Well then.
"Even though the timing might not be right, I wanted to prepare this year's birthday present for her now," Oreki said.
"Eh?" Hiyori looked at him in surprise. "Little Sora's birthday is in November. Isn't it a little early to prepare for it now?"
"But I'm already satisfied that you remembered." Shiina said. "Or rather, at least you didn't forget."
"..."
No, he had simply never known about it at all.
Still, Shiina's daughter's birthday was in November?
So it wasn't her either?
Why?!
Oreki was already getting a headache.
Then where was the daughter born on October 24?
Oreki pulled up the system's task progress bar.
[Branch Task—Me in Ten Years] "Task Requirement: Give a birthday present to the daughter born on October 24. "Task Reward: None. "Task Deadline: 7 days. "Task Punishment: Marry Kikyou Kushida in the future. [Note: Time in the Precognitive Dream and time in reality proceed at a 1:1 ratio.] "Current Progress: 0%"
It felt so real.
Sure enough, it was zero.
He found nothing.
Then the next day arrived.
Kei also messaged him to say that her period had ended, but Oreki was no beast.
So when the two children clamored to go out and play, he asked her to take them to the beach.
However, Karuizawa and Horikita's two children were not the only ones in the car.
They ran into someone they knew.
"Hehe, it's Aunt Kikyo!"
The two children liked Aunt Karuizawa very much, and they also liked Aunt Kikyo, who gave them presents.
But—
"Has Aunt Kikyo gotten fatter?"
"No, there's a baby in my belly," Kikyou Kushida said.
"A baby? Does that mean we're going to be big sisters?" Lingling said.
"Uh..." x2
Kikyou Kushida and Karuizawa both fell silent at once.
"Hah,