Leo, who had originally thought he could fudge his way through, couldn't help but sweat profusely under MEI's gaze, which clearly showed she knew the answer despite asking.
However—
"Fine."
Seeing Leo speechless, although MEI felt inexplicably annoyed in her heart, she forced herself to calm down and said, "Since the party involved agreed, I have nothing to say. Just treat her well."
After speaking, she turned around pretending nothing was wrong, left the kitchen area, and went to sit on the sofa in the living room.
Taking out her phone, she began scrolling on her own.
It was just that facing the content on the screen, she couldn't absorb a single word.
Th-They did it?
Clearly they had only known each other for a few hours...
Wait!
They must have done it while I was away, right?
—Wouldn't that be daylight lewdness!?
I shouldn't have let him take leave!
Gritting her silver teeth, her whole body emitted an ominous aura.
Meanwhile, seeing this, Leo in the kitchen hurriedly and silently continued cooking.
However—
[Bond: 70%]
Clearly, MEI's connection with him had deepened again!
Sure enough, hate lasts longer than love!
...
After dreaming a sweet dream for a long time, Raiden Mei finally woke up.
However, she didn't feel regretful; after all, she enjoyed the happiness in reality more.
And after sleeping the most sound sleep in years, aside from feeling a bit lost because Leo wasn't by her side when she woke up, everything else made her feel reborn. Her mental state could be said to be unprecedentedly good.
Furthermore—
"So he's cooking~"
Getting up from the bed, she stretched beautifully, fully revealing her slender and graceful figure, while watching the scene outside the blade.
—Last night's dreamscape was essentially the interior of her blade!
Seeing Leo's skilled way of cooking while wearing an apron, she suddenly had a feeling that her life was complete.
Only—
"Why is Student MEI here too!?"
Seeing Leo serve the finished dishes onto the table, while MEI was sitting opposite Leo, she felt extremely shocked.
But soon, she realized another thing... What is the relationship between them? I seem to have never asked!
For a moment, she felt the panic of having 'stolen a start' and the illusion of being caught by the main partner.
What made her even more astonished was—
"Mei, you're awake, right?"
Sensing the movement within the tachi, Leo said warmly, "Although you shouldn't need to eat, you can feel the deliciousness of the food through my sense of taste, right?"
"So, can you come out?"
"Coincidentally, I also have some things I want to explain to you two."
After speaking, he stole a glance at MEI sitting opposite him. Finding that the other party's emotions had finally stabilized, he felt relieved.
Only—
"!!!"
Seeing Leo want her to go out, Raiden Mei immediately panicked. First, she frantically rummaged for her clothes in the room, but she soon realized that she was a spirit body; actually, she only needed a thought to be fully dressed.
Moreover, she didn't even have that step last night; the only equipment she dropped was that pair of torn black silk stockings on the ground.
However, even if she put her clothes on, she still didn't quite dare to go out.
She couldn't explain the reason, but she just couldn't quite face MEI.
And just then—
"It's to talk business."
Perhaps due to being a Parallel Time-Space Isotope, or maybe because they were both women, seeing Raiden Mei delaying coming out, MEI couldn't help but add this sentence.
With that, Raiden Mei finally drilled out from the blade.
"Student MEI, h-hello."
After speaking, she sat very obediently on the chair next to Leo, but felt as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
"Mn."
Nodding expressionlessly at Raiden Mei, MEI very naturally picked up food and started eating, as if she still knew nothing.
Seeing this, Raiden Mei's state finally improved quite a bit.
But just then—
"Actually..."
Seeing that Raiden Mei could finally converse normally, MEI spoke up: "I haven't known this guy much longer than you."
"So if you want to date this guy, you don't need to mind me."
"Eh?"
Facing MEI's sudden words, Raiden Mei, who had improved slightly, immediately went stiff all over.
Turning her head blankly to look at Leo beside her, she asked with a flushed face, "Student MEI... she knows?"
"Why did you tell her?"
"Uh..."
Facing Raiden Mei's shy and indignant questioning, Leo couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression and said, "Anyway, consider it a misunderstanding."
"But you don't need to be so shy. MEI will become like you sooner or later."
"Hm?" x2
Hearing Leo's explosive remark, MEI stopped eating, and Raiden Mei stopped being shy.
Two girls with identical appearances, looking like twins, stared at Leo together, vowing to make the other party give an explanation.
—As expected.
Seeing this, Leo understood his 'exploding a classic line' had value. At the very least, by sacrificing himself, he ended the internal friction between the two girls.
However... the pressure is really great!
Being stared at by the two women with gazes reserved for scumbags, he sweated somewhat.
But just like Raiden Mei's initiative, he also had to place this matter out in the open.
After all, putting it grandly, he was doing this for the world!
Of course, he was mainly doing it for himself.
"With your intellect, you should understand that to max out the [Bond]..."
Meeting the gazes of the two women, Leo braced himself and said seriously, "What our relationship needs to be?"
"..."
Facing Leo's explicit hint, MEI couldn't help but fall silent.
Just as Leo said, she should have actually thought of this matter long ago, but her subconscious deliberately ignored this question.
And now that Leo had placed the matter out in the open, she had to admit Leo was correct.
However—
"So..."
Turning her face slightly away, she dared not meet Leo's eyes.
Then, she tucked the loose hair behind her ear as if she didn't care, and asked softly, "Why would it be me?"
"If it's just [Bond], other girls would work too, right?"
"No."
Shaking his head, Leo spoke bluntly, "[Bond] is mutual."
"To put it plainly, in the whole school, I only have feelings for you."
"Or rather, I only understand you!"
If anyone would do, he would definitely have established [Bond]s everywhere.
By then, even if this group of girls were all Stinky Medium Cups, he could accumulate it to a terrifying degree.
But [Bond] not only requires the woman to respond, it also requires him to understand the woman.
In other words, the only women with whom he could quickly establish a [Bond] were those characters he knew.
"I see."
Hearing this, MEI nodded slightly, but then changed the subject and asked, "Then you can tell me now, right?"
"Why do you understand me?"
"And—"
Turning her gaze to Raiden Mei, who was trying to accept all this, she continued asking, "Understand her."
Speaking of which, this was the first question she wanted to ask Leo today.
Leo's source of intelligence was simply too mysterious!
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