Chapter 27: My Senpai Can’t Be That Yandere

“Senpai, the moment I saw it, I felt a strong connection to it. Didn’t you say that, in your opinion, cultivation is all about fate? I think this is it.”

“Mm.” Miyamizu Rin nodded.

She bit her lower lip, hesitated for a moment, then continued, “Are you sure you want it?”

“Can’t I, senpai?”

Arisugawa Yuu asked back.

“You can, it’s just…”

Halfway through, Miyamizu Rin blushed and fell silent.

Seeing her like this, Arisugawa Yuu had a vague guess: “Senpai, this sword and your sword, they aren’t a couple’s set, are they?”

He remembered that on the day they first met, the longsword in Miyamizu Rin’s hand was also ice-blue.

Miyamizu Rin glared at Arisugawa Yuu with her clear eyes, like a handful of water scooped from a summer lake, “If you don’t talk, no one will think you’re mute.”

“……”

Arisugawa Yuu looked innocent.

‘Seriously, do you have to be so shy?’

Miyamizu Rin stared at the ice-blue longsword, a nostalgic look on her face, and said softly, “This sword was left to me by my mother. She said that if one day I met someone worthy of entrusting my life to, I should give this sword to them.”

“Is this a dowry? A gift from my future mother-in-law?”

“Who said I’m marrying you?” Miyamizu Rin blushed and glared at Arisugawa Yuu irritably.

“That’s why I said, ‘future’…”

In that case, was it inappropriate for him to take this sword now?

“Senpai, I’ll take the River and Mountains Fan instead.”

Between the Mind-Reflecting Mirror and the River and Mountains Fan, Arisugawa Yuu preferred the latter.

Although the Mind-Reflecting Mirror could control people’s minds and had some wonderful uses… for example, for doing certain things that would get you at least three years in jail, or even the death penalty, but Arisugawa Yuu was a proper person (serious face), and would never do such a thing that would anger both gods and men.

If he couldn’t be a dashing young swordsman in white robes with a longsword, being a graceful and talented scholar with a folding fan wasn’t bad either.

Miyamizu Rin’s face turned crimson, her clear eyes staring at Arisugawa Yuu without blinking as she sighed, “If you want it, then take it.”

“This is your dowry, senpai. It can only be given to someone you can entrust your life to…”

Although he was very tempted, Arisugawa Yuu still chose to refuse.

He didn’t think he was a person worthy of entrusting a life to, at least not now.

Miyamizu Rin blushed and said in a low voice, “I told you, I believe in fate. Perhaps this is fate. Many things are predestined and won’t change because of personal will.”

As she spoke, a hint of sadness appeared on Miyamizu Rin’s delicate face, likely because she had remembered some sad memories.

Arisugawa Yuu remembered the scene from that day.

Miyamizu Rin’s temperament was as cold as a fairy. She asked, “Arisugawa-san, did you cherish your last day as an ordinary person?”

Arisugawa Yuu’s answer was: “I will miss it, perhaps in the distant future, or perhaps in the near future.”

There are always gains and losses in everything, but if possible, he hoped that the day he would miss his life as an ordinary person would never come.

He knew he was being a bit greedy. Even someone as powerful as Miyamizu Rin still had things she couldn’t do in her lifetime and a distant place she could never reach.

But people, they always have to have some hope, right?

Hope is a good thing. It makes you feel alive, makes you feel… even if the road ahead is long and uncertain, you will eventually meet gentleness and moonlight at the end of the road.

‘I pray that after all the hardships, the end of the road will be gentleness and moonlight.’ Arisugawa Yuu silently clasped his hands in his heart.

For himself, for Miyamizu Rin.

His thoughts returned.

Seeing the atmosphere becoming heavy, Arisugawa Yuu teased, “Senpai, can I take this as your confession?”

Miyamizu Rin glared at Arisugawa Yuu, her cheeks puffed out. She parted her crimson lips, and just as she was about to speak, Arisugawa Yuu cut her off.

Arisugawa Yuu imitated Miyamizu Rin’s expression and tone, saying, “Arisugawa-san, if you don’t talk, no one will think you’re mute.”

Seeing Arisugawa Yuu imitating her, Miyamizu Rin was both shy and angry, and she said coquettishly, “Can you be any more annoying?”

“If being more annoying can make senpai happy, I think I can do it.”

“Hmph, smooth talker.”

After being teased by Arisugawa Yuu, Miyamizu Rin wasn’t so sad anymore.

Overall, although this man seemed frivolous, he wasn’t annoying.

Miyamizu Rin lightly tapped her jade hand, and the ice-blue longsword flew in front of Arisugawa Yuu.

Miyamizu Rin stared at Arisugawa Yuu with her clear eyes, like a handful of water scooped from a summer lake, without blinking.

Arisugawa Yuu didn’t move, and Miyamizu Rin didn’t speak. The two of them just stared at each other.

The scene fell silent.

At a close enough distance, Arisugawa Yuu could clearly see that Miyamizu Rin’s clear, beautiful eyes were glistening with tears.

Arisugawa Yuu’s figure was reflected in the glistening tears, and besides that, there was nothing else.

After a long time, Miyamizu Rin parted her crimson lips, her tone serene: “Don’t fail me.”

Arisugawa Yuu finally reached out and grasped the longsword, a rare look of seriousness on his face: “Since it’s a kind offer from a beautiful woman, how could I possibly fail you? In the future, if senpai needs me, I will go through fire and water and die a thousand deaths without hesitation.”

This sentence was a promise.

Unlike the vague “you’re in my future plans” before, this was a straightforward declaration.

Miyamizu Rin nodded with satisfaction: “Remember what you said. If you dare to fail me—”

At this point, she paused, smiled slightly, and said no more.

“Senpai, what would happen if I accidentally fail you?”

Arisugawa Yuu said cautiously.

Miyamizu Rin glanced at Arisugawa Yuu, her expression indifferent, her voice cold: “Break your legs, lock you up, so that your world only has me, and you can only think of me forever.”

“Hey, hey, hey, senpai, are you a yandere?”

Arisugawa Yuu looked incredulous.

Miyamizu Rin raised her beautiful eyes, her expression lazy: “Why, can’t I be?”

“You can, but… it doesn’t match your style at all, senpai.”

“Oh?” Miyamizu Rin had a teasing smile on her face, “Don’t tell me you think I have a good temper, that I’ll be obedient to you in the future, and that I’ll tolerate you having a harem and provoking other girls?”

Arisugawa Yuu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: “Of course I don’t have such thoughts. I’m just surprised.”

“Really?”

“Of course.”

Miyamizu Rin chuckled, her smile dangerous: “I hope you’re not lying to me. Of course, even if you do lie to me, it doesn’t matter.”

Why it didn’t matter, Arisugawa Yuu wisely didn’t ask.

He didn’t think he could become more powerful than Miyamizu Rin.

In short, to avoid having his legs broken by Miyamizu Rin and being kept as a private pet, he would have to avoid having too deep a relationship with other girls in the future.

What did “too deep a relationship” mean?

Simply put—knowing the ins and outs of other girls was a no-go.

Even if he wanted to know the depths of a girl, he could only know the depths of Miyamizu Rin.