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The Mitsuki mentioned by Lemon Yakishio is Ayano Mitsuki, her childhood friend.
They had known each other for a long time, but unlike the athletic Lemon Yakishio, Ayano Mitsuki was more of a literary boy. It was said that he had excellent grades and also attended cram school, following the standard academic path.
Asakura also had some impression of the name Ayano Mitsuki because his name often appeared on the grade rankings, though a few places lower than Yukino, who always hovered around him.
However, Soubu High School itself is a school with a very high deviation value. Not to mention Chiba, it's not far behind even compared to famous schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area. To make an impression on Asakura, who always fluctuates between the top two in his grade, he could already be considered an elite among honor students.
Lemon Yakishio and he had been playmates since childhood, but the girl seemed to have been late in realizing her romantic feelings, so much so that she only recently felt a vague affection for her childhood friend.
"Since you have such a solid emotional foundation, there's no need to rush," Asakura asked curiously: "Isn't a relationship that develops naturally more organic?"
"No, you don't understand!" Yanami, who had returned from the Service Club activity room, ate potato chips and said confidently: "Good boys who are childhood friends are in high demand. If you don't keep them well, they might be stolen by some unknown homewrecker at any time! So confessing immediately when you realize your feelings is the right choice. Otherwise, once someone else gets a head start, you'll only regret wasting so much time and opportunity in the past, being abandoned by your childhood friend, and because you liked him, you can't bear to hurt him, so you have to suppress your dark little thoughts while comforting your painful heart with the false words 'as long as he's happy, it's fine'..."
"Oh, oh..."
Lemon Yakishio was stunned: "Anna really understands. As expected of the popular girl in class."
"Hehehe, it's not that good actually~" Yanami humbly scratched her head, a small expression on her face that said 'Hehe, praise me more, quickly praise me more': "Want some potato chips?"
"I truly believe that. What Yanami said was so easy to understand and made me feel it deeply, as if she had experienced it herself..."
Lemon Yakishio continued.
...Yanami's smile froze.
"Especially the part about being abandoned by a childhood friend, that regret is truly moving." Lemon Yakishio praised her with genuine sincerity.
Yanami's expression turned into 'not hehe', and she just kept stuffing herself with potato chips, not mentioning giving Lemon Yakishio any chips anymore.
Asakura gently stroked her head with a gentle smile—but for some reason, Yanami seemed even angrier, muttering 'this kind of gentleness makes me feel the most pathetic' while trying to choke herself with potato chips.
"Anyway, I understand what you mean."
Asakura said seriously: "Although I can't guarantee success, if it's just about creating an opportunity for a confession, I can certainly help a little."
After all, he didn't have any other urgent matters to attend to recently, and there were no leads on the tasks issued by the system. Perhaps it would be better to do something else, not always focus on the supernatural, and return to daily life to enjoy the youth he never experienced in his previous life, which might also be a good choice.
"Really? Thank you, Asakura-kun!"
Lemon Yakishio immediately showed an incredibly bright and radiant smile.
"Speaking of which, should we ask Yukinoshita to help too?" Yanami poked Asakura's waist: "I saw her in the clubroom just now."
As she spoke, the girl's eyebrows furrowed, and she looked puzzled: "But I don't know why, Yukinoshita was wearing a baseball cap today..."
"Don't pay too much attention to her." Asakura waved his hand: "She used to change her hairstyle depending on the day of the week. By the way, my favorite is the twin-tail form."
"Oh ♦♦~ Is President-san hinting at something?"
Yanami made a meaningful sound. She put down the snack bag, licked her fingers, then cupped her hands behind her head, shaking her body in front of Asakura as if showing off.
"Ta-da, twin-tail Anna-chan!"
"..."
"Whoa, the 'Asakura-kun is super disgusted' face that hasn't appeared in a long time!"
"Yanami, are you looking down on twin-tails!"
"Why?! Is there something wrong with my twin-tails?"
"First, you just ate potato chips and then touched your hair. Don't you think that's dirty!"
"Ugh, I'm aware of that..."
"And with such short hair tied up like that, I absolutely won't acknowledge it as twin-tails! Proper twin-tails should be longer, smoother, and more golden or jet black!"
"The last one is just a personal preference for hair color, isn't it?"
"And Yanami, your personality is wrong! As twin-tails, you should be more tsundere, more Kugimiya-like! You're not tsundere at all right now, disappointing!"
"That's too specific, or rather, too stereotypical! Asakura-kun, you're the one who's looking down on twin-tails!"
"Hmph, saying that just shows your shallow understanding of twin-tails, Yanami. If you don't believe me, say a standard line for a tsundere twin-tail."
"Um... Ugh, 'It's, it's not for you~' like that?"
"Wrong!"
"Wrong?"
"It should be 'Zako? Zako?'."
"That's a bratty girl! Who's the one with shallow understanding?!"
Watching the two argue, Lemon Yakishio couldn't help but laugh: "It's rare to see Anna make that expression in class."
"Because this guy inexplicably has an idol burden in class," Asakura said, pointing at Yanami.
"Huh? I don't have anything like that. I just simply read the room. If anything, Asakura-kun needs to understand common sense more." Yanami protested indignantly.
"E = mc²?"
"Huh?"
"Common sense."
"Whose common sense is that?!"
"Then what is it? 1+1=2?"
"It's common sense in social interactions! Like how to insert yourself into other people's conversations without causing annoyance, how to get along more amicably with those around you, how to naturally ask for dishes from someone else's bento..."
"Most people wouldn't do that last one, would they?"
"Don't only make precise retorts in places like that!"
Watching the two of them discuss 'what is normal', getting further and further off topic, Lemon Yakishio suddenly felt a bit uneasy: Is it really okay to entrust them with the preparations for her confession?
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