I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

The two female students were dropped off at the station halfway through the journey, and their parents picked them up, so he didn't need to worry.

Yu returned home less than half an hour after leaving home and hung her coat, which had been chilled by the night wind, on a hanger.

Seemingly hearing the door open, Kasugano Sora peeked out from behind her own door after he went upstairs, looking at him with some surprise.

How did you get here so fast?

"Quick? I'll give you a chance to change your mind."

With no outsiders around, Yuu Tenkuji stretched out her fingers with a smile, seemingly ready to go and eager to try.

Kasugano Sora naturally understood that it was a signal that she was about to flick his forehead at the slightest provocation.

"I mean, it's quite efficient." Kasugano Sora honestly changed her tune, looking him up and down before suddenly frowning.

"Yu, is that Natsukawa Masashige really just someone you have a crazy crush on?"

"Why do you ask that?" Yuu Tenkuji tilted his head in surprise.

She twirled the ends of her soft hair on her fingers, lowering her gaze thoughtfully: "I always feel that the way you interact with her is a bit strange... Sometimes you deliberately distance yourself, and sometimes you inexplicably become familiar with each other, which seems very awkward."

"Oh?" Tenkuji Yu was surprised, then couldn't help but sigh, "My little sister, you're clearly just a shut-in, good-for-nothing otaku, not some kind of relationship guru..."

"No way!"

Kasugano Sora glared at him angrily, then puffed out her chest and snorted with inexplicable pride, "How many romance anime do you think I've watched at home? I've seen everything from CL to Japanese BL school dramas, not to mention Yu is my brother. Is it strange that he could see through your romantic entanglements at a glance?!"

"It's quite strange to me."

While lamenting her sister's lack of emotional intelligence, Tenkuji Yu said with a frank smile, "That's right, she's definitely not just having a crush on me."

"If I had to say, Natsukawa Masuzu is my girlfriend from another world, right? One of us has no memories, and the other has no feelings."

"..."

Kasugano Sora blinked, then asked blankly, "Another world? Girlfriend? Feelings? Memories?"

As the questioning voice faded, an eerie silence fell over the doorway.

Tenkuji Yu, however, wore an expression that was even more puzzled than hers.

"You actually managed to explain it? What the hell is the principle behind that...?"

Seeing this, Kasugano Sora pushed open the door, frowned, and walked towards him, her eyes gradually shifting from confusion to worry.

"Yu, are you out of your mind? Did you bump into something on the way?"

"Of course, no problem. It's just that it's always hard for people to believe the truth I tell." Coming back to her senses, Tenkuji Yu temporarily put aside her doubts, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.

He wanted to take advantage of the moment to see if he could tell his sister everything about the system.

The fact that he had kept it a secret from his only family member had been a thorn in his heart for a long time. Now that he finally had the chance to pull it out, how could he not feel excited and happy?

But her mood had barely lifted when the pain in her heart brought her back to reality.

—Can't we just state the facts and not offer explanations?

The existence of the system still cannot be told to others. The only exceptions are things that he has told others, such as "she used to be my girlfriend" or "we started dating because of a certain mission".

"...Sigh, never mind."

After quickly understanding the situation, Tenkuji Yu sighed softly, her expression becoming calm.

Although there was some helplessness and disappointment, the good thing was that I didn't have high expectations for it to begin with, so at most it would just be a return to normalcy.

If he were like other transmigrators, wishing he could take all the system's secrets to his grave, he probably wouldn't have so much to worry about.

Unfortunately, Yuu Tenkuji hated lying even more than she had imagined.

"I believe what Yu says, no matter when or what it says."

The silver-haired girl stopped in front of him, raised her warm and soft little hands, cupped his cheeks, and forced him to look at her.

"However, I need your explanation."

She was petite and thin, but even so, the strength in her hands prevented him from having any thought of resisting.

His light gray eyes were bright and alert, more focused than ever before.

"The other world, you mean the world that produces that strange potion? You had a relationship with that perverted woman in that world? And you still retain the memories and feelings? Are you really not dreaming?"

"..."

Faced with this barrage of questions, Tenkuji Yu was slightly taken aback, then smiled helplessly as if there was nothing she could do, and gently patted her shoulder.

"Don't worry, because of restrictions imposed by 'higher-ups,' there are some things I can't say. I can only tell you the information I can reveal right now..."

These are things I've told Yukino, her older sister, Yui, and Natsukawa Masuzu.

Kasugano Sora opened her small mouth in surprise.

Over the next ten minutes, Tenkuji Yu told her everything he could say and everything that had happened in the past. He accidentally let slip a few things, which was like stepping on landmines. He was almost having a blast from all the blunders.

After saying that, he ignored his sister standing there dumbfounded, looking like she had lost all sense of reason and was questioning the meaning of life. He left her alone in the corridor to calm down and turned back to his room.

He'd said everything he needed to say; he still had work to do and didn't have time for further explanation.

Inserting the camera's memory card into the computer's external card reader and pulling out the video data, Yuu Tenkuji put aside all her complicated thoughts and began typing with complete concentration.

Silhouette editing, post-production, adding special effects and subtitles...

After working until nearly 11 p.m., Yuu Tenkuji finally finished his work. He could easily finish the rest in another two or three days, so there was no need to cut back on his rest time.

While others have to work ten hours a day, he can finish the job in about three days by spending only one or two hours a day.

After glancing at the silent door, Yuu Tenkuji decided to read for a while before going to sleep.

It's unclear what Qiong was thinking, but after being overwhelmed by that massive amount of information and standing dumbfounded in the corridor for five or six minutes, she quietly returned to her room and didn't chase after him to keep asking questions as he had expected.

Is it disbelief? Or unacceptability?

Or perhaps they haven't sorted out their thoughts and don't know how to face themselves?

Many speculations came to mind, but even so, Tenkuji Yu felt no unease; her heart was completely calm.

Just as Kasugano Sora believed him without any reason, he also believed in Kasugano Sora and was willing to accept everything related to him.

A bond even stronger than kinship, an important thing belonging only to the two siblings that no matter how the world changes, it cannot be severed.

"Every late night is a wait for the sunrise tomorrow..."

Closing the classic novel, which he had only turned ten pages of, Tenkuji Yu shook his head and uttered a literary-minded tone.

He then put the book back on the shelf, casually opened a drawer, glanced at the beaded bracelet still in the corner, and closed the drawer without doing anything else.

Lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to sleep.

Not wanting anything to disturb his rest, he closed his eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep, like a tired baby.

"..."

Moonlight couldn't penetrate the tightly drawn curtains; the thick darkness of night filled every corner through the gaps.

Breathing was calm and steady, and time quietly passed.

—That night, Yuu Tenkuji had a dream.

A dream related to summer vacation.

The sun shines brightly in front of Shibuya Station.

He suppressed his anxiety and, feigning composure, greeted the maturely dressed beauty, explaining that he wanted to do something very important with her.

The moment I raised my hand, it seemed as if colorful light was flashing on it.

……

The house under the snow.

"Those vixens are probably flirting with him again... Damn it, why do I have to be a college student!"

After venting her impotent rage, Yukino pulled up the covers and used her smartphone to remotely turn off the lights, preventing the moonlight from penetrating the window.

The sighs dissipated in the quiet, dark air. She slowly closed her eyes, as if recalling something, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.

"I've lost count of how many times I've dreamt about him... I really hope he can see me in his dreams too."

In this way, Yukino Yukinoshita in the dream would definitely stop at nothing to make him recall all the feelings of love between the two of them, and then willingly fall into her arms.

Because it was a dream, no matter how he tried to avoid it, he couldn't escape his own grasp.

Because it's a dream, those little vixens won't exist, and I'll make sure he doesn't have the extra energy to look at other women.

With such a beautiful vision in her heart, she turned over and covered herself with the quilt, a childlike innocent smile on her lips, and let her consciousness sink into darkness, falling asleep peacefully.

—That night, Yukinoshita had a dream.

A dream so beautiful that she can't remember it.

Chapter 139 Things seem to have gotten more exciting (crossed out) and complicated.

Under the same night sky.

She had just returned to her apartment and was about to take her clothes to the bathroom to shower when Yukino Yukinoshita received a phone call from her mother.

"You actually called me personally... Is there something important you want to tell me?"

In response to her seemingly incredulous tone, the person on the other end of the phone asked in a gentle yet authoritative voice:

"What, is it so strange that a mother would call to check on her daughter who lives alone away from home?"

"No, that's not what I meant..." With a hint of helplessness on her pretty face, Yukino Yukinoshita unconsciously softened her tone.

"I could detect a hint of estrangement between mother and daughter. Don't worry, it's my problem."

Gently comforting her, Yukinoshita Saori chuckled softly, but made a decision in an unquestionable tone, "From today onwards, I'll call you at this fixed time to check on you at school. That way, you won't stay away from home for too long and secretly complain that your mother doesn't care about you."

“Mom, I really didn’t have that thought…” Yukino sighed almost involuntarily.

She turned back from the bathroom door, placed her pajamas on the table, and slumped weakly into the sofa.

His face showed signs of a severe headache.

"You're overthinking it. I'm doing fine out there, and there's nothing I need to report to you every day... Anyway, you're calling so late just to chat, right?"

Yukino Yukinoshita tried to steer the conversation back on track and end the call as soon as possible.