The comments section all think I'm a really good person.

The wooden cabinet next to it, which was used to store miscellaneous items, has been replaced.

Rather, this house looks no different from before, but in reality, there are always subtle details that make Kita Kirihara feel a little uneasy.

The litter box, food bowl, and cat tree that used to be in the living room were moved to the storage room after the tabby cat, who was a family member, passed away three years ago.

After all, it was already a rather old cat when it came to our home.

Time has cast a chill over the once cozy house, diminishing its liveliness. Saki Koizumi is utterly incompetent at housekeeping and a terrible cook; many of the kitchen utensils are covered in dust.

Of course, most of them are outdated.

Some appliances are replaced too quickly, while others are completely destroyed for various reasons.

Even though Koizumi Saki wanted to carefully preserve the furniture she and Kita Kirihara had bought together, she unknowingly replaced quite a few things.

It felt both familiar and strange.

This is Kita Kirihara's feeling about his current home.

However, for Kita Kirihara, who had been wandering in the cracks of the world for countless years, it was already good enough that he could come back.

Six years ago, Kita Kirihara was declared a victim of the Void Flood incident, and her identity documents were cancelled. She currently lacks official social status and has become a temporarily undocumented person.

After returning home, Saki sought help to resolve her identity issues.

With Saki's connections, her identity document should be issued soon.

Right now, I don't need to work hard to earn a living, and I haven't been reinstated to school so I don't need to go to school... Speaking of which, the high school I used to attend seems to have been closed down a long time ago and no longer exists.

So, does that mean I'm just a social outcast who can only be supported by Saki?

She used to be the one taking care of Saki, and she was the older and more stable one. Now she can only live off Saki's salary and stay at home doing laundry and cooking...

...Is there really such a good thing?

After working so hard for the system for so many years, I deserve this perfect vacation.

Of course, the most important thing is to protect Saki and prevent the "Shibuya Meltdown" incident mentioned in the comments from happening.

Kita Kirihara pondered this as he walked out of the kitchen to find a band-aid.

"Saki, where's the first-aid kit?" A tall, white-haired, red-eyed girl, wearing a hastily bought pink apron, approached and asked, carrying a kitchen knife. She didn't seem uncomfortable at all; she just needed a little time to adjust to her new environment.

A Yuan seems to be adapting well.

Realizing this finally put Koizumi Saki's mind at ease, which had been tense for most of the day.

"The first-aid kit is..."

Just as she was about to get up to look for it, the doorbell started ringing frantically. Before anyone inside could open the door, a delicate, clear girl's voice came from outside in a panic: "Senior, senior! What's the deal with the message you just sent?!"

Could this be...?

[Ms. Kobayashi's Protection Association kindly reminds you: Use memes in moderation]

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Ms. Kobayashi sensed a burglary and quickly dispatched the police.

That's what they say, but Chief Koizumi has always clearly refused, hasn't he?

After all, the living are no match for the dead, much less for those who have risen from the dead (annoying)

Saki Koizumi froze in place. She hadn't done anything wrong, but for a moment she hesitated about whether to open the door for her junior.

Noticing Koizumi Saki's suddenly stiffened back, Kita Kirihara instinctively felt something was wrong.

She remained calm and composed, even managing a gentle smile, as she casually asked Koizumi Saki, "Saki, who is that?"

8. Look, she's smiling.

Kobayashi Ryo stood at the door for a while, but before Kamiya-senpai opened the door for her, she belatedly suppressed her anxiety.

Is the senior not at home?

But didn't she just send me a text message?

Recalling the message Koizumi Saki sent her, Kobayashi Ryo recovered from the initial bewilderment and was finally able to calmly begin to think about what had happened.

My senior colleague said he wanted to find someone to help him with his identity documents.

Normally, Kobayashi Ryo wouldn't have noticed anything amiss. In fact, she rarely considered the true meaning behind Koizumi Saki's actions.

Her admiration for Saki Koizumi often clouded her judgment, and she would do anything her senior asked of her without hesitation.

But this time is different.

The photo and name sent by the senior... were that of the senior's lover, who had been confirmed to have died in the Void Flood incident and had disappeared for seven years.

The dead cannot be brought back to life.

Was the senior misled by the enemy's abilities?

With this worry in mind, Kobayashi Ryo rushed to Koizumi Saki's door almost immediately. She pressed the doorbell anxiously, but only received a response after a while.

Actually, standing outside the door, you can hear faint conversations.

The soundproofing in this apartment building isn't very good. Kobayashi Ryo and Takata's assistants had previously asked Koizumi Saki if she wanted to move to a place with a higher level of security so that it would be easier to take care of her daily life, but they both refused.

Because of my senior's lover who disappeared seven years ago.

Saki Koizumi always felt that Kita Kirihara would be able to return home one day, so she chose to stay where she was and wait.

But those who know her are well aware that this is almost impossible.

However, a miracle still happened.

After the conversation subsided, the door finally opened. Standing in the entryway to open the door for Kobayashi Ryo was none other than her senior, Kamina, whom she had been nervously watching just moments before.

There was another person standing behind her.

It's a little strange.

The senior's expression... seemed a little more uneasy than usual.

Kobayashi Ryo noticed that Koizumi Saki was blinking frantically at him, making a clear signal, and instinctively looked up, meeting Kita Kirihara's gaze.

For some reason, she nervously swallowed.

For Kobayashi Ryo, her first impression of her senior's girlfriend, Kita Kirihara, was quite subtle.

Kita Kirihara was an overly gentle and harmless-looking girl with short, fluffy white hair and dark red pupils that shone with a clear, warm amber hue. She wore a gentle smile, an apron with the sleeves rolled up to reveal her slender forearms. She exuded the warmth of a kitchen, a distinctly homey charm.

To the average person, Kita Kirihara would appear to be completely harmless.

...If it weren't for the fact that the other person was holding a dripping kitchen knife, and there was a small patch of unidentified blood on the corner of their mouth and apron, and they were just standing there smiling behind the senior Kamina who opened the door for her.

Thump, thump, boom.

...Wow, it's huge!

The kitchen knife in Kita Kirihara's hand and his towering height gave Kobayashi Ryo an unprecedented sense of oppression.

She was a little nervous and didn't know how to start the conversation.

Saki Koizumi also keenly sensed the intense pressure emanating from behind her, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

[In the world-famous painting "Kobayashi Ryo and Her Shinmei-senpai", Ahara stands in the background with a sword in hand.]

[Damn, what world-famous painting?]

[To be honest, A-Yuan looks kind of scary in this scene.]

Are you angry? No, I'm not (??▽?)

[You've definitely noticed something, haven't you? www]

Fortunately, Kita Kirihara broke the awkward atmosphere in time, smiling and inviting Kobayashi Ryo in: "You're Saki's colleague, right? Come in and have a seat."

The awkward atmosphere from just now was casually glossed over; this composure was terrifying.

Kobayashi Ryo belatedly realized that he had been invited in as a guest.

This realization made her sit on the sofa, and she was still a little stunned when she took the ice water handed to her by Kita Kirihara.

She watched as Kita Kirihara methodically prepared an extra meal for her, and the house was completely different from the chaotic scene when she last visited, now orderly and well-organized...

Something just doesn't feel right.

After taking a sip of ice water, Kobayashi Ryo cautiously looked around, her feelings complicated.

Ryo Kobayashi is a near-first-class hero who was rescued by Saki Koizumi in an accident two years ago.

From that moment on, I was awestruck by Saki Koizumi's power and developed an almost boundless admiration for her, and began to follow this charismatic chief hero.

Even so, all she could do for Saki Koizumi was odd jobs and run errands. But that was enough for her.

Despite not having a key to Koizumi Saki's house, Kobayashi Ryo visited her every two days, taking care of many things for this hero who was unable to take care of herself, so that the chief hero wouldn't starve to death at home.

Of course, Kobayashi Ryo, who had called in housekeepers more than once to clean up the kitchen appliances and charred food scraps that had been ravaged by Koizumi's terrible cooking skills, was also curious about the person who had taken care of Koizumi's daily life before him.

After all, Saki Koizumi was the kind of beautiful woman who was a mess but had absolutely no domestic skills.

Every time I come to this room, I feel a unique spiritual cleansing.

Kita Kirihara and Kobayashi Ryo had different ideas.

Seven years have left no trace on Kita Kirihara; rather, for Kita Kirihara, those seven years were merely a brief period of unconsciousness.

According to Kita Kirihara, before she disappeared, she only felt herself being hit by an invisible giant object, and then lost consciousness on the spot. When she woke up, she was in Koizumi Saki's room.

Therefore, Kita Kirihara should only be seventeen years old, both physically and mentally.

The information that Kobayashi Ryo saw and carefully analyzed explained that Kita Kirihara was just an ordinary, gentle, and weak good person without any awakened abilities.

Kind, cheerful, and very considerate.

After tasting Kita Kirihara's cooking, Kobayashi Ryo quietly added: "His cooking is also super delicious."

She's the kind of person who makes you feel safe and secure, regardless of your age, just by being around her.

Moreover, Shinmei-senpai must have felt much more relaxed because the other party had finally returned home.

See? They're even laughing.

Silently eating the food in front of her, Kobayashi Ryo, who was served as a guest, originally only wanted to come and use her abilities to find out who had bewitched her senior.