"You're too much, Sister Nozomi, Sister Eli. You know I don't want to wear those more revealing swimsuits, and you still made me, me..."
And making me do embarrassing poses, it was truly too much... But now I don't seem as nervous as before.
Looking at my light blue one-piece swimsuit, I'm not as shy as I was initially.
I looked at myself from side to side, no longer feeling that initial sense of shame. So, habit truly is a terrifying thing.
"Don't you feel less shy wearing a swimsuit now, Yoshino? Ah~ I truly had a feast for my eyes just now. Thank you for the treat, thank you for the treat."
Shiina clasped her hands together in a bowing gesture. It was truly wonderful to see so many of Yoshino's treasured moments.
Shiina stated that several terabytes of hard drive space in her mind were filled with cute photos of Yoshino over time.
So Toujou Nozomi wasn't the most evil one, it was you all along?
And you've always been inseparable from Yoshino, so you must have many of Yoshino's very private photos, right?
Regarding this behavior, I must seriously ask you: can you share them?
"Just now, Shiina didn't help me, but just watched the show. Shiina is Yoshino's hero, but the hero didn't protect Yoshino. Hmph! Shiina is truly an unqualified hero."
I clearly asked you for help just now, and you ignored me, and now you're here making snide remarks! It's truly too much.
"There's nothing I could do. After all, aren't they all the most important people to Yoshino? In that situation, if I could use spiritual power, I, Shiina, would have over a hundred ways to get Yoshino out safely. But using spiritual power would expose us and might harm them. Without spiritual power, I, Shiina, have no way to do it."
Are you still thinking of using Ice Puppet? To freeze the entire place?
It should be very interesting, right? You're quite the thinker, Shiina.
"Yoshino just now cooperated very well with the actions Toujou Nozomi and Ayase Eli asked you to do. Although she was shy, she did them without hesitation. Could it be that this is, hmm~ that: 'The mouth says no, but the body is quite honest.' That's how it is~"
She's really honest. If it were the old Yoshino, she would never agree to do such a thing. I wonder if there will be a reversal.
"No, no there isn't. What 'no,' what 'honest.' Shiina, don't talk nonsense."
Yoshino and Toujou Nozomi had already bathed together countless times. She couldn't even remember how many times she had been taken advantage of.
Yoshino stated that this level was actually still acceptable... right?
Huh? Why does it feel like there's something a bit strange? Did she overlook something?
"Hehe~ But it's also a fact that you, Yoshino, are very cute right now, isn't it? Just look for yourself and you'll know."
She used spiritual power to turn the seawater in front of them into a mirror that could reflect things, so Yoshino could clearly see how she looked now.
"Is... that so? I thought I was used to myself now, so why do I still feel a bit cute?"
Myself... no, rather, Yoshino is a bit too cute.
She liked Victorique from 'Gosick,' but in her previous life, she still preferred this very kind Little Loli.
"If someone who didn't know you heard that, they'd think you were very narcissistic. But our Yoshino is indeed very cute right now."
Shiina retracted the spiritual power from the ice, and the mirror returned to being part of the sea.
...Watching the Muse members playing in the sea, her eyes were in a daze. She could feel her existence in this world becoming weaker and weaker.
She reached out her hand and could feel it occasionally becoming semi-transparent. This also meant that time was running out.
"What do I want to do in my final moments, when I leave? I need to give everyone a big, unexpected surprise. Shiina, do you have any good suggestions?"
She couldn't leave blandly at the end, but she also didn't want everyone to be too sad.
"Don't forget what kind of world this is, Yoshino. This is the world of 'Love Live!' Everything has to be spoken through song. So you can use this method, right? You know you sang 'God Knows' during Muse's first concert, didn't you? Ayase Eli recorded Muse's first concert. You know, that video, if it weren't for the fact that you used spiritual power at the time, making you too blurry in the video, you'd be mobbed if you walked down the street."
This was also true. Although the video had been deleted from the website because it was too blurry, it had been converted into an audio file and was still circulating.
"I didn't even know that." If it was really that popular, how could she not know anything about it?
"It's because you haven't been online. I really don't understand how you, a shut-in in your previous life, haven't been online until now. Even the online reviews of your manga, I had to look up for you. Every time, you're either drawing manga or clinging to Toujou Nozomi, so it's normal that you don't know these things."
After becoming a loli, her old bad habits changed immediately. It seems like great progress.
...Is that so? It seems I really haven't been online once. Since transmigrating to this world until now, I truly haven't been online.
How amazing. She used to be someone who couldn't be without a computer for even a minute.
"Forget it, let's not bother with those things. Let me ask you, Yoshino. Do you want to leave without notifying anyone except Toujou Nozomi?"
Her puzzled expression showed that Yoshino hadn't paid attention to her previous actions. Had she suddenly developed a natural airhead personality?
"Mm, I don't want everyone to be sad because of my departure. Anyway, we can meet again in a few months..."
"So you still don't quite understand Muse, and you don't understand the seemingly carefree but extremely meticulous Kousaka Honoka. You know, you and she are now good friends, and leaving without saying goodbye like this is the worst thing to do. For her, the devil, that is."
"A proper farewell is better. Let's prepare a performance, Yoshino. I have a plan. If you can perform well, it's very possible that the farewell won't be so sad."
However, Yoshino, this will test your thick skin. I wonder if you'll be so shy that you faint.
"Can I do it? If so, Yoshino will try her best."
Saying she didn't want to see them cry was actually just because she didn't want to cry in front of everyone.
"Then we'll do this, and that, and finally..." She whispered her plan into Yoshino's ear.
Yoshino's eyes widened, and she looked at Shiina in surprise, her face flushed red.
"That song? No, that song also requires dancing. I, Yoshino, can't do it."
So embarrassing. How could she make Yoshino sing that song and dance?
"It's okay. As long as I, Shiina, input those dance steps into Yoshino's mind, coupled with Yoshino's clever brain, it will be a very easy thing to do. And we're only performing for Muse. So there's nothing to be shy about. Yoshino, you need to know that if you can perform this song well, then everyone won't be so sad when you leave. This is a very good thing." Shiina gradually enticed Yoshino, and finally, the soft-hearted Yoshino nodded and agreed.
"So now, let's plan for a big show!"
Author's note:
Happy New Year everyone, I wish you all more energy in the new year. At the same time, please take good care of me in the new year.
037: Unexpected Contract Yazawa Nico
"Nico-nee is indeed very good at cooking. Saying she wasn't good at it just now was really just humility. Nico-nee is amazing."
Yoshino and Yazawa Nico were in the villa's kitchen preparing dinner for everyone. Yazawa Nico's skilled knife work showed Yoshino that she was definitely someone who cooked often.
"Uh, this... Yoshino is right, Nico was just being humble. Nico didn't want to trouble everyone in Muse. Nico Nico Nii."
Yazawa Nico, who was concentrating on cutting vegetables, almost cut her hand when she heard Yoshino's words. She looked guilty, and seeing Yoshino's sparkling eyes, she could only do her signature pose to act cute.
"Nico Nico Nii?"
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