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Just like that, Bokue stayed at the dorm until six-thirty.
Of course, before leaving he still cleaned up all the remnants throughout the dorm, including opening windows for ventilation and air purification.
Finally, after closing the windows and doors again, turning on the AC to adjust to a comfortable temperature, and settling Saeko—whose three mouths had all been filled to absolute capacity—into the covers, he departed.
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Scene change—
meanwhile, at a hotel in downtown Itogami Island.
"Ah~ I wonder if Bokue-kun will come tonight."
Beneath the luxurious amber glass chandelier, a certain princess's sighing voice echoed through the hotel suite's living room, which was suffused with the faint fragrance of red wine.
La Folia currently had herself completely curled up on the sofa, leaning back against the soft cushions while gazing up at the ceiling. Her legs tucked to one side beneath her skirt, both placed on the sofa. Large expanses of snow-white skin were covered by her skirt hem, leaving only her pearly, jade-like toes barely breaking through the skirt's boundary to expose themselves under the lamplight, unconsciously swaying gently to the rhythm of her speech.
"Um... possibly."
Sayaka Kirasaka stood beside the sofa, her expression subtle as she watched the certain silver-haired princess who'd completely transformed into a shut-in.
Since Itogami Island was now entirely Bokue Keikain's private property, the visa expiration issue that had previously required rushing back home had been resolved completely.
Precisely because of this, La Folia had been thoroughly enjoying herself on Itogami Island these past days to the point of forgetting about returning home. Though summer vacation's end loomed ahead, she showed absolutely no intention of going back.
As long as La Folia didn't return home, Sayaka Kirasaka had to continue serving as her bodyguard.
Though this wasn't necessarily bad for Sayaka herself.
After all, if La Folia went home, her bodyguard duty would end, and where her master might assign her next was anyone's guess.
At least staying with La Folia meant she could see Bokue a bit more.
Right, speaking of going home...
"Princess La Folia."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"About returning home..."
Sayaka hesitated somewhat.
She knew La Folia didn't particularly like discussing matters related to going home, so these past days she'd barely mentioned it around her.
But now that she'd thought of it, asking seemed more appropriate.
After all, as La Folia's personal bodyguard, even without control over her charge's schedule, she should at least have the right to know.
"Oh, you mean about going home, Sayaka."
However, this time when the homecoming topic came up, the certain silver-haired princess's tone seemed exceptionally relaxed.
"No need to rush anymore. I already spoke with Father and Mother on the phone a couple days ago about this."
Eh?
A large question mark appeared above the Sword Shaman girl's head.
Phone call? When did this happen?
"Uh, and then?"
"Nothing much after that. Father and Mother called to ask when I planned to return. I just happened to tell them about my current situation here."
La Folia paused at this point.
"Then they allowed me to continue staying on Itogami Island~"
???
That relaxed about it?
Sayaka couldn't figure out the specific situation at all.
"So what exactly did you mean by 'current situation,' Princess...?"
"My relationship with Bokue-kun, of course~"
Bringing up this topic, faint crimson finally appeared on La Folia's pale face.
As she spoke, she raised her hand to support her cheek, using her fingers to hide the blush—looking somewhat shy.
"Well, since nothing's actually happened yet, I was relatively conservative when telling my parents. Just informed them we'd currently reached the 'sharing a bed' stage..."
Pfft!!
Sayaka nearly spat blood.
This is what you call "relatively conservative"?! If that's conservative, how open would open be?!
"Th-then what? Did your parents say anything, Princess?"
"Hmm~ they said... wait, I just remembered!"
As if suddenly recalling some missing piece, La Folia made a soft sound.
"I remember I also told Mom and Dad about how Itogami Island completely belongs to Bokue-kun now, plus what you told me before about Bokue-kun single-handedly suppressing the Warlord's Domain."
"Then my parents completely agreed to let me continue staying on Itogami Island. Plus, they said they wanted to establish friendly relations with Itogami Island through me. Something about... wanting to set up an embassy?"
By the end, La Folia sounded somewhat uncertain, softly muttering a couple sentences.
Sayaka: "..."
She thought to herself—what kind of friendly diplomatic relations is this? This is clearly marrying off their daughter!
Though she didn't need to say this out loud. Given the certain silver-haired princess's current psychological state, telling her this would basically be a reward.
"So when exactly is Bokue-kun coming? Once he arrives, I need to tell him about this~"
After the brief recollection came even deeper longing. Having finished speaking, La Folia was about to lie back on the sofa and start rolling around again.
I feel like La Folia is increasingly developing toward being a lonely little wife keeping the house...
Watching from the side, Sayaka couldn't help mentally complaining.
Well, though she herself wasn't much better off.
Thinking carefully, this was already the third or fourth day since Bokue had left Itogami Island, right? Adding the day La Folia got stood up earlier, they'd gone nearly a week without meeting.
That guy... he's not having so much fun with some woman in Kyoto that he forgot everything, is he?
Just as Sayaka reached this thought, golden light suddenly flashed through the suite's living room.
Immediately after, the young man's familiar voice came from behind her.
"Sorry, I wanted to come earlier but got delayed a bit. Have you two eaten dinner yet, Sayaka, La Folia?"
"!"
"!"
Two exclamation marks appeared simultaneously above both girls' heads. Sayaka instinctively turned to look.
But the instant the young man's figure entered her vision, someone launched from the sofa behind her, leaping up with arms spread wide mid-air. Her large princess dress hem fluttered up with the wind, blocking Sayaka's view.
It was La Folia.
Perhaps pent up from not seeing him so many days, she directly flew into the young man's embrace without caring about any sense of propriety, hugging him tightly.
"Bokue-kun, you're finally here!"
"Haven't eaten yet—we were waiting for you."
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