Kurumi Tokisaki casually tapped her lips with her slender finger, her smile growing ever stronger.

"Then...do you need them to call you 'Dad'?"

"I have no objection, provided they are willing."

"Ping ping pong pong".

"Crackling."

A sudden commotion erupted in the living room, followed by a voice tinged with embarrassment and annoyance.

"hentai!"

"Go ahead and dream!"

"Yoshino and I will never call you, a pervert, 'Dad'!"

Upon hearing this voice, Kurumi Tokisaki revealed a triumphant smile.

As the only three elves in this world, the three girls share an inexplicable connection.

While chatting with Kasugano Mirai, she noticed two barely audible breaths coming from behind the living room door.

Thinking about the two kids' usual behavior, the girl suddenly dug a hole for Kasugano Mirai.

After the prank ended, facing the boy's gaze, Kurumi Tokisaki blinked innocently and said, "I'm going to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients."

After saying that, she grabbed the ingredients and dashed off to the kitchen.

In detached houses in Japan, the distinction between the living room and kitchen is not very clear, so when Kurumi Tokisaki goes to the kitchen, she inevitably has to open the living room door.

Then Kasugano Mirai saw Seven Sins standing at the door with her cheeks puffed out.

"It's really awful to tell a girl you're raising a daughter!"

Kasugano Mirai: "..."

What should I do if I get caught talking about someone behind their back?

"I need help urgently!"

Fortunately, someone, or rather, a rabbit, stepped in to help him out of the predicament.

"I didn't realize that the future young man would be so bold."

"Is she planning to cosplay with Yoshino and Nanami-san?"

When Yoshina opened her mouth, Kasugano Mirai felt a surge of relief.

But after hearing what Yoshina said, he started to consider whether he should go to the supermarket the next day to buy a few rabbits to make spicy rabbit heads and braised rabbit meat.

With the mischievous rabbit egging her on, Yoshino's rosy cheeks became even more radiant, and Nanami felt her ears burning. The atmosphere became incredibly awkward and romantic.

Compared to the two younger ones, Kasugano Mirai has now adjusted her mindset after the initial brief awkwardness.

Ignoring Yoshina, who seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold, he held up the DVD case and said to Nanami, "The editor gave me the Shirobako anime today. Want to watch it together?"

His past experience told him that continuing the previous topic at this point would be foolish, so the boy chose to change the subject.

The two little ones, still feeling shy, naturally didn't refuse the suggestion, so the group began watching DVD animations in the living room.

As the theme song ended, the story officially began.

Less than five minutes into the animation, a mischievous rabbit pressed the pause button on the remote control.

Facing the questioning, curious, and puzzled looks from the other three, Yoshina sneered, "Future brother, seeing this scene, don't you want to say something?"

While processing ingredients in the kitchen, Kurumi Tokisaki heard Yoshina's words and promptly summoned a clone to do the work for her, while she herself, chin in hand, began to openly eavesdrop and watch the show with great interest.

Kasugano Mirai's expression remained unchanged: "What do I have to say?"

"I remember that the future brother has a stepsister."

"After learning the title of the work, people had a question in their minds."

"What questions?"

"Could this work be the future young man's autobiography?"

"This joke is not funny at all."

The boy remained remarkably calm, speaking in a measured and unhurried manner, making it impossible to discern his thoughts at that moment.

"Indeed, there is no blood relation between my sister and me, but that does not mean that this work is my autobiography."

"After all, my parents are not divorced."

……

……

……

As soon as Yoshino opened her mouth, Yoshino hurriedly tried to cover it, but to no avail.

Seeing that Kasugano Mirai had started answering questions, the girl decided to give up on her futile efforts and secretly perked up her ears.

It's clear that she actually cares about this issue quite a bit.

This is also normal.

After all, Yoshino's essence is a special personality formed through Yoshino's spiritual power, which is equivalent to Yoshino's other side.

The questions it raises or the words it says can, in a sense, be taken as the words of Yoshino herself.

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A high-end apartment in Chiba.

A young woman with an artistic temperament is sitting quietly at her desk reading a book.

The girl had a delicate, flawless, snow-white face. Her temperament, skin, eyes, and everything about her... the moment she was seen, one would think of pure white snowflakes in winter, followed by snow-capped mountains, and the epiphyllum blooming on those mountains.

She had a slender waist, long legs, and captivatingly fair fingers. A loose nightgown wrapped around her delicate body, and her long, black hair, reaching her waist, fell neatly and smoothly over the nightgown.

The window was open, and a gentle breeze blew in, causing the girl's hair to sway and dance in the wind.

The scene was dreamlike and surreal, defying description.

Suddenly, the girl's beautiful eyebrows furrowed, and a look of pain appeared on her face.

"Tear!"

The sound of tearing paper suddenly rang out, and then the girl's expression gradually returned to calm, but her dark and bright eyes gradually became deep.

"Kasugano...the future..."

Her red lips parted slightly, and she uttered the name in a cryptic manner, a look of struggle and inner conflict appearing on her face.

Pain, resentment, love, sweetness and other emotions constantly surfaced, combining to form an incredibly complex pie chart.

Recalling the last words she heard, the girl's eyes gradually hardened.

"Let's part ways amicably and each find our own happiness?"

"You forcefully intruded into my world, disrupted my peace of mind, and now you want to leave?"

"It's not that easy!"

"If I remember correctly, we will meet for the first time shortly after the spring break ends. I will decide how to treat him after we meet."

P.S.: Unless absolutely necessary, I suggest you don't wait for a book to be available for purchase. The reason is simple: as readers of the first two books know, the author's books are frequently taken down. If you wait for a while and then come back to find that all the chapters are missing, it's very frustrating, isn't it?

Chapter Four: The Iron-Willed Straight Man

Yoshino expressed slight regret at not being able to glean anything from Kasugano Mirai.

But as a rabbit with lofty thoughts and ideals, would it give up so easily?

Do not!

The mischievous rabbit will never admit defeat! (Image)

But that won't work today.

The previous probing had already put someone on high alert, and continuing to probe under these circumstances would undoubtedly be a thankless and arduous task.

So, Yoshina, this mischievous rabbit, started to play dead and remain silent.

Without the mischievous rabbit causing trouble, the rest of the people continued watching anime.

This time, no problems arose, and everyone watched the animation smoothly. Afterward, they began a lively discussion about the plot.

Seven Sins nodded his little head and said, "It seems pretty good."

Yoshino nodded in agreement.

She was about to say something to Yoshina, but the quick-thinking girl pressed it back down.

—It's a rare opportunity to see Kasugano Mirai, and she doesn't want to scare her away.

As for Kasugano Mirai herself, she had the expression of an old man looking at his phone on the subway, her face full of indescribable emotions.

"The author, illustrator, and production company are all completely different from the original team, yet they still managed to pull off this."

"Damn it!"

"You can't get over the 'Gian' meme, can you?!"

If the other girls weren't all in the living room, he would definitely have roared and vented his anger.

What he didn't notice was that Kurumi Tokisaki was secretly watching him.

Seeing his expression, the girl had some doubts, but she didn't show anything unusual on the surface and chatted with him normally.

"Mirai-san, school's starting soon, right?"

When the words "school starts" were mentioned, a hint of schadenfreude appeared on the girl's face.

"As far as I know, you've been discussing the anime adaptation of your work with the light novel publisher during spring break. Have you finished your assignments?"

Kasugano Mirai showed no sign of panic, calmly replying, "Of course!"

Kurumi Tokisaki couldn't help but feel curious about Kurumi's steady performance and asked with some confusion, "Mirai-san, you spend more than twice as much time writing two novels as other light novel authors, and adapting them into anime is also a time-consuming and laborious task."

"Not to mention being extremely busy, even your free time is squeezed to the extreme."

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