Date a Live:This is not the date I wanted! Chapter 43 43: I’m going to strip his clothes

Mm, the ti was probably around 8:30 p.m.

After dinner had ended, Shido returned to the n's guest room, and the others also returned to the won's guest room.

Kotori was now in a very complicated mood, because when she went to greet Shido—who had been soaking in the bath for too long—she accidentally saw sothing.

—Won's underwear had fallen out of Shido's clothes basket.

If it had only been stolen underwear, that would have been fine enough.(Though even then, she would definitely have beaten Shido up.)

However, the n's underwear that should have been in there was not there. In other words… well.

Although Kotori had repeatedly emphasized that he should understand girls' feelings,

that was only preparation for having conversations with Spirits. It absolutely did not an "then beco a girl, okay~."

Even so, it still could not be confird whether Shido really had a fetish for wearing won's underwear. But considering that the cross-dressing from his last conquest might have caused so change in his mind, the possibility that he might get excited by putting on won's accessories was not zero. This issue could not be ignored lightly.

Although there was also the concern that Origami had already infiltrated the inn, the situation had already reached a point where there was no room left to worry about that.

So Kotori ca up with an idea.

"...A ga?"

Reine, who had been blankly spacing out in a corner, asked with so confusion. Kotori slowly nodded and laid out the cards she had prepared in advance.

Kotori coughed lightly and said, "Actually, this is a ga. The rules are very simple. First, everyone gets one role-play card. Then, in order, each person goes to Shido and acts out the role written on the card. Then, in order, each person goes to Shido and acts out the role written on the card. Then, based on the result—the winner is the one who awakens Shido's masculine instincts!"

Then everyone except Reine fell into silence.

"Awaken his masculine instincts...?"

"Um... what does that an?"

"Hmph. If this is a competition, I absolutely won't hold back my strength, but don't you think the content of this contest is a little hard to understand?"

"Agreed. Please provide clearer standards."

"Kotori-chan... sorry, I'm not ntally prepared to go that far. Besides, Shido is only sixteen, right..."

When Yutsuki heard that, her first reaction was—Itsuka Kotori, under the pressure of Origami's infiltration, had beco overwheld by stress and could no longer suppress the loneliness in her heart. She ran to Shido, trying to break through the boundary of sibling taboo, failed, and then in a fit of madness decided to attack him as a group… Well, no matter how you look at it, that was way too absurd.

"That's not what I ant! Uh... yes, indeed, I didn't explain myself clearly enough... let think..."

Kotori started to stamr. She herself knew how outrageous what she had just said was. But for the currently uncalm Kotori, she could no longer co up with a reasonable excuse. After scratching her head hard for a while, she suddenly lifted her face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"Ooooh...!"

Everyone was startled by Kotori's sudden shout.

"In short...! I need everyone's strength! If... this operation fails, Shido...he... Shido might no longer be Shido..."

Kotori-chan... even if you say it as if his second personality is about to awaken, it's still completely aningless.

Yutsuki had black lines over her head at Kotori's words, but the others all held their breath in tension.

"W-What is this?! Shido is no longer Shido...?!"

"…Yes. I can't reveal the details. But the situation right now is very dangerous. —I know I'm being selfish, but I really need everyone's help...!"

(Even if you say it with a cool shounen-protagonist speech...)

"Lift your head, Kotori. I understand. I'll help you!"

Tohka placed her hand on Kotori's shoulder and answered seriously.

(Ah... the idiot has appeared...)

Yutsuki couldn't help but rub her forehead in pain.

"Reine-san... what's wrong with Kotori-chan?"

Yutsuki asked the question to Reine beside her, and Reine also shook her head with confusion.

"I don't know... she started looking a bit off during dinner. Maybe it's so kind of accumulated pressure..."

"Uh..."

Yutsuki felt a little guilty.

With Tohka's participation, the moving shounen-manga atmosphere seed to infect the others as well. After being moved for a mont, Yoshino and the Yamai sisters also stated that they would join the ga.

"Kotori-chan, what are you suddenly talking about? Do you have a fever?"

Yutsuki rushed over to Kotori and placed her hand on Kotori's forehead.

Mm... it was warm, but not enough to count as a fever.

"I'm fine, Yutsuki-nee."

Gently moving Yutsuki's hand away, Kotori shook her head and, with an unprecedented expression of seriousness and determination, took Yutsuki's hands.

"Although what I'm saying is a little underhanded, please think of the fact that Shido helped you and save him no matter what!"

(Don't use your shounen hot blooded lines on !)

"Uh... mm... I'll do my best..."

Yutsuki's mouth twitched slightly. Although she felt that Shido himself probably was not in as exaggerated a state as Kotori claid, because she felt guilty for having added too much pressure to Kotori, she still chose to agree.

Because of everyone's consideration, Kotori was moved to tears, nodding powerfully while wiping them away.

"No problem. The one who can make Shido deeply feel the happiness of being a man will be given the right to monopolize Shido for one day."

(Shido has already completely lost his human rights...)

Hearing Kotori's declaration, Yutsuki joined the others in shouting "Ooooh—!" while silently mourning for Shido in her heart.

Then, after the cards were distributed and the contents were explained in detail, the first annual Spirits Cup—the Great Competition to Awaken Itsuka Shido's Masculine Instincts… began.

Contestant No. 1 — Yatogami TohkaScenario: Childhood friend of ten years. By bringing up mories from childhood and bathing together, awaken his hidden masculine instincts through the close contact of a girl's skin.

"Just reading the description already makes it feel impossible..."

Ignoring Yutsuki's complaint as though she had never heard it, Kotori held Tohka's hands and said in a solemn tone: "Tohka, you are the contestant I value most. Please return victorious."

"Understood!" Tohka answered with great energy.

...

"...I failed. I followed what Kotori said and invited him to bathe together, but he ended up disliking it..."

Tohka said, shaking her head with a dejected expression.

"What...!"

Kotori could not help but tremble violently.

"He actually refused to bathe with Tohka...? D-Does that an…? No way!"

Kotori's hands were shaking, and cold sweat began to appear on her face.

By the way, Kotori's current chain of thought was:

Tohka invites him to bathe together → any ordinary man would be happy → but Shido refused → Shido's female hormones are overflowing so much that even the Earth is about to be destroyed.

It was such a terrifying equation.

"How could this be... impossible... Shido..."

"Reine, is this kind of reaction strange?"

Although Yutsuki was also part of the operation's hidden success, she did not think this situation was shocking enough to be stunned to this degree.

"Mm... I think it's not much different from her usual reaction..."

As for the conversation between the two, Kotori, who was now emotionally overwheld, heard none of it. With a despairing expression, she collapsed helplessly to the ground and pressed her hand against her forehead.

But— I can't fall here...

Pulling herself up with Tohka's hand, Kotori gritted her teeth, looked around, and shouted, "Next! Who's next?"

"...I-I am."

Contestant No. 2 — YoshinoScenario:A cherished existence like a little sister. Because of so matter that cannot be discussed with anyone else (an erotic magazine), the flas of betrayal burn fiercely.

"If it really catches fire, what are you going to do about it..."

Yutsuki said with a headache expression.

"Yoshino, good luck. Just follow the process and it'll be fine. Use your loli little sister charm and let Shido be reborn! Ah! In the end, you're only 'like' a little sister! You're not actually a 'little sister'! That would be !"

"U-Um..."

"Your answer!"

"I-I understand!"

Yoshino answered while trembling her shoulders, then ran toward Shido's room in her slippers.

...

"Shido-san said... that he hates n..."

Kotori was directly crushed to the floor by Yoshino's answer.

Hates n → already doesn't want to be a man → I don't want to be bound by the sex I was born with → call big sister.

A nightmare-like conclusion gnawed at Kotori's brain.

"Reine... go ask the Fraxinus to check Kotori's numbers."

"Mm..."

As Yutsuki gave that instruction to Reine, Kotori imdiately sent out the next group of contestants.

Contestant No. 3 — Yamai YuzuruScenario:An absolutely invincible queen. I will teach you the pleasure of belonging to .

Contestant No. 4 —Yamai KaguyaScenario:An absolutely obedient slave. Whatever the master desires, no matter what it is, she will do it.

"Volunteer. Leave it to . As long as I, Yuzuru, make a move, Shido and the rest are child's play."

"Hmph! I'm very dissatisfied with this card. What is this supposed to an…"

"You two hurry up and go! Attack with S and M at the sa ti and completely collapse Shido's rationality."

"Before that happens, your own rationality is about to collapse, Kotori-chan..."

Kotori shouted loudly, and Yutsuki complained while covering her face.

...

"What exactly did you do to switch your roles?"

Yutsuki said with a twitching mouth as she looked at the Yamai sisters, whose roles had been reversed.

Although neither of their outfits had changed, Kaguya stood there with an angry, determined expression and a whip in her hand, while Yuzuru had a collar around her neck.

"Hmph! A lot happened."

"Reflection. Excessive power really does drive people mad."

Kotori let out a deep sigh and covered her forehead with her hand.

"Honestly... what are you all doing... Well then, did Shido say anything else?"

Although she had not gotten the result she wanted, seeing the Yamai sisters' dazzling behavior, even if Shido had shown just a tiny bit of reaction… for that sliver of hope, Kotori asked anxiously.

Then Kaguya and Yuzuru looked at each other, thought for a mont, and seed to rember sothing as they nodded.

"I rember... he did say sothing."

"Confird. I rember he said, 'I don't have any interest in getting pleasure from humiliating girls or being humiliated by girls!'"

"You-You said what...!"

I don't have any interest in getting pleasure from humiliating girls or being humiliated by girls! → I want to humiliate boys, or be humiliated by boys.

"Shido... has already fallen to this level?"

"Yutsuki... according to Fraxinus's report, Kotori's emotions are unstable right now. Just from her anxiety value alone, there's a risk of spiritual power backlash. We need to think of sothing."

"It's obvious enough without even needing to say it."

Yutsuki looked at Kotori, who was trembling in despair as if she had already seen the end of the world, and let out a deep sigh.

"Yutsuki-nee!" Kotori grabbed Yutsuki's hands tightly, her whole body radiating the strong aura of "burn the boats and sink the ships." "Please, no matter what, use everything you have to bring Onii-chan back! Even if it ans taking his first ti, that's fine too."

"Kotori... calm down. I'm sure you've misunderstood sothing!"

Yutsuki was practically struck by Kotori's powerful declaration. Her mouth twitched slightly as she tried to calm Kotori down.

At the mont, there were two ways to calm Kotori down:

-Kotori had probably misunderstood sothing about Shido. If that misunderstanding was cleared up, it would be fine.

-During the competition, help Shido regain that so called masculine instinct… and reassure Kotori.

Looking at the card in her hand, which was written with such absurd content, Yutsuki decisively chose the first option.

"Could it be that Yutsuki-nee thinks Onii-chan is already beyond saving!"

At that mont, Kotori's face showed utter despair. Yutsuki hurriedly explained in panic:

"No, no! I just think..."

"If... Yutsuki-nee succeeds... I can let Shido be Shiori for you for a whole day!"

Although it was a bit backwards, being Shiori for one day was still better than being Shiori for life. Kotori clung to that thought.

"......"

After a long silence, Yutsuki slowly walked toward the door.

"Yutsuki... where are you going?"

"I'm going to strip his clothes."

Yutsuki said without turning back.

Original Author's PS: If you're interested in the details of the ga with Tohka and the others… please read the original work...