This is not the date I wanted.

Shrugging his shoulders slightly, Mengyue threw a game coin into the machine and started playing the game at the same time as Yakushi.

"Oh--?"

Meng Yue raised her eyebrows in surprise.

To Mengyue's surprise, this arcade machine was not a traditional fighting game, but a game that challenged reflexes and sense of rhythm, similar to dance machines and musical drums.

By the way, in the previous battle on the dance machine, Yakushiya defeated Mengyue.

(I see. I have considered this.)

Looking at Yejuya who was staring at the screen intently beside her, Mengyue smiled with some excitement.

At the beginning, the icons slowly slid down one by one. At this stage, Mengyue and Yejushi handled it very easily.

But gradually, as time went on, the icons fell faster and faster, and the types increased a lot.

At the same time, Yakushiya and Mengyue's hand speeds gradually increased. Before they knew it, the keyboard tapping sound became as dense as a machine gun.

However, Xixian saw that Mengyue and Yakushi both looked at ease at this time.

"Na——"

Suddenly, Meng Yue spoke up.

"Why are you taking this so seriously? Is it that important to you that I go on a date with Itsuka Shido?"

"...Since you ask that, then it's just right. I also have a question for you."

With his mercury-colored eyes fixed on the screen, Yakushi asked in a deep voice,

"Why - you yourself proposed that I and Xixian come to find Shidao, but you rejected Shidao?"

"..."

"I don't understand! I don't understand at all! What on earth are you thinking? You clearly need salvation, and you clearly gave me a way to be saved, but you rejected it. What does that mean? Do you look down on me?! Shidao was also troubled by your matter yesterday for the whole night!"

"That idiot..."

Meng Yue couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

As if he was getting angry, Yakushi's voice became excited.

"So, I will definitely win! And then let Shidou seal you up!"

"Yajuya..."

After hearing Yakushi's determination, Meng Yue was silent for a moment, and then a playful smile appeared on his face.

"I see. As expected, you are Yakuya, the one who loves Shidou the most. This is the first time I've heard such a passionate and unique confession."

Hearing Mengyue's teasing, Yakushi's cheeks instantly turned red with a "pop".

“What nonsense are you talking about!! I don’t have any regard for my own property—ah, oh no!”

During the panicked rebuttal, a large number of icons flashed across the screen, instantly widening the score gap between Meng Yue and Ye Jushi.

Then, game over!

"The victory has been decided."

"Too, too despicable!"

Yajushi protested loudly in dissatisfaction.

"I didn't break the rules. And the result is everything. It was your own carelessness that led to your failure."

Having said that, Mengyue still secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to give Xixian a sly smile.

(Well, even though I said I wouldn’t cheat, I never said I would let you win.)

"Forehead……"

It seemed that he could not find any words to refute Mengyue's words, and tears of frustration welled up in the corners of Yakushi's eyes.

"Wuwu...Xi, Xixian...I lost..."

"Comfort him. Don't cry, don't cry. Yakuya has tried very hard. In Yui's eyes, Yakuya is the best."

"Uh-really?"

"Definitely. Without a doubt."

"Xixian!"

"Yajuya!"

"Cough-cough-"

Looking at the two people who were showing their affection in public again, Meng Yue couldn't help but cough twice seriously.

"Sad, now that the victory has been decided, as the victor, I should have the right to make a request."

Yui and Yakushi looked at each other and nodded helplessly.

"Ku——I am very reluctant, but as the son of the hurricane, I must abide by the contract I made."

"I'm unwilling. But I will keep my promise."

"Well, don't be so nervous. I don't intend to ask you to do anything excessive."

Meng Yue smiled bitterly and shook her head, raised her index finger and said to the two of them,

"Once, the next time either of you are mad at me. You must forgive me no matter what."

"Eh?"

Xixian and Yakushi looked at each other, seeming to be very confused about Mengyue's request.

"Question. What does this mean?"

"Well, maybe you'll find out soon."

Meng Yue blinked playfully and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

12 Shidou's Wish

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There must be something wrong with me today!

Origami thought with a tearful look on her face.

When I went to a drugstore for shopping, I took a lot of aphrodisiacs and sexual enhancement drugs without realizing it, even though I had never been to that store before. I took out a membership card that didn't exist at all to pay.

And then, when he was in the clothing store, he didn't know what evil had possessed him, and he picked up a set of clothing with a dead reservoir, a dog ear headdress, a dog tail decoration, and a collar. He put on the clothes with the unfounded confidence that "this is Shidou's favorite outfit" and barked at Shidou.

When Origami recalled this memory for a moment, she felt like she was going to die of shame.

However, that's not the worst.

When eating at a family restaurant, while Shidou was in the bathroom, she couldn't help but pick up Shidou's spoon and lick the attachments on it. When Shidou saw it, she accidentally splashed juice on his clothes. Then when he was wringing out his clothes, she took out her phone and frantically took pictures of Shidou's belly button.

After that, Origami still couldn't control herself and did many inexplicable things. Every time, she thought without hesitation that her actions were in line with the development of the theory of the universe and nature, and even brought out a lot of dialectical theories of philosophers to prove it. But when Origami calmed down and thought again - wasn't this just a simple perversion! ? ? ? ?

Although Shidou didn't seem to care much about Origami's series of strange actions, as this was his first time going out with the opposite sex, he had failed in every aspect.

(Hmm... I'm sure she'll be considered a weird girl.)

Origami stole a glance at Shidou in front of her and lowered her head in frustration.

"It's starting to get cold."

Suddenly, Shidou spoke.

It was already past evening, and the late autumn night had already fallen. The warmth of the day was like coaxing people, and the temperature at night was so low that even a breath would turn into a light mist, and the cool breeze blowing through the leaves passed by, making people shiver slightly.

"Yes, yes - I was careless because it was still warm during the day. I wish I had brought gloves."

Origami came back to her senses, rubbed her palms together, and replied with a wry smile.

After hearing Origami's words, Shidou fell silent for some reason. Just when Origami was a little confused, Shidou suddenly gently held Origami's hand.

"Eh--?"

Origami couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise, and her heartbeat unconsciously quickened.

"Wait, I'll go find a vending machine and buy some coffee later."

Shidou said this while turning his back to Origami.

"Uh-huh--"

Origami nodded a little shyly.

The pace of the forward movement was slightly faster, but not to a speed that would bother Origami. It seemed that he was doing something he was not used to, and Origami could clearly see the other person's red ears from behind.

In an instant, Origami felt her face turn red.

(Hmm... my heartbeat is getting faster... this kind of feeling... is indeed...)

"Origami, what are you doing?"

"Eh?"

Hearing Shidou's panicked voice, Origami realized that her right hand was stroking and teasing Shidou's palm back and forth in a very (indescribable) way.

“Hey hey hey? Why is it happening again—quickly stop my right hand ahhh QAQ!”

————————I am the dividing line for shifting perspectives————————————————

"Huh - it feels good, and the favorability is also good. It looks like there is hope that it can be resolved within today."

Seeing the smooth relationship between the two people on the screen, Kotori couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, when Shidao chose the worst options provided by Maria one after another, Kotori was still worried that her brother might have accidentally gone crazy when changing the past. Unexpectedly, although these options were terminated halfway due to Origami's huge emotional fluctuations, they actually improved Origami's favorability towards Shidao.

According to Shidao, Origami in the previous world was a woman who would always pile up various aphrodisiacs and make Shidao drink them, set traps at home for him to escape, and lick people's necks when he carried her on his back.

At first, Kotori thought there was no such woman in the world. Now it seems that she is indeed a little sweet (naive).

"But... even though the favorability has reached the value, the anxiety and pressure are still a bit high..."

Lingyin said softly. In response, Kotori seemed to understand something and shrugged helplessly.

"Well, after all, you've done so many strange things in front of the opposite sex. It's normal to worry whether Shidou will accept you."

[…How should I resolve my anxiety? ]

Hearing Shidou's question, Kotori spread her hands and answered as a matter of course.

"Of course it's a confession of love. Or, Shidou, are you going to say that you just happen to have a special fetish that excites Origami's behavior?"

[How is this possible! ]

Shidou denied it with a frown on his face.

"Well... is this the only way?"

This was something that could not be helped. If Origami was not sealed here, someone would definitely get hurt later - it could be a spirit that had already been sealed like Tohka, or a spirit that she had never met before, or even Origami herself.

He glanced at Origami, who was sitting on a chair in the park sipping coffee. For a moment, Shidou couldn't help but overlap the image of Origami with that of a certain girl.

With a slight sense of guilt, Shidou returned to Origami.

"Hey - origami."

"What, Itsuka-san?"

Origami looked at Shidou with a strange expression. Shidou felt a slight pain in his heart.

Looking at her carefully, she has bangs on her forehead, long eyelashes, clear eyes, and a cherry mouth that seems to be able to take away your heart with just one touch - no matter how you look at her, she is a very cute girl.

In the previous world, due to Kotori's training, Shidou accidentally confessed his love to Origami and they became lovers.

Thinking about it now, Shidou felt how lucky he was.

But to be honest, Shidou himself didn't know what kind of feelings he had for Origami. But at least - it wasn't a romantic relationship.

Although there were many coincidences at the time that led to the problem not being explained clearly, in the end, Shidao gave up on explaining it with the idea of ​​"there's nothing we can do about it" and just let this ambiguous and complicated relationship go on.

If I confess to Origami here, will I end up making the same mistake as last time?

Perhaps, if the brown-haired girl were here, she would ask herself the same question.

What if there were no more helpless reasons?