1
"Oh, Basara-san, is that LINE?"
"Yeah. I used it with Kaijura-senpai and Tachibana during the sports
festival. Well, since installing it, I've used it to talk with Takigawa as
well."
While sitting in the living room, Basara then looked up from his
phone.
LINE is a communication app, so with those he's friends with, he can
message them and they can message him back.
"That being said... Since I mostly use e-mail, I don't use this too often.
I use e-mail even with Takigawa"
"It's an application that allows you to have several conversations on
multiple timelines. It's useful even if you don't use it much"
Maria said, taking out her phone.
"...Anyway, so you know what LINE is huh"
"Lars-san uses it too, so it shouldn't be a surprise"
"That's true.."
"As I'm sure you already know, for the sake of gaining information to
give to Basara-san, as a succubus who always downloads the trial version,
I explore websites and message boards.
"Is that really okay?"
"On top of that, I use the internet to look at this world's cuisine and
tools, as well as for buying lewd things. It's what demon's living in this
world are supposed to do."
"Even if it's only temporarily, I'm the head of this household and I'd
rather it not be used for buying lewd things. The exception to that being,
Zest using the internet when she expanded the basement."
"In the end, it doesn't matter where you're born, one should be able
to use tools effectively. By the way, I'm a bit of an internet addict, so
when we went to the demon realm and I was unable to check lewd sites, I
thought I could've died"
"That sounds terrible, are you okay?"
"Ultimately, I was able to use the special magic chip in my phone to
access eroge sites even in the demon realm. I was also able to even
download eroge on PC in the demon realm."
"Things are fine now, but fundamentally that still isn't good"
"Well I'm a succubus!"
She said, puffing up her chest.
"But, it might be as you say. I might be pretty behind on this. The
Village is a bit of a backwards place, but even then there's a difference
between my dad's generation and the generation before him. By the time
I left the village, they had already set up an internet connection in order
to collect information and exchange information with other districts."
He said, remembering the problems Jin used to complain about.
"By the way, I'm a capable succubus so I don't only use LINE, but I
also use twitter"
Another tool to easily connect with other users.
"Why do you have all that..."
"This is one way to gain information"
She then shows Basara her phone.
On the screen is really twitter.
The text from the users she follows are displayed with the most recent
one first, each message capping at 140 characters. There are also photos
uploaded.
"Ultimately, I only use it to see official information and helpful sites
in real time"
"...Among the people you follow are the eroge creators you've bought
games from before huh?"
"Obviously. That being said…With the vast amount of information
available, there's all kinds of lies and misinformation, so it's important
to filter through it for yourself."
"I feel relieved that you do that"
"By the way, as another way to use it, I also upload pictures I've
deemed harmless of Mio-sama and the other girls that I collect as a
hobby."
There's a picture of Mio's naked body, her breathing ragged and her
body covered in lotion.
"What is this, what are you doing!?"
"Maria's treasured footage, 'Submission Collection'. In short
'SubColle'"
"What are you saying!? Hey!?"
"Ah. I haven't uploaded any today. I want to upload that photo where
you're sucking Mio-sama's boobs... The title for it will be "Basara-san,
what a beast! Rawr! He'll eat you up""
"You put up personal information on here too!?"
"It's okay. My account is set to private. It can't be seen by people
without permission."
"But if you give them permission they can see it"
"I use it for information collection, so I haven't given anyone
permission to see it. I don't have any followers. It's zero, see."
Basara glared at the screen as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"...Then why bother even uploading these photos?"
"It's a private account, but if I was to unprivate it, The unrivaled lewd
faces of Mio-sama and Kurumi-san would be spread all over the world!
The feeling is like, lets see… I'm going to try and explain it in a way that
you would understand. Okay so think of it this way. How would you
feel if a pretty insurance saleswoman knocked on our door, and you
answered the door naked."
"Don't say it like I'd do something like that! I'm not trying to
understand how it feels!"
"Eh—?"
Maria looked confused.
"Let me see it," Basara took Maria's phone from her.
"How do I use this?"
"If you click here you'll open the menu"
"I see. If I press this I can delete this"
He deleted the lewd photo without any hesitation.
"Basara-san!?"
"The evil has been dispelled. Time to dispel the other evil"
He then quickly started going through her phone deleting photos.
Maria fell to her knees in despair.
"Aaah… If only I didn't save them on my computer with triple
protection, That would have been dangerous."
"Do I have to use Banishing Shift..."
"Please put away your sword! No magic sword! No Brynhildr!"
With an aura readying himself to use Brynhildr, Basara attempted to
leave the living room, but Maria pulled him back.
Since she's a brawler, she was able to use the power in her small body
to drag him back to the sofa.
"...So, in short, it's dangerous to use these apps in the wrong way.
That's the lesson for today"
"You're the one who uses it dangerously"
His sword dematerialized, and he let out a deep sigh.
"Well, I won't do it much anymore."
Avoiding eye contact with Basara, she looked at the phone she
received back from him.
"...Eh? This is Lars-san's account"
"He uses twitter?"
Basara peeked without thinking.
"You don't know if it's really him though..."
He's shocked because Takigawa has never asked him to make one.
"The username uses Takigawa. The account name is LarsTakigawa as
well"
"That sounds like some celeb name"
The account profile picture is a dog.
"Does he like dogs?"
"I wonder? Is this one of the default photos when registering"
Unlike Maria's account, it's not private.
The amount of people he's following is in the double digits, and his
followers are also in double digits.
He updates around once a month, and it's been empty since their time
in the demon realm.
"The sky is beautiful today"
"Found a snail"
"These photos are really super normal"
"It's too normal. There's no thought put into the captions too. He
simply just posts a picture of curry from a family restaurant and captions
it with, 'today's dinner'."
Maria and Basara look at each other.
"This must be an account he made just to fit in with our classmates."
"Why is he so evasive! He keeps tweeting such boring things!"
"Shouldn't he be able to say whatever he wants?"
"No. I somehow can't forgive him for this so I'm going to flame him"
Maria quickly started using her phone.
"What does that mean?"
"Basically, I'm going to insult him and say he's super boring"
"That's awful!"
"I'll have to make some burner accounts... that way I won't get
caught."
"Seriously awful!"
2
"Aaah?"
Takigawa looked concerned to the point that he could easily draw the
attention of the people around him.
He had twitter open on his phone. There were comments from
multiple users, and all of them were hateful towards Takigawa.
"Intentionally making burner accounts… It's definitely just one
person. I'm not sure why they're suddenly attacking me."
He thought to himself with a murderous expression on his face.
"Could it be someone from the demon realm. No… But I'm not sure if I can
think of anyone to go as far as to harass me like this in the human world. What
kind of stupid demon would take things this far?"
That being said, he clicked his tongue and began using his phone.
3
"Achoo"
"Did someone spread rumors about you?"
"Your first concern should be whether or not I have a cold. Ah, I got
blocked by Lars-san"
"Blocked?"
"In short, it's a function that says that he doesn't want to interact with
me so he made sure I can't see his tweets"
"That's obvious..."
Basara wholeheartedly felt sorry for Takigawa following Maria's
attack.
"What are you doing? A game?"
Mio, Yuki, Kurumi, and Zest were now all in the living room.
"It's nothing much. We're looking at Twitter. I don't have it but"
"Ah—I've seen Maria use it"
Mio starts looking at Maria's phone.
"I haven't"
"I'm familiar with the name..."
Yuki and Zest look interested, following Mio's lead.
"Well, that's true. Onee wouldn't be familiar with this"
Kurumi was the only one who looked knowledgeable about it.
She took her phone out of her pocket and began showing off the
screen.
"Kurumi, you use it too?"
"Of course. After all I'm the most tech savvy member of the Village"
With a proud puff, she puts her account on display.
What's displayed is a bunch of different photos.
"Mm?" "Oh" Basara and Maria narrowed their eyes.
"Can I see?"
"Sure. But it's such a perfect timeline you might end up being moved
by it"
Basara's and Maria's cheeks stick together as they look at Kurumi's
phone.
It's just as Kurumi said, a "perfect" timeline with many photos.
"Shibuya Buffet Cake! I ate a lot!"
There's a photo of Kurumi with cream on her cheeks making a peacesign with a cake.
There was also a photo of her at a park bench.
"Sunbathing at a nearby park"
There seems to be selfies? Or perhaps photos taken by Yuki? That
showed Kurumi since she's settled into living in the Toujou household.
Going back in the timeline, there were also photos of the Village.
Basara and Maria looked concerned, their eyebrows knitted together.
"You can see the name of the shop for this cake"
"In this park photo, you can see the street name behind her"
The two of them said under their breath.
"These days it's really easy to find someone's address by going
through their twitter"
"Is it that bad?"
"Yeah, simply put, from a safety standpoint, we'll have to lecture
her."
"Yeah. I have no objections to that"
"What? What are you guys talking about?"
Kurumi had a confused look on her face.
"So what do you think of my photos, pretty cutting edge for the
Village? Didn't I do well?"
"Well about that… Kurumi-san, sit down on the floor on your knees.
Not on the sofa! On the floor! Got it!"
"Eh?"
4
"Uugh… To think someone the Village sent as a vanguard would
make such a rookie mistake…"
"As long as you understand how scary social media can be, it's okay. It's
okay, Kurumi-san"
Maria kindly hugs Kurumi's head as she cries.
"I can't believe the problem could be that deep, that I almost stepped
on weird spam and become a brand ad account"
"I don't think the issue is that big of a deal. I almost fell victim to a
weird spam ad account."
Basara shivered at the thought of that.
"Anyway, we deleted the dangerous photos, be careful from now on
and continue to use social media for fun"
"Yeah. I'll do that"
As she held her phone close to her, Kurumi continued to cry.
"I don't use it but... You have to really think when you use apps like
these huh?"
"...How scary"
The conversation caused Mio and Yuki to both feel a bit concerned.
"It's different from closed-off social media, but these kinds of open
ones connect to everyone, so you've to think when using them. That's
why... Fufufu. Mio-sama's lewd looks to the rest of the world...!"
"It's different from private social media, but these kinds of public
accounts connect to everyone, so you have to really think when using
them. That's why… Fufufu. The rest of the world potentially seeing
Mio-sama's lewds…!"
"I deleted that"
"...That's right"
"Anyway, this conversation is done here..."
Just as he started speaking, Basara noticed something.
Zest was staring at her own phone.
She's had this phone ever since she came to the human world.
Zest peeked at Kurumi's phone, then back to her own.
Basara smiles a little, then he cleared his throat.
"We learnt about what we've to be careful of and manners. Since
we're talking about it, how about we make an account on one of these
applications?"
"We've learned what we have to be careful of and proper internet
etiquette. Since we're still on the subject, how about we make an
account on one of these apps?"
Zest blinked as she raised her head.
Basara smiled at her.
He then turned towards Mio and Yuki, as well as Kurumi who was
still on the floor.
"It seems really convenient for keeping in contact with each other and
there might come a time where it comes in handy. Also… It's not bad to
be connected."
Everyone seemed a bit shy as they thought about this.
"Then, leave it to this demon realm edgerunner!"
Maria puffed up her chest as she stood.
"Don't tell us your weird habits. I'll never stop deleting it"
"Keep your weird habits to yourself! I'll never stop deleting them."
Basara said with a stern look on his face.
5
The display of his phone shines in the darkness of his room.
That night, Basara looked at his phone while lying down in bed.
In addition to the student council and Takigawa on LINE, he now has
the family's accounts registered.
Just ten minutes ago, he received good night messages from Mio and
Yuki.
As he replies to them, he feels like he understands why so many
people use these apps.
"...Speaking of that"
He inputs the name JIN, the name his father uses as a photographer—
Toujou Jin's name.
By combining it with the search term photographer, he manages to
find Jin's account on twitter.
"Well, He would use it. Ever since we lived in the Village he's liked new
things"
He thought about how open minded his dad is, and how he's more
outgoing compared to his generation.
Jin's account had his work information, as well as photos he took
outside of work.
Basara isn't well versed with photography.
But he could see from Jin's photos he enjoyed taking them. That's
how Basara felt about it.
Basara thought, even though they're far apart, and unable to talk much
with each other, this is a way of staying connected.
It was just at that moment, his smartphone's display changed and it
suddenly started ringing.
He answered the sudden call a bit surprised.
"...!? Hello"
"Hey. Doing well?"
"Dad...!?"
The voice across the phone undoubtedly was Jin's.
"What's with that reply? ...Ah, sorry. Did I bother you? I thought of
calling you since it's been a while, don't worry about it, 'kay?"
"No, it's not like that. Why would you calling bother me?"
"I hope you don't answer everyone like that"
"It's not like that"
Basara cleared his throat.
"...Well, you've got good timing. I was just looking at your photos on
twitter"
"My photos? What's with that, haha. I'm kind of embarrassed"
"That's the same for me"
Even though they're unable to see each other, Basara scratched his
cheek.
"No it's, well... They're good photos. Seems like you have fun taking
them"
"Really? If you think so then... I'm glad. Before it's a job it's my
precious hobby after all."
Jin's voice got more animated. But even so, Basara began to think
about how Jin seems shy in his own way.
"However, I am pretty surprised by this. These days, you can connect
in unexpected ways"
"A lot happened today, and I was just talking about this. I didn't think
you'd call me right after."
"Did the photos pull you in? Well, you said they were good. There's a
bunch of different ways to connect, and I think it's good."
Hearing Jin's words, Basara nodded.
"That's right. About your twitter photos. The latest one seems really
nice. You really captured a majestic castle. Is this from overseas? Where
did you take it?"
"Aah. That's... ah!"
Jin's voice got louder.
"Dad?"
"No. Hahaha... It's the demon realm. I uploaded it out of habit"
"You shouldn't do that!? That's why I thought It looked familiar to
me! It's Wildart?"
"I'll delete that later. If the village finds out they'll cause a fuss"
"...We were just talking about that earlier"
Basara said with a sigh.
"Mm?"
"About how it's good to use social media, but you have to be careful
with it. It can connect to everywhere"
" I don't mind it much, but… I guess it's not a good thing to not
care."
Jin's excuse caused Basara to lecture him.
That being said, their voices got louder together.
That night, lively conversation could be heard from Basara's room
until late at night.