In Hikari's view, Rurikawa Tsubaki's physical condition was not bad. After all, she was a female lead character, so she definitely had talent.
But her current experience could be said to be zero.
Hikari really wanted to turn things around and take the lead.
Teach her properly how to act as a qualified knight, but Rurikawa Tsubaki had already told him not to mess around.
Hikari was a special psychology teacher after all, and to some extent, Rurikawa Tsubaki was still a client.
He really had to follow Rurikawa Tsubaki's own wishes first.
Since she insisted so much, Hikari didn't feel like he could say much more.
It wasn't like the time with Louisa, who came to cause trouble. She just liked to take the initiative and play the knight, so he let her be.
Under Rurikawa Tsubaki's strong demand, Hikari just lay there and took whatever came.
With no gaming experience, no fighting moves, no combat skills, Rurikawa Tsubaki quickly got tired, to the point where her muscles cramped and she started shaking.
Seeing her shivering all over from the cramps, barely able to press the controller anymore, Hikari couldn't hold back anymore.
He started giving advice, "You can't do it like this. If your method is wrong, your effort is wasted. It's fine to keep sprinting toward the goal, but you also need to find the right direction."
"And when you're playing, can you stop wobbling around? Stand steady, sit up straight, straighten your back a little."
"If you want to improve, you can't just stay in one place and stop moving whenever you hit a little difficulty!"
"Control your mouth, move your legs. Move your legs!"
"That's not how you play a game. Don't brute force it. Get the rhythm down..."
It seemed she heard Hikari's words. The emotionless pretty girl, who had been too tired to move while gasping for breath, started moving again.
But in response to all the pointers from Hikari, the professional teacher, Tsubaki said nothing, just kept arching her back over and over.
Seeing that after he repeatedly warned her to be careful, the black-haired pretty girl Rurikawa Tsubaki still had a cool expression and didn't react much, like an emotionless machine, Hikari had no choice but to quietly go along with her.
Otherwise, Rurikawa Tsubaki might end up hurting herself.
'Ah, such is the life of a psychology counselor.'
'Just throw yourself fully into the counseling task, work hard to cooperate, and keep at it persistently, and that's enough.'
But the female student receiving the counseling, she has a lot of things to think about.
After about half an hour at most, the aristocratic young lady, whose fingers had never touched dishwater and who had never done any physical labor, finally stopped.
By now, she had no strength left.
Rurikawa Tsubaki was, after all, just a small, light, soft-bodied girl.
Even if she wanted to dominate others and show aggression, she couldn't last long at all.
But even so, she was satisfied.
She slowly got down, then Rurikawa Tsubaki turned around and lay on her side.
Hikari turned his head to look.
She was already facing away from him.
She had even pulled the blanket over herself.
Seeing this, Hikari didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
'Come on! Just now, it was you who said you wanted to do it yourself, that everything would go exactly as you wanted.'
'And now, it's still you, ending things on your own and falling asleep without a word.'
Even though Rurikawa Tsubaki was a quiet, cool pretty girl, Hikari still sensed some kind of cold-hearted, hit-it-and-quit-it attitude from her.
Because Rurikawa Tsubaki had no experience with knightly ways, after all that busy work, Hikari hadn't gotten any benefit from it.
And right now, he was still feeling uncomfortable.
He immediately reached out and patted Rurikawa Tsubaki's rounded shoulder.
"Miss Tsubaki, the psychology counseling process usually doesn't go this short. Let's communicate a bit more," Hikari tried to reason with Rurikawa Tsubaki.
"I'm done. Don't bother me," Rurikawa Tsubaki didn't want to talk to Hikari at all. Without turning her head, she directly slapped Hikari's hand away.
'Wow, you really are treating me like a d!ldo, aren't you.'
Looking at Rurikawa Tsubaki, who was now denying everything, Hikari was getting a bit annoyed.
After all, he had been very cooperative and professional just now.
Rurikawa Tsubaki had no experience but insisted on staying on top and being the boss.
He didn't say anything. Even when Tsubaki's actions and direction were wrong, he let her have her way.
And now this vehicle that needed two people to drive had only made it as far as Rurikawa Tsubaki's home, and she was already comfortably lying back in her own place.
While there was still quite a distance from Hikari's home.
This was way too much.
Hikari couldn't take it anymore.
He directly pulled back the blanket.
And pulled Rurikawa Tsubaki into his arms.
The cool pretty girl's body was small and soft.
Hikari had already experienced that.
But now, holding her completely, Hikari realized it felt even better than he had imagined.
Like a soft, solid marshmallow.
Soft and tender to the touch.
Sweet and fragrant to smell as well.
Feeling Hikari's sudden move, Rurikawa Tsubaki's body gave a slight tremble. She was a bit surprised and also a bit scared.
But after all that arching, she was now so tired her whole body was weak.
She couldn't move a single finger, let alone fight back.
The cool pretty girl could only ask helplessly, "What do you want?"
Hikari was a reasonable person. Seeing that Rurikawa Tsubaki didn't resist too strongly against his sudden move, he logically and reasonably started explaining things to her, "You can't be too selfish with this kind of mental and physical counseling."
"You just dumped all your stress on me like taking out the trash, Miss Tsubaki, and then turned around and fell fast asleep. That's not okay."
"I take on all your stress, but then I can't let it out. I'll feel stifled too."
"So I need Miss Tsubaki's help to let my stress out as well."
"Letting it out for each other, having a deep exchange back and forth, that's the right way to counsel the body and mind."
After hearing Hikari's very reasonable words, Rurikawa Tsubaki was silent for a while.
But she seemed to think there was some truth to it.
After about half a minute, she said quietly, "Do what you want. Just hurry. I'm tired."
Getting Rurikawa Tsubaki's agreement, Hikari went a step further and began a thorough, penetrating psychological counseling.
That's right, he had already started before Rurikawa Tsubaki even spoke.
He couldn't stand the behavior of having fun and then running off.
But whether it was because she didn't want to cooperate mentally, or if she was really just exhausted, either way, Rurikawa Tsubaki no longer had any of the liveliness she had earlier.
In response to Hikari's guidance, Rurikawa Tsubaki kept her small hand tightly over her mouth.
She lay there with her eyes closed, not moving at all, just letting Hikari guide her.
This version of her was nothing like the knight from before, with her coordinated waist and legs. She was more like a dead fish.
Seeing how small and soft she was, Hikari didn't push too hard.
He had her pay back the big batch of water resources she had wasted earlier when she insisted he take another shower.
And after he had roughly let out his stress once, he couldn't be bothered to keep going.
Before, when Hikari did counseling with Kisaragi Tomoe, Katou Mio, and the others, they would talk quite a bit, both before and after.
But Rurikawa Tsubaki, whether because of her family or her personality, spoke very little when they met.
And after it was over, she barely said a word.