Chapter 115
The next evening after the Northeast Kendo tournament was over, Fii was lying on the floor in Kooine’s room . The big event, the Northeast Regional Kendo Tournament, was over . Everyone was either excited, frisky, down or out . Fii was the latter, spending her time in Kooine’s room, reading her knight’s book, and having random conversations .
Now, she is lying on her back, looking at a piece of paper . Written on it is the ranks for the manhood ranking that are about to be settled . The last day is already less than ten days away .
Fii’s current ranking is #5 . She earned a lot of money in the sauna, but the rest of the gathering was not so good . Even Kooine, who was the leading force behind the victory in the Northeast Regional Kendo Tournament, has surpassed her .
”Mmmm~ I can’t extend it…”
The one who is still running solo is Zelius . He didn’t participate in the Northeast Kendo tournament, and hasn’t even been in the northern quarters since five days ago because it was his grandmother’s birthday . Yet, the reason he’s in first place is because he had earned a large amount of points before then .
Basically, you can’t get masculinity points unless some event happens . For example, Fii would have to invade the women’s bath in the sauna, or Kooine would have to fight Persil . In this situation, Zelius was unique in that he consistently extended his masculinity points . Only his points would continue to extend by an almost constant amount on a daily basis .
Because of that, the final extension was predictable .
That’s why Fii thought to herself: “If it’s a little longer, I’ll have a chance to win . ”
”I think I’d have a better chance of winning if I extended it a little longer…”
It seemed like a win-win situation, but it was out of reach . That kind of feeling was gnawing at me .
“Um, I’m going to go make some tea . ”
Kooine is kind enough to leave the room to make me a cup of tea as I rolls around on my own with the manliness ranking chart .
“Thanks!”
Fii decided to take advantage of the favor without reservation .
Just as Kooine left the room, Fii, bored with looking at the order list, which didn’t change no matter how much she looked at it, somehow returned her gaze to Kooine’s room . In fact, there was something that had been bothering her .
The skill of reading information from other people’s facial expressions that she had learned from Conrad-san . However, it was only to the extent that humans originally had the ability to read other people’s facial expressions, and that they should observe them carefully and try to read them more deeply and accurately .
That’s what I noticed . Kooine’s expression changes slightly every time I moved around the room, lying down and lounging around . When Fii would go to a certain position, he would look tense . He’s trying to hide it on the surface, but he’s stiffening up all over . I was actually a little concerned about that . It was the position near the bed that makes Kooine look nervous .
(Is there something near the bed?)
Fii moved to the vicinity of the bed and looked below it while Kooine was gone .
There were three books stacked on top of each other . From the cover, they are the books of knight tales that Kooine likes to read .
But, it’s unnatural .
Why are the books under the bed?
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By the way, it didn’t just fall out and ended up under the bed by accident . Kooine likes to keep the room neat and tidy . There was no dust under the bed either . So, the book is not the only thing that could have fallen unnoticed . This means that the Knight’s Tale book was intentionally placed under the bed .
That’s strange, because books are meant to be placed on a bookshelf . I quickly tucked myself under the bed and moved the three books .
Then, I saw some papers behind them .
(What is that…?)
This must be what made Kooine so nervous .
“Good boy . ”
I stretched out and pulled the paper to my hand .
I looked at it under the bright lamp and saw that it was a drawing of a blonde woman dressed a bit thin . There were about five of them .
As for Fii’s impressions .
“Heh, Kooine sees these things too . ”
It was surprising, but not surprising .
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I knew that the boys often liked these things . I’d even been to a store that sold them . The boys kept me company . I didn’t buy anything .
“Hmmm, I wonder why Kooine likes it so much . ”
I’ve seen boys, especially those from downtown, discussing these paintings with great enthusiasm . I knew that they had their own passions, such as the color of the hair and body shape . Kooine has the same kind of hair color and shape . You should be able to read his tastes from that .
As I began to observe Kooine’s paintings, for no particular reason, a black wind rushed past me as I tried to understand my friend’s taste . All of the paintings that I should have been holding in my hand were not there . When I looked up, I saw that Kooine had returned to the room .
“Ah, welcome back . Kooine . ”
“This is my friend… My friend…! Take…take it…!”
Kooine muttered something as he snatched the painting away from Fii’s hands, sweating like a waterfall with a bright red expression on his face .
I tries to calm him down and quiet him down . Oh well .
“Yeah, yeah, I know . We’ve all seen it, haven’t we? I wouldn’t be surprised if you were watching that kind of thing . ‘It’s okay,”
Kooine was so upset that I felt sorry for him, as expected .
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The way I hid it was so messed up that I had to take it out . However, no matter how badly and unnaturally I hid it, I might have felt sorry for taking it out and looking at it .
(But I wonder if he doesn’t want people to know that much about him watching that kind of thing . )
Looking at Kooine’s reaction, he might be quite uncomfortable with it . But, I wonder if it’s peculiar to Kooine, as the kids from downtown talk rather openly about it . Maybe it depends on the person .
“Under the bed… Don’t look under the bed…!”
“Yeah, sorry, I won’t look at it again . Do you want me to get you something similar next time to make up for it? I know that you would love it . ”
“I don’t want it!”
Fii’s suggestion to placate Kooine was rejected with a snap .
It seems to have touched quite a delicate area . Kooine looked like a dog whose tail has been stepped on .
Apparently, the skills that Conrad-san had taught could be used to discover the other person’s secret places . It’s something that I, who is from a royal family, doesn’t really realize it . However, maybe there are a lot of people who have secrets in their rooms, like Kooine .
As I thought about it, an idea popped into my head .
Fii stood up in front of Kooine, who was still red in the face and with his hair standing up, with a bright smile on her face .
“Oh, I’ve got an idea!”