"Hah..."
On the way ho from school, Itsuka Shido rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming, and let out a sigh.
No, saying "after school" wasn't quite right. To be precise, Shido had fled from school in a panic.
Just ten minutes ago, Shido had walked into the classroom and heard Ai telling Mai and Mii about being abducted by an alien. Although that wasn't exactly what happened, Shido felt relieved confirming she was safe.
...Or so he thought.
While Shido was dealing with Tonomachi, who ca over to talk to him, a flash of light suddenly appeared outside the window. Then, Tonomachi suddenly turned into a little kid, and his school uniform fell to the floor like pieces of cloth.
Needless to say, Shido imdiately knew this was Natsumi's trick.
(Yutsuki, did your premonition have to be this accurate?)
Although he couldn't help but feel a mix of amusent and exasperation in his heart, thanks to Yutsuki's heads-up earlier, Shido didn't panic. Instead, he cooperated perfectly, acting just like everyone else—looking at Tonomachi, screaming in shock, and pretending to be completely clueless.
After that, several other students were also turned into kids by the flashes of light. Noticing that Natsumi was probably targeting the people he looked at and talked to, Shido decisively walked out of the classroom before anyone else realized this. After sending Tama-chan sensei a text saying he had sothing to do and was leaving early, he hurriedly left the school.
He later heard a ghost story started spreading around the school about "an alien hiding in the school who can shoot undressing beams." Shido was just glad the rumor wasn't "Itsuka Shido shoots undressing beams."
"Oh, isn't this the Itsuka boy?"
Just as Shido was walking ho, Mita-san, who lived not far from his house, suddenly called out to him.
"Ah, hello,Mita-san. Is there sothing wrong?"
Shido nodded politely, secretly staying on guard against Natsumi's undressing beams from the shadows.
"Isn't it a school day today? Why are you back so early?"
"Um, there's so stuff going on at ho..."
Shido brushed it off, feeling a bit nervous. Fortunately, the expected undressing beam didn't appear.Mita-san didn't suspect anything and nodded in understanding.
"True, moving suddenly does an there's a lot to do."
"Moving?"
Hearing Mita-san's words, Shido looked confused.
Buzz, buzz—
The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. Shido quickly opened it and saw it was a text from Yutsuki.
[Subject: Sothing's wrong with the house. When you co back, don't use the front door. Try not to let anyone see you.]
Seeing the text ssage, Shido didn't understand why Yutsuki wanted him to do this, but he vaguely felt a bad premonition. He hurriedly said goodbye to Mita-san and quickened his pace.
"This is..."
Looking at the dreamy, castle like building standing where his house used to be, the corner of Shido's eye twitched uncontrollably.
Shido knew this wasn't so innocent, childlike castle from an amusent park. This was the famous love hotel on the edge of the district—Dream Park.
"I see... it really would be bad if the neighbors saw ."
Shido couldn't help but sigh with a bitter smile. He could understand Mita-san's words now. After all, from a normal person's perspective, it probably looked like the hotel manager lost their mind and bought a plot of land in a residential area to build a branch. But if soone saw Shido constantly going in and out of a shady establishnt, it would definitely cause so weird misunderstandings.
Avoiding the curious neighbors, Shido walked to an inconspicuous alley next to his house, then climbed the wall and dropped into his own yard.
"Yo, welco back, Shido."
Walking into the house through the back door, Shido saw Yutsuki, who had been waiting for a while.
"Yutsuki, what happened to the house?"
Hearing Shido's question, Yutsuki sighed.
"Well, as you can see, there was a sudden flash twenty minutes ago. Then the outside of the house was turned into a love hotel by Natsumi. Although the internal structure hasn't changed."
Saying that, Yutsuki took a crispy pumpkin croquette out of her pocket and handed it to Shido.
"Here, a matcha flavored pumpkin croquette I just made with leftover ingredients from the fridge. Eat sothing to calm your nerves."
"Thanks."
He took a bite of the pumpkin croquette. The perfect amount of sweetness spread in his mouth, calming Shido's nerves quite a bit.
"Delicious."
"Well, I used these to keep Tohka, Kaguya, and Yuzuru from running off earlier."
Yutsuki glanced at the group in the living room, whose attention was completely captured by the pumpkin croquettes, and shrugged.
"Hah... thanks a lot, Yutsuki."
Hearing Yutsuki say that Tohka and the others were throwing a fit wanting to go to school earlier... Imagining that scene, the corners of Shido's mouth twitched, and he expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Yutsuki.
"So, Shido, you're back before noon. Looks like Natsumi caused trouble at school too."
"Haha... exactly as you expected."
Shido's face was full of bitter smiles.
Hearing about the mass clothing-explosion incident at school, Yutsuki also felt a headache coming on.
"As I thought, we can't just let Natsumi keep doing whatever she wants."
Although, with the help of Ratatoskr and Yutsuki, these weird incidents hadn't been blad on Shido yet. But playing defense all the ti would just lead to a never-ending cycle. To Natsumi, as long as Shido hadn't been ruined socially, these pranks wouldn't end out of boredom; they would just go on forever.
After a mont of silence, Yutsuki picked up her phone and asked the girl on the screen.
"Marina, the next ti Natsumi appears, can you pinpoint her location?"
[No problem. The analysis of her spirit wave pattern is complete. The next ti Natsumi shows up, we'll be able to lock onto her location.]
"Ok. Thanks."
Nodding in satisfaction, Yutsuki hung up the phone and said to Shido.
"Shido, next up. Co grocery shopping with ."
"Well, we are running out of food in the fridge... but is it okay to just go out like this? Won't we be turned into sothing weird on the way?"
Shido asked, a bit worried.
"Well, as long as we can't shake off Natsumi, this kind of situation is basically unavoidable. Or rather, I'm purposely giving Natsumi a chance to strike."
Yutsuki shrugged and said calmly.
"So, this ti it's our turn to lure the snake out of its hole."
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After telling everyone, Shido and Yutsuki went to the shopping district to buy ingredients for the next few days.
"Mhm, Shido. How about Splendid Alfonsino(TL:so weird ass fish I guess?) for dinner?"
"Too expensive. Let's pick sothing cheaper."
Looking at the price of 400 yen per half-kilo on the stand, Shido sweated and shook his head. After all, considering the amount needed for the number of people at ho, Shido felt the cash in his wallet couldn't cover it.
"Okay, okay~ Salmon it is then."
Yutsuki nodded with a bitter smile, choosing a relatively affordable and delicious fish. Like Pacific saury, this fish was a popular ingredient in autumn, and it tasted great whether stead or baked in foil.
"Mhm, that works. Let's have salmon for lunch then. Boss, I'll take this."
"You got it!"
After packaging the salmon and handing it to Shido, the fishmonger showed a aningful smile.
"Itsuka boy, that's impressive. I haven't seen you in a few days, and you already have such a cute daughter."
"Pfft—!"
Hearing the fishmonger uncle's words, Shido and Yutsuki both spat out blood simultaneously.
"Boss, please don't make jokes like that, okay? I can't laugh at that in so many ways."
"Ah—sorry, sorry. It's because this little girl looks so much like that other girl who usually cos grocery shopping with you."
Seeing the fishmonger uncle's refreshing smile, Shido had black lines all over his head.
"No, this child is Yutsuki's cousin who lives out of town, she's just here to play for a few days. If a high schooler could have a kid this big, what kind of beast would I be?"
Saying that, Yutsuki also nodded and chid in from the side.
"Exactly, exactly. Let alone going to bed, Big Brother Shido doesn't even have the guts to propose to Big Sister. How could he have a kid as cute as Misaka? Misaka Misaka sighs with disappointnt, acting like an adult."
Pfft—! Shido felt like he took an unprecedented critical hit and almost couldn't recover.
"Hahaha—So that's how it is. Hey Shido-kun, I'll give you a discount. Keep up the good work."
The fishmonger uncle let out a hearty laugh, patted Shido's shoulder, and Shido could only show an expression caught between laughing and crying.
In the end, Shido and Yutsuki bought several days' worth of groceries at a very cheap price.
"That's great. Getting a discount."
"I just can't bring myself to feel happy about it..."
Shido slumped his shoulders and let out a long sigh.
"So, what are we buying next?"
Yutsuki asked.
"Right. Let's buy so vegetables too."
Just like that, Yutsuki and Shido continued buying the vegetables they needed for the next few days in the shopping district. It had to be said, people in the shopping district who knew Yutsuki were sowhat surprised to see a child version of her. But whenever Shido said she was Yutsuki's cousin, everyone understood and accepted it. After all, no matter how similar they looked, no one would believe she was turned into a child by a Spirit.
"As long as Natsumi uses her Spirit power one more ti, we'll be able to know her location, right?"
While shopping at the supermarket, Shido asked Yutsuki quietly to confirm.
"Mhm."
Yutsuki nodded to answer.
"Haniel—Natsumi's Angel will definitely produce spirit wave fluctuations when used. Although very faint, they aren't untraceable. After a few incidents, Marina and the others have already figured out the pattern."
Since they already had a way to find Natsumi, Yutsuki naturally wouldn't let Natsumi keep doing whatever she wanted. Rather than being caught off guard by a sudden prank, it was better to provide Natsumi with a convenient opportunity to strike.
That was why Yutsuki and Shido chose to co to the crowded shopping district. Their goal was to use themselves as bait to lure Natsumi into biting.
"Shido, if Natsumi really makes a move. Rember to do as I told you beforehand."
"Got it."
After looking around vigilantly, Shido nodded seriously.
"Ah... the Itsuka boy..."
"Ah, we et again,Mita-san."
Shido hurriedly greeted her. He didn't know what happened in just a few short hours, but Shido could feel that Mita-san was looking at him with eyes full of sorrow and pity, constantly wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
"I heard your parents died in an accident, and your ex-girlfriend ran away and left you alone after giving birth to your child. So you had to sell your house to take care of this child... You've had it so hard."
"Uh..."
Hearing this completely absurd plot she had made up in her head, the corners of Shido's mouth twitched violently.
It turns out, after Mita-san parted ways with Shido and went grocery shopping in the district, she unexpectedly heard that Shido was with a little girl who looked exactly like Yutsuki and called herself Yutsuki's cousin. At first,Mita-san didn't think much of it. But when she rembered the shady establishnt that suddenly appeared near his house and completely clashed with the surroundings... She thought to herself that there must be so unspeakable hardship involved. As a result, through the spread of rumors among the people in the shopping district, Mita-san seamlessly imagined Shido as the tragic male lead of a dayti soap opera.
"Housewives' gossip is truly terrifying..."
Yutsuki muttered quietly.
Just as Shido was about to explain things clearly to her, he suddenly saw it—the flash of light he had seen several tis already.
"Shido!"
Yutsuki hurriedly yelled.
"I know!"
Suddenly, a strong wind blew through the shopping district, and a thick fog blocked everyone's vision.
After a brief commotion, the fog quickly cleared, and Shido and Yutsuki had mysteriously disappeared into the crowd.
"Phew... that was close."
Hiding in a deserted alley, Shido wiped the sweat off his forehead, his heart still pounding.
The mont he was hit by the light, Shido followed Yutsuki's instructions. He deployed Kotori's and Yoshino's Angels to create fog to block the pedestrians' view. Then he used Raphael to quickly carry Yutsuki away from the scene. After all, even if he didn't know what kind of prank Natsumi planned to pull on him, it was definitely the kind where if soone saw it, the police would be involved.
"Yutsuki, are you okay?"
"Mmph... mhm..."
Muffled shouts ca from Yutsuki in his arms.
"Yutsuki—whoa!"
Shido looked down and saw Yutsuki wearing a blindfold and a ball gag in her mouth. Her original kids' clothes and jacket had turned into a bizarre combination of just a school swimsuit, dog ears, and a tail. Her slender, smooth limbs were completely exposed to the air, and the tight swimsuit accentuated her small chest and perky rear.(bruh,natsumi is kinky as hell bruh wtf)
Even worse, the girl had a pet collar around her neck, and the leash attached to it was in Shido's hand. Looking closely, "My exclusive little pet" was written on her left leg, and a "Tally" mark (bruh) could be faintly seen on the inside of her right thigh.(TL:bruh what am I doing here!!!!!!!!!)
As for Shido himself, he had turned into sothing resembling an aristocrat from a manga. Aside from holding the leash in his right hand, a leather whip had mysteriously appeared in his other hand.
From a passerby's perspective, this was a boy in a perverted outfit dragging a little girl into an empty alley. The girl was wearing a school swimsuit with dog ears and a tail, blindfolded, and gagged. She could only endure his humiliation with a flushed face, making whimpering sounds while drooling uncontrollably.
If anyone saw this scene, Shido would definitely be sentenced to social death without even a chance to explain himself.
"Wait, Yutsuki! I'll untie you right now."
"Hah—"
After Shido took off the gag and blindfold, Yutsuki, her face bright red, opened her mouth and gasped for air.
"Yutsuki, are you okay?"
"Mhm... barely."
Looking at her and Shido's current outfits with a twitching mouth, Yutsuki wiped the drool from her mouth. Thank goodness she told Shido to use the Angels to escape. Otherwise, if people on the street had seen this, unless they used so kind of mass amnesia device, Yutsuki and Shido would basically be unable to show their faces in society ever again.
"If there's only one thing I want to say right now—Natsumi is definitely a hidden hardcore kinky degenerate."
Sighing in frustration, Yutsuki took off the tail attached to the swimsuit and gave a dry laugh. Thank goodness Natsumi still had so conscience and the tail wasn't a b*tt plug. Otherwise, Yutsuki couldn't guarantee she'd be able to restrain herself from ensuring Natsumi didn't live to see tomorrow's sunrise.
"Cough, cough—"
Shido turned around with a blushing face. He took a deep breath to calm himself down, put his hand to his earpiece, and asked.
"Maria,Reine-san. Did you find Natsumi?"
[Yes, we found her. She's about 800 ters from your location. In a building under construction in the city center.] [...Tohka and the others are heading there right now... wait... what is this?]
Reine's surprised voice ca through the earpiece.
Wooooooooo—!
Before Shido could ask what was going on, piercing sirens rang in his ears.
"Reine-san, did you sound the spacequake alarm?"
Yutsuki asked in confusion as she watched the distant panicked and hurried footsteps of people evacuating.
[It wasn't who sounded the alarm... it's the people hunting Natsumi... DEM's Wizards.]
Hearing Reine's words, Yutsuki and Shido's expressions instantly changed.
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