The next morning, Katsu opened his eyes early, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Miku curled up in his quilt, curled up in his arms... And the smooth and soft touch between her arms and wrists reminded Katsu that what happened last night was not a dream...
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Katsu and his group returned at around 11 o'clock in the morning. Since no one had finished their weekend homework yet, they specially left an afternoon on the weekend for everyone to catch up on their homework.
Through Fraxinus, they were teleported to their doorstep when no one was around.
Shidou started to make lunch, Katsu accompanied Miku to her house to get her homework, and the others started writing directly...
In the car, Miku leaned on Katsu's shoulder, hugged his arm, her face full of happiness.
"Katsu~ I love you so much~ What should I do? I can't accept being separated from you for more than an hour now..."
"…This is a bit exaggerated…"
"No, Mitsu-chan, you don't know how much I love you. ~"
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Afternoon after dinner.
In front of the large French window that was recently remodeled at Katsu's strong suggestion, in front of the living room of Shidou's house, there is a large table with unusually short legs. Nine people are sitting cross-legged, knee, or sitting like ducks on the cashmere carpet under the short-legged table, leaning over the table and writing furiously---
"Katsu~ I don't know how to do this question..."
"Let me see---Hmm... This is very simple, bring this into this, and then..."
"Brother---Teach me this..."
"Oh, let me take a look. Tsk... Kotori, you are just trying to make fun of me. If you tell me you don't know how to do this, be careful or I'll spank you~"
"Katsu! Help me look at this question---"
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Time passed quietly. Katsu was the first to finish his homework.
After checking the time on his phone, which was 2:47, Katsu closed his exercise book and stretched his body.
"Huh?! Katsu, have you finished writing? So fast!" Shidou, who was pondering over a question, immediately exclaimed in surprise when he saw Katsu doing this.
"Ah, I've finished. They are just simple questions after all."
"… …" Shidou's face darkened. If you don't act so pretentiously, we can still be friends… …
"Ah~ Mitsu-chan is really fast~" Miku, who was standing next to Katsu on his left, looked at Katsu with an innocent expression
Miku still had an innocent expression, but her body was getting closer and closer to Katsu, almost falling into his arms…Katsu's face was still dark, pretending.
Of course, the ambiguity in the conversation between Katsu and Miku was understood by Shidou, who was not a pure rookie, except for the two parties involved.
Seeing Katsu showing such an expression, Miku's body stiffened, and she had a bad premonition in her heart. Then she hugged Katsu's waist with a flattering expression: "I was just joking~ Katsu, don't take it seriously~ Katsu is the best~ Come, help me share some homework, and I'll leave this copying to you~"
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When you spend time with someone you like, the flow of time always feels much faster than before.
It seemed like just a blink of an eye, and time had already come to evening. After finishing their homework, some people were playing cards, some were watching TV, some were playing in the courtyard outside, and some were going out for a stroll...
Katsu lay on the sofa, resting his head on Miku's thighs. Even through her skirt, he could feel the softness under his head---
"Mitsu-chan~"
"Um?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to call Mitsu-chan."
"…Then call me husband?"
"Husband~"
"… …"
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At night, Katsu was lying alone in bed, thinking about what happened this weekend, with a complicated expression on his face.
Suddenly, he pounded the bed and yelled, "I am such a beast!"
Then, a voice came from outside the window beside the bed: "Yeah, I think so too."
Katsu's mouth twitched. He naturally knew that it was Shidou behind the opposite window who said this, and he was most likely lying on the window and looking at this side.
Katsu did not speak, but silently raised his hand, all the way to the window, and raised a white, slender and long middle finger...
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On a building in a country near Japan, Kurumi, standing on a large patch of red and black shadows, looked into the distance, with deep thoughts in her eyes----
"It's not here either~ Where is it hidden? The omniscient... second spirit?"
Katsu arrived at class early today because he was eager to meet someone at school. He wanted to ask her what happened on Friday night and why Tobiichi Origami wore the DEM manifestation device.
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However, what Katsu did not expect was that Origami, who always arrived in class early in the past, was still empty today until the familiar bell rang in the classroom.
"Ask for leave... or some other reason?" Katsu narrowed his eyes slightly---
Just as Katsu was thinking about this, the class teacher Tamae Okamine, who was affectionately called "Tama-chan-sense" by his classmates, walked into the classroom.
Stand up, salute, sit down.
After finishing the usual "ceremony", Teacher Tamae Okamine opened the roster and was about to start call Katsu the roll ---
"…Good morning, everyone. Let's get motivated and go to class today."
Although she said she wanted to work harder, Teacher Tamae Okamine's voice sounded very depressed. She sighed and looked at the attendance book.
Seeing that Teacher Tamae Okamine was unusually depressed, the students in the class exchanged glances with each other.
"Hey...what's going on, Tamae Okamine?"
"I don't seem to be in high spirits."
"Ah, could it be that the blind date failed again?"
"ah..."
The students' imaginary whispers rose and fell.
I don't know if Tamae Okamine heard those words, she sighed.
"Before the roll call, I must inform everyone of a sad news..."
Teacher Tamae Okamine frowned as she finished speaking. Seeing her disturbing look, the students in the class all said "not surprising".
"I've told you many times not to dress too hard for your blind date photos..."
"If the first impression is not good, it is indeed possible that they will not even meet you, but if the gap is too big, it will not work either."
"But is it necessary to announce this kind of thing in a class meeting?"
"Eh~~ What on earth is Tamae Okamine going to say?"
"You encountered marriage fraud, all your property was swindled away, etc?"
"Wow, that's too tragic."
Everyone started gossiping.
Tamae Okamine couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard the voices from all over the class. Although she was happy that her students cared about her, it was class time after all. So she deliberately cleared her throat to quiet the classroom. She nodded in satisfaction and continued, "Actually... classmate Tobiichi Origami suddenly decided to transfer to another school for some personal reasons..."
"What...!" Hearing what Teacher Tamae Okamine said, Katsu and Shidou exclaimed almost at the same time---
Although Tobiichi Origami didn't talk to them much in class, they had received help from Origami many times, especially during the Tengu Festival incident. If it weren't for Origami's help, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Without waiting for Shidou to speak, Katsu slammed the table, stood up with a frown, and his expression became a little cold: "Teacher Tamae Okamine---you said that Tobiichi transferred to another school? What's going on?" Although he asked this, Katsu actually had some guesses...
"Even if you ask me, I don't know the details. Tobiichi Origami called and said she wants to transfer to another school. He will send the necessary documents later..." Teacher Tamae Okamine's tone weakened when facing Katsu at this moment...
"So... where should we transfer to?" Katsu narrowed his eyes and looked at Teacher Tamae Okamine. Of course, he was not targeting Teacher Tamae Okamine, for whom he still liked very much. He was targeting certain people who repeatedly... repeatedly angered him...
Of course, even if this is the case, Teacher Tamae Okamine certainly doesn't know who Katsu is targeting - she only knows that Katsu is looking at her with dangerous eyes at this moment...
So she subconsciously glanced at the documents in the attendance book, then looked up. "That...that..." Teacher Tamae Okamine looked very distressed:
"She...she just said...it was a school in England..."
Katsu clenched his fists---
DEM...
The girl Tobiichi Origami started to become "special" about five years ago.
She has been extremely smart since she was a child, with excellent academic performance and athletic ability, but that is ultimately within the scope of common sense, and at most it is only a level that her mother can be proud of in parent-teacher conferences and three-way interviews.
My best subject is arithmetic; my weakest subject is Chinese.
The food he likes is gratin; the food he doesn't like is celery.
My future dream is to become a lovely bride.
However, that summer five years ago, everything around Origami suddenly changed.
---That day, a fire broke out in Tengu City. That day, she saw the spirit for the first time. That day, she lost her important parents --- they were killed by the spirits right in front of her eyes... But she didn't know that the real murderer was herself.
Although that figure left a deep impression on her, it was insignificant compared to the death of her parents. From then on, she vowed to kill all the spirits to avenge her parents and to ensure that there would be no more miserable children like her in the world...
To this end, she trained herself madly and tempered herself madly---
Origami thoroughly honed her body and mind with a stern attitude. Be good at all subjects, learn all the knowledge and skills you can, and completely defeat the so-called "impossible".
From that time on, I hardly cared about my taste in food and entertainment, except for taking in the proper nutrition to create a strong body and ignoring everything else.
Break---
Katsu, who was sitting in his seat, had a gloomy face, pinched his chin and frowned, looking like he was thinking about something terrible.
At this moment, he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder twice. He turned his head and looked at Shidou with a puzzled look in his eyes.
Facing Katsu's questioning eyes, Shidou opened his mouth and said after a while: "Tobiichi---it shouldn't be a simple transfer... otherwise you wouldn't react like this."
Katsu just looked at Shidou like this, and after a while he sighed, and lowered his voice and said: "You really understand me... Yes, last Friday night, after all the satellites were resolved, I saw Origami, she was wearing the DEM manifestation device."
"What?! She...she was wearing..." Shidou widened his eyes, grabbing the corner of the table with his hands, looking like he couldn't accept it.
Because of his loud shouting, he immediately attracted the attention of the classmates in the class, and they all looked over here. Shidou smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, signaling everyone not to care. Then he lowered his voice and whispered into Katsu's ear: "How is this possible?! It was she who helped us block the attack of DEM during the Tengu Festival last time!"
While listening to Shidou's words, Katsu couldn't help but tap the table with his index finger. After a while, the tapping stopped abruptly. He narrowed his eyes slightly: "Sure enough, you are still worried. Let's sneak out during lunch break and go to her house to take a look."
"Um!"
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After absent-mindedly finishing four classes in the morning, Shidou wandered around the school gate, obviously waiting for someone.
Soon, a white figure came into view in the distance. Shidou's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly went up to him: "How is it? Katsu, do you know the address of the Origami ?"
" ---Teacher Tamae Okamine was not in the office, so I looked at Tobiichi Origami's information."
"Really? Then let's go quickly, or the security guard will be here soon."
"Well, let's go!"
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At Tengu Airport, Kurumi, who had just gotten off the plane, looked at the tall buildings of Tengu City in front of her, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly unconsciously. Sure enough, when the person you like is in a city, you will feel a lot more intimate when you look at this city---
"Ah, I haven't visited you since you woke up~ I wonder if you miss me~ Katsu-kun?"
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