Thanks for the chapter!
So please confirm: this manga will end by chapter 48 or so, right? Or that also includes the LN (or did it get axed already?)
Anyway, as cringey and garbagey as this story has been, I kept waiting for chapters to come out. I guess I liked it after all. Can't explain but it has its certain charm. Maybe the team behind it had some good things planned for it but they must have overstayed their welcome and stretched too much, and now getting axed for them will cause them to snap back too quick and now they are about to conclude the story and in probably the most awkward and rushed way we will ever see (like the Pomeko and Nyanta manga adaptation).
I guess the ending will be Shunsuke and Kiyoka will give it a go and officially date each other and Hinaki will be content to be a 3rd wheel and will continue to be with the couple, hanging out and all, with the couple not minding her going with them on dates. She is the icebreaker of the trio after all, and looks like they already hinted that Hinaki might not really be interested in romance at all and just wants to be in the company of her two best friends. Though at any rate, things will conclude upon what she will decide it to be; she is the princess childhood friend (the title) after all.