Yuki Asahi never expected that Senior Jiang would actually come to his door in the middle of the night.
After being asked for his address on LINE, Yuki Asahi had felt a strange sense of anticipation—could she really be coming over?
Now that the “dream” had come true, Yuki Asahi was at a loss for what to do.
While he stood there dazed after opening the door, Jiang Jian Yue had already squeezed inside, her nose twitching as she subconsciously sniffed the air.
She wanted to see if there was any strange smell in Chunan’s room.
But there was nothing.
Jiang Jian Yue found her own disappointment a bit funny—What exactly are you hoping to smell to not be disappointed, anyway?!
“Senior, y-you-you sit first, I’ll get you some water…”
Yuki Asahi blushed furiously.
It was the first time his room had welcomed a young member of the opposite sex, besides Funae Amuro.
Jiang Jian Yue was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and casual pants.
She hadn’t had time to put on an undershirt, and one of the shirt buttons was fastened wrong—she only realized after she left.
“No need.”
Jiang Jian Yue sat down on the chair by the desk, glanced at the Omamori, and got straight to the point.
“Ikeda Sachi ran away.”
Yuki Asahi stood awkwardly by the bed, surprised by Jiang Jian Yue’s words.
“What happened?”
They hadn’t clarified it on LINE earlier.
Jiang Jian Yue typed on her phone, informing Yuki Asahi that Ikeda Sachi’s Heartforce parasite had awakened and he’d escaped from the Police Station.
“He knows your address. Given how crazy he is, he might come to kill you.”
“This whole thing started because of me. I won’t ignore it.”
An adult should take responsibility!
Hmph…
Are you moved?
“Senior… You should go.”
Eh?
Yuki Asahi sat on the edge of the bed, not with the teary gratitude Jiang Jian Yue expected, but murmured,
“It’s too dangerous. I can handle it.”
A flicker of emotion broke through Jiang Jian Yue’s icy expression as she stared at his honest Golden Eyes, until he shyly looked away.
“Idiot.”
Jiang Jian Yue lowered her head slightly, her bangs falling over her blood-red eyes as she muttered softly.
You’re still a child, so stop shouldering everything on your own!
It just makes me, the adult, look irresponsible.
She couldn’t get these words out.
She feared her language system would collapse and she’d say something nonsensical.
Bang—
At that moment, the bedroom door was pushed open again.
Funae Amuro crawled in, her face deathly pale, hurriedly closed the door, and collapsed on the floor, gasping for breath.
Oh, she woke up.
Yuki Asahi clenched his fists, feeling he hadn’t hit Ikeda Sachi enough before.
Funae Amuro raised her head and pointed outside the door, but couldn’t manage a single word for a long time—her language system seemed to have malfunctioned too.
But soon, she was distracted by the girl sitting at the desk, her eyes blank as she stared at Jiang Jian Yue.
She forgot what she wanted to say, tears still at the corner of her eyes.
“Who are you?”
Jiang Jian Yue looked down at Funae Amuro, and seeing her miserable state, couldn’t muster any anger.
Sigh, she’s just a kid after all.
“She’s my classmate. Alright, hurry out!”
The boy’s small bit of pride didn’t want his family’s troubles revealed to the girl he liked.
He quickly forced a smile and stood up, trying to throw Funae Amuro out again.
Funae Amuro pleaded miserably,
“There’s a Monster outside! I’m scared…”
“Don’t be afraid.”
Chantui Ability, activate!
In an instant, Yuki Asahi devoured all the fear in Funae Amuro’s heart.
At the same time, he boosted his own courage to resist the discomfort.
Devouring negative emotions was like eating crap, and enhancing positive emotions was like drinking water to help the crap go down—Heartforce was the currency to buy crap and water—why was he making such disgusting analogies?!
Funae Amuro froze, suddenly realizing she wasn’t that scared anymore.
She felt so ashamed and embarrassed that her face turned red as she escaped from Yuki Asahi’s room without even having the strength to say anything harsh.
Ha… Solved.
Jiang Jian Yue was startled by Funae Amuro’s reaction—Yuki Asahi had activated his Ability!
Yuki Asahi turned around and instinctively sensed the emotions Jiang Jian Yue was emitting: wariness, distance, worry… and embarrassment?
Wariness was the dominant emotion, and he could fully feel that Jiang Jian Yue’s caution was directed at him.
Yuki Asahi felt a pang in his chest: Was Senior Jiang wary of him? Why?
He hadn’t intended to invade Senior Jiang’s privacy.
But realizing that most of Jiang Jian Yue’s emotions toward him were negative, he became anxious.
He tried to lightly devour her wary emotion.
But that only triggered even stronger wariness, and now a new negative emotion—disgust.
Yuki Asahi was so frightened he didn’t dare try anything else and hurriedly shut down his emotion sensing.
“Um… Senior, it’s late. You should head back.”
Yuki Asahi spoke with guilt.
Manipulating others’ emotions wasn’t exactly a noble act.
Jiang Jian Yue sensed the Golden Eyes extinguish, and instantly relaxed her guard, her tense muscles loosening as she shook her head.
“No.”
Though she’d come alone, it was mainly because this incident started with her, and she wanted to handle it personally.
Besides… She had other reasons.
After leveling up, she was confident and wanted to test herself against a strong opponent.
And to prevent injuries to the Bodyguards—even though her subordinates’ endless rumors annoyed her, Jiang Jian Yue didn’t want to see them hurt.
If Ikeda Sachi could escape custody, his Ability was surely lethal.
During the Transport Mission, Jiang Jian Yue was 80% sure no one would make a move—it was more like a parade. But Ikeda Sachi was 100% willing to kill.
Lastly, there was the most troubling rumor to Jiang Jian Yue—if she ordered them to protect Yuki Asahi again, the gossip that she liked him would never go away.
She’d overheard two servants calling him “Yuki-dono”!
It must be a bad habit infected by Koji Hattori.
Jiang Jian Yue’s attitude was unyielding; she clearly wasn’t leaving tonight, and Yuki Asahi had no solution.
“I don’t have any extra bedding here…”
Yuki Asahi hugged the bedding from the hallway back, suddenly realizing the issue.
He only had one bed and one blanket.
What? Did you think you’d be able to sleep tonight?
Jiang Jian Yue pursed her lips.
“I’ll stand guard.”
To prevent Ikeda Sachi from launching a night attack, Jiang Jian Yue naturally didn’t plan to sleep and intended to keep watch from the chair all night.
“This is a bit…”
Yuki Asahi finished laying out the bedding, turned around, and spoke awkwardly.
“Or else…”
You better not make that suggestion!
“Or else I’ll stand guard?”
Yuki Asahi suggested honestly.
Oh, I misunderstood.
A flush spread over Jiang Jian Yue’s face.
She coughed and refused again.
“NO.”