Chapter 46

Finally, Battlefront Mai was punished by her older sister.

Battlefront Yukitsuki, clenching her fists, used the knuckles of her fists to drill into Battlefront Mai's temples many times, not stopping until Battlefront Mai tearfully begged for mercy. Only then did Battlefront Yukitsuki, as the older sister, let her go.

After that, Battlefront Mai finally calmed down for a while and stopped pestering Aoba with endless questions. However, she still occasionally looked at the two with her big, round, curious eyes.

The three of them had breakfast together. First, Battlefront Mai went to elementary school, then Aoba changed into the spare school uniform from the Qiankun bag and went to school with Battlefront Yukitsuki.

Battlefront Yukitsuki followed half a step behind Aoba, and the two of them entered the school grounds together.

Because of Battlefront Yukitsuki's presence, Aoba, who was originally not very well-known, also received the attention of the entire school.

Everyone speculated about the relationship between Aoba and Battlefront Yukitsuki.

"Lord Aoba, I'll take my leave now." In the teaching building, as they were about to part ways due to being in different classes, Battlefront Yukitsuki said goodbye.

"See you! And don't forget what we talked about earlier." Aoba also said goodbye and reminded her.

"I won't forget. I'll be going now." Battlefront Yukitsuki bowed slightly and then walked towards her class.

Aoba also walked towards his class.

Upon entering the class, Aoba received a lot of attention. Everyone who saw him and Battlefront Yukitsuki come to school together looked at him with various incomprehensible expressions.

However, Aoba didn't care about this attention at all and walked to his seat. But before he could reach his seat, he was stopped by Ishihara Yuma.

"You, weren't you the one who warned me not to get close to Battlefront-san? Yet you're the one who's getting close to her." Ishihara Yuma, full of envy and jealousy, put his arm around Aoba's neck and said.

"If you could control her like I do, you could get close to her too! Otherwise, for your own safety, it's best not to get involved." Aoba patted his shoulder and said.

"Is Battlefront-san really that dangerous?" Ishihara Yuma asked, unwillingly.

"Of course. If you don't believe me, you can try. But I won't be responsible for the consequences." Aoba shrugged and said.

"Never mind. Even if Battlefront-san isn't dangerous, I don't have the confidence that she would be interested in me! In just a month since the start of the school year, at least a dozen boys have confessed to her and been rejected." Ishihara Yuma said dejectedly.

"So many have already confessed to her." Aoba, who had just learned this, was surprised.

"Of course, but even after being rejected, everyone still likes her! Her cold attitude is truly irresistible!" Ishihara Yuma sighed.

Although everyone was curious about the sudden closeness between Aoba and Battlefront Yukitsuki, no one came to ask him about it. Aoba was usually not very noticeable in class and only had Ishihara Yuma as a friend, so even if someone wanted to ask, they wouldn't know how to start a conversation.

Thus, Aoba spent the day under everyone's curious gaze. By the time it was almost time to go home, this curiosity had mostly dissipated.

As long as Aoba and Battlefront Yukitsuki didn't show any further signs of intimacy, it wouldn't take long for everyone's attention to Aoba to completely fade away.

As the dismissal bell rang, students who had club activities went to their clubs, those who were going home left, and some popular students who had planned to go out together after school left with the envious and jealous gazes of their classmates.

"I'm going now, Aoba." Ishihara Yuma said goodbye to Aoba.

"Bye." Aoba also said goodbye. Since they lived in different directions, they always went their separate ways after school.

After that, Aoba sat at his desk for a while, then slowly packed up his things and left the school.

He took the train back to the station near his apartment complex. Getting off the train, Aoba walked towards the apartment.

From a distance, Aoba saw a long, luxurious car parked not far from the apartment entrance, which was Shan Wang Xia's car.

Without using his spiritual senses, Aoba knew that Shan Wang Xia had come again, but definitely not to see him. She was clearly here to have tea with Kitagawa Koko again.

He was quite surprised that just by introducing the two of them yesterday, they had become close friends.

As he approached the apartment gate, Aoba saw Shan Wang Xia's beautiful female driver sitting in the long car.

Waving to her as a greeting, Aoba entered the small courtyard of the apartment.

"Hey, Koko, good afternoon! Shan Wang, good afternoon!" Aoba greeted Kitagawa Koko and Shan Wang Xia, who were sitting on the wooden floor under the eaves, drinking tea.

"Good afternoon, Aoba-kun!" Kitagawa Koko said with her usual gentle smile.

"Good afternoon, Uesugi-kun." Shan Wang Xia also greeted him politely.

"Would you like to join us for tea, Aoba-kun?" Kitagawa Koko invited.

"Although I would love to have tea, I have some things to do and it's not convenient right now, so I'll pass." Aoba thought for a moment and declined.

"That's a shame. The tea today was made by Xia, and it's very good, much better than mine! It seems you won't have the chance to taste it." Kitagawa Koko said with a smile.

"That's a shame." Aoba also felt regretful, as he had indeed come to enjoy the black tea made by Shan Wang Xia after drinking it a couple of times.

"Koko is too kind. Actually, the best tea is made by Koko." Shan Wang Xia smiled.

"Xia is too modest." Kitagawa Koko immediately said.

The two of them complimented each other's tea, showing a genuine mutual appreciation.

"Then I'll go to my room first. Sorry." Aoba said and walked towards the apartment.

At that moment, Kitagawa Koko's voice suddenly came, "Aoba-kun, you didn't come home last night, right?"

"Ah, yes! I had some things to do last night, so I didn't make it back." Aoba smiled.

"Young people are so energetic! But Aoba-kun, you should be careful." Kitagawa Koko said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'm very careful." Aoba said deliberately.

"Oh! I was just joking, did I hit the mark?" Kitagawa Koko covered her mouth with one hand and feigned surprise.

Aoba didn't say anything because he knew that whatever he said at this moment would only be teased, so he just shrugged and walked into the apartment.