My love game with them that will lead to certain death

The familiar smell lingering in her nose was one that she had long been familiar with, but at that moment it made her burst into tears.

"I won't abandon you."

Her brother's reassuring words rang in her ears, but Eriri would never have thought that this was the biggest lie.

Chapter 41: Sister vs. Candidate for Sister-in-law…?

It is not easy to break up with the childhood sweetheart whom you have admired for many years. After all, overturning this fact is like denying yourself in the past ten years. Eriri must have felt very uncomfortable to become a crybaby and sob in her brother's arms.

But Ming Hai still let her curl up in his arms, patting her back gently as if she were a child, and letting her wet tears gradually soak the clothes near his collar.

In any case, Eriri made the choice that truly belonged to her when choosing between Tomoya Aki and Toru, perhaps because she realized that these two people had completely different weights in her heart.

Ming Hai should have been glad about this - he was indeed happy that Eriri defended him and broke up with Aki Tomoya, but after the excitement wore off, he couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

Her brother's arms can indeed unconditionally tolerate all her willfulness and coquettishness, but he will not always be with her.

Especially since Ming Hai knew that he didn't have much time left.

How sad would Eriri be if she gradually pushed away one person or thing after another around her for her brother, and finally found that she couldn't even keep her brother?

If it were the previous Narumi, he might not care what Eriri in the "simulation" thought about this, and would just stick to his own ideas and push forward to the end and then just walk away.

But this time he found that he couldn't be so free and easy.

"I made Eriri my sister, and made important simulated objects my relatives. Is this how you, System-kun, try to make me develop feelings for the simulated NPCs? I have to say you did a great job."

Ming Hai analyzed the source of his feelings for Eriri and finally came to this conclusion.

"Even if it's a virtual NPC, it's hard not to have some sympathy for them after spending so much time with them... As expected, on the road to pursuing power and achievement, bonds are the strongest aid and the biggest stumbling block. I actually developed unnecessary feelings for them at a time like this...!"

[From your tone, are you planning to have a thrilling courtroom debate with a certain hedgehog-head?]

“Oh. As expected of the System-kun, you picked up on my joke so easily…!”

[Of course. I know everything about you, including your personality and experiences, including your trip to the shrine, which is best not to be mentioned in front of your sister Eriri.]

"Ah... I definitely can't tell Eriri about that, at least not now."

She had just ended her ill-fated relationship with Tomoya Aki that had lasted for several years, so how could she have the extra energy to pay attention to the bigger storm that was about to brew? And Ming Hai would not let her be distracted by such things.

Despite this kind of "protection", in the end it will inevitably become a symbol of "cruelness".

But all in all, the Sawamura siblings, who have completely settled the old matters of the past, are now free of trouble - at least that's the case with Eriri.

She faced her entanglement with Tomoya Aki frankly, made a break with it, and took the opportunity to recognize her own heart.

Even if her brother is an arrogant and conceited person, it is not up to others to make irresponsible remarks.

Yes, because today she finally figured out that her twin brother, who is inseparable from her and as close to her as a family, is the most important person to her.

The kindness and care shown to her by others are more or less purposeful, either because of her appearance or her identity, or at least because they covet her skills like Tomoya Aki.

But her blood relative, even though he was arrogant and conceited, would always put her on his side and would not allow outsiders to touch her.

Before unwittingly entering this future simulation, Sawamura Eriri was extremely certain that she was in love with Aki Tomoya - but she had never thought carefully about why she had such a strong obsession with him.

Now that I think about it, perhaps it comes from that unique tacit understanding and her own "preference".

It's understandable that Eriri, who grew up alone, would have a special liking for this, but because of this, when she entered this simulation and gained a twin brother who grew up with her and accompanied her through the long years, the unique filter of Tomoya Aki slowly fell apart.

The reality she finally realized was that this twin brother who suddenly appeared could bring her more sense of security than Renye.

This is what Eriri is really looking for - unconditional preference and tolerance. She can act like a spoiled and willful child, or she can become a comrade-in-arms who fights alongside him.

The only one who continued to tolerate her little temper and didn't take it seriously after understanding her true nature and stayed by her side from beginning to end was her blood-related brother.

So, it doesn’t matter even if I am always the inconspicuous sister beside my brilliant brother.

As long as I can stand on the same side with him, I will have a sense of belonging like "home".

With this thought in mind, Eriri Sawamura and her brother Toru stopped speaking to each other in a sarcastic manner, and the relationship between the siblings warmed up again.

Although the body swapping phenomenon was effectively controlled with the secret book that Che found, it didn't last long. Basically, after a day or so, the random crossing would visit the two again - but they had already had experience and were able to tacitly deal with this emergency.

Ever since this talk, the bedroom doors of the Sawamura siblings have never been closed to each other, and they can go to each other's room freely as they please.

The brother and sister were able to perfectly play each other in their daily school life, at least that's what Eriri thought. She tried hard to recall her brother's daily words and deeds and successfully reproduced them. The whole process went smoothly and did not arouse much suspicion from others - even Sayuri, who returned home this time, could not see that her daughter's soul was living in her son's body.

But when it comes to Toru's side, the situation becomes a little puzzling.

Even after the body swap, he was still able to do everything perfectly, but he rarely made some small mistakes in the details, such as answering questions incorrectly in class or almost tripping over a protruding stone while walking - this kind of carelessness only became a topic of conversation for Eriri to tease her brother, and she didn't care too much about it.

It was not until the Sawamura siblings, who had swapped bodies, were on their way home as usual and happened to meet the person who shouldn't have been there at the school gate.

A woman with long black hair is standing guard at the gate of Toyosaki Academy, seemingly waiting for a certain curly-haired boy - Yukinoshita Yukino.

Eriri, who was occupying her brother's body, narrowed her pupils slightly, and Ming Hai, who was standing beside her, also began to look at her with interest to see how his sister would react.

Chapter 42: Don’t make strange noises with my body!

[The situation you are facing now is not optimistic. With your sister's body in your possession, you can only watch her through her eyes. Facing the woman with whom you were most entangled in the first simulation - if things develop in a strange direction, it will definitely be difficult to end. I am very curious about how you will respond. ]

"What countermeasures do you want? I must be watching the show from the sidelines."

【………ah?】

The system's somewhat confused response made Ming Hai particularly excited. If their brain wave communication could be imaged, the system would definitely be able to see him with his hands on his hips and looking very proud.

However, he did not say this intentionally to surprise the system - it was just that he was a person who did not play by the rules.

"Wouldn't it be interesting to see how my dear sister Eriri uses my body to deal with her future sister-in-law candidate?"

Although Ming Hai is a person who likes to make his own rules and doesn't like things to get out of his control, who can refuse to watch such an entertaining improvisational performance?

Interesting, so interesting...!

This curiosity about the unknown things that were about to happen completely overwhelmed his desire to keep the situation firmly in his hands, so even when Eriri threw him a distress signal of "What should I do", Minghai still turned a deaf ear to it.

“This guy Toru…! We’ve never encountered a situation like this before!”

The anxious Miss Eriri turned around and gave a fierce look to the "girl with long golden hair" whose face said "Stop making noise, I want to watch the show", and then looked nervously at Yukinoshita Yukino who was quietly watching her.

"Hey, hey, isn't this the second daughter of the Yukinoshita family? Are you waiting at the gate of my school and planning to give us a ride home?"

Eriri forced herself to recall her brother's past words and actions, and tried to replicate them as perfectly as possible in her own actions.

Although Eriri's acting skills seemed clumsy and poor to Minghai, he was amazed at something else at the moment.

"Oh - so this is what it feels like to see me speaking from someone else's perspective."

I have to say, it seems a bit disappointing.

"Don't you remember? Archer."

Yukinoshita Yukino smiled and repeated the previous agreement to him.

"It's about the last time we agreed to go to that music restaurant and bar. You said the bassist performing there was an acquaintance of yours, and you could go and listen to her performance and support her - have you forgotten?"

"Ah, um... When did we agree to this?"

"We met by chance on the way back to Tokyo while traveling. Do you really have no recollection of that?"

“Is there such a thing…?”

Eriri looked suspiciously at her brother who was occupying her body, hoping that he could give a reasonable explanation - but she didn't expect that he would help her in an unexpected way.

"Brother didn't rest well these days so he kept forgetting some random things. He didn't mean it. Sister Yukinoshita, please bear with me."

The blonde girl showed a sunny smile and hugged the arm of her brother beside her. Her clever and cute appearance made Yukinoshita Yukino smile helplessly.

"If that's the case, it's okay."

——Although only the curly-haired boy who stood stiffly in place had an expression that showed a bit of fear but pretended to be calm.

“Uwaaa… He’s using my voice to make such an artificial gesture… Toru…!”

Hearing her own voice being strung together felt like a thousand ants were marching on her goose bumps at the same time. It was already the best effort that Eriri could make to manage her expression.

"It's almost time for the performance, I'm here to pick you up - is your sister going too?"

Yukinoshita Yukino brought the two of them to the black car of the Yukinoshita family, and politely looked at "Eri" and asked her wishes.

However, this made Che's expression on the side become a little strange.

And so on and so forth.

Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly found the school they were attending and said that she and her brother had made an appointment to go to a music bar together to listen to a live performance. No matter how you look at it, this looked like a date for the two of them.

And Eriri was completely unaware of this.

Not only that, Yukinoshita Yukino just asked Eriri if she wanted to go too, which means that when the two of them made the appointment, they didn't consider other people at all. It was a pure date for two.

And Eriri was still kept in the dark about this.

"Oh... maybe I need to ask my sister for her opinion on this."

The "curly-haired boy" showed a warm smile like a spring breeze, and looked at the cute and adorable blonde girl who was hugging his arms beside him. However, veins were faintly bulging on his forehead hidden by his bangs.

"I will definitely go wherever my brother goes, because I love him the most."

“Damn it… I want to chop this Toru into pieces…!”

Most ordinary people don't want to face up to their shameful past and dark history, not to mention that for Eriri now, it is her brother who is using her body to show those artificial expressions that he would never show himself.

“…Try saying something like that again with that voice.”

The curly-haired boy warned him almost with gritted teeth, but the girl with long golden hair beside him still smiled brightly.

"Oh, I'm just being very honest and showing my care and concern for my brother. After all, I'm not very good at expressing my feelings directly and I always get misunderstood - so I might as well just be direct! In fact, everyone knows that I like my brother very much, but I just can't express it, right?"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh stop talking! Shut up! Shut up!! If you keep talking I'm going to go crazy in the street!!"

"How could I let you, my brother, be embarrassed all alone? If you go crazy in the street, I will go to the toilet on the street to cover you up! You will never be alone!!"

“Are you sick? Aaaaaaaaaah!”

Looking at the Sawamura siblings in front of her, who had different expressions but were extremely harmonious, Yukinoshita Yukino blinked slightly in surprise.

"These two siblings... have a really good relationship."

Although the personalities they display now are very different from the impression they left on her before.

Although Toru Sawamura has many creative ideas and is very imaginative, he is not so unstable. Although Eriri Sawamura always puts on airs and seems to be somewhat hostile to her, she is not so bold either.

It's like the offense and defense have changed, the two poles have reversed - the Sawamura siblings are really interesting.

This is how Yukino Yukinoshita currently feels about them. Naturally, she would never think of the possibility of such an extraordinary phenomenon as body swapping.

Chapter 43: I'm taking my brother's place in Date A Live...?

Discussion: When your sister and you swap bodies and you both go on a date with a woman with whom you had an emotional entanglement before, what is the most valuable thing you can do while living in your sister's body?

Ming Hai Toru answered: Eat melon seeds and watch the show, and add fuel to the fire at the appropriate time to make the show more interesting.

What? To control the situation from developing in a weird direction? That would be totally uninteresting and lose the fascinating viewing experience, wouldn't it?

[Your brain structure is indeed a bit strange. I have never seen a customer who can remain calm in this situation or even just watch the show from the sidelines.]

"Oh, thank you for the compliment. But I didn't do anything outrageous. I just like to watch interesting things. Why do you describe me as a person who loves fun? I am obviously very agreeable."

[Your understanding of yourself is also very intriguing. Please recognize the current situation. ]

This is the current situation.

The Sawamura siblings, whose bodies have been swapped, are sitting on the same side of the table in an elegant and relaxing music restaurant. They are facing Yukinoshita Yukino, who is handing them a menu and planning to treat them to something.

In the center of the restaurant and bar, there was a band hired by the owner performing. The girl with short blue hair who was playing the bass even made a scissors hand gesture at them.

Of course, whether it is the elegant and generous big sister named Yukinoshita Yukino, or the handsome bassist named Yamada Ryo who is performing a routine performance, their eyes are focused on one person.

That was the young man with golden curly hair, who seemed to be sitting calmly and taking a sip of tea.

Of course, he was pretending to be calm. At this moment, the soul of Ying Lili in his body was on pins and needles.

“What? This seems like a Shura field between two women. So Toru has been spending every day in this situation before…?”

The "special care" from the two women was enough to make Eriri feel uncomfortable. It was hard for her to imagine how her brother, who was a big shot in the school and a prince charming in the hearts of the girls, could live a peaceful life.

"I can't help it. No one can match my charm~?"

When she showed such a somewhat hesitant expression, the girl with long golden hair next to her stuck out her tongue at her and made a smug expression of "hey" - and this behavior of course made Eriri's newly risen sympathy instantly cool down.