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"Stop—!"
Asagumo Chihaya, who had returned at some point, pulled Gokou, who was dizzily trying to climb onto the sofa and into Asakura's arms, away.
This brought the girl's rationality back to her brain.
Upon realizing what she had just been doing, Gokou's face was so red it looked like it was about to drip blood, and a cloud of steam seemed to rise from her head.
"As expected of Chihaya-chan, she really has foresight..."
Yuigahama Yui clapped and praised from the side.
"No, it's not what you think!"
Gokou explained in a somewhat flustered manner, "I didn't mean to steal a kiss; it's just that after kissing, my mind felt a bit muddled and couldn't function, and before I knew it..."
"Before you knew it, you felt a mutual appreciation and couldn't help yourselves?"
Asagumo Chihaya pressed on with a half-smile.
"There was no such situation that sounded like I was about to vomit blood, it was just..."
At this point, Gokou was also a bit confused.
She asked herself, "Do I like Takuma?"
Then she immediately got the answer.
Yes, what's wrong, turn into a cat.
So the girl narrowed her eyes, her wine-red eyes, due to the colored contacts, staring intently at Asagumo Chihaya, "Is Asagumo jealous?"
"Perhaps."
She had expected Asagumo Chihaya to deny it, but unexpectedly, the other party nodded somewhat dejectedly and admitted it.
The girl gently brushed aside Asakura's now pale bangs, gazing at his face, which was much calmer and had more color than before: "If I could be more useful, not just having a third of my Magic like now, unable to properly replenish Takuma-kun's Magic, then perhaps I wouldn't have needed to make Ruri-chan drop what you were doing and rush over."
"That's not true at all! If it weren't for Chihaya-chan, we'd still be running around in circles, not knowing what to do!"
Yuigahama Yui said from the side.
Gokou's surge of something, whether courage or something else, that had swelled up all at once vanished. She looked at the disappointed Asagumo Chihaya, and after a moment of hesitation, she also said, "That's right, overly confident people are annoying, but self-deprecating also makes people uncomfortable. The current Chihaya is... probably just right... Ugh, don't make that face, just accept my praise with gratitude!"
"Okay, Ruri-chan."
Asagumo Chihaya said with a smile.
"Where did the word 'senior' go, senior!"
"Then, when I go to Ruri-chan's school to play with Ruri-chan in the future, I will definitely call Ruri-chan 'senpai' (with emphasis) loudly at the door of your classroom."
"Asagumo Chihaya is surprisingly annoying..."
Gokou looked at Asagumo Chihaya with dissatisfaction, who tilted her head and showed a 'what are you saying' innocent smile.
"Anyway, with Ruri's part done, what's next...?"
Yuigahama Yui stepped in to smooth things over.
Then the three of them looked together at the last person who had been standing by, watching the show.
Nukumizu Kazuhiko had initially been smiling, enjoying the spectacle, but after the three of them looked at her, she couldn't smile anymore.
"Eh? Does Kaju have to too?"
The girl's expression was a little stiff, and she subtly moved towards the door with almost imperceptible movements.
Asagumo Chihaya: "You wouldn't think you escaped... cough, it's just that I need a little help from Kaju."
Yuigahama Yui: "Kaju was clearly the happiest watching the show earlier, how could I let you escape..."
"Um... oh, that's right, Onii-chan might be lost, I have to go find Onii-chan..."
Kaju's smile grew stiffer, and the pace of her steps towards the door began to quicken.
Gokou Ruri, who had appeared at the door at some point: "..."
Click (sound of locking the door).
"Ruri-dono?!"
Kaju looked at Gokou Ruri's fluid, skillful movements with astonishment.
At this moment, Asagumo Chihaya and Yuigahama Yui had already taken hold of the girl's arms, one on each side, seemingly intending to pull her towards the sofa.
"Eek, no, Kaju's first kiss being given away in this situation... at least wait ten years!"
"You still have the leisure to joke at a time like this, was it seen through?"
Asagumo Chihaya let go, and Yuigahama Yui on the other side also showed a bored expression, her joke having been seen through.
"Because neither Asagumo-senpai nor Yuigahama-nee would be the type to force people."
Nukumizu Kazuhiko put away her very cooperative expression of fear and said with a faint smile: "Besides, Yuigahama-nee also said she would protect me."
"Eh, not doing it?"
Gokou Ruri asked in surprise.
Nukumizu Kazuhiko: "..."
Asagumo Chihaya: "..."
Yuigahama Yui: "..."
An honest person appeared.
"While it's not about moral blackmail or anything, it would be best if Kaju could help out, just like Yuigahama-dono said before, treat it as artificial respiration or something."
Asagumo Chihaya said: "Of course, it's fine if you don't help, Takuma-kun's condition has stabilized, and with some rest, he will definitely get better slowly."
"If it wasn't for the rapid replenishment of magic requiring bodily fluids... that, exchange... if it were truly just artificial respiration,"
Yuigahama Yui said, blushing as she spoke: "Then we could just put a napkin over it."
At her words, Nukumizu Kazuhiko pondered for a moment as if she had thought of something, then nodded: "I think there might be a way to help."
"Really?"
Yuigahama Yui asked in surprise: "What way? If it's a blood transfusion, I always feel like blood type mismatch would be a big problem..."
"Um..."
Nukumizu Kazuhiko hesitated, then said shyly in a low voice: "Saliva..."
"Isn't that still kissing?"
Yuigahama Yui said, blinking her eyes.
"No, I think Kaju-dono means, without touching Takuma-senpai, to drip her saliva into his mouth to feed him."
Gokou Ruri explained from the side.
"Oh..."
Yuigahama Yui looked at Nukumizu Kazuhiko meaningfully.
"Well..."
Asagumo Chihaya made a strange sound, implying something.
"Don't look at Kaju with that 'Wow, this kid is so hardcore' 'Rather, isn't she already a pervert' look! It was hard enough for Kaju to overcome her shame to do this!"
Nukumizu Kazuhiko protested shyly.
"Kaju-dono."
Gokou Ruri called out expressionlessly.
"What is it, Ruri-dono?"
Nukumizu Kazuhiko asked timidly.
"This is for advanced users; even I, the Fallen Saint Kuroneko, can only admit defeat this time, but I definitely won't give up so easily next time."
"I'm not that enthusiastic about this kind of play! Rather, don't make an expression like 'I've met a formidable opponent', even if Kaju wins in this kind of place, she'll only feel like she's lost the most important thing as a human!"
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