“That little boy is adorable!”
“Shinomiya-senpai teaches so well!”
“Wait—isn’t that a standard women’s bow he’s holding?”
“No way!
That kid looks like a first-grader—he can draw that?”
“Maybe he’s born with freakish strength!”
Mitsuzuri Ayako joked with her club members.
Her cheerful personality made it easy to get along with everyone—even someone as perpetually icy as Kaguya Shinomiya.
“Huh?
Am I seeing things?
Why does Shinomiya-senpai look…
flushed?”
“It’s not even hot today…”
Hearing this, Ayako’s gaze snapped to Kaguya’s peerlessly beautiful face—
And froze in shock.
That typically expressionless ice sculpture now glowed with deepening pink.
…
As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya conglomerate, Kaguya had grown up under immense pressure—yet paradoxically, she remained sheltered in countless ways.
Take basic life skills.
Or knowledge about the opposite sex.
From childhood, her daily needs were handled entirely by her maid, Hayasaka Ai
At school, the Shinomiya name kept boys at a respectful distance.
Thus, at 17 years old, Kaguya Shinomiya had genuinely never experienced physical contact with males beyond handshakes.
So when the little boy’s warm palm pressed against her back—her body locked up instantly.
The unfamiliar sensations short-circuited her brain.
The ice queen melted into a steaming mess!
“Why…
is this happening?”
Her limited understanding of intimacy offered no answers.
Yet some primal feminine instinct whispered warnings. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
“K-Kouma-kun…
I’m not feeling well.
Let’s end here for today.”
She couldn’t meet his eyes.
Fleeing the dojo on unsteady legs, all she craved now was a cold shower.
…
Kouma hadn’t anticipated this.
Just a hand on her back—yet such an extreme reaction?
“So this is what they mean by high attack, low defense…”
A flicker of amusement crossed his features.
Watching Kaguya’s tall figure stagger away, he considered following—
But the archery club’s female members swarmed him instantly.
A girl eerily resembling Ryogi Shiki bent down with a friendly grin.
“Hey there!
I’m Ayako Mitsuzuri, the archery club captain!”
“What’s your relationship with Shinomiya-san?”
Kouma exhaled in relief—not actually Shiki, thank god.
Wait— Ayako Mitsuzuri?
His gaze darted around, but no purple-haired background character appeared.
Under Ayako and the others’ enthusiastic hands-on guidance, Kouma continued practicing—until Shizuka arrived to rescue him.
Otherwise, escaping might’ve been impossible.
…
Student Council Room
Chika Fujiwara eyed Kaguya suspiciously as she entered with faintly pinkened cheeks.
“Something’s wrong…
very wrong!”
“Kaguya-san…
blushing?!”
Like witnessing a miracle, Chika teleported before her, magnifying glass in hand.
Why is she still here?! New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
Kaguya’s eye twitched.
Normally by this time, Chika would be at the board game club…
Miscalculation.
Keeping her expression cold, Kaguya muttered, “I…
perspired during archery practice.”
This explanation backfired spectacularly.
Chika’s eyes blazed with excitement.
“Ohoho~ Kaguya-san’s lying skills have deteriorated!”
“Last time you said archery hasn’t made you sweat in years!”
Kaguya cursed internally.
This woman remembers the most useless details!
“Something definitely happened at the archery club…”
Chika mused aloud.
Even as Kaguya’s longtime friend, she’d never seen her blush before.
She had to know who could provoke such a reaction.
“If I hurry, I might catch clues!”
Sensing the scoop of the century, Chika rocketed toward the archery dojo!
…
Panic surged through Kaguya—though she couldn’t pinpoint why.
She quickly messaged Shizuka, “Kouma-kun should acquire a properly fitted bow.”
“I’ll take him to a specialist shop I know.”
Her strategy?
1.
Prevent Chika from interrogating Kouma
2.
Verify her earlier reaction
That incident was clearly due to physical discomfort!
Single data points are unreliable!
Only repeated experiments yield valid conclusions!
Nodding firmly, Kaguya convinced herself completely.