"Let me ask you something, rather shyly. The reason you're suddenly so bold about opening a passage into my house isn't because you think every form of defense is useless, is it? So you decided to simply come over often for free meals, have a few drinks along the way, and enjoy the hot springs, right?"
Shiro suddenly arrived at that conclusion. It was obvious that the other party had no good intentions and planned to live at his expense. After all, there were many things she couldn't obtain while he could create them without any problem, something that had tempted her for a long time.
When Hiratsuka Shizuka heard that, an awkward expression crossed her face for a moment, and she rewarded one particular man with a dramatic eye roll, as if saying, "Don't you know that some things should be understood but not said out loud?"
Shiro looked at her expression and immediately realized he had guessed correctly. At that moment, the other party also began pretending to be clueless.
"Ahaha, what are you talking about? I'm just an ordinary teacher who wants to pay more attention to the physical and mental health of her students."
"After all, you're an extremely troublesome student, so I just came to take a little better care of you."
Having been exposed, a certain person showed only a brief moment of embarrassment before quickly finding an excuse. It was just that the excuse was rather weak.
"I'll connect the room where you sleep to yours. If you want to come over, just open the door. But let me say this first: if you're planning to come for free meals, let Mikan and Mahiru know in advance, because I only cook occasionally."
Hiratsuka Shizuka then gave an okay sign and prepared to head to another room, but before leaving she still asked one question.
"Mahiru's room is still connected to this side, isn't it?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka was afraid this guy would return everything to the way it was before, leaving her without a passage once she left.
"When she moved in, I closed it. I've reopened it because of you now. Just go to your room. Once you're done using it, I'll connect it back to your house."
Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't even ask how this man knew where she lived. With his completely inexplicable abilities, it probably wasn't difficult for him to discover such a minor detail.
Not to mention that this ungrateful student had been eyeing her for a long time already, so it wasn't surprising that he knew a thing or two.
Everything was perfectly normal for Shiro. As he walked among the people, of whom there were more than usual today, he suddenly took a step backward. At that very instant, a sound rang out, accompanied by a flash of silver light.
Everyone was stunned.
"Little Darkness, is this how you greet your master first thing in the morning? Honestly, I'd much prefer a loving hug. Just throw yourself into my arms and cuddle with me for a while."
Shiro dodged the attack and continued speaking with a smile on his face.
Everyone present was completely bewildered when they heard that. What exactly was going on here? However, the answer came in the form of her hair transforming into blades and continuing to attack him without pause.
The speed of the attacks was exceptionally fast and formed a true web.
Shiro continued avoiding the strikes and then noticed something interesting.
"Hm, hm, it seems you've been quite diligent. Unlike before, you've been analyzing my evasive movements from yesterday the entire time. Now all of your attacks are based precisely on those movements and are trying to block every possible escape route."
Shiro's body moved constantly, dodging every attack. Although the situation looked extremely dangerous, he remained completely calm and couldn't help but praise her.
"You see, this is what true professionalism looks like."
"Dame!"
"You mustn't attack Shiro."
At that moment, Lala stepped forward and shouted loudly.
Yami didn't stop when she heard that. Instead, with a completely expressionless face, she replied,
"Princess."
"Please move away from here. Do not stop me. Allow me to kill this shameless scoundrel."
At that moment, Yami remained perfectly calm. She wasn't discouraged by the fact that her attacks had no effect. On the contrary, she constantly improved them based on her previously calculated trajectories and made them even fiercer.
Shiro continued speaking with a smile.
"Lala, there's no need to worry about me. This girl has quite a good talent for combat and is willing to put in the effort to improve. Let's play with her a little—it won't take long."
After that, Lala raised her hand and cheerfully replied,
"I understand!"
Then she stepped aside.
"A moment ago, at your six o'clock direction, you could have bent your hair and thrust forward. That would have given you a much greater chance of hitting me."
"No, no, that trajectory isn't good. That's not how you attack. You're only wasting your time."
For a full five minutes, Shiro gave her advice, and her attacks gradually changed and became increasingly skillful. Unfortunately, every time it looked as though she would hit him by a hair's breadth, she was always missing that one tiny final step.
That feeling of being so close yet still falling short was exactly what frustrated her the most.
At that moment, she was no longer as cold and composed as before. She became serious and determined to bring him down with a single strike.
But unfortunately for her, Shiro suddenly appeared behind her and gave her a light pat.
The web of attacks that had looked impenetrable just moments before immediately fell apart, and all of her hair returned to its original form as she jumped.
"My little maid, let this be today's tuition fee for five minutes of instruction."
"Go back and practice a little more. Tomorrow we'll play again at 8:17."
At that moment, Yami's delicate face turned completely red like a ripe tomato. She covered her backside with both hands, then turned around and said with both embarrassment and anger,
"I hate perverts!"
Immediately afterward, she created several enormous fists woven from her own hair, and their power was by no means insignificant.
Even so, Shiro didn't take those attacks seriously and dodged them with ease.
"Shiro, do you really have to tease her that much?"
Mikan saw that the other girl looked as though she would give everything she had just to defeat him out of sheer embarrassment. She couldn't hold herself back and accused him. After all, no matter how one looked at it, the other party was a girl, and a very cute one at that. Besides, for some reason, she didn't feel that Yami harbored any genuine ill will toward them.
Because of that, she took Yami's side without hesitation and accused one particular man of his bullying behavior, since the whole situation really looked like pure harassment.
"Shiro, this is really going too far. How can you tease a girl like that?"
Even Yui felt that the person in front of her wasn't bad, so she joined in with the accusations as well.