章節 190: Payback

--

'All right, I'll let Yuzuki do the honour of telling you the location of the well-hidden door~'

'E-Eh? Me?!'

'Yes, you. Who else is named "Yuzuki" by me around here?'

"Boo, Ki-chan's bullying a little kid," Shizuka teased once more, forming an "o" with her mouth as she cupped it. "You're n--"

'Hey! I'm not bullying him!' Shizuka could only grin in response, sticking her tongue out at thin air since Kishi was not there at the moment with them. "Meh, really now?"

'Real-- wait a minute, you're just messin' with me, aren't you?!' Kishi finally realized as he slammed the wooden floor he sat on from the other side. Shizuka could literally hear the yelp of the young boy who Kishi claimed to be his "assistant."

The platinum-blonde Ichijou laughed in amusement at her childhood friend's late realization, "Took you long enough."

--