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When Asakura woke up, the first thing he felt was a faint gardenia-like scent in his mouth.
His body seemed to have recovered quite a bit, but it was still a little heavy... No, it was mainly a heavy feeling starting from his lower abdomen...
Asakura opened his eyes in confusion, and what met his gaze was Nukumizu Kaju's surprised expression.
The girl clearly hadn't expected him to suddenly wake up at this moment; her entire small face was frozen, and distinct cold sweat could be seen at her temples.
Asakura smacked his lips, then subconsciously looked down, finding the girl sitting on his lower abdomen. Considering their positions, it was hard not to imagine what the other party had just been doing with her head down...
"Kaju-chan?"
"Bang..."
"Bang?"
"Bang bang ka bang! I'm Alice!"
The girl suddenly made a strange pose, climbing down from Asakura's body with rather stiff movements, speaking strange words.
"Is that so, you're Alice..."
Asakura nodded solemnly: "Did I mistake you for someone else?"
"No, no, what Nukumizu Kaju... Alice, I don't know."
The girl continued with a fake, professional smile: "Um, I still have to go to the game development club for club activities, so I won't disturb you. I wish you a pleasant life..."
"But, Miss Alice, I never said the name 'Kaju' at all, from beginning to end."
"Ah..."
The girl's movements paused, and she gave a dry, bitter smile: "Was I exposed...?"
"No, no, no matter how you look at it, that just now couldn't have fooled anyone, right?"
Yuigahama Yui, who had witnessed everything, loudly complained: "What the heck is Alice!"
"She's a member of the game development club, but her true identity is the 'Princess of the Nameless Gods' sleeping in ancient ruins, accidentally awakened by the game development club members, named Tendou Alice, and ultimately joined the game development club as a robot."
Alice... Nukumizu Kaju said earnestly.
"The setting is surprisingly serious and detailed..."
Yuigahama Yui glanced at Gokou Ruri beside her.
"Don't look at me with that kind of gaze, this isn't some past life memory that I, the Fallen Saint Kuroneko, imposed on Kaju-dono!"
Gokou Ruri immediately understood the meaning of the other party's 'Chuunibyou is really amazing' look, and said discontentedly like a ruffled cat.
"I thought that if I wanted to be on equal footing with Ruri-dono, I needed a background setting that also sounded impressive."
Nukumizu Kaju explained.
"I never demanded that..."
Gokou Ruri hummed softly.
However, judging by her expression, she seemed quite pleased with Nukumizu Kaju's initiative to delve into such Chuunibyou territory in order to get along with her.
"So, in order to continue perfecting the setting and become someone who can stand beside Ruri-dono without any sense of incongruity, Kaju... oh no, Alice, I still need to continue perfecting my identity setting, so I'll take my leave now. I hope everyone in the Association has a happy rest of their vacation."
After speaking, the girl, like a startled little rabbit, quickly fled from the Clubroom.
Although Asakura was still very curious about what the other party had done to him that made her so flustered, since Asagumo Chihaya and the others were nearby, he figured it couldn't have been anything too reckless.
Speaking of which, Asagumo Chihaya was unusually quiet today...
Asakura looked in the girl's direction and saw her standing there quietly, with a mix of happiness and melancholy on her face.
Upon noticing Asakura's gaze, she gracefully came before him: "Takuma-kun, how do you feel now? Has your physical condition improved?"
"Ah..."
Asakura then came back to his senses and assessed his own condition.
In conclusion, his current state was excellent.
His previously empty body was once again infused with magic; although it was far from abundant at the moment, it was much better than when he lost consciousness, feeling as if his entire being had been hollowed out until only a shell remained.
"My condition has recovered well. How long have I been asleep? One day or two? Kaju-chan just said there's still vacation left, so at most I should have only slept for three days, right?"
Asakura asked curiously.
"No, after Nukumizu-dono brought you here, Takuma-kun, you only lay for about half an hour."
"..."
Asakura's expression froze.
He had originally thought that with the girls looking after him, he would slowly absorb magic from them as usual, and then recover to his current state with a day or two of gradual effort.
But now it was clear that was not the case.
He didn't even dare to ask what the girls had done to him that caused his magic to recover so quickly.
"But that's great,"
Without giving Asakura time to mentally prepare to ask how he recovered his magic, Asagumo Chihaya continued: "Takuma-kun looked really terrible when he was brought here, so it's truly wonderful that he recovered so quickly."
"Is, is that so...?"
Because he felt that the girl was genuinely worried about him, Asakura could only express his gratitude.
"But Takuma-kun, your hair..."
The girl then looked at Asakura's hair.
His original hair color was normal pure black, but the magic overdraft had clearly affected his vitality, causing his hair to turn completely white.
"This? Don't worry, black hair will grow back later."
Asakura himself didn't care about his hair: "And honestly, I think white hair looks cooler."
After all, white hair and red eyes seemed to be a special fetish for people from that country.
Although it wasn't a beautiful girl who turned into white hair and red eyes, but himself.
"Anyway, don't make that face anymore, I'm really fine."
Asakura stroked Asagumo Chihaya's still somewhat dejected head, which made her mood slightly better.
The girl leaned gently against Asakura, as if listening to his heartbeat, allowing herself to feel more at ease.
A slightly ambiguous and enchanting atmosphere spread between the two.
"Look, look, there's news!"
Yuigahama Yui suddenly spoke up.
"What news, are potato chips half price next door?"
Gokou Ruri said with a yawn: "Also, Asagumo-senpai, don't always act like a child and cling to Takuma-senpai."
Asagumo Chihaya, realizing that there were still people watching her, quickly moved away from Asakura, readjusting her posture, but the sense of loss in her eyes was still hard to conceal.
"It's not that kind of thing!"
Yuigahama Yui, however, didn't notice any of this, and instead turned her phone screen to show everyone: "It's news from Mount Kumotori! Although it's just breaking news."
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