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Rizu Ogata pushed up her glasses and said calmly, "I won't slack off on my studies during these two days of training camp."

"..."

Hayakawa Shiro leaned closer and squinted at her: "Are you sure it's okay?"

"Of course."

Ogata Rizu's confidence immediately waned.

"Ugh…"

Hayakawa Shiro sighed like an old father hoping his daughter would become a dragon, looking at Ogata Riju as if he wanted to give her a few more words of advice, but then he noticed someone next to him looking at him with strange eyes.

Hayakawa Shiro looked over and saw Furuhashi Fumino sitting not far away, surrounded by several female classmates from her class, seemingly chatting about something. Some of the girls were glancing at her while whispering something to Furuhashi with dissatisfaction, while Furuhashi Fumino was embarrassed and kept explaining something.

"What's going on with Fumino?"

Ogata Rizu also noticed the unfriendly looks the students were giving her, and asked with some confusion, "Why are those girls looking at us like that?"

"Isn't there a rumor lately that Furuhashi is dating me?"

Hayakawa Shiro said in a flat tone, "Those female students probably felt that it was disrespectful for Furuhashi for me to sit with you."

"Seriously, I just don't understand it."

Ogata Rizu puffed out her cheeks, somewhat displeased, and said, "Just because you see a man and a woman sitting together, does that mean they're having an affair? That kind of suspicion is so unfounded."

"Yeah... but those girls seem to be members of the Thorn Society, so it's not surprising."

Hayakawa Shiro said expressionlessly, "That's how fans are."

"The Thorns Society?"

Rizu Ogata looked at Hayakawa with a puzzled expression: "What's that?"

Hayakawa Shiro: "The group of fans of Furuhashi at school mainly spreads gossip about her."

Rizu Ogata paused for a moment, then said, "Ayano really endured pain that's hard for ordinary people to understand..."

"As long as it doesn't affect my studies, anything is fine."

Hayakawa Shiro shook his head, then took out a "Really Easy to Remember" knowledge notebook from his pocket, turned to Ogata and gave him a gentle smile: "While we're on the road, I'll give you a little refresher."

Rizu Ogata: "..."

……

Around noon, the school bus finally arrived at the dormitory location.

"Oh...how scary!"

Riju Ogata got out of the car shakily, her face pale and her legs trembling slightly.

"Oh, what's wrong, Riju? Are you carsick?"

Fumino Furuhashi finally managed to escape her classmates' entanglement, but upon getting off the bus, she saw Ogata Risu in such a miserable state. She immediately reached into her bag helplessly and said, "I have motion sickness medicine here."

"No...it's not motion sickness."

As soon as Ogata Rizu saw the old bridge, she rushed over with tears in her eyes, looking aggrieved as if she had found a backer, and said, "I was bullied by Hayakawa."

"Oh~"

Fumino Furuhashi turned her head sideways, revealing a kind smile: "What's going on, Hayakawa-kun?"

Hayakawa Shiro: "..."

"Even though I said no, Hayakawa-san just wouldn't listen."

Rizu Ogata clutched her head in agony, her face contorted with struggle and despair, her eyes filled with terror: "I kept stuffing those horrible things in, ugh... I feel so nauseous, my stomach hurts so much."

After saying that, she squatted down, clutching her stomach.

"..."

Upon hearing Ogata's words, Fumino Furuhashi instinctively glanced at Ogata's mouth and stomach, a look of horrified realization crossing her face. She then stared incredulously at Shiro Hayakawa: "You...you were in the car just now! You scumbag! You deserve to die!!"

"..."

Hayakawa Haku expressionlessly stopped Furuhashi's swung fist: "I don't understand what you're saying at all. I was just tutoring Ogata in the car."

"study?"

Fumino Furuhashi paused, her anger vanished instantly, replaced by a bewildered expression.

"I already said I didn't want it... but they still forced those facts into my head."

Rizu Ogata was still muttering to herself, "My brain is about to break down..."

Oh, I see! So that's what it meant!

"Haha, of course I know what Rizu-chan means!"

Fumino Furuhashi jumped, but quickly calmed down and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "I just felt that you shouldn't push Risu too hard, hahaha!"

After saying that, she scratched her head and let out a somewhat embarrassed dry laugh.

Hayakawa Haku stared at Furuhashi Fumino for a long time before finally saying, "Study hard and don't think about those things."

After saying that, he picked up his bag and left the parking spot, heading towards the dormitory.

"I know."

Fumino Furuhashi said impatiently, and the moment Hayakawa Shiro turned her back, her pretty face turned bright red.

Did you understand? Hayakawa understood what I meant? He knows I understand that kind of thing…

Ah, that's true. Hayakawa is a boy after all, so it's only natural that he understands these things. I get it, I get it.

Then...

Wouldn't that completely ruin her image as a pure, innocent, and naive literary beauty?!

No! ! !

Fumino Furuhashi lowered her head with a gloomy expression, her eyes vacant, her head bobbing like a scarecrow, occasionally emitting eerie laughter, looking as if she had broken down.

That's not how it works...

……

On his way back to the dormitory, Hayakawa Shiro was stopped by Inoue from his class.

"Hayakawa~"

Inoue put his arm around Hayakawa's shoulder and said in a sinister tone, "I heard you've been dating Furuhashi from Class A lately?"

Sigh... I knew the rumors would eventually reach me.

Hayakawa Shiro sighed inwardly, then said seriously, "No, don't believe such nonsense. Furuhashi and I have just a normal teaching relationship, at most we're friends."

Fumino Furuhashi may have various concerns, but Shiro Hayakawa doesn't care about them. He would definitely refuse anything that would affect his studies.

"Ah... uh, is that so?"

The boy was taken aback by Hayakawa's serious attitude, and then said, "But I heard that Furuhashi admitted it himself, and there's even a video of it."

Was it all recorded...?

Hayakawa Shiro felt utterly dejected and said with a sense of hopelessness, "There are all sorts of reasons, but whatever you do, don't spread rumors."

Chapter Twenty-Eight: [X]'s Miscalculation

"Ugh…"

Hayakawa Shiro explained a few things, then looked at Inoue who was leaving with a thoughtful expression, feeling a deep sense of bitterness in his heart. He sighed and shook his head helplessly.

It seems difficult to stop it, since it's a real video. I just hope the rumors don't go too far.

With that thought in mind, Hayakawa Shiro walked stiffly toward the dormitory.

however…

"Hayakawa-san, I heard that you and Furuhashi-san have been dating since you entered school?"

"Hayakawa, are you already living with the literature princess of Class A?"

"Shiro! You're dating both Ogata and Furuhashi at the same time? I misjudged you!"

"Hayakawa, as your teacher, I'd like to remind you to be a little more careful about your lifestyle. Getting married is still too early for a student your age."

"..."

Why is this happening...?

Hayakawa Shiro sat expressionlessly in the corner, watching yet another person he had sent away.

Although I know that rumors will only get more and more outrageous, there's a limit to how far they can go. I've been questioned three or four times by passersby on my ten-minute walk back to the dorm, and even a teacher came up to ask me. And what they were saying was... I could let the first two guesses go, but what were the last two? Dating at the same time? Getting married?!

Do you know the legal marriage age in Japan?

Hayakawa Shiro silently tilted her head back, feeling utterly powerless.

I'm already being forced into marriage, and I really don't know what will happen next.

"Haku Hayakawa!!"

A girl in a white coat with a brown ponytail leaped out like a monster NPC that had spawned in the wild. She stared intently at Hayakawa Shiro with blood-red eyes that looked like she was looking at a mortal enemy, and said in a tone that seemed to want to tear Hayakawa to pieces, "O...Ogata Rizu, when did she get pregnant?!"

Hayakawa Shiro: "..."

Was she finally forced to get pregnant? Things are progressing so fast!

"Farewell."

With a blank expression, Hayakawa Shiro quickly walked away, bypassing Sekijo Sawako in front of him.

"Answer my question, you bastard!"

Sawako Sekijo was stunned for a moment, then immediately shouted, "You're responsible for Ogata Rizu!"

I regret to decline.

……

"call…"

After overcoming numerous hardships, Hayakawa Shiro finally arrived at his dormitory and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

A mere ten-minute walk is more tiring than studying in the library all day. Why do I have to suffer like this?

All I wanted to do was... trample everyone under my feet.

Guga ga ga ga ga~

As Hayakawa Shiro thought about it, a blush of inexplicable excitement appeared on her face again. She quickly reached out to open the door, but suddenly everything went black as someone covered her eyes.

"Guess who I am~"

A woman's voice, deliberately concealed, came from behind him, and there was a vague sense of oppression behind him.

"Four leaves."

Hayakawa Shiro said calmly, his tone indifferent as if he were watching a farce.

"Ehhhhh?"

The girl behind him immediately let go of his hand and came over in surprise. Instantly, Yotsuba's cute face appeared in Hayakawa's eyes.

Why was you recognized so quickly?

Nakano Yotsuba looked at Hayakawa in shock: "Was I seen when I came here quietly?"

"No."

Hayakawa Haku answered expressionlessly, then asked, "Is there something you need?"

Especially because he had been bothered by people along the way, he was no longer in the mood to maintain his gentle persona and only wanted to go back to his room to study and relieve the pressure.

"Haha, my dorm is on the third floor. I just saw Hayakawa-kun when I came up, so I came over."

Hayakawa's unfriendly tone didn't offend Yotsuba. She scratched her head and laughed carelessly, then looked at Hayakawa, lowered her head, and said, "I heard that you, Hayakawa-kun, are dating Fumino..."