My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 174: I’m Really Not a Pretty Boy

"Any plans for the summer vacation?" Black Hearted Lolita suddenly felt a bit flustered. She realized that if the summer vacation came, her plan to persuade Little Bai to join forces against Hayakawa Kashi would be hard to carry out.

I need to find a legitimate way to get Little Bai to come looking for me.

Tachibana Tomoku seemed to have made some kind of decision in secret and whispered, "Fireworks festival... I want to go."

"Ah, Tachibana! You’re planning to go to the fireworks festival too~" Azusa Stonefield was ecstatic. The reason she brought up the summer plans was precisely to steer the conversation towards the fireworks festival, and now that Tachibana mentioned it on her own, it saved her a lot of trouble.

"Yeah... I didn’t go last year, so I want to go this year."

Azusa Stonefield happily said, "Then I’ll go with you~"

"Fireworks festival? Is that the event where we watch wearing yukata?" Black Hearted Lolita’s mind flashed with some image, and she resolutely refused, "I probably can’t go."

Are you kidding? Although yukatas and kimono suits flat chests well, going there with that Tsukimi Sakurazawa guy is just asking for humiliation!

Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at the little lolita’s expression, seemingly guessing what she was thinking, and said, "Wearing casual clothes should be fine too."

"Shirakawa, are you going?" Azusa Stonefield was fervently praying inside, "You don’t have anything scheduled that day, right?"

Please, oh god, let this Demon King be busy on the day of the fireworks festival so he can’t attend. I’ve worked so hard to secure this chance to be with Tachibana!

Upon hearing Azusa Stonefield’s inquiry, he hesitated for a second, remembering his plans with Ise Yu to go to a comic event.

The fireworks festival shouldn’t clash with the comic event, right? No way the event organizer would be dumb enough to collide with such a big festival.

However, even if the two events didn’t overlap, Shirakawa Sawahei wasn’t very interested in the fireworks festival.

Shirakawa Sawahei hadn’t answered yet when Tsukimi Sakurazawa pushed the door open and called out, "What’s going on here? What are you guys discussing? Where are you planning to go?"

"The summer fireworks festival, are you going, Department Director?"

"Huh? Oh right, it’s about a month until summer vacation, we should indeed plan the holiday life... If it’s the fireworks festival, I should be able to join! Shirakawa, how about you?"

"Not interested."

"Wow! Shirakawa, what’s with you? This is a rare chance to see beautiful girls in yukata, aren’t you even tempted? Are you really a normal boy?"

"Don’t you want to see Xiao Mo’s yukata show?"

Azusa Stonefield’s inner monologue: Enough! Stop talking! If you continue, he will really come!

Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s words stirred some emotions in Shirakawa Sawahei, but they were quickly suppressed as he calmly refused, "The fireworks festival sounds troublesome, I’d rather not go."

"How can that be! It’s super fun! You can browse tons of stalls and watch fireworks!"

The long-legged cute girl Department Director began to passionately promote the benefits of this event to Shirakawa Sawahei. After hearing her barrage of reasons, he barely remembered anything and only responded indifferently, "Oh, but I’m still lazy to go."

"Shirakawa! You might as well be dead lazy!" Tsukimi Sakurazawa said angrily and then unleashed her trump card, "Xiao Mo! Your turn."

"Shirakawa... could you accompany us?"

The timid look in the transparent eyes was full of cautiously gleaming light.

"..."

Facing the Learning Hime’s request, Shirakawa Sawahei hesitated for a bit but nodded.

Azusa Stonefield: ???

Time rewind! Take me back to the timeline where Demon King Shirakawa refused!

"Shirakawa, are you not afraid of me going all out against you with this obvious double standard?"

"Not afraid."

"You...!"

The long-legged cute girl seemed to think of something, waved her hand, and said, "Okay, I won’t hold this against you today~ Next time I won’t be so easy to pacify."

Shirakawa Sawahei gave the quirky girl a confused look but said nothing. This time he really wasn’t being a double standard. His initial desire to go wasn’t high, but if invited, he wouldn’t ruin the mood by refusing.

Besides, it was clear that Azusa Stonefield brought it up with ulterior motives. Even if no one invited him, he’d find a chance to go and watch.

As for why he targeted Tsukimi Sakurazawa, well, no reason. Just a habit of having a squabble with her first.

The Paramecium Minister’s move is too early to predict.

Hmm? But when did I ever pacify her? What does it mean there’s no pacifying her next time?

This girl... really is mysterious...

"Alright! The fireworks festival is set... now we have to think about summer! Let’s go to the beach for a group outing!"

Shirakawa Sawahei mercilessly poured cold water on her plans, "Did you forget about when that school inspector came last time? The funding for all activities was cut in half..."

"It’s alright~ don’t forget your Minister is a genius Shodo beautiful girl, I won another award~"

"Won again!"

"So amazing!"

"Congratulations, Minister..."

"When was the competition?"

"It was after the cultural festival ended~ Good thing my talent is outstanding, the school entered my work into the competition. Next time, it might even be the national competition."

"Impressive."

Shirakawa Sawahei praised, though Tsukimi Sakurazawa didn’t seem like someone who could calmly practice calligraphy, the fact was right there, so disbelief wasn’t an option.

Perhaps talent is the only way to explain it.

"Hehe~ because of the award, the funding for our Calligraphy Club isn’t cut too deeply! This time we’re going to the beach for inspiration! We must have fun!"

Azusa Stonefield: (filled with tears) So that’s how it is.jpg

Damn, if I knew, I would have bitten the bullet and joined the Calligraphy Club! If I had, I wouldn’t be suffering this now!

"Doesn’t that mean we have to wear swimsuits?" Black Hearted Lolita looked at Tsukimi Sakurazawa anxiously and murmured dejectedly.

To go or not to go, that is the question.

After thinking it over, she realized going on the group outing might be one of the rare opportunities to have contact with Little Bai, so she gritted her teeth and glared at Shirakawa Sawahei, as if she was making a big sacrifice.

Shirakawa Sawahei was a bit baffled by the glare but didn’t pay much attention to it, and asked, "How much funding did you secure?"

"Enough for the four of us to have plenty of fun at the beach~ If we cut down on some amenities, we can bring one or two more people... Ishihara-chan, do you want to join us?"

Azusa Stonefield’s heart skipped a bit: "Could I really..."

"You’re friends with Xiao Mo, so that makes you our friend too. Of course, you can!"

Yuri Hime’s eyes were filled with emotion. Wiping a corner of her eye, she said, "Don’t worry! Director Tsukimi! I was planning to go to the beach anyway! Let me put some of my savings into this group outing too! The most important thing is for us to have fun together!"

"Oh~ sounds nice, then I’ll put in my savings too, maybe we can add a bit more to the amenities!"

"I can too."

"I..." Black Hearted Lolita thought about her allowance, which seemed to have been spent on useless things, and said reluctantly, "My allowance seems limited..."

"No worries, we’re partners, no need to worry about the amount."

Shirakawa Sawahei gave Tsukimi Sakurazawa a speechless look.

Ha, woman, do you even know that girl’s allowance is not the same as yours?

"Since that’s settled... I could also..."

"No need for you to chip in, Shirakawa. You’ll be helping us with the bags and running errands and applying sunscreen~ Just enjoy being pampered by the girls~"

The passive little one and Black Hearted Lolita both nodded, seemingly in agreement with Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s proposal. Hearing this, Shirakawa Sawahei’s face darkened, showing a bit of gloom.

What’s the deal, I’m not just a pretty boy.