My love game with them that will lead to certain death

Also to distinguish her brother and sister who had the same surname, she used a calm tone to say the title that might seem a little ambiguous to others.

The black-haired girl waved goodbye to him politely, then disappeared around the corner of the stairwell with steady steps. Ming Hai stood there and watched her disappear from his sight, then reluctantly looked away.

"Damn it... This is obviously my ideal type. Even if we have to switch bodies, I still want to be with a mature, steady, elegant and generous older sister."

Who wants to exchange bodies with Eriri, who is skinny and has a bad temper and throws her hair at people when she gets angry?

Of course, the matter is done and these complaints can only remain in his heart.

However, having the opportunity to meet this legendary "enemy of Eriri Sawamura" is not completely without gain.

After much thought, Ming Hai finally remembered the person who could match Kasumigaoka Utaha in the corner of his memory.

One day in real life, when he was forced to spend time in a bookstore with Yukinoshita Haruno on the weekend, he saw this person next to the light novel shelf.

"So it must be her..."

Ming Hai is not a genius with photographic memory. Even if this setting exists, it is only limited to simulation. The reason why he can remember the existence of Kasumigaoka Utaha is purely because she is really beautiful to the extent that people can't take their eyes off her.

Judging from the brief exchange just now, Kasumigaoka Utaha gives people the feeling that she is very close to Yukinoshita Yukino - or rather, a mature version (in both the psychological and physiological sense) of Yukinoshita Yukino.

However, he and Kasumigaoka are just casual acquaintances at the moment, and it is possible that this person's personality is completely different from Yukino's.

Besides, Miss Yukinoshita is the cutest when she is silly or upset, there is no need to force her to be mature.

The appearance of Kasumigaoka Utaha made Ming Hai's understanding of this simulation clearer - at least she was the first person who appeared in this simulation so far who had also been met in real life.

So does this also mean that Eriri may have had some interactions with him before or had a close relationship with him, but Minghai just didn't notice it?

After all, the system doesn't seem to be willing to stuff people who have nothing to do with it into the simulation. Whether it was Yukino the first time or Ryo the second time, they were both more or less related to him... So, could it be that he has met Pochi-chan somewhere as well?

"There is currently no further evidence to support this inference, so let's put it aside for now."

After all, what he was most worried about right now was not this, but the body swap that came suddenly and ended suddenly.

Of course, his concerns were ultimately proven to be justified.

Less than three or four days after returning to their peaceful daily lives, on an ordinary school day, the Sawamura siblings discovered to their dismay that their bodies had been swapped again.

This time there was no warning or opportunity. The two people suddenly felt a darkness in front of their eyes, and then they switched into each other's bodies without any warning.

There is no order, no rules at all.

The brother, who was originally taking a physical education class on the track and field field, suddenly felt dizzy. The next second, he found himself sitting in a cooking class, staring at a piece of living thing in front of him that was almost burnt in the oven.

The sister, who was busy and at a loss the previous second, found herself inexplicably on the 100-meter track the next second - and because she was suddenly swapped with her brother's running body and had not yet gotten used to this body, she fell heavily.

At this time, the body swap rules that had been temporarily put into cold storage by the two siblings came in handy again.

"Oh my god - how could it suddenly become like this! I thought it was all just a dream!"

Miss Eriri was going crazy, but it was really hard not to go crazy in this situation.

"Just treat it as a dream. I am still very moved when I wake up..."

"No rhyme allowed! Come up with something quick, Toru...!"

"What can we do? Since this is an irregular body swapping phenomenon, we can only maintain a stable daily routine while trying to find the cause."

Unlike his anxious sister, the brother seemed much calmer.

"Anyway, the worst-case scenario is that Eriri and I will be tied together forever by this weird body-swapping phenomenon for the rest of our lives—even if we get married and have children, we'll have to continue living like this. Hey, if I'm already married and we continue to swap bodies, would the three of us be considered bigamy?"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah no!! I must find a solution, there must be one!!"

Minghai's words easily cheered up Eriri, who was already a little lazy. In order not to fall into the hell that Minghai described, the only thing she had to do now was to find out the real reason behind it and restore it to its original state as soon as possible.

And Ming Hai also had a hunch that this body swap phenomenon must be inextricably linked to the ultimate goal of this simulation.

Chapter 12: The Unspeakable Secret of the Book Painter

When I opened my eyes, all I could see was a dilapidated shrine with howling winds, thunder and lightning.

Eriri Sawamura didn't understand why she was here, but the hurricane-like airflow coming towards her seemed to be blowing her up into the sky.

The ground was also shaking slightly, and it made a low humming sound as if it was angry. The already dilapidated shrine was turned into a pile of broken walls and ruins.

“What’s going on…?”

Earthquakes, hurricanes, heavy rains.

Punishment from nature tormented the area, but she didn't understand why she was here.

She wanted to shout loudly, but found that no sound came out of her throat.

get away.

Want to escape from this place.

She stretched out her legs and ran as fast as she could, trying to escape from this place that looked bad in every way - but the stairs suddenly collapsed under her feet, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground, her legs flying in the air.

It was at this moment that a dazzling light caught her eyes.

Her sky-blue eyes, which had originally been filled with a desire to survive, now only contained astonishment and despair.

“…What is this?”

A dazzling white light descended from the sky, carrying with it scorching flames and a roar that was enough to tear the air apart.

It hit her directly.

"...!"

Eriri Sawamura suddenly woke up from her bed and was stunned for a while before realizing that it was just a bizarre dream.

"………call."

Realizing that her body was soaked with cold sweat, Eriri wiped her cheeks, calmed herself down, got out of bed and walked out of her room with lingering fear.

The huge Sawamura family home was empty. Whether she woke up during the day or slept through the night, it was as silent as she remembered.

Eriri, who was already used to this, went to the bathroom, but what she saw was a curly-haired boy standing in front of the mirror, washing himself with sleepy eyes.

Ah, that's right... "This time" is different from before.

There is such a being who is like a half of her body who has always been with her. Even though she is no longer the only baby of her parents, he has been with her since she was a child and has never let her feel lonely.

"……morning."

After Eriri uttered this greeting, she wordlessly came to the boy and began to prepare to wash up.

The feeling of having someone accompany her to wash up is actually not bad, she will only quietly admit this in her heart.

"Good morning... Why, Eriri, did you take a bath in bed?"

Che glanced at her bangs soaked with cold sweat and spat out all the mouthwash.

"No road race."

Eriri, who was already in a bad mood after waking up, frowned impatiently and didn't want to pay any attention to this annoying old man.

"Well, Eriri, if you don't want to say it, let me guess... are you having a nightmare?"

"…So what?"

Is it because they are twins? The boy next to her can always easily read her thoughts.

Although Eriri hates strangers who have no sense of boundaries and pretend to know her very well - but sometimes it is nice to have someone who can truly analyze all her thoughts, as if there is really someone who can understand everything about her and give her unconditional tolerance.

Even though this brother could be a little annoying sometimes, Eriri felt that she could still be more tolerant towards him.

"Did you really have a nightmare? Let me guess, maybe the boy you like was snatched away by an older sister with fair skin, long legs and graceful figure, so Eriri could only stamp her feet and cry in anger in her dream——"

"Tetsu, you're so annoying!!! It's not such a boring dream!!"

Although Eriri still cares about Aki Tomoya a little bit like she does in real life, she is so focused on the strange body-swapping phenomenon that she has no intention of paying attention to these unnecessary things.

And to be honest, compared to those, the so-called "twin brother" who suddenly appeared in front of me is more curious.

"I...had a very horrible dream."

But precisely because they are "family", no matter how stiff and distant their relationship was, she was able to tell her brother what was on her mind.

"I dreamed of being in a very desolate and dilapidated shrine... There were strong winds, thunder and lightning, and even earthquakes... Then it seemed like a meteorite was falling directly from the sky."

"Hmm... As the saying goes, if you think about something during the day, you will dream about it at night. Could it be that you watch too many disaster movies, Eriri?"

"No, I don't have the time to watch those movies. Even if the troublesome thing of body swapping didn't happen, my free time besides work is also very precious!"

"Speaking of which," after spitting out all the mouthwash and cleaning the toothbrush and toothbrush holder, Ming Hai wiped the corners of his mouth with a face towel. "Eri, what is your job description?"

It's about time he knew.

"Well, uh... this."

But Miss Eriri's eyes seemed particularly erratic, and her tone of voice began to hesitant, as if this was something very difficult for her to talk about.

"We may swap bodies anytime and anywhere. Since you have an important job, you definitely don't want it to be ruined while I'm controlling your body."

Ming Hai shrugged, as if he raised this question entirely from Eriri's perspective, and it was actually very unimportant to him.

"Or is this some kind of shameful secret?"

Actually, both dad and mom know what kind of job Eriri does, but they both keep their brother Toru a secret and refuse to tell him what their sister does every day, as if they are afraid that he will find out.

But for Minghai, who has a strong curiosity about unknown things and will not give up until he gets to the bottom of things, this is the most tempting trap.

"Yeah, well... I don't think you'd be able to do my job, Toru."

As expected, Eriri's first reaction was to hide.

"I will handle the specific work content myself, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Really? Well, I don't care, and I may not be able to do your job - but if your job involves tasks that require muscle training, I think your soul plus "my body" is not enough."

What he meant was simple. A task that can only be completed through repeated physical training will most likely fail if it is something that one has never attempted before.

"Like calligraphy, handicrafts, cooking, painting, and so on."

"Well………"

Miss Eriri whimpered like a small animal in distress, and then made a compromise nervously.

"Okay then. But we have to agree beforehand - you are not allowed to laugh at me."

Chapter 13 What is your name?

It wasn't until he sat at the desk with a digital tablet in his hands that Ming Hai realized why Eriri was so reluctant to talk about her work in front of him.

Eriri Sawamura, the beautiful girl from Toyonosaki Academy who shines like a star in school, has also made a name for herself in the two-dimensional industry.

Her alias is Kashiwagi Eri, who is famous for her R.18 tentacle book.

Kashiwagi Eri.

It was a very familiar name, and one that Ming Hai remembered deeply.

“Isn’t this the teacher who approached me on the forum to collaborate on adapting my novel into a doujin manga…!”

Finally, Ming Hai found the connection between the main character of this simulation, Sawamura Eriri, and himself in the real world.

"Yeah, that's it."

The blonde girl standing next to him, feeling a little embarrassed about showing her work to her brother, tilted her head and used a strand of hair to hide her slightly red cheeks.

"I have been interested in comics since I was a child. After my mother and others knew about it, they encouraged me to create my own works and helped me contact printing companies and doujinshi publishers... But they were worried that you would think I was weird for drawing such a book, so they didn't want to tell you about it."

"It's weird for parents to help their daughter sell books!"

While Ming Hai was complaining mercilessly, he was scrolling up and down on the computer looking at the work of teacher Kashiwagi Eri, carefully comparing the strokes she had drawn to see if they were exactly the same as the one he remembered from the fan artist who had changed the comics for him.

"Okay, Toru, why are you staring so hard... it's a bit disgusting."

"What right do you have to accuse readers of being disgusted when you draw something like this? You must have put a lot of effort into the details that are not suitable for children, right?"

"Ahem, ahem. Anyway, I show you these to make you understand the nature of my job."

Miss Eriri, who felt guilty and decided not to waste time arguing with her brother about this matter, cleared her throat and began to make amends in a serious manner.

"That way, even if your soul is in my body when I need to work, you can prepare in advance for how to deal with that scenario."

"How to deal with...drawing books?"

"That's right. Although I came up with the plot and setting in my head, putting it down on paper still requires the skills of my fingers, right?"