"I, I still have things to tell Kurara and Fuki, so I, I'll go handle them first..."
Erina stood up somewhat flustered, and it wasn't until she reached the door that she turned back, her face red, and looked at Jaden with a soft look mixed with anticipation.
"Wait, remember to come find me when the celebration starts."
"Mm."
Seeing Jaden nod, Erina quickly left the room.
After the door closed, Erina covered her face with both hands, leaned against the door, and slowly crouched down.
At that moment, Kure Fuki and Kurara happened to walk over. Seeing Erina almost curled up in a ball, they quickly rushed to her.
"What's wrong, Sister Erina?"
Kurara was worried about Erina.
The moment Erina took her hands away from her face, her expression immediately returned to normal, and she even stroked Kurara's head with one hand, smiling at the blinking girl.
"Nothing, just a little tired-Kurara, Fuki, let's go."
Saying this, Erina stood up, and although her heart was still racing, she walked ahead.
Erina probably thought she had concealed herself well.
But for the two Kure clan members, they could hear the sound of her racing heartbeat.
Kure Fuki saw Erina's state and thought of Jaden being inside the room. Although Erina controlled her facial expression very well, with Kure Fuki's 'Bullet Sight,' she immediately noticed Erina's slightly red neck and faintly sweaty forehead.
Hmm... faintly sweaty, slightly rapid breathing just now, increased heart rate, and trying to hide it from them...
Hiss-
Kure Fuki's first thought was that Jaden and Erina must have... done that just now.
Thinking of this, Kure Fuki's face also flushed.
As for the possibility that Jaden and Erina had only discussed the date and done nothing else... even if you told Kure Fuki this answer, she would only look at you like you were an idiot.
-Getting that excited just from talking about a date?
Didn't creatures like that go extinct long ago?
So Kure Fuki was certain that Jaden and Erina had definitely done that!
This led her to quietly hint to Kurara beside her, in a voice Erina couldn't hear.
"Kurara, listen to Erina's heartbeat. Don't you think it's beating too fast?"
Kure Fuki felt she was being very direct, but knowing that Kurara was heavily sheltered by her clan head, she quickly added:
"It's like she's just had strenuous exercise, but you know Erina; her most strenuous exercise might be cooking, and she didn't make dinner tonight, right?"
This...
Kurara paused, then suddenly, as if realizing something, she widened her eyes.
"So that's what it is..."
Kure Fuki saw that Kurara understood and was about to guide her to do something when she saw Kurara run directly to Erina.
"Lady Erina, you don't have heart disease, do you?! Your heart rate is increasing for no reason! Should we see a doctor?"
Uh...
Hearing Kurara say this, Kure Fuki felt like an idiot for having any expectations of Kurara...
So.
Although she had been preparing herself mentally for a long time, it seemed some things were exactly as she had imagined.
Regarding Jaden...
-She had to take the initiative herself!
Jaden also left shortly after Erina and the others departed.
Since the tournament was over-he needed to go and deal with the matter of Hayasaka Ai.
From Jaden's perspective, what Hayasaka Ai had done might not have been that serious.
However, the specific severity depended on her own thoughts.
If Hayasaka Ai wanted to save herself, she could be saved, because she was capable of saving herself.
But if she didn't want a helping hand... then Jaden would have to push her down a little deeper.
Jaden's personality had always been awful.
Aside from how he treated Erina, Old man Yuki, and the children at the orphanage, anyone who got close to Jaden knew exactly what kind of person he was.
So Jaden would certainly not allow Hayasaka Ai to continue staying in this half-hearted position.
If she wanted to be saved, then delete all the melodramatic plot points and be saved immediately.
If she wanted to die-then don't stay in this half-hearted position either, lest Kaguya Shinomiya gets conflicted when you really die.
Be completely black, or be completely white.
If you can't be thorough, I'll help you be more thorough!
This was Jaden's thought process.
So after leaving the room, he sought out Hayasaka Ai when she was alone.
"Mr. Yuki, is something the matter?"
Hayasaka Ai saw Jaden approaching her, and she still maintained her expressionless look.
Jaden just looked at her.
"Hayasaka... although Erina and I told Shinomiya that there couldn't possibly be a traitor-you must know that those were just words to comfort her, right?"
Hearing Jaden say this, Hayasaka Ai felt a little distressed, but she didn't show it, only nodded, seemingly intending to say something.
But before she could open her mouth, Jaden spoke.
"Don't say anything else-you're the traitor, aren't you?"
Jaden's sudden statement surprised even Hayasaka Ai internally.
Her expression control was excellent, but the Kure clan members could hear heartbeats, and Jaden naturally could too.
So, at that instant, Jaden confirmed the matter.
And as Hayasaka Ai looked into Jaden's eyes, the explanations that were on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back down.
To be honest, although everyone had a few secrets they didn't want exposed, for Hayasaka Ai-her other secrets could be known, but the one secret she absolutely didn't want exposed was this one...
However, she didn't want to explain anything now either.
Perhaps she had long anticipated a situation like this.
It was only her cowardice that had prevented her from being truthful all this time.
For her, being truthful was really difficult, but acquiescing... that was much simpler.
And Jaden, seeing her like this, glanced subtly toward the door's location, then spoke to Hayasaka Ai again.
"I had Mr. Katahara investigate earlier... your Hayasaka family seems to favor Oko Shinomiya, the eldest son of the Shinomiya family, when it comes to choosing an heir-as for you, you're also a mole sent by Oko Shinomiya, aren't you?"
Jaden's statements were guesses, but his tone was absolutely certain.
And by listening to Hayasaka Ai's heartbeat, Jaden gradually confirmed all his conjectures.
Hayasaka Ai sighed at this point.
She felt like she had dropped some kind of burden.
Especially now that her Lady Kaguya wasn't here, Hayasaka Ai nodded to Jaden after sighing.
"That's right..."
With her confirmation, Jaden leaned directly against the door, making a loud sound, and then frowned as he looked at Hayasaka Ai.
"What are the specifics... since you've admitted it, you should tell me the details, right?"
Hearing Jaden say this, the resigned Hayasaka Ai spoke with vacant eyes.
"Actually, to be more precise, I was Oko-sama's person from the start... I was sent by Oko-sama to Lady Kaguya's side since childhood, and my task was to report everything related to Lady Kaguya back to him..."
Hearing Hayasaka Ai say this, Jaden's tight expression suddenly broke into a smile.
Then, while Hayasaka Ai was somewhat stunned, he spoke with a laugh:
"So, you were Oko Shinomiya's person initially, and then you betrayed him, right?"
Huh!?
Even Hayasaka Ai, who was in a terrible mood, was startled.
She began to suspect that Jaden had a problem with his brain.
Especially his comprehension skills, which were bafflingly skewed.
But Jaden spoke again, offering her a slight explanation.
"If you were truly Oko Shinomiya's person, you should be vehemently denying it right now-because only Erina and I suspected that with your Lady Kaguya's personality, she would definitely trust you more. Unless she saw absolutely precise evidence, she would choose to believe you."
"And it just so happens that we can't produce that absolute evidence."
"Furthermore, even if you failed by doing this, there would definitely be a rift between us and Kaguya, and with her only available external help-us-gone, Kaguya would have no choice but to return to Oko Shinomiya's controllable range."
"Aside from the current situation-if you had reported everything to Oko Shinomiya in detail, I also don't believe Shinomiya Kaguya would have had any chance to resist. So you must have been cutting corners on your reports before, and using that to protect your Lady Kaguya, right?"
So...
Jaden smiled.
"See, Hayasaka, you, the mole for Oko Shinomiya, have been desperately working for Shinomiya Kaguya... it's obvious who you betrayed, isn't it?"
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