Kaguya-sama: Love Is War wants me to turn myself in.

Walking fat polymers, the cancer of the earth! Let go now!

"Hey, it really works! Natsuki-san feels so warm." Fujiwara Chika's eyes sparkled as she turned and called out, "Kaguya-chan, come warm up here!"

Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes showed hesitation.

If I'm told to go, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for me to just go?

Besides, it's really embarrassing to hug a boy for warmth in front of so many people!

"Um, shall I give it a try?"

A young girl passing by hugged her arms and shivered, whispering, "It's so cold, I feel like I'm going to freeze to death."

"It's okay, everyone line up and come one by one to warm up." Fujiwara Chika was very loyal and said in a clear voice, "Hiyori-chan, come here, one minute for everyone."

"Thank you, Fujiwara."

The girl, her face full of gratitude, hurried over to Amamiya Natsuki.

"Shouldn't you have asked for my opinion first?" Natsuki Amamiya couldn't help but complain. "I haven't agreed yet."

"Being hugged and warmed by a girl is one of the three great dreams of boys, right?" Fujiwara Chika looked up at her. "Natsuki-kun will definitely be very happy."

Natsuki Amamiya said expressionlessly, "I'm sorry, I'm not happy at all."

Being surrounded by soft, sweet-smelling girls can be fun, but the problem is that you girls are all cold as ice cubes, so there's no joy in it at all.

"Me, me, me!" Rikka Takanashi joined the queue. "I need to warm up too, Yukino-chan, come here quickly."

Yukino Yukinoshita sat on the sofa, her arms crossed over her chest, motionless.

The others didn't care and started lining up, using Natsuki Amamiya as a source of warmth.

Looking at the girls queuing in front of Natsuki Amamiya, Kaguya Shinomiya quietly bit her lower lip.

Why are you all like Fujiwara, not caring at all about getting close to boys?

"Mmm, it's so warm."

"Natsuki-kun feels so warm."

"Human-shaped hand warmer".

"..."

Female players who clung to Natsuki Amamiya's arm for warmth gave the game a perfect score.

Natsuki Amamiya looked up at the sky and realized what it felt like to be played with by girls in a line. The worst part was that it was all free. Every contact and collision was just cold. Just when he finally melted the ice, it was replaced by someone else... No matter how much heat he had, they would drain him dry!

"Hey, my countdown has changed!" a female player suddenly exclaimed. "It's increased by an hour."

“I’ve gotten longer too,” another female player said, “but not for an hour, only forty-five minutes.”

"Strange, why has the countdown suddenly become longer?"

"..."

Hearing the murmurs, Natsuki Amamiya raised an eyebrow and opened her game panel.

The main mission remains unchanged: survive. However, the countdown has been extended by a full three hours.

“The countdown couldn’t have gone on for no reason; something must have happened…” Fujiwara Chika pressed her finger to the bridge of her nose and muttered to herself, “What could be the reason?”

The pink-haired girl's gaze quickly fell on Amamiya Natsuki, and she blinked: "Could it be Natsuki-kun?"

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Kaguya, who was still sitting on the sofa: "Has your countdown gotten longer?"

"No." Kaguya Shinomiya cupped her hands around her mouth, breathing gently to warm them, and shook her head. "The countdown hasn't changed. There are still two and a half hours left."

Amamiya Natsuki then looked at the long-haired girl with black hair next to Kaguya: "Where's Yukinoshita-san?"

"no change."

Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head slightly.

……wrong.

Amamiya Natsuki shifted her gaze and returned it to the face of the ice sculpture young lady.

It's clearly a panting motion, but something's missing.

"Well?"

Kaguya Shinomiya tilted her head slightly, her eyes asking a question.

A prompt appeared before Natsuki Amamiya's eyes.

[Upon closer inspection, you realize something's wrong with your future wife... Why isn't there any white mist when she breathes?]

The most strange thing is the term "first wife"!

However... no white mist was exhaled.

As we all know, when the weather is cold, the exhaled air will liquefy upon contact with the cold, thus condensing into white mist in the air.

The temperature inside the castle is very low now, and frost has formed in many places, making it very strange that there is no white mist when you breathe.

Natsuki Amamiya glanced at the others and realized that not only Kaguya Shinomiya, but everyone else was the same.

He exhaled gently, but the familiar white mist did not appear, and he was no exception.

Since both arms can be used to keep warm, the female players quickly got rid of the freezing crisis.

"Natsuki-kun," Fujiwara Chika pointed, "quickly sit on the sofa and warm Kaguya-chan up, she's too cold to get up."

"I don't!"

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but deny it.

It's cold, that's true, but not to the point where I'm frozen stiff and can't get up. I just don't want to stand in line with you guys!

Natsuki Amamiya glanced at the shivering, ice-sculpted young lady, walked over, sat down next to Kaguya, and extended his right arm:

"How about I reluctantly give you a hug?"

"I reject."

Kaguya Shinomiya flatly refused and instead clung to the boy's arm for warmth—it was just too embarrassing to think about!

More importantly, so many people have already hugged you, and now you're letting yourself hug you? You're no longer pure!

Amamiya Natsuki hesitated for two seconds, then asked, "How about we try a different position?"

"Eh?"

“You don’t necessarily have to cross your arms,” Natsuki Amamiya said. “You can also turn around slightly and keep your backs together for warmth. Want to try it?”

"……Can."

Kaguya Shinomiya turned her body slightly to the side, waiting nervously. After a short while, she felt the two of them gently touch back to back.

Bump, bumped into it!

A faint warmth quietly wafted from Amamiya Natsuki's back, gently easing her nearly frozen body.

Kaguya Shinomiya let out a quiet sigh of relief, suddenly remembering the haunted house adventure yesterday afternoon, when Natsuki Amamiya pulled her up, the warmth from his hand felt incredibly comforting…

Plop, plop!

My heartbeat quickened quietly.

Kaguya Shinomiya instinctively pressed her hand to her chest, "Stop it! It was just a simple touch on her back, why is my heart beating so fast? This is so strange!"

"Yukino-chan, you should warm up too!"

Fujiwara Chika looked at the last remaining girl with long, straight black hair.

Yukino Yukinoshita crossed her arms, glanced at Natsuki Amamiya, then gently shook her head, about to refuse, when suddenly her gaze sharpened:

"There seems to be a flame in the fireplace?"

Chapter 93 The Flames of Burning Books Rise High

"Is there a flame in the fireplace?"

Upon hearing this, Natsuki Amamiya looked towards the fireplace and was surprised to find that a faint flame was indeed burning in the dark fireplace.

Other players, hearing the conversation, gathered around.

"Hey, there really is a fire."

"This doesn't make sense. Nobody has ever been near the fireplace."

"If we're talking about unscientific things, horror games are even more unscientific."

"..."

Faced with the fireplace that suddenly 'spontaneously combusted,' everyone knew something was amiss. While discussing the situation, they remained vigilant and did not approach the fireplace rashly.

After waiting for a while and seeing nothing unusual about the fireplace, some players finally couldn't wait any longer.

"No, we're freezing!" one player suggested, hugging his arms and shivering. "Now that there's a fire in the fireplace, let's burn some books to keep warm!"

The temperature inside the castle was still dropping, and pale blue frost had formed in many places. It was not enough for Amamiya Natsuki to act as a hand warmer by herself alone.

"I agree."

I wholeheartedly agree.

There were ten players in total. Six agreed, four abstained, and no one voted against.

Even knowing there was something strange about the fireplace, the cold left them with no other choice.

A male player walked up to the fireplace, picked up a book he had taken from the library, and carefully placed it inside.

I thought it would be difficult to burn, but after the flames came into contact with the books, it seemed to produce some kind of wonderful chemical reaction and spread rapidly.

The books quickly burst into flames, and warmth began to emerge along with the firelight.

"It's getting warm." The male player stretched out his hands and began to warm himself by the fire. "From now on, I am the one who sets the fire."

Other players gathered around and began burning the books.

“Burning books for warmth feels so sinful.” Fujiwara Chika said, picking up a book as she spoke. “It’s so strange that there is ‘Goosebumps’ in the library. I read this series when I was a child. It was so scary that I didn’t dare to sleep alone for several nights.”

"It's just that a lot of things inside are blurry, you can only see a little bit clearly." The pink-haired girl said as she flipped through the book in her hands, "...to burn for warmth."