Chapter 235
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The Yuen Hwa Secondary School Festival ended in a joyous atmosphere.
After leaving school, Seiji and Mika walked home in silence.
"How was it... living together with Kagura-san?" Mika suddenly asked.
"I told you — not living together — living together!" Seiji said in a serious tone.
This wasn't something he could joke about — he didn't want to be punished with a minimum of three years in prison.
"... Is it really just living together?" Mika gave him a sidelong glance. "You... haven't you done anything strange at all?"
Her face reddened slightly as she said this.
"Not at all! Just what do you think of me? "
He just couldn't help but have perverted... whoops, gentlemanly thoughts! Actually, he didn't do anything at all; he was perfectly healthy.
"You said yourself that you're a sis-con..."
"Wah!" Seiji took an arrow to his knee.
"It's... it's precisely because I'm a sis-con and love my adopted younger sister that I wouldn't do anything that would harm her!" He forcefully explained.
Mika was rendered speechless.
"I'd like to go over to your place. Is that alright?" Mika asked after a moment of silence.
"Eh? You want to come over? Sure, "Seiji answered.
"Thank you. I'll bring some snacks over."
"No need to be so polite. We're just next door, so you can come over whenever you want... er, but..."
Little Shi's special ability was the "Reaper's Curse."
It would indiscriminately cause misfortune to anyone who got too close to it. Currently, only Seiji himself was immune to this special ability.
Of course, he welcomed Mika to come over and play, but if something happened to her...
"But what?" Mika stared at him.
"Little Shi... she's rather afraid of strangers... or perhaps, she doesn't want to interact with others... there's a reason that's hard to explain," Seiji said slowly.
He couldn't think of a suitable explanation right now.
Mika looked at him and thought to herself, 'That's it.'
"Is it because of 'that side'?"
"... Eh?"
Seiji widened his eyes in surprise.
What did I just hear?
"Kagura-san doesn't want to come into contact with others … or perhaps you're unable to come into contact with others because of 'that side,' am I right?" Mika asked calmly.
Seiji was stunned for a moment.
After he came back to his senses, he revealed a complicated expression.
"You … know?"
Mika nodded.
"Are the things you encountered related to 'that side'?"
Mika nodded again.
Seiji raised his eyebrows.
This was really … unexpected.
There was a moment of silence.
"It's not convenient to talk about it on the road. I'll explain it to you when we get to your house." Mika said softly, "Then, can you tell me … what you've been hiding from me until now?"
Her heart was pounding and she was a little nervous.
Seiji looked at her for a while and smiled.
"Alright."
I didn't expect such a development … Mika, just what did you encounter?
…
Not long after he returned home, he heard a knock on the door.
Seiji opened the door and welcomed Mika in.
"Sorry to disturb you."
"No need to be polite."
The twintailed girl really did bring some desserts; they were boxed pastries.
Seiji had her take a seat in the living room.
Mika sat down and looked at the two sitting across from her.
Shika Kagura was sitting across from her.
The two beautiful girls exchanged glances until Seiji poured some tea and brought out some desserts.
"Allow me to formally introduce you — this is Mika Uehara, my classmate and good friend. She's also the daughter of the landlord of this apartment building.
This is Shika Kagura, my adopted younger sister and roommate … She used to be a student at Genhana Junior High School, but she's now left school due to certain reasons. "
Mika had met Shika Kagura twice before — once at the drama club, and once during the latter's amnesia.
The two of them hadn't even spoken to each other during the drama club. As for the time when Shika Kagura lost her memory …
"Little Shi, do you still remember? Do you remember meeting Mika while you were suffering from amnesia? "
"I remember, but it's not clear. I think there was another person at the time … "Shika Kagura tilted her head slightly.
"That was Wakaba Chiaki, another good classmate of mine, as well as Mika's good friend," Seiji explained.
"Yeah … I'll keep that in mind."
"You'll have a chance to meet again in the future … For now, let's talk to Mika first."
Seiji looked towards Mika.
Shika Kagura also looked towards Mika.
The twintailed girl was rather nervous to be stared at by the two of them.
She knew that it was time for her to tell them about the events of the past few days.
"I … the day before yesterday …"
Mika told Natsuya about how she met the legendary pink-clothed girl named "Sakura" from the school festival.
Sakurako told her the truth and gave her a choice.
And after some consideration, she gave her answer. The result was that she refused Sakurako's help.
But Sakurako actually gave her another mysterious gift.
"It's this … come out!"
Mika reached out with her right hand, palm up, and uttered a word. A white ball of light instantly appeared in her palm.
She looked towards Seiji Mukai.
Seiji looked towards Shika Kagura.
"I can't see it … Little Shi, what about you?"
"Please wait a moment."
Shika Kagura cast [Astral Vision], and a blue light flashed in her eyes.
"I see it … a white ball that's glowing faintly."
"Are you sure what it is?"
The black-haired girl stared at the ball of light for a while before shaking her head.
"… I can't."
"Sakurako-san said that it's a spirit … a spirit egg …" Mika did her best to repeat the silver-haired girl's words to Shika.
The living room then fell silent.
"That's everything?"
"Yeah …"
Silence reigned once again.
In the silence, Mika could clearly hear her own heart pounding in her chest.
Her body was burning up, and her face was burning up. She lowered her gaze in embarrassment …
Why?
That was because she had just confessed!
Sakurako had given her a choice, and she had been vexed, thought about it, and finally gave her answer … She didn't go into too much detail, but she did indeed express her feelings — her desire to be together with Seiji!
Seiji definitely understood now.
Mika paid special attention to his expression when she said this. She was certain that he understood now!
It was impossible for him not to understand.
Seiji sighed inwardly as he remained silent.
He didn't expect that he would receive such a confession from Mika.
The double pigtailed girl didn't say that she liked him, but her experience clearly conveyed her feelings.
Seiji was only pretending to be ignorant about Mika's feelings for him, but he wasn't actually an idiot.
If he still pretended not to understand when the girl had already said it to such an extent … did he really think that he was one of those retarded main characters in harem anime!?
He couldn't keep pretending anymore.
He needed to give a direct answer.
How should he say it? By the way, should he answer right now? Little Shi was still nearby!
Seiji came to a decision after thinking it over.
"Mika … I'm going out to buy groceries. Do you want to come with me?" he asked in a serious tone.
"Oh … eh?" The double pigtailed girl was stunned.
Buy … groceries?
This topic was too sudden, and she couldn't react in time.
Shika Kagura blinked in surprise.
"Brother Seiji, I've already bought groceries."
"… Then I'll buy groceries for tomorrow."
"I've already filled up the entire refrigerator."
Seiji was rendered speechless.
It was nice to have a hardworking adopted younger sister at home … but she was a little too hardworking.
The atmosphere was rather awkward.
After Mika realized what Seiji wanted to do, her face turned even redder, but she also wanted to laugh.
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