Haaa, now I understand why Japanese people love bathtubs so much, it's really relaxing.
I wonder what dinner will be like in a few minutes. I think I'll try to make some jokes to make those two more comfortable with my presence.
[You're more likely to scare them if you make the typical jokes you do]
Come on, my jokes aren't even that heavy.
[I'm sure you remember the joke you and your old friend made in school, calling the teacher bald while the man had cancer was not a light joke]
Hey, it wasn't our fault, how would we know? And it's not like the teacher didn't find it funny too, after all he laughed.
[You got lucky with that, heh, but what was really funny was seeing him send you two to the board of directors at the end, your reaction was funny]
Yeah, I can't deny that he got us with that.
But anyway, I'm not going to make jokes at that level, I'm going to do lighter things to make the atmosphere more relaxed, you know-Mm?
Huh? Am I seeing things or is the bathwater glowing?
[You're not seeing things, get ready]
...What?
—Shinnnn
What the fuck is-Oh, I see...
Seriously? I've only been in this world for a few hours and I'm already taking Rito's place? Shouldn't he have plot armor or something?
[Are you really surprised by this?]
Honestly? No.
"Yuhuuu! Escape successfully executed!"
In front of me, inside the bathtub, with long pink hair and completely naked, was a girl who was definitely not Lala.
"Mm?"
She blinked her eyes curiously as she finally noticed my presence, and then tilted her head slightly, a finger on her chin. "Hello, who are you?"
This is definitely not the most relevant question but I, with all my advanced intellect and mental capacity, could only answer in the most logical way possible. "Lee, you don't know and neither me."
She just blinked a few more times before smiling and placing her hands on her hips. "You're funny~."
And you're naked, girl who is definitely not the female lead Lala.
And I definitely didn't see her perky breasts and surprisingly pink nipples, the extremely attractive curve of her slim waist to her full hips, her soft and smooth-looking belly, and even the small and tightly pressed lips of her hairless vagina, yes, I definitely didn't see any of those things.
[...]
Hmm? Why are you smiling, girl who isn't Lala? Instead, you should think about taking responsibility for seeing me naked. That's a sight few girls will ever have the privilege of seeing.
"Hahaha~"
Great, now she's laughing, whatever, I better resolve this situation.
...
Inside the room Rafael occupied, he was standing with his arms crossed in front of Lala, who was sitting on the bed, wearing a shirt and shorts of his.
The process to get there was strange, Rafael had to leave the bathroom first just in a towel and with an erection to get dressed and then come back with a towel and clothes for Lala.
After that, he just needed to sneak her into the room, preferring not to draw the attention of the other two for now, the explanation of how this happened seemed tiring and he decided to ignore it.
Looking at her in silence, Rafael reflected on why he had taken Rito's place and how he should proceed from then on, while Lala just smiled, looking at him curiously.
Snapping out of his thoughts, his focus shifted to her, his eyes eventually falling to the outline of her nipples against her white t-shirt. ['I should have gotten her a black t-shirt.']
"So, bathtub girl, you didn't tell me who you are." He decided to pretend he didn't know anything and follow what would be expected in that situation.
Lala stood up from the bed abruptly and still smiling. "I'm Lala Satalin Deviluke! I came from the planet Devilluke and, as you already know, I'm not human."
Saying that, she turned around, lifted her t-shirt and lowered her shorts, stuck her butt out and showed her ass. "See? Earthlings don't have asses, right?"
Rafael stared at the black tail with the heart-shaped tip that was swaying slightly, he definitely didn't look at her round ass or the small, tight lips of her vagina just below, he definitely didn't look.
"Kuhum." Coughing dryly, he responded with a nod of understanding, acting entirely as if he wasn't having an erection. "I see."
After adjusting her clothes, Lala looked at him with curiosity and interest with her hands behind her back, it seemed like she had noticed something that only she knew.
"Then why-" Rafael was about to continue and question her about why she had appeared in his bathtub, but was interrupted by a high-pitched voice.
"Lala-sama!"
Followed by something that looked like a white robot flying through the open window.
Followed by what he remembered as a robot flying through the open window.
"Lala-sama, I was worried that the teleportation had gone wrong."
"It's okay, as you can see, I'm fine~"
"Hm?" In Lala's arm, the robot's round head moved to the side, its red spiral eyes staring at Rafael for a moment before returning to Lala and pointing at him. "Lala-sama, who is this flat-faced Earthling?"
With his arms crossed, Rafael resisted the urge to respond to the rude robot in a "warm" and "kind" manner and decided to just be "polite." "My name is Rafael, nice to meet you, big egghead."
"I'm not an egghead! And my name is Peke!" said the robot indignantly, as his eyes furrowed like a frown.
"That's exactly what I said, Puka." Rafael replied with an understanding smile.
"Is Peke!" Peke waved his arm indignantly.
"Hahaha~" Lala just laughed at their interaction.
Peke then turned his gaze to Lala. "Lala-sama, can we go somewhere else? This Earthling is clearly purposefully irritating me."
"I think you guys are getting along well." And she replied with a smile.
"No way!"
Seeing the two of them getting distracted, Rafael then returned to the previous topic. "Okay, you still haven't told me why you appeared out of nowhere in my bathtub, pink head."
"It's Lala-sama to you Earthling!"
Ignoring the robot, Rafael kept his eyes on the smiling girl.
"Well, I appeared here with this!" She then extended her wrist, showing a bracelet. "This is my 'Pyon Pyon Wap-kun', it can teleport me to a certain area, but I can't decide on the location."
"I see..." ['This girl...she was like that in the *anime*, wasn't she?'] Rafael thought with an unreadable look on his face.
[I find it ironic that you think that way because she reminds me of you]
['Exactly, it takes someone special to recognize another']
Lala blinked her eyes again as she looked at Rafael, she seemed to be looking at something really interesting.
He noticed her gaze, but interpreted it as her special behavior and continued to question her. "Then why did you teleport again?"
"That's because I'm being persecuted."
"Okay." Rafael just nodded in easy acceptance, he didn't remember anything about To Love Ru anyway, he was more focused on how he could bring Rito here to take his place.
"Come on, Peke, it's time to change."
"Huh? What are you-"
Rafael ended up stopping when he saw Lala taking off her clothes in an instant.
Turning to him completely naked, she waved nonchalantly with one hand on her hip. "Keep watching, come on, Peke, shapeshift."
"Oh! Change! Dress-form!"
Peke then glowed a bright pink covering him and Lala, Rafael was forced to close his eyes for a moment before opening them again.
He then came across Lala dressed in a strange outfit that looked like cosplay.
"What do you think? It's pretty, isn't it Rafael?" Lala asked holding the side skirts.
Rafael looked at her with an analytical look. "Hmm." He hummed, one hand on his chin. "Yeah, it's not bad, it looks like a weird mix of a dress and a leotard, something an otaku would wear, but don't worry, you're in a country where weird is common, so no one will mind."
He finished by giving her a thumbs up.
['It's a good thing she's pretty and hot, otherwise that weird outfit would look even weirder']
"Hehehe~" Lala laughed out of nowhere with a cheerful and amused expression on her face.
Rafael gave her a strange look this time. "Okay, why are you-"
However, he was interrupted mid-speech when two blurry shapes quickly entered through the open window and stopped next to Lala.
They were two adult men wearing suits and sunglasses, and their black arrow-tipped tails made it clear that they were not human.
Rafael watched this blankly and then looked at the window. ['Damn first world countries and their trust in the safety of their homes, this is how homes get broken into you idiots, close your damn windows!'] He thought, ignoring the fact that he was the one who had left it open.
"Lala-sama, you need to come back with us, please stop running away."
One of the men near Lala spoke as he pushed his sunglasses onto his face.
With a blank look, Lala spoke expressionlessly. "Peke, didn't you check if you were being followed?"
The robot looked away into the corner without responding.
"You stupid robot, you should have paid attention!" Lala exclaimed as she shook the robot in her arms up and down rapidly.
"Ahhh Lala-sama, please forgive me!" While being rocked, Peke cried out in a tearful tone.
Rafael just watched that scene straight out of a comedy anime with his arms crossed.
"Lala-sama, please come with us."
One of the men then approached Lala and grabbed her arm, to which the girl reacted immediately.
"I don't want to, let me go!"
She bit the man's hand, which made him let go, but then the other one joined him and tried to grab Lala's arm, which she also bit.
And so they stood, both trying to grab the girl's arms and she struggling and biting them in response.
"I'm not going anywhere, leave me alone!"
[Aren't you going to help her?]
['No, it seems troublesome, and I'm sure Rito should be here with her, not me.'] Rafael replied calmly, his fingers idly scratching his chin.
—Creack
"Ah, excuse me, I heard a-!"
At that moment, as if responding to Rafael's thoughts, Rito appeared as he opened the door, however, his expression froze upon seeing two men and an unknown girl inside his new guest's room.
"What's going on!?" Rito exclaimed in shock as he opened the door fully.
['See?'] "Oh, Rito, right? What's up." Rafael greeted him casually as he waved his hand.
Lala and the two men stopped fighting and looked at Rito for a moment before continuing.
"Please, Lala-sama-"
"I don't want!"
"R-Rafael-san, what's going on here?" Rito was completely at a loss.
"Nothing much, just a kidnapping."
"J-just a kidnapping?" Rito looked incredulous as he repeated.
"Why don't you go over there and help her?" Rafael asked with an encouraging smile as he pointed in their direction.
"Help her?" Rito's mouth twitched as he heard Rafael, he stared at the situation without knowing what to do. "Should I call the police?"
['Great, with Rito here this situation will be resolved, Hmm, I'd like to have some popcorn.']
Rafael thought nonchalantly as he leaned against the wall, not reacting when Lala suddenly stopped resisting and looked at him curiously again.
[You don't intend to get involved?]
['Nah, *I don't remember much about To Love Ru, but I remember that Rito went through a lot of trouble, it's better if he can overcome this situation that was originally planned for him.'*]
While Rafael was talking internally with Ariel, Rito was wondering what to do while Lala and the two men were standing still.
Lala silently looked at Rafael while the two men near her looked at each other in confusion at her sudden stillness.
"Lala-sama, will you come with us without resisting?"
However, she simply ignored the question and continued to look at Rafael.
[Hmm...I think you should help her]
['And why do you say that?']
Rito scratched his head in confusion when he saw that the three had gone quiet.
The men looked at each other one last time as they tried to grab Lala, but when they tried to pull her away, the girl snapped out of her state and began to resist again.
Seeing this, Rito made an expressionless face before his gaze turned serious, he seemed to have made up his mind.
[Do you remember what I explained about your system?]
['Hmm...Honestly? No.']
[Sigh...your system is a gacha system, to use it you need points and the only way to get those points is by getting involved in the plot]
['I get it, this is a dangerous world and I'll definitely need it, but I can get *those points* later']
[But I recommend you get involved in the plot as soon as possible]
['Why?']
[Because the more points you earn, the faster you can go home]
Rito only took one step forward before he felt a gust of wind coming from his side with someone overtaking him.
They had already taken Lala close to the window until a shadow fell over their heads, the two men only had time to raise their heads and see the soles of Rafael's slippers approaching their faces.
—Thud