Chapter 462: Why Do You Think I Don't Know?

On Friday evening, everyone was preparing for the hot spring trip to Limu County scheduled to begin the next morning.

But some people were different.

For example, Chika has already arrived at the Amamiya residence at her usual time.

"Amamiya, good evening~"

The good evening brought a warm bear hug.

Amamiya Ren, watching Fujiwara who was becoming increasingly attached to him, couldn't help but sigh, then his gaze turned to Hayasaka.

So, did you two conspire together?

As if understanding the meaning in his eyes, Hayasaka Ai closed her eyes and lowered her head slightly.

This made Amamiya Ren even more certain of his guess.

These two really did conspire together.

Even if his reaction in some areas was truly a bit slow, the treatment time had been advancing continuously for five consecutive days, and during the treatment the next day, Fujiwara's spirit would be better than the day before; by now, there were almost no outbursts of psychological problems.

It would be strange if Amamiya Ren didn't feel there was a problem with such changes.

The Fujiwara in his arms had, under Amamiya Ren's caressing, turned into a cat that loved to act spoiled, nearly making a cute cooing sound.

Suddenly, the caressing turned into tapping.

"Thump!"

Directly knocking a loud sound onto Fujiwara Chika's head.

Fujiwara Chika, feeling the pain, looked up blankly at Amamiya, the one who had struck.

"It hurts, why did you hit my head?"

"What do you think?"

Amamiya Ren rolled his eyes in annoyance, but seeing Fujiwara rubbing her head, he subconsciously thought he had hit too hard; he pushed Fujiwara's hand away and used his hand infused with spiritual power to gently stroke the area, relieving her pain.

Fujiwara Chika, feeling a trace of comfort at the painful spot, leaned her head against Amamiya's chest once more.

"Look at you, you're already fine, yet you still stubbornly dragged Hayasaka over to cooperate with you."

Only then did Fujiwara Chika, enjoying Amamiya's soothing, realize she had been exposed. Yet she still smiled cheerfully.

"You found out after all."

"What do you think?"

Amamiya Ren sighed speechlessly.

"On Monday, you really had an outburst of psychological problems; on Tuesday and Wednesday, your situation has already eased a lot. At that time, I thought the judgment on your symptoms could be made a bit earlier, but who knew you would come even earlier on Thursday."

"And, did your symptoms flare up yesterday? There were almost no problems left, right? Who knew you would still come today; are you addicted?"

Facing this questioning, Fujiwara Chika nodded with a smile.

"Hmm~ Recently I've gotten a bit used to it."

"But it's all Amamiya's fault. Who made it so that the scent on Amamiya always makes people feel particularly comfortable when they smell it; the feeling of tranquility is simply better than burying oneself in bedding."

This answer left Amamiya Ren laughing and crying at the same time.

He knew the reason for this phenomenon.

The fusion degree between the River of Eternal Darkness and him was constantly rising; this excessive enhancement of compatibility also caused some special anomalies to appear on his body.

Eternal sleep, darkness, the end, the limit—these are all descriptions of the River of Eternal Darkness.

These traits appeared on him when the fusion degree with the River of Eternal Darkness rose.

Actually, these traits were not very obvious, but who could blame Fujiwara for taking the route of an observer, focusing on observation and spirit, naturally making it easier to perceive these subtle changes on him.

"I really don't know whether to say you are sensitive or what."

This sentence made Fujiwara Chika's eyes widen instantly, her beautiful eyes filled with the word curiosity.

"What what? The hidden meaning in that sentence just now?"

Amamiya Ren reached out and lightly tapped the very curious Fujiwara.

"Restrain that curiosity of yours. The thing I mentioned is far more serious than the loss of control and corruption you encountered; if you walk the path of the Sequence, do not have excessive curiosity; you must know, knowledge is a potent poison."

Knowledge is a potent poison.

Fujiwara Chika had heard Amamiya say this sentence many times; although she was still curious, she would not ask.

"I know your reason, so how did you get Hayasaka-san to join your side? You know, she hates betraying Kaguya the most. Given her situation, how did you coax her?"

Hayasaka Ai, with her head lowered, tried hard to turn her head elsewhere.

This reaction made Amamiya Ren even more curious; did Fujiwara have to do something to get Hayasaka to join her?

Only hearing Fujiwara Chika say cheerfully:

"Actually, it was a very simple thing."

"Hayasaka... actually likes you, you know."

Hearing this, Amamiya Ren was slightly stunned, then looked at Hayasaka Ai in astonishment.

"Hayasaka, did Fujiwara use this to recruit you to do bad things together?"

Hayasaka Ai, with her head lowered, nodded helplessly...

"..."

Seeing Hayasaka nod and admit it, Amamiya Ren didn't even know what to say.

Fujiwara Chika, on the contrary, looked at Amamiya, whose reaction was not particularly big, with a face full of astonishment, and even couldn't help but speak:

"Amamiya, aren't you surprised?"

"???"

This question left Amamiya Ren's head full of question marks.