"How to do it?" Hearing Lumine's question, Miko also fell into deep thought.
"If I told you to learn from what I did, you probably wouldn't be able to do it. But that is also quite normal; such things are never that easy."
Although the story she just told was half-true and half-false, Miko's perspective was indeed what she truly thought.
She felt that since you like someone, you should just be a bit more direct.
Whether you call it seduction or just being straightforward, just go do it regardless; don't overthink it.
When the time comes, if they like you, they like you; if they don't, they don't. There's no need for so many bells and whistles.
"I didn't expect you to be so open about these things, Miko, especially given your identity as a shrine maiden..."
"So, are you planning to go around telling people? Little girl."
Before Lumine could finish speaking, Miko had already leaned in with a suspicious look on her face.
"Huh? No, no, I... I won't tell anyone."
Seeing Miko leaning in, Lumine hurriedly waved her hands while shaking her head to indicate she wouldn't speak of what she heard today.
She knew if she really did that, she would definitely be dead meat.
"If you dare tell anyone, I'll slaughter you."
Her face returning to its previous smiling appearance, Miko said this lightly.
"I won't, I won't."
Watching Miko say such terrifying words with such a relaxed face, Lumine once again stated she wouldn't tell.
It had to be said, a Miko like this was actually quite scary.
Even though she was smiling, she said such words; it was truly frightening.
"Mm-hmm, I believe you." Nodding, Miko continued, "However, how should I arrange a scenario like mine for you?"
After saying this, Miko looked up at the sky, appearing to be in thought.
"Huh? Does it have to be... um... naked like that?"
Thinking Miko wanted her to take a bath and pretend she didn't bring clothes in just like she did, Lumine said this somewhat awkwardly.
"Oh? Do you want to do that too?"
Coming back to her senses, Miko thought Lumine wanted to be just like her.
Although Lumine had been acting very embarrassed just now, maybe she did want to do that at this moment.
"No, I'm just saying... can't we switch to a different method? Not that kind... that kind... just like yours."
Seeing Miko had misunderstood her, Lumine shook her head like a rattle-drum.
Regardless of anything, she was still too shy to do that right now.
If Kaito accidentally saw her like that, that would be one thing, but for her to take the initiative to do it, she couldn't make up her mind.
"In that case... I feel we need to create an opportunity for you and Kaito to be alone together."
Knowing she had misunderstood Lumine, Miko continued to think about what would be best to do.
Although she hadn't figured out the specific steps yet, she had already decided on the prerequisite: first, create a chance for Kaito and Lumine to be alone.
But even this prerequisite felt difficult to handle.
There was no helping it; there were too many people around that guy Kaito. Creating a chance for Kaito and Lumine to be alone was truly not easy to arrange.
But even so, there was still good news.
She was familiar with Mei and Wendy, who were often by Kaito's side. She could ask these two out for a bit, or even directly tell them her plan.
However, when it came to Kiana, she wasn't familiar with her; she hadn't even met her a few times and didn't understand her at all.
Of course, she could still resolve this problem through Mei or Wendy; they definitely knew what kind of person Kiana was.
Right.
I wonder if Lumine is familiar with Kiana...
Thinking of this, Miko spoke up and asked, "By the way, Lumine, are you familiar with Kiana?"
"Huh? Kiana? I guess... not familiar, right?"
Regarding this question, Lumine appeared somewhat hesitant.
Although Kiana already treated her as Kaito's girlfriend, she felt her interactions with her were still too few, so she didn't know if it counted as being familiar.
Miko: "..."
Not expecting Lumine to give such a baffling answer, Miko was speechless.
Logically speaking, a person should definitely know if they are familiar with someone or not; how could they not know?
However, thinking of the awkward feeling Lumine gave her, she felt it was quite normal again.
It seemed she could only count on Mei or that girl Wendy.
"Let's go, let's head back first."
After thinking about what to do, Miko decided to take Lumine back to find Kaito first.
As for the matter she had told Kaito and the others she needed to handle earlier, she would just say it didn't need handling anymore.
Anyway, there were plenty of excuses; there was no need to worry about anything.
"Huh? We're going back just like that?"
Clearly somewhat surprised, Lumine hadn't expected to go back now.
"Otherwise? You didn't think what I said earlier about needing to handle something was true, did you?"
Smiling a bit, Miko hadn't expected Lumine to take the excuse she had casually mentioned seriously. She thought Lumine would have been able to tell, but she hadn't.
"No, no, I mean..." First shaking her head to indicate that wasn't it, Lumine continued, "I mean, what do you think would be better for me to do? You haven't said it yet."
"That, well, no rush. I need to solve a problem first."
Now Miko understood what Lumine was worried about.
"What problem?"
Lumine asked subconsciously; she was very curious about what this problem could be.
"It's Kiana. I should be able to lure Mei and Wendy away, or even tell them directly without issue, but with Kiana, I have no confidence."
As she spoke, Miko looked helpless.
There was no helping it; she really didn't know much about Kiana and didn't know how she would view her ideas.
"Kiana?"
Hearing that Miko was actually worried about Kiana, Lumine recalled some things Kiana had said to her earlier.
"What is it? If you have something, just say it directly."
Seeing Lumine in a thoughtful state, Miko knew she likely had something to say, and it was about Kiana.
"It's just... she seems to already treat me as Kaito's girlfriend."
Raising her head to look at Miko, Lumine said this slowly.
"Oh? Is that so? Then things will be easy to handle."
Miko was somewhat surprised that Kiana already considered Lumine to be that guy's girlfriend.
However, after the surprise, she felt Lumine and Kaito's situation was even stranger.
After all, if things were already like this, why didn't Kaito and Lumine have that kind of relationship yet?
Was Lumine too shy?
Or did Kaito actually not like Lumine?
What was the situation?
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