"Do you think this is all just fun and gas?"
Lilith Asami glared at Rei Ao, her face burning with embarrassnt. His repeated "That's not it" remarks had toyed with her emotions one ti too many. Why not just co right out and say it, instead of all these "not that, not that" teases?
Well, truth be told, Rei Ao found it quite entertaining. There was nothing more amusing than watching a girl all flustered—except maybe actually getting intimately involved with a lovely young lady.
[Ding! You have selected to grant subchannel access in the chat group to: Lilith Asami, Mira Yamana, Akio Fudō, Selina, Levi Kazama, Arin Kannazuki, and Yui Kurata!]
For convenience's sake, he added the rest of the Trinity Seven to the subchannel all at once. Then he left a simple parting comnt:
"If you ever co across a problem you can't handle, just initiate a trade."
And with that, he disappeared from Lilith's dorm.
"A… trade chat group…?"
Lilith Asami murmured in disbelief.
…
Inside Kasuga Hijiri's bedroom
Kasuga Hijiri, who had been sound asleep alongside Selina and Lieselotte, awoke. A bright gleam danced through her eyes.
"He left."
Her smooth, bare arms still held Selina and Lieselotte close. Turning her calm gaze on them, she spoke.
"Mm,"
Sei answered with a nod. Glancing at the chat group, they saw a ssage:
Rei Ao: "@Kasuga Hijiri, @Fubuki, @Erica – Ti to head back."
Selina also stirred, as if she'd realized what happened.
"Will Rei Ao-nii be coming back?" she asked wistfully.
"Pfft."
Lieselotte chuckled.
"Selina, you're not already longing for that kind of 'action' again, are you?"
"Ugh… N-no!"
Selina shot her sister a shy, resentful look.
"You're such a bully, Sis, always teasing ."
"Haha."
Lieselotte just grinned more. "You're way too obvious. This thigh of mine isn't Rei Ao's thigh, you know. No matter how hard you squeeze it, there won't be anything to put inside."
"Grr…"
At that teasing comnt, Selina finally let go, pouting. Lieselotte didn't mind. She gestured toward Selina's slightly round belly.
"Never mind how much of his stuff got put in there—just rember you've been acknowledged and given the Demon King's blessing. Do you really think he'd abandon either of us now?"
Indeed, Rei Ao had shown no hesitation in bestowing his blessing on them:
[Na]: Selina
[Level]: 10
[Abilities]: "Dragon Power", "Demon King's Consort", "Rei Ao's Blessing", "Inherent Device: Demon King's Bride"
[Items]: "Grimoire"
[Na]: Lieselotte
[Level]: 23
[Abilities]: "Dragon Power", "Super Acceleration", "Demon King's Consort", "Rei Ao's Blessing", [Inherent Device: Demon King's Bride]
[Items]: "Grimoire"
Just thinking about that was enough for Selina to relax, setting aside any worries.
…
anwhile, in this world's newly ford group, the people who'd been invited were more or less jolted awake from their slumber.
Arin Kannazuki: "?"
Levi Kazama: "!"
Mira Yamana: "…"
Akio Fudō: "What's going on?"
Akio tried again:
"Why're you all so quiet suddenly?"
Mira Yamana: "What is there to say? That this is all a hallucination?"
Sitting on her bed, Mira's cowlick bobbed as she glanced to the side. Kanna, who'd been with her before, was gone. Regardless of whether they believed in the existence of this chat group, it was evidently real enough.
"Mm, guess so," Akio replied.
"We've even t a Demon King in person, so a different world doesn't sound that strange now."
"aning Rei Ao really is a Demon King from so other dinsion?"
Levi Kazama: "Not exactly."
Levi Kazama: "I just read a lot of the shared info. He isn't a Demon King from another world; he's soone who ca here, who can beco a Demon King."
Arin Kannazuki: "Rei Ao… so he's the 'great Demon King' you've been whispering about all this ti… Why didn't anyone tell ?"
Akio Fudō: "Ahem, well, because you're always going on about how you're the Demon King's wife… We were afraid you'd do sothing reckless."
Rei Ao: "Oho, I think I just heard sothing big. Soone wants to be my wife?"
Akio Fudō: "@Arin Kannazuki – well, you two can talk that out."
Arin Kannazuki: "…"
An abrupt hush fell. Nobody typed another word.
"Sigh, does everyone freeze up whenever I start talking?"
Rei Ao chuckled wryly. Then he looked at Michiru and Kanna, both sound asleep. He carefully picked them up, placed them on the bed, and tucked them in.
"You've been through enough for one day—rest well."
"…"
After a mont of stillness, Michiru's eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes. Her gaze, unfocused, settled on the blanket.
She could still feel the lingering warmth of where Rei Ao had been. Her breathing sped up, but she managed to keep her odd thoughts under control by hugging Kanna in her arms, stopping herself from "comforting herself" on the spot.
In the Academy's underground area, within a so-called "private office," a white-haired girl lay asleep. Her na was Yui Kurata, one of the Trinity Seven.
Unlike other mages, she existed on the "other side" of the world, a mage of dreams. Her archive was "Greed," but its the was "Friendship." Her specialty lay in "chorus spells."
By definition, mages researched thes opposite to their own nature.
Since Yui never ford friendships, she focused on "friendship" for her research. She had been sleeping here for a long ti, sealed away. She possessed power second only to the headmaster's, and no one could fully suppress her; if left unchecked, her magic might eventually lull the entire world into an eternal sleep—effectively destroying it. Thus, Yui remained sealed.
But that very day, she woke up. Because:
[Ding! You have been invited to the chat group subchannel!]
"…"
She sat up in bed, face unreadable, and scanned the chat group's ssages. A Demon King, the Trinity Seven… This is all quite intriguing. Suddenly, she didn't feel like sleeping anymore.
"I wonder what the outside world's like now?"
Through the chat group, Yui Kurata found herself growing curious about the world beyond her sealed domain.
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