During dinner, Seiji noticed that Little Shi was acting rather unnaturally, and her eyes were avoiding his gaze.
'Is it because she's too embarrassed about secretly reading the ero books, or … is it because she can't bear to look me in the eye since I bought those books?' Seiji thought to himself.
Up until now, Seiji didn't even want to think about this question: what would his adopted younger sister think of his adopted older brother who bought those books after reading them?
That large bag of adult doujinshi. Although there weren't any hardcore doujinshi like Satsuki, it was still bad enough!
Most of the doujinshi were the harem doujinshi, which definitely exposed his hobbies. And of course, the worst were the sis-con and loli doujinshi … he couldn't imagine what Little Shi would feel after reading them.
'She probably just feels too embarrassed, and she'll be fine in two days … I hope that she doesn't have any strange opinions about me.' Seiji thought to himself.
Not long after dinner, he received a phone call from the Grand Mistress.
When he saw that the caller was Summer Night, Seiji recalled her cosplay photos. He also recalled that she had asked Kanna for a cosplay photo of him, which was rather subtle.
He picked up the phone.
"Good evening, Seiji."
"Good evening, Summer Night."
"The investigation report on Uehara -san and his collection has already been delivered to me."
"Oh … what does it say?"
"I haven't read it yet. I want Uehara -san to read it first. Do you have time to come over to my place with her?"
"I do."
"Then I'll wait for you."
"Alright."
They ended the phone call.
Seiji put down his cell phone as something flashed in his eyes.
The investigation report … what kind of truth did it contain?
…
Seiji and Mika arrived at the student council president's residence.
On the way here, Mika did his best to mentally prepare himself. But now, he still revealed a nervous expression.
The maid Mai welcomed them into the residence.
In the living room, Seiji saw two girls that he hadn't seen in a long time.
Hitaka Shuho and Rona Kirin!
A red-haired beauty in sportswear and a cat-eared loli in a down jacket were playing shogi.
After Seiji and Mika entered the living room, Hitaka and Rona turned to look at them.
"Long time no see, you guys …"
Before Seiji could finish his greeting, the catgirl pounced on him!
Rana suddenly jumped up from the sofa and hugged him, causing him to jump in fright and take a step back from the impact.
After he steadied himself, Seiji saw Catgirl hugging him tightly and rubbing her cheeks against his chest.
Cute!
He subconsciously reached out to hug Rona and smiled.
"Long time no see. Good evening, Kirin-san."
"Meow ~" the cat-eared loli meowed softly.
"This is …" Mika widened her eyes in surprise.
"One of Natsuya's Spirit-branded Retainers, Rana Kirin." Seiji introduced her to Natsuya. "She's the one who's known as the 'legendary creature' at school …"
The double pigtailed girl stared blankly at the cat-eared girl in front of her, unable to say anything.
"Long time no see, Haruta-kun." Another voice spoke up.
Seiji looked towards the red-haired girl.
"Good evening, Shuho-san. I'm glad to see that you've been discharged from the hospital."
Shuho Hitaka was the most severely injured in the battle against Okubo. The last time Seiji saw her, she was still weakly lying on a hospital bed.
She seemed to be fine now, and she seemed to be in a good condition.
"This is Mika Uehara, my classmate and neighbor …" Seiji introduced her.
"I know her," Hitaka said as she turned towards the double pigtailed girl. "Good evening, Uehara."
"Good … good evening, Vice President Shuho. Sorry to bother you," Mika greeted her.
Since they already knew each other, there was no need for further introductions.
Seiji was concerned about Hitaka's condition and chatted with her for a while. Summer Night then walked over to the living room.
"Hitaka, Rona, why don't you two play chess somewhere else? Seiji and the others have something to discuss."
Upon hearing Grand Mistress's words, Hitaka immediately packed up her chess pieces and chessboard.
She quickly packed up her things and got up to leave. Rona got off Seiji and skipped away.
Mai poured some tea for Grand Mistress and the guests before leaving the living room as well.
"Here's the investigation report."
Summer Night placed the folder she brought on the table and moved it towards Mika.
Mika looked at the folder for a while before reaching out and slowly picking it up.
She opened it, took out the contents, and began reading.
Seiji quietly sipped on his tea.
Summer Night quietly sipped on her tea.
Neither of them said anything as they silently waited for the double pigtailed girl to finish reading the report.
Mika had been nervous before she started reading, but she soon calmed down.
The report described the life of her father, Tetsuya Uehara.
The content wasn't very detailed, but it was enough to see his life from elementary school, to middle school, university, society, marriage, birth, and death.
All in all, it was an ordinary and ordinary life.
There was only one exception.
An old man from Huaxia named Zhao Guanlou.
Tetsuya Uehara met this old man in middle school, and they became good friends despite their age difference. They had been friends for quite a long time.
As for how they met and why they became friends … it was unknown. However, it was highly likely that the spiritual artifacts that Tetsuya Uehara had collected were gifted to him by this old man!
The detective … the person who wrote this report, when he found out about Zhao Guanlou, he instinctively felt that he was the key, which was why he wanted to find him.
Later, he found out that this old man from Huaxia had long since left. However, the house he used to live in was still there, and the real estate still belonged to him. It wasn't rented out, and no one took care of it.
The detective tried to find out Tetsuya's contact number, but when he called, a young Huaxia woman answered.
This woman refused his request to talk to Zhao Guanlou.
The detective could only sneak into the abandoned house to investigate. He found some leftover items and related clues, which basically confirmed that this old man from Huaxia was an incredibly powerful Spiritual Ability user. It was highly likely that he was a master artificer! From this, the detective deduced that Tetsuya Uehara's spiritual artifacts originated from him.
…
After Mika finished reading the report, he told Seiji and Summer Night the important points.
"Zhao Guanlou …"
"A master artificer from Huaxia …"
He never expected that this would involve Huaxia!
Seiji was astonished, and Summer Night exchanged awkward glances with each other.
"Those spiritual artifacts … they're all Sakura Island style, right?"
"Yes, but it's also possible that they were created by a master artificer from Huaxia." The Grand Mistress furrowed her eyebrows slightly.
"I can't tell anything from the surface, but if we give them to an artificer to analyze, perhaps we'll be able to find some evidence … such as Huaxia's manufacturing methods, unique runes, and so on."
A moment of silence fell between them.
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