Can You Stop Jinxing Things?
"You're still so serious. But do you even understand your current situation?"
Shuya retorted, "You're not dating but you're living together, and you think you're perfectly normal?"
"... Cannot be refuted."
Yukino lowered her head sullenly.
"So don't overthink it. We're not her parents, why are you worrying about this?"
If you don't do this, you'll face a terrible situation later.
"Can you please stop planting flags?"
Shuya was increasingly convinced that Kirino was in trouble.
After he and Yukino finished eating and washing the dishes, she did her homework in the living room, and also forced Shuya to study with her.
Shuya reluctantly acted as a good student for a while, and then the two of them took separate showers.
After washing up, Shuya went back to his room intending to play a visual novel.
But Yukino, knocked on his door.
What?
Shuya opened the door Shuya a puzzled look and saw Yukino dressed very conservatively.
She said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm a little bored. How about playing some games with me? Any recommendations?"
"You don't need to do that."
"What? I don't quite understand what you're trying to say."
Yukino interrupted Shuya.
"Okay."
Shuya Yukinoshita into his room and found a game that the two of them could play together.
Yukino and Shuya sat on the ground, neither too close nor too far apart.
Yukino knelt on the ground with impeccable manners, while Shuya sat cross-legged casually.
She hardly ever plays games, but she's very adaptable.
Shuya didn't talk to her much, silently playing the game.
After playing cooperative games, I switched to fighting games.
As she played, Yukino's posture became more casual; she stretched out her legs and leaned against the edge of the bed.
Unfortunately, she was wearing trousers, so it wasn't very flattering.
"Playing games occasionally is not bad."
"I played until 3 a. m., "Yukino, putting down the controller.
She was still energetic, but she was sleepy as usual.
"It's been a long time since I've played games with anyone."
Shuya said something.
"I'm going back now, goodnight."
Yukino went back to her room.
After she left, Shuya whispered, "Yukino- chan has grown up too."
In the past, she wouldn't have played along like this.
She's a bit more worldly-wise today.
But Shuya knew that if the topic of the Quintuplets was brought up again, she would not change her mind.
While remaining true to herself, Yukino has also become more flexible in her approach to things; these are some of the changes she has undergone.
Shuya fell asleep.
After sleeping until a little after six, Shuya got up and exercised in the garden, and Yukino joined him.
"Want to spar?"
Yukino stared defiantly at Shuya.
"What do you want to practice with? Swordsmanship? Strange Arts? Hand-to-hand combat?"
Shuya said casually.
"Fencing."
"That's fine too."
Shuya casually summoned the First Snow.
Yukino reached out and summoned a katana made of ice crystals.
Her figure flickered and blurred for a moment before appearing beside Shuya, gracefully slashing out with her sword.
Shuya used the First Snow to block, and then countered, and they began to fight back and forth.
This was just a sparring session; the two were not actually fighting seriously.
In recent years, Yukino has learned many other skills in addition to her Strange Arts abilities.
She realized that there were limits to simply learning Strange Arts.
Some might say that specializing in one skill is much better than having many skills but not being proficient in any of them.
But in reality, unless you're a super genius, everything has its limitations.
Yukino has experience as a Yuki-onna (Snow Woman), so she learns Strange Arts very quickly, but she hasn't made any progress in a long time.
She wanted to hone her skills, and also didn't want to see Shuya at that time.
So after graduating from elementary school, he chose to leave the Japan Administrative District and study in other regions, while also exchanging skills with local superhumans.
She admitted that she was inspired by Shuya's trip to Great Hua back then.
But the more she learned, the more she felt the existence of a bottleneck.
Frustrated, she transferred schools again, this time to Russian Administrative District.
She opened the door to a new world.
The superhumans there are extremely fierce. Even those who use Strange Arts only employ close-combat Strange Arts. Their favorite activity is to starve bears until they go mad, then strip naked and fight them in the freezing cold.
Or fight a pack of starving wolves.
The fighting spirit in the Russian area was extremely high; in short, there were all sorts of brawls.
Yukino seemed to understand something and from then on also began to learn close combat techniques.
She spent her secondary school years studying all over the world, and her fighting skills improved rapidly.
She has made a name for herself in the world of supernatural beings—though she doesn't care about it.
Shuya sparred with her for a while, just to warm up. If it really came down to a fight, the Supernatural Bureau would be blocking the door.
After practice, everyone can go take a shower.
Yukino went first, and when he came out after washing up, he saw her cooking, with two bento boxes, one large and one small, next to her.
"Huh? They even made mine?"
"Just doing it on a whim."
Yukino scooped up the fried chicken pieces and set them aside.
Shuya said, "You usually eat lunch in the clubroom, right? I'll go there today too."
"What ever."
Yukino noncommittal.
He added, "You always seem like a newlywed wife."
"Call."
Yukino didn't bother to answer and simply scoffed.
After making the bento box, she also made breakfast, ate it, and then went to school.
They started school very early, but the scene of them going to school together was witnessed again.
Yukino said she didn't care, and even retorted, "Are you the kind of man who would care about something like this?"
Nothing major happened at school today.
It turns out that Shizuka Hiratsuka has finally returned. Shuya noticed that she seemed perfectly normal, so it appears she has successfully found herself again.
Congratulations.
At noon, Shuya actually went to the clubroom to have lunch with Yukino.
Yuigahama ate with her friends today, so they were the only ones in the clubroom.
After school, Shuya the Service Club while listening to Yukino chatting with Yuigahama.
Not long after, he suddenly received a LINE message from Kyousuke.
Kyousuke: "Holy crap. I found this thing in the entryway?!"
He sent me some pictures; the first one was an animated Blu-ray box.
The second item is an adult game disc inside the box.
Kyousuke: "I think this thing could only be Kirino. Shuya, do you know anything about it?"
Shuya replied, "I won't tell you I know, doge."
Kyousuke:"Doge"
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The dog heads on the line are looking at each other.
Kyousuke was silent for a while, then called back several minutes later, his voice booming, "Holy crap! My mom almost found out! I hid it in time, but she'll definitely think I was reading erotica!!!"
Shuya laughed and said, "Haha, my condolences."
"Damn it! That bastard Kirino, I'm going to expose her and make her confess!"
He was in high spirits.
Shuya was speechless. "... You want to expose her? Your dad definitely won't accept it... It will only make things more chaotic, don't you think Kirino- chan hates you enough?"
"Idiot, no way! I just want Kirino to know that your brother is still your brother! Hahahaha! Tonight, watch me use my superb acting skills to expose your true colors!"
Kyousuke laughed out loud, feeling a bit silly, and hung up the phone.
"Call..."
It has to be said that his voice was incredibly sexy; Shuya his keen hearing, couldn't help but shiver.
"Kyousuke- kun on the phone? Why is he laughing so creepily?"
Yukino looked over attentively.
"Kirino- chan's secret has been exposed."
"Oh..."
Yukino's expression was strange. Had something happened to her so quickly?
"What's wrong? What happened to Kirino- chan?"
Yuigahama leaned closer.