"Hah~..."
The third day in the ga world. Early in the morning, after letting out a long yawn, Yutsuki, with a bit of morning grogginess, arrived at the Itsuka house.
"Good morning, Yutsuki-nee. You're up early... Even so, it looks like you're still very sleepy."
Kotori, who had just woken up and was still in her pajamas, looked at the sowhat dazed Yutsuki with so confusion.
"Ugh~... Even though I went to bed relatively late last night, I actually woke up early in the morning and couldn't fall back asleep... Since there's still ti before classes start and I'm bored, I figured I'd just co make breakfast... Hah~"
Walking into the kitchen with swaying steps, fumbling to tie her apron, Yutsuki couldn't help but cover her mouth and let out a huge yawn.
Looking at Yutsuki wobbling as she walked, a drop of cold sweat appeared on Kotori's forehead, and she advised with so concern.
"Yutsuki-nee... if you're really sleepy, you don't have to force yourself to make breakfast. You can rest a bit more."
"It's fine, it's fine. For a professional otaku, pulling an all-nighter for two or three days is as easy as drinking water..."
Yutsuki patted her cheeks twice with both hands to wake herself up a bit, then returned a reassuring smile to Kotori... and then, just fell straight backwards.
"Yutsuki-nee!"
"...zZ~"
Kotori hurriedly ran into the kitchen to check on Yutsuki. Finding that she had rely fallen asleep, she sighed in relief and gently patted Yutsuki awake.
"Yutsuki-nee, you'd better go get so rest. Just leave breakfast to Shido later. Go sleep in my room for now."
"Hah... sorry, I'll go take a nap first."
Probably realizing that making breakfast in her current state was a bit too forced, Yutsuki rubbed her sleepy eyes, nodded slightly, and slowly walked towards the second floor.
"Geez..., what exactly was Yutsuki-nee doing last night to be so sleepy in the morning."
Kotori shook her head and thought helplessly.
"...I accidentally stayed up too late."
Yesterday, when she was waiting for Shido to return, it was almost midnight. Tohka, the Yamai, and the others had long been overco by drowsiness and returned to their dorms to sleep. Yutsuki, who was worried and couldn't let it go, waited at the door of the Itsuka house. When she saw Shido and Arusu return, after sighing in relief, hearing Shido's la excuse of "accidentally getting srized by the starry sky and forgetting the ti to co back" made Yutsuki flare up in anger, inevitably leading to a scolding.
However, she also obtained so interesting information.
"Shido nad the white haired Arusu 'Maria', huh... Arusu Maria... Arusu Marina... I really wonder if it's a coincidence..."
Even if the program's self-evolution process were the sa, if they generated intelligence independently, Marina and Maria couldn't possibly have such sister-like similarity. Marina's emotional and self-definition were already leaning towards completion, while Maria was still in a hazy growth phase. From this point, Maria really is generated after Marina.
Furthermore, Marina herself had said that Maria was imitating her...
"When Hacker entered the Fraxinus, Marina's own special data structure prompted the identical computer-based Maria to learn and self-evolve. This was probably unexpected even for Marina..."
If Marina was simply remotely controlling, Maria wouldn't have had the chance to co into contact with Marina's programming at all. Moreover, the ti required would have been enough for Kotori and the others to notice the anomaly.
"Which ans... Marina used so channel to transplant herself into the Fraxinus, and then directly obtained permissions from the inside. In other words, Marina has already severed her connection with DEM... Haaaa~~~"
Thinking while in an extrely exhausted state deepened Yutsuki's drowsiness even more. Gradually, her eyelids felt as heavy as lead. Yutsuki felt that if she slacked off even a little, she would just lie down on the floor and fall into a deep sleep.
No good, my consciousness is approaching its limit... Let's go rest in Kotori's room first. I'll think about the remaining problems later...
Swaying left and right as she walked down the second-floor hallway, Yutsuki drooped her almost-closed eyes. She casually pulled open a room door, walked in, and without thinking, crawled straight under the covers.
...So warm.
Feeling like she had grabbed a handy hugging pillow, Yutsuki instinctively hugged it tightly and slowly drifted into dreamland.
...
"Mhm, mhm..."
For so reason, Itsuka Shido felt like he was sleeping exceptionally comfortably today.
A very comfortable and warm sensation ca from both his left and right sides, as if he were surrounded by two soft sponges, making Shido's whole body relax involuntarily.
It was a half-awake, half-drunk feeling, giving Shido the urge to stay in bed.
"What the heck is thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!?"
Suddenly, a scream that could probably be heard across the entire street rang right in Shido's ear, making him hurriedly sit up from the bed.
"Wh-What's wrong, Kotori?! Is it an earthquake! ...Eh, Tohka is here too? What's wrong, why such serious expressions..."
Kotori let out a breath and stared at Shido, her tone of voice inexplicably terrifying.
"Shido, could you explain what exactly is going on here? Depending on the content, you might have to pay a corresponding price..."
"This is truly such a shocking fact..."
"So... what are you guys talking about?"
Shido looked at Tohka and Kotori, sowhat bewildered.
"Yes~ Then... Onii-chan, please look to your left—and right~"
Although Kotori was using a pet na for him in a sweet tone, Shido inexplicably felt a chill down his spine.
Seeming to have sensed that things were going south, Shido lowered his head like a rusty machine, going "creak, creak".
On his left, Arusu was sleeping soundly. Seeming to feel a bit of chill because the covers were lifted, her petite body curled up like a kitten, inadvertently giving Shido a glimpse of the sliver of white under her nun's outfit.
Shido hurriedly turned his head to look at the other side. At this ti, Yutsuki was gripping the corner of his shirt with both hands. After Shido sat up, her body involuntarily leaned over, rubbing slightly against Shido's waist, and a peaceful smile appeared on her pretty face.
While his heart beat a little faster, realizing his current situation, Shido felt his back instantly covered in cold sweat.
Calm down, Itsuka Shido. Smoke a cigarette to calm down... Like hell anyone smokes a post coital cigarette! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻.
"With two beauties in your arms, left and right, I believe you must have had a very good dream, right? Onii-chan~"
"Um, Kotori... listen to my explanation... this... that"
Seeing the panicked Itsuka Shido, Kotori sighed and cald down a bit.
"Well... I saw Yutsuki-nee was lacking sleep this morning, so I told her to go to my room to catch up on sleep... It looks like she went into the wrong room while she was groggy."
"I-Is that so."
Shido instantly sighed in relief.
"But I didn't see Arusu at all... Although I thought you would try to gather so info yesterday, I didn't expect you to do sothing like this... I misjudged you, Shido."
Saying this, the look Kotori gave Shido was like looking at trash.
"No, no, I believe you definitely misunderstood sothing!?"
"Shido, Kotori said before. n and won can't sleep together... Otherwise, I really want to sleep together with Shido too."
Being stared at by Tohka with such pure eyes, Shido's heart ached inexplicably.
"Mhm, it's definitely very bad in many ways... By the way, I clearly rember I was sleeping alone. Why is Maria here!?"
"It seems even the way you address her has changed... You really did that, huh."
"Um, that's because Maria said yesterday she wanted to call her by her na directly... Wait, wait! Why did you suddenly take a stance like you're about to punch soone!"
"Ugh... mhm... Good morning, everyone."
Just then, Arusu, who was in a deep sleep, groggily opened her eyes.
Shido hurriedly seized the opportunity to grab this lifeline.
"Good morning. Although you just woke up, could you help answer a question?"
"...Understood. Please ask."
Rubbing her groggy eyes, Maria slowly nodded.
"Why are you in my bed? This concerns my life, so please answer seriously."
Feeling a boiling murderous intent from behind, cold sweat kept breaking out on Shido's back.
"Why...?"
Maria tilted her head, and after a while, understood the aning of the question, and said to Kotori.
"Yes. I crawled into Shido's bed myself. This was a spontaneous action."
Hearing Maria's words, Kotori's clenched fists loosened slightly.
"Phew... It seems that's indeed the case. I'll let you off this ti."
Hearing this sentence, Shido finally let out a breath of relief.
"Then... Arusu, why did you co sleep in Shido's bed? Is it so new dating simulation?"
"...Is that so? Simulating an event related to love... isn't it?"
"Don't ask ..."
Seeing Maria, who seed unable to co up with a reason herself, Kotori couldn't help but feel a headache.
"Hey, hey! How does it feel to sleep together with Shido? Are you happy? What does Shido look like when he's asleep?"
Tohka asked Arusu with bright, curious eyes.
"Very warm... Other than that, I'm not clear. But I didn't feel disgusted."
"Ugh... so envious~ I want to sleep together with Shido too."
Hearing Tohka and Arusu's words, Shido scratched his cheek sowhat embarrassedly.
"Ugh... so noisy... I finally managed to fall asleep."
Finally, seeming unable to stand the talking around her, Yutsuki scratched her head and got up from the bed with so dissatisfaction.
Kotori couldn't help but sigh sowhat helplessly.
"Yutsuki-nee, although I know you're really sleepy, please be careful not to go into the wrong room. Who knows, Shido might suddenly awaken his inner perverted desires and do sothing terrible to you."
"Have a little more faith in , my little sister!"
"Don't worry... Shido... doesn't have the guts for that... Hah~"
Yutsuki let out a long yawn and waved her hand uncaringly. And Yutsuki's lack of concern made Shido feel very sorrowful in another sense.
"But even so, Yutsuki, n and won sharing a bed seems to be not allowed."
Tohka put her hands on her hips, pretending to be a teacher lecturing Yutsuki.
"Well... it's fine for family mbers to sleep together, right... Kotori and Tohka actually really want to sleep together with Shido too, right?"
Yutsuki waved her hand casually. Perhaps because her sleepiness hadn't faded yet, Yutsuki seed to skip a lot of thinking processes when speaking, becoming quite direct.
"umu, umu, of course!"
"I-I'm not interested in that kind of thing..."
It's unknown if she heard everyone clearly, but Yutsuki just nodded "Mhm! Mhm!", then couldn't help but let out another yawn.
"No good, still so sleepy... Then... let's all sleep together~"
"Eh?"
Then, before anyone could react, Yutsuki leaned forward, grabbed Tohka and Kotori's hands, and with a pull, pulled both of them onto the bed.
"Oh, oh, Shido, let's sleep together~"
"Is this kind of behavior... also a kind of love... Then I will also..."
"Hey, hey! This bed is too crowded with so many people. A-Anyway. I'll go prepare breakfast first..."
"W-Where are you touching, you idiot brother!"
"...zZ"
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