Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender

"It's coming in... something warm is entering my body."

Mrs. Kaguya pressed her cheek with her right hand, her pretty face flushed.

"It feels much more intense than yesterday." Mrs. Kaguya said jokingly, "It seems that Natsuki-kun is very satisfied with Kaguya-chan's service."

If you insist on saying you're not satisfied, then you're lying with your eyes open.

If Miss Ice Sculpture were willing to save all living beings, the line of people waiting to be stepped on by Kaguya would stretch from the comprehensive building to the school gate.

"Out of ten, I only give it six points—just a passing grade." Amamiya Natsuki gave his evaluation without changing his expression.

Shinomiya Kaguya's pretty face froze, clearly unconvinced. "What's the reason?"

As a genius young lady, if you do something, you either don't do it or you do it perfectly.

Even if you're just giving someone a back massage, you must aim for a perfect score!

"You kept stepping on the same spot, and your posture never changed the entire time. I give it a bad review." Amamiya Natsuki explained calmly.

"…"

Shinomiya Kaguya silently changed her position.

"The pressure is too light. Bad review."

"…"

Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her lips and increased the strength in her feet.

"A proper service should put the customer at ease. If you're going to look so cold while doing it, I'm giving you another bad review."

"...You're asking too much."

Shinomiya Kaguya bit her lip and silently stepped harder.

"Wait, you're going to break me!" Amamiya Natsuki quickly called for a stop.

Where did all this strength come from? Even Miko wasn't this rough.

Where's that delicate and fragile young lady now?

You're too strong!

At that moment—

The door to the activity room slammed open.

A petite, slender girl with a cute appearance walked in.

"Eh—hey?!"

Seeing Amamiya Natsuki and Miss Kaguya in that situation, the short-haired girl froze in place, her pink face draining of color.

"S-Sorry!"

She bowed deeply in a panic, nearly toppling over. "I thought there was no one here... I'm so sorry for disturbing you!"

Shinomiya Kaguya quickly stepped off of Amamiya Natsuki. Even though she was known as the Ice Sculpture Lady, a blush still crept across her pretty face.

"Kashiwagi-san, why did you suddenly come in?"

"Um..." The short-haired girl hesitated and answered softly, "I'm a member of the board game club. I came to pick something up."

Amamiya Natsuki sat up and began putting his clothes on. "Kashiwagi-san, it was just a misunderstanding..."

But what kind of misunderstanding involves Kaguya-san stepping on me?

Kashiwagi Asuka covered her mouth, not believing a word of it.

When she returned to the classroom after school yesterday, she had seen Kaguya and Amamiya standing close together, face to face, and thought they might be secretly dating... But now it turns out they're not lovers, but in some kind of slave–master relationship?!

Seeing that Kashiwagi Asuka's face was getting redder and redder, clearly imagining all kinds of nonsense, Amamiya Natsuki let out a sigh.

"Let's lay it all out, then. I won't pretend anymore."

"No, don't!"

Kashiwagi Asuka shook her head frantically.

The more you know, the more dangerous it is. If you learn the secrets of Kaguya-san and Natsuki-san, you might never make it out of this room.

At that moment, Fujiwara Chika returned from her phone call.

"Chika-chan!"

Kashiwagi Asuka immediately ran to hide behind her, as if she had found her savior.

"Asuka-chan, what's wrong?" Fujiwara Chika asked, puzzled.

Shinomiya Kaguya folded her arms in front of her chest. Her face was partially hidden in the shadow of the setting sun as she said in a cold voice:

"Kashiwagi-san discovered our secret."

"Huh?"

Fujiwara Chika blinked, quickly assessed the situation, then turned around and closed the door.

"Chika-chan?"

Kashiwagi Asuka grew even more nervous.

Why did you close the door?

Could it be... there's more than one person bullying Natsuki-san?

Could Chika-chan be involved too?

Are they going to tie me up like Natsuki and subject me to the same torment?

Kashiwagi Asuka backed away step by step, eventually ending up beside Amamiya Natsuki, her small hand nervously gripping the hem of his uniform.

At this moment—

Two people shared a common fate.

"Hahaha." Fujiwara Chika suddenly laughed brightly and put her hand on her waist. "Asuka-chan, how was my acting just now?"

Kashiwagi Asuka: "…"

"Kashiwagi-san, don't be afraid." Amamiya Natsuki said gently. "I just had a backache, so I asked Kaguya-san to help with a massage... Have you heard of stepping massage?"

Kashiwagi Asuka nodded blankly.

"Stepping on someone's back is a legitimate massage technique." Amamiya Natsuki said seriously. "Please don't let your imagination run wild."

"…"

Kashiwagi Asuka left the activity room in a daze.

"It's really troublesome not having our own activity room." Shinomiya Kaguya frowned slightly.

"You could run for student council next week," Fujiwara Chika said cheerfully. "The student council room is big, has floor-to-ceiling windows, a desk, sofas, and even a tea set. Super convenient."

As she spoke, Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up. She looked at Natsuki and smiled brightly.

"Natsuki-kun, it's my turn!"

"I refuse." Amamiya Natsuki buttoned up his shirt and rejected her flatly. "That's enough for today. We've confirmed that it works. I'll ask Miko to help when I get home this afternoon."

"I didn't get a turn..." Fujiwara Chika looked disappointed.

If she stomps on me with her usual enthusiasm, I'll really break a bone.

"I'm a little sleepy." Mrs. Kaguya stretched lazily and finally relaxed, now that she knew she could safely rest. "I'll sleep for a bit."

After speaking, she turned into a wisp of smoke and quietly drifted onto Amamiya Natsuki's body.

"Let's go." Amamiya Natsuki stood up. "Back to class. I'm on cleaning duty today."

The three of them walked out of the activity room.

"Oh, right." Fujiwara Chika turned to Amamiya Natsuki. "Asuka just messaged me. She wants us to come with her because one of her friends is being haunted by an evil spirit… I haven't replied yet. What do you think?"

Amamiya Natsuki hesitated for a moment. "Where is she?"

"I asked—she's at Yokohama High School. If we take the subway, it only takes about forty minutes."

"Then let's go." Amamiya Natsuki nodded.

As a person, you should return favors.

The other party had just provided information about guardian spirits, so naturally, I can't just ignore them.

If you want to set up a players' mutual aid association, you need to show it through action.

The day passed quickly.

Before long, it was time to go home from school.

"Natsuki, shall we go?" Fujiwara Chika walked over and asked. "I've already told Asuka-chan—we're on our way."

"Let's go."

Amamiya Natsuki sent a message to Jian, then stood up.

"Kaguya-chan, we're heading out." Fujiwara Chika waved. "See you tomorrow!"

Shinomiya Kaguya slightly parted her lips, swallowed the words she wanted to say, and nodded calmly.

"See you tomorrow."

As she watched Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara walk away, the Ice Sculpture Lady bit her lower lip.

A curvy blonde girl suddenly appeared and said, "Miss, you canceled your tea ceremony class yesterday. You can't skip again today."

"I know."

Shinomiya Kaguya reluctantly withdrew her gaze from the window.

Aaaah! I want to go with you! Why do I have to attend such a boring tea ceremony class?!

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