This is not the date I wanted.

“…Well—”

Nanashi, who was reflected in the "fake witch", had sweat on her forehead and was speechless for a moment. Judging from her reaction, the answer was obvious. In fact, when Nanashi didn't disappear without saying anything like yesterday, but asked Shido the reason, we could guess the result.

——Click!

Suddenly, a tiny crack appeared on the fake witch's mirror, and it continued to expand as it vibrated. Finally, a dazzling light filled the entire living room, causing everyone to close their eyes.

Then, after the light faded, Shidou saw the people who had been abducted by the Seven Sins lying on the ground.

“Xixian——!”

"... Confused. What happened? Yakuya."

Yakuya quickly picked up the somewhat confused Xixian. Seeing that Xixian was safe and sound, she was relieved and tears instantly filled her eyes.

"Very good……"

After confirming that everyone was safe, Shidao was finally able to let go of the heavy stone in his heart. He touched his chest and let out a deep breath.

"Well done Shidou."

Meng Yue patted Shidao's shoulder and nodded approvingly.

"Meng Yue, too. She really helped a lot."

To be honest, if Meng Yue hadn't sorted out all the information, Shidao would probably have been lured to another place by the trap set by Nana Sin.

"Well, being able to help is the happiest thing for me. So - next."

She scratched her cheeks with some embarrassment. Meng Yue chuckled and turned her gaze to someone who was squatting in the corner and covering herself with a large witch hat.

"Miss Nanashi, this result should be Shidou's correct answer. Am I right?"

Surrounded by the crowd, Qi Shiin trembled his shoulders and slowly raised his head.

"……Eh?"

Shidou was stunned. The reason was simple. It was the opposite of the sexy and mature big sister image he had in mind. The girl in front of him was very petite and thin, and her skin was an unhealthy pale color. Her short stature was even smaller because of her hunchback. Her eyebrows and pupils also showed that she was very inferior and had no confidence. Her hair had also become dry and had not been taken care of at all.

"It's really the same as what Sister Mengyue said..."

Qin Li held the double-jaw in her mouth and couldn't help muttering.

After noticing everyone's reactions, Nanashi touched his face and instantly looked stunned.

"not good!"

Meng Yue felt something was wrong. She had already guessed that the true face of Qi Sin was very different from the original one. But it was obviously not voluntary to show the true face to everyone at this time. It was probably because Qi Sin used his angel to set up this game, and because of the conditions of the angel itself, he had to set a defeat penalty for himself.

“I saw it, I ...

Nanashi stared at Shidou with hatred and screamed in pain from the depths of her throat.

"You actually saw my secret again...! No, I will not forgive you. Absolutely not! I, I will never let any of you off!"

Nanashi raised his hands and roared out the real name of his angel.

"Haniel (Fake Witch)——!"

Instantly, the strong light filled the whole room again, forcing Meng Yue to close her eyes and secretly curse herself for not preparing a pair of sunglasses in advance.

"Meng, Meng Yue?"

After opening her eyes, Mengyue saw Shidao's surprised expression.

"Shidou, how did you become so tall? Did Nanashi increase your height?"

Meng Yue couldn't help but stretch out her hand in confusion and wanted to gesture. Suddenly, she noticed that her hands had become smaller and softer than usual. Her voice was also more delicate than usual. Her waist-length hair had shrunk to her neck, and her clothes had become very loose.

"Could it be that……"

Meng Yue looked around and saw several little girls wearing very loose clothes and with very familiar faces. In addition, the furniture in the living room had become very tall.

Meng Yue understood instantly. It was not Shidou who was made bigger by Nanashi, but she and Tohka who were turned into children by Nanashi.

“Haha, hahahaha… you deserve it! I hope you’ll become tiny little things forever.”

Nanashi laughed darkly, straddled her angel, created an exit on the ceiling of the Gokawa family, and disappeared into the night sky.

"Wait, wait a minute! Seven Sins! Seven Sins!"

After Shidou shouted desperately, he watched Nanashi disappear from his sight with an extremely solemn expression.

"Mengyue, are you okay?"

"Damn, I've completely fallen for it. I have to say, what Nanashi did was really--"

Meng Yue shrugged her shoulders, let out a long breath, and a myriad of emotions brewed in her heart. Finally, she spoke slowly.

"awesome!"

"..."

Looking at Mengyue's face full of admiration and emotion, Shidao couldn't help but frown.

PS: Some people may complain that I did not write about the part where Shidao's reasoning revealed the flaws of Nanashi in the novel. Although I thought about writing it, I really have no interest in copying the original plot, so I skipped it. Readers who want to read it, please go and read the original plot.

00 Children's daily life

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Wednesday, September 10th.

"Shidou! What's for dinner? I'm hungry!"

"Darling! Darling!"

"Um... Mr. Shidou..."

"Everyone calm down, ah! Yakuya, that's my lollipop!"

"Hehe, being obsessed with such trivial matters only makes you look narrow-minded, don't you?"

"Sure. Just took a piece, that's all."

"The same goes for you, Xixian! Give it back to me quickly!"

“Kuku! I can’t give away anything that has entered my domain so easily.”

"Escape. If you can catch Xi Xian, I will return her to you."

"Woooo..."

"Darling! Darling!"

"Rice! Shidou, I want to eat rice!"

Listening to the chaotic noises coming from his ears, Shidao could not help but hold his head in silence, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

At this time, the hall of the Gokawa family was occupied by seven little lolita girls. Shidou was very familiar with their faces. Tohka, Yumezuki, Yoshino, Kotori, Yakuya, Yui and Miku. Undoubtedly, they all had the same physical features as his friends and sister.

From the perspective of an uninformed bystander, they might be thought to be relatives of those people or strangers who miraculously look similar. But Shidao knew very well that they were the real people.

After Shidou solved the mystery of Nana Sin and Nana Sin revealed her true face in front of everyone, she became furious and turned all the elves present into loli, and the Gokawa family fell into a nursery.

Perhaps because their bodies are getting smaller, Tohka and the others' personalities are also unconsciously becoming more like children. They start to shout, cry, and pull Shidou's clothes like children, often chasing after him. In just one day, Shidou has deeply realized how great his parents were who raised Kotori and himself at this age.

"Hey, Mengyue. That's my trophy. Give it back to me quickly."

"Dissatisfied. It's too cunning to take advantage of the chaos."

Suddenly, the Yami sisters who were running around in the living room stopped and looked at the little girl with short brown hair who had snatched the candies from their hands with dissatisfaction.

Meng Yue held the candy in her hand, sighed, shook her head and said.

"Yuzuki, Yakuya. If you don't like me taking your candy away from you, you should also understand that it was wrong to secretly take away Kotori-chan's candy just now."

"Mmmm--nothing to say."

"Reflect on it. I know I was wrong."

After hearing Meng Yue's words, they both lowered their heads in shame.

"That's good. I'll share my candies with you later. Let's go and apologize to Kotori-chan."

Mengyue chuckled and led the two to Kotori. After the two apologized, Kotori also said that she was also wrong and apologized quietly, and gave the lollipop that Mengyue returned to her to Yakuya and Yui.

After confirming that the problem here was solved, Mengyue breathed a sigh of relief and then trotted over to Shidao.

"Well... Next. Here... Tohka, Shidou will prepare dinner soon. I'll give you this cookie first, just bear with me... Yoshino, don't worry, Shidou is not angry about breaking the plate yesterday... Miku... Um, you want to hug me for comfort? Fine... Come on."

After explaining the situation to each of the three people, the three noisy people nodded as if they understood and became quiet.

Although they were also turned into children, Shidao was surprised that Mengyue didn't seem to be affected too much. Maybe it's because she is a very sensible type at this age. It must be said that having a guy who can help share the care of these little monsters helped Shidao a lot.

"Shidou, I'll take care of this for now. Go and prepare dinner."

Mengyue let Miku hug her like a koala, sighed with a wry smile, and said to Shidou.

"Yeah. Thanks for your help, Mengyue."

Shidou nodded gratefully. After everyone calmed down, Shidou was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and go to prepare dinner.

As the weather had unknowingly started to get colder, and considering that children's bodies were very susceptible to catching cold during this period, Shidao bought some mushrooms and fish at the suggestion of the uncles and aunts in the shopping street, and prepared to make a stew pot to warm everyone up.

Just as Shidou was about to start working, a tuft of brown hair suddenly appeared at the entrance of the kitchen and caught his attention.

Then a little girl with short brown hair poked her head out from the door.

"Hey, Misaka is here! Misaka Misaka greeted them very energetically."

"That's a weird self-proclaimed name. Meng Yue."

Shidou looked at it with a frown on his face. Ever since Mengyue became a child, she would occasionally use this strange way of speaking to talk to him. Rather than saying that her actions became childish after her body was shrunk, it would be better to say that she deliberately said this after she became a child.

"Is there anything wrong with the way Misaka said it? Misaka looked at Shidou with a puzzled look."

"No, your name is not Misaka. Please stop playing around. I feel a subtle chill."

The corners of Shidao's mouth twitched slightly. Mengyue's childish appearance was indeed cute. But the petite girl with short brown hair and that special way of speaking made Shidao worry that a white-haired lolita of unknown gender would suddenly appear and tear him to pieces.

"Well, I know."

After teasing Shidou for a bit, Meng Yue chuckled and returned to her normal tone.

"How is Shidou preparing?"

"Well, I'm just about to prepare the soup. Maybe dinner will have to wait a while. Where are Tohka and the others?"

"We're watching Kamen Rider on TV right now, and everyone is watching it intently. There's no need to worry about a fight for now. But I've seen that version of the show before, and I came here to help out when I was bored."

"No, no, I'm enough on my own. Mengyue, it's dangerous for you to be like this with a kitchen knife."

Shidao waved his hands quickly. If Mengyue was willing to help him normally, Shidao would be more than happy. But seeing that Mengyue was just a little girl under ten years old, imagining what it would be like for her to hold a kitchen knife, Shidao was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I know my own situation best. I won't do anything dangerous."

As she spoke, Mengyue put on a bunny apron and tied her hair into a braid with a four-leaf clover headband. Unlike her usual homely look, Mengyue looked more playful and cute.

Standing on a stool, Mengyue took out the children's kitchen utensils from the cabinet. Although they felt a bit like toys and were not as sharp as real kitchen knives, making them a little inconvenient to use, they were also relatively safer.

Meng Yue hugged her waist, raised her head and looked at Shidao with a smug look on her face.

"How is it? I asked Lingyin to prepare it for me this morning, so this should be fine."

"I'm really defeated by you. Don't do things reluctantly."

Seeing that Mengyue was willing to help with the cooking even to this extent, Shidao had no choice but to agree with a helpless smile.

"Well, we're going to cook a chowder, right?"

Seeing the ingredients and kitchen utensils laid out on the chopping board, Mengyue immediately knew the dish that Shidao was going to prepare.

"I'll wash the mushrooms and vegetables. Then I'll chop the onions and leaves."

Since the children's kitchen knife was not sharp enough, the processing of the meat was left to Shidou.

"You have to deal with the fishy smell carefully, Shidao."

"Hey, hey - don't worry, I know."

He couldn't help but respond as usual, and after realizing this, Shidou couldn't help but touch his nose.

He cut the cod meat into equal parts, sprinkled some salt on it, and waited for the water to dry up. Then, he took out the pickled kelp and put it into the pot together with the kelp to prepare the soup.

During this time, Shidou also stole a glance at Mengyue. Although she looked a little clumsy using the child's kitchen knife, Mengyue quickly adapted to it and soon was able to skillfully cut mushrooms and cabbages into appropriate shapes.