room was slightly separated from the girls’ area, but the distance wasn't far; it only took a few steps to reach the door of Ren’s room.

Kaguya Shinomiya took a breath and knocked on the door lightly.

She was making simple adjustments at the door.

But when the door opened, she couldn't maintain the reasonable smile she had just had when she saw the person who opened the door.

"...Hayasaka, why are you in Ren’s room?"

The person who opened the door was none other than her maid, Hayasaka Ai.

Not in her usual maid image, but in a nightgown.

"There are many reasons. Miss Kaguya, you should come in first and then we'll talk."

Seeing Hayasaka’s look of having much to say, Kaguya Shinomiya put away her inquiry for the time being and walked into the room.

In the room, Ren was sitting on a single sofa, and Chika Fujiwara was lying on the bed; the scene looked quite complicated.

However, if one were to add Hayasaka Ai, Kaguya Shinomiya didn't think anything very special had happened in the room.

It was just strange why these three people were in the same room.

Seeming to see the confusion on Miss Kaguya’s face, Hayasaka Ai closed the door, locked it, and walked over to explain.

"Miss Kaguya, a lot of things happened last night."

"First of all, Miss Fujiwara got a diary. Of course, I did too."

To show enough persuasiveness, Hayasaka Ai directly showed her diary.

"The second batch?"

Kaguya Shinomiya was stunned for a moment looking at the diary in Hayasaka’s hand, then realized something calmly, and turned to look at Chika sleeping on the bed.

"So, what happened to Chika that made Ren and you be in the same room?"

"Yes."

Kaguya Shinomiya, having received confirmation, nodded slightly; in that case, it could explain why this woman Chika was in Ren’s room.

"Miss Fujiwara took a drug from the same power system as Ren. Unfortunately, what didn't happen to Ren appeared on Miss Fujiwara."

"Because the side effects were too great, it caused Miss Fujiwara to be scared this time."

"If there is no one to accompany her, her emotions will be unstable, so she needs someone to accompany her for the time being."

Are the side effects too big?

Kaguya Shinomiya was slightly surprised, but looking at Chika’s sleep and her tightly furrowed brow, she also became a bit worried.

She usually thought this woman was quite scum, often disturbing her affairs, but she didn't want Chika to have any problems either.

"Is Chika okay?"

"She's fine."

Hayasaka Ai looked at Miss Kaguya; she didn't know if some things should be said, but Chika’s reaction later would definitely not be hidden from Miss Kaguya, so she might as well say it.

"But because Miss Fujiwara was scared, she always needs someone by her side now."

"And Miss Fujiwara is a bit picky about who she wants."

Having said that, Hayasaka Ai glanced at Ren, who was sleeping on the sofa.

In an instant, Kaguya Sigong understood, and following that, the worried expression on her face vanished in a flash.

Sure enough, this woman is still scum!

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book is out, seeking data.