"Don’t you think he’s mocking me?" The Black Hearted Little Girl said indignantly, "Obviously that woman is better than me, even if just a little, but I’m not the type who can’t afford to lose!"
"Such a conscience-less compliment! I don’t want it!"
Shirakawa Sawahei was silent for a while, then asked, "You say he’s vain and insincere, just because he got this wrong?"
"If he were really that good, he wouldn’t even miss this bit." She snorted coldly, "Others might not see it, but can I not see it?"
"That woman is definitely playing dumb just to catch people off guard!"
While the image the Little Girl portrayed does resemble how Miss Kaori usually acts, aren’t you being overly cautious?
Could it be past experiences of her pretending just to smack you down have traumatized you, like PTSD? So even though you’ve surpassed Hayakawa Kashi in piano skills now, you still think she is definitely pretending to be weak.
However, the system doesn’t lie; the Little Girl’s current piano skill level is indeed higher than Hayakawa Kashi’s. She should be able to hear it too.
Unless she just doesn’t want to believe it.
Sure enough, as if the Little Girl thought of something, she said angrily, "She’s definitely doing it on purpose. Though I haven’t seen her practice piano much, I can still feel that woman has definitely been hiding her talent."
Hearing this, Shirakawa Sawahei felt a bit helpless. If she were a character in a novel, the Little Girl would likely be the type whose mindset the protagonist would break down.
Since childhood, she looked up to her sister, and later tried to surpass her, always working hard but feeling she could never catch up. Even if one day she finally seemed stronger, she would only think the other was holding back for her, that winning didn’t count.
No wonder the Little Girl has always wanted to beat Hayakawa Kashi just once, even coming to improve her favorability with him to use him as a tool to surpass her sister.
What else could explain her behavior besides being sister-obsessed?
Yet this obsession seems... a bit awkward...
Is this how tsundere sisters play around?
Thinking about it, he didn’t feel the need to expose the Little Girl’s true thoughts, only reminding her, "After dinner, go home properly. Runaway girls are big trouble, don’t stay here too long."
"You! Who ran away from home!"
"Aren’t you staying at my place now?"
"I just came over to hang out! I’ll leave in a few days!"
"If you’re leaving, please leave sooner. I don’t want your dad coming over again."
"No way! I was careful coming here! They definitely wouldn’t guess I’d be here unless you tattled!" The Black Hearted Lolita vigilantly said.
Shirakawa Sawahei was about to retort when his phone suddenly vibrated. He took out his phone, and on it was a LINE message from Hayakawa Kashi.
[How is Nazuki over there.]
He glanced at the self-satisfied Black Hearted Lolita and couldn’t help but sigh.
Oh, foolish one, with your intelligence, it might be hard to compete with your sister.
[How did you know she’s here?]
[I didn’t know just now, now I do.]
Shirakawa Sawahei: ???
Turns out I’m the foolish one!
The male protagonist, who had been tricked into giving information by the Little Arrogant, was clearly annoyed. He angrily typed, [Hayakawa, is this how you treat your partner in finding your sister?]
[I just asked casually.]
On the other side of the screen, the Little Arrogant seemed somewhat smug. Opportunities to use her wits to suppress Shirakawa didn’t come often, so a successful one made her feel somewhat better.
[Has that side been resolved?]
[Yeah, that old man has already apologized, and the compensation plan has been discussed.]
[You compensating or him compensating?]
[Originally planned to compensate them, but he voluntarily offered to compensate us.]
[As long as Nazuki calms down and comes back, it’s resolved.]
[... Never seen such a voluntarily generous sheep.]
[It’s a first for me too.]
He quietly put away his phone, glanced at Asano Nazuki who was still focused on her dinner, and couldn’t help but feel a faint sense of guilt.
"Ahem... Asano, are you still hungry?"
"Oh, I just worry you’ll be hungry at night, so I plan to buy you something to eat." Shirakawa Sawahei tried hard to make his voice sound calm. Unfortunately, facing the Little Lolita who was a master of acting, she immediately saw through his pretense.
"Why are you being so nice to me suddenly?" The Black Hearted Lolita said suspiciously, "Did you do something to wrong me."
In terms of denying until death, Shirakawa Sawahei had the innate advantage of being a man.
"You were just trying to drive me home, why suddenly make me stay overnight!"
"I think you ran away from home..."
"How many times have I said, it’s not running away from home! It’s coming to hang out at your place!"
"Fine, fine, I think you came to hang out here, and felt guilty about not having much to offer you."
"You’re so kind-hearted?"
"But I feel as if you ratted me out... Did you just check your phone?"
"I looked at the weather forecast."
"Liar!" The Black Hearted Lolita angrily said, "Give me your phone to look at!"
After the Pure Love War God’s cute little Ise Yu, Shirakawa Sawahei once again encountered a girl forcefully demanding to see his phone.
However, this time his response was simpler. He just gently held the phone aloft, a height that made the Black Hearted Lolita hesitate.
"Take the phone down!"
"Get it and I’ll let you see."
Asano Nazuki, infuriated, moved a stool over. Just as she stepped up to try and reach, Shirakawa Sawahei sidestepped a meter away.
Black Hearted Lolita: ???
She jumped down and dragged the chair again to Shirakawa Sawahei’s side. Before the second foot could step, he sidestepped another meter.
Black Hearted Lolita: ??????
It seemed her intelligence fell short, and being driven crazy by Shirakawa Sawahei’s moves, new hatred plus old misery made the girl angrily yell before leaping from the chair and pouncing on him.
"You girly boy! Today I’m definitely fighting it out with you!"
The enraged Asano Nazuki transformed into a Revenge Goddess, sitting directly on his waist as if unleashing a multiplayer combo.
After a series of turtle death punches...
"Ah... Hey... You girly boy! You... you dare! Let go of me! I’m calling for help! Let me tell you, just by yourself, you can’t make me surrender!"
"Wait... wait a moment... what are you looking for... a feather duster, what’s that thing... stay back! Don’t come near! If you come again I’ll scream for help! Drop that thing! Put down the rolling pin... boohoo..."
"Boohoo... don’t... don’t hit me again... I’ve never been bullied since I was little... ah!! I’ll fight with you..."
"... I was wrong, okay... you girly boy... no, Shirakawa... Shirakawa big brother..."
That night, the residents of Shirakawa Sawahei’s apartment seemed to hear a girl’s wails, along with broken phrases like "Shi...", "No", "I really can’t take it anymore".
Understanding parents wisely started playing cartoons for their children, while marveling inside.
This is what you call boundless vitality, with this aura, perhaps it’s the legendary special act.
Perhaps, this is what it means to be young...