SCIAW: Chapter 485/486

Chapter 485: Two Maids' Curiosity About Love Topics

This topic was quite sensitive.

Even Ren, as Kaguya's boyfriend, felt it was a bit too much.

"Cough, Hayasaka, this topic has gone a bit too far."

Hayasaka seemed to have just realized that her topic had crossed the line, and she quickly collected herself from her previous state.

"I'm very sorry, Ren. This is also my first time encountering something like this."

Ren steadied his emotions as well, moving past the awkwardness.

"Hayasaka, let's stop this topic for now. This is also my first time dealing with this kind of problem. The key is that it's the first time my girlfriend's friend has found out about it."

Hearing Ren's complaint, Hayasaka couldn't hold back.

"Pfft!"

She burst out laughing, her usual composure collapsing in an instant. The emotions she had just barely suppressed broke through uncontrollably.

The quarter of Irish blood gave her fair skin a pinkish hue, and her cute face made people stare in a daze.

"I-I'm really sorry, I actually felt a bit dizzy just now, to have even reminded you to pay attention to this kind of thing."

Hayasaka realized how strange it was for her to have said something like that. Normally, she would never lose her composure.

But this made her aware of just how confused her mind was at that moment.

And Ren, seeing the panic and loss of control on her face, understood that Hayasaka's earlier calmness had been abnormal.

"I can understand."

Actually, when he had first seen her standing at the door, he was so stunned that his entire thought process stalled.

"Hayasaka, let's sit down and calm down first."

"Mm."

The two settled down on opposite sofas. There was tea in the room, and Hayasaka brewed some before they sat.

After sipping the tea, their expressions gradually stabilized.

Ren was the first to speak.

"What happened yesterday was a bit sudden. Personally, I'm quite particular about the atmosphere."

Perhaps because some things had already been revealed, Ren, with his reserved personality, unconsciously let out some of his inner thoughts.

"Mm, Ren does seem like that type. Girls actually care a lot about the atmosphere, but Ms. Suzuki's situation is quite special."

Hayasaka immediately thought of what Ren mentioned about their encounter outside yesterday.

"I think that's what made Ms. Suzuki worried."

"Although she looks casual on the surface, she's still very sensitive in some areas."

Ren nodded.

"Indeed. Sonoko's worry isn't about herself, but about me overthinking."

"But I know Sonoko very well, and since we're dating, I wouldn't think too much about it."

Not think too much? Hayasaka paused for a few seconds, then asked speculatively:

"Ren didn't think about it at all, did he?"

"Mm… I suppose so."

Ren nodded in agreement.

Hayasaka instinctively pressed her forehead.

"Mm, that's very much like Ren."

He didn't understand girls' concerns well, didn't know what they worried about, and combined with his simple trust in certain people, he really seemed like a boy in his first relationship, inexperienced with sensitive issues.

It perfectly matched her stereotype of boys.

No, to be precise, it matched her stereotype of Ren.

In the future, if Kaguya encountered a similar situation, it would be best to advise her to deal with Ren directly.

But when she thought of Kaguya's overly conflicted way of handling such things, it was even more complicated than Ren's problems.

Compared to Kaguya's awkward personality, Ren's issue was simply the mildest symptom.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Just as the two were talking, a knock came at the door. "Are you awake?"

"Maria…"

Ren subconsciously muttered the name of the person outside, then glanced at the clock.

7:43.

"Is it that late?"

Hayasaka also hadn't expected time to pass so quickly.

She looked at the tea on the table. It seemed she and Ren had sat in silence for quite a while.

The two stood up at the same time, and Hayasaka went to open the door.

When the door opened, Maria first saw Hayasaka and blanked for a moment.

Then she saw Ren walking out from behind her.

"...You're in the same room?"

"Cough, cough."

Hayasaka quickly reacted, coughed a few times, stepped aside, and pointed at the two cups of tea on the coffee table.

"So early… drinking tea?"

Maria found it strange, but she didn't think in a bad direction. Sometimes in the morning, when Sakuya came over, she would also drink tea and chat with Nagi, even very early.

She just hadn't expected these two to do the same.

At that moment, Hayasaka stepped forward and whispered:

"Actually, we were discussing Ms. Kaguya and Ms. Suzuki. Yesterday, wasn't Ms. Suzuki a bit emotional?"

"Oh~"

Maria immediately understood.

She knew Suzuki's emotions yesterday had been a bit off. Although Sonoko had controlled herself well, Maria, who was used to discerning Nagi's thoughts from her actions, noticed right away.

She also realized then that it probably had to do with what Sonoko and Ren encountered outside.

Can I know?

Her lips moved slightly.

Hayasaka, also skilled at lip-reading, nodded slightly.

We'll talk later.

At that moment, the two gossiping maids officially connected.

Apparently, Maria was also quite interested in topics of love.

After all, at the end of the day, she was just a seventeen-year-old girl. Strictly speaking, she was only a year older than Sonoko and the others. Girls at this age were definitely curious about love.

As for Ren, who saw it all, he pretended not to. Sometimes, it was enough to trust Hayasaka's handling.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 486: Always A Case

At 8:02 in the morning, everyone in the villa, except for Sonoko, was already seated in the dining room.

Nagi scanned the crowd and asked a strange question:

"Why isn't Sonoko here?"

When Sonoko was mentioned, Ren was the first to speak up.

"Oh, I just went to Sonoko's room and found her still asleep. I called her, but she still couldn't wake up. I confirmed it's because she's overtired and still sleeping."

This answer made Ran instinctively feel strange.

"Sonoko, was she that tired from playing yesterday?"

"Ran, Sonoko ate sea king meat very late yesterday. Plus, the power she gained is different from ours, and her physical condition can't improve all at once."

Kaguya shook her head slightly. She felt they had walked quite a lot yesterday, almost covering all of Izu, so it was inevitable to feel tired at night.

And Sonoko was different from them.

The power initially obtained from the diary was not a physical enhancement, nor was it a very convenient or offensive ability.

What Sonoko gained was a powerful auxiliary contract card, and that power did not possess elemental power that could gradually strengthen physical abilities.

Furthermore, eating sea king meat was something that only happened recently.

Her physical functions had not improved rapidly, so it was quite normal for this situation to occur.

"Indeed."

Sakuya fully agreed with this, and she immediately twisted her body.

"I spent a long time diving and playing yesterday, and even with the help of Sailor's ability, the physical exertion was still my own. Now my muscles are aching terribly."

"Agreed."

Chika, who also participated in yesterday's diving activity, strongly agreed, because she too was aching all over at this moment.

"The diving time was too long yesterday, which consumed a lot of my stamina. I definitely can't do it today."

The Sequence 9 Spectator only enhanced mental and observational abilities, not physical constitution.

Spectators at this stage are quite fragile, and stamina is a super weakness.

Yesterday, in their excitement, they spent a lot more time diving, which resulted in Chika experiencing full-body muscle soreness today.

As she spoke, Chika subconsciously massaged her shoulders.

Besides the general muscle soreness, there was also heavy pressure and soreness in her shoulders, even more severe than ordinary shoulder pain.

Many girls at the dining table, when Chika massaged her shoulders, instinctively shifted their eyes downward.

Hinagiku's face twitched a few times.

So, how did a body like that grow?

She looked down at her own body.

Even the Student Council President, who held almost supreme authority at Hakuo, had her own headaches, which was the body shape issue that girls were more concerned about.

Hinagiku never thought her body would be exceptionally good, but it could not be on the same level as Nagi's, could it?

Then she looked at the others at the dining table.

Ran was also a girl who had grown remarkably well.

The Miyano sisters went without saying. Not to mention the adult elder sister, the 18-year-old younger sister was only one or two years older than them, but her physical age had already completely widened the gap with her peers.

Hayasaka's standard wasn't bad either. Kaguya was slightly lacking, but still enough to beat her.

After this round of observation, Hinagiku felt that she was only on the same level as Nagi.

Chika, rubbing her aching shoulders, turned to Ren.

"Ren, speaking of which, only the four of you encountered trouble on this vacation, right?"

"Yes, we ran into a murderer when we went out. But it wasn't really trouble, the man who tried to pick us up was practically subdued by the police right after I exposed him."

"Then why didn't you…"

Chika gestured with her eyes.

Because I was just about to write yesterday, and then Sonoko came.

Ren's mouth twitched a few times. He really couldn't tell her what happened yesterday.

"Something happened that delayed things a bit, so I decided to put it off until today."

"Something?"

Chika looked at Ren with slight curiosity. What could delay the diary?

"Besides running into a troublesome pick-up artist outside yesterday, the only other thing was those two. Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji."

Chika's eyes widened.

"They came too?"

"Why did those two boys come to Izu? For a vacation trip?"

Two boys coming to Izu together for a trip?

Chika knew Izu was a very nice place for a trip, but would two boys come to Izu together for a weekend vacation?

It felt very unreasonable.

"The reason isn't the key, the key is why these two people are together."

Kaguya pulled the conversation back from gossip.

"...Right, how did Hattori Heiji get involved with Kudo Shinichi?"

"Of course, it's because of Kudo Shinichi's death case."

Chika, reminded by Ren, immediately reacted.

"He confessed. So he must have already determined that Hattori Heiji was trustworthy before confessing, right?"

"Hmm, in that case, Kudo Shinichi can get a lot of information from Hattori Heiji. But Hattori Heiji should know that the organization is very dangerous, right?"

"Those two... are strangely similar."

Given that these two could get together, and Kudo Shinichi even fully confessed to Hattori Heiji, there is no doubt they are the same type of people.

They are both fearless and good at charging headfirst into things.

Suddenly, Chika paused for a moment and asked with some speculation:

"By the way, did nothing else happen when these two got together?" After speaking, she realized her words were a bit problematic and added, "I mean, these two people who attract cases, did they not cause any other cases to happen in Izu?"

This topic also piqued everyone's curiosity.

Ren thought for a moment and then came to a conclusion.

"Turn on the TV and watch the morning news."

"If any cases occurred, the local station should report on them. Especially heinous incidents like murder cases, many media outlets should cover them."

"I'll go turn on the TV."

There was only one TV in the dining room, so Maria proactively found the remote control and turned on the TV.

After turning on the TV, Maria switched to Izu's local TV station. Sure enough, the news was reporting on the heinous murder case that occurred at the Hotel.

(To be continued.)