"Don't be impulsive, Your Highness!" The girl restrained the crown prince's shoulders from behind, pulling him back. "He's just an elementary school student."

"This kind of brat..." The crown prince stubbornly said, "I'll just nip him in the bud... at the elementary school stage..."

"That line sounds familiar." Feng Bujue interjected with a smile, "I've heard it at least ten times..."

What he meant was... he'd "heard it at least ten times" in real life.

"How did such an unlovable brat even grow up so big!" The crown prince was held back by the girl, unable to move an inch, but still waved his hands at Brother Jue without giving up.

"Hmm... I've heard that line at least a hundred times..." Feng Bujue replied calmly.

"I'm going to kill you!" The crown prince continued to yell.

"That line... countless times..." Brother Jue muttered, stroking his chin, "If I got a dollar every time someone said that to me, I'd be a millionaire by now."

...

Three minutes later...

"Haa... haa..." The crown prince knelt down again. "I... I have no strength left."

"Your stamina is a bit weak." Feng Bujue looked down at him.

The girl, Ono no Imoko, didn't seem tired at all, and didn't even seem to be out of breath: "Probably because he's hungry."

"Tch... You're supposed to be my comrade, yet you're hindering me..." The crown prince turned to glare at the girl. "It's all your fault that I can't eat school lunch..."

"So it's all my fault..." The girl immediately retorted.

"In that case..." The crown prince's face suddenly turned gloomy. "There's no choice... I'll have to falsely accuse you of some trumped-up charge and sentence you to life imprisonment..."

"He seems to have suddenly realized he's a regent." The girl showed a hint of panic.

"I've got it... Let's punish her for 'giving other people's dogs ridiculous names.'" The crown prince said after thinking for a few seconds.

"Speaking of which... When I was an envoy to the Sui Dynasty, I did give Your Highness the name 'LovesToPooPooPooPooMaru'." The girl replied.

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue looked at the duo, whose relationship was like a *manzai* comedy duo (a special relationship that exists in the story "Manzai Life" from *The Twilight Zone*, in which forming a "Manzai duo" is a more important life event than getting married), and thought to himself, "This is more difficult than I thought... The crown prince is usually abused by the girl so badly that I need to deal a serious blow to his spirit to get him to leave... It seems I have to come up with something even more ruthless."

...

Second period...

"Haha~ Art class~ Sounds like it'll be fun." Because it was an arts-related course, the crown prince's interest returned, and his mood improved a little.

"Teacher." As soon as class started, Feng Bujue raised his hand and made a little report. "The crown prince didn't bring his paints or brushes."

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole class looked over.

"That brat again..." The crown prince glared at Brother Jue, somewhat at a loss.

"Ah~ It can't be helped..." The art teacher looked impatient. "Your Highness, you can just borrow some from the other students."

"Uh... okay..." The crown prince replied awkwardly.

But... the crown prince's seat was against the wall, with an empty seat in front of him, the wall on his right, and Feng Bujue on his left...

"Imoko, did you bring any?" The crown prince turned to the girl and said.

At that moment, the girl just received some paints and a brush from Kumakichi: "I didn't bring any, but Kumakichi next to me lent me some."

"Imoko..." The crown prince's expression changed slightly, and he wanted to say something.

But the girl interrupted directly: "I don't have enough for myself. Ask someone else to borrow some, Your Highness."

"What!" The crown prince's expression turned serious, and he said sternly, "As the Black Warrior of the 'Ink Juice Squad,' is that really okay?"

"I don't remember ever joining such a strange organization..." The girl replied coldly.

"The Red Warrior has high hopes for you!" The crown prince was still talking nonsense in all seriousness.

"Who's the Red Warrior?" The girl exclaimed.

"The Red Warrior is Fish Takenaka-san, who can travel a thousand *li* a day even in ink juice." The crown prince replied quickly.

"Even if you talk all around the bush, I don't have any extra painting tools to lend you..." The girl was too lazy to retort.

So, the crown prince's eyes, helplessly, shifted... to Feng Bujue.

"Hehehe..." Brother Jue met the crown prince's gaze with a malicious look. "...I won't lend them to you."

"That bastard!" The crown prince jumped up from his seat. "I won't let you get away with this!"

The girl once again restrained him at the first moment: "Hey... the teacher is still in the classroom!"

"Don't stop me!" The crown prince leaned forward. "I'm going to use my ultimate skill, 'Flying Regent Poseidon Attack,' to finish him off!"

"Oh... that sounds like a good skill..." Feng Bujue said. "I'd really like to see it once if possible."

"Eh? Do you really think so?" The crown prince's expression lit up.

"I'm lying." Feng Bujue's tone turned cold. "The name of the move alone sounds lame."

"Ah—Unforgivable!" The crown prince was about to go crazy. "I'm going to squeeze your blood out to make ink juice!"

Feng Bujue shrugged and replied, "It's paint..."

...

Third period...

"Hoo hoo hoo... Music is my forte..." The crown prince came to the music room and immediately picked up a guitar.

"I feel like it's useless to humiliate this guy... This guy is definitely a natural idiot..." Feng Bujue watched him from afar and muttered in a low voice, "Is my strategy wrong from the start..."

"La la la~ Imoko and fish bones are good friends~" The crown prince on the other side hugged the guitar and sang, "Inside the pillow~ are all fish bones~ Ah—hahahaha—"

His lyrics were endearingly silly, and the guitar didn't make any normal melodies at all. In short, he was doing things full of *tsukkomi* without a care in the world...

"Hey, uncle." Brother Jue pondered for a moment and walked over. "I think... you should stop already..."

"Ah, it's you again, brat." The crown prince looked down at Brother Jue. "What do you want this time?"

"Nothing." Feng Bujue replied. "I just want to ask you a question."

"Hmph... A brat is still a brat after all." The crown prince smiled smugly. "Speak, if there's anything you don't understand, it's right to ask me, an adult... no... me, the regent."

"You're just coming to elementary school for a day of experiencing things on a whim. Seems like you have a lot of free time..."

At that moment, Feng Bujue used the ultimate mystery of the mockery world, regarded as a forbidden technique.

If this move still didn't work, he could only give up...

"Don't you have anything else to do? Like... see your girlfriend or something?"