The Beginning of the Journey

"Cover Serial · Straw Hat Pirates Arc 7: The Curious Little Thief Cat"

"At night, the orange-haired baby girl, who had been sound asleep, was awakened by the commotion upstairs. Sucking her thumb, she tilted her little head and stared blankly at the faintly trembling ceiling."

Girls were shy, after all.

Back then.

Shiya did not mind, but Momousagi and Bell-mère, though they had accepted each other's existence, still insisted that whenever they shared a bed with Noah, it could only be the two of them alone.

Noah could only take time management to the absolute extreme.

Sometimes, it meant three shifts in one night.

For example, Momousagi from ten to midnight, Shiya from midnight to three, and then waking up in Bell-mère's bed at dawn, yawning and bleary-eyed as he pushed open the door—just in time to find his childhood sweetheart had prepared a lavish breakfast.

Other times, it was a weekly rotation. One, three, five; two, four, six. They took turns every night in whatever arrangement they pleased, and to this day, they still had not exhausted every possible combination.

In any case, Noah was still young, sturdy to the bone, and his body could handle anything.

Unlike certain idiots who had aged before their time. They did not even have girlfriends, yet once every two days was already their limit.

In short.

Strictly speaking.

This night was the first time the four of them had done it together.

It was an unprecedented experience.

Noah had thought he would need to give them some mental preparation in advance.

Ideally, before getting to the main event, he should have written a little prelude or something, like a cover serial, to get the mood going first.

But who could have expected it?

Perhaps they had been too busy preparing