Watching Yu "sleeping soundly" on the bed, Bokue helped tidy her up briefly before pulling the covers over her. Only after completing all this did he leave the room.
Like he'd said—he ca here today to calibrate the teleportation array. Yet after arriving, he'd spent half the day ssing around while the actual work hadn't even started, and it was already noon.
Better hurry up.
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Calibrating teleportation coordinates was naturally child's play for Bokue—an hour would be more than enough.
No wait, that was even excessive. Accurately speaking, the ti he spent actually calibrating the teleportation array didn't even reach twenty minutes.
The remaining ti—aside from repeatedly testing transfers to ensure no accidents would occur—he also added so spectacular natural scenery to this small resort island that had originally been leased by Kusuki Happiness Enterprises but was now repurposed for their use.
One sentence summary: addicted to building wonders, unable to extricate himself.
Thus, one hour later, when Bokue returned to the villa and went back upstairs to the bedroom, Yu had just barely awakened inside.
Bokue honestly hadn't expected her to wake so quickly. He'd simply co up to check on her, but surprisingly she really had recovered this fast.
Well... he certainly couldn't press her back under the covers now.
"Awake already?"
Looking at the nightmare girl sitting in bed with her small face still flushed, Bokue walked into the bedroom and sat down beside the headboard.
Yet the mont he sat, Yu—who'd been sitting in the bed's center—consciously shifted toward the young man, resting her small head against his shoulder.
Just like a newlywed little wife.
Except judging from the facial temperature transmitting through thin autumn clothing to his shoulder, Yu clearly remained in an extrely embarrassed state. Her little demon wings weren't spread carelessly like usual but modestly folded back.
Even the little tail that normally swayed before her was now hidden behind her, tied in a knot forming a round heart shape.
"W-well, Yu is a nightmare after all!"
After taking a deep breath to barely suppress the temperature still rising in her cheeks, Yu pouted while speaking softly, her gaze evasive.
"That Serafall-neesan said so yesterday too, right? Nightmares are demons who feed on others' desires. Big brother's possessiveness just now was so intense... Yu received it completely."
"B-but big brother really was too much, treating Yu like that..."
"Isn't that what you wanted?"
Bokue raised an eyebrow.
Starting to say he was too much now? Then who was the one with restless feet under the table during breakfast downstairs?
"Well, that's true but..."
The nightmare girl's cheek temperature—which she'd barely managed to suppress—showed signs of rising again at these words.
"But what if after big brother did that, Yu ends up...?"
She made a cradling gesture with both hands before her.
Bokue looked at the girl's demonstration and thought briefly.
"You can't do that yet, right?"
"Mm..."
A direct hit—making the nightmare girl's barely mustered courage deflate instantly.
Indeed, currently she still remained at the level where turning off the lights made front and back indistinguishable.
"S-so I said 'what if'!" Yu emphasized repeatedly.
"What if?"
Bokue thought again.
"That would be fine too. I can afford to raise them anyway."
"Eh?"
As if caught off guard by the young man's response, Yu froze slightly.
"So that ans big brother is willing to... take responsibility for Yu?"
"...What, should I just throw you out instead?"
Bokue asked rhetorically.
If he had to say, from the mont he'd agreed yesterday to let Serafall and Eguchi Yu move into the villa, he'd already prepared for them to keep living at Keystone Gate indefinitely.
A few more people didn't matter to him—it might even liven things up a bit.
Which was also good.
"Nnh..."
Hearing the young man's answer, the nightmare girl seed to finally settle down. Crystalline tears even welled up at the corners of her eyes.
"Then... big brother, you have to rember what you said. Otherwise... Yu really will have no choice but to attack concrete!"
"I know."
Bokue raised his hand to stroke her chestnut-brown short hair.
"Also, this dual personality thing of yours is fake, isn't it? Actually, Yu is Yu and Yu is Yu, right?"
"...Mm♡."
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Just like that, Bokue spent the entire afternoon at the villa accompanying Yu. During that ti, they went two more rounds.
Once during their post-heart-to-heart bath, when a certain nightmare girl's small hands got restless—earning her a thorough disciplining.
Then again after leaving the bathroom. They'd agreed on an afternoon nap, but while sleeping, a certain pair of small feet started wandering—resulting in her being pinned against the balcony railing, singing to the ocean for two solid hours.
One could only say nightmares were naturally built durable for good reason. Otherwise... well.
In any case, by the ti they finished, evening had arrived.
Under the sunset's glow, when Bokue finally released Yu—who'd thoroughly completed her "beginner's tutorial"—and arrived at the old schoolhouse, the many girls who'd just returned from school remained gathered in the first-floor parlor.
Because Keystone Gate's resident count had increased last night with Serafall and Sona's arrival, the old schoolhouse's space—which should have been more than adequate after expansion—suddenly felt cramped again.
"Yahoo!"
Noticing Bokue's appearance, Serafall—who'd been standing beside her little sister on the sofa just a second ago—cheerfully waved while bouncing over, imdiately wrapping him in a solid embrace.
"Bokue-kun, we're back~"
Though of course, she hugged his arm.
Even so, the red-haired girl standing behind the desk at the parlor's far end couldn't help coughing heavily.
"Ah, sorry sorry! Big sister got a bit too excited."
While apologizing verbally, Serafall quickly released the young man's arm, smiling brightly as she retreated two steps.
"After all, our Rias-chan does get jealous~"
"Th-this isn't about being jealous or not..."
Having her private thoughts exposed so directly, Rias's cheeks instantly flushed with light pink.
"Welco back."
Bokue said.
"Actually, I ca to ask—since we're going to the beach tomorrow, is there any prep work we need to do tonight?"
He ant things like buying swimsuits, floaties, surfboards, and so on.
After all, though he'd ntioned the weekend beach vacation yesterday evening, today's classes ant they hadn't had ti for proper preparations.
Plus they'd never done a beach vacation before, so whether Rias and the others had swimsuits in their wardrobes... hard to say.
"We already discussed that this afternoon."
From behind the desk at the parlor's far end, Rias tapped the surface with her index finger.
"We decided that after dinner tonight, we'll head to the shopping center downstairs to pick out swimsuits. Bokue, you'll co along too."
"That's right—you absolutely must co!"
The Satan girl beside him nodded vigorously, playing the straight man.
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