After handing his bank card to the attendant who came to settle the bill, Hiratsuka Shizuka narrowed her eyes at the figure in the distance and slowly walked over.
Creak.
Under the stunned gazes of the girls, Hiratsuka Shizuka pulled out a chair and calmly sat down in front of them. Her shapely legs wrapped in black stockings crossed elegantly as she looked at Sato with an unreadable gaze.
"You heard it?"
She looked at this student of hers in name, yet in reality a young man standing at the very top of the world.
Sato smiled faintly.
"Which part are you referring to?"
Which part?
Meaning he heard everything?!
Hiratsuka Shizuka's pupils immediately shrank as she gritted her teeth and glared at Sato.
"You brat, you were sitting here watching the whole show?!"
Damn it, she was on a blind date!
Couldn't he at least consider her feelings?!
Hiratsuka Shizuka glared at Sato irritably, her gray eyes fixed tightly on him.
I'm very angry right now!
Got it?!
Facing Hiratsuka Shizuka's stare, Sato inexplicably felt a bit guilty. After all, what he'd just done really wasn't very honorable.
"Ahem, Hiratsuka-sensei, it looked like you didn't really eat anything just now. Would you like to stay and eat with us?"
He cautiously asked the black-haired beauty before him. Every now and then, when he noticed that silky straight hair reaching all the way to her hips, a trace of amazement flashed through his eyes.
"Hmph!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help snorting. At least this brat still had some conscience.
However...
She swept her gaze around the table and the corner of her eye twitched as she looked at the girls, each one beautiful enough to be called school-idol level.
What exactly was this guy's ability?
Could it be some kind of beautiful-girl magnet?!
Whoosh!
At lightning speed, she hooked an arm around Sato's neck and pulled him against her chest while whispering,
"What exactly is wrong with you, brat? Can you even handle this many beautiful girls?!"
"Sensei, you're misunderstanding. Some of them are friends and some are online friends. Our relationships are perfectly innocent, and besides..."
"Oh, give me a break! Do you think I've never had a boyfriend before?! What girl would come out to eat alone with an ordinary male friend?!"
"Sensei, you misunderstood. We're not alone. There's clearly a whole group here."
"Excuses! And that makes it even more abnormal!"
"What's abnormal about it?"
"Don't you feel that strange atmosphere between them?"
"Is there?"
Sato turned around and looked. The girls were all sitting properly in their seats, occasionally sipping the drinks on the table, and their expressions all seemed perfectly normal.
After he turned to look at them, they all looked back at him.
Sato smiled before turning back to Hiratsuka Shizuka and whispering,
"I think... it looks pretty normal?"
"Heh."
Hiratsuka Shizuka actually sneered twice.
"Shouldn't they all be curiously watching the two of us nonstop after I came over?"
"But look at them..."
Hiratsuka Shizuka glanced at the girls seated around the table. A confident expression flashed across her face as she analyzed,
"Although they were curious and looked at us when I first came over, they quickly withdrew their gazes."
"That proves there's something more important to pay attention to than my identity. And if you look carefully, you'll notice there's a hidden sense of vigilance between them. That's why they're sitting so properly, to avoid exposing any weaknesses!"
Eh?!
The reason they were sitting properly was to avoid exposing weaknesses?
Sato looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka in surprise. What kind of analysis was this coming from?
Still, her analysis was honestly pretty incredible. He almost wanted to applaud her!
If not for the fact that she'd just failed another blind date...
He somewhat understood what Hiratsuka Shizuka meant now and thoughtfully said,
"You mean I might currently be in the middle of a love battlefield?"
"Looks like you do understand after all!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka gave Sato an approving look, practically radiating the satisfaction of seeing a teachable student.
Although she couldn't really teach him anything academically anymore, she was still quite experienced in other areas.
Hiratsuka Shizuka felt rather pleased with herself.
But soon, after pondering for a moment, Sato looked at her strangely and asked,
"Speaking of which, Sensei, someone who's never even been in a relationship really understands this stuff?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "..."
She stared at Sato with an eerie look and kindly greeted him with a single word.
"Scram."
Sato laughed before beginning to seriously observe the atmosphere around the table. Honestly, after Hiratsuka Shizuka pointed it out, he really could vaguely sense something off.
Perhaps it was like the frog in slowly boiling water. At first he hadn't noticed anything, but when stepping outside the game board and looking in from above, some strange things became apparent.
But what was the reason?
As for Kasumigaoka Utaha, was it because he'd guided her writing and she gradually developed feelings for him?
Come to think of it, back when he edited Kasumigaoka Utaha's manuscripts, he'd criticized her brutally. Could it be that she was actually an M rather than an S?
As for Eriri, was it because he was her close friend and partner?
No way?
We're just partners in drawing 18+ doujinshi. You didn't seriously start self-inserting because of that, did you?!
Then what about Yuuki Asuna?
A hero saving the beauty? Bondage play?
Pah!
That bondage stuff was played by those damn tentacles, not him!
If all those could somehow be understood, then what about Kato Megumi?
But that girl had always been somewhat mysterious to begin with, so he couldn't figure out what she was thinking.
After thinking everything through, Sato realized that maybe there really was a tiny possibility that this was actually a love battlefield.
But right now...
"Sensei, can you let go of me now?" Sato said faintly.
That's right!
At this moment, Hiratsuka Shizuka still had his head tucked under her arm against her chest. Although resting his head there actually felt pretty comfortable...
It was still somewhat embarrassing.
Hiratsuka Shizuka glanced at him. Her originally calm face suddenly reddened slightly as she also realized the awkwardness of the situation. She casually let go of Sato.
"Then you should've said so earlier!"
Sato's mouth twitched.
"I was just about to say it, but you interrupted me. If you don't believe me, please scroll up."
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