It was because not long after he went downstairs, he heard the Pure Love Radar alert, indicating there was another Minotaur danger here.
At that time, Hikari was quite surprised.
After all, since the location was here, then most likely it was another event triggered by Tachibana Yui.
But the Minotaur, Teacher Kuwahara, who had his eyes on Tachibana Yui, had clearly already been completely cremated into ashes by him.
And Takanashi Kou, who came later, should be childhood friends with Tachibana Yui.
No matter how you think about it, there shouldn't be any danger.
So how could the Pure Love Radar's danger warning be triggered?
Aren't Tachibana Yui and Takanashi Kou childhood friends who are mutually in love and have pledged themselves to each other?
Only sudden, malicious Minotaurs like Teacher Kuwahara should trigger the Pure Love Radar's Minotaur alert, right?
Although it felt incredible, the Pure Love Radar had never made a mistake.
Hikari also returned to the classroom again.
And upon seeing the scene of the childhood friends falling out, then seeing Takanashi Kou even trying to lay hands on Tachibana Yui, and thinking again that the Pure Love Radar's warning doesn't go wrong, a rather reasonable guess slowly surfaced in Hikari's mind.
"Could it be that Tachibana Yui already has no affection at all for Takanashi Kou, maybe even quite disgusted."
"And Takanashi Kou still wants to lay hands on Tachibana Yui, even forcibly make her do something, so it triggered the Pure Love Radar's Minotaur warning?"
Hikari pondered that it must be this way; otherwise, the Pure Love Radar wouldn't have alerted.
Although a bit far-fetched, this was still the most reasonable explanation he could think of.
"But since there's a Minotaur, then there should also be a Victim to match, right?"
"As far as I understand, in this relationship, Kuwahara was the Minotaur, Tachibana Yui the heroine, and the Victim should be Takanashi Kou."
"Since Takanashi Kou has already gone from being the Victim to the Minotaur—"
"Then who is the Victim?"
"Recently, the male that Tachibana Yui has had contact with and might have developed feelings for is... wait?"
"Seems to be me?"
'The Victim is actually me?'
After realizing this, Hikari was a little dumbfounded.
But vaguely felt, this might just be the truth.
He, a dignified God of Pure Love, almost got the Victim role.
Does that make sense?
Hikari was angry.
He couldn't help glaring at Takanashi Kou.
And on the other side—
Takanashi Kou, who had just been stopped by Hikari, came to his senses after dazing for a while.
Like an angry bull, he glared at Hikari, breathing heavily, eyes full of rage.
The reason he was so furious at Hikari was because Takanashi Kou believed that his fallout with his childhood friend Tachibana Yui was completely Hikari's fault.
"Hikari! You bastard! You still dare show your face in front of us?", Takanashi Kou roared angrily at Hikari.
Hikari glanced at him indifferently and said, "Yeah, if I didn't come back, how would I know that you, as a man, would actually try to hit a girl who's your childhood friend?"
It wasn't gender discrimination. Hikari truly hadn't expected that Takanashi Kou was seriously planning to attack his childhood friend.
And hearing Hikari's words, Takanashi Kou did have a moment of shame flash in his heart, since this was truly disgraceful.
But that shame was quickly drowned out by rage.
Because ever since Hikari appeared, Tachibana Yui, who had been standing between the two, immediately left his side and hid behind Hikari.
As if staying near Takanashi Kou made her uneasy, while Hikari made her feel safe, like he would protect her.
Seeing this scene, Takanashi Kou's eyes turned red with rage, the possessiveness of a man and the jealousy and anger that came with it erupted from deep inside.
His red eyes stared dead at Hikari and the Tachibana Yui next to him.
"Adulterous couple! Sl*t!"
Takanashi Kou cursed under his breath.
Hikari couldn't be bothered to respond to his barking.
But upon hearing Takanashi Kou's words, Tachibana Yui's delicate body suddenly trembled.
To Hikari's surprise, she suddenly threw herself into his arms.
Reaching up to cup his face, then lifting her delicate head, she puckered her red lips and tightly pressed them against his lips.
Right in front of childhood friend Takanashi Kou's eyes, Tachibana Yui actually took the initiative to passionately kiss Hikari.
Feeling the soft, slick sensation pressing against his lips, and the faint sweet aroma passing through the moist contact, Hikari was slightly dazed, staring with a strange expression at the pretty girl clinging to him.
And Takanashi Kou beside them, upon seeing this scene, was completely dumbfounded.
Clatter!
The baseball bat in his hand fell to the ground.
He stared blankly at Tachibana Yui holding Hikari's face and passionately kissing him. [T/N: Bro got Greened]
Even though they were childhood friends, they hadn't even held hands because of club rules.
Let alone kissed.
Although Takanashi Kou had longed for it, because Tachibana Yui never agreed, it never happened.
And now the childhood friend's soft cherry lips, which he had long yearned for but never obtained, were now actively pressed against the lips of the person he hated most, Hikari.
A strong wave of jealousy surged in Takanashi Kou's heart, his mouth filled with a bitter, sour taste.
Whoosh!
His face instantly turned red.
Even his dark shaved head looked flushed.
This was a pain like being Minotaur-ed.
Takanashi Kou was furious.
"Let go of Yui-chan!"
After staring blankly for several minutes, Takanashi Kou finally couldn't hold it anymore and shouted.
Seeing that Tachibana Yui looked like she was even about to stick out her tongue, Takanashi Kou lost it.
He picked up the fallen baseball bat from the ground and charged at Hikari.
And just after kissing Hikari, Tachibana Yui, who had almost lost herself, was startled by Takanashi Kou's roar.
Seeing him charging with a raised bat, she quickly released Hikari's lips and gently pushed him.
"Hikari-kun, watch out!"
Tachibana Yui wanted to push Hikari away to avoid Takanashi Kou's swinging bat.
But Hikari's body didn't budge.
Hikari knew that if he got pushed away, it would probably be Tachibana Yui who got hit by Takanashi Kou's bat.
And Takanashi Kou, who had already lost his mind, definitely wouldn't stop just because it was his childhood friend.
So Hikari naturally wouldn't dodge a single step.
After all, someone like Takanashi Kou didn't even count in his eyes.
Seeing Takanashi Kou now rushing at him, swinging the baseball bat down at his head, Hikari lifted his leg and lightly kicked.
Bang!
Takanashi Kou, who had just sprinted over, was instantly sent flying back at an even faster speed.
Like being hit by a train, he smashed hard against the classroom wall.
"Cough…"
Takanashi Kou felt a massive pain in his abdomen, Hikari's one kick made his whole body feel like it was falling apart.
The disparity in power was hopeless, but in his rage-blinded state, Takanashi Kou still wanted to get up and fight.
But before he could get up, a hand grabbed his collar and lifted him up.
"You really want to fight me?", Hikari stared at him calmly.
"Cough… ptooey!", Takanashi Kou tried to spit at Hikari, who was holding his collar at close range.
But Hikari dodged it instantly.
Not bothering to talk more, Hikari took a few punches at him, threw him to the ground, and kicked him a few times.
Pulling his punches, he gave him a beating.
Takanashi Kou lay on the floor like a dead dog, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, unable to move.
Hikari didn't continue hitting.
Actually, he could understand Takanashi Kou's emotional breakdown.
After all, his childhood friend Tachibana Yui kissing another man in front of him, something even Hikari hadn't expected.
But since Takanashi Kou tried to fight him, Hikari would naturally teach him a lesson.
Besides, it wasn't like he forced the kiss, on the contrary, he was the one kissed by surprise.
He was the victim, okay?
Also, about Takanashi Kou coveting Akane and Natsuha before, Hikari had noticed.
He just hadn't done anything scummy like those Minotaurs. He was just posturing for attention.
Otherwise, Hikari would've cremated him already.
But at this moment, a system prompt suddenly sounded in Hikari's mind.
[Ding! Detected host successfully stopped Takanashi Kou's violent act, rescued Tachibana Yui, and successfully promoted the spirit of pure love!]
[Reward obtained: Pure Love Points +50!]
[Ding! Detected host violently beat up Minotaur Takanashi Kou, successfully promoted the spirit of pure love!]
[Reward obtained: Pure Love Points +50!]
Hearing the system prompt, Hikari glanced at Takanashi Kou still coughing up blood on the ground, with a rather strange expression.
'Good grief, aren't Takanashi Kou and Tachibana Yui childhood friends? There's actually a reward for beating him, and he's even been classified as a Minotaur by the Pure Love System.'
Although a bit hard to understand, Hikari wasn't dense.
He figured that by now, Tachibana Yui probably had no feelings left for Takanashi Kou.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have passionately kissed him just now in response to Takanashi Kou's words.
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