2:00 p.m., at the Itsuka house.
After lunch, Mikoto, Natsumi, and Shido opened their laptops in the living room. Since Natsumi seed to really like that MMORPG, at Mikoto's suggestion, the three of them took advantage of school being closed and began their online ga journey.
"First is character creation and choosing a class."
Following the system guide, Mikoto slowly familiarized herself with the ga's controls.
"Um, I'm going to the bathroom."
After entering the character creation screen, Shido stood up and left the living room.
"Hehehe..."
And so, Mikoto gave a mischievous smile and quietly went over to Shido's computer.
"Long blue hair... tall... Ah, they even have a four-leaf clover hairpin. Lucky..." (TL:Are you that 'girl' isn't using electronic wave to hypnotize Mikoto?)
Mikoto happily created a character for Shido. Natsumi, anwhile, turned her head to look at the character on the screen, and black lines gradually filled her face.
Before long, Shido returned to the living room.
"Wh-what is this?!"
Looking at the character on the screen, he let out a scream.
"Senpai..."
Shido turned his head and glared at the culprit with an unhappy look.
"Ara, what's wrong, Shido?"
The girl showed an innocent smile and played dumb.
Stare—
"Ahaha... Sorry, sorry. But isn't it cute like this?"
In the end, under Shido's sulking half-lidded stare, Mikoto could not help laughing.
"It is cute, but... why is it a female character? And why is the na 'ShioriIsSoMoeSoCute'...?"
Looking at the character on the screen, who had long blue hair, a tall figure, and a four leaf clover hairpin, Shido said speechlessly.
"Huh? Isn't it good? It's very Shiori."
"It's not good. Change it."
Facing Mikoto, who was full of mischief, Shido puffed out his cheeks and created a new character under "ShioriIsSoMoeSoCute."
"'Spirit Guardian', huh? Mm-hm, that suits Shido too."
Mikoto leaned over and looked at Shido's screen. The distance was so close that Shido even slled the scent drifting from the girl's hair, making his face flush and his heart beat faster.
Mikoto looked and found that Shido had chosen a class called Guardian. Not only could it use a heavy shield, but on ocean maps, it could also use powerful weapons like tridents.
"In that case, I'll choose this!"
After thinking for a bit, Mikoto decided on her own character.
"'Mr. Rabbit'... Eh? Yakumo-senpai, you're playing a male character?"
Shido leaned over and looked. He found that Mikoto had created a male priest nad "Mr. Rabbit." Together with Shido, they were just right: one tank, one healer.
"Hehe, did Shido forget? Before, I used to be..."
Since only the three of them were in the Itsuka house, with Kotori on Fraxinus, and Tohka, Yoshino, and the Yamai sisters at the Spirit apartnt, Mikoto was not worried about saying her little secret here.
Looking at the girl's cute smile, Shido and Natsumi exchanged glances.
[Hey, Shido, was Mikoto really a boy before?]
[I don't know. Probably... maybe... That's what she says, at least...]
The two silently completed a perfect exchange with their eyes.
"Ugh... What's with those distrustful expressions? Hmph, just watch. Nobody will find out I'm a girl."
Noticing Shido and Natsumi's expressions, Mikoto puffed her cheeks and entered the ga.
Five minutes later...
Player A: "Um... Mr. Rabbit is actually a girl, right?"
Player B: "Mm-hm, definitely "
Player C: "What a handful."
The other three players who had ford a random party with Shido and the others all said that together.
Mr. Rabbit: "Why was I found out? This isn't scientific ToT???"
[It would be stranger if they didn't find out. This is very scientific.]
[Yakumo-senpai really has no awareness of her own girl power.]
Looking at the tearful emoticon in the private chat window, Shido and Natsumi once again silently exchanged looks.
On the other side...
October Witch: "Co, co! Let Onee-san show you my dazzling, magnificent magic!"
Natsumi, who had chosen mage as her class, behaved in the ga exactly like she did after transforming.
Spirit Guardian: "It feels like Natsumi found a way to transform without using spirit power."
Mr. Rabbit: "Isn't that good? Natsumi is really cheerful in the ga. We can treat it as practice for getting used to human society."
Shido and Mikoto privately chatted with each other.
With a perfect tank mage healer trio, the three happily played gas all afternoon.
At five o'clock, Mikoto left her seat and began preparing dinner for everyone. anwhile, Kotori, Tohka, Yoshino, and the Yamai sisters arrived at the Itsuka house one after another. Even Miku, who was an idol and was often busy, also ca over.
"Question. What is this?"
Yuzuru walked over and looked at Shido and Natsumi as she asked.
"Um... It's an online ga. Yu... Yuzuru, do you want to play too?"
Natsumi, who usually tried to shrink into a corner so nobody would notice her, unusually invited her in a small voice.
"Hey! Yuzuru, co and finish that promised match with !"
"Apology. Yuzuru will go play fighting gas with Kaguya."
However, Yuzuru was called away by Kaguya, who was sitting on the sofa playing a fighting ga.
"Hey, hey, what's for dinner? Chinese food?"
"Mm, do you like Yangzhou fried rice? There's also shredded tofu in chicken broth and vegetarian stir fry."
"Umu! I don't really understand, but I like everything Mikoto makes!"
On the other side, Tohka was discussing the dinner nu with Mikoto. It seed she had not noticed what was happening over here.
And so, Natsumi looked toward Kotori and Miku.
"Sorry. Recently, things on Fraxinus have been pretty busy..."
Kotori showed an apologetic smile.
Although she really should not refuse a request from a Spirit like Natsumi, whose emotions were extrely easy to destabilize, unfortunately, recently she had to focus all her ti and energy on Devil. As long as that Spirit Hunter existed, everyone's lives were constantly in danger. There was no doubt that it was the top priority.
"My, sorry. I really do want to play with Natsumi-san and Darling too, but my manager has arranged a lot of work for recently."
Miku thought for a bit and said with a regretful expression.
"Ah, but if Natsumi-san and Darling sleep with tonight, I can cancel work."
"No, never mind."
Natsumi turned her head away without even thinking.
"Um... I don't think I can agree to that either..."
Shido scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"Eh... How cruel!"
As a result, Miku pouted unhappily.
"Um... If you don't mind... I'm willing to play with Natsumi-san."
Finally, only Yoshino cautiously raised her hand.
"Uwaa, thank you!"
Fully feeling Yoshino's healing power, Natsumi almost wanted to pounce on her and hug her.
However, five minutes later...
"Oops, pressed the wrong key again... Healing failed. Natsumi-chan is in big danger!"
"Awawa, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Yoshino, who was wearing Yoshinon, proved one thing: rabbit puppets were not suited for online gas. Compared to flexible fingers, in places that required a lot of controls, Yoshinon was clumsy.
"Um... Yakumo-senpai, do you have any good ideas?"
It was rare for Natsumi to invite everyone to play together, but in the end, only Yoshino agreed to keep her company. Noticing this, Shido stood up and went to the kitchen to ask Mikoto.
"I do have an idea, but I don't know what it'll turn into in the end."
Mikoto had also noticed the situation, so she said this with a troubled expression.
"Ah, anything is fine. Please, I'm counting on you!"
Shido put his hands together and begged.
"I understand."
Mikoto sighed, left the kitchen, and ca to Natsumi's side. She looked at Natsumi's character panel, then said:
"Eh? Natsumi is already level ten. At this rate, it won't be long before you can marry Shido." (TL:?????????? lmao)
Shido: "Pfft—!"
Natsumi: "Eh? Eeeh?"
Tohka: "Marry?"
Kotori: "Ma... marry?"
Kaguya: "Wait! What's this about marriage?"
Yuzuru: "Repeat. Marriage?"
Miku: "Eh? I want to marry Darling too."
Yoshino: "Ma... marriage..."
Yoshinon: "Oh my, I didn't expect this. Natsumi-chan actually tried to sneak ahead. How sly~"
For a mont, everyone was drawn in by the two words Mikoto had said.
"Wait, Mikoto, what exactly is going on?"
In the end, Kotori asked the question everyone wanted answered.
"Eh? You don't know? Nowadays, MMORPGs basically all have a marriage system implented."
Mikoto tilted her head with a finger on her chin.
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