My love game with them that will lead to certain death

"Oh, you're the child of the Yukinoshita family? We should have met before then! You're welcome, do you think I look that old? Just call me sister~ Do you want to come in and sit for a while? You must be tired after sitting in the car for so long, Yukino?"

Sayuri, who is very good at dealing with people, enthusiastically wanted to invite Yukinoshita Yukino outside the door to come in and rest for a while, but Narumi walked into the house with an indifferent look on his face. He just wanted to drink some water, take a shower, change into home clothes, and stay on the sofa at home all day - and Eriri didn't say a word from beginning to end. After watching Narumi wave to Yukino, she locked her eyes on him until he walked back to the room.

"Ah... I will decline your kindness. Let Archer rest for a while. I will take my leave now."

Perhaps noticing Eriri's unfriendly gaze, Yukino bowed gracefully and turned away. Eriri snorted softly and looked away after she disappeared from her sight.

"Oh, she looks like a well-educated and polite girl... But by the way, does Toru-chan like older sister types? Has Eriri ever seen this second lady Yukinoshita before?"

After watching Yukino leave, Sayuri secretly wondered about the possibility of her son's romantic life blossoming - but Miss Eriri curled her lips indifferently, even sneering.

"How should I know? Let me ask that guy for you, mom."

After saying that, she strode towards the room on the second floor where her brother was, leaving Sayuri standing there blinking.

"Ah... Is this Eriri's way of saying she wants to be alone with Tohru-chan?"

She knew her daughter wouldn't be very forthright in expressing her feelings, but this was too roundabout.

"And why is Eriri so hot lately, like a barrel of explosives that can easily ignite at any time... Is she entering puberty?"

Sayuri gave her son, who had already returned to his room, a look that said, "Tetsu-chan, do your best," and said no more, leaving the brother and sister alone.

And Eriri followed her brother back to his room and lived up to her mother's expectations. She closed the door and went straight to the point.

"Why did you bring a girl home?"

She tried her best to suppress the sour resentment between the lines and wanted to steer the topic in a normal direction - although it was very clumsy and could be seen through at a glance.

"Can we talk about this after I change my clothes?"

Although Ming Hai knew very well what Eriri was bothered by, he still lifted the corner of his clothes calmly and made a gesture as if he was going to take them off right away - he thought that this would make Eriri give up, but he didn't expect that she just blushed slightly and looked away, with no intention of avoiding him.

"Come on...Tetsu, is there anything about you that I haven't seen yet..."

“Well, that’s not necessarily true. A man’s body is like a Transformer. Different forms give different looks and feels…! Could it be that Eriri wants to see it first? I don’t think that’s allowed…!”

"Pervert, idiot, psycho."

After finishing her scolding, Eriri just took a deep breath - she knew that her brother was just venting his anger and had no real intention of offending her.

"Have you found a way to stop the body swap phenomenon, Toru?"

Chapter 35 Call Me by Your Name

It may be hard to believe, but Ming Hai did gain a lot from this trip.

The shrine located in the border town does contain a "secret recipe" that can change the abnormal phenomena happening to the Sawamura siblings - and Ming Hai successfully got it.

Maybe it was because of his "luck" bonus, or maybe it was because this was just a simulation programmed by the system, so he could find what he wanted so easily. In any case, in real life, it would be impossible to have such good luck.

"Well, I did find a way that might change our current situation."

Ming Hai doesn't intend to lie to his sister Eriri, but he also needs to know Eriri's plan.

"But Eriri, why do you want to return to your body so badly...?"

"Oh, then I must go and confess to Renye."

Eriri Sawamura said this without batting an eyelid - perhaps she herself did not realize that if it were her old self, she would blush and stutter whenever the name of a certain Aki boy was mentioned.

"Are you the only one allowed to be sweet with Big Sister? I don't want to fall behind you."

This is definitely the beginning of his anger.

But how should I put it, facing Eriri who vented her emotions like a child through clumsy sarcasm, Ming Hai didn't actually have much aversion - it was more like an adult looking dotingly at a child who wanted to attract attention, let alone getting angry about it.

"Okay, no problem—if that's what you want to do, Eriri."

His frankness made Eriri a little uneasy. This was a reaction she had not expected.

"…! Toru, aren't you afraid that I'll be rejected by Renye?"

"Of course he would, if it was the original Eriri. But I think he really liked the Eriri when I was in you... Maybe it's not impossible."

"Well………"

Ying Lili rolled her eyes at her brother in annoyance. He was really good at saying things that could easily break people's defenses with a smile on his face.

"But most importantly, I will support every decision you make, even if it means you might get hurt - that's not a reason for me to stop you from trying."

He patted Eriri's shoulder, then took two steps forward and slowly met Eriri's gaze with his beautiful lake blue eyes - they were so close that they could hear each other's breathing.

“T-Tetsu, what are you doing…!”

Caught off guard, Eriri took a step or two back. She didn't know why she avoided her twin brother, but those clear lake blue eyes made it difficult for her to look directly at them.

That was the only difference in appearance between her and her twin brother.

"Eri, aren't you curious about how to swap your body back?"

The boy's magnetic voice was so close that Eriri felt for the first time inexplicably upset.

Why should you be so distant with your brother?

"This time when I was traveling, I asked a shrine maiden about how to stop and start this kind of extraordinary phenomenon."

The boy's gaze remained unmoved. He whispered his name to his sister who was avoiding his sight, and at the same time, he crossed his fingers with her and gently touched his forehead with hers.

"thorough."

"…Eri?"

Even though she didn't understand why her brother suddenly did this, Eriri still understood and followed him in calling out her own name - perhaps this was the tacit understanding between twins.

"That's right. When we need to switch back to our own bodies, we can cross our fingers and silently or directly recite our own names. The identity exchange phenomenon will stop for at least a day or so, and then it will become uncontrollable again. That's what the shrine maiden told me."

"Eh……"

The moment the brother and sister loosened their hands, Eriri was a little unsure whether she was breathing a sigh of relief or feeling melancholy for this precious moment of physical contact - the last time the twin brother and sister were so close was probably before they started junior high school.

"Of course, we can also use this method to control how the body swapping phenomenon starts. We just need to repeat the steps just now, and then silently recite or shout each other's names."

"But Miss Miko said that this method can only work on us because we are twins with telepathic connection. If used repeatedly, it may gradually lose its effect - it will be useless after about three or four times. If we encounter any problems in the future, we will have to go back to the shrine again. But..."

Ming Hai shrugged nonchalantly, acting like a good brother who was particularly open-minded about his sister's love affair.

"There is always time for you to confess your feelings to Tomoya Aki."

"Ha...Che, you really take this matter to heart..."

"Of course, Eriri, you have cared about him for many years. I know that very well."

Instead of frowning when talking about issues related to Tomoya Aki as Eriri had imagined, Nagisa gave her an encouraging look.

"There are some things you will never get the answer to unless you try, so I support you in telling him your thoughts."

He is an impeccable brother.

But for some reason, Eriri just hated his open-minded and enlightened attitude towards this matter.

"……I see."

After saying this, Eriri turned and left her brother's room. Ming Hai's smile did not fade away until Eriri closed the bedroom door.

[Do you really intend to continue like this? ]

Shortly after Eriri left, the voice of the system filled the room! ——Or maybe it just echoed in his mind.

[Are you really prepared to face this "ending"? ]

"Ah, to be honest, I was a little confused, but I think it might be better to take this approach."

Ming Hai silently turned his gaze to his computer desk - on the desktop was the shortcut icon of the rr14 game that Eriri downloaded during the body swap.

Naturally, the moment you open the game, the game nickname called "Childhood Sweethearts Victory" will appear.

Nothing happened that night, and Eriri and Narumi did not exchange bodies again. Perhaps the "secret spell" from last night took effect - or rather, since Narumi went to that shrine, nothing extraordinary has happened to the two of them.

And Eriri did just as she said, and as her brother allowed - she made an appointment with Aki Tomoya on an empty rooftop after school.

Whether what follows is a confession of love or some other more serious declaration, we will have to wait and see.

Chapter 36 He is truly unique

The bleak autumn wind, the deserted rooftop, the sunlight of just the right brightness, the young boy and the young girl looked at each other in bewilderment - perhaps it was a young and romantic scene often seen in TV dramas or animations.

If it weren't for the complicated emotions on the pretty and cute face of the girl with golden twin tails who had her hands behind her back.

"Eri, Eriri, you called me out suddenly... is there something wrong?"

Akitomo tried hard to suppress the excitement and excitement that was rising in his heart, and tried to start the conversation in a relatively calm tone.

"Yeah, um... there's something... I want to talk to you, Tomoya."

This should have been a blushing and heart-pounding scene, but Eriri Sawamura could only lower her head and look at her hands, unable to meet the somewhat burning gaze of the bespectacled boy in front of her.

How could it turn out like this?

Originally, reconciling with Tomoya Aki and becoming the most unique existence to him should have been a major event that had been lingering in her mind "since the past" - that is, since before she entered this messy future simulation.

But when this moment really came, she was not as excited as she had imagined for some reason.

What enveloped my heart was instead an unexpected calm and silence, which was definitely not the rhythm that a heart should have when it beats for someone else.

"Eri, what did you want me to do for you? Have you reconsidered my last proposal?"

Aki Tomoya touched his nose, and after hesitating and remaining silent for a long time, he finally asked the question that concerned him most.

By the way, "Become the heroine of Tomoya Aki's latest project" - this is the olive branch he had extended to Eriri before.

Logically speaking, she should be excited about this, as this is the title that Eriri Sawamura has always dreamed of.

but.

"…Renya, do you think I called you out for this?"

It is rare for Eriri to grasp the key point. Perhaps she can only see the key point when she is clear-headed.

"It turns out that he still puts making the damn game before the entanglement between the two of us."

But if you really fall in love, your mind will not be unclear, and your heart will not be so calm.

"Ah, because I'm just worried that you, Eriri, will reject me..."

Not expecting Eriri to point out the problem so directly, Aki Tomoya lowered his head a little shyly and touched the back of his head before continuing.

"After all, you've become very different recently. I was wondering if you, who has been reborn, would care less about our relationship."

“It’s very different… ah, maybe it’s because it’s Toru inside me.”

But, as expected, didn't Akitomo notice that Eriri's "inner self" had completely changed during this period of time?

To be honest, Eriri Sawamura didn't find this strange at all - after all, although they were childhood sweethearts in name, in reality Tomoya Aki had never tried to really understand him.

“Ah… So I didn’t have such expectations for Tomoya…”

Only then did Eriri realize that she had never expected to get true understanding and complete attention from Aki Tomoya.

"But, what I want to say is, I don't feel that you are becoming more and more unfamiliar, Eriri, or that you are gradually becoming distant. It's just the opposite. I think that you are really very charming, Eriri now!"

Tomoya Aki stuttered out what was in his mind, but Eriri was not moved by his sincere confession.

If we look into the reason.

“Don’t listen to what he says, but look at what he asks you to do”—the advice from my brother flashed through my mind at that moment.

"Really, really... If the heroine of my new work can be based on you, I believe we will be successful...!"

The passion behind the black-framed glasses is self-evident.

As long as there is a chance, she will persistently extend the invitation again - Eriri actually already knows how stubborn the man in front of her is.

But it's still a bit disappointing.

"Renya, have you ever thought... that I might have called you out for something else?"

At this point, Eriri found that she could now calmly talk about the sensitive emotions that had been hidden in her heart in the past.

"Like... a confession of love or something like that."

Was it because she had gradually developed unprecedented courage, or was it because this matter was no longer worth treating with caution? Eriri didn't want to delve into it.

After all, judging from the gradually frozen expression on Tomoya Aki's face, there was no need to pursue the matter further.