179: How Arrogant!

"Since you're begging me so much, I guess I'll stay in your room for a little while."

"...How arrogant."

Hakuto finally understood why Nao always ended up arguing with him. So this was how arrogant he used to be.

It was infuriating!

Damn it! How did this woman manage to get a hold of his weakness?!

Just as Hakuto was fuming, the slightly ajar door suddenly began to open slowly.

"Hakuto?" Miku stepped in from the doorway. "Did you find the test papers?"

?!

The moment he saw Miku, Hakuto turned pale with fright!

Did that mean all his efforts, even his humiliatingly submissive attitude, had been for nothing? Was he still going to get caught?!

Seeing Hakuto frozen in place, Miku frowned and waved a hand in front of his eyes.

"Hakuto...? What's wrong?"

Watching Miku's slightly swaying hand, Hakuto finally snapped back to his senses.

"N-nothing..."

As he spoke, he discreetly glanced at Nao, who was lying on his bed.

Nao was still lazily sprawled on the bed, holding the manga she had been reading earlier.

Noticing his gaze, she even shot him a meaningful look.

The message was clear.

Since you begged me so much, I might as well get the job done.

Vision disappearance is truly a god-tier ability! For the first time, Hakuto felt like this ability was more useful than his computational skills!

"By the way, Miku, why did you come in?"

"Because you've been in here for a long time..."

Miku couldn't exactly say that she had been keeping her attention on his bedroom door the entire time.

Since Hakuto was taking too long, she instinctively stepped inside.

She had initially thought there might be something inappropriate in his room, but looking at it now, it seemed she had been overthinking things.

"Alright, alright. Instead of worrying about me, you should focus on studying and getting a higher score."

Hakuto pulled the test papers out of his drawer, then grabbed Miku's wrist and led her out of the room.

However, as he closed the door, he shot Nao a meaningful glance.

Nao stared at Hakuto's exaggerated facial expression, completely baffled.

But a second later, after he had shut the door, a message popped up on her phone.

[Text me if anything happens! How could you not get that hint, you idiot!]

[Huh? Then why didn't you just send a text in the first place? Instead, you were pulling all those weird faces like you'd just eaten crap!]

[Ha? You think I wanted to?!]

Hakuto didn't bother arguing further. He had more important things to deal with right now.

He put down his phone and placed the test papers on the coffee table in front of the five sisters.

"I wrote these test papers by hand, one question at a time! Your names are on them."

Hearing that, the five sisters each found their respective test papers based on the names written on them.

"Huh? Shiratori-sensei, why does Nino's test have so many multiple-choice questions?"

"Huh? Mine is all English questions. Do you want to trade?"

"List several famous battles from the Sengoku period..."

"This is a lot..." Itsuki looked at the test in her hands, feeling a bit nervous.

Since there was a reward on the line, Itsuki was determined to fight for first place!

But as she carefully examined the questions, she realized she could actually answer most of them.

At that moment, Hakuto explained,

"I told you, these are tailored to each of you. These questions aren't difficult—as long as you actually studied over the past few days."

Hakuto had no faith in the five sisters' natural abilities, so he had picked questions directly from their textbooks, only changing a few numbers here and there.

The goal was simple: to reinforce their learning and make teaching easier.

"Alright, quiet down!" Hakuto smacked Yotsuba on the head.

A loud thud echoed through the room.

"Ow... Shiratori-sensei, why'd you hit me?"

"Instinct."

"Forget it. You have two hours to complete the test. You can look at each other's papers, but it won't help."

Hakuto sighed. If only he could play the "strict teacher" role properly.

He kind of missed the days of bossing them around.

After wrapping up things with the quintuplets, Hakuto walked over to Ginko.

Ginko was seated in the middle of the living room, a chessboard in front of her, seemingly waiting for him.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

"I thought you'd spend more time getting cozy with the quintuplets."

"Since when was that part of a tutor's job?" Hakuto feigned ignorance.

"When did you even become a tutor? And why didn't you tell me?"

If there weren't other people around, Ginko would have planted her foot on his face by now!

But she was still considerate enough to maintain his dignity in front of others.

"Around two weeks ago... It's just a side job, so I didn't think it was worth mentioning."

Hakuto always disliked letting different parts of his life mix, let alone bringing up other people unprompted.

So naturally, he had no intention of telling her. Besides, being a tutor was just a part-time gig—nothing significant.

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