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If we’re talking about experiences that leave a lifelong psychological shadow, even triggering the brain’s defense mechanisms to forcibly erase the memory—where just recalling a bit causes headaches and dizziness, and if you push yourself too hard to remember, you immediately roll on the floor in shame and regret…
Then nothing beats being suddenly barged in on by parents or friends right in the middle of takeoff—that most uncontrollable moment ever!
Being exposed in front of someone familiar in such an embarrassing state, both parties usually end up dumbfounded, mortified beyond words.
Sometimes, the body even reacts uncontrollably, resulting in even more humiliating situations like walking away awkwardly…
In the dark, seeing her archrival’s uncontrollable smirk and mischievous face, Keti, caught in a similar predicament, suddenly went black before her eyes, a flush of deep shame flooding her cheeks.
But this blush was clearly different from the one just before—because the latter might have been somewhat enjoyable, while the former…
Was pure social death—ahhhh!
That’s right, the silver-haired beauty here already felt like she was dead inside, especially since her situation was a bit different from the most embarrassing scenario described above!
Ugh…mainly, mainly, if her archrival had seen her as a boy, it would have been one thing, but the problem was…she was currently looking like a girl!
That instantly changed the nature of the situation, from something any boy going through puberty might do, to…
A pubescent boy secretly dressing in girls’ clothes, only to have his nemesis suddenly burst in!
Th-this…
There was absolutely no hope that the other party would spontaneously understand.
It was just a total explosion of embarrassment—ugh!
After a long moment, Keti, frightened to tears, finally snapped back to reality, then gasped with rapid breaths and sobbed at Lord Lynn in front of her: “Y-you…how did you get in here ahhh?!”
In a moment of desperation, the silver-haired beauty’s mind instantly fixated on one idea!…
No, no way, she absolutely could not get into a confrontation with her archrival over this embarrassing situation!
Guh, the only option was to harshly accuse the archrival of illegal intrusion, beat him up, and go all out against him!
Though it sounded like she was panicking, right now, it was the only way Keti could think of to change the topic…
Besides, wasn’t it fair to accuse him right now?
Why else would this guy be in her room?
Did he secretly copy her key last time?
And now sneaking in at this late hour—normally, she should be sound asleep by this time.
If she really had been asleep…
What was this guy planning to do to her?
The silver-haired beauty didn’t dare think!
Was it that…that thing?!
Just thinking about it made her pale with fright.
If she hadn’t stayed up a little longer, the consequences would have been unthinkable!
“Secretly copying my dorm key, sneaking in at night to do god knows what, I’m going to report you for illegal intrusion! Illegal intrusion! Get out, get out! Ugh…”
“Ah…but, little kitten, your dorm door wasn’t even closed properly, I just happened to be passing by and came to remind you because the noise was pretty loud. If you stand at the door, you can hear it…”
“Gah!”
Faced with the girl’s accusation, Lord Lynn’s one sentence shattered the silver-haired beauty’s prepared defense, leaving her petrified on the spot.
H-how…how could this happen?!
It was because she hadn’t closed the door properly?
No wonder she felt a chilly breeze near the door earlier and thought it was from the door gap.
But in the end…why was it her fault again?
Ugh!
Honestly, if it were a girl like Lisi, she probably wouldn’t care about such an explanation.
“You didn’t close the door properly? So what? I clearly remember closing it. You’re the weirdo who picked the lock yourself!”
The truth is always what you want it to be when you shut your eyes.
But unfortunately, Keti’s personality was different.
She actually remembered being a bit weak when closing the door, so she couldn’t use this excuse to blame her archrival and change the subject.
Instead…her mind was racing to figure out how to explain this.
But…it seemed there was no good explanation at all…ugh.
Keti twitched awkwardly and coughed…but given the current scene, that twitch looked a little… suspicious.
“I didn’t do anything else, really! Don’t look at me with that weird expression, there’s no way I’d do that kind of thing in front of my archrival!”
After a while, coming back to her senses, Keti quickly sat up, then waved her clean white hand—which seemed a little damp with mist—furiously at her archrival.
Lord Lynn smiled helplessly.
After a moment, he raised an eyebrow, grinning mischievously as he tilted his head.
“That kind of thing…what kind of thing? Hmm, the room’s so dark. Little kitten, what were you fiddling with just now~? I didn’t see clearly, but I heard some pretty complicated noises…”
Keti instantly blushed to explosion level, understanding perfectly that her archrival was deliberately teasing her.
Any sane adult would know exactly what she was doing!
He just wanted to see her embarrassed face and enjoy it, taking bitter revenge for his hatred.
That guy, that…
After a moment, the silver-haired beauty took a deep breath and made a firm decision!
Since the embarrassment was already inevitable, at least she absolutely would not let her archrival have the satisfaction!
And the way to deny him that satisfaction was simple!
Since all he wanted was to tease her and see her shy, then…sincerity was her ultimate weapon.
She might as well pretend to have been caught and act totally nonchalant, right?
Cough cough…after all, he’s just a guy.
It’s no big deal!
No need to act like some blushing girl!
So, the next second, Keti took a deep breath, then slowly lifted her head, locking eyes with her archrival with a calm gaze, and said in a composed, flat tone:
“I was researching how to make myself happy! W-what…what’s wrong with that? Don’t you find ways to entertain yourself?”
“Ah…don’t say things like that. I’m actually quite healthy in my lifestyle~ Pfft…But I’m a bit confused—what do you mean by making yourself happy? Can you tell me? How do you do it?”
Seeing the girl trying so hard to put on a brave front, Lord Lynn grinned wickedly, then…step by step, walked over to the side of her bed, still pretending to be innocent as he asked: “Could it be, little kitten, that just now you were…hmm…isn’t that a bit strange? Miss Keti, have you…forgotten you’re actually a boy~?”