Today was the second day since Yutsuki and the others arrived in the ga.
Regarding eting Arusu Marina last night—the true culprit who trapped them in this world—Yutsuki, considering that their side's preparations weren't fully adequate yet, didn't tell the others about it. Instead, she pretended as if nothing had happened. Waking up normally, eating normally, and as usual, chatting about this and that with the Yamais and the others all the way to school.
Everything was as peaceful as usual; nothing happened.
...As if!!!!! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
"Hello everyone~ I'm Izayoi Miku, an exchange student from Rindouji~ Please take care of , everyone!"
"Hey, I'm Itsuka Kotori, a skipped-grade student from the middle school division. Please take care of , senpais."
Honestly, when she saw these two walk into the classroom with a matter of fact face during horoom to introduce themselves, and then cause a huge cheer from the classmates, Yutsuki could only twitch the corners of her mouth and let out a "hehe" laugh.
Then, according to Kotori's explanation, it seed Arusu had made adjustnts to so of the initial settings. Besides Miku and Kotori transferring to her class, Kurumi as a transfer student and Yoshino as a teacher were currently in the classroom next door, happily resetting the whole class's aggro towards Shido.
Regarding this, Yutsuki could only shrug helplessly and express... "You win, Arusu."
"Mhm, as long as you substitute x into this formula, you can determine the equation for x and y, and then substitute it into z to solve..."
"Honey~ I don't have textbook yet. Can I look together with you?"
In the middle of class, Miku quietly moved her desk next to Yutsuki's, blinked, and asked Yutsuki coquettishly. Yutsuki held her head in her hands, sowhat speechless.
"I say... do you, an upperclassman, really need to listen to a class for a lower grade?"
"Haha... I'm usually busy with idol activities, so regarding classes, actually I'm a bit... Please, Honey!"
Miku clasped her hands together and pleaded with Yutsuki. Yutsuki also understood that balancing idol activities and studying must be hard, so she sighed helplessly and didn't refuse.
"Alright, if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask ."
"Mhm! I love you, Honey."
"Hey, you're sticking too close!"
"No~ I want to get closer to Honey~"
Miku let out a childish, spoiled sound. The slightly pink atmosphere between the two made the classmates secretly watching them start whispering to each other.
"Hey, hey, did you hear that? Miku-tan just called Ryougi-san 'Honey~'?"
"I heard it. The vibe between them feels a bit too intimate. Could it be that the two of them are Yuri? That's great. Honestly, if Miku-tan dated another guy, especially that beast nad Itsuka in the next class, I'd definitely burn him (Shido: "Achoo!"). But Yuri is completely fine. In fact, Yuri is the best!"
"Mhm, peerless beauties like Ryougi-san and Miku-tan can only be Yuri!"
"Beside the Yamai sisters, our class finally has a second Yuri couple!"
"E-Everyone, we are still in class!"
"My, as expected of Yutsuki-nee, she's so popular~"
And behind Yutsuki, Kotori, who at so point had put on her black ribbons and entered "Commander mode," watched Yutsuki and Miku with a smiling face and whistled.
"I feel like this kind of popularity isn't sothing to be happy about at all."
Yutsuki looked at the warm gazes constantly coming from her classmates, saying "We'll protect you, wishing you happiness." Honestly, Yutsuki's mood could only be described with the words "effed up."
"Well, compared to the other side, your situation here is considered relatively better, Yutsuki-nee."
Kotori glanced towards Shido's classroom next door, curled her lips, and said helplessly.
"Hey! Kurumi, you jerk, get away from Shido! I've been holding back from talking because we're in class!"
"Ara ara, don't be so excited, Tohka-san. I just made a little bit of physical contact with Shido-san... Ah, Shido-san unexpectedly has a nice body (touch, touch)..."
"Ah... Kurumi, stop!"
"Can I interpret your words as a declaration of war? Tokisaki Kurumi."
"What do you think Origami-san?."
"Yoshino! This is the ti for you to step up. You have to quickly show your dignity as a teacher!"
"S-Stop... W-We are in class now..."
"Damn it... why is it always you, Itsuka, you bastard, go die~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"...True."
Regarding the various sounds of jealousy, weak attempts to break up fights, whispered discussions, roars of single dogs, and Shido's screams coming from the classroom next door... Yutsuki suddenly felt she should be content.
"Yo, comrade of mine. Next, do you want to join us Children of Typhoon to participate in the battle for the Fruit of Purgatory?"
"Excitent. Kaguya and Yuzuru are going to the school store to fight for bread, what about Yutsuki?"
The Yamai sisters' faces showed a very eager look at this ti. It was no wonder. Today seed to be the limited sale day of the popular "Steak Sandwich" in the school store. Ever since they fought the so called "Four Heavenly Kings of the School Store (actually only three people)" and grabbed the bread last ti, they had been very passionate about this bread-snatching activity.
According to them, it seems that the spoils obtained after experiencing a battle give a special sense of satisfaction and achievent when eaten. Although Yutsuki didn't quite understand this reasoning.
"Honey, let's go find Darling and eat together later. I prepared delicious snacks~"
"...Sorry, Miku. I want to go outside and eat my bento alone today."
Hearing Miku's proposal, Yutsuki thought for a mont before shaking her head and refusing.
Although she had considered inviting Shido to eat together, thinking about the carnage lineup on Shido's side being even stronger than usual, Yutsuki could guess almost with her eyes closed what kind of troubleso developnts would happen at the dining table.
"Ugh—I want Honey to co eat with too!"
Miku puffed up her cute cheeks a bit and looked at Yutsuki with so dissatisfaction.
"Sorry, sorry. As compensation, I'll keep you company properly next ti."
After comforting Miku, Yutsuki strolled out of the classroom.
However, just as she was about to step out of the school building, suddenly a strong sense of distortion ca from all around. After a sound like a TV restarting, Yutsuki snapped back to reality and found herself, for so unknown reason, already sitting inside the school cafeteria.
Not just her. Tohka, Origami, Kurumi, Yoshino, Yuzuru, Kaguya, and Miku were all sitting around a dining table right now. And not far away, Kotori, wearing white ribbons now, was dragging Shido towards them.
What's going on? Yutsuki thought with a confused face.
"Um... the cafeteria?"
Shido, who was suddenly dragged over, was clearly also a bit clueless about the current situation.
"Mhm, let's all eat lunch with Onii-chan!"
Hearing Kotori say this with a bright smile made Yutsuki frown. Seeing everyone around with expressions showing no surprise at all, the corners of Yutsuki's mouth instantly twitched slightly, and for a mont, she felt she understood sothing. She slowly stood up.
"Hm, Yutsuki-nee, aren't you going to eat? Everyone is getting ready to start."
To Kotori's question, Yutsuki gave a perfunctory answer.
"Well, it's a bit urgent, I'm going to the restroom first. You guys eat first."
Then, Yutsuki walked quickly to a corner with no one around and talked to herself towards the empty space.
"Arusu, regarding the current situation, give a little explanation."
"Yes." With a flash of light, the white-haired Arusu appeared out of thin air in front of Yutsuki and explained to her, "Since Itsuka Shido seed to feel troubled by the current situation, in order to improve the efficiency of gathering information about 'love,' I re-selected a scenario where everyone can get along harmoniously."
"A scenario, aning everyone eating together in this cafeteria?"
Yutsuki pointed at the powerful lineup of beautiful girls in front of her and said speechlessly.
"Mhm, the data provided says this is the scenario that best ets the conditions. Furthermore,Yutsuki-san, you also said: 'It's best when everyone eats together normally'."
"Is this supposed to be my fault too?"
Yutsuki held her forehead speechlessly, then pressed Arusu's shoulders and spoke earnestly with the look of a senior, "Arusu... you are still too sweet (naive)."
...
"Hurry, hurry, Yoshino! The plan we thought of earlier, put it into action quickly! Let Shido see your side as a teacher, and give him a heartfelt 'Say Ah~'!"
"Uuu... S-So embarrassing."
"Oh, oh! I really want to try this too. Shido, take a bite of this! It's very delicious!"
"Ara, this is actually a pretty good idea. But for Shido-san, the stimulation isn't enough. Then~ how about I feed you mouth to mouth?"
"If that's the case, let carry out this task. I can act as a poison taster at the sa ti. Not only is it highly efficient, but food transferred mouth-to-mouth after chewing is also very good for digestion."
"Kuku... If I personally offer this tribute, it will definitely be a heavenly delicacy."
"Agreent. Although it's a spoil of war obtained after a fierce battle in the school cafeteria. But sharing it with Shido, who is Kaguya and Yuzuru's property, is acceptable. Co on, Ah—"
"Co on, Darling. Follow and say 'Ah~', here—Ah~"
"Mhm, it feels like all the seats are full. Then I'll sit on Onii-chan's lap! Onii-chan, do you need your cute little sister to give you an 'Ah~'?"
"So! So sly, Kotori! I want to sit on Shido's lap and see too!"
OK! What happened next, I believe everyone is very clear on even without writing it out. In short, just like usual, everyone "friendly and harmoniously (manual funny face)" surrounded Shido tightly, holding spoons in their hands and scrambling to say "Ah~" towards Shido.
"And so, this is what you consider a harmonious and friendly scenario?"
As the only person seriously eating her al, Yutsuki gripped her chopsticks tightly, took a deep breath, looked at Arusu, and asked.
Honestly... even as calm as she was, she couldn't help but want to... burn Shido.
Yutsuki felt that if pushed just a little bit more, she would be able to summon Ratziel in this world and electrocute Shido into charcoal.
"Strange... there's a slight deviation from expectations. Did sothing go wrong in a certain step?"
Arusu tilted her head in confusion, looking at the situation in front of her with a face full of doubt.
"Hehe, how should I put it... monopolizing is also a kind of love. Everyone always hopes the person they love will pay a little more attention to them." Yutsuki glanced at Shido, sighed helplessly, waved her hand, and said, "Honestly, when I saw this lineup of people, I could already guess the ending."
"I see... Love is truly complicated..."
Hearing Yutsuki's explanation, Arusu closed her eyes and nodded with deep feeling. Then, Yutsuki shrugged and jokingly said.
"Well, if you really want everyone to eat together peacefully, you can set up a circular dining table, put Shido right in the middle, and have everyone sit around Shido together. This way, everyone's distance from Shido is the sa, everyone is equal, with no differences. Then there won't be any dissatisfaction or war."
"I see, then I will change the settings right now."
Hearing Yutsuki's words, a look of sudden realization appeared on Arusu's face.
"No, you're supposed to retort ."
Yutsuki speechlessly delivered a karate chop to Arusu.
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Pure white snowflakes were dancing all over the sky in the endless night, fluttering down from the sky, falling onto the rooftops, falling onto the ground, very lightly, like a kitten's footsteps. The trees were draped in white gauze, and the ground seed to be covered with a thick white quilt. The earth turned into a world carved from powder and jade. And on the streets, one could see trees decorated with many colored lights, and people dressed in Santa Claus outfits handing out flyers or selling cakes on the streets.
Although it was a familiar scenery, a familiar street, at this mont, it beca so fresh and wonderful.
"Phew... it really is so cold!"
At the entrance of the shopping district, Itsuka Shido slightly covered his mouth with his gloved hands, catching the hot breath he exhaled so his cheeks could feel warm.
"Mhm... it's about ti she got here."
Looking around at the flow of people coming and going, Shido kept searching, waiting for a figure to appear.
"Hey, found you, Shido~"
Hearing the voice, Shido turned his head and saw Yutsuki not far away, waving at him while jogging quickly towards him.
"Hey, hey. Don't run so fast, the ground is very..."
Before Shido could finish, the girl slipped on a piece of ice on the ground, then crashed into a tree on the side of the road with quite a fierce montum. Imdiately after, she was directly drenched by snow falling from the sky.
"Yutsuki! Are you okay!"
"Uuu... I'm okay... so painful... Shido..."
Shido hurriedly ran over. Yutsuki covered her forehead with both hands, letting out whimpers.
Shido hurriedly checked Yutsuki's condition, then sighed in relief. He patted the snow off Yutsuki's clothes and said.
"It's fine, it's just slightly red and swollen, there's no wound."
"Uuu... but it still hurts a bit, Shido... rub it for ~"
Yutsuki slightly leaned close to Shido like a spoiled child. To Yutsuki's request, Shido sighed helplessly, took off his gloves, and gently rubbed Yutsuki's forehead.
"There, there~ Pain, pain, fly away. Is that better?"
"Hehe~"
Looking at Yutsuki's satisfied face like she was floating, Shido sighed, revealing a slightly satisfied smile.
This is his childhood friend—Ryougi Yutsuki. Basically, since kindergarten, this girl has always been sowhat clumsy and ditzy. For example, suddenly losing the group during a field trip, or spacing out while walking and accidentally bumping into a telephone pole or sothing, are frequently seen. It makes Shido always have to worry about her.
"Ugh... I feel like Shido is thinking about so rude things."
Yutsuki puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction and looked at Shido.
"I'm not..."
However, precisely because of this, she is always unusually sharp when it cos to intuition. Shido looked away sowhat guiltily, thinking.
Yutsuki clearly didn't plan on dwelling too much on this issue. Lowering her head, a happy smile appeared on her pretty face.
"But I'm really so happy... Shido inviting out on a date today of all days."
"Well, after all, today is Christmas... honestly, I'm so glad you were able to co."
Shido scratched his cheek, answering sowhat awkwardly.
Otherwise... he would have had to attend the "Single Guys Chicken Soup for the Soul Drinking Party" organized by Tonomachi, a dinner party that sounds like sothing you'd want to politely decline just by hearing the na.
"...Hm? Christmas?"
Hearing this, Yutsuki tilted her head in confusion. Then, she suddenly realized and said, "Oh... I see, today is Christmas... Sorry, Shido, I didn't know what date Christmas was on..."
"You're the sa as always... to actually not know such a famous holiday."
Seeing Yutsuki's confused look, Shido was left not knowing whether to laugh or cry for a mont.
"Oh, is that so... Then, Happy New Year... Shido."
"Christmas isn't New Year!"
"Well... just kidding, Shido... It's just because I don't celebrate Christmas, so I don't have any impression of this holiday..." Yutsuki chuckled and waved her hand, then said with eyes full of expectation, "Then Shido... what other day is today~"
"...Hm? Is today so other holiday? Why don't I know?"
Hearing Shido's words, Yutsuki couldn't help but freeze.
"Shido... you don't rember?"
"...Well, sorry. Honestly, besides Christmas, I really don't know what day it is." Shido scratched his hair sowhat troubledly. Then, as if trying to change the subject, he said, "Anyway, let's go eat first. Yutsuki, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? I know a very delicious restaurant that's having a discount."
"Oh... whatever..."
As if losing interest, Yutsuki gave a perfunctory reply. Without even looking at Shido, she walked straight towards the shopping district.
"Eh? Yutsuki, could it be... you're on a diet?"
Shido hurriedly caught up. Noticing Yutsuki's expression, he asked tentatively.
"...Idiot Shido... Today I'm going to eat your wallet empty!"
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