Chapter 369: Confession (1/2)

Sakura’s lips were soft, but cold for some reason.

There was a slight stiffness and trembling to them as well.

First kiss.

He had half-believed and half-doubted it at first, but he was now pretty sure that it was true.

When it came to kissing, by this point Taiyou had an overwhelming resume. As a result, he was able to confirm that this was her first time.

“…Have you actually not gone out with anyone before?”

“No, not at all.”

“Why not? I highly doubt that there weren’t men here and there who would have approached you.”

These were his true feelings.

Sakura was attractive.

Sometimes she had a tight expression on her face, and it wasn’t all that helpful that she preferred not to say what she truly thought, but Taiyou truly thought her to be the hottest of the hot when it came to the women he knew.

Plus she was part of Juunishima.

Beautiful? Part of a prestigious family? Perhaps there were some indecisive men, but surely there were a dime a dozen who would have nothing left to lose.

At least, that was what Taiyou was thinking.

“There were no such men.”

So he was very surprised to hear her answer.

“There weren’t?”

“No, there were not.”

“How come?”

“Because I always intimidated them, of course. I made sure that they knew what would happen if they so much as tried that.”

“Makes sense.”

Taiyou made a slightly awkward smile. Now that was one thing he understood.

“The only one so far who has so much as attempted that…has been you.”

“True, and it isn’t like we can count the person you were scheduled to marry.”

“Indeed.”

“You’re a peculiar one, alright. We were even enemies at one point.”

“Do you recall when I first went to the Juunishima mansion?”

“We met the next day, did we not?”

“Yeah.”

Taiyou nodded.

“To tell you the truth, I did hope something at that time. I hoped that we would once again play word games. Guess that didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted.”

“And I gave you a very cold reception. Have I let you down by doing that?”

“Yeah, to be honest.”

“Well, there was a lot going on at that time.”

“Was there?”

Taiyou scrutinized Sakura’s face.

“What seems to be the problem?”

“Could we kiss one more time?”

“You truly are an odd one.”

“Sooo…?”

“I will decline.”

“Ah, no dice?”

“Indeed. And haven’t you forgotten your main objective here?”

“I haven’t. Just thought it’d be nice to get another kiss before that.”

“Ah, you were that kind of person, after all.”

“I am indeed that kind of person, after all.”

Taiyou mimicked her tone, firing it right back at her.

They gazed at each other for a good minute before both of them burst out laughing.

After they had a good laugh, Taiyou spoke up again.

“All right. I will explain now.”

“Indeed.”

“Hera.”

“Jajajaaan!”

He summoned Hera.

The doll-sized fairy appeared out of nowhere.

“Oho? Well if it isn’t Sakura-chan. I see that you see me, eh?”

“And there you have it.”

“A spectre of some sort?”