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From sunrise to blazing daylight, when Bokue Keikain opened his eyes, it was already his customary eight in the morning.
Pitter-patter—
For him, this night had undoubtedly been peaceful and uneventful.
After all, he'd set the barrier covering the entire island himself. No one knew better than Bokue the strength of his own barriers.
The thing is, beyond rules in this world, there's also the concept of power levels. Like in Dragon Ball—the Kamehameha wave fired by young Goku in the early series wasn't even in the same dimension as the one from GT's Super Saiyan 4 red-furred Goku.
Though the technique was identical—just a simple energy release—the difference in the users' strength led to completely different results.
Barriers worked the same way. Though it was the simplest, most basic defensive barrier that even Keikain family children could use a little, in Bokue's hands its strength could withstand planet-busting attacks.
In other words, even if Earth itself exploded, the small island they were on would remain perfectly intact.
Well then, five more minutes...
Looking at the ceiling that was no different from his memory, Bokue considered and decided to snooze a bit longer.
Not like there was any reason to get up early anyway.
Even hotel checkout times extended to eleven in the morning.
However, just as the youth was about to close his eyes again, La Folia's voice suddenly came from beside him.
"Good morning, Bokue-kun."
Hmm?
Under normal circumstances, Bokue would have just casually replied "good morning" and left it at that. But somehow, Bokue unexpectedly noticed this voice seemed to be coming from way too close to him—even the slightly warm, moist air from her speaking could gently brush against his ear.
As if she were speaking right next to his ear.
"..."
He reopened his eyes and turned to look left.
In Bokue's field of vision, less than twenty centimeters from his face on the left side of the bed, a certain silver-haired princess was lying on her stomach. Her smooth, pale arms extended from under the covers, crossed and folded on the pillow. Her head rested in the cradle formed by her arms, tilting as she looked at him with narrowed eyes and a smile.
"I have a question..."
"You can't say things like that."
Bokue had barely started speaking when La Folia stopped him.
The silver-haired princess wagged her finger with an expression of disappointment at his lack of refinement.
"When you first wake up in the morning, you can't say boring things like 'I have a question' to the girl beside you in bed. You should say 'Darling, you were amazing last night' instead."
"?"
Bokue slowly formed a question mark.
That was exactly the problem! Why were you here beside his pillow?!
Weren't you in another bed when the lights went out last night?
Pitter-patter—
"...That phrase isn't meant for situations like this."
After a moment's silence, Bokue covered his forehead.
La Folia, on the other hand, looked curious.
"Really? But when I was in the palace, my handmaidens always told me that if I shared a bed with someone of the opposite sex, I should say that when I woke up. I remembered it, but since I never had the chance, I'd never tried it. Now that I finally have an opportunity, I wanted to test it out. Hmm... is something wrong?"
"..."
Well, from a certain angle, it was indeed correct.
After all, if things had progressed to sharing a bed, they were probably already lovers or beyond. Saying that phrase upon waking wouldn't really be problematic.
But their current situation was obviously rather special, not falling under those conventional circumstances.
In fact, La Folia appearing in his bed was already an extremely strange situation in itself.
"So getting back to the point, why are you in my bed, La Folia..."
"Oh right, speaking of which, Bokue-kun really loves to be pampered, doesn't he?"
"?"
As if sharing a psychic connection, both started speaking simultaneously. Bokue, who'd wanted to ask about the cause of the current situation, stopped because of La Folia's words.
Loves to be pampered? Him? What the hell?
"Don't look so unconvinced. I'm being serious."
La Folia hummed proudly.
"Last night after I slipped into your covers, Bokue-kun actually took the initiative to hug me. They say sleeping positions reflect a person's subconscious personality. I didn't expect that while Bokue-kun seems a bit aloof when awake, you're actually quite proactive."
"...Really?"
Bokue suddenly had an ominous feeling.
Back home, Kuroka often refused to sleep properly, especially in the mornings when he wasn't awake yet but his body had already "raised the flag." She'd sneakily start operating directly, so after it happened enough times, Bokue had developed a certain instinct—automatically hugging any female within reach while sleeping, like some kind of magnetic effect.
And what happened after the hugging didn't need to be explained.
Everything was automatic, no brain involvement required.
In other words, he could fill a certain perverted cat to the brim even while dreaming.
"So... La Folia, is your body okay?"
Bokue asked tentatively.
"Hmm? I'm fine."
Seemingly not understanding the youth's hint at all, La Folia tilted her head in confusion.
"Oh my, is Bokue-kun worried about me? But don't worry, my body has absolutely no problems at all. After a night's rest, I've completely recovered."
"Good that there's no problem."
Hearing there were absolutely no issues, Bokue immediately relaxed considerably.
After all, with his size and intensity, so far only Nagisa with her True Ancestor-level recovery ability could completely handle it. Even someone as strong as Lady Venelana or the well-trained Kuroka—if he got serious for one round, they'd easily end up only able to walk by supporting themselves against walls the next day.
As for pure, innocent maidens like La Folia without any healing-type Sacred Gear protection—if he'd accidentally done something to her in his sleep, she'd probably already be trembling with legs shaking, eyes rolled back, and unconscious.
There was no way she could be having a normal conversation like this.
Pitter-patter—
Huh?
The subtle water sounds came again. Having heard it several times since waking up, Bokue finally became somewhat concerned and couldn't help asking:
"By the way, La Folia, do you hear water sounds in the room?"
"Oh, right, that should be..."
Reminded by this, La Folia seemed to come to her senses, turning sideways and raising her head to look toward the bathroom where the water sounds were coming from.
The bathroom light was on, a girl's silhouette projected on the door—tall and graceful.
Hmm? So Sayaka had a habit of showering in the morning?
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