Chapter 119. Pufferfish, You Really Are Well-Connected!
"Big brother, big brother, wake up!"
Morning.
The sun was already high, and bright light streamed through the window onto the bed.
On that now-spacious bed, only Xander was still fast asleep.
It was the first day back home.
Naturally, the three girls had decided to celebrate last night, and Xander's current state was the consequence of that celebration.
Seele had already changed into light home wear.
A simple white dress on her made her look cute and pure.
She lay by the head of the bed, smiling as she watched her brother.
From time to time she softly called to him.
Even if he didn't wake up, she didn't mind, happily admiring his sleeping face.
After a while, Xander finally got roused by the repeated calls.
His tired eyes opened a sliver, but the bright glare made him close them again.
He shifted his body and murmured, "So sleepy, let me sleep for five more…"
"Five minutes?"
"Five hours…"
"That's way too long!"
Seele kicked off her shoes.
Her fair little feet bounced onto the bed.
She scooted to her brother's side and gently shook him.
"Big brother, big brother, time to get up.
Everyone's downstairs waiting to have breakfast with you~"
"Mmm…"
Xander rolled over, still keeping his eyes closed, unmoved.
"Big brother!"
Seele immediately switched to the other side.
Her little hands kept shaking him and finally made him a bit annoyed.
He reached out and pulled Seele into his arms in one go.
"Eh?"
Seele felt her body suddenly lose balance, then fall right into her brother's embrace.
She lifted her head to see his still-sleeping face.
Blinking her sky-blue eyes, Seele's lips curled into a smile.
She snuggled in a little deeper.
While enjoying the extra warmth, she brought her lips close to his ear.
"Big brother, if you still don't get up, Seele's going to play a prank~"
"Hoo~"
All that answered her was steady breathing.
"Heh-heh."
Seele snickered.
Carefully, she pinched a strand of hair by her forehead and gently brushed it back and forth across her brother's nose, little by little.
Noticing his brows clearly twitching on their own, Seele got excited and increased the intensity.
And so, an impatient Bronya who had just come upstairs happened to catch this scene.
Staring at Seele, who was hopelessly absorbed in teasing her sleeping brother, Bronya's eyes narrowed.
All right, all right.
She and Kaguya had been waiting downstairs for so long, and you, little Seele, are playing like this, huh.
Fixing her gaze on the pert butt that kept wiggling thanks to Seele's antics, Bronya slowly raised her palm.
Smack!
"Aaaah!!!!!!!"
The sound was crisp, the effect remarkable.
Ten minutes later, after washing up and changing clothes, Xander was seated at the dining table together with Seele.
Rubbing her still-aching butt, Seele sat there pitifully.
"Bronya-sis hit so hard."
She muttered in a tiny voice, then scooted her chair closer to her brother, as if that would give her more courage.
Lifting her head to meet Bronya-sis's eyes, she said, "Seele isn't the same as Bronya-sis.
Getting spanked, and still looking like you're enjoying it—mmph..."
"Shut it, you!"
Blushing, Bronya shoved a big piece of bread straight into Seele's mouth, blocking the rest of her sentence.
Kaguya blinked, watching "Duckie" with great interest, as if to say, "So this is how spicy you all play?"
Xander kept silent and ate with his head down.
He had a hunch that it was best not to get involved right now.
...
"You're too slow!"
At the meeting point by the intersection, Sirin, Kiana, and Mei had already changed into pretty outfits and were waiting there.
"Sorry, we got up late today."
Xander yawned softly as he spoke.
Today was the start of the Pokémon event where a Legendary Pokémon was set to descend.
Everyone had agreed yesterday to go out together.
"What happened to you?
You look totally drained."
Kiana had been about to scold him, but seeing Xander like this, she frowned instead.
Xander didn't answer immediately.
He first turned around and noticed the three girls behind him all averted their eyes, refusing to meet his gaze.
Then he turned back to Kiana and said, "It's nothing.
Just stayed up too late gaming."
"You three aren't going to keep him in check?"
Hearing Kiana's voice, Seele and the others could only let out dry little laughs.
"Um…"
At that moment, Sirin quietly edged closer, standing by his side and tugging lightly at his sleeve.
"Hm?
Sirin, what's—… streaming?"
Noticing the drone hovering behind Sirin, Xander frowned a little.
Seeing that, Sirin hurried to explain, having caught on.
"Don't worry.
In stream mode it automatically masks faces and voices for everyone except me!"
"Yeah?
Then no problem.
What did you need from me?"
Assured that Seele and the others wouldn't be filmed, Xander relaxed.
Looking at him, Sirin suddenly grew a bit bashful.
She tapped her toes, swayed slightly, and scratched her cheek with one hand, not daring to meet his eyes.
In a small voice, she mumbled, "I… last night I bragged to chat that… that today I'd be hanging out with someone from the Pokémon development team."
Then Sirin pressed her palms together and bowed to him in request.
"So, even just for a moment, could you show your face on my stream?"
[Pufferfish · Humble.jpg]
[Pufferfish, stand up.
No kneeling allowed!!]
[Sob sob sob.
For letting us see someone from the Pokémon dev team, Pufferfish is really… I'm crying!]
[Which member will it be though?
I hope at least a squad leader-level person.]
[People like that don't have time to play with Pufferfish.]
[Huh???]
While chat was still bantering nonstop, Xander's face appeared on the stream.
"For something this small, as long as you don't film them, you don't even need to mask me later."
He waved a hand and smiled casually at the drone.
As the chief designer of Pokémon—and having appeared once at the AR glasses launch—his looks were naturally no secret.
So when he stepped into frame and even waved to say hello, the bullet screen instantly exploded.
[Oh my— oh my— oh my!!!!!!!]
[Wait, huh???
H-how are YOU here???]
[Oh my, Pufferfish said she knows people in the dev team—turns out she directly knows the chief designer?!
That's insane!!]
[No wonder she got the glasses so early.
She really is super well-connected!!!]
"Hello, everyone.
I'm the chief designer of Pokémon.
Thank you all for loving the game we've made."
Seeing the barrage scroll so wildly, Xander smiled and added one more line.
In an instant, the entire page stuttered under the flood of comments—
then went beep.
Black screen.
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