Fortunately Not a Victim

"I will try my best to act as if I don't know anything."

Yotsuba raised her hand and made a sincere promise.

"This assurance is not convincing at all."

Nino didn't expect that she had read it, and Ren only sent an email wanting her to keep it a secret.

Couldn't she explain it through email?

Ichika echoed, "Now that the problem has reached this point, there's no other way. I can only pretend not to know like Yotsuba said."

They didn't know a skill as strong as amnesia.

"Then should we let Nino tell Kamikawa-kun what we like?" Itsuki posed a new question, "As long as we say it like this, in a way, it's a predetermined gift."

"That sounds good."

Miku was slightly moved by Itsuki's proposal.

As long as she didn't mention a gift related to the Warring States period, there would be no problem if Nino told Ren.

"It's up to you. Besides, I won't use this method." Ichika said indifferently, "On the contrary, I'm really looking forward to what Ren-kun will give me if he doesn't know what I like."

"Unpleasant behavior." Nino commented.

"Isn't it a bad idea? I just want to know what he'll do."

Ichika remained self-aware.

"In that case, I won't tell Kamikawa-san what you like."

Nino decided to cooperate with her.

"Thinking about it like this, your behavior is also very bad." Ichika complained.

Nino explained: "Compared to Kamikawa-san, of course, I'm on your side."

"I hope you can say the same thing in the future."

"What about you?"

Nino ignored Ichika's words, instead asking about her.

"Nino, why don't you tell Kamikawa-kun what I like?"

After thinking for a moment, Itsuki said with a hint of embarrassment.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Nino looked at the others: "What about Miku and Yotsuba?"

"The same as Ichika."

Miku changed her mind decisively.

"Me too." Yotsuba agreed.

"Wasn't that what you said earlier?"

She remembered clearly what they both said earlier.

"I find Ichika's offer more interesting."

Miku defended her words.

"I agree." Yotsuba nodded in agreement, "Anyway, I'll like whatever Ren-san gives me."

"You four are really mean."

Nino sighed helplessly.

She never expected her four sisters to have such a bad idea and deliberately suppress Ren.

She had no choice but to be a pawn.

Terrible indeed, fortunately she was only a pawn, not a victim.

"Do you need our help thinking of a reply email to Ren-kun?" Ichika asked thoughtfully.

"No, I still know how to send a rejection email."

After replying like that, Nino began to formulate her response.

"Then good luck."

"Um."

Nakano Nino: [Sorry, Kamikawa-san. I also don't know much about what my sisters like. There's nothing I can do about this issue.]

"..."

After reading the reply email, Ren didn't know how to respond for a moment, and he was filled with doubt.

If his memory served him right, Nino was one of the quintuplets, right?

In this case, she didn't even know what her sisters liked, was there something wrong?

The main reason was that even outsiders seemed to at least know that Ichika wanted to be an actress, Miku liked Warring States period, and so on.

But Nino, who was their sister, claimed not to know.

Thinking like this, Nino seemed a little pitiful.

After realizing this problem, all doubts in Ren's heart disappeared, and he knew how to answer.

Kamikawa Ren: [Sorry, please don't mind.]

What did his reply mean?

After reading the email, Nino frowned slightly, realizing she couldn't understand it.

"I don't know, it feels like he's apologizing to you." Ichika guessed.

"I think so too." Nino had the same thought as Ichika, "But is he feeling sorry for me?"

"...He should, right?"

Yotsuba said uncertainly.

Was it important to hide that he was Naoki?

But this issue had nothing to do with now.

"Anyway, I'll just reply casually. Besides, it's not something important."

Saying so, Nino lowered her head and started typing.

Nakano Nino: [It's okay, I'm used to it.]

Kamikawa Ren: [Yeah.]

After replying, she put her phone down.

Nino felt sad, she could even get used to something like this.

Of course, she wasn't bad either.

When Ren thought that he had worked so hard for so long and still hadn't gotten anything about the gift, he felt equally sad.

It could be said that he and Nino were in the same boat.

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The next morning.

"How's your gift preparation?"

As she was having breakfast, Asumi asked him this question.

"No progress."

After thinking about it all night yesterday, Ren still couldn't think of a suitable gift.

"Haven't you asked Nino?"

Regarding his answer, Asumi was quite surprised.

"I asked."

Ren didn't hide anything.

"So there's still no progress?"

"Right."

"...Suddenly, I feel it's not easy." Asumi patted her shoulder, "What will you do with the gift?"

"I'll think about it myself."

This was the conclusion Ren arrived at last night.

"I still know what they like."

"Because you know, why ask others?"

Asumi didn't quite understand his approach.

"Because I want to give them a gift they like, and I know it's not necessarily all of them."

Just like Nino didn't know that Miku actually liked Warring States period, he might not be able to fully know what they liked.

"I see." Asumi asked, "Who will you give the gift to first?"

"I'm not sure."

The six gifts were somewhat difficult for him, and it was impossible to finish them all at once.

"Then what gift do you want them to give you?" Asumi asked casually.

Ren answered very seriously: "Anything is fine, as long as it's a gift for me, I'll like it."

"This sentence seems familiar." Asumi said while thinking.