Hayami Kouhei's eyes widened as he scolded, "scorpio, shut up."
Mitsuaki Gamou didn't blame her. He smiled and said, "Hehehe, we are an academy, and it's relatively closed off during the school term. It's impossible for news of the Zodiarts to spread. Moreover, this Zodiarts hasn't been around for long; it was taken out by that Kamen Rider almost as soon as it started making a scene. Aside from the teachers and students on campus, who else outside could react so quickly?"
"Yes, Chairman, I was too impulsive."
Sonoda Sarina hadn't considered that just now.
Mitsuaki Gamou said solemnly, "Regardless of whether this Kamen Rider is a teacher or a student, they cannot stop us from gathering the Zodiac Twelve Palaces constellation switches. Teacher Sonoda, Principal, you know what to do."
The Principal sneered and said, "Chairman, as soon as he appears next time, we will surely let him know the consequences of interfering with us."
"Mm, you may leave."
"Yes."
...On the rooftop of the teaching building, Shiraishi Shin, who had disappeared from the campus plaza, appeared here. Alya, who had been standing at the edge of the rooftop looking down, turned around after noticing the movement behind her. She smiled upon seeing Shiraishi Shin.
She walked up to Shiraishi Shin and praised, "As expected of Kamen Rider Cronus, you're amazing. You defeated that Monster in just a few moves."
Shiraishi Shin deactivated his Henshin and calmly accepted Alya's praise. He then asked, "You weren't scared just now, were you?"
"No."
Alya spoke, then whispered softly in russian, which Shiraishi Shin couldn't understand, "With you protecting me, even if I were scared, I wouldn't be anymore."
Shiraishi Shin pretended not to hear, as he noticed this girl often muttered to herself. He guessed it was her father's side of the language—russian—but unfortunately, Shiraishi Shin didn't understand it.
Shiraishi Shin nodded. "Now that the Monster interfering with the Beauty Pageant is gone, tomorrow's competition should proceed normally. I have high hopes for you."
"Then I'll take that as a good omen."
Alya was happy. Seeing a 'Bench of Fate' nearby, she walked over gracefully and sat down, patting the empty seat next to her to signal Shiraishi Shin to sit.
Shiraishi Shin didn't stand on ceremony and sat down casually next to Alya. The bench was long enough that even with another person, it wouldn't feel crowded.
"Aren't you going back to the Student Council?"
Alya straightened her posture and said, "Since the culprit has been defeated by you, there's no need for that emergency meeting. Going back would be useless."
In russian: (Besides, I don't want to miss this chance to be alone with you.)
Seeing that Shiraishi Shin didn't speak, Alya turned her head slightly and saw him staring at her legs. This made her instinctively press her legs together and lean to the right, her face flushing as she asked, "Um, what... what are you looking at?"
Shiraishi Shin'struggled' to look away and said, "Ahem, nothing. I'm just making the mistake that all men make."
Indeed, Shiraishi Shin was a fan of beauty, which translated into a leg fetish. Probably over ninety percent of men in the world wouldn't dislike legs, especially beautiful ones in various types of stockings.
Hearing this, a curve formed at the corner of Alya's mouth. A little devilish idea popped into her head to tease Shiraishi Shin. Who told this guy to act so cool just now? Seeing him look shy and embarrassed would be quite nice.
So, she not only moved her legs back but also boldly leaned closer to Shiraishi Shin, crossing one leg over the other. Her voice was full of temptation as she asked, "Then do you think my legs look good? Do you want to touch them?"
Shiraishi Shin raised an eyebrow. This woman dared to play with fire. He chuckled, "Are you... testing me? Then congratulations, you've succeeded. I really can't stand the test."
With that, he placed his large, warm hand on Alya's thigh, just above where her white over-the-knee socks ended.
"Ah!"
Alya jolted. This was the first time a man had touched her thigh. Feeling the warmth on her leg, she cried out instinctively.
"Stupid! Idiot! You pervert! Scumbag!"
Alya reacted somewhat excessively, launching into a 'delinquent kick' mode against Shiraishi Shin. But who was Shiraishi Shin? How could he be kicked over by her? He caught Alya's calf on the spot.
"Let go, let go, let go... let go quickly!"
Alya was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a hole. Although she had a fleeting thought of this when she provoked Shiraishi Shin, the reality was far too embarrassing.
Shiraishi Shin looked speechlessly at the extremely bashful Alya. This girl was purely a victim of her own cleverness—high attack, low defense. You didn't even have the guts, yet you dared to flirt with him. Now look what happened; you've been disciplined by me.
Listening to her insults that sounded more like rewards, Shiraishi Shin released her calf and said nonchalantly, "Weren't you the one testing me? And it's not the first time I've touched them, so what's the big deal?"
Alya calmed down a bit and froze. "You've touched them? When..."
Before she could finish, she remembered yesterday. When she had a high fever, it was Shiraishi Shin who had carried her to the infirmary in a princess carry.
Because her head was groggy at the time and she fainted shortly after, her memory was fuzzy and her body had no sensation. Remembering it now made her entire face turn red.
"Oh my, how embarrassing!"
She covered her face with both hands, her head feeling like a steam engine.
Shiraishi Shin coughed twice and explained, "Well, yesterday didn't really count as touching. I was holding your calves, and there were socks in the way."
"Hmph!"
Alya was too shy for the moment and didn't want to talk to Shiraishi Shin.
Shiraishi Shin leaned back against the bench and didn't say anything more. When she was showing off her legs earlier, she seemed so dominant; he thought Alya had high attack and high defense, but she turned out to be a paper tiger, left with only a sliver of health after his counter-play.
Half an hour later, the school bell woke the two of them who had fallen asleep on the bench.
"Oh no, when did I fall asleep?"
When Alya woke up, she found that she had actually fallen asleep, and she was leaning on Shiraishi Shin.
Shiraishi Shin was also startled awake by the bell. Sitting on the bench under the warm sun just now, he had fallen asleep and slept very soundly. He stood up and said, "Class has started. Alya, let's get back to the classroom."
"Okay, let's go."
The two of them hurried downstairs and finally entered the classroom a second before the teacher arrived.
However, compared to all the other students who were already in their seats, the two of them being late together was quite conspicuous, inevitably making them a topic of conversation.
Although Chitoge Kirisaki was curious and wanted to ask, she held back, though her eyes kept scanning the two of them gossipingly.
Alya sat in her seat, and although she pretended as if nothing had happened, her eyes would occasionally drift toward Shiraishi Shin.
Because she was still thinking about what happened on the rooftop at noon. Just thinking about her thigh being touched by Shiraishi Shin made her face flush with shame, to the point that she was in a daze for the entire class and didn't listen to a word.
Shiraishi Shin didn't listen either, but not because he was thinking about Alya. Instead, it was because the record of the 30 Monsters he had defeated in the system had turned into a lottery chance.