Weakness has been discerned.
After that, the three of them sat in the room, eating, drinking, chatting, and unknowingly it was ten o'clock in the evening.
"It's almost time. Dad and Mom should have gone back to their rooms to rest." Chihaya Anon quietly got up and whispered, "I'll go outside to scout. Tomori-chan and Kitahara-kun, wait for me to come back."
"…"
With Anon's departure, only Kitahara Makoto and Tomori were left in the room.
"Tomori." Kitahara Makoto stretched out his right hand and gently rubbed the top of Tomori's head, saying softly, "The Perseid meteor shower hasn't ended yet. Can we go to the planetarium to see the meteor shower again when we have time?"
Takamatsu Tomori responded softly:
"Okay."
"Let's go alone next time, without Taki-san."
"Then we won't bring Taki."
"I also want to go to the aquarium with Tomori."
"…"
Feeling the warmth of Kitahara Makoto's palm, Takamatsu Tomori slightly raised her head, and her delicate, doll-like face was unknowingly dyed red. Her voice trembled slightly as she said:
"Th-that… Does Makoto-kun want to feel comfortable?"
Kitahara Makoto was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"…"
Takamatsu Tomori opened her lips, but some words were really too embarrassing to say.
As she spoke, the door was pushed open, and Chihaya Anon waved:
"Mom and Dad have both gone back to their rooms. Time for a shower, shower."
Takamatsu Tomori's body trembled slightly, and she looked down at her toes in a panic.
"N-nothing…"
"Kitahara-kun, go take a shower first." Chihaya Anon said with her hands on her hips, "Boys shower faster, and then use my bathrobe."
Kitahara Makoto raised his right hand:
"Actually, it's okay not to wear a bathrobe."
"Tch ~"
Chihaya Anon spat softly.
"No, you have to wear a bathrobe!"
"…"
Under Anon's guidance, Kitahara Makoto sneaked out of the room and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Chihaya Anon was worried about accidents, so she stayed outside the bathroom door to guard.
"Anon."
Kitahara Makoto called out from the bathroom.
"What's wrong?"
"I want someone to help me scrub my back…"
"Get away from me! It would be terrible if Mom and Dad found out!"
"Doesn't Anon think it would be more exciting?"
"Exciting, my foot! Kitahara-kun is really getting more and more perverted!"
"Then I want a lap pillow."
"No lap pillow."
"A boob pillow?"
"Go commit seppuku!"
"…"
Boys really do shower quickly. In less than ten minutes, Kitahara Makoto pushed the door open and came out of the bathroom.
"He even washed his hair…" Chihaya Anon muttered softly with her arms crossed, "He washed so fast, could it be that he didn't wash it clean at all?"
Kitahara Makoto said without changing his expression:
"I'll take off my clothes later and let Anon check to see if I washed it clean."
"Tch, lewd ~"
"…"
The two returned to the room.
"Tomori-chan, we're back."
Chihaya Anon put her hands together and said in a clear voice:
"Next, Tomori-chan will take Hana-chan to take a shower together. I'll leave it to the end to wash, so I can clean up the hygiene at the end."
"Okay, then I'll take a shower first."
Tomori agreed readily without suspecting anything.
With Tomori and Hana-chan leaving, only Kitahara Makoto and Anon were left in the room.
"Finally, I can read manga." Kitahara Makoto sat down at the desk and waved, "Anon, come here quickly."
Chihaya Anon snorted softly, walked over with a blushing face, and said with disgust:
"Forcing girls to read this kind of manga, Kitahara-kun is getting more and more perverted now."
Kitahara Makoto reached out and put the pink-haired girl in his arms:
"This is the book that Anon chose herself, okay?"
Chihaya Anon snorted with disgust:
"If you hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have bought this kind of thing."
"Then I'll read it with Tomori?" Kitahara Makoto pretended to ponder for two seconds, "Tomori shouldn't dislike me."
Chihaya Anon's pretty face froze, and she reached out and pinched Kitahara Makoto:
"Hurry up and read it. Tomori-chan wouldn't read such terrible things."
"… Achoo."
Takamatsu Tomori, who was in the bathroom, suddenly sneezed.
"I feel like someone is talking about me behind my back…"
If she had heard Anon's words just now, Takamatsu Tomori would definitely apologize silently in her heart.
(Sorry, Anon.)
(I've already read that manga word for word.)
"Let's hurry up."
Kitahara Makoto put Anon on his lap and then opened the book.
The opening is a background introduction.
The male and female protagonists are junior high school students, just beginning to feel love, and the art style is quite exquisite and cute.
One day during the summer vacation, a junior high school girl was cleaning at home and suddenly found a restricted manga, which opened her eyes, and then she found boyfriend to study together… Then came the main event.
"Ew, how disgusting."
Chihaya Anon's pretty face was slightly red, and her body leaned back slightly as she looked at the manga with disgust:
"They actually used… Isn't that where you eat!"
Kitahara Makoto heard this and looked at Anon, exposing the pink-haired girl's disguise:
"Anon was clearly very comfortable at my house before…"
"Don't say it!" Chihaya Anon's pretty face flushed rapidly, and she gave Kitahara Makoto an elbow strike out of embarrassment, "Forget about that thing for me!!!"
The subsequent plot did not have any dramatic developments; it was a standard pure romance, where two middle schoolers, after initial exploration, quickly got on the right track, began to explore the unknown together, and continued until the end of the manga.
For seasoned veterans, it might have been a bit bland, but for Anon, the level was clearly just right.
[Daily Quest Four: Summer Secret]
[Quest Requirement: Watch an R-rated manga with a girl.]
[Current Status: Completed]
[Quest Reward: Your manga skills have been permanently enhanced.]
"Manga skills?"
Kitahara Makoto felt the reward was dispensable; he had no desire to become a manga artist.
At this point, all four daily quests were finally completed.
Kitahara Makoto received a lottery chance and decisively drew an ability, but unfortunately, his luck was poor, and he only obtained one ability fragment.
"I'm done reading." Chihaya Anon's pretty face was flushed, and a hint of something more appeared in her eyes. "Let go of me quickly."
"No." Kitahara Makoto tightened his embrace around the pink-haired girl, sniffing the sweet scent on Anon. "Since Anon accompanied me to read manga today, I've decided to repay Anon."
"Eh?" Chihaya Anon looked over in confusion. "What do you mean by repaying?"
Kitahara Makoto lowered his voice and said:
"It means serving Anon with the new knowledge I just learned."
"Pfft~"
Chihaya Anon's pretty face quickly reddened, and she couldn't help but lightly spit:
"I don't want to… Besides, Tomori just went to the bathroom; she could come back at any moment, okay?"
"Then tomorrow?"
"No, go away, you perverted scumbag student whose head is full of lewd thoughts, you really like to fantasize."
"What if I want to kiss Anon now?"
"No kissing. The thought of Kitahara-kun being such a pervert makes me resist all over. I won't let you kiss me ever again."
"…"
Though she spoke words of disdain, when Kitahara Makoto leaned in to kiss her, Chihaya Anon neither dodged nor refused. Instead, she cooperatively tilted her pretty face and closed her eyes.
Several minutes later.
Kitahara Makoto suddenly opened his eyes, releasing the panting pink-haired girl.
"W-what's wrong?"
Chihaya Anon panted, her eyes hazy as she looked over.
Kitahara Makoto whispered:
"Tomori has already finished her bath and will be back soon."
He and Hana could communicate simply through telepathy, so he knew Tomori's every move clearly.
"It's all your fault…" Hearing that Tomori had finished her bath, Chihaya Anon quickly got up, straightening her messy skirt while glaring at him. "My face is so red; Tomori will definitely be suspicious, right?"
"You underestimate Tomori's magnanimity." Kitahara Makoto shook his head. "Even if we were intimate in front of Tomori, Tomori probably wouldn't get angry."
"Impossible!"
Chihaya Anon instinctively retorted.
Are there girls in the world who don't get jealous?
That's like the sun rising from the west; it simply doesn't exist!
Kitahara Makoto clicked his tongue lightly:
"This is what's called prejudice. Anon herself is a jealous person, so she thinks everyone else is a jealous person."
"You're the jealous one!"
Chihaya Anon puffed out her cheeks in anger, lifted her tiptoes, and lightly kicked Kitahara Makoto, saying shyly:
"I don't just get jealous at the drop of a hat, okay?"
"Does Anon herself believe that?"
"Shine!"
"…"
A moment later.
The door was gently pushed open.
"Tomori, you're back?"
Chihaya Anon quickly went to meet her, her voice clear:
"Are the change of clothes in the bathroom?"
Takamatsu Tomori said softly:
"In the laundry basket."
"That's good." Chihaya Anon was a very good actress, showing no signs of guilt or panic. She strode out, saying, "Then I'll go take a bath first. I'll throw the clothes into the washing machine together later, dry them directly, and then hang them up. They'll be ready to wear tomorrow morning."
"…"
As Anon went out to bathe, only Kitahara Makoto and Tomori remained in the room… Hana is not human and can be ignored.
"Makoto-kun, water."
Takamatsu Tomori walked over, holding a cup of water.
"Thank you, Tomori…"
Kitahara Makoto thanked her instinctively.
"Stare—"
Takamatsu Tomori suddenly widened her eyes, leaned down to look at Kitahara Makoto's shoulder, then reached out and pinched a long pink hair:
"It's Anon's hair."
Kitahara Makoto: "…"
Girls, indeed, shed hair at the slightest provocation.
But how did you spot it at a glance in such dim light!
Kitahara Makoto was pondering what to say when Takamatsu Tomori suddenly leaned closer, sniffing around like a dog.
"Hmm… Makoto-kun smells entirely of Anon."
Kitahara Makoto: "…"
Facing Tomori, whose gaze was pure, Kitahara Makoto suddenly felt a little guilty.
"I'm sorry…"
Kitahara Makoto apologized in a low voice.
"Makoto-kun doesn't need to apologize." Takamatsu Tomori shook her head, her voice tranquil. "We are all in a relationship together, so it's normal for Makoto-kun and Anon to have intimate contact."
Kitahara Makoto reached out and gently pulled Takamatsu Tomori into his arms:
"Tomori, aren't you angry?"
"I'm not angry." Takamatsu Tomori raised her right hand and covered her chest. "It just feels a little stuffy and uncomfortable here."
"…"
Possessiveness is a girl's nature. Even Tomori, who has a universe in her heart, is no exception. She can rationally accept a harem, but emotionally, she will still be unhappy.
Kitahara Makoto felt a rare pang of guilt. He pressed his forehead against Tomori's forehead, preparing to joke to lighten the mood:
"Do you want me to rub it for Tomori?"
"…"
Takamatsu Tomori's small face quickly flushed red, and she shyly turned her head away:
"Makoto-kun… y-you can…"
Kitahara Makoto: "…"
I just said it casually, how did you actually agree!
However…
If I said now that it was just a joke, Tomori would surely be mortified, wouldn't she?
In that case, I can only go with the flow.
"I like Tomori."
Kitahara Makoto said coaxing words while preparing to measure Tomori's conscience.
"W-wait a minute…" Takamatsu Tomori covered her chest, her small face flushed. "Hana is still here."
Hana stood beside them, tilting her head and looking over.
Kitahara Makoto could ignore her, but Takamatsu Tomori could never be intimate in front of a child.
"Hana, go play on the balcony, and remember to close the door."
Kitahara Makoto pointed.
Hana turned around and trotted to the balcony.
Takamatsu Tomori's eyes showed concern: "Will there be mosquitoes on the balcony?"
"Hana is not human; she's not afraid of mosquitoes."
"Then will it be hot?"
"Don't worry, Hana is immune to heat and cold."
"But…"
Before she could finish, Kitahara Makoto had already lowered his head, directly blocking Tomori's lips.
The girl's slender eyelashes trembled lightly, and she shyly closed her eyes, then parted her lips, allowing Kitahara Makoto to invade and tease her. She clearly didn't mind that Kitahara Makoto had teased Anon earlier.
Time passed quietly.
Kitahara Makoto successfully measured the size of Tomori's conscience.
If Anon were used as a unit of bust size, then Tomori would be at least five units of Anon, or even larger.
"…"
"I'm back."
By the time Chihaya Anon pushed open the door and returned to the room, it was already ten o'clock at night.
Seeing Takamatsu Tomori, whose small face was flushed and who was sitting at the foot of the bed, covering her chest, Anon naturally guessed what had happened. She glared at Kitahara Makoto, crossed her arms, and said:
"All the clothes have been washed and dried. You can wear them directly tomorrow morning… Kitahara-kun, you sleep on the floor tonight. Tomori and I will sleep on the bed."
"It's fine for me to sleep on the floor, but…" Kitahara Makoto's gaze shifted to Tomori. "Tomori, who do you want to sleep with tonight?"
"Tch, Tomori will naturally sleep with me."
Chihaya Anon blurted out.
"…"
However, only silence answered Anon.
Tomori's small face was flushed, and she pursed her lips, saying nothing.
"Tomori?"
Chihaya Anon looked over in disbelief.
Silence is also a kind of attitude.
Takamatsu Tomori's silence now clearly showed she had made her choice.
"Tomori-chan, you weren't perhaps enchanted by Kitahara-kun, were you?"
Chihaya Anon couldn't help but complain.
"I wasn't enchanted..." Takamatsu Tomori's small face turned red as she spoke softly, "Anon's bed is very big, there's no problem for three people to sleep together."
Chihaya Anon: "..."
With Tomori's defection, Chihaya Anon had nothing more to say and could only sleep with the two of them.
Kitahara Makoto reluctantly offered:
"Then I'll sacrifice myself and reluctantly sleep in the middle."
"Peh~" Chihaya Anon couldn't help but lightly spit, glaring at him in embarrassment, "You want to have a girl on each arm, don't you?"
Kitahara Makoto said without changing his expression:
"If Anon thinks so, then I can't do anything about it."
"...Shameless!"
Anon was already a jealous person, Of course, she wasn't willing to let Kitahara Makoto have a girl on each arm, so in the end, Kitahara Makoto slept on the very outside, Tomori in the middle, and Chihaya Anon on the very inside.
As for Hana Hana, as a special existence, she didn't need sleep at all and was quietly eating snacks on the balcony.
After chatting for a while, it was already half past ten without them realizing it.
"Hoo..."
Chihaya Anon raised her hand to cover her mouth, letting out a yawn:
"I'm a bit sleepy, shall we go to bed?"
Kitahara Makoto nodded and said:
"I'm turning off the light."
Click.
The light turned off.
The room quickly quieted down.
Moonlight, like water, quietly poured in from outside the window, exceptionally serene.
"Tomori-chan, Kitahara-kun, good night."
Chihaya Anon yawned again.
"Anon, good night."
Takamatsu Tomori responded softly, while also quietly reaching her hand towards Kitahara Makoto's side.
Kitahara Makoto gently held the girl's warm small hand and closed his eyes:
"Sleep, sleep."
"..."
As the two girls quietly fell asleep, Kitahara Makoto silently communicated with Hana in his mind, and soon, two transparent Dream World branches extended in from the balcony.
Although the Nightmare ability was very useful, it had a prerequisite: the other party must first dream of him, and only then could he enter someone else's dream.
For example, last night, Anon did not dream of him in the Dream World, so Kitahara Makoto naturally couldn't enter her dream.
But Hana now had the ability to weave dreams, and she could completely implant an imprint in Anon and Tomori's minds, thereby allowing Kitahara Makoto to meet the ability activation condition and invade the Dream World.
Sensing the familiar dream fluctuations, Kitahara Makoto simply closed his eyes and transformed into a nightmare to enter the Dream World.
When he opened his eyes again, Kitahara Makoto found himself confined within an iron cage, with Anon and Tomori beside him, though at this moment their gazes were blank and their faces filled with tension, clearly still in a subconscious state.
Pop.
Kitahara Makoto raised his right hand and flicked both girls on the forehead.
"Ouch..."
Chihaya Anon covered her forehead with both hands, the confusion in her eyes quickly dissipating, becoming clear.
"Kitahara-kun, have we entered the Dream World?"
Chihaya Anon asked in a lowered voice.
Kitahara Makoto nodded gently:
"That's right, this is where the nightmare begins."
"Ngh..."
Chihaya Anon suddenly covered her forehead: "I remember now, this is the continuation of that nightmare from last night!"
"Anon, don't get agitated, speak slowly."
Takamatsu Tomori gently comforted her.
Chihaya Anon took a deep breath, calming herself down, and quickly said in a low voice:
"I couldn't remember clearly during the day, but now it all came back. Many people are locked in cages, and then monsters appear, picking people out like they're selecting ingredients. There are super terrifying sounds outside..."
"Don't panic, I'm here." Kitahara Makoto's tone was calm, "I am the bane of nightmare specters."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Chihaya Anon urged, "Kitahara-kun, quickly break this nightmare."
"Makoto-kun, don't be rash." Takamatsu Tomori said softly, "Better to be careful."
Kitahara Makoto said warmly:
"As expected, Tomori is the most considerate."
"What the heck." Chihaya Anon pouted slightly, letting out a soft hum, clearly getting jealous again, "Playing favorites is too much."
How to appease a jealous pink-haired girl?
The answer is simple.
Create a stronger new emotion to make Anon forget about being jealous.
So Kitahara Makoto, without another word, directly reached out and pulled Anon into his embrace, then simply lowered his head and kissed her.
"Wait, wait a minute, Tomori-chan is still here..."
Chihaya Anon's pretty face was flushed, her hands nervously braced against Kitahara Makoto's chest, wanting to refuse.
Unfortunately, that little bit of strength was like a tickle, easily suppressed by Kitahara Makoto, who then pried open Chihaya Anon's lips and taken advantage of Anon right in front of Tomori.
"This is the Dream World, so it's fine to be a little bolder, right?"
A moment later.
"Anon-chan, thank you for the treat."
Kitahara Makoto wiped the corner of his lips with satisfaction, temporarily letting Anon go.
"Hoo... Hoo..."
Chihaya Anon's pretty face was burning hot, breathing heavily.
Facing Takamatsu Tomori's gaze, she felt even more ashamed, wanting to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
(Idiot, idiot, idiot, actually in front of Tomori... he's too perverted!)
Although it was rough, it had to be said that the method was quite effective.
At this moment, shame and excitement filled her chest, and Chihaya Anon had already forgotten about being jealous.
"Makoto-kun, I want some too."
Takamatsu Tomori's voice came from beside him.
"Of course I won't forget Tomori."
Kitahara Makoto reached out and pulled Takamatsu Tomori into his embrace again.
He couldn't have a girl on each arm in the real world, so of course he had to fulfill his wish in the Dream World.
Compared to the tsundere pink-haired girl, Tomori was more proactive, directly reaching out her arms to wrap around Kitahara Makoto's neck, then kissed him.
"What the heck..."
Watching Takamatsu Tomori proactively offer a kiss, Anon's mood was exceptionally subtle, and jealousy began to quietly sprout again:
"This is a nightmare, don't do weird things!"
Takamatsu Tomori tilted her head and looked over, not backing down:
"Anon kissed for several minutes, I want to kiss for that long too."
Chihaya Anon: "..."
What about the terrifying nightmare that was promised?
She didn't want it to turn into a lewd and terrible dream!
What happened next goes without saying.
The answer book had even given Kitahara Makoto's name, proving that the Nightmare ability completely countered nightmare specters. However, to avoid alerting the enemy, Kitahara Makoto didn't directly charge in. Firstly, he was worried about scaring away the nightmare specter, and secondly... it was a long night, so of course he wanted to have a happy adventure with Anon and Tomori.
For others trapped in a nightmare, the Dream World was full of dangers and terrifying existences, but in front of Kitahara Makoto, these human-materialized things were nothing but flimsy adversaries.
Kitahara Makoto took Anon and Tomori out of the iron cage, then quietly searched for the specter's true form in the Dream World, occasionally teasing Anon and Tomori during the process.
Anon would get jealous at first, but later, she slowly became accustomed to it.
All in all, after a thrilling dream adventure, the three successfully found the true form of the nightmare specter and easily eliminated it.
When he opened his eyes, the faint glow of dawn had already appeared in the sky.
...It's over.
Kitahara Makoto let out a light breath, looking down to find that Tomori had somehow moved into his embrace.
"Ngh..."
Takamatsu Tomori opened her eyes, her small face still a bit confused:
"Makoto-kun, is the Dream World over?"
Kitahara Makoto responded softly: "It's already taken care of, Tomori can sleep a bit more."
"Mhm." Takamatsu Tomori closed her eyes, then suddenly whispered, "...Will Makoto-kun be very uncomfortable?"
Kitahara Makoto was startled, his tone puzzled:
"What?"
"..."
Takamatsu Tomori's small face quickly flushed red, she parted her lips, some words were truly impossible to say, but this time, being in the dark, some things could be done quietly.
Her right hand quietly slid downwards, Tomori's voice was shy:
"I, I can make Makoto-kun good..."
☰