Asa woke up feeling refreshed and energetic. In the hazy state between sleep and waking this morning, he faintly felt a warmth enveloping him, like the trace of a springtime dream.
Kyoko was already awake, but the air still held the faint, unique scent of the Onee-san. Asa looked at the slightly wrinkled bedsheet beside him, his eyes thoughtful.
In the kitchen, Kyoko was preparing breakfast for Ai and Asa. Ai, who had just finished washing up, looked at Kyoko's flushed, radiant face and said, "Kyoko-nee must have slept really well yesterday. You look even prettier today!"
Kyoko's movements paused slightly. "Maybe I was just really tired yesterday…" Kyoko dared not say that she hadn't slept at all last night. Her rational restraint and the emotional urge within her body and mind had been locked in a constant battle. It wasn't until morning, when the sun was already high, that her emotional side finally won over the rational one, realizing she was running out of time. Kyoko had boldly made an attempt.
For some reason, after consuming that thing, the fatigue accumulated over several days vanished. Forget not sleeping for a night; she felt more energetic now than if she had slept for a full day!
"Breakfast is ready. Finish eating and head off to school," Kyoko said. As Asa emerged from the room, her gaze lingered on him for a brief moment, and a faint blush flashed across her delicate face.
"I'm heading to the agency first. I'll come pick you up this afternoon," Kyoko told Ai.
"Thank you for your hard work, Kyoko-nee!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie Kyoko. Goodbye, Auntie Kyoko!"
The voices of Ai and Asa reached her ears one after the other. Kyoko's eyes trembled slightly. She nodded her pointed chin, avoiding Asa's gaze. Although she was sure she had been discreet and Asa must have been asleep at the time, Kyoko always felt a little guilty when the little shota looked at her. She constantly felt like Asa's eyes knew something, making her unable to look him straight in the face. Asa was Ai's most treasured little brother, and she, the woman about to become Ai's guardian, had…
Turning around and bending over, she extended her pale foot, wrapped in sheer, translucent black stockings, and slid it into a pair of red-soled high heels. Clack-clack. She took a couple of steps in the high heels, and the soft flesh of her calves, encased in the stockings, trembled slightly.
Kyoko was surprised to find that not only was her mental state improved, but even the leg injury she had sustained from years of dance practice seemed to have recovered.
"That thing… it has powers like that?" Kyoko's eyes danced. She waved goodbye to Ai and Asa and left the apartment with a light step.
Asa and Ai finished breakfast leisurely and left for school. Before leaving, Asa casually performed his sign-in.
"System, sign-in!"
[Congratulations, Host, for unlocking a new location.]
Ding!
[Sign-in successful at Ryukin Apartment. Gained Ability LV1. Thought Manipulation and item [Irresistible Silicone Doll].]
"Ryukin Apartment…" Asa finally noticed the name of the apartment. However, based on the current situation, it seemed highly unlikely that this "gold" would stay.
"A new location unlocked after a long time…"
[Irresistible Silicone Doll: The Host can sign a contract with a sentient being. Once the contract is established, the silicone doll will connect to the being's five senses and soul, becoming a more primordial existence than the body itself.]
Asa was stunned when he saw this item. He read it carefully again before understanding its purpose. "Becoming a more primordial existence than the body itself… meaning that controlling the silicone doll is equivalent to truly having them in the palm of your hand."
"Moreover, as long as the silicone doll is bound, the target can be revived even if the main body commits suicide or is killed, as long as the doll itself isn't destroyed…"
"An interesting item!" If he weren't walking on the main road with Ai, Asa would definitely take it out and thoroughly examine how realistic the silicone doll was.
As for the other ability, Thought Manipulation, it was a BUG-level ability that needed no further explanation.
[Thought Manipulation has been upgraded to LV2.]
[LV2. Thought Manipulation: After three seconds of eye contact, you can implant or modify the target's common sense or thoughts. Duration: ten seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]
Asa briefly looked at the level of the abilities he currently possessed. The highest level was undoubtedly Invisibility. Asa always prioritized this ability during sexual bonding. It was now his first ability to reach LV4.
Asa had considered upgrading overpowered abilities like Time Stop or Thought Manipulation during sexual bonding. However, since the benefit was mutual, anyone sexual bonding with him would also acquire these BUG-level abilities.
The stronger the ability, the greater the chance of being targeted! This was dangerous not only for him but also for his women. Asa remained very cautious on this point.
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Shuchi'in Academy, Middle School Division.
Third Year, Class B.
"Hello everyone, I'm the transfer student, Hoshino Ai. I hope to become friends with you all in the future!" Ai, wearing the Shuchi'in school uniform, stood on the podium, her star-shaped eyes sparkling with confidence and anticipation.
Below, the students in the classroom stared at Ai's stunning face, whispering in surprise.
"It's Ai-chan! I can't believe she transferred to our class…"
"Who?"
"You don't know Hoshino Ai?"
"She's the absolute center of the underground idol group that's all the rage lately. She even performed at the high school festival yesterday!"
Although Ai performed at the high school festival, Shuchi'in Academy wasn't that big. Word spread quickly, and the middle school students soon learned that a very famous female idol had transferred to the Shuchi'in Middle School Division!
"Alright, settle down!" The homeroom teacher clapped her hands on the desk, quieting the commotion. "Hoshino-san, you can find an empty seat and sit down."
"I will now begin roll call!"
"Moeha Fujiwara!"
"Here!"
"Kei Shirogane!"
"Here!"
"Suguha Kirigaya!"
"Here!"
"Kagome Higurashi!"
"Here!"
"Shinobu Kocho!"
"Here!"
After class, Kei sat next to Moeha. She noticed that Moeha's eyes were constantly fixated on Ai, so she asked curiously, "Moeha, are you interested in Hoshino-san?"
Moeha withdrew her gaze, revealing a subtle, playful smile. "I just think she's so cute. If I made her cry, would she become even cuter…"
Kei's blue-violet eyes twitched with a few black lines upon hearing Moeha's dangerous remark. This wasn't the first time she had heard Moeha say something yandere and calculating with a cute smile. If she weren't Moeha's friend and knew her personality, she probably would have kept her distance long ago.
"Oh, right, what did Chika-nee give you this morning?" Kei asked curiously.
Moeha was slightly startled, then said nonchalantly, "Nothing much, just some pictures we took a few days ago."
"Oh, did you and Chika-nee go take pictures? Let me see!"
"Th-they haven't been developed yet! I'll show you next time!" Moeha said evasively.
They had indeed taken photos. But the subject of the photos was a little shota! And they were secretly taken! What's more, the initial suggestion came from her! To take pictures of Asa, keep them in her bag, on her person, and even tuck them into her cleavage… that way, she could be with Asa-kun all the time…
"Ah, no, my thoughts are going down the yandere path again…" Moeha shook her short twin tails, forcefully tossing the increasingly dangerous thoughts out of her mind. However, she recalled Chika's casual demeanor this morning, which seemed to suggest she had become desensitized to Asa's photos. She worked so hard to get them…
"Or is it possible that Chika-nee and Asa-kun have made new progress?" Moeha narrowed her beautiful eyes. If that were the case, she couldn't forgive Chika-nee!
As for why she was interested in Ai, it was because Chika had specifically told her this morning that Ai was Asa's sister. The implication was for her to pay close attention to Ai, as her relationship with Asa-kun seemed out of the ordinary!
"Hmph, she's just an older sister, at best…"
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Shuchiin Academy, High School Division.
At noon, a tall, slender girl with long black hair, possessing a pair of long, full legs wrapped in black stockings, walked anxiously down the corridor, clutching a small stack of rough drafts.
"Utaha Kasumigaoka-sensei, sales for the first volume of Koisuru Metronome are very poor!"
"If the next volume doesn't improve, being cut after three volumes is a certainty!"
The editor's message was vivid in her mind, and Utaha's mood grew more and more irritable the more she thought about it. Her black-stockinged legs, shod in round-toed patent leather shoes, paced back and forth across the floor at a high frequency. She was both irritable and lost.
Driven by her curiosity and challenge for literature, she had chosen to write this romance light novel. Though, she had never been in love. Writing the first volume had already exhausted all her imagination regarding romance. After publication, the response was mediocre. This instantly crushed the confidence of Utaha Kasumigaoka, who was hailed as a literary genius.
She had no experience with love, no secret crush, and no romantic feelings. After receiving the editor's prediction of being cut after three volumes, Utaha couldn't even continue writing the second volume. The drafts she had written over the past two days looked worse the more she read them. She didn't need to guess; publishing such a plot and writing style as the second volume would surely lead to commercial failure!
For anyone else, they probably would have given up before the editor even decided to cut the series. Utaha might look reserved, but she was a persistent person. When she set her mind on something, she had to give it her all.
"But what exactly are the emotions involved in being in love…" Utaha worriedly bit her cherry lips, pacing back and forth in the corridor with her head down.
A small figure emerged from around the corner. Utaha was slightly distracted, but she still noticed the figure out of the corner of her eye. Just as she stopped, a head with blonde twin tails poked out.
Thump!
The two heads collided directly.
Utaha subconsciously grabbed the little shota in front of her, but unexpectedly, she fell to the ground with him. Manuscripts and drawings scattered everywhere.
"Hiss, ouch!" The girl opposite her, clutching her blonde head, cried out in pain.
Just as Utaha was about to cry out, an indescribable wave of pleasure suddenly rushed out from her body and mind. Her cherry lips parted slightly. Her cry of pain instantly turned into a soft moan.
"Are you okay, oneesan?" A tender voice entered her ear. Utaha opened her beautiful eyes, and a handsome, flawless face came into view. Those clear eyes were looking at her with a hint of worry.
Thump-thump!
The moment her eyes met the little shota's, Utaha felt a jolt of arousal, like an electric current, surging through her body and mind. Her heartbeat visibly accelerated. Her delicate body gradually softened.
Although she hadn't been in a relationship, she had read many 18+ books to write Koisuru Metronome. She wasn't some pure, naive girl. The sudden arousal she felt for a little shota made her face instantly flush crimson.
"…" Just as her cherry lips parted slightly, feeling a slight tremor in her voice, she immediately closed them again. She felt her voice would sound strange right now.
Utaha's limbs felt weak, but she calmly and clearly pulled the little shota up. "I'm fine…" A slight tremor in her voice was audible.
It was only then that she realized the blonde twin-tailed girl who had collided with her was hastily gathering the drawings scattered on the floor. Her movements were so fast that Utaha only vaguely saw two human figures, one big and one small, on the front of the drawings.
At that moment, Eriri, with the fastest reflexes of her life, snatched up the doujinshi sketches she had drawn last night. She also picked up the manuscripts of the girl she had bumped into.
"Sorry, I picked up your documents for you too!" Eriri stuffed the manuscripts into Utaha's hand.
The two girls looked at each other, and a flash of recognition passed between their eyes. They knew each other!
The circle of literary clubs at Shuchi'in wasn't large.
One was the genius who often wrote scripts for the drama club, and the other was the ace of the Art Club. Most importantly, they were both extremely beautiful high-school-level girls!
However, they had never spoken to each other alone, because both instinctively felt that the other was the type of person they disliked.
"Goodbye, Kasumigaoka-senpai!" Eriri decisively pulled Asa away and walked toward the Art Club.
Utaha watched the retreating figure, her gaze fixed on the small figure Eriri was holding.
"Is that little shota Eriri's little brother?" She placed her slender hand on her chest, still faintly feeling the accelerated heartbeat. This little shota gave her a very special feeling. It was the first time in her life. Although the contact was brief, it gave her some inspiration.
"Pity he's just a little brother…" Utaha thought with some regret. She looked down at the rough drafts in her hand and unexpectedly found a drawing sandwiched between them.
"Did Eriri mix them up…" Utaha took out the drawing and glanced at it. Her beautiful eyes instantly contracted, and her cherry lips parted slightly. It was only a single drawing, but the content was shockingly explicit. Most importantly, she recognized the prototypes of the girl and the little shota in the drawing at a glance!
"That Eriri…" Utaha was thrown into confusion. For some reason, as Asa's face flashed in her mind while looking at the drawing, she suddenly felt a sour pang of jealousy.
"And she even used her feet…" She looked down at her own pale feet, wrapped in black stockings, and her beautiful eyes fluttered slightly.
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Art Club.
Inside Eriri's private small room. Eriri's fair, delicate face was crimson. She twisted her head, her beautiful eyes darting around uncertainly, her stubborn cherry lips mumbling.
"Hmph, don't get the wrong idea. I'm just lacking inspiration, and I only asked you to come here today to practice."
"That's right, it's all just practice. Using feet, or whatever… I don't like it at all!"
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