“Alright~!”

  Aika smiled proudly as she looked at her private messages with Yuuji after sending the naked selfie she took just now. It wasn’t as sexy as she would’ve liked it to be since Miyuki is also with her, but it’d have to do for now.

  If Miyuki wasn’t here, she would’ve sat down on the floor, spread her legs wide, and spread it with her fingers while looking at the camera lewdly to taunt Yuuji into “attag” her.

  “Aika, e o’s get in.”

  “Yes~”

  She locked her phone, put it under her clothes that she had ly folded into the cloth basket, and followed Miyuki to the showers before entering the artificial hot spring.

  The sound of running water filled the room as the two took their shower. They had taken a bath before ing here, but as per tradition, they had to their body first before entering the hot spring. So now, they’re simply rinsing their bodies without letting much of the water from hitting their hair by tying it up.

  “What were you doing just now?”

  “Hm~? Ah, I was messaging Yuuji~”

  Miyuki froze for a moment before peeking out of her shower stall into Aika’s and looked at her with a stern gaze.

  “... You didn’t take any photo of me or any of our friends and send it to him, right?”

  “Of course not~! I only took one of myself a it to him~”

  “...”

  Miyuki let out a sigh as Aika’s beautiful humming apanied by the sound of rushing water from the shower echoed throughout the shower room.

  She… She wao tell her that it’s inappropriate to do so, but she also knew how… intimate her retionship was with Yuuji. In fact, she probably heard a lot more details than she wao from Aika herself when she “pined” about how ferocious Yuuij was ihat she had to use her magic to heal herself to be able to go to school.

  Being so open with the intima one’s retionship with their partner might seem strao Miyuki, but after knowing Aika, she had… gotteo it for better or for worse. In fact, there are a lot of things about Aika that surprised her after being closer to her.

  Ohat she’s extremely perverted, not only towards Yuuji but also towards irls. She would express her sexual i in their mutual friends openly, but she wouldn’t cross any line or disrespect them in anyway. In fact, she’s extremely respectful and kind to others if they were also respectful and kind towards her.

  Sed, she didn’t mind Yuuji having anirlfriend aside from her. Miyuki was extremely surprised when Yuuji and Aika told her and her brother that Erika has bee Yuuji’s girlfriend as well, and she was even more surprised when Aika told her that she was the one who enced Yuuji to pursue Erika.

  When she asked why Aika would ence it, Aika unfortunately didn’t answer si’s a really private matter between her and Yuuji. So even to this day, Miyuki still couldn’t uand why and how Aika could ence her beloved to be in a retionship with anirl at the same time.

  She couldn’t even begin to imagirying to ence her beloved brother to pursue another woman romantically… Just the thought of it made the steam from the hot shower she was uurn to mist before she regained her trol over her magibsp;

  Miyuki shook her head tiredly and lifted her face up, letting the hot water hit her face, a out a sigh.

  Even disregarding Aika’s personality and character, Yuuji and Aika have been an enigma in her mind, even with all the expnations her brave her.

  It felt like they just… appeared in this world all of a sudden with all this tremendous power that rivaled even her brother. With such power, background, aionship with her brother, she couldn’t believe she didn’t know of them before…

  “...Yuki. Miyuki… Oooiii~ Miyuki-?”

  “Hm? Ah, I’m sorry. What is it, Aika?”

  “You were dozing off, are you tired?”

  “Ah, no I'm not.”

  “Is that so? Then have you finished sh? If you have, let’s ehe hot spring already~! It’s been a while since I entered one!”

  “Y-Yes.”

  Miyuki quickly turned off her shout on a thin, white robe as she exited her stall.

  Meanwhile, already outside her shower stall, Aika waited for her the same thin, white robe. But in trast to Miyuki, whose robe seemed loose, hers hugged her figure tightly.

  Most of the fabric was forcefully raised to aodate her rge breasts, causing it to be much shorter than Miyuki’s and dispying her beautiful, white, milky thighs and slender legs to the world. And since she had to tie the belt around her waist to hold everything together, the robe simply served to further atuate her rge breasts, slim waist, and wide hips.

  “Fufu~ You look so cute, Miyuki~ You’re just like a fairy~”“T-Thank you. Y-You look beautiful as well.”

  “Ehehehe~ Thank you~”

  As they walked towards the hot spring area, they began to hear girls’ shrieks and giggles. But what caught their attention the most was Honoka’s troubled voice.

  When they arrived, they saw Eimi looming over Honoka. Her fingers moved pervertedly in a squeezing motion as she sloroached Honoka.

  “What’s going on?”

  “Oh my~ Are you stripping Honoka~? I’ll help~!”

  Eimi, Kazumi, Subaru, and Honoka all turo the sound of Aika’s void immediately froze at the sight of two otherworldly beauties before them.

  With every move filled with elegand grace, Miyuki slowly sat down at the edge of the bath and put her white, slender legs into the bath.

  Aika also sat at the edge of the bath first and leaned forward, causing her massive chest to jiggle and threatening to burst out of the fines of her thin robes.

  Even though they were girls who were ied in the opposite sex, the sight of these two extremely beautiful women made their heart waver and question their sexual orientation…

  “Hm? What’s wrong? All of you just suddenly freeze.”

  “E-Eh?! A-Ah, it’s nothing!”

  “ere just stunned by your beauty!”

  “U-Uhn! Y-You two looked so beautiful…”

  “Y-Yeah… Somehow… Looking at you two… I’m starting to think gender doesn’t matter…”

  “Ahahaha~ Thank you~”

  Aika let out a cute giggle and sat dowering the bath fully. And fully submerged in water, her thin bathing robe became slightly transparent, dispying her beautiful skin underh it. Her chest began to rise afloat oer surface, and as she stretched her arms and body up, Eimi, Honoka, and the girls all stared at the two floating breasts in all its glory.

  “Nnnnghhh~ It feels so good~ By the way, what were you guys talking about?”

  The girls immediately snapped out of their daze in a fluster. Their cheeks blushing furiously for reasons other tha bath.

  “Eh? I-I fot! A-Anyway, let’s talk about something else!”

  “U-Uhn! e to think of it, did you see the Prince of Third High School? The Ichijou family’s heir was at the ba!”

  “Ooooh! I saw him! He’s pretty handsome! And I swear I saw him cheg out Miyuki~”

  “Oh, really?! Could it be… love at first sight~? Or perhaps, they’ve known each other before~?”

  “Hey, Aika-! Do you know anything about this?”

  Eimi asked, her eyes sparkling iement, along with the irls.

  “Hm? I don’t know~ I didn’t evehis prince~ How about it, Miyuki-?”

  “Hm, I think I’ve only seen him from a dista parties. Other than that, I’ve only ever seen him in pictures…”

  Eimi and the others all sighed in disappoi.

  sidering how the famous heir of the Ichijou came to talk to Miyuki himself, they’re sure they had some kind of juicy or romantic history. As, fi doesn’t always mimic real life.

  “Well, I guess that’s to be expected. But, what do you guys think of him? For me, after seeing the prin person, I have to say that he still pales in parison to our king, Tsubakihara Yuuji!”

  Eimi turo Kazumi, Subaru, and Honoka.

  “Mm, I agree! He’s quite handsome, but isn’t Tsubakihara-kun’s looks just unfair? I mean, I couldn’t help but stare at him whenever I saw him passing by!”

  “E-Eh?! U-Uhm… Aaahh… I-I agree as well…

  Kazumi replied iement, while Honoka became flustered, like a spooked little animal. She immediately looked down to her knees, uo meet anyone’s gaze, as her face blushed redly.

  “T-That is true… Speaking of which, Kiryuu-san, you’re always with Tsubakihara-kun. Are you perhaps…”

  Subaru, the bespectacled girl with short hair and fellow athlete that would be representing the First High School’s rookie division, slowly turowards Aika.

  What she was insinuating was something even the sed and third years had beeing about, including everyone in this bath. And of course, everyone immediately perked up their ears and turheir gazes towards Aika in curiosity.

  "Hehe~ We're just that close~! We're inseparable! Even if we're separated by worlds, we'd find a way to find each other!!! Ah, but don't worry! I won't get in the way if you wanna try to seduce him~"

  Eimi and the others looked fused by her answer. She said they’re inseparable, so that would mean they have aremely long history together. Perhaps childhood friends.

  But if she said she won’t get in the way if they tried to seduce him, does that mean she’s not ied in him romantically? Does that mean they’re not dating?

  The ao their question was still unclear. But seeing how Aika answered it so fidently, it did give them a small sigh of relief.

  After all, if Aika was truly dating Yuuji, then they knew none of them would be able to stand a ce… Especially sihey’ve seen her body now.

  "You say that, Aika. But Tsubakihara-kun is known to be an iron fortress, you know? He has rejected an amazing amount of fessions that girls started being satisfied just watg him from a distance!"

  Eimi let out a helpless sigh as the irls nodded in agreement, including Honoka. Yuuji receiving a fession was no longer news now. It has bee a regur event that happened in their school, just like any other css. At this point, those who had the ce to fess had beeed, while those who didn't were either gathering their ce or had bee satisfied by just watg him.

  And the males, who were upset and envious, had started to ighe fact that these fessions are happening for the sake of their sanity and feelings.

  "Well, with a beauty on the level of Aika and Miyuki by his side, it makes sense why he won't budge to irls."

  Kazumi shrugged and tilted her head towards Aika and Miyuki.

  "That's true... Oh, I have a question about Tsubakihara-kun! Is it true that he's rich? Is he a young master of a glomerate?"

  Eimi raised her haedly to ask Aika a question.

  "Hehe~ He's not a young master, but he's suuuuuper rich! He's a super skilled trader and ior! And he could get thousands of ameri dolrs in a few hours if he wao! He even lives in a mansion! I've been to it!"

  "Eh?! A mansion?! Really?!"

  "Uhn! Miyuki had also been there, riiiight~?"

  "U-Uhn, I had. I visited it along with my brother when he invited us."

  "Heeeeh, how amazing~ He's being more and more of a charming prince~!"

  Eimi and the irls began to chat amongst themselves, lost in their fantasy about Yuuji. And as they did, Miyuki go her side to see how Aika was reag when her beloved boyfriend she’s so intimate with is being talked about like that.

  But to her surprise and fusion, she was giggling mischievously like a child pnning a prank.

  "Aika... Is this okay?"

  "Hm~? Of course~ They're free to fantasize after all~"

  "Aren't you... Jealous?"

  "Hm... I've been encing him to get a harem so being jealous now is a bit too te, right? And also... I know he'll always love me no matter what, so I don't feel insecure or jealous~!"

  “...How about Erika?”

  Aika cutely pouted her lips and tapped her with her finger as she looked up, thinking.

  “Hm… She might be okay if it’s not just a random girl, though she might ime to accept it. Well, I don’t think it’d be a problem since Yuuji wouldn’t accept just any random girl~”

  She winked pyfully, stumping Miyuki who was now looking at her speechless.

  "...Well, I… I’ll be supp you tw-... you three."

  "Uhn~ If you want any advi how to seduce “you know who”, just e to me, okay~?"

  “I-I don’t need your perverted advice!!!”

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  The m.

  Mayumi, Juumonji Kaito, and Mari gathered in one of the meeting rooms their school had reserved for their students to hold strategy meetings regarding the uping Nine Schools petition.

  The room was quite rge and spacious even with the rows and rows of tables and chairs, and a single long table at the front for the leader or leaders of the meeting, where they were currently seated.

  It was the room the three had been frequenting a lot sihey arrived in this hotel for various discussions. But this m, their presence was curiously requested by Yuuji, who was currently standing before them.

  “So? What did you call us for, in the m? You must have some kind of reason to call the three of us here, right?”

  Mari asked, crossing her arms, as they all looked at Yuuji with solemn expressions.

  “Yes, I believe it is urgehat Juumonji-senpai, Watanabe-senpai, and Saegusa-senpai o know.”

  He had told Tatsuya about his decision to tell these three about his enter st night and his reason for doing so, which he agreed to. Tatsuya also told Yuuji to tell them about the three infiltrators he and Mikihiko took down when he reported this to the three.

  Their eyes all sharpe his words and they waited for him to tinue.

  “Last night, during my walk outside in search of a breather, I sensed multiple hostile presehin the woods outside of our aodation.”

  Yuuji then proceeded to tell his enter with the infiltrators as well as Tatsuya and Mikihiko’s enter, while omitting his invisibility magid his meeting with Captain Yanagi Muraji.

  And as he did, all of their eyes began to open wider and wider at the shog revetion.

  “What…? W-Why didn’t you tell us sooner, Yuuji-kun?”

  “It was extremely te at night, Saegusa-senpai. And sihey were pletely and utterly silenced, I judged that the mastermind would any other acts of hostility before they could at least know what happeo their men.”

  “B-But…”

  Mayumi ched her hands on her chest. Yuuji’s logic made sense. Even if he told them st night, they wouldn’t be able to do anything.

  But the fact that he was in da night made her heart tightened…

  “Hah… You’re still as reckless as ever, huh?”

  Mari shook her head tiredly a out a sigh once again.

  “...Are they the same one as the one behind the car act, Tsubakihara?”

  “...I believe so, chairman Juumonji. Though, I have no evidence.”

  “I see… Were you injured? Did you make sure that all of them had been silesubakihara?”

  “No, I am not injured. And yes, chairman Juumonji. I patrolled the woods around this hotel after leaving the bodies to the officials and found no other hostiles.”

  “Mm…”

  Juumonji took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a few moments, before turning his gaze to Yuuji again.

  “You did well. But ime, do not a your own. Just like the terrorists from Bhey wouldn’t hesitate to kill you given how heavily they are armed.”

  “Yes. I uand.”

  “Good.”

  Mari let out a heavy sigh once again and leaned back to her chair, tired. She couldn’t believe she’d received this kind of his early in the m.

  “So? What are you pnning on doing now that you’ve told us? Don’t tell me yoing to go find their hideout aroy them, right?

  “No. We don’t knoe are dealing with right now, so all I wish is a rise in the level of security for the athletes. Especially during the events”

  “The athletes?”

  “Yes. Although we could not be sure what their aim was, we could assume it was reted to the Nine Schools’ petition or the nine schools themselves. And if their aim was our school, which was quite probable given the previous car act, it would be best if we could increase the number of personnel guarding our athletes and engineers, as well as the CADs that will be used, during and outside of the events.”

  “Mm… That makes sense. I’ll request the security detail of this event to lend us muards. I’ll also tell the the athletes to be more careful and be o for dangerous individuals-”

  “No, if possible, please keep this as much a secret as possible and simply increase the level of security around the athletes, Watanabe-senpai.”

  “Hm? Why?”

  “The enemies are slippery. If they khat we'd bee alerted to their presehen it would be even more difficult tnize and thwart their pns.”

  “Nngh… That’s true…”

  Mari stood up from her seat and turowards Juumonji and Mayumi, who was still looking at Yuuji worriedly.

  “Alright. Then, are we going with this pn?”

  “Mm. I agree with Tsubakihara’s suggestion. We’ll increase the security for our athletes and engineers without making much of a fuss. I wouldn’t want to chase those rats away befrabbing their tail.”

  “Y-Yes. I think that would be the best option. But… How awful. Who would do such a thing to a petitioween schools…?”

  “...”

  Yuuji kept his silend chose not to reveal his knowledge to them.

  Because if they were to know, they would certainly be agitated, and their as would be obvious. What they need now is subtlety as to not let the enemy know about what they know.

  Right now, Yuuji knows all the threats they’ll be fag during the petition. But if the enemy khat they’re aware and actively thwarting their pn, they might ge their pns into something Yuuji didn’t know of. And it might be even more dangerous than what they did in the anime.

  If it came to that, it’d be even more difficult for him to predict what will happen and protect everyone.

  “Alright. Then, I’ll begin my preparations. Mayumi, Juumonji, I will be ting on your help.”

  “Mm.”

  “Of course, Mari.”

  The three o each other.

  “Then, we’ll tinue our discussion about this some other time. But before that…”

  She turowards Yuuji and began walking towards him.

  And when she arrived right before him, she tiptoed and knocked his head with her knuckle.

  “You little brat… I know you’re powerful, but how could you still be that reckless?! Taking on ten men armed with rifles, are you actually an idiot?! Hah?!”

  More tha, Mari’s words shocked him speechless as he stared wordlessly at her with widened eyes.

  “That’s right, Yuuji-kun! Even if you restrain them with yic, you never know if they could have some ter magic to defend against your spells!

  Mayumi also smmed the table and rose to her feet. Her tenance filled with a mix of anger, worry, and anxiousness.

  “I-I’m sorry…”

  He mumbled, uo find any other words to say.

  “Hah… Don’t do any reckless things like that ever again. What if you got injured? Even magis aren’t invulnerable to bullets, you know?”

  “Yes…”

  Mari sighed and shook her head tiredly. This must be how it feels to have a little brother, she thought to herself.

  “Hah… You return now. Thank you for inf us.”

  “Yes.”

  “Yuuji-kun.”

  “Yes, president?”

  Mayumi began walking around the table and moved towards him. And when she arrived in front of him, she began patting around his body.

  “P-President?”

  “Quiet. I o check if you’re truly uninjured.”

  Yuuji had no choice but to shut his mouth as Mayumi, despite her redly blushing face, tio check his entire body for any sort of injuries.

  “...If you feel unwell, go to the medical bay. Uand?”

  His lips curled into a soft smile at the Mayumi showed.

  “Yes, president.”

  “Good… Then you go now.”

  “Then, please excuse me.”

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