Summer Night knew that he would accept.
With Haruta-kun's personality, he wouldn't refuse such a request, even if he knew that it would be dangerous.
She felt apologetic about this, but she was also happy that he was willing to protect her.
She truly did need protection.
She could endure being mocked and ridiculed, but she couldn't endure that person approaching her.
"Thank you, Haruta-kun."
"You're welcome, President."
Summer Night felt warmth in her heart, but she also felt a little dissatisfied, or perhaps a desire.
"Could I make one more request?" she asked in a soft voice.
"Please go ahead."
"Don't call me 'President' anymore. Call me by my name … alright?"
After saying this, Grand Mistress felt her own heartbeat suddenly become louder, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.
Seiji fell silent for a moment.
"Alright … Summer Night."
Seiji had wanted to say it in a calm tone, but he failed and was a little embarrassed.
What he didn't know was that when the young lady on the other side of the phone heard him call her that, her face blushed shyly. Her eyes revealed a watery charm and the corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a silly smile.
Her smile was incredibly moving! Unfortunately, nobody saw it.
"I have one more request … Is it alright for me to call you by your name?"
"Of course."
"Thank you … Seiji."
He received an unimaginably heavy blow!
Grand Mistress shyly said his name … it was far more lethal than Seiji had expected.
He felt his face heat up and his heart itch, making him feel rather uncomfortable … fine, he was unable to remain calm!
If it was so lethal over the phone, wouldn't it be …
Seiji reflexively imagined it, causing his face to heat up even more.
"It's … it's fine, it's just a name. No need to thank me … Summer Night."
* Boom! *
The Grand Mistress collapsed on the sofa as if she had been knocked over by some unknown force.
She felt her face heat up, and her chest felt stuffy. She couldn't help but cover her breasts and squirm on the sofa.
I'm so embarrassed to be called by him!
But she still wanted to hear it … She wanted to hear him call her that …
There was silence.
"That … that's how it is." Seiji calmed himself down and scratched his face.
"On the day of the Winter Snow Festival, I'll accompany you to the gathering … Before that, we need to make another temporary contract. Should we have the ceremony the day before, or on the day itself?"
"… Let's do it the day before. That way, you'll have time to get used to your current state." Summer Night did her best to regain her composure and replied.
"Alright, then … I'll contact you then."
Seiji was about to hang up when he suddenly remembered what he wanted to say.
"By the way, when will this party start and end?"
"The Winter Snow Festival starts at ten in the morning and lasts until three in the afternoon."
"Oh, that's good."
"… Do you have another appointment?" Summer Night's heart tightened.
"I'd like to spend the night with Little Shi and Ling Yang," Seiji explained. "I called you just to tell you about this."
"I see …" Summer Night's emotions were rather complex.
"Is that alright?"
"Eh?"
"I previously promised to spend the day with you. Now, I'd like to spend the night with Little Shi and the others … Is that alright?"
"Of course."
There was no way she wouldn't allow it.
Even if there wasn't a gathering, spending the night with his family … or living together was a reasonable request. Not to mention, he had already agreed to accompany her to the gathering.
Wouldn't it be too much for her to take up all night with him?
Although that was what she said, if it was possible … No, it wouldn't be possible.
Summer Night stopped herself from having such greedy thoughts.
"I'm already grateful that you're willing to accompany me to the gathering, Seiji," she said in a gentle voice. "After the gathering, go home and spend some quality time with them."
"Okay … That's all for now. Good night, Summer Night."
"Good night."
They ended their conversation there.
A gathering … becoming a temporary Spirit-branded Retainer again … Seiji was rather curious about what type of person the Grand Mistress Natsuya hated was, as well as what type of spirit that person would summon.
Would that person summon Light-chan again? Or perhaps a different form of him?
It would be nice if it was still the same Minamoto no Raiko. That was what Seiji thought.
It would be best if he could partner up with Light-chan again.
It wouldn't be so bad if it was a different form or a different spirit … at any rate, he was looking forward to it.
Just as he was thinking this, his cell phone rang.
He took a look and saw that it was Kaori Miyamoto.
Kaori was rather nervous as this was her first time calling Harano Seigo.
It was fine. She just wanted to ask if he wanted to go to the doujinshi convention together with her. This was a normal behavior between friends, not a date or anything like that.
A date … Kaori couldn't help but imagine the scene of her happily going to the doujinshi convention together with the handsome Seiji, causing her face to redden.
The call connected.
"Good evening, Kaori."
"Good … good evening!" She was too nervous, and her voice sounded rather strange.
"What's the matter?"
"No … nothing …" Kaori did her best to calm herself down. "Would … would you like to go on a date?"
"Eh?"
"No, no! I just wanted to ask if you would like to go to the doujinshi convention! It's not a date!! "
'Honestly, my mouth is wrong again! ' Kaori was so embarrassed that she wanted to roll around on the floor.
"Oh … a doujinshi convention, of course," Seiji said. "Let's go together, together with Mika and Chiaki."
"Eh …"
"I already told them that we'd go together, and I wanted to invite you as well, but I couldn't find an opportunity at school, so I wanted to call you later, but I didn't expect that you would call first."
This … was only natural. Kaori came to a realization.
It was only natural that Mika and Chiaki wanted to go together! 'How could I forget about them and let my imagination run wild? Honestly … '
Kaori deeply realized that he was an idiot.
"Let's gather together and go to the convention together, alright?"
"Yeah … okay."
"That's all, then. Is there anything else?"
Kaori wanted to say that there was nothing else, but then she recalled that he hadn't been at school for two days and was curious as to what he was doing.
'Should I ask?'
"Seigo … why did you take a day off two days before your exams?"
While she was hesitating in her mind, she asked the question out loud.
Seiji fell silent.
Kaori felt nervous.
"I went to help out Editor Yoshizawa and Amami-sensei. As for the specifics … I'm sorry, it's not convenient for me to tell you."
"It's … it's fine!" Kaori hurriedly said. "I shouldn't have asked so casually, sorry."
"No need to apologize, Kaori. It's natural for you to be confused. I have my own reasons, so I can't tell you. I hope you can forgive me."
"Oh …"
"Is there anything else?"
"No …"
"In that case, good night, Kaori."
"Good night … Seigo."
She hung up the phone after saying good night to him.
Kaori stared blankly at her cell phone for a while. She felt a strange feeling in her heart.
It was a good thing that she agreed to go to the doujinshi convention together with him, but … why did she feel so unhappy inside?
Was it because he was hiding something from her?
No, that wasn't it. It was only natural that he had something he didn't want to say. It wasn't like she was so close to him that she wouldn't say anything to him.
Kaori faintly realized what she was truly concerned about, but she forced herself to stop thinking about it.
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