Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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"I seriously suspect that Teacher Zanghu is a professor at a political science and law university. The characters' dialogue is too philosophical! As a third-year student majoring in Marxism, I'm starting to have to use my brain to understand it..."

"Upstairs, it's normal for college students to have big brains."

"Has no one noticed his update speed? I conservatively estimate that the author updates at least one chapter a day. He's practically a tentacle monster reincarnated!"

Some readers, however, disagreed, arguing that even for a tentacle monster, it would be impossible to maintain both high output and high quality, and that it must have swallowed up its stockpiled chapters!

As a result, many fans who came to learn from him started tagging other authors in the comments section.

For a time, Su Qing's influence sparked a trend of extra chapters in the comic book industry, causing great distress to many authors.

Of course, Su Qing, the one who started all of this, was unaware of this...

……

It was lunch break time, and the aroma of bento boxes wafted through the air from Class C of the second year.

"Xiao Qing... your bento smells so good."

Yui's nose twitched slightly, and the rising steam mixed with the sweet aroma of teriyaki sauce, making one's appetite whetted.

"This was made for me by Mahiru, and even if you say that, I won't share it with you..."

Su Qing glanced at Yui, who was sitting diagonally opposite with her eyes wide open, subtly moved her lunchbox, and then continued eating as if nothing had happened.

"Hey, I was just praising Mahiru's bento, I didn't actually want to eat it!"

Yui was taken aback at first, but after noticing Su Qing's little actions, she immediately pouted in embarrassment and retorted.

"Really? That's good."

Su Qing's tone was neither warm nor cold, which made Yui feel like she had punched a cotton ball.

She immediately turned her head to look at Mahiru sitting next to her and complained, "Mahiru-chan, you need to control your boyfriend!"

"Hmm... Well, Kiyo-kun, you can't bully Yui, okay?"

Mahiru stopped picking up food with her chopsticks, the ceramic chopsticks making a crisp clinking sound on the edge of the bento box.

After thinking for a moment, she lightly touched her lips with her finger, tilted her head, and said in a cute, breathy voice.

The girl's voice trailed off with a sweet, soft tone, like honey lemonade.

It's called discipline, but it's actually just playful teasing.

Am I being fed dog food again?

Yui silently complained to herself, but she gradually became immune to it.

More than twenty days have passed since the day she arranged to meet Mahiru.

During this time, Mahiru and Yui's relationship became increasingly friendly—which is quite normal after a brief heart-to-heart talk.

Sometimes, if Yui doesn't go to Yukino for lunch, she'll choose to have lunch with Su Qingzhen.

As for Hikigaya and Saika, they sometimes join in, but they're not here right now.

But actually, Yui didn't really want to disturb the young couple.

However, it was Mahiru who invited them to lunch, for reasons unknown.

Su Qing didn't object, and she didn't have much reason to refuse.

After all, she had just said that she wanted to be friends with Mahiru.

But now that I think about it, I should have refused!

Just as Yui was once again holding her head in regret.

Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed that Su Qing and Mahiru's bento boxes had completely different side dishes today.

Wasn't it always Mahiru who did it all by herself in the past?

Did they have a fight...?

The moment this thought crossed Yui's mind, she was surprised to find that she didn't feel happy at all.

I'm even a little worried.

She glanced at the two of them; the atmosphere was as pleasant as ever…

Wait, it's more like it's absolutely amazing!

You can't tell they were arguing at all!

Nevertheless, the girl still asked cautiously:

"Um... Mahiru-chan, is something bothering you lately?"

"Something bothering you?" Mahiru looked blank, then asked after a couple of seconds of thought, "No, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Well... although Xiaoqing sometimes says strange things, he doesn't actually mean any harm!"

Yui unconsciously stroked the cherry blossom relief on the edge of the bento box with her fingertips. She didn't know what she was saying. No matter what happened between the two of them, it seemed like it was none of her business.

"Hmm?" Mahiru's eyes grew increasingly confused, as if veiled by a layer of white mist.

[That's a bit too nosy...]

Yui couldn't help but think to herself, then chuckled twice and shook her head, "It's nothing, it's nothing, I was just talking nonsense."

"Human machine, why do you think we two had a fight?" Su Qing slowly raised her eyes, seeing through the girl's thoughts at a glance, and said helplessly, "Also, the reason you find it strange is simply because you can't understand it."

As if still not satisfied, Su Qing glanced at the other party again and added, "Human-machine."

It's purely a case of the beginning and end echoing each other.

"You, you're the bot!" Yui pointed angrily at Su Qing, her finger trembling. "Then why is Mahiru-chan's bento box different from yours today?"

"Let me explain about this." Mahiru chuckled twice, then smiled with narrowed eyes, "Because Kiyo-kun said yesterday that he wanted to make me a bento, but I wanted to make one too... In the end, after discussing it, we decided to each make one for the other."

Suddenly, a corner of the window screen was lifted, and the midday winter sunlight slanted through the window, spreading through the classroom along with the cold wind.

Someone muttered under their breath, "BYD, who left the windows open? You're going to freeze to death."

"Ahahaha, I see..."

Yui's smile froze, as if chilled by a cold wind, and her heart sank in as well.

"Yes, that's right." Mahiru nodded with a smile, her gaze towards the girl now filled with more kindness.

With her keen intuition, she naturally understood Yui's thoughts.

"Don't rush to conclusions, I see." Su Qing suddenly interjected, speaking clearly and distinctly in the tone of someone talking to an AI customer service representative, "Transfer to a human."

The girl wasn't buying it this time; she's really learned her lesson now.

"You're the one who's a human robot! To be honest, I think there's no need for this at all."

Why don't you just stipulate who works on odd-numbered days and who works on even-numbered days?

indeed so.

Compared to each person doing it for the other, this method is much more convenient and less troublesome.

Su Qing looked at Yui with a rather surprised expression, and hesitated before asking, "You can come up with some pretty good ideas sometimes, can't you?"

"you you!"

Yui was so rebuked that she became incoherent.

悲~

Xiaoqing wasn't like this before!

"Then I'll go with odd numbers, and you can go with even numbers," Su Qing said, turning her gaze back to Mahiru sitting in front of her.

"But then you'd be working an extra day, wouldn't that be unfair?" Mahiru did the math in her head and felt like she'd lost out.

"Don't bother with that kind of thing, okay?" Su Qing smiled helplessly.

“But I’ve always done it!” Mahiru said matter-of-factly.

"That's fine."

……

Strange, isn't there something wrong with the place this silly couple is arguing about?

What kind person would haggle over wanting to make one more day's worth of bento boxes?

Because none of her friends, such as Hina, Yumiko, and Yukino, have ever been in a relationship, Yui is currently experiencing deep self-doubt.

"Yui, would you like to try some?"

Just then, a gentle voice interrupted Yui's thoughts.

"Huh? What?"

Yui looked down at the pair of chopsticks and saw that Mahiru had taken a piece of sweet and sour pork from her lunchbox.

"Give it a try. I asked Qingjun, and he said he won't be jealous if you eat it," Mahiru added, gently touching Su Qing's hand with her fingertips.

Yui looked over and saw that he had a calm expression and nodded at her.

[Are you saying I'm not a girl?]

Why are they jealous of me? I just don't understand this idiotic couple!

With all the food in her bowl, Yui simply ate it all in one bite!

"So delicious! I can't believe that when school first started, Xiaoqing could only make terrible food."

The girl sighed sincerely.

Suddenly, I felt a little sad.

The difference between people can sometimes be greater than that between dogs.

"Your charcoal cookies are just as good," Su Qing said casually.

"W-What? I've improved a lot! If you don't believe me, let Mahiru-chan try it next time!"

"Testing for poison? There's absolutely no need."

"Idiot, or I'll poison your teeth!"

……

Mahiru watched the two arguing, or rather, Su Qing's torture, from the side, silently propping up her chin with a smile on her face.

If it were any other girl like Su Qing, she probably would have already exploded with jealousy.

But... Yui is a little different.

Mahiru couldn't quite put her finger on what was different, but perhaps it was because the girl was as cute and adorable as a small animal, without any aggression?

However, she actually had another reason.

When Su Qing was with her, he always showed her his gentlest and most patient side.

Although there's nothing wrong with that, Mahiru actually really enjoys seeing different sides of her boyfriend!

[This is a different Qingjun when he's with himself!]

[She's a bit sarcastic... but also kind of cute~]

After a while, Yui decided not to argue with Su Qing and started eating her rice silently.

[Silly Xiaoqing, AI Xiaoqing...]

As if treating lunch as Su Qing, Yui chewed very vigorously.

But before she knew it, the corners of the girl's lips unconsciously turned up.

Winter has arrived, but it's not as cold as I imagined.

[I wish these days could just go on forever.]

The girl murmured to herself, as if in prayer.

If there really are such things as "real objects" in the world.

She thought she probably wouldn't pursue it persistently.

Because no one has ever said that a life without "real things" is destined to be wrong or a failure.

A life without "choices" is the worst.