All the Heroines are my Ex-girlfriends-Chapter 283: Are You a Lolicon or What?!

Only—on that afternoon.

When Suou Yuki had just finished dealing with the current work,

Her door was suddenly knocked on.

She glanced at her wristwatch, full of doubt.

It wasn't dinner time yet.

Normally, if nothing urgent came up, even Kimishima Ayano rarely visited her room at this hour.

Just as Suou Yuki was about to speak—

"Yuki, are you free?"

Her mother's voice, Mrs. Suou, rang out from outside the door.

Suou Yuki paused for a moment.

Then she stood up from her seat and went to open the door.

"Mom, what is it?"

Seeing Suou Yuki open the door,

Mrs. Suou smiled gently.

"Looks like you just finished your work. Come have some afternoon tea with me."

"It's been a long time since you and I had a chance to sit and chat alone."

As she spoke, she pulled Suou Yuki's hand and led her toward the sitting room.

Being pulled so suddenly, Suou Yuki felt slightly dizzy.

Since elementary school—

Her mother had never proactively held her hand like this again.

She was momentarily a little flustered.

Unable to understand why Mrs. Suou suddenly changed so much.

Seeing the doubtful look on her daughter's face,

Mrs. Suou silently self-reflected in her heart.

Thinking carefully, her attitude toward her daughter all these years had indeed been problematic.

Clearly, it was the fault of the girl's father, and just because Yuki bore some resemblance to him in her demeanor,

She had gradually built a wall between them.

Fortunately, what happened this time made her realize it.

The relationship between Mrs. Suou and Suou Yuki was actually extremely delicate—separated only by a thin layer of paper.

Both carried within them things they couldn't truly understand about the other.

Mrs. Suou felt Suou Yuki was the type who didn't value emotions.

Whereas Suou Yuki didn't understand why her mother was somewhat distant with her.

If only someone was willing to pierce through that thin "paper window," all misunderstandings could easily be resolved.

It was just that this had dragged on until now.

Fortunately, at this point, it didn't seem to be anything too serious anymore.

...

Somewhere else—

After leaving the Suou household,

Yukima Azuma returned home for a few days, then once again set off for Chiba.

Chiba Shogi Club.

"Hmm, but where's Ginko-senpai?"

Azuma asked curiously.

Just earlier while chatting, he had glanced around once, yet didn't see any trace of Sora Ginko.

But logically, around this time, Ginko should be at the club.

As a genius among female Shogi players, one with the potential to break the professional boundary for women—Sora Ginko.

Normally, she was very diligent in practice.

"Haha, ever since you got here your eyes have been darting all over—so it turns out you're looking for Ginko-chan~"

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Kiyotaki Keika softly chuckled while covering her mouth.

As a onee-san-senpai,

She fully supported her bro-kouhai and sis-kouhai being close and affectionate with each other.

Especially considering how little Yukima Azuma used to be a walking log.

Now he finally figured things out, which made her immensely satisfied.

"Today Ginko-chan went for a magazine photoshoot, over at the publishing office."

"If you're planning to go find her, you should head out now."

"She only left a short while ago."

Keika explained with a smile.

As the current holder of the Queen and Throne of Woman titles in the Shogi world,

And being young and beautiful,

Sora Ginko was the public face of the Shogi scene.

The nickname 'Snow White of Naniwa' wasn't just to praise Ginko's skills,

But also spoke to her outstanding beauty.

From time to time, Sora Ginko would accept offers to do a few photoshoots for magazines or interviews for newspapers and such.

This time, Yukima Azuma had arrived at just the right moment — right on the day Ginko went for a shoot.

...

After asking Kiyotaki Keika for the address of the publishing office,

Azuma immediately left the Shogi club and headed straight there.

The moment he arrived outside the building, before he could even say a word,

a passing reporter already recognized him.

"You're Ryuuou, Yukima-sensei, aren't you?!"

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The young female reporter couldn't hide her excitement upon seeing Azuma.

After all, Yukima Azuma was famous for being an extremely difficult person to interview.

Normally, trying to get him to say anything or appear in any media was practically impossible.

Yet, his level of fame was ridiculously high.

Which made the press both adore and feel utterly helpless with him.

"Umu, I'm here to see someone. Can I go inside?"

Yukima Azuma pointed toward the interior of the publishing office.

The reporter quickly nodded enthusiastically.

The publishing office wasn't some kind of restricted zone anyway.

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Many interviews also took place right inside here.

Bringing someone in wasn't a big deal at all.

What's more, if she could dig up anything from Yukima Azuma—

then this girl would be scoring big time!

"Yukima-sensei, the drama series Hikaru no Shogi where you played the lead—is it true filming's finished already?"

"Ah... Yukima-sensei, could you share a bit about your life after earning the Ryuuou title?"

"Yukima-sensei, is your visit to the publishing house this time because... ah! I knew it—you're here for Snow White!"

"Yukima-sensei, just one private question, I absolutely won't publish this or tell anyone, I swear..."

"Between Snow White and Empress, who do you like more? Are you dating anyone?"

Along the way, the reporter kept firing off one question after another.

Yukima Azuma politely gave a few brief replies.

But when it came to that final personal question—

Yukima Azuma looked at her with a deeply puzzled expression.

What do you mean, Ginko and Sainokami Ika? What kind of comparison even is that?

Seeing Azuma look confused, the reporter hesitated a little.

"Ah well, wasn't it that Sainokami Ika once confessed to Yukima-sensei before..."

"Even though she was rejected, afterwards you two still participated in a few tournaments together..."

"So then... could it be that it's not Sainokami-san or Sora-san? It's Little Ryuuou?!"

Azuma: ∘ ∘ ∘ ( °ヮ° ) ?!

The more he listened, the stiffer his expression became.

Why the hell is she bringing up Hinatsuru Ai??? That girl is my young disciple!

Azuma lightly waved his hand, signaling he didn't want to answer any more of these questions.

At the same time, his gaze turned toward the reporter with clear disdain.

This reporter... don't tell me she's the real lolicon here?

If you really are one, then at least stop projecting it onto other people!

The reporter immediately went silent, but inside she seemed to have just experienced a revelation:

I understand now!!(Note: WTF is this girl even "understanding"? I don't get it at all.)

...

And so, walking and chatting like that, the two of them quickly arrived at the photography area.

Yukima Azuma poked his head in from the studio doorway.

Just in time to see Sora Ginko step onto the photo platform.

Below her were all kinds of lights, cameras, lenses—all simultaneously pointing at the young girl.

At that moment, Sora Ginko was wearing her usual sailor uniform.

She wasn't posing, nor was she heavily made up—she simply stood there on the platform.

And yet, the photo quality was excellent.

There was really only one thing to say:

Beautiful girls look good in anything.

Yukima Azuma watched for a while, then tilted his head slightly in confusion:

"Didn't the magazine already do a couple of issues with senpai's school uniform before?"