Actually, the story of Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane is pretty good, especially the early parts. Most of it is about the male and female leads testing each other and battling wits.
Amagami Ren remembered that he had found it quite amusing when he read it.
But now that the people involved had already made their decisions, he naturally wouldn't continue on this topic.
It's important to have some limits.
“Amagami-kun!”
Suddenly, Aoi Sakata raised her hand curiously.
“What happened to Kaguya-sama and the male lead in the original story?”
“Sakata!”
This question drew a glare from Kaguya Shinomiya.
But Aoi Sakata persisted in her curiosity.
Amagami Ren shook his head slightly.
“Nothing happened. As Shinomiya-san just said, she doesn't want to be a controlled character.”
“Her own will and decisions changed her future.”
“But I think the real change to the original story was her family's education.”
“Oh~ Why?”
“Closed-off family education, everything measured by the family's interests, an understanding of no freedom.”
“I think these were the key elements that allowed Shinomiya-san to calmly recognize herself and the other person.”
“Although I found the original story quite interesting, the interaction between the male and female leads was… hilarious.”
“I think most people see that story more as a comedy.”
“And in a comedy, there are so-called ‘clowns.’”
Amagami Ren stopped there.
Kaguya Shinomiya, however, understood what came next.
In a comedy, the male and female leads exist to make the audience laugh. So, whether it’s the male lead or the female lead, they are both "clowns."
“Clowns” provoke the audience's laughter, naturally doing clown-like things. Otherwise, how would the audience enjoy themselves?
“Huh~ So Kaguya-sama would be a clown in the story.”
This made Aoi Sakata even more interested.
“Amagami-kun, could you explain in detail?”
“…I could talk about the earlier parts of the story, but are you sure you want to hear it?”
Amagami Ren glanced at Kaguya Shinomiya, whose face had turned completely black, and he thought the results for Aoi Sakata wouldn’t be too good after this.
“Kaguya-sama, this is a great opportunity, you know. You can see what you would have become if you had chosen a different path.”
“I’m just here to watch Kaguya-sama’s reactions, but aren’t you curious yourself?”
“…Sakata, you’re going to regret this when we get home!”
Kaguya Shinomiya clenched her fist.
If it wasn’t inappropriate right now, she really wanted to turn Sakata into an ice sculpture!
But her own curiosity about that story was also piqued.
To say she wasn't curious would be a lie.
She said she wouldn't act according to someone else's plan, but she was also curious about how the story she was assigned went.
Taking a deep breath, the girl's curiosity was stirred.
“Amagami-kun, about my story… I’m actually curious too.”
“Could you tell me about me in that story?”
“I could, I guess.”
“But I feel like you’re going to explode.”
Amagami Ren couldn’t help but think this in his head.
But it was quite entertaining to see the way someone would react when you intentionally spoiled them.
“Well… maybe I can use simple words to help you understand your life path in the original story.”
“First, the initial form of the story: Ice Kaguya.”
“You should know about that state, Shinomiya-san. You were on guard against everyone, your whole body bristling like a hedgehog.”
“Then, you started to notice your feelings for the male lead. That’s your second state, Love-Brain Kaguya.”
“In this state, all you thought about was using various methods to get the male lead to confess.”
“Because in that state, Shinomiya-san upheld this philosophy: ‘Love is War.’”
“If it's war, the first to fire is the loser.”
“That’s what made you have this idea about ‘Love is when someone else confesses’. You used that as your goal for love, and you stuck with it for a long time.”
“Especially since the other person held the same belief. The male lead thought he was in a low position, so he couldn’t be below you in the field of love. That’s what made him think, ‘Love is when Kaguya confesses.’”
“It’s so twisted, but the back-and-forth between you and the male lead in the story was quite interesting.”
“Ice Kaguya… Love-Brain Kaguya…”
The girl named Kaguya Shinomiya was already so embarrassed that she wanted to hide under the table.
And then there was the theory of love being war. From this perspective, it really seemed like something she would think about.
“It's too idealistic.”
Along with the embarrassment, Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but criticize that story.
“It completely ignores the pressure from the Shinomiya family.”
“Such selfish actions, once the Shinomiya family intervened, I don’t think the protagonist in the story would have had a good time.”
“Based on my understanding of the story, it should have a good ending, right?”
“To reach that good ending, the Shinomiya family must have had internal problems, right?”
“That’s right. The Shijo family moved, causing some issues within the Shinomiya family.”
“…I knew it.”
This result didn’t surprise Kaguya Shinomiya at all.
The Shijo family had always been eyeing the Shinomiya family, and it was only natural for them to attack the Shinomiya family whenever they had the chance.
Just like the information that Nagi Sanzenin had provided when she took control of the Shinomiya family.
You really don't know until you look. Once she took a look, she realized how many important positions in the Shinomiya family had been corrupted, and they even tried to get involved in politics. It was basically suicide.
If Sanzenin could dig up this information, the Shijo family must have already dug it up too, just waiting for an opportunity to attack the Shinomiya family.
“I can almost see what would happen next.”
“The Shinomiya family’s instability, my elder brother would definitely want to use me to stabilize the internal situation of the Shinomiya family. He would use this as a condition to marry me off to the Shijo family, right?”
“That’s right.”
Kaguya Shinomiya didn't feel happy when she got the answer. She could only shake her head speechless.
“What a foolish move.”
“To use someone with the identity of an ordinary person to fight the Shinomiya family, which can influence politics to a certain extent.”
“If my elder brother had gone to the police, the male lead who wanted to rescue me would have been arrested, right?”
“Those things only work in stories.”
Kaguya Shinomiya didn't think there was any chance of a comeback in reality.
“It wouldn't work?”
“What if your friends worked together?”
“My friends…”
“Chika Fujiwara and your maid.”
“To tell you something funny, Japanese politics is quite a joke. After your story ended, Chika Fujiwara in the story was actually elected in a Japanese political election. And she won with an overwhelming majority.”
“…Is that even possible?”
Hearing what sounded like a joke, Kaguya Shinomiya didn't feel like laughing at all.
Because she could tell that it wasn't just a joke.
But she couldn’t imagine what would happen if the unpredictable Chika Fujiwara were to take that position.
PS: New book needs data.