"Conan once said that accidents only happen once. If accidents happen in succession, there must be a conspiracy behind them..."
Although she had no evidence, Anna strongly believed in her intuition.
"Today's accident... is definitely related to the Losing Heroine Diary, right?"
"Proving it is simple. I'll write down my wish again tomorrow. If my wish comes true again, I can be 100% certain..."
Anna's expression was somewhat conflicted:
"It's just that the way the wish is fulfilled seems a bit dangerous?"
Recalling the 'flying trapeze' experience in mid-air, Anna still felt some lingering fear.
"...Anna?"
Looking at 'Inmate Eight', whose expression was dazed, sometimes frowning and sometimes joyful, Sora called out to her in confusion.
We're already back on the ground, why does she have such a silly look on her face?
"Ah..."
Hearing him call, Anna instinctively turned her head to look.
Their eyes met.
The kissing scene in mid-air instantly surged into her mind. The gluttonous girl's head rapidly released whistling white steam, and she subconsciously turned around to run.
Sora: "..."
You were so bold in the cabin just now, why have you become a coward now!
Anna originally wanted to flee in a panic, but remembering that she was now the one taking the initiative to conquer him, she forcefully hit the brakes after running two steps. With a flushed pretty face, she turned her head and shouted:
"I... I will take responsibility!"
Sora: "..."
"I'll treat Sora to ramen tomorrow. I suddenly remembered I have something to do, so I'm going home first. Goodbye!"
Your way of taking responsibility is treating someone to ramen?
Isn't that a bit too simple!
Watching Anna run far away like a wisp of smoke, Sora exhaled softly, pursed his lips, and could still feel a faint tingling sensation lingering on them.
What was supposed to be a very ordinary amusement park trip unexpectedly involved so many unforeseen events.
First, falling into a time loop with Angel-sama, and then immediately being pushed down by Anna in mid-air...
Sora lowered his eyes, his expression quietly becoming resolute.
Next, I have to work even harder to grind skills... Tokyo Literary Master, here I come!
Leaving the amusement park, the time had unknowingly reached past 7:00 PM. Sora took out his phone and first sent a message to Angel-sama, telling Mahiru that the bracelet had been found and there was no need to worry.
Then he sent a message to Sagiri asking if she had eaten dinner. After learning that Elf had bought pizza and they had eaten together, he finally set his mind at ease.
Casually walking into a ramen shop, Sora had a simple meal to fill his stomach before heading home alone.
The journey was silent.
After arriving home and washing up, Sora went upstairs to his room and began to diligently grind skills.
In the blink of an eye, it was past 9:00 PM. The sound of thump thump thump knocking on the door suddenly rang out, breaking the tranquility in the room.
"Sagiri?"
Sora exhaled softly and got up to open the door.
The door opened, and a silver-haired loli wearing pink pajamas stood outside. It was exactly Sagiri.
"Nii-san..."
Sagiri quickly pounced inside, grabbing Sora's arm tightly. Her small face was pale, her voice tense:
"S-Someone is knocking on my window!"
Your room is on the second floor. Aside from Lady Dimitrescu, who could knock on your window!
Sora looked down at her and couldn't help but say:
"Did Sagiri secretly read horror manga alone and start having auditory hallucinations?"
Thump!
Sagiri puffed out her pink cheeks, raised her foot, and stepped on Sora's foot, soft and completely painless:
"Idiot Nii-san, I would never secretly read such scary things alone! If I read them, it would be together with Nii-san!"
"There really is something knocking on the door!"
"Thump... thump... thump..."
"It sounds every once in a while. I've heard it several times!"
"..."
Seeing Sagiri's pale small face, which didn't look like she was joking, Sora's expression quickly turned serious:
"I'll go take a look."
"Will Nii-san be in danger?" Sagiri hugged Sora's arm tightly, following closely by his side. "Or maybe we should call the police?"
"It's probably not that serious. Maybe bats or birds were attracted by the light..."
After taking a few steps, Sora finally felt the soft touch transmitting from his arm and silently reminded her:
"Sagiri, let go of me first."
Because she was too immature and unripe, comparing her to Anna was like comparing heaven to earth; he only just realized it now.
"Eh?"
"I feel like I'm going to lose my qualification to be a human being."
"..."
Sagiri blinked, following Sora's gaze downward. She quickly understood what the sentence meant, her small face instantly flushing red at a speed visible to the naked eye. She hurriedly let go of Sora's arm, tightly covering her chest with both hands:
"Nii-san is so perverted!"
"Lewd!"
"You're not allowed to think about lewd things in your head!"
"You're the one who hugged me without a second word." Sora gave a look of disgust.
"I definitely wouldn't think about lewd things because I didn't feel anything at all."
"Ugh—"
Sagiri's cheeks instantly puffed up high. She raised her hands in front of her, striking a hissing cat pose:
"Idiot Nii-san! I'm going to bite you!"
Sora reached out his right hand, easily holding off Sagiri's small head:
"Stop messing around. Let's go see what's knocking on the window first."
"..."
Playfully bickering while arriving at Sagiri's room, he saw that the room lights weren't turned on. Only the faint, cool glow of the computer monitor provided illumination.
"Using only the computer light at night will hurt your eyes. Remember to turn on the lights from now on. You don't want your eyes to go bad, right?"
Sora put on the majesty of an older brother while pressing the switch on the wall.
Click.
The room instantly lit up.
"Hmph~" Sagiri gave a light snort, clearly somewhat unconvinced.
"When Nii-san goes to sleep, you also lie on your side and play on your phone for a bit, right?"
"What about it?"
"I saw on Niconico that a doctor said lying on your side to play on your phone is the most damaging behavior for your eyes. Nii-san is not allowed to lie on your side and play on your phone when going to sleep from now on."
"..."
Sora pretended not to hear. His gaze swept across the room. After confirming nothing was hiding in the corners, he stepped towards the balcony.
Sagiri's room had a small balcony, but as an otaku shut-in, Sagiri basically kept the curtains drawn all day, not letting even a sliver of sunlight in.
At this moment, the curtains were still drawn tight, making it impossible to see the environment on the balcony clearly.
"Nii-san, you must be careful."
Sagiri instructed nervously. She picked up her sketchbook as a weapon, hugging it nervously to her chest.
Sora, on the other hand, held a chair in his hand just in case.
Swoosh.
Pulling the curtains open with one swift motion, several red, heart-shaped plastic arrows were impressively stuck to the glass door.
"Eh?" Sagiri blinked blankly. "Nii-san... what are those?"
Sora opened the sliding glass door, walked out onto the balcony, and reached out to pull off the heart arrows with suction cups:
"Ordinary plastic toys. If I'm not mistaken, these should be things Elf shot over from next door."
Sagiri's room was on the second floor, and the small balcony directly faced the window next door, which happened to be Elf's house. It was just that with the curtains drawn, the specific situation inside couldn't be seen clearly.
A cool breeze blew past, rustling the curtains.
Swish—
Another red heart arrow seized the opportunity and abruptly shot over from the window opposite.
With quick reflexes, Sora grabbed the heart arrow firmly in his palm.
Solid proof!
It really is Elf playing a prank!
Not sleeping this late at night and shooting Cupid's arrows everywhere, you're disturbing the peace!
Sora was just about to speak when Yamada Elf's voice, weeping with joy, preceded him from next door:
"Sora, hurry over and save me!"