strictlysupreme Chapter 120 This is my first kiss!
Chapter 120 This is my first kiss!
Because a man surnamed Yang and Ms. Fu left early due to other matters, Qiong couldn't shout "Uncle Yang, save me!" or rely on Old Yang for help to protect himself. Right now, all he could do was say whatever came to mind, adding a few lies to try and get away with it.
On the way back, Qiong simply held onto another box and the Dream Manual tightly, keeping a close watch on Kiana Kaslana who wanted to snatch the box or the manual.
Although Raiden Mei and Bronya are currently on his side and believe in him, Kiana firmly believes that there are "beautiful memories of Sora before her amnesia" in the document and demands that it be opened on the spot... Faced with Kiana's attempt to send Sora to her doom, he can only forcefully refuse on the grounds of personal privacy, and...
That damned Kiana, I'll remember this!
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In Himeko's living room, the three starter families worked together to pin Sora down on the sofa.
"Qiong, please sit down."
"Um, can I refuse? Or can I take the phone back to the class monitor first..."
"Hey, what's the rush with the class monitor's phone? The most important thing right now is to help Gray Hair regain his memory!"
The more distressed Kyō is, the happier Kiana becomes: the current crisis is largely caused by the carefree Kiana, who has brought Raiden Mei and Bronya along!
But there's no other way; we have to deal with it.
"Forget it, if the three of you had a way to help me regain my memories, you would have used it already. Why would you have saved it up until now?"
Kiana dismissed Kyū's indifference and introduced Bronya.
"Don't underestimate us! Come on, Bronya, use the Great Memory Restoration spell on that little gray hair!"
Qiong: ...
"Idiot Kiana, you can't use it yet!"
The Great Memory Restoration Technique can be simply understood as... torture to extract confessions.
……
After a minor misunderstanding, Sora carefully sat down, clutching the manual and Sambo's other box. Kiana crossed her arms, muttering something with a disgruntled expression, "There's definitely some shady secret in that box..."
Mei, on the contrary, refuted Kiana's idea of physically opening the box.
"Kiana, we must respect Sora's privacy."
"Mei, you?"
"Sky".
Raiden Mei gazed at Sora with gentle, tender eyes.
"I believe you. You wouldn't lie to us, right?"
Meanwhile, Bronya quietly observed the box and manual in Sora's hands and silently turned on the new lie detector she had borrowed from the solitary confinement room.
Bronya sensed Raiden Mei's calculated scheme. Kiana's forceful approach would have been met with fierce resistance from Sora, because besides "evidence," there might genuinely be personal privacy at stake. But Raiden Mei's simple "I believe you" would, if Sora had even a shred of conscience, cause him to subconsciously feel guilt for deceiving or concealing the truth. He might even voluntarily confess!
As expected of Mei-neechan, amazing! Bronya is impressed!
As Bronya expected, after hesitating for a few minutes, Qiong took a deep breath and decided to open the box.
"To be honest, I don't know what's in this box. If you're curious, I'll open it and take a look!"
Let's open it up! Better a short, sharp pain than a long, drawn-out one. Hiding it will only lead to trouble sooner or later. Let's just settle it all at once now! The worst-case scenario is just a bunch of photos. And try saying you have amnesia and see if you can get away with it!
Besides, why is he being a coward? He's never even been in a relationship, why is he acting like he's been caught cheating? Yes, he did nothing wrong! He shouldn't be a coward, because I'm in the right!
Kiana snorted and was about to reach out to steal the Dream Manual when Raiden Mei slapped her away.
"Mei, you..."
"Kiana, what did I just say? You have to respect Sora's privacy."
Kiana, who had just been so carefree and full of confidence, quickly became sullen.
She was too smug; things didn't go as she imagined.
"Little Grey, what's in the box?"
Ignoring Kiana, Sora opened Sambo's box. Inside was neither the "Sora's love memories" Kiana had been hoping for, nor the old Sambo flashbang that Sora had initially worried about, but just an ordinary-looking top hat.
"How could this be? It's just a hat!"
Kiana was greatly disappointed; it was so close.
"This feeling is so reassuring..."
Picking up the hat, Qiong felt as if she knew how to use it? There was no mistake, Sambo had said it was his; that meant it was the watchmaker Mikhail's top hat…
No wonder! After he was able to summon the Flame Spear, he tried to summon the top hat but failed repeatedly. So the hat was right here! So Sambo and Hanabi actually came to return something?
All I can say is that Sambo, though a terrible person, does occasionally show some humanity.
Qiong stood up, put the hat on his head, twirled it, and the hat disappeared. He smiled.
The unknowns have been eliminated; now it's my turn!
"Come on, you three, ask me anything you need. I'll keep you company to the very end today!"
From the moment Kiana was about to open the box, she felt that Sora's aura was growing stronger and stronger. Especially after he struck a pose, it was as if they were not interrogating him, but rather... a big star was taking on a challenge?
"Is this some kind of confidence hat, that makes the wearer extremely confident?"
Kiana muttered to herself, though she didn't say it aloud, she did feel that Sora's temperament was a little different from usual, a bit more handsome?
Do you like Mei-neechan?
"what?"
Startled by Bronya's sudden question, Sora's aura, which had just reached its peak through posing, vanished completely, as if the "big star" had never existed.
Sora was stunned, Raiden Mei blushed, and Kiana panicked.
"Bronya, you little dwarf! You're off-topic! We're interrogating this gray-haired guy about whether he's ever been in a relationship, and what his relationship is with that pink-haired guy and the girl in the photo, not whether he likes Mei!"
"Paramecium, you just said you were helping me regain my memories!"
"Oh, Bronya understands. Now, let's change the question: Has Sora ever been in a relationship?"
The previous question was difficult to answer in front of others, but this one is easier to answer.
Qiong shook her head.
Please answer in words.
"No, not even once!"
Hmm, glancing behind me: green light. It seems Qiong was telling the truth.
Bronya nodded to Raiden Mei. Since Sora has no romantic experience, everything is easy. These girls are just not as good as her, who have been through thick and thin with her. Raiden Mei, you win!
"So, do you like Mei-neechan or not?"
Can I not answer?
"Someone just said they'd see this through to the end, Bronya, did you hear me right?"
"I thought that's what you were going to ask..."
Qiong pointed to the Dream Handbook.
Raiden Mei grasped the fingers of the Dream Handbook.
"I'm sorry, Qiong. Bronya showed me the part of this that you photographed, including the part you wrote about that girl named 'Firefly'—you wrote that you felt you could be friends with her, right? You also wrote that you believed in your judgment and charm, that you could keep every girl you meet in your life in your heart…you even watched a meteor shower together but only looked forward to future encounters, enjoying every memorable moment but also pursuing the next chapter of happiness, right?"
Qiong: ...
You know, that's probably the right choice he made back then.
However, I didn't expect that Firefly was Sam at the time. It wasn't our first meeting, but rather a "second meeting".
"Therefore, Bronya deduced that Qiong used to like traveling. She traveled all the way to Changkong City and lost her memory due to an accident. All her luggage was also lost, including this memoir."
"Oh, I see. But—hey, Bronya, what are you doing? Put me down!"
Kiana wanted to say something, but after Bronya finished speaking to Kiana, she summoned Heavy Bunny, grabbed Kiana, and floated her away as far as possible to make room for the two of them.
Watching Kiana drift further and further away, Qiong didn't want to stop her this time: Who told you to cause me trouble?
"So, can I be your 'next stop,' Mr. Qiong who writes 'Dream Chaser' on the cover?"
"Um, I..."
Qiong tried to pull her finger away, but Raiden Mei held on tightly and wouldn't let go.
"Mei, can you..."
"Bronya, put me down! Put me down!"
In the midst of the panic, a sentence popped into Qiong's mind.
"Mei, I like you—"
Kiana: No, no, please don't!
"I also like Bronya."
Bronya: !
I looked at the lie detector in my hand, and it's still showing a green light? Did Theresa buy a fake one because it was cheap?
"Including that bastard Kiana, Himeko-neechan, Fu Hua-sensei, Yae-sensei, the headmaster, and Uncle Yang, I like them all. I like everyone in St. Freya, ahahaha..."
Raiden Mei & Bronya: ...
"It's hopeless," Bronya concluded.
What kind of coward wouldn't agree at a time like this? You've never been in a relationship before, so you have no psychological burden. It's something that can be done with a smile and a nod. What are you afraid of?
A: I'm afraid the Star Train and Star Core Hunters will come later.
"What's wrong with me? Why, why won't you agree? Do I really have to wait until I'm 18?"
"Mei, actually I think..."
A nameless fire rose in Bronya's heart, which had been devoid of emotion: she hadn't bothered to ask Seele about it, but instead supported Mei and Sora's relationship. In the end... Now that things had come to this, Bronya no longer needed to hold onto Kiana, and Heavy Bunny released Kiana.
"Dead-ash-hair!"
But Kiana, who had just landed, had no intention of letting Sora go and immediately launched a flying kick at her.
"Let go of Mei, and go die!"
Of course, Qiong had noticed Kiana long ago; such a mid-range dash was easy to dodge.
"I'm outta here! Huh?"
To dodge Kiana's incredibly powerful flying kick, which could potentially break bones, Sora dodged to the side. But who could have foreseen that fate would play such a cruel trick at that moment—Raiden Mei's hand, which had been holding Sora's, was pulled along, and after Sora dodged, the two accidentally kissed…
At that moment, time seemed to freeze. Both Sora and Mei stared wide-eyed. Sora looked at Mei in astonishment, while Mei took the opportunity to hug Sora tightly. An awkward atmosphere filled the air. The only sound in the world was Kiana's groan as she kicked the coffee table and smashed it.
It wasn't the pain—that was nothing to Kaslana—it was the heartache she felt.
It took Raiden Mei a good ten seconds to release her mouth.
"Sora, this is my first kiss, you have to take responsibility~"
"Um... this seems to be my first kiss too!"
"That's alright, I'll take responsibility. Or are you just an irresponsible man?"
"Of course I have a responsibility..."
"So, will you be my boyfriend?"
Qiong nodded.