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"Why are you here?" Aunt Wakaba from the future line deliberately distanced herself from Wakaka Takanashi. She stopped and kept a distance of four or five meters between the two of them.

Wakaba Takanashi looked carefully at the future Wakaha.

Logically, her sister should be ten years older than her, but in Aunt Wakaba's future world line, she is still so young.

Or even... maybe it's because I've taken good care of myself as a single person.

Wakaka Takanashi looks even younger than Aunt Wakaba from the future line.

The screen jumps.

Now two people have come into the house.

The furnishings in the house had already been replaced.

Due to financial constraints, the furniture is quite simple, which makes Aunt Wakaba of the Future Line seem even more cramped.

Aunt Wakaba from the Future Line possesses a system called "The Back World Perfect Life Striving System".

The biggest difference from Takanashi Wakaba's counterattack system is...she will not directly give money to Aunt Wakaba in the future line.

It was not until the royalties from the first book came in that Aunt Wakaba's miserable life in the future line eased a little.

She has been in arrears with the electric power company for a long time.

Needless to say, heating.

If the system sister had not suddenly appeared, she would have given up hope long ago. Standing on the edge of the rooftop, overlooking the cars and people coming and going, her life would have become bleak.

Of course...Wakaba Takanashi in the future line is not choosing to commit suicide.

But she may no longer be able to keep this property that holds her beautiful memories of the past.

I had no choice but to return to my hometown and live with my parents.

Endure the nagging of my parents and slowly try to start a new life in my hometown in Izu.

Your temples throb with pain from the cold.

[Little Bird Wakaka never imagined that your situation would become so miserable. ]

【She grabs your hand without saying anything.】

[Feeling the coldness of your palm, she forcefully dragged you out of the icy 'cold cellar'.]

You followed Wakaka Tatori and arrived at the familiar izakaya.

[The owner of the izakaya has gray hair, but she still remembers you.]

[Under the warm greetings of the owner and the proprietress of the izakaya, you walked into the familiar seat inside the izakaya.]

[The firewood in the stove crackles, you stretch your stiff body, and look at the yellowed photos on the wall, feeling a mixture of emotions.]

You try to explain to Wakaka Kotori.

【You have received your first payment. 】

You just haven't paid the heating company yet.

【However, Wakaka Tatori knows your financial situation inside and out. 】

【…】

This should have happened earlier.

Aunt Ruoye from Future Line just received her first payment for her manuscript.

She did not have the memories of an awakened time traveler, and her mind did not have the treasure trove that Wakaba Takanashi had in hers.

I'm afraid that the first payment for the manuscript will only slightly help the work get rid of the reputation of being a flop.

Barely make ends meet.

Suddenly, Little Bird Wakaba started dancing, feeling a little sad.

It’s not because of the possible misfortune in the future.

But it was this miserable look that caught the eyes of my elder sister.

Takanashi Wakaba understands Aunt Mirai Wakaba's feelings at this moment better than anyone else, and she feels the same way.

No...it should be said that in a sense, they are originally the same existence.

[Wakaka Tatori tells you that she needs your help in guiding her students tomorrow.]

You feel lost and unsure of yourself, wondering how you could possibly be able to guide such a talented student from the University of Tokyo.

[Little Bird Wakaka didn't explain, she just told you that you can do it. ]

Takanashi Wakaba couldn't help but sigh in her heart that in the end, the person who understood her best was still her elder sister.

There was no negotiation at all, but they chose to inform directly.

Because she was too introverted, Takanashi Wakaba once didn't know how to say no.

The same is true for Aunt Ruoye.

What's more, the person who spoke was Xiao Niao You Ruka.

【For tomorrow's makeup. 】

[You must go home with Wakaka Kotori tonight.]

【You can finally take a hot bath and have a good sleep in a warm bed. 】

[Takanashi Wakaka turned up the air conditioner so high that she couldn't feel cool even when she was shirtless in the room.]

[You haven't noticed that the look in Xiao Niao You Ruohua's eyes when she looks at you is complicated and sad.]

[As if feeling sad about something.]

[You have received a mission: Follow Wakaka Kotori to the University of Tokyo.]

【To enlighten her students.】

[Mission reward: 100,000 yen.]

【…】

Onee-sama...what are you sad about?

Compared to the mission rewards, Takanashi Wakaba cares more about this issue.

She looked at her elder sister from Aunt Wakaba's perspective in the future.

That expression...that expression...the two people's eyes met.

Aunt Wakaba from the future line quickly lowered her head, she was timid in front of Wakaka Takanashi.

Faced with her sister's task-like request, she just nodded in agreement.

Show that you understand.

And Kotori Wakaba——

In that brief eye contact, I seemed to understand the sadness that my elder sister felt many years later.

It's like... missing something.

"What could onee-sama miss?"

"Me?"

Xiao Niaoyou Ruoye, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, jumped out of the bed and rushed into the bathroom.

Wakaka Takanashi is taking a bath.

She was a little panicked and wrapped her right hand around her chest, while her left hand protected another vital part. In the hot water pouring from the shower head, Xiao Niaoyou Ruohua couldn't open her eyes, "Ruoye?"

Takanashi Wakaba grabbed her elder sister's wrist.

"Don't hide anything from me!"

"Ah?" Wakaka Takanashi, who was forced to be naked with her cute sister, fell into great confusion.

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Wakaka Takanashi had no idea what had happened to her sister.

But...never mind her.

She had no time to care about anything else. Since Ruoye rushed into the bathroom in such a hurry, it meant that something terrible must have happened to her.

and--

Or was it because he had concealed it from her that the terrible things happened?

The only possibility that Takanashi Wakaka could think of was that Wakaba fell asleep while she was taking a shower and lying on the bed waiting for her.

Then I dreamed of some terrible scenes.

There is actually precedent for this.

When Wakaba Takanashi was very young, probably only six or seven years old.

At that time, Wakaka Takanashi and Wakaba Takanashi had not yet "separated".

One night, Ruoye suddenly woke up from her sleep crying and sat on Xiaoniao You Ruohua's waist, crying loudly.

It took Xiao Niao You Ruohua a long time to coax the girl into calmness.

When asked what happened, Wakaba Takanashi sobbed and said... She dreamed that she went to a scenic spot with Wakaka Takanashi. When crossing the cable bridge, Wakaka Takanashi suddenly abandoned her on the cable.

The more the girl cried, the more wronged she felt, and then... the more she cried, the more shy she became.

The young girl Wakaba Kotori gradually understood what she had done and wanted to bury her head under the pillow, but... the grievance caused by her elder sister abandoning her in the dream weighed on her chest for a long time.

Takanashi Wakaba could only try to hold back her tears in embarrassment, but the grievance broke through the barriers of her heart, and she ended up choking and almost coughing.

Wakaka Takanashi could only keep kissing the girl's tears, almost swallowing all the salty tears on Wakaba's face and lips, but in the end... she still couldn't coax Wakaba.

Instead, little Ruoye, tired of crying, fell asleep completely in her arms.

Kotori Wakaka gently coaxed Ruoye, and kept repeating in Ruoye's ear as she fell asleep from exhaustion that no matter when or where, no matter how everything changed, she would definitely—

I will never abandon Ruoye.

She held the girl's hand tightly.

It was as if he wanted to lead Wakaba Kotori into her dream, hold Wakaba's hand, and walk across the long cable bridge again.

As for...whether Ruoye and I actually walked across that bridge again in the dream.

I have no idea about it at all about Takanashi Wakaka.

The fact that Ruoye woke up crying because she felt wronged in her dream became a secret known only to her and Ruoye.

Moreover, Wakaka Takanashi also kept her promise to Wakaba, who fell asleep after crying herself tired.

About it.

She never mentioned it again.

It’s just a pity, because Ruoye was so cute back then.

At that time, she didn't have a mobile phone or a camera.

You can’t keep such a precious picture as a treasure that you can cherish for a lifetime.

Takanashi Wakaka could only understand that Wakaba probably dreamed of something bad again.

In a sense, there is nothing wrong with Takanashi Wakaka's guess.

She lowered her head and kissed the corner of the girl's eyes soothingly.

"Um--"

"No matter what happens..."

"I absolutely—"

"I will definitely not hide it from Ruoye."

Takanashi Wakaba was standing on tiptoe, still wearing the autumn school uniform skirt of Changyue Private School.