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2021-08-28 00:54:17"On the count of three! One! Two! Three!" Jun said and the two of them flipped their notebooks at the same time revealing what they wrote in them to each other.
One would wonder how they got to this silly childish method and for that, one needs to go back to a few minutes earlier, when the two of them sat down to decide on a title for the book...
As expected from them things couldn't go over smoothly, even if it comes to something like the title of their book, they ended up at an impasse.
"What's that, could that even be considered a title?" Jun said mockingly,
"Well at least it's more creative than "Their Murderous Love,", " Iori retorted eying his notebook with disdain. What do you expect from a frivolous romance writer anyway...
"Oh! As in "Misconception in the night" Is a more relevant title?" Jun said
"Well, at least it doesn't sound like a cheap romance column in a teenager's literary magazine..." Iori said and Jn raised an
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Iori's hysterical laughter drew the customer's attention, but to his credit, Kazuma remained silently neutral as he patiently waited for her to finish. As Iori's laughter died down she still couldn't wipe the smile from her face."Kazuma, you're saying the funniest things. You could pass for a comedy skit any time by that sense of humor of yours." She said her last words hardening and sounding harsh."I do not understand where you're coming from Iori-sama," He said watching her with his unwavering neutral look. If it was any other person, he would've been successful in fooling them. But Iori knew the man too well. She grew up with him..."Kazuma, you were there when I left the main house. And you were there when my father openly cut me out of the family at the time in my life when I needed his support the most. So, It has been an understanding that I have no business with the main house and they don't have any business with me. So why do you think that you or Fa
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