Crossover Anime: I'm at Shuchiin Academy, and my surname is Uchiha.

Chapter 108 Girls’ Tea Ceremony

Chitanda Eru thought for a moment, "Wouldn't it be too much trouble for Shinomiya-kun? How about we all go to my place?"

Chitanda Eru, who was also a young lady from a wealthy family, felt that she could also entertain a few friends.

Kaguya Shinomiya thought for a moment, "Living at a classmate's house? I've never experienced that before."

Fujiwara Chika: "Hehehe, anyway, my house isn't really suitable for gatherings, since besides my parents, my older sister and younger sister are also home."

Hayasaka Ai: "Me too..."

After all, Hayasaka Ai lives in the Shinomiya family home. Although it's set up as an apartment she rents outside, and there is indeed an apartment there to prevent exposure, there's nothing there.

Uchiha Ryo: "I have a suggestion. Ladies, you're used to mansions and villas that feel more like parties than gatherings. How about trying out a luxury apartment to experience the feel of a small, comfortable home?"

A luxury apartment? Yukinoshita thought for a moment. "If you're interested, you can come to my place."

Fujiwara Chika looked at Yukino, "Eh? Doesn't Yukino-san live at home?"

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded. "For some reasons, I moved out of my family home and rented an apartment by myself."

Chitanda Eru: "Then we can go to Yukino's house."

Hayasaka Ai: "No objection!"

The Yukinoshita family? Hayasaka Aika remembers that Uchiha Ryo's rented apartment was downstairs from Yukinoshita Yukino.

Kaguya Shinomiya: "Well... going to a regular apartment is fine too."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be okay with it, Yukino suddenly spoke up. "However, my house only has one master bedroom and one guest room, so it will be a bit cramped for five people."

Five people? Uchiha Ryo coughed lightly. "Have you forgotten someone?"

Yukinoshita rolled her eyes at Uchiha Ryo, "Go live downstairs yourself!"

.....

It's been a long time since I've been to this apartment building. It's been two weeks since I last visited, since I went back home after I went to Toyosaki as an exchange student.

Yukino: "Please make yourselves at home. I'll go make some tea."

Uchiha Ryo: "Do you have juice?"

"It's in the refrigerator."

Uchiha Ryo nodded, then skillfully walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took out a can of juice.

Yukino Yukinoshita doesn't usually drink beverages, mostly preferring her own brewed tea. However, her refrigerator often contains juice and beer, which she prepares for her older sister who frequently visits uninvited.

Speaking of which, Yukino Yukinoshita has been feeling helpless about her sister's frequent visits lately, and every time she comes over, she takes a stroll around the house, as if she suspects that she is hiding something.

Just as Uchiha Ryo sat down on the sofa with a juice in his hand, four pairs of eyes stared intently at him.

Hayasaka Ai: "Why are you so skilled at this?!"

Chika Fujiwara: "Ryo-kun...it feels just like home."

Chitanda Eru: "This is Yukino's house, right? It doesn't feel unfamiliar at all."

Kaguya Shinomiya: "You, you don't come here to drop by all the time, do you?!"

Unfortunately, although Uchiha Ryo wanted to visit often, this was only his second time visiting Yukino's house.

However, I stayed here for one night last time to take care of Yukino who was sick, so of course I'm familiar with the kitchen layout.

"Um... this is indeed my second time here. Remembering where the refrigerator is shouldn't be anything special, right?"

Hayasaka Ai pouted, "It's not good to be so familiar and ask for drinks on your second visit to a classmate's house."

Yukino brought out the tea set and naturally heard the questions from the other girls.

However, Uchiha Rin only happened to be sick last time by chance, and she doesn't plan to reveal it.

Yukinoshita: "It's alright, because drinks like juice are meant for guests anyway."

Kaguya Shinomiya stepped forward. "Yukinoshita-san, would you like me to make some tea? I'm quite confident in my tea ceremony skills."

Chitanda Eru raised her hand, "If we're talking about the tea ceremony, I'm quite confident too~"

Yukino shook her head. "You are guests, so I'll take care of making the tea."

Kaguya Shinomiya smiled and said, "We're not just guests, we're friends who've spent the whole day together, so please let me have a turn."

She! Kaguya Shinomiya is going to try to conquer someone with the taste of high-class black tea, so she won't let any opportunity slip by.

Chitanda Eru sat back down. "Then the two of you are enough."

Fujiwara Chika looked left and right.

"Why are you arguing about brewing tea? You can each brew two pots, so I can enjoy two different kinds of tea."

Yukinoshita: "In that case... please come over here, Shinomiya-kun."

Chitanda: "Oh! In that case, I'll make some tea too."

The three young ladies intended to demonstrate their tea ceremony skills, while Uchiha Ryo looked towards Fujiwara Chika and Hayasaka Ai.

"And you?"

Hayasaka Ai: "My tea ceremony skills are not as good as Shinomiya's, so there's no need for me to."

Fujiwara Chika: "My tea-tasting skills are better than my tea-brewing skills, so I'll stick to tea tasting~"

Tea tasting? Whether in his past or present life, Uchiha Ryo has little understanding of tea culture, or rather, he simply doesn't know how to taste tea.

Compared to the tea ceremony favored by those bigwigs for cultivating their minds and bodies, he still prefers the juice in his hand.

But seeing how enthusiastic the three people in the kitchen were, I figured I might as well give it a try.

The tea ceremony performed by the young women is about to unfold its true splendor at this very moment.

Before long, the living room table was completely covered with tea sets, with three freshly brewed cups of black tea placed in front of each of Uchiha Rin, Hayasaka Ai, and Fujiwara Chika.

"Please enjoy!" x3

Even among the closest friends, there will be times when they compare themselves to each other. Kaguya Shinomiya is very confident in her tea ceremony, so how could the other two back down?

The refreshing aroma of black tea had already reached the nose from the teacup. Although the three of them used the same tea leaves, the different brewing methods resulted in three different kinds of black tea.

Fujiwara Chika's expression was serious, just like a judge on some kind of judging program.

After tasting the three cups of tea, he slowly closed his eyes.

"The advantage is in my hands!" Kaguya Shinomiya was extremely confident. Although Chika Fujiwara seemed to have a good relationship with the other two, she believed that she should win, both in terms of their relationship and her tea-making skills.

Moreover, Hayasaka Ai is my person, and among the three judges in front of me, I can get two votes besides Uchiha Ryo!

Kaguya Shinomiya completely ignored Ai Hayasaka, who was drinking tea, and focused all her attention on Ryo Uchiha.

How was it? Weren't you captivated by my tea ceremony? You know, very few people in the world get to taste tea brewed by the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family herself.

Fujiwara Chika suddenly opened her eyes.

"Mmm...it's all delicious! You guys are amazing!"

Unfortunately, Judge Fujiwara gave a tie. What about Hayasaka?

Hayasaka Ai put down her teacup. "I'm sorry, I can't give an evaluation either."

If you really think about it, Hayasaka Ai feels like she's already tired of Kaguya-sama's tea, but the other two cups have a novel feel to them.

But since she's our young lady, let's just give her a draw.

And so, the three tea ceremony girls turned their gaze to the last judge.

Uchiha Ryo:....