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  The sound drew back Rentaro who was at the window . He turned around to look at the entrance .

  Kisara dressed in her usual black sailor uniform entered the office . Rentaro is a bit bewildered and he wondered if he’s imagining it .

  Somehow, Kisara looked awfully flushed and her breathing is rushed . Her heaving bosom made Rentaro very uncomfortable .

  “Kisara-san?”


  Rentaro asked .

  “What’s wrong?”


  “What do you mean by that?”


  Kisara forcefully smiled and anyone could tell she’s hiding something since she avoided eye contact with Rentaro .

  “More like, Rentaro-kun, what are you doing here?”


  “Me?”


  Rentaro scratched his head . He suppressed his curiosity and he replied .

  “Didn’t you hear the loud sound just now? It sounded like a massive car accident, right?”


  Rentaro is even more confused .

  “Kisara-san just came in, don’t tell me you didn’t hear it?”


  “Th-this……”


  Kisara started stuttering which made Rentaro even more suspicious . A mysterious sense of discomfort rose up in Rentaro’s heart .

  Kisara’s trying to hide something from him, a most peculiar behavior for her .

  Another person chimed in with a helpless tone .

  “Look, if you’re going to talk, can you go in and not block the door for other people?”


  “—!”


  Kisara scurried away in shock after hearing his voice .

  “Eh?”


  Rentaro gasped .

  “Noah?”


  “Yo, what’s up, Rentaro?”


  In stark contrast to Kisara, Noah is cool as a cucumber when he greeted Rentaro .

  “Where’s Enju?”


  “Oh, don’t even get me started . ”


  Rentaro sighed .

  “She said something about watching Tenbatsu Shoujo anime and she holed up inside Fairy Tail without coming out since . ”


  “Oh, really?”


  Noah chuckled .

  “That sounds like her . ”


  “I know right?”


  Noah’s nonchalant attitude drew a pout from Kisara . She threw a hissy fit .

  “Oh, I thought Fairy Tail’s big and might guildmaster couldn’t be bothered with a small and insignificant firm like ours?”


  Rentaro twitched in astonishment while Noah is rendered speechless .

  What’s her deal?

  Why is she so upset?

  Noah glanced at her and he subconsciously compared her dressed appearance with her disrobed figure . He used an antagonistic tone with her .

  “Oh dear, Fairy Tail is such a poor organization it can only afford to live in the outer regions, surely we can’t compare to the great young miss of the Tendo clan . ”


  “I am me! Tendo is Tendo!”


  Kisara retorted with a leer .

  “Don’t lump me in with the Tendo bunch!”


  “Oh?”


  Noah laughed apologetically .

  “Then I’m sorry . ”


  Noah and Kisara glared at each other with imaginary sparks between them . One of them suddenly turned awkward while the other one blushed and averted her gaze .

  Rentaro is perplexed, to say the least .

  If Kano or Enju is here, they would have noticed something . At least, they would have known that they are just using this pointless banter to hide their shame .

  Rentaro is too dense for that, he asked while trying not to set off any bombs .

  “Erm, you two, what’s going on here?”


  “Nothing is going on!”


  Kisara and Noah shot back at the same time . Then, they stared at each other .

  “Don’t copy me!’


  “You’re the one who copied me!”


  “Are you doing this on purpose?”


  “You……”


  Noah and Kisara are in sync as they tried to shoot each other with words .

  After they have calmed down, the way they stared at each other made the air in the room get a bit too charged for anyone’s comfort .

  Although he’s clueless, Rentaro reckons that it’s best if he didn’t ask so many questions .

  “Y-you know……”


  Rentaro looked at Noah to defuse this situation .

  “Noah, why are you here?”


  Noah’s question sparked the same question in Kisara’s mind . Noah also recalled the reason he’s here . He used a serious face and he asked Rentaro .

  “Miori said you have something that I requested, she passed it to you and told you to pass it to me, is that right?”


  Rentaro’s expression turned grim . He can’t hide the disquiet in his voice .

  Kisara knitted her brows, she had noticed the change in the mood so she turned her attention towards Rentaro .

  “Rentaro-kun, what is it?”


  Rentaro didn’t answer her . Instead, he thought for a bit before he took out a bunch of papers from his inner pocket .

  Noah tried to retrieve them but Rentaro distanced himself .

  “Why do you want this?”


  Rentaro looked intently at Noah while holding the papers .

  “I’m sorry but I gleaned the documents and I hope you can give me an explanation . ”


  Noah inwardly sighed .

  So it turned out like this, huh?

  “Rentaro-kun . ”


  Kisara noticed that it’s not as simple as it looks, she got closer to Rentaro without minding the earlier altercation between herself and Noah .

  “What’s that you got in your hands?”


  “Kisara-san……’


  Rentaro looks conflicted for a moment but he relented in the end .

  “It’s incriminating evidence on a lot of officials who belonged to the Tendo clan . It’s very shady stuff like corruption and embezzlement of funds . ”


  “Tendo……”


  Kisara’s eyes shrunk and the next instant, her eyes widened . With trembling hands, she tried to obtain the document in Rentaro’s hands .

  Rentaro knew she would act like this, he tried to raised his hand and Noah snatched it with his speed .

  “Gimme!”


  Before Rentaro can say anything, Kisara emotionally pounced on Noah .

  “Give it to me!”


  Noah dodged her and he is intrigued by her over-the-top reaction .

  “What are you going to do with it?”


  “I could ask the same of you . ”


  Kisara adjusted her breathing and she growled at him .

  “What are you going to do with it?”


  Noah knew the moment Miori told him that the documents are in Rentaro’s hands that he’s going to get questioned by them .

  Looking at Kisara’s reaction, Noah replied after thinking about it .

  “If I say, it’s going to be the last nail in the coffin when I overthrow the Tendo family, what are you doing to do about it?”


  The room fell silent .

  “Overthrow…… Tendo family……”


  Rentaro mumbled out loud .

  “As expected……”


  “Overthrowing…… the Tendo Clan……”


  Kisara mumbled to herself . A hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes but she quickly made up her mind .

  No, rather than resolve, it’s more like the reckless abandon of a trapped demon .

  “I can do it too!”


  Kisara stared intently at Noah, her voice sounded like it came from the deepest abyss of her soul .

  “I can help you destroy the Tendo clan!”


  Rentaro’s expression crumbled but he didn’t voice his opinion .

  Noah frowned, this is a very rare and unusual side of Kisara . She’s behaving very maliciously right now but he didn’t say it out loud .

  Thinking about it, he took another look at Kisara and he walked out of the office, leaving her with one final message .

  “We will save this for another time……”


  Rentaro stopped for a bit but he pursued Noah, leaving Kisara in the office . She stared at the door in silence .