"What am I like iory?"

  Fujiwara quickly regained her posure after realizing she hadn't successfully paired any couples. Now, she was far more ied in finding out what kind of person she was iory.

  "Want to tell me more?"

  "Yeah!"

  Fujiwara's curiosity iqued.

  "You're a pretty special character iory."

  "I remember you actually became quite famous outside the story, especially because of the Chika Dance."

  "???"

  Fujiwara's expression was filled with fusion.

  Still, she quickly grasped that Chika Dance likely referred to something she had performed.

  "What's that?"

  "Hmm..."

  Ren wasn't great at expining things iail.

  "It's kind of like an ending theme after an anime episode finishes?"

  "Oh!"

  "I remember there was a se where you had a song and dance sequen the middle of the story. The general premise revolves around the student cil at Shuchi'in Academy."

  "But since you have a great singing void dance so well, you became incredibly popur."

  Even now, Ren still remembered bits and pieces of it.

  "The most on phrase people used back then was, Marry this woman."

  "Eh?!"

  Fujiwara's face immediately flushed pink, her heart skipping a beat.

  This was the first time she'd heard how she erceived in another world, from the perspective of a character in a story, no less.

  So they wao marry this woman, huh?

  She had been immersed iwo-dimensional world for many years, so she naturally uood what that phrase implied.

  It meant she was actually quite popur.

  "Hmm... Why do I suddenly feel so happy?"

  Holding her cheeks, Fujiwara found herself growing increasingly excited.

  "What else?"

  Her i in her fial self only grew stronger.

  Although her role as a Love Detective seemed rather embarrassing, given how she'd pletely failed to sense love eve was right in front of her, she wasirely disappointed with how she ortrayed in other aspects.

  "Let me think..."

  "You like eating ramen, especially the kind that's extra firm. You don't even mind strong fvors, and it seems you enjoy adding garlic too."

  "You have a strong talent for music, but you didn't keep up with it."

  "Your personality is cheerful, a little airheaded, but you're also Shinomiya's only true friend."

  "And you're also ed about President Shirogahat you are called his mother."

  "Wait!"

  The first few descriptions sounded more or less like her, but what was that st part?!

  "Why Mother?!"

  "Why am I called Mother?!"

  Fujiwara was pletely baffled.

  Did she really e across as that motherly?!

  "Well... Shirogane-kun has quite a few fws."

  "For example, his singing. I remember iory, when you first heard him sing, you nearly had a breakdown."

  "…"

  Breakdown?!

  She had received elite musical training since childhood. Even though her i in music had only sted through elementary school, her sense of pitch was still far above average.

  At worst, a bad singer would simply sound unpleasant to her.

  But to actually break down…?

  That meant Shirogane's singing must be catastrophically tone-deaf.

  Even just imagining it sent a shiver down her spine.

  "And then, you actually taught him how to sing properly."

  "Eh?! Was I really that brave?"

  Teag a tone-deaf person to sing?!

  Fujiwara found it hard to believe she would ever take on such a challenge.

  "And not just singing, there were a lot of other areas where you helped fix Shirogane's fws in your own way."

  "You jumped in knowing full well it was going to be an uphill battle."

  "You eveioned raising him yourself in a se iory."

  Fujiwara couldn't even begin to imagine what kind of desperate situation would have made her utter those words.

  But ohing was clear.

  Shirogane's fws were probably far worse than she had initially thought.

  With that in mind, maybe transferring to Teitan High School with Kaguya wasn't such a bad idea after all.

  As for Shirogane and Kaguya's retionship...

  Well, the so-called eight-character proverb hadn't even been writte, so what was there to discuss?

  And besides, a story was just a story.

  At the very least, she knew her Kaguya would never act so foolishly.

  So whatever happened iory could only serve as a reference.

  "Our future story sounds really iing."

  Even though she hadn't personally experie, Fujiwara could imagihat many amusing things had happened.

  "Iory, does Kaguya end up with the president?"

  "Yes."

  Hearing this, Fujiwara smiled and nodded, before immediately dismissing it.

  "Then the Kaguya iory isn't my Kaguya."

  "The Kaguya I know would never choose the president."

  Ren uood the reasoning behind her words, but he was still curious about how she was so fident in that clusion.

  "You sound pretty certain."

  "Yeah, very sure."

  Fujiwara wasn't even slightly surprised.

  "Kaguya carries the Shinomiya name."

  "If the weight of the Shinomiya family isn't lifted off her shoulders, she won't have the freedom to make her own choices."

  "So Kaguya would never choose the president."

  "If she did, she'd not only cause trouble for him but also put herself in an incredibly vulnerable position."

  "A strong Kaguya would never do something like that."

  Ren smiled and nodded in agreement.

  "That makes sense."

  "Shinomiya-san be a bit stubborn, but she's also incredibly strong-willed."

  "Putting herself in a osition isn't something she'd ever do."

  "Especially when she knows both logically aionally that it's impossible, she'd rely on rationality to make her choice."

  Fujiwara tilted her head slightly, feeling a hint ret.

  "It's just… the president is kind of pitiful."

  "Now that I think about it, he's been trying to get Kaguya's attention for over a year."

  "A, it all ended up like this…"

  She sighed, shaking her head.

  It was unfortunate, but there was simply too great a gap between their social csses.

  In the past, Kaguya didn't have the power to escape from the Shinomiya family's grasp.

  Now, even though she had broken free, she had already chosen another path.

  In the end, all of Shirogane's efforts had been in vain.

  "But that's okay."

  "At least now the president will know that there's no hope."

  But then, Fujiwara suddenly thought of something, and her expression turned slightly anxious.

  "Wait… If Kaguya transferred to Teitan High School, will the president follow her?"

  Ren shook his head slightly.

  He reached into his pocket, pulled out a gold , and flicked it into the air. As it spun, he caught it with a practiced motion, revealing the side with an intricate floral engraving.

  "No."

  "Shirogane's circumstances are different from yours and Shinomiya's."

  "His family nearly went bankrupt a few years ago, and now the three of them live in a tiny apartment."

  "He doesn't have the luxury of making irrational decisions like transferring schools."

  For most people, money was an unavoidable reality that dictated their choices.

  And for a high school student who hadn't eveered society yet, that limitation was eveer.