Yūmi Aono scrutinized Saki Yoshida again, trying to confirm if she had really seen her somewhere before.
Saki's delicate features, beautiful blue eyes, and tall figure made her an attractive, dark-haired beauty, easily her equal.
Such a striking girl should have left an impression on her mind, even with a fleeting glance. Yet, strangely, Yūmi Aono couldn't recall where she had met Saki Yoshida.
"It's me... Yūmi-chan, have you forgotten? It's Saki Yoshida... Ah."
Yūmi Aono's examining gaze made Saki's cheeks slightly flush. While feeling shy, a sense of disappointment also arose in her heart. She hadn't expected the first friend she made not to recognize her. Seeing Yūmi Aono's confused and bewildered look, Saki directly stated her identity.
"Ah!?? Is... Is this really Saki Yoshida?"
Hearing the beautiful girl in front of her claim to be Saki Yoshida, Yūmi Aono's pink lips slightly parted, and her pretty face showed an expression of disbelief. Instinctively comparing the two girls, the difference was like heaven and earth. If Saki hadn't said anything, Yūmi Aono might never have realized.
"Ouch~"
"Do you not recognize Saki Yoshida just because she put on makeup?"
Ho Fei-yu listened to their conversation from the side. Seeing that they seemed to know each other, he wondered when Yūmi Aono had managed to meet someone else when she was almost always stuck to him except for bathroom breaks. No, wait! Since they knew each other, why did Yūmi Aono act like she had never seen Saki just because she wore makeup? Ho Fei-yu couldn't figure it out, so he lightly tapped Yūmi Aono's silly head in annoyance.
"But the change is just too drastic~"
Yūmi Aono mumbled plaintively while rubbing her little head.
"Don't blame Yūmi-chan. My change is indeed too big..."
Saki quickly tried to smooth things over for Yūmi Aono, but in the depths of her heart, a faint sadness lingered. She would have been very happy if Yūmi Aono had recognized her even with the makeup on.
"Alright, let's talk more when we get back to the classroom. We're running out of time."
Ho Fei-yu checked the time and interrupted their conversation.
"Mhm."
The two girls nodded separately.
Ho Fei-yu held Hanawa Amakawa's hand and walked toward the school.
For some reason, when Saki saw their hands tightly clasped, a stronger sense of sadness than before welled up in her heart.
The girl quietly followed behind the three, her gaze turning away to look elsewhere.
Time rewinds to after Ho Fei-yu first used Time Stop to "bully" the thugs.
In a certain classroom.
A graceful and stunning girl was gazing out the window toward the school gate. Her eyes seemed to penetrate through all obstacles. Even with the view-blocking buildings, her gaze, whether by coincidence or intention, fell squarely on Ho Fei-yu, staring without blinking.
"Time magic? Or the high-level magic of Time Stop? Even I couldn't move within it. But... why don't I sense any magical fluctuations on him... How strange."
The beautiful girl's eyes flashed with an eerie red light. A bewildered and thoughtful expression appeared on her charming face as she spoke to herself.
"Heh heh, how interesting~ It seems coming to the human realm was the right choice. I thought I would run into 'them' first~ I didn't expect to meet such an interesting boy right away~"
"Could he be the person I'm looking for? Since that's the case, this King will personally lend you a small hand."
The girl's face held a bewitching charm that didn't belong to her age, making her resemble a mature beauty. She murmured to herself while extending her crimson tongue to lick her lips.
After the girl finished speaking, her mouth subtly moved a few times. Suddenly, a gigantic light barrier, centered on her, appeared, encompassing the entire school and its surroundings.
The massive light barrier didn't vanish until Ho Fei-yu finished his work.
"Heh heh, this King's favor isn't so easy to repay~ But I didn't expect a small magic circle to consume so much magical power. The human realm truly has fallen into decay. There is no more magic in the air. Fortunately, this King can replenish it in other ways~"
The girl deeply gazed at Ho Fei-yu and the three girls beside him before retracting her gaze. She turned her head, scanned the surrounding students who were in the prime of their youth, and gave an ambiguous smile.
And so, without Ho Fei-yu knowing it, he inexplicably ended up owing a favor, and one that was particularly difficult to repay. When Ho Fei-yu unintentionally heard her mention this in the future, he got angry and spanked her for a long time. Even with her physique, she was bedridden for several days~
Returning to the present.
Ho Fei-yu was staring blankly at Yūmi Aono's gracefully curved back, thinking about how to find that person. The thought that they might be a Cuckolder made Ho Fei-yu feel like a bone was stuck in his throat, extremely uncomfortable.
He currently had two methods: one was to wait by the tree (play a waiting game), and the other was to use the Stand, Moody Blues.
Moody Blues could rewind the "memory" of a location to a specific point in time and transform into a person who appeared there at that time, replaying their actions.
However, that would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Ho Fei-yu remembered that in the original Jojo, when Leone Abbacchio used this Stand to find the identity of the Scumbag Boss Diavolo, it was in a very small, specific location, and he also had clues about the Boss. Only by combining the two did he finally succeed.
Ho Fei-yu's current location and clues were vague. Using Moody Blues now would be ridiculous. He also wasn't sure if the person was at the school. If they were, they would eventually expose themselves, and then it would be much easier to use the Stand to search. So, Ho Fei-yu decided to be flexible.
Having reached a decision, Ho Fei-yu shifted his gaze from Yūmi Aono's back and looked toward Runa Himuro, who was standing at the podium in a teacher's uniform, giving a serious and focused explanation of a math problem.
The teacher's uniform perfectly fitted Runa's voluptuous figure, especially her derrière, which was rounded and enveloped by the short skirt. As she paced, the Absolute Territory occasionally revealed between her plump thighs was tantalizing.
Ho Fei-yu stared intently. This Runa Himuro made his heart race. He couldn't help but recall the scene of the two of them in the warehouse yesterday. He instinctively licked his dry lips. However, Runa Himuro hadn't provoked him, so Ho Fei-yu couldn't find an excuse to savor her tempting taste again.
Unbeknownst to Ho Fei-yu, Runa Himuro's attention had been on him all along. Since class began, Runa Himuro noticed that the perverted boy was staring blankly at the girl in front of him, which made her feel very uncomfortable. Then, the humiliation of yesterday resurfaced, and the discomfort was immediately replaced by anger. She wanted to make Ho Fei-yu stand up and answer the problem on the blackboard. If he couldn't answer, she could rightfully scold him. But she was afraid that Ho Fei-yu would use that as an excuse to say she was deliberately making things difficult for him, and then do something outrageous to her again. So, Runa Himuro held back.
But then, when Ho Fei-yu stopped looking lustfully at the girl in front of him and started looking lustfully at her instead, Runa Himuro finally couldn't hold back.
Therefore.
Taking one day off I'm a little tired today. I promise to post a huge update tomorrow~