"Wow"
Just as several four-star Magic Guide Spirits were openly vying and covertly struggling, a soft sound suddenly came from the bathroom.
Followed by the "splash-splash" of water.
"Wahoo!"
Popplio danced under the showerhead.
Then, in its excitement, it twisted open the faucet of the fish tank.
Once the fish tank was filled with water, it flicked its tail, and with a Water Splash, plunged into the tank, sending countless water droplets flying!
Clearly, Popplio had found its own "Paradise" in this bedroom!
Meanwhile, on the side.
Magic Beast: Ditto had already moved to the balcony, hugging Trash Slime. They lay there like two puddles of slime, basking in the moonlight and communicating with their tentacles.
Although they technically didn't speak the same language, they seemed to get along perfectly.
But the quiet atmosphere didn't last long, as Hawlucha, resembling someone wearing a wrestling mask, arrived on the balcony.
It stroked its chin with the claws at the tips of its wings, gazing at the sky beyond the balcony's protective window.
After a while.
Hawlucha lightly leaped, landing on the balcony windowsill.
It opened the latch of the protective window, and as cold air rushed in, it suddenly exerted force and flew into the night sky!
Moonlight cascaded down as it soared through the heavens!
...
"Click!"
Magic Beast: Ditto's body slowly stretched, transforming into a twisted human shape. It then reached out, closed the protective window, and relocked it.
"Buzz-buzz!"
(It's freezing outside, what if my baby gets sick from the cold?)
Then it reverted to its original form and clung back to Trash Slime.
...
Indoors.
Eevee-chan had, at some point, squeezed into Cat Grass's sleeping basket, curled up with Cat Grass, and was already dozing off.
Only Shuckle remained, crawling back and forth in the bedroom.
As if taking a walk.
...
After Miltank's anger subsided, it suppressed its emotions, thinking that if it acted too harshly, it might wake its master.
It turned to playfully poke Cat Grass; seeing it was sleepy, Miltank carried it back to its little nest on the balcony.
Upon returning indoors, Miltank suddenly had an idea and set its sights on the still-empty spot on the big bed!
So, it carefully burrowed into the covers at the foot of the bed...
DemiDevimon, forced back onto its perch, fixated its eerie gaze on the three four-star Magic Guide Spirits that had occupied the bed, muttering things like, "I'll roast you all sooner or later."
...
The next morning, the morning light streamed into the room.
Dark woke in the morning light, only to suddenly feel an unusual softness on both sides of his body.
This sensation was unfamiliar to him; usually, even when Cat Grass or DemiDevimon occasionally snuggled up, their small size meant he didn't feel much.
But now...
His thoughts churned in his head for several seconds before he struggled to open his eyelids, finally discovering the source of the anomaly.
Two Magic Guide Spirits, showing their adorable drowsiness in sleep, were pressed tightly against his sides.
Sylveon's ribbons were even wrapped around his right arm.
Gatomon, at some point, had curled up like an ordinary cat, clutching his left arm, its cheek pressed tightly against him.
Dark blinked, not daring to move rashly.
The feeling of being surrounded by fluffiness filled him with joy, both physically and mentally.
Perhaps this was indeed "a day's planning starts in the morning"!
...
Perhaps sensing Dark's unintentional movements, Sylveon and Gatomon awoke successively about three minutes later.
"Mii~ko"
Sylveon slowly burrowed into its master's embrace.
Gatomon, meanwhile, quietly released its grip on its master's paw pad and nonchalantly got out of bed.
Miltank, sleeping soundly at the foot of the bed, hazily opened its eyes, then sat up halfway, its bedding slipping down.
Dark scanned his surroundings, seeing the Magic Guide Spirits gradually waking up, and suddenly realized what was missing in the dorm!
Beds and bedding—not one could be without!
He also needed to get a cat climbing frame or something to add some three-dimensional space.
And provide one or two beginner textbooks for spirits willing to learn.
The space in the bedroom was truly limited, unable to offer them a place to stretch, but if they could learn written language, they could pass the time by reading books.
He then got out of bed, holding Sylveon, and carefully looked around, confirming "one missing out of ten."
"Where's Hawlucha?"
With a hint of doubt, Dark pulled out Hawlucha's Magic Guide Card and found it sulking within the card.
Last night, after soaring freely in the night sky for several minutes, it flew back just before its magic power ran out, only to be met with rejection.
The tightly locked protective window had kept it outside [Paradise], causing it to "cease to exist there."
...
After Dark listened to Hawlucha's claw-waving "narration" of the entire incident, he began to ask who had locked the protective window.
Magic Beast: Ditto tremblingly raised its tentacles.
Dark praised it.
Hawlucha: "???"
...
Around nine o'clock.
Dark provided care for the Bug Tree, and gave the three Cat Grasses a hearty feeding, then left the dorm with a large bag on his back.
Subsequently, Diana and Rose, who came to visit, found no one home.
...
[Paradise] had only been deployed for one night, and the Magic Guide Spirits had already returned to their cards to hibernate.
Dark only summoned DemiDevimon to accompany him.
Yet this, which was an extremely normal occurrence, suddenly made DemiDevimon appreciate the normalcy of everyday life.
It tearily touched the corner of its eye, rubbed its chin against its scarf, wanting to cry!
On the first day after Christmas, Dark Demon finally embarked on his grand adventure for this short holiday!
He had made thorough preparations, bringing all the tools he could carry.
The estimated duration was 72 hours, with the goal of returning before dawn three days from now.
To this day, students had not only placed various road signs within the secret passage but had also drawn maps of the secret passage's outer ring.
These could be bought anywhere in Traveler's Street.
However, due to the secret passage's "variability," one couldn't entirely trust the map.
In any case, he explored forward while checking the map.
With DemiDevimon acting as the vanguard, the initial progress was very smooth.
The treasure map left by Alvit had seventeen landmarks, including the treasure's location.
The first landmark was a "chess piece," which was the Statue of the Great Magus.
The second landmark was a "small elephant," which was the elephant-head lamp stand hidden among identical torches.
As for the third landmark...
Over an hour later.
Dark looked down at the "panda" pattern on the treasure map, then looked up at the two giant bear statues guarding the passage entrance, finally confirming that these two black and white giant bear statues should be the third landmark he was searching for.
*(A type of plant)!
...
Meanwhile, Virt and Robert had also entered the secret realm.
They were accompanied by others.
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