This is not the date I wanted.

"Uh, Mengyue, did you figure it out?"

"Of course. Ever since I got home, I've looked like I was worried. And considering the spacequake that just happened today, it's hard not to know."

Meng Yue said unhappily.

Well, although I was a little absent-minded after returning home because of the matter of Nanashi, it shouldn't be so obvious. Shidao scratched his head and could only blame the girl's extraordinary observation ability.

"Well, it is indeed as Meng Yue said."

Meng Yue had already seen through it, so Shidao had no need to hide anything and explained in detail what had happened when he had come into contact with Nanashi.

"Even a non-hostile spirit like a witch can be so accurately stepped on the opponent's weak spot. In a sense, this can be considered a talent, Shidao."

"Ha ha……"

Shidou scratched his head with a wry smile at Mengyue's slightly sarcastic words.

"Really?" Meng Yue sighed helplessly, turned to Kotori and asked, "Kotori, can you play the video of conquering Nanashi from the beginning?"

"Of course you can, but Sister Mengyue..."

Kotori said with some doubt. Indeed, if Kotori had the help of Mengyue's keen observation and reasoning ability, it would be something she would have loved. But Mengyue said that she did not intend to provide assistance to Shidao's strategy.

"That spirit called Nanashi has declared that she wants to harm Shidou, so this is no longer a meeting to capture spirits, but a meeting on how to deal with the opponent's attack. I don't want anything to happen to important people."

Shrugging, Meng Yue said calmly.

"I understand." Qin Li looked at Meng Yue with a helpless smile on her face, "Ling Yin, play the video again."

"learn."

Lingyin nodded and turned the video to the beginning and started playing.

Meng Yue didn't say anything. Her amber eyes were fixed on the screen, as if she wanted to capture every millisecond of the scene in her brain.

The people present were also infected by the girl's focused expression and fell silent at the same time.

"call……"

After a long time, Meng Yue slowly exhaled.

"How is it, Sister Mengyue, do you know what happened?"

Kotori asked nervously.

"Well, I can't say it's correct, but I do have a guess."

Meng Yue nodded slowly.

"First of all, when the smoke rose, why did Nanashi's favorability suddenly drop to the point where she wanted to kill Shidou? It's probably not Shidou's problem, but something went wrong with Nanashi herself."

"Is there a problem with the Seven Sins?"

"Well, how should I explain it..."

The attitude of Nanashi in the picture reminded Mengyue of Kuang San whom she met not long ago. When she ran into Kuang San playing with the cat, Kuang San was so excited that she almost shot herself to death.

"For example, when Shidou was out one day, Kotori, his younger sister, sneaked into her room to investigate her onii-chan's healthy development of her sexual orientation. While searching for evidence, she saw an empty bed sheet and lay down on it after a moment's hesitation. Then, she breathed in Shidou's scent while muttering, 'I love onii-chan the most, and I want to be her bride'..."

"You, you you you you you you you what are you talking about, Sister Mengyue! Who would go to idiot Shidou's room and do such a weird thing!?"

Suddenly, Kotori stood up in a panic, her cheeks flushed, and she began to stutter.

The corners of Meng Yue's mouth twitched slightly. Although she was just saying it casually, judging from the girl's reaction, whether such a thing really happened or not seemed to be another matter.

"Well... it's just a hypothesis. If Shidou suddenly forgets to bring something and runs into Kotori when he returns to the room, what will you do, Kotori?"

"Erase!"

Kotori gave a decisive answer at the first opportunity.

Hearing this, Shidou felt a chill down his spine.

"Don't worry. This was just Kotori-chan's first reaction. She wouldn't go that far anyway. At most, she would just erase Shidou's memory."

Meng Yue patted Shidao's shoulder to comfort him.

"I'm totally worried."

Shidou said with a helpless look.

"Well, even Kotori, who is her family, lost control of her emotions. So it's not surprising that Nanashi's impression of Shidou dropped instantly when they just met for the first time."

After taking a deep breath to calm down, Qinli vaguely understood what Mengyue wanted to express.

"You mean Shidou discovered... or Nanashi thought Shidou discovered some secret that she didn't want to tell others?"

"Bingo!"

Meng Yue snapped her fingers lightly and nodded.

"No matter how important this secret is to Nanashi, at least it is not something that Shidou, who is meeting her for the first time, can discover."

"I see. It's like when a high school girl's skirt gets blown up by the wind and her panties are exposed to strangers. I get it, I get it! The look of contempt and perversion she gives you while holding down her skirt with her hands is really addictive."

I don't know when? The ragged Kannazuki had returned to the meeting room and nodded as if he understood what she meant.

"…Kannazuki, thank you for coming back and giving a dirty yet easy-to-understand example. As a reward, please continue to receive treatment at the labor camp."

As they spoke, the two philosophical strong men pressed down on Kanbutsu's shoulders from behind. Even a perverted man like Kanbutsu turned pale in an instant.

"Well... let's move on to the next question. What is this secret?"

Watching Kannazuki being dragged away like a mop, Mengyue coughed and continued, "Since the secret has been exposed, Shidou must be killed. It shouldn't be a small problem like accidentally wearing clothes backwards and being discovered when going out. Shidou, did something happen to Nanashi in that smoke?"

Shidao shook his head blankly. His vision was completely blocked by the smoke at the time, and he didn't remember anything special happening.

"It was just a sneeze."

"You relax after a sneeze? Is it because of your silly and cute attributes?..."

After making a few insignificant complaints, Meng Yue shook her head helplessly.

"Besides the part about the smoke, there was another sentence from Seven Sins that really struck me."

Mengyue asked Lingyin to move the progress bar of the video forward slightly and then play it.

[As expected... I am very beautiful now. 】

This is what Shidou said to himself after he praised Nanashi's beauty and Nanashi's favorability increased.

"What's wrong with this sentence?"

Kotori asked curiously.

If we look at the atmosphere at that time, most people would think that Nanashi was just feeling good about herself and intoxicated by herself.

But when you take out a single sentence, you will feel a little bit out of place.

"Why the 'now' me? This statement is like saying that Nanashi wasn't so beautiful before. Although there is also the possibility that Nanashi said it casually. But considering that the other party has been confirming whether she is beautiful or not during the whole process, and then thinking about Nanashi's ability. Can we think like this?"

After taking a sip of tea to moisten her throat, Mengyue expressed her thoughts.

"Nanashi was not satisfied with her appearance. So she used her ability to disguise herself as she is now, and accidentally canceled her transformation in the smoke. Since Shidou was closest to Nanashi at the time, he was suspected of having seen this scene."

"Indeed...if that's the case, then this sentence makes sense."

Ling Yin suddenly realized something and turned the video to the moment when the smoke had just dissipated.

[Don't play dumb! You just saw my...]

"If we follow Meng Yue's train of thought just now, what Nanashi mentioned here should refer to Nanashi's true appearance."

After hearing what Reine said, Kotori couldn't help but ponder.

Nanashi may have made some changes to his appearance.

The original appearance of the Seven Sins may not be beautiful.

Nanashi thought that Shidou saw that she was not beautiful.

So, please go to hell!

"I see...it does make sense."

Kotori nodded. Although there was no definite evidence, this was the best guess to explain the current situation.

"But, just being seen in the true face would cause such hostility?"

"Bad Marriage" (Too quick a period of laziness) Kawagoe raised his hand and asked with some confusion.

"That's not right, Kawagoe! Beauty is a woman's second life! If you let others see your bare face without makeup, it won't be so easy."

"DeepLove" (protective observation punishment) Minowa immediately retorted.

"It's because of this kind of thinking that you always divorce your wife so quickly."

"puff--!"

Shidao seemed to see Mr. Kawagoe's chest pierced by a sharp sword! Perhaps it was because he was stabbed in a painful spot, and Kawagoe fell to his knees on the ground with a look of despair.

"Well... although I also think it's a bit exaggerated to destroy Shidou's life like this. But on the other hand, it also shows that Nanashi really cares about his true appearance."

Meng Yue shook her head speechlessly and continued.

"Either that sexy beauty is actually not presentable to others...or else, this seemingly strong, carnivorous queen...is unexpectedly lacking in self-confidence and has an inferiority complex."

It feels like I have to be busy again, Mengyue couldn't help but sigh.

"So next. What's my next question?"

"what is the problem?"

Shidou tilted his head in confusion and asked.

"I'm talking about you..."

Meng Yue looked at Shidao who showed no sign of nervousness at all and said helplessly.

"How exactly does Nanashi plan to destroy your life? Rather, Shidou is already full of rumors at school. If those rumors become reality, what are you going to do?"

"..."

After imagining what Mengyue described, Shidao's back was suddenly covered with cold sweat.

“It’s indeed a very important question.”

Shidou said in an extremely serious tone.

03 I have no regrets in my life

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Now that we have a direction to explore the abilities and intentions of the Seven Sins, there is nothing wrong with Mengyue raising this question. After all, although the task of conquering the elves is a priority, if Shidou is really destroyed at the social level, it will not be possible to provide a safe environment for the elves. Kotori nodded in agreement with the additional topic raised by Mengyue.

“Although this is called a discussion, Sister Mengyue, you should already have the answer.”

"Well, let me just make a guess..."

Mengyue shrugged and did not deny it.

"Rich people will use money to solve problems, bureaucrats will use power to solve problems, gangs will use violence to solve problems... It's natural that people will usually use what they are best at as a weapon to solve problems. Even elves are no exception to this."

In fact, this question is simpler than reasoning about why the favorability of the Seven Sins has decreased.

"Money, power, connections... Unfortunately, these things are impossible for elves who are not accepted by humans to have. Then, the choices that the Seven Sins can make are very limited."

Perhaps recalling some unpleasant memories, Meng Yue sighed with a complicated feeling.

"For example, if I were to destroy Shidou's life, I would probably first publish gossip on the Internet about 'Breaking news! A certain playboy high school boy in Amamiya City is cheating on seven women!', and then use the Sage of the Dawn to forge thousands of fake accounts to post comments, forcing this news to the level of social ethics, and then use Photoshop technology to create some fake evidence pictures, and finally use ventriloquism to pretend to be different female victims and call the police to cry, and finally wait until the limelight reaches its peak before exposing Shidou's personal information on the Internet... Well, these are the things I would do if Shidou was a real scumbag, so don't worry."

It's great that this girl is not my enemy. Everyone present thought the same thing.

"Kotori, if I remember correctly, the ability of the Seven Sins should be to change the form of objects, whether they are living or dead."

Mengyue confirmed with Qinli.

"Well, there may be hidden means, but this is all we know for now."

Kotori nodded.

"Generally speaking, the easiest way for this ability to destroy life is for Nanashi to pretend to be Shidao and do all kinds of disgusting things."

"I see... it can indeed ruin Shidou's life."

Kotori couldn't help but frown.