Himeno Mizuha! (Anime name: Kiryuu Mizuha.)
"Mom! I am back." Ayaka took off her headband and turned to look at another cutie, with the brown hair and blue eyes that made her little expressionless face look quite endearing and another known beauty of her school.
Her lith figure appeared slender because she consistently maintained it with dietary foods and habits like eating more salad, which Kanata introduced to this family.
But because of that, Himeno and Sagiri also developed the habit of eating some fresh vegetables every day, which actually made their skin supple and soft. It took some time for them to notice this, though, until their friends pointed it out.
"Good morning, Mizuha-chan. Did you have fun at your friends nightover?" Mizuha Himeno, another character of anime, though it was not the same name, but in this world, Ayaka ended up getting her guardianship instead of another family.
"Brother is still not back." It was already 3 pm. Mizuha appeared somewhat concerned for her foolish brother, who was literally not their brother because he was paying his own rent and all, but after living with him for so long, they had become utterly accustomed to calling him that, and to the two young girls, he meant more.
"Hmm. I guess that's Kanata-kun. He must be off reading an interesting book and forgetting about lunch and all." And just like that, Ayaka Pin-pointed out Kanata's exact reason without even taking a long guess at that, as they were all already used to it.
'Achooo!!!'
Kanata in the library sneezed. Looking around, he found it to be empty and sighed. 'Someone is thinking about me!' He made a guess while checking the time, which led him to realize that he was already quite late.
He then descended from the second floor, greeted the next man who had arrived at the appointed time, and nodded at him before starting his work because this was the time when most people were there.
When Kanata heard a ringing tone, it made him smile broadly. He quickly accelerated his pace a note higher and ran to the park's empty seats on the right side of the library building.
Taking a seat.
Literary LV1 (199/200) → Literary LV2 (1/300)
[Congratulation on Increasing Primary Skill.]
[Mix-Martialart: LV MAX] [Rewarded]
[Writer: LV5 (0/1500)] [Rewarded]
[Title: High School Prodigy.] [Rewarded]
[Effect: Host will acquire all the knowledge needed to top any nation High School.]
[Note: Host has to keep the ability open for a day to acquire all the knowledge, and after that he can remove the title.]
'This is...' Kanata was left a bit speechless about it all. But when he gave it some thought, he was not all that impressed because this skill was the main source of most of his other abilities and was also the most difficult to level up in his arsenal. Therefore, obtaining these rewards is still worth building this skill.
[Name: Hideo Kanata.]
[Self-Development Skill]
[Title: High School Prodigy.]
[Skills: Literary LV2 (1/300), Cooking LV2 (122/300), Natural Studies LV2 (101/300), Humanities LV0 (92/100), Mathematics LV2 (288/300), History LV1 (122/200), Writer: LV5 (0/1500).] [Mix-Martialart: LV MAX]
[Physical Abilities: Dash LV1 (102/200), Boxing LV0 (99/100), Kick-boxing LV1 (13/200).]
[Physical Status: Level 1.] [Locked.]
[Relationship]
[Name: Sagiri, Anime: Eromanga, Role: Female lead.]
[Affection: First Crush, Relationship: Reliable brother.] [Karma Accumulated: 12 points.]
[Name: Ayaka, Anime: Eromanga, Role: Past Character.]
[Fate: Dead.] [Being Enforced by host and Karma Accumulated.] [Years left: 2 Years, 44 days.]
[Template: Hidden female lead.] [Host will be rewarded for saving each character.]
[/End.]
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Mizuha Himeno.
'Brother will be back hungry.' With that in mind, she prepared everything in advance for cooking while gazing out of the balcony because she did not want to put out the cold dish for him and she did not simply cook the food because it might have gotten cold.
[Note: It is the apartment that MC of 'Angel Next Door Spoil Me Rotten' lives in.]
'He is there.' Just within the crowd. When Mizuha saw a familiar face approaching their building, she hurried to the kitchen to begin cooking the food she had already partially prepared.
She finished cooking in a matter of minutes, as though she had already come to terms with Kanata's return in this manner for a considerable amount of time.
"Ding-ling..." Ayaka and Sagiri were too preoccupied with their work to notice the ringing bell because they knew Mizuha had returned and would be able to assist Kanata when he returned from his job at this time.
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'Shit! I am late.' Kanata was late. In addition to his Dash LV1 ability, which allowed him to control his breathing while running and avoid experiencing significant fatigue at this distance, he dashed as quickly as he could, which is more than sufficient for long-distance running.
The neighbourhood shop uncle, the florist lady, and many other relatively known local people greeted Kanata, who greeted them all with proper respect.
Showing how known he was within the locality and having opened a new cafe at the bottom of the residential building, the area was quite bustling with activity.
"Welcome Kanata."
"Hello, Ushida-san."
"Kanata, good day!"
"Thank you, Kame-san." "Good day, to you too."
While greeting and getting greeted back, Kanata finally made it to the elevator and entered inside it to find a blonde girl, who had just shifted in to the next apartment.
"Good afternoon, Shiina-san." He greeted the girl, who was somewhat stunned and had not noticed him coming in.
As Kanata greeted the girl, she let out a little jolt of surprise and returned the greeting with a startled expression.
"Good afternoon, Hideo-san." As Kanata had expected, the girl was still quite distant from him. But Kanata was already accustomed to her being this way, so this kind of attitude did not surprise him.
A total silence descended.
Kanata knew of this girl. She was the female lead of a rom-com from his previous life with the name 'Angel Next Door, spoils me rotten.' and had a certain gasp of what kind of personality this girl had and the reason behind it.
Therefore, even now, he knew that talking with her would only make things worse for him, but he also knew that he would have to put in a lot of effort to get Mahiru to notice him or even fall in love with him if he wanted to keep Ayaka alive.
After all, Ayaka is a dead character in her anime, and it needs Karma value to keep her alive, which can only be obtained through being a MC or stealing an MC-fated girl.
'I'm sorry. But I also want Ayaka to live a full life. I won't let others leave me in this lifetime.' There was a firm expression on Kanata expression at the moment, as he got out on the second floor.
"Ring." Kanata pressed the doorbell, and the instant he saw the door opening and another figure jumping in within his embrace.
"Nii-chan, welcome back." As he rubbed the girl's head and noticed Mahiru staring at them, the figure of Mizuha rushed in and embraced Kanata at the waist.
He smiled as he felt the warmth of her body against his and the familiar scent of Mizuha.
He did not see Mahiru disgusted or anything!
However, she was feeling jealous, which was understandable considering that she had never had such familial ties and that Mizuha's behaviour only seemed to be that of a cute little sister to her rather than other obvious things.
"I am back, Mizuha-chan."
"Wash up, I am done with cooking." Mizuha hugged Kanata and then greeted Shiina-san, who nodded back with a slightly different expression.
The girl then left Kanata and Mizuha outside and went back to her apartment, dragging Kanata inside.
The second reason was that, although Kanata believed that being a sis-con was a much better option for him, he was still holding onto his forta because of the beliefs from his past life; otherwise, his path might have taken a wrong turn.
"Thank you, Mizuha!" Kanata grinned as he was dragged inside and flung into the bathroom to take a new bath, one of the habits he had picked up from his previous life.
However, Kanata was already used to receiving this kind of treatment and felt that he was being seriously spoiled to the point where he might not be able to live without them when he was served warm food in this manner after reading.
'I guess! I have to judge the guy coming closer to Mizuha more. They still need to pass this brother inspection if they want to date, Mizuha.' He thought within his mind, not being ashamed of his own thoughts at all, and found it all to be natural.
"Nii-chan, it is ready." As Kanata closed the shower and used the towel to wipe away the water, Mizuha's voice reverberated from outside, causing him to get up and put on the dress that Mizuha had already prepared for him, just like he used to do for little Sagiri.
"I am getting out..." After getting dry, he shouted and started to wear his new clothes. As for the clothes for laundry, he used the time he was changing to set everything before leaving out.
In addition to the salad bowl, meat dish, egg roll, and Naan—a dish that Kanata introduced to the family—the lunch was also very well-liked by everyone.
Yes! Before he knew it, little Sagiri jumped in for a small bite, along with Ayaka too, so it was shared by three of them, though Mizuha had seen it coming, so she had it prepared for all of them to begin with.
Sagiri and Ayaka had already returned to their room for work when Kanata finished eating because he had a tendency to chew his food too much before swallowing, and Mizuha was sitting on the side, studying.
"Nii-chan, I'll clean the dishes soon. So..." A warm, hard patted Mizuha head, who was cut off from her talk. "I'll clean them. Just focus on your work." Kanata's warm tone reminded Mizuha, who felt weirdly calm every time he touched her head like this.