Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

The girl opposite rushed up first and hugged Shiori.

"Eh?!"

--split line--

"Is this where my sister lives?"

At Gokawa's house, Mana, who claimed to be Shiori's younger sister, looked around and confirmed her sister's current residence one by one.

Looking at Mana running around, Mana couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect that you really became a big sister, Shiori."

Facing Manrei's teasing, Shiori hastily denied: "Manrei-kun, no matter how you think about it, that kid can't be that kind of sister, and I don't even know her."

Mana squinted her eyes and looked up and down at Mana. The middle school girl in front of her was exactly the loli version of Shiori: "But, she and you, Shiori, are exactly the same. Are you sure you really don't know her?"

Before Shiori could answer, Mana Tsuyoshi spoke first: "Of course, after all, I am your sister's younger sister."

Mana put her hands on her hips when she said this, as if she was saying something very proud.

"But Mr. Zhenlian, you and your sister live together, right? What is your relationship with your sister?"

After answering Manren's question, Mana turned around and asked. After all, as far as she knew, this house was under the names of Gokawa Ryuo and Gokawa Haruko. As their daughter, Shiori naturally lived here, but it was a bit strange that Manren also lived here.

When asked this question, the two still showed an awkward look, after all, this is not something that can be explained in a few words. In the end, Zhenlian evaded the question by saying, "It's an adult matter, you don't understand it as a child."

Hearing this, Mana fell into deep thought, and then seemed to have thought of something, and the way she looked at Zhenlian suddenly changed into the way she looked at a sick pig in a pig farm.

Then she pulled Shiori aside and whispered with him, among which Shinren seemed to hear some unpleasant words such as "freeloader" and "supporter".

Knowing that Mana seemed to have some terrible misunderstandings about herself and Shiori, Mana pulled the two apart unhappily: "We are not in that kind of relationship. Children should read more books instead of watching those messed up TV dramas."

It's obvious that those weird TV dramas have distorted Mana's understanding of "adult matters".

"Then we are..."

"We are just ordinary friends, living together temporarily for some reasons." Zhenlian answered Mana's question first.

Looking at Kazuma's sincere explanation, Shiori could only smile helplessly.

【Ordinary friends? 】

Shizhi touched her lips and felt something strange in her heart for some reason. Ever since the last two kisses, she felt like something was wrong with her.

"Sister, I'm back."

Although Kotori saw everything that happened to Mana clearly on the battleship, she still wore a black headband and pretended to be a junior high school student who had just returned home from school.

"Eh? Who is she, sister?"

Even though she knew about Mana's temporarily suspicious identity, Kotori still pretended to be "I know nothing" and asked.

Seeing two little creatures named "sisters" appear at the same time, Mana's intuition told him that something good was about to happen, so he took a small bucket of popcorn from the refrigerator, looking forward to what kind of sparks would fly between Kotori, who has a sister complex, and Mana.

Chapter 6 Family

During her communication with Mana, Mana also learned a lot about Shiori.

Shiori and Mana mentioned before that she was the adopted daughter of the Gokawa family. If Mana was not lying, Shiori should have the same last name as her, Takamiya.

Manren also learned that Shiori had experienced amnesia just like herself, and had no memory of either his biological mother or the great fire in Amamiya City five years ago.

I have to say, Shinren seemed to feel a bit of sympathy towards Shiori.

“Your life isn’t easy either.”

Shiori discovered that Zhenlian, who usually rarely expressed emotions, looked at him with a little more sympathy in her eyes.

"Although I am a little concerned about the things I forgot, fortunately these things have not affected my daily life. In a sense, this is also a kind of luck."

Although he was abandoned by his biological mother, fortunately he did not have many memories, otherwise it would have been even more difficult for Shiori to get out of the shadow of being abandoned; although he experienced the fire, fortunately he and his sister Kotori were fine, and he did not show any symptoms of PTSD later.

[Shiori's sister? A family member? ]

Mana looked at Mana who was lost in deep thought. She had lost all her memories before the age of 15. Although she nominally had a father named Hiden Kio, Mana had been living alone for the past two years. Two years of living alone made Mana, who already had few friends, have a vague concept of "family".

What exactly is family?

"Seeing my sister is doing so well, I am very happy. And I have such a lovely stepsister."

"Whatever... Even if... Even if you say that, I won't be happy..."

Hearing Shin's well-intentioned compliment, Kotori turned her head away a little embarrassedly.

"I'm telling the truth! After all, I have a lovely step-sister now!"

"I'm not your sister!"

"Is that so... I am sorry, sister."

"I'm not your sister either!"

After some back and forth between the two little animals named Sister, they also learned that Mana had lost her memory, but they recognized Shiori by relying on the photo inside the pendant.

"Really... Is this an exchange meeting for amnesia patients?" Kotori held her forehead helplessly. None of the four people present had never experienced amnesia.

"Anyway, I'd like to thank you very much, Kotori, for taking care of me over the years. I'm really grateful to you for having such a good stepsister."

After saying that, Mana bowed deeply to Kotori, and her respectful attitude made Kotori feel a little embarrassed.

"There's no need to thank her. After all, she's my sister too..."

"But she's still no match for me, her biological sister."

This sentence made Shinren and Shiori feel that something that had been tense for a long time finally broke. However, one was just watching the show, while the other was worried about the war that was about to break out between his two sisters.

However, this ending was within everyone's expectations. After all, Mana had been calling Kotori "adopted sister" from the beginning, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally emphasizing the fact that Shiori and Kotori had no blood relationship.

"Oh? Is that really the case?"

Kotori's deliberately prolonged tone officially announced the outbreak of the war between the two.

Looking at the two people who were arguing, Mayu stuffed a handful of popcorn into her mouth. It seemed as if Shiori had become an "older sister" in another sense.

"Blood ties are the strongest bond, and that's something a stepsister can never have!"

"No Lu Sai! I've been with my sister for much longer than you have!"

"So what if it takes a long time? A true bond won't be affected by time!"

"I even took a bath with my sister! Can you do that?"

Looking at the two people arguing fiercely, Shiori became more and more confused, and Shinren stuffed popcorn into her mouth faster and faster.

Finally, the two sisters turned to Shiori at the same time.

"Sister, which one is better, a biological sister or a step-sister?" X2

Faced with the two aggressive people, Shiori didn't know how to respond for a moment.

At this time, Mana stopped eating popcorn and said, "Compared to this, does Mana still remember your parents? If you do, you should be able to take Shiori to meet your mother. I guess she has a lot of questions to ask."

Hearing Mana's question, Mana just shook his head: "I'm so sorry, I don't even remember anything about my parents anymore."

"Sorry for bringing up your sad story." Shiori patted Mana's head apologetically, but she soon discovered something suspicious. "Where do you live?"

"This...should be considered a staff dormitory, right?"

When asked this question, Mana, who was always outspoken, became vague.

"Eh? Aren't you still in junior high school?"

"Um...I'll take my leave now!"

Faced with Shiori's questions, Mana finally ran away. After all, the girl who didn't know Shiori's secret didn't want to involve her in the world of elves.

--split line--

Tonight's dinner is hamburger meat, juicy beef patties, creamy cheddar cheese, sweet and sour pickled cucumbers, and refreshing lettuce slices.

"Mmmmm, delicious hamburger meat!"

As soon as Tohka tasted it, her eyes sparkled with stars.

[Wow, this hamburger meat looks delicious! ]

"Um……"

Yoshino and Yoshina were also very satisfied with the dinner.

"Sister, can we have hamburger meat for dinner tomorrow?"

After tasting Shiori's work, Kotori, who was wearing a white hairband, started to act coquettishly towards Shiori.

But Zhenlian finished eating very quickly this time. There was no happy expression on her face. Instead, she looked like she was worried.

"I'm full, thanks for the treat."

Zhenlian clasped her hands together, thanked him, and walked towards the windowsill.

"Strange, doesn't Manreya like eating hamburger patties?" Tohka said with some confusion as she watched Manreya walking away.

"Family..."

Although Mana watched the "sister war" between Mana and Kotori with the intention of watching a show, after watching it she always felt as if there was a lump in her heart.

Family is something that Zhenlian doesn't have.

Just as Zhenlian was in a daze, he felt a chill on his face. He turned around and found Shizhi holding two cans of iced juice and looking at him with a smile.

"Shiori?"

"Mare-kun, you seem to be worried. Can you tell me about it?"

This is a familiar scene, except this time it's the girl holding the juice and it's the boy who is scared.

Zhenlian opened the juice and took a sip: "I didn't expect you to buy my favorite flavor."

"Of course, I am very thoughtful." Shizhi opened the juice with some pride and took a sip. Then he stuck out his tongue because of the sweet taste. "It is still too sweet..."

Seeing Shiori's funny expression change, Mana couldn't help but laugh, and then began to talk about her own thoughts: "To be honest, when I saw Kotori and Mana quarreling over you before, I actually felt a little envious."

"Really? I'm obviously feeling very distressed."

Shiori smiled bitterly. After all, if it wasn't for Zhenlian's mediation, Shiori really didn't know how to answer the questions of his two sisters.

"Dad and mom, who do you like? Which of your two sisters do you like more? These things seem very ordinary and even a little distressing, but they are experiences I can't get." Zhenlian leaned on the windowsill railing and said lightly, "Although I have a dad, I have never seen him, and I am not even sure if this person exists. Family is something that is a little strange to me, but I also want it."

Shiori felt a little sympathy for Zhen Lian's lonely figure. Although he was abandoned by his biological mother when he was a child, the warmth of the Gokawa family still healed Shiori's inner wounds. Now Shiori thinks he is very happy.

But Zhenlian is different. She lost all her memories and appeared in a completely unfamiliar environment. She has no one to rely on and no friends. She has to rely on herself to live as a human being on the social level.

This kind of experience made Shizhi feel a little distressed.

"There is no such thing!" Shiori suddenly held Manreon's hand, "Manreon-kun is also my family."

Seeing Shiori's sincere eyes, Shinei's eyes widened at first, and then immediately changed back to that "I feel you look a little funny" expression: "As a girl, wouldn't you blush when you hold a boy's hand and say something like this?"

"Oh... sorry..." Shiori's face turned a little red, and then he silently withdrew his hand.

"Girls shouldn't do this kind of thing to boys so easily, be careful of being tricked into bed by a scumbag." Zhenlian said a little teasing and left.

But in the end, Zhenlian turned her head away: "It's better to set the threshold for family a little higher. I will work hard to become your family."

Maybe Zhenlian still thinks that he has no family, but now he probably won't envy these little things anymore. After all, there are many people around him who can become his family.

Chapter 7: Deadly Multiple Dates (I)

The bell for the morning meeting rang, and the students who had been talking and laughing seemed to recall Teacher Xiaozhu's angry look, and they all returned to their seats.

However, both Manri and Shiori noticed that there seemed to be one person missing among the many students.

It was already time for the morning meeting, but Kurumi's seat was empty.

Although the series of events involving the self-exposure of the elves were indeed surprising, Shinren did not make too many associations with the reason for Kurumi's absence.

[It's impossible that he was killed by AST. 】

Zhenlian smiled and made a little joke in her heart.

Compared to Manre, Shiori seemed more worried about Kurumi. Judging from her expression, you could tell that all kinds of reasons why Kurumi was late were already popping up in her mind.

"Tokisaki Kurumi won't come over again."

A voice without any emotion came from Shiori's left side. Although the voice was not loud, Shinichi who was sitting behind Shiori could hear it.