Although the exterior was clearly a Western-style mansion.
As it turned out, the interior layout and decorations were filled with Japanese flavor.
Sliding open the shoji doors facing the courtyard, Su Yuzu looked at the brilliant stars in the night sky and the wooden corridor within the courtyard.
Even though this was an 'eroge' world with more advanced technology.
But... due to the Catastrophe invasion, the starry sky was much brighter and more brilliant than the one in Su Yuzu's previous life.
Aberrants and Catastrophe Beasts occupied vast swathes of land and sea.
However, the land did not simply turn barren.
On the contrary—
Forests and vegetation in more places were lush and green, as if they had adapted to the aura of the Catastrophe and coexisted with it.
Only the traces that once belonged to human civilization were gradually being eroded, weathered, and disappearing amidst the complex root systems of towering trees and entwining vines.
Su Yuzu hugged her legs.
When she was young... one of her favorite things to do was to sit side-by-side with Soga Yura on the roof of the old Soga family house and watch the stars.
The girls would snuggle together, their pinky fingers almost tacitly searching for each other, then hooking together.
Making a promise to protect each other for a lifetime.
And now... the corners of Su Yuzu's mouth suddenly and slowly curled up.
It wasn't too late.
On the corridor, a short-tailed calico cat pressed its body low vigilantly, looking in Su Yuzu's direction.
Su Yuzu looked behind the calico cat.
Slide—
The shoji door was slid open. Unohana Chiyo, wearing a white shirt, stood by the door with her legs slightly apart.
This... this shirt is really white.
Ah, no.
This shirt is really long.
For a split second, Su Yuzu felt as if her gaze was about to be hooked away.
Although at first glance, the pristine white shirt without any bells and whistles seemed completely incomparable to that... [Alluring Cut-Out Nightgown with a Mature Style] that Su Yuzu had originally obtained as a reward for Unohana Chiyo's Favorability.
But... if it were just lewdness for the sake of lewdness, it would be completely meaningless.
The impact brought by the so-called 'boyfriend shirt' when worn on the mature and glamorous Unohana Chiyo was on a completely different level from the impact brought by the kind of girl who seemed to have just stepped out of school.
After her initial astonishment, the plump and glamorous older sister gathered her standing posture with a slight sense of unease, her legs shifting slightly front and back as she gazed at Su Yuzu.
The charm that inadvertently flowed and swayed within those eyes, which had weathered the storms of time, was enough to disarm anyone in an instant.
Especially since... Unohana Chiyo clearly looked as if she had just finished bathing.
Her pinned-up hair was still a bit wet.
The pristine white shirt clung to her body due to the slight dampness of the water vapor.
Su Yuzu could even clearly see the faint wet footprints left by the woman's bare feet stepping on the floor, and... the water droplets that eventually fell along the lines of her ankles.
Su Yuzu could only sigh that the times were peaceful.
Unohana Chiyo, who had just finished bathing and had completely forgotten that there was a girl living in her house, also froze.
She looked at Su Yuzu, who was sitting in the room diagonally across, looking at her with an 'innocent' gaze.
The woman tugged at the hem of her shirt with a bit of unease.
Originally, Unohana Chiyo wasn't that casual at home either; she would properly put on pajamas after showering.
Although... the style of the pajamas might be a tad too tempting.
Unohana Chiyo liked that feeling of pleasing herself.
But for some reason.
A while ago, one of her nightgowns suddenly went missing; it was probably stuffed into some corner.
Yesterday's pajamas hadn't dried yet, so she just came out draped in a shirt.
As a result, she never expected... to actually run right into Yuzu watching the stars.
But... she was different from young girls like Mihou Sakai.
After a brief moment of unease, Unohana Chiyo stepped frankly onto the wooden corridor, walked to Su Yuzu's side, and sat down shoulder-to-shoulder with her.
Su Yuzu could smell the rich fragrance coming from Unohana Chiyo.
The starry sky seemed no different from the past.
It was just that the person watching the stars had changed to a different shoulder-to-shoulder companion.
"That cat's name is Lian."
"I picked her up on the battlefield... the battlefield a few years ago."
After seeing Unohana Chiyo sit next to Su Yuzu, the short-tailed calico cat slowly paced over with its tail raised and walked to Su Yuzu's leg.
Its beautiful green eyes looked up at Su Yuzu.
As if scrutinizing... the first girl Unohana Chiyo had brought back.
"She likes you very much," Unohana Chiyo said, looking at the cat stopping by Yuzu's leg.
Su Yuzu simply picked up the cat and held it in her lap.
Compared to the soft, plump curves of the woman beside her, it seemed the cat attracted the girl's attention more.
"She seems..." Su Yuzu weighed the cat familiarly.
"Lian is already fifteen years old," Unohana Chiyo gazed gently at the girl and cat beside her.
"For a cat, that is already a very old age."
Su Yuzu smoothed Lian's fur.
The cat kept looking at Su Yuzu.
That spiritual gaze seemed to be assessing... whether her 'successor' could keep Unohana Chiyo good company after she was gone.
"That's nice." Su Yuzu lowered her head and touched noses with the cat.
Unohana Chiyo looked at Lian's high-raised tail. Lian... seemed to really like Yuzu?
Really... she wasn't even that affectionate with her.
When she first picked up Lian, Unohana Chiyo had once thought that she herself would die on the battlefield sooner.
But... everything was fortunate yet unfortunate.
Someone like her had actually survived.
Su Yuzu held the cat and looked at the magnificent scenery of the clear starry sky.
While Unohana Chiyo... hugged her legs and quietly watched the scenery beside her.
Even though she was someone who had survived a near-death environment.
Surprisingly, Unohana Chiyo didn't have bad habits like smoking or drinking.
Her only companion was the cat in Su Yuzu's arms, and perhaps those naginatas in her room.
When sitting with Su Yuzu, Unohana Chiyo felt that long-lost sensation of her soul seemingly relaxing.
[Ding—]
[Harbor: Unohana Chiyo Favorability +1.]
[Congratulations, you have obtained a Favorability Increase Reward: Alluring Cut-Out Nightgown with a Mature Style (Purple).]
[...]
Unohana Chiyo's Favorability had also stayed at 59 points.
And... the color of the Favorability heart was a rich, deep red, similar to Soga Yura's.
Su Yuzu looked at the nightgown of a different color that appeared in the Material Inventory and felt a rather subtle emotion.
By the time the cold wind of the spring night made Su Yuzu's hands feel a little bit frozen, it was already approaching midnight.
At this moment... Su Yuzu and Unohana Chiyo suddenly discovered another very serious matter.
Su Yuzu's bed... hadn't been made yet.
The luggage bag hadn't even been opened.
Originally, Unohana Chiyo wanted to tell Yuzu to hurry up and take a bath, and she would help Yuzu organize the bedding.
But when the words reached her lips... they suddenly twisted. "How about..."
"Yu... Yuzu... make do with Teacher for tonight."
Since we are both girls, there shouldn't be any problem.
As soon as the words left her mouth, Unohana Chiyo regretted it a bit.
The woman's gaze dodged and hid, not even daring to look at Su Yuzu's eyes, only able to look at the girl's toes.
"Meow~" Lian rubbed against Su Yuzu's calf and looked up at her owner, as if assisting the assist.
Su Yuzu looked at the Favorability red heart thumping and accelerating in [Operator Development].
"Then I'll impose on you, Ms. Chiyo."
Next door, inside the proper Western-style mansion only a few dozen meters away from Unohana Chiyo's teacher's residence.
Lying on the bed, Soga Yura looked at the ceiling, and a feeling of grievance suddenly welled up in her heart.
It was like... something important had been stolen.
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