Chapter 103

The time with Pretty Heart feels strangely long.

No, it’s shorter than usual, but it feels oddly prolonged.

Is it because we’re not doing anything?

“……”

…It must be because of this.

Pretty Heart is hugging me while watching a magical girl anime.

Of course, it’s not from a light novel or anything, but a traditional magical girl series that’s been ongoing for a long time.

It’s supposed to be a children’s anime, but the action is surprisingly excellent, so I know more adults watch it. Seeing it directly like this, the art and direction are amazing…

“Ah~.”

“…Didn’t I tell you last time not to treat me like a baby?”

“Then let’s feed each other!”

“If we do that, I can’t feed you. Vetoed.”

“Eh~.”

I don’t know why she keeps trying to feed me ice cream every time.

She keeps forgetting, but I’m an adult, you brat.

I’m way past the age to enjoy that kind of thing.

“I want to fight coolly like that too.”

“Suddenly? …Well, it does look cool. But that’s only possible in anime or manga, right?”

“…Unnie, you always do that.”

“Do what?”

“You’re the best, Unnie!”

“Ugh.”

This kid… Don’t suddenly hug me so tight.

It feels like my head is completely buried in your chest.

Do this kind of thing after you grow up.

It’s hard to accept since you’re still in middle school.

“Unnie, it feels like you’ll really be tied down if you get married.”

“Why would I get married?”

“You can marry me!”

“……”

“Same-sex marriage isn’t legally recognized, right?”

“It’s fine! What does the law matter!”

“…Unnie, fighting.”

“Fighting.”

“You too…”

Sigh… But I can’t give up.

At least until Pretty Heart becomes an adult, I need to put on the brakes properly.

Otherwise, I don’t know what she might do to me.

“There are 5 years left until I become an adult, right? Unnie, in 5 years, you’ll be getting married…”

“…Yura. Do you not need your allowance?”

“Ah, no! I take back what I just said! I’ll cancel it!”

Anyway, that kid keeps earning punishment.

I really want to twist her temples.

“…Nari. Can you stop touching my legs?”

“But, Unnie, you’re so soft and smooth all over… I can’t help but want to touch you!”

“I’m going crazy…”

If I leave her alone, she’ll probably start touching my chest again someday.

Last time, there was the excuse of a bra, but now…

…Let’s change the subject first.

“By the way, Nari, are you doing well in your studies?”

“Studies?”

“Yeah.”

“Hmm~… I’m getting above 90 in everything.”

“Really? …I guess I don’t need to worry then.”

“Unnie, you just need to marry me!”

“……”

I don’t understand why it always comes back to that.

Well, let’s just feed her something to shut her up.

That should make her talk less.

“Here, eat some bread.”

“Ah! Telekinesis!”

“Have you never seen me use this before?”

“It’s my first time!”

“It’s in Common Magic, so you should learn it sometime.”

“Okay~.”

This should keep her quiet for a while.

And since she’s eating bread, I can sneak away…

“Oof…”

“What’s wrong, Rampage?”

“Ah… I’m tired because of Nari…”

“Hang in there!”

“Do I look like I can hang in there?”

“Ababababa!!”

By the way, I feel strangely warm.

It’s not like my body temperature has risen, and Senior’s Crystal Stone didn’t seem to glow.

Maybe I’m just mentally exhausted…

Anyway, she’s a cute junior, but it’s a problem that she’s so clingy and annoying.

Is it because of the unique mental state of middle schoolers?

If so, it should get better when she becomes a high schooler.

Even so, she wouldn’t cling like that in high school.

It’s a stage where you start to mature a bit.

“I want to touch Max too!”

“…Here.”

“Meow?”

“His eyes are so round… So cute~.”

“Try feeding him this. It’s Max’s snack, and he goes crazy just smelling it.”

“Really! He’s already sticking his head out and licking his tongue… Hehe…”

Now she’s moved on to Max.

Phew~… I can finally take a break.

Then I’ll have some chocolate bread with milk here.

Might as well have the one with ganache.

“…The sun’s already setting.”

“It’s winter!”

I thought it was 6 or 7 PM since the sun set, but now that I think about it, it’s winter.

In winter, it’s natural for the sun to set around 5 PM.

But time flies so fast… I must have lost track of time because I was so caught up with Pretty Heart.

Next time, I need to take the lead.

I’m too soft on my juniors, after all…

Sigh… Is it all because of those days…

Probably because I saw too many people die back then, so I don’t want to lose anyone else.

…It’s my heart, my feelings, so I should say it’s certain.

Yes, I don’t want to lose any more juniors.

That’s why I decided to kill Diamond Dust if she turned into a monster, but ended up subduing her instead.

To that extent… I’m strangely weak when it comes to my juniors.

So I… don’t know how to handle Pretty Heart now.

I can’t figure out how to detach and correct her, and even if it’s for that, I don’t want to be too harsh.

“……”

…Let’s stop with the meaningless thoughts.

I’ve rested enough, so now I should make Pretty Heart happy again.

“You’ve become really close with Max.”

“Now he even acts cute with me!”

“That’s good. By the way, dinner is in about an hour, so stop eating bread for now.”

“Okay~.”

As soon as I got back, Pretty Heart grabbed me, and time flew by in her embrace, and suddenly it was dinner time.

After dinner, we played games, played with Max, ate snacks while watching TV… Unlike the afternoon, we spent the evening normally.

“Phew… It feels the best when I’m ready to sleep after washing up!”

“You like sleeping more than eating, huh…”

“No, eating is obviously the best, so that’s excluded!”

“Ah, I see…”

It’s already time to sleep, and Pretty Heart and I are in our pajamas.

I was thinking of sleeping in just a T-shirt and underwear, but since Pretty Heart is sleeping next to me, that seemed inappropriate, so I put on pajamas.

There’s also the gaze, but… if I wore that, Pretty Heart might get excited and pounce on me.

I hope such a scary thing doesn’t happen.

Ah, by the way, the pajamas are just regular negligee.

The transparent negligee I received as a gift before is stuffed in a corner, so I’ll never wear that.

If I wore that… I’d be like a dog in bed…

“……”

“Unnie?”

“…It’s nothing.”

By the way, it’s been since Yura graduated elementary school that I’ve slept with someone.

She started sleeping alone, saying it was embarrassing to sleep with her older brother.

Before that, she used to cling to me, saying she was scared of the dark and ghosts, but she suddenly changed.

“Hehe~.”

“Are you that happy?”

“Yes! It’s the first time I’m sleeping with Unnie… just the two of us in bed!”

“…Don’t pounce on me?”

“Ah, I won’t!”

That seems suspicious.

And what did she bring?

…Medicine? Why medicine all of a sudden?

“But why did you bring medicine?”

“Ah, this… Jieun Unnie said this would help me sleep.”

“…? Why?”

“Because… I’m sleeping with Unnie in bed… so I thought I might not be able to sleep…”

“I see…”

Sigh… For some reason, I don’t trust that Crazy Heart gave it to her.

And that’s the kind of thing you can only get in the Fairy Realm.

But as far as I know, the Magical Girl Store doesn’t have that kind of thing…

…Well, it should be fine.

Let’s just sleep.

“……”

When I lay down on the bed, Pretty Heart also lay down next to me.

I thought she was going to hug my arm tightly and sleep… but…

…Wait, why does Pretty Heart’s face look like that?

She looks a bit… no, quite excited?!

“Hey, you…”

“…Unnie, I… something… with Unnie… haa, haa…”

“Are you… is that a love potion?!”

Pretty Heart’s state, and the strong smell coming from her…!

This smell is definitely the love potion that the Fairy Queen sneakily gave me before!

“This, this… I need to beat up Jieun first… ugh?!”

“…Puhaha~. Unnie… I can’t hold back…”

“Hold back…”

Damn… At least I’m not affected by the love potion, so I need to subdue Pretty Heart…?!

……Wait, why… is the love potion affecting me too…?

“Ugh…!”

“Unnie… hehe~…”

…By the way, when I started feeling strange, the Crystal Stone… Senior’s Crystal Stone didn’t glow…?

C-could it be…?!

“Ugh…!”

Pretty Heart keeps kissing me, and it’s killing me…!

I-I need to keep my mind straight, but Pretty Heart… is holding both my hands tightly… so it’s hard to control my strength…!

If I use too much strength… Pretty Heart’s arms might break…!

“Hey, Yunari… stop it…”

“But, Unnie… I can’t hold back…!”

Sigh… Stay calm… stay calm…

Controlling my strength is hard… so first… among Fairy Magic, there’s Sleep Magic…

“…Unnie, since you told me not to… I’ll just… do this here…”

“…What? What are you… no, don’t…!!”

This brat…! If she suddenly moves her hand down here… that’s…!

…Ah, but… since one hand is free… I can… use it on Pretty Heart’s head…!

“…Unnie?”

“……Rest for a bit.”

“Hebu…”

Haa, haa… By the way, this love potion is really strong…

Who the hell… ah, Crazy Heart… you’re really… I’m going to beat you to death…!

“Tch…”

By the way… my lower body is completely soaked…

No, more importantly… the Crystal Stone… the Crystal Stone comes first…

That… surely, Senior… Senior’s consciousness must be inside…

Otherwise, timing-wise… it doesn’t make sense…!

“……”

Sigh… At least Pretty Heart is asleep now, so focus…!

…Alright, then… assuming you can hear me…

“…Senior. Stop playing around.”

“……”

Ah, it glowed.

As I thought… Senior was inside…!!

No, more importantly, usually there’s no consciousness, right?

Why is there… ah, come to think of it, Mad did something to Senior’s Crystal Stone…

…That must be it.

“Senior. We can’t have a proper conversation, but this kind of prank isn’t okay.”

“……”

“…Still, I’m relieved that Senior still exists.”

Really… Even like this, Senior is playing pranks on me…

Sigh~… Even so, this kind of surprise isn’t okay…

“…By the way, Senior. Turn on [Madness Extreme Poison] again.”

“……”

Senior… From Senior’s perspective, it might be fun to watch, but from my perspective, it’s really not.

Even if it’s between girls, touching a kid is really not okay.

Even though I know I used to be a man…

“Don’t play pranks like this in the future. Even if you’re a senior I haven’t seen in a long time, I can’t just let it slide.”

“……”

“…Are you not going to answer with light? Sigh… Typical Senior.”

…Ah, by the way, I should use Recovery Magic.

I was cleaned up by Senior’s Crystal Stone reactivating [Madness Extreme Poison], but Pretty Heart wasn’t.

Where… hmm, this should do it.

The excitement is gone, and next, I’ll dry off the wet parts…

“Haa~…”

I’m really tired…

I should really sleep now.

“……”

By the way, Senior… Senior has been inside the Crystal Stone with her consciousness all this time.

Is that why Mad became like that…

…No, you should have told me first…!

“…Senior. Do you know how depressed I’ve been thinking about you?”

“……”

“No…! No, you’ve been watching from the side, so you must know…!! You should have either not shown any signs at all… why now…!!”

Tch, it’s annoying that I can’t control my emotions properly…

Damn… Knowing how I’ve been living all this time, and yet you secretly play pranks on me…!

…Well, at least I know Senior’s consciousness is alive inside.

So, I won’t have any more conversations.

I’m not a kid who can just pour out my feelings one-sidedly anymore.

“…Senior. Good night.”

“……”

…I can’t sleep, maybe I should have some alcohol.