Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki

The bathroom door was pulled open, and Makoto Haramura walked out, his lower body wrapped in a towel, his upper body exposed, well-trained, with a perfect, angular physique.

“Something happened to Ikki? I’ll go too.”

“Let’s postpone the match, okay, Stella?”

Kurogane Ikki is his friend. It would be one thing if he hadn't seen or encountered it, but in this situation, he obviously can't ignore it.

“N… No problem, of course.”

Water droplets fell from Makoto Haramura's hair, flowing freely through the gaps in his muscles, outlining his near-perfect musculature.

Sometimes, people say men are lecherous creatures.

But that's only because they don't know that when women get horny, no one else matters.

At least, Stella was completely stunned looking at Makoto Haramura's post-bath appearance.

“Okay, wait a minute, I’ll go change.”

…

Inside the school infirmary!

The room wasn't very big, with about four or five beds. None of the other beds were occupied, except for the one in the middle, where a boy was lying.

Beside the boy was a girl who looked like a delicate doll, attending to him.

“Brother—”

Kurogane Shizuku stared intently at Kurogane Ikki, her bright eyes seemingly lost in thought.

Since that day, her brother had been lying in bed.

The damage of that new technique to his own body seemed to be much greater than Ittou Shura.

Ittou Shura only required him to lie in bed for a day to recover, but that technique was more serious. Three days had passed now.

Although her brother occasionally woke up to eat and drink, he would quickly fall back into a coma.

“But, in that case, perhaps I should be able to?”

Saliva rolled down her throat, and Kurogane Shizuku stood up, supporting herself on either side of Kurogane Ikki's body, slowly lowering her head.

“Hey—”

Chapter 088: Offer Your Face to Be Beaten

The door to the ward was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged man in a suit, with a hypocritical smile on his face, appeared.

Of course, he wasn't alone. Behind him were several black-suited bodyguards with guns and doctors and nurses in white coats.

This wasn't the proper behavior for guests visiting the sick.

Looking at this man, Kurogane Shizuku spat without any pretense, a clear look of disgust on her face.

“Akaza!”

Kurogane Shizuku stood up directly, blocking the man named Akaza, preventing him from approaching Kurogane Ikki.

“What are you doing here?”

Kurogane Shizuku's tone was very impolite, the chilling tone even causing the temperature in the room to drop by a few degrees.

“Isn't this Miss Shizuku? I'm sorry, I'm not here to see you today, but to see Kurogane Ikki behind you.”

Akaza first gave a perfunctory bow, expressing his respect for Kurogane Shizuku, then his gaze moved past Kurogane Shizuku and locked onto Kurogane Ikki.

“What do you want with my brother?”

A bad feeling arose spontaneously.

After all, as a member of the Kurogane branch family, and a lackey of her father, it wasn't normal for him to come looking for her brother, who had been expelled from the family.

Just imagining it could tell you that it was definitely not a good thing.

“Oh, oh, oh!”

“Sorry, I haven't explained yet, Miss Shizuku.”

“I am now, as the chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Japan Branch of the Magic Knight Alliance, requesting Mr. Kurogane Ikki to return to the branch for investigation.”

“Please do not obstruct me. I have official documents with me this time.”

Akaza said, taking out a document from his briefcase, which was exactly as he said.

“This is bad…”

Only one thought was in Kurogane Shizuku's mind at the moment.

The black suits behind Akaza immediately filed in, bypassing Kurogane Shizuku and wanting to come directly to Kurogane Ikki's side.

Judging by their looks, it felt like they wanted to forcibly take him away from the bed, regardless of Kurogane Ikki's physical condition.

“Frozen Earth.”

The silver-white kodachi had already appeared in Kurogane Shizuku's hand at some point, accompanied by the words she uttered softly.

Pale frost immediately spread out from Kurogane Shizuku's feet and quickly engulfed the entire floor of the ward.

Not only the black suits who broke into the ward, but even Akaza, who was standing at the door and hadn't stepped into the ward, was frozen by the frost, and the frost gradually spread upward along the shoe surface until the entire shoe was frozen.

“Don’t make any rash moves.”

“If you dare to touch my brother again, I will freeze you into ice sculptures.”

Kurogane Shizuku's words seemed colder than the ice that was currently freezing the room.

The chill that was constantly emanating from her was deterring those with malicious intentions.

“Miss… Miss Shizuku, what do you mean by this?”

“I have official documents. If you do this, I can determine that Kurogane Ikki is resisting the summons and directly convict him.”

Some people who are outwardly harsh can be made to expose their true nature simply by intimidation, like this guy now.

Kurogane Shizuku only needed to do this to easily expose his nature of only daring to bully the weak.

However, Kurogane Ikki had no way to refute Akaza's words.

“I understand, but I need to notify the headmaster about this matter.”

“We’ll make a decision after the headmaster arrives.”

Akaza was representing the Ethics Committee, although this Ethics Committee was just a vacant position and usually had no effect.

But he was indeed in charge of a committee of student knights.

Now there were also official documents. If she really helped Kurogane Ikki refuse, she would completely fall into Akaza's trap.

After all, this would allow him to reasonably deprive Kurogane Ikki of his status as a student knight.

If Kurogane Ikki was no longer a student knight, how would he fulfill his dream of becoming a formal, licensed knight?

So she couldn't deal with this scum from the branch family.

The current situation was also not something that she, the next heir of the Kurogane family, could handle.

She was only the next heir, not the heir yet.

Now she could only place her hopes on the headmaster.

“Haha, of course, you can.”

“But even if Headmaster Shinguuji comes, there is no way to stop me from taking Kurogane Ikki away.”

“Unless he doesn’t want to be a Ma-gic-Kn-ight anymore.”

Originally, Akaza was quite afraid, afraid that Kurogane Shizuku would really get angry and beat him up.

He could retaliate against others, but this was the main family's young lady, the main family's woman. If she beat him, he really could only offer his face to be beaten.

But Kurogane Shizuku's words about finding the headmaster, in Akaza's view, were just at the end of her rope.

He had successfully completed his mission.

…

Time slowly passed.

Even after a few minutes, Akaza's voice was still ringing out continuously.

Probably because he had determined that his little master couldn't do anything, so he was now enjoying the pleasure of turning the tables.

“I’m here, what exactly is going on?”

The sound of the door opening stopped Akaza's voice abruptly, and Shinguuji Kuroya’s figure also appeared directly here.

“Kurogane Shizuku, withdraw your chill, do you want to delay your brother’s recovery time?”

“Yes, I understand.”

Being suddenly reminded like this, Kurogane Shizuku noticed the problem.

Although she hadn't excessively released her chill, this temperature was nothing to adults, but for a patient whose body was in a weakened state, this temperature was enough to cause damage to their body.

“You must be Headmaster Shinguuji.”

Was it because his confidence had been rebuilt?

Akaza didn't show any timidity towards this former third-ranked, powerful Blazer with the title of 『World Clock』, who was exuding a low pressure.

“Although I have said it once just now.”

“But in order to prevent Headmaster Shinguuji from not knowing the ins and outs of the matter, I will say it again to Headmaster Shinguuji.”

“I am now taking away your school’s student, Kurogane Ikki, to investigate the recent collusion with terrorist incidents.”

Speaking of this, Akaza proudly raised the corners of his mouth.

“Oh, right!”

“I almost forgot, Headmaster Shinguuji personally reported this incident.”

“But according to our investigation, the mastermind may not be Kurogane Ouma, who has long disappeared, but your school’s Kurogane Ikki.”

“So now we invite student Kurogane Ikki to cooperate with us in the investigation.”

Completely unexpected, this guy was biting onto this.

That's right, wasn't this the incident that Haramura Makoto and the others went to investigate a few days ago? Now it was being forcibly placed on Kurogane Ikki.

Oh, no, it can't be said that it was forcibly placed on Kurogane Ikki.

Cooperate with the investigation, investigate for seven or eight days, how will Kurogane Ikki's current body recover? How will he compete then?

Sima Zhao's intentions are known to all.

“This is really forcibly finding fault. Then, if I, the person involved, come out to testify, it won’t work?”

The speech was interrupted again, and Akaza's mood was not very pleasant now.

His gaze also followed the direction of the sound that interrupted him, and then he saw a man and a woman, wearing Hagun Academy uniforms, standing at the door.

He recognized the identity of the girl with the bright red hair at a glance.

—Stella Vermillion, the Second Princess of the Vermillion Empire.

As for the identity of the other male student, he didn't remember it right away.

“Who are you?”

“Haramura Makoto, a firsthand witness to the incident. I was the one who encountered Kurogane Ouma.”

“How about it, isn’t my proof enough?”

Stepping into the room, looking indifferently at Akaza, Haramura Makoto also exuded an inexplicable aura.

“Crap!”

He inexplicably felt that something suddenly weighed down on him.

It wasn't the feeling of being pressed down, but more like something wrapped around him. It was a feeling that even breathing would feel a little difficult.

However, he didn't say the curse word just now, but secretly thought about Haramura Makoto's current identity.

Although he liked to take advantage of power, he wasn't someone who dared to be arrogant in front of everyone.