My girlfriend is actually myself.

Chapter 38 Airi is Arrested

Urgent! What should I do about the fact that the person I'm serving is actually my crush's girlfriend and my best friend?

Looking at Yukimiya Natsune sitting on the sofa, Asakura Airi's mind flashed through sentences in the format of light novel titles.

Her gaze swept over her best friend, her wife, and her mother, and she roared inwardly: I was only withdrawn for half a day, what have you all been doing behind my back!

Why did Yukimiya-chan suddenly become the master I serve?!

I became a maid just to escape Yukimiya-chan!

At that moment, Airi Asakura truly understood the meaning of the phrase "fate plays tricks on people."

"The maid outfit looks great," Yukimiya Natsune said, giving a thumbs up. It was a compliment she and he both shared.

"Thank you," Airi Asakura stammered.

"Airi, serve Miss Yukimiya diligently," Asakura Chihaya instructed her daughter.

"I understand." Airi Asakura lowered her head, sobbing silently in her heart.

Life is like a torrential rain!

Tsukimiya Aoi stood up and left the tower with Asakura Chihaya. As the head of the Tsukimiya family, she actually had many affairs to attend to.

Only Yukimiya Natsume and Asakura Airi remained in the room.

"Miss Yukimiya, is there anything you wish to do?" Airi Asakura looked at Natsumi Yukimiya, her heart filled with a mix of emotions: resentment as a rival, shame as a best friend, unease as a maid, and confusion as a young girl.

"Just call me Yukimiya as before." Yukimiya Natsune glanced at Asakura Airi's maid outfit, then looked towards the kitchen. "So, the thing you said you'd be busy with is being a maid?"

Her calm voice soothed Asakura Airi's heart, and the maid girl relaxed, raising her hand to touch her bangs: "Yes, my family has basically served the Tsukimiya family for generations. When I graduate, I will most likely become a maid like my mother, so my mother always asks me to help."

Yukimiya Natsune blinked: "That maid is very skilled?"

Airi Asakura was taken aback; she seemed to see anticipation in Natsumi Yukimiya's eyes.

She answered confidently, "I'm quite proficient in most tasks; I know a little bit about cleaning, tidying up, gardening, and things like that."

"Can you make omelet rice?" Yukimiya Natsune asked.

"I can cook. Is Yukimiya hungry?" Airi Asakura patted her chest. "Although cooking isn't a high-class maid's job, I can do a little bit."

Yukimiya Natsune's eyes gleamed with even greater anticipation: "Then let's squeeze out hearts with ketchup and infuse them with delicious magic using 'Moe Moe Q'!"

"What kind of maid are you?!" Airi Asakura clutched her head.

"It's the Akihabara maid school."

"This school of thought doesn't exist at all!"

"The maid is unqualified?"

"I'm not unqualified! Regular maids don't offer this kind of service!"

"I'll go ask Chihaya-neechan."

"She's not my older sister, she's an old lady! And don't tell my mom, I'm going to do it right now!"

Under the threat of being told off by Yukimiya Natsune, Asakura Airi entered the kitchen with tears in her eyes, made omelet rice, and uttered that shameful incantation.

Thankfully, it was Yukimiya-chan in front of her. If it were Shiraishi-kun, she would have collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Wait, why am I still thinking about Shiraishi-kun!

Forcibly dispelling the image of the boy in her mind, Asakura Airi looked at Yukimiya Natsune in front of her.

After all that commotion, especially after reciting that incredibly shameful incantation, she felt much calmer.

Could this be Yukimiya-chan's purpose?

Airi Asakura sat down to the left of Natsume Yukimiya and put her arm around the girl's arm: "Yukimiya-chan really does look like Shiraishi-kun."

Now that things had come to this, she no longer tried to hide it.

Looking into those azure eyes, Airi Asakura added, "There's a mature feel to them, and they're... indifferent to others' lives? But they're also kind of gentle. I admire that feeling."

Should we say they look like a married couple? Although Shiraishi-kun would definitely not let her recite the delicious spell, and the other party would not pay any attention to her at all, Asakura Airi always had a feeling that if Shiraishi-kun were Yukimiya-chan, he would do the same thing.

Perhaps it was because she thought of Shiraishi-kun, perhaps it was because of the lady who had just left, perhaps it was because Yukimiya Natsune's face resembled that of Ruri-san, or perhaps it was all of these combined, but Asakura Airi thought of what happened three years ago.

If she or Ms. Ruri could be like Yukimiya, perhaps that incident wouldn't have happened.

"What kind of person is Miss Ruri?" Yukimiya Natsune asked, taking a bite of her omelet rice.

"Huh? Mind reading!?" Airi Asakura was startled.

She clearly didn't say it out loud!

Yukimiya Natsumi fed her a spoonful of omelet rice: "I'm a little curious."

She didn't answer the question about mind reading. To some extent, she didn't want to deceive Airi Asakura, except perhaps mislead her.

With the added ability to sense the body, she can perceive subtle changes in other people's emotions. Although it's not mind-reading, it's still a special ability, and the principle is roughly similar to a lie detector.

"As for Ms. Ruri, although she often appears aloof, she's actually quite warm. She's the kind of person who's not very talkative but full of emotion, and she even has a bit of a gothic feel to her," Asakura Airi explained.

Yukimiya Natsune thought of characters like Gasai Yuno, Katsura Kotonoha, and Lucy—silent yet emotionally intense, plus a gothic feel—weren't they the epitome of yandere?

I never expected her to have this kind of personality.

A haughty mother and a sickly daughter—this family is in a bit of a mess. Like attracts like, and with two such "spoiled" individuals together, it's no wonder the mother and daughter have a strained relationship.

Yukimiya Natsune asked some more questions about Tsukimiya Ruri, since the treaty included an article about impersonating Tsukimiya Ruri to visit her grandmother at the sanatorium.

Airi Asakura and Ruri Tsukimiya were childhood friends. She told Natsune Yukimiya many things, including what happened three years ago.

……

The desk lamp illuminated the desk, and Shiraishi Saku twirled his pen, pondering the information emanating from the girl's body.

Three years ago, Tsukimiya Ruri and Tsukimiya Aoi had a disagreement. Both of them are avoidant, so the disagreement did not escalate into a fight. Asakura Airi did not know the source of the conflict between the mother and daughter.

This dispute turned into a cold war that lasted for six months. One afternoon six months later, Tsukimiya Ruri took a cruise ship to Tokyo Bay to see the sea, and then disappeared without a trace.

Before returning to port, the cruise ship staff discovered that their young lady had disappeared. They did not dock and searched inside and outside the port for a long time, but there was no trace of her. After reporting to the police station, the police officers boarded the ship in a small boat, but still could not find her.

The only possible place for the girl to go is Tokyo Bay below.

Therefore, this is both a missing person case and a death case.

Airi Asakura shared photos of Ruri Tsukimiya with Natsune Yukimiya. In each photo, the girl did not smile, except for a photo taken a month before the incident, which was also the photo in the newspaper ad where she was looking for someone. In that photo, the girl had a bright smile.

Airi Asakura's low, husky voice traveled through Natsumi Yukimiya's mind and into Saku Shiraishi's ears.

"The old lady was so heartbroken that she was hospitalized, and the madam was also heartbroken for quite some time. The madam used to dislike working, but now she's at the company every day. The relationship between the old lady and the madam has also hit rock bottom. If possible, Yukimiya-chan, please comfort the madam."