I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

After an unknown amount of time, as if someone were writing on the paper that seemed about to disappear at any moment, two lines of text slowly appeared below the sentence.

The font is beautiful, and the lines at the end of the sentences rise slightly like a smile, or like the wings of a butterfly fluttering lightly.

The radiance is merely power, but you are my miracle.

[This time, you must make sure Kasumigaoka Utaha is happy, Yuu-kun... or I'll haunt you even as a ghost!]

There seemed to be clouds drifting by outside the window.

A shadow swept across the tabletop, and the faint light turned into stardust, then dissipated into the air like sparks.

Before long, the gloom completely dissipated, and the morning light once again bathed the wooden tables and chairs.

Every line shimmered and sparkled in the golden sunlight, clear and pristine, the quiet and peaceful air seeming to freeze time itself.

But the notebook that no one remembered, as if it had never existed, was no longer on the desktop.

The story, whose ending is yet to be written, may be further obscured by clouds and storms.

—If you are well, then it is a sunny day.

……

Tenkuji Yuu and Kasumigaoka Utaha walked downstairs.

The kiss lasted far more than fifty seconds; not only the process, but even the ending could not be described in detail.

Anyway, right now, Kasumigaoka Utaha is clinging to Tenkuji Yu's arm to support her limp and powerless body while tidying up her disheveled clothes that are too embarrassing to be seen. It's unclear when the alluring blush on her pretty face will fade.

"They're practically like wild beasts."

Kasumigaoka Utaha criticized him without any politeness, but her eyes were full of happiness and joy, and even her voice was soft and gentle, completely different from her usual self.

"If you dare to do this in the library, I really can't imagine how outrageous your 'groping' would be in a room!"

"It will make you unable to get out of bed... I've already been very restrained just now."

Yuu Tenkuji rolled his eyes and stopped her from trying to take off her black stockings—along with the fabric underneath.

"It's so sticky and uncomfortable inside!" she said with dissatisfaction, but obediently withdrew her hand from the waist inside her skirt.

Since the fault lay with Yuu Tenkuji, he said nothing, but gently brushed the strands of hair from her temples behind her ears with his fingertips, allowing her delicate and beautiful face to breathe.

This flirtatious gesture seemed to please Kasumigaoka Utaha. She narrowed her gentle, crescent-shaped eyes, leaned quietly on his shoulder, and stopped saying anything that might spoil the blissful atmosphere.

However, Yuu Tenkuji remained lucid, and while their fingers were tightly intertwined, she spoke, shattering this rare moment of peace and harmony:

"I asked Itoko to wait downstairs. She should be able to find you some new clothes, including stockings and... you know."

Kasumigaoka Utaha, her eyes half-closed, said in a lazy, magnetic voice, "The panties are fine~ it's just that I need to change the stockings. They're really uncomfortable to wear now that you've torn them."

Tenkuji Yu coughed awkwardly, then continued as if he hadn't heard, "Your memories have all returned now, right?"

“Yes, including the real world.” Kasumigaoka Utaha reluctantly opened her eyes as he got down to business. “But we already knew what we needed to know, and there’s not much to say about the details of being forced to come and save you by the notebook… By the way, you probably don’t know about this.”

She recounted in detail how she was imprisoned by Kasugano Sora after entering the trial world, how she learned to control the power of the light orb through her notebook, how she brought her four girlfriends in, and how she was taken away from the toilet by the system when she reached an agreement with Kasugano Sora.

Tenkuji Yuu frowned slightly, lost in thought: "It's pretty much what Itoko said. No wonder Sora seemed so anxious back then. She's probably still waiting for us outside..."

Whether in the real world or the trial world, his most important family members are waiting for him to return.

So it's time for this farce to come to an end.

Determined not to repeat himself, he turned to another question: "Can you still use the power of the Light Jade?"

"I'll try." She stopped, closed her eyes, and focused for a while before shaking her head helplessly. "There's no way. I guess someone was helping me back then, which gave me that feeling of being able to use superpowers?"

"It's okay, I'll protect you anyway." Yuu patted her head, as if comforting a little girl who couldn't transform into a Sailor Moon.

Kasumigaoka Utaha slightly raised her eyes, looking at his naturally softened facial features and his no longer cold and resistant dark eyes, and her heart couldn't help but be filled with a swelling warmth.

However, this joy and longing are always accompanied by unease.

She rested her face against his arm again, letting him drag her along like a koala, wishing from the bottom of her heart that the stairs from the second floor to the first floor could be extended by a few hundred more steps.

After a moment of hesitation, Kasumigaoka Utaha asked nervously but casually, "Hey, Yuu-kun, what's our relationship now?"

"Is that even a question?" Tenkuji Yu was somewhat surprised, but seeing this usually mature and confident woman showing such a timid, girlish appearance, she couldn't help but find it amusing.

"Why don't you need to ask? That's a typical straight man's answer!" Kasumigaoka Utaha puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, as if abandoning her pointless dignity, and began to use a coquettish tone, "Only scumbags give girls vague answers. Real men will give definite promises to put their girlfriends at ease. Which kind of person are you?"

Sky Temple gazed ahead, sighing at its lost integrity.

"Whatever you want to think of our relationship, that's what our relationship is."

"Then..." Kasumigaoka Utaha quietly tightened her grip on his hand, "Is it alright if I take it as mutual affection?"

"Isn't that how it is supposed to be?" Yuuki Tenkuji would never be so intimate with someone he dislikes.

"Would I think I'm your girlfriend?"

"It's a small matter."

"I'll always want a hug or a kiss, okay?"

"I'm the one who profited."

"What if in the future... I want you to kiss me first, or do something even more outrageous?" She hugged his arm tightly, the warmth of her cheeks palpable even through his clothes, her voice trembling slightly, "You don't think I'm a promiscuous girl, do you?"

“Of course not.” Tenkuji Yu stopped and kissed her forehead, chuckling as he said, “In fact, you’re always welcome.”

As if too moved to speak, Kasumigaoka Utaha lowered her head, and a soft sob, which sounded like both crying and laughing, came from her hair.

Before Tenkuji Yu could continue to comfort her, she suddenly raised her face, her eyes wide and fierce, without a trace of redness in them.

"Then why don't you just say I'm your girlfriend? Haven't you realized your own feelings yet, or are you planning to back out at any time?!"

"Wait, don't misunderstand." Tenkuji Yu used his palm to push away her face, which seemed about to bite him at any moment, and quickly explained, "I just want to wait until I regain my memories before I formally confess to you."

"Why?" Kasumigaoka Utaha's aggressive demeanor suddenly stopped. She blinked her big eyes, the hint of grievance hidden in them gradually disappearing, and a sense of relief returning to her gaze.

Tenkuji Yu turned his head, looked earnestly into her eyes, and said in a solemn tone:

"Because that's the real me, not the weak, useless person I am now, who needs to write a two-thousand-word essay to convince myself before even accepting your feelings."

"At that time, Yuu Tenkuji will openly and honestly say that he loves you and hopes that you can be with him forever—whether in this world or the real world, there will be no room for regret."

Chapter 151 It's nothing more than a trivial love war!

At the entrance of the library.

After coming down from the third floor, the silver-haired girl waited for about fifteen minutes before the two people finally appeared.

To her surprise, the two did not stick together as if they were about to get together. Apart from their hands being intertwined like lovers, their faces showed a calm and composed demeanor as if they had just calmed down from intense emotions.

To give an analogy, it's like simultaneously entering a state of post-coital reflection.

—What happened? That's a no-brainer.

The library is not a closed space. In those short fifteen minutes, the silver-haired girl witnessed a passionate love scene between a man and a woman. If it were broadcast on TV, it would be at least 15+ minutes long. It was almost like a live sex show was being performed on an empty table.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around during class and that someone was keeping watch downstairs, they recklessly unleashed their adolescent hormones...

Even though she was not yet fully evolved and her emotions were not easily stirred, the silver-haired girl couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration and dissatisfaction in her chest. She stared at Tenkuji Yuu, who still had a long strand of hair between her teeth, with a calm but extremely oppressive gaze.

"Brother You, we've already exceeded our expected timeframe, and the infirmary might not be able to make it in time."

As if oblivious to the reproach in her tone, Tenkuji Yu said calmly, "Don't worry, we have at least two or three minutes to spare, more than enough time to get there from here."

Since he had said that, the silver-haired girl could only remain silent and follow him as he walked straight toward the infirmary without stopping.

Like a matriarch in a palace drama preparing to make things difficult for her maid, Kasumigaoka Utaha lazily raised her eyelids, looking at her with a half-smile, and said with a hint of sarcasm:

"Yo, long time no see~ Although it feels like less than a day in terms of physical perception, after losing my memory and then looking back, it suddenly feels like an eternity... The person who designed this cycle of reincarnation should go to hell."

As she said this, she hugged Tenkuji Yu's arm as if showing off, her pretty face still flushed with a smug smile as if she had achieved the ultimate happiness.

Yuu Tenkuji simply let her drag him along with a hint of helplessness, like a little girl who couldn't help but show off her boyfriend to others.

To this, Itoko remained expressionless and replied, "I apologize for what I did to my original self. Although the worst outcome for my original self was to completely disappear from this world, without even the chance to atone for my sins in hell."

"...Well, I was just joking, you don't have to take it so seriously."

Sensing the atmosphere becoming slightly more serious, Kasumigaoka Utaha composed herself and casually shrugged.

“I wasn’t being serious, I was just stating the facts.” Itoko followed behind them, her tone calm. “Also, I need to remind you—once we find Yukinoshita Haruno and they’re all restored, it will be impossible for you to be this close to Yu-nii.”

—Hmm!

As if a sensitive spot had been touched, Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression froze, and her hand slowly tightened like a hydraulic clamp. If Tenkuji Yu hadn't been thick-skinned enough, he would have already been groaning because of her.

"W-What do you mean?" Like a child who didn't want to wake up from a beautiful dream, she pretended not to know and stubbornly denied it.

Whether it was because Itoko was completely oblivious to people's expressions or because she was deliberately trying to provoke Kasumigaoka Utaha, her calm narration continued: "What I mean is, according to normal emotional logic, here, you might be targeted and guarded against by the four of them, and you will never have a chance to be alone with them again."

"In reality, it goes without saying that neither Kasugano Sora nor Yuigahama Yui would let you, who suddenly barged in, enjoy the taste of love."

"Oh...is that so?" The voice was like a chilling wind rising from hell. Kasumigaoka Utaha's forehead veins throbbed as she forced a smile. "You think I didn't think of that? Too bad, I was fully prepared and resigned to the fact that I decided to rot myself in a harem scum like Yuu-kun."

"What does my relationship have to do with them? Let them target me if they want. It's just a trivial love war. Do they really think I'll lose as completely as I did in other worlds?"

Growing more confident with each word, Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her head high and looked down at the silver-haired girl with disdain.

—Heh, don't underestimate people!

When I decide to get serious, it won't matter how many of them come; I will definitely take the spot closest to Tenkuji Yu!

I, Kasumigaoka Utaha, will beat up the Yukinoshita sisters and kick other young ladies. I am the heroine of the new world!

Like an invincible female general, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who has become more swollen than ever before, is no longer worried about what will happen after she reunites with the others.

If you don't believe me, go and see what the title of the volume is!

This is my home turf now. Who can lose when they have the home advantage? Unless the author maliciously controls the company, it's absolutely impossible!

"Don't worry about those useless things. Just wait and see my performance." Seemingly feeling that her arrogant demeanor made her look like a villain, greatly increasing her chances of defeat, Kasumigaoka Utaha simply and refreshingly tossed her long hair and said leisurely, "I'm going to show off my love with Yuu-kun in front of them and see what they can do."

After saying that, she smiled and looked at Tenkuji Yu beside her, gently wrapping her arm around his left side, her eyes filled with a tender affection like a rose.

"So, you'll help me, right? You just toyed with me not long ago, my dear Yu-Yu-kun~?"

"I... I'll see how things go." Even Yuu Tenkuji couldn't find a perfect solution other than a lie, so he could only honestly tell her the truth.

"Right now, unless Aya suddenly appears, I will of course stand by your side and speak up for you... It's not that I will betray you after regaining my memories, but I think at that time, I will be affected by many concerns and will not be able to openly support you."

Yuu Tenkuji's tone was both helpless and aggrieved: "Besides, if I were too biased, I probably wouldn't be able to date all four girls, right? I'll protect you if you're bullied, but asking me to help you deal with the others... do you think I can do that?"