This is not the date I wanted.

"It's okay, just think of it as a shift change. If you're tired, just take a good rest."

Mengyue shook her head to indicate that it was not a problem.

"Sister Mengyue, you haven't had breakfast yet, right? Let's eat together."

"Okay. I'm going to put my apron back in the kitchen first, so wait for me."

Having said that, Meng Yue turned and walked towards the kitchen, untying the hairband on her head on the way.

Looking at Mengyue's back in an apron, Shidao was a little absent-minded.

"If I can let Mengyue wear an apron and cook for me in the kitchen every day, I will die without regrets. Brother thought silently in his heart as he looked at Sister Mengyue's back."

"Kotori, don't make up your brother's mental monologue without permission."

"Oh? Isn't it?"

Kotori looked at Shidou with a smile.

"Stop talking nonsense. We'll have to eat soon. Don't open the bag of lollipops."

"Oh~Okay..."

After finishing breakfast, Shidao put on the school uniform jacket of Raizen High School, picked up the school bag at the foot of the table and prepared to go to school.

Although time is a bit tight, if we run fast we should still be able to catch up.

"Wait, where are you going, brother?"

"Where are we going... to school, of course? Mengyue, go change your clothes quickly. Kotori, you too, don't you have to go to junior high school?"

Hearing Shidou's urging, Mengyue and Qinli looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

"What, what happened? Today shouldn't be a day off, right?"

Seeing the reactions of the two, Shidao felt a little unsure. After all, too many things happened in the past few days, and his memory of the date and time was somewhat vague.

Just in case, he took a look at the screen of his mobile phone - February 2th, Thursday, was a normal school day.

"Brother, you haven't woken up yet, have you?"

With a silent sigh, Kotori changed the headband on her head to black, and the way she spoke also changed accordingly.

"Shidou, you haven't forgotten? Your life is being targeted by DEM now - no, if you believe Kurumi, you have already died. So why do you have to go out to a place with insufficient security and easy to be harmed to die?"

"Forehead……"

After hearing Kotori's overly correct remarks, Shidou was speechless for a moment. This is a special period, and it is indeed not suitable to go to school as usual.

"Reine has approved everyone's sick leave applications at school. Tohka and the others are now on the Fraxinus. Kotori and I are with you now, and it was decided after everyone discussed it. At least two people should be with you to avoid being alone."

Meng Yue added an explanation from the side.

"That's it."

Although he understood what the two said, Shidou still had some concerns about the school.

"Um... has Kurumi gone to school? If she is, I want to meet her and talk to her."

He did not forget that he was still in the process of conquering Kurumi. Although his main goal now was to find a way to modify the history of thirty years ago, at the same time, he also had something to say to Kurumi.

"Well. I understand your idea. But this is probably a dead end." Meng Yue shrugged and replied, "Just half an hour ago, Teacher Xiaozhu announced in your class that Tokisaki Kurumi will be on leave again."

"The surveillance cameras installed in the school area did not capture Tokisaki Kurumi's presence. It seems that she will not go to school again."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Shidou's eyes widened in surprise.

"Kyousan, is she... okay?"

"According to Teacher Xiaozhu, it seems that Kurumi personally contacted and applied for a leave of absence. There shouldn't be any danger, it's just that there's simply no need for her to go anymore."

Recalling Ling Yin whom she saw last night, Meng Yue replied calmly.

"Yeah, that's good."

Shidou breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's put aside Kurumi's question for now. Shidou, I have something I want to confirm with you."

Kotori said with a slightly serious tone.

"whats the matter?"

"Last night, you said that you encountered a very large space earthquake in your dream, and then met a naked girl. Is that right?"

"Ah."

Shidou nodded.

"really."

Hearing Shidou's words, Kotori's lips curled up into a smile.

"I lost my composure yesterday because I was shaken and almost overlooked an important piece of information."

"Important information?"

"what……"

Hearing this, Shidao couldn't help but feel confused. Mengyue seemed to understand something and covered her face with a "screwed" expression.

"Space shock."

Kotori took out her tablet and while looking through the information, she expressed her guess.

"In the five years up to now, the spirits that caused space quakes around the world, except for Tokisaki Kurumi, have all matched the spirits you sealed. There are no unknown cases. So that space quake could not have occurred in these five years, but was caused by the original spirits thirty years ago, including the Eurasian Great Sky Disaster and the Southern Kanto Great Sky Disaster [Note]."

Hearing this, Shidou's heart skipped a beat. He had never expected that Kotori could find out about this place with just such a simple sentence.

Of course, there was another thing that surprised him greatly.

"Wait? You mean thirty years ago? But I wasn't even born then..."

That's right, Gokawa Shido is seventeen years old this year, and unlike the elves, he doesn't have his aging suppressed by his spiritual power, and although he has no memory of his birth, before he met the elves, he was indeed adopted by the Gokawa family from an orphanage as a child and grew up there.

Thirty years ago, the O-seed that conceived him might not have even been born from the O-seed of his unknown biological father.

"Hmm... To be honest. This is also very confusing to me. If it is really the original spirit that disappeared thirty years ago, Shidou would not have been able to see her."

Kotori sighed in confusion. With only such a few scattered intelligence, the investigation to this point was already the limit.

"Speaking of which, Shidou, did you say anything strange when you woke up? You mistook me for Zhenna in your sleep, and before dinner you said something like 'being woken up for the second time'. Did you recall some past memories?"

"This one……"

Feeling Kotori's gaze, Shidou couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. After the lesson he learned, he dared not easily reveal the memory of his dream again.

Just then, Meng Yue spoke first.

"Well, it could be just a coincidence. After all, dreams are ambiguous, and often they are just a mess of things that people have seen and thought about. After all, Shidou was asked this by Mana yesterday, so it's normal to dream about Mana after falling asleep thinking about this."

"That's right... Using something as baseless as a dream as a clue will only make things more confusing."

Kotori seemed to be convinced by Mengyue's words and nodded in understanding.

"By the way. By the way, let me ask Sister Mengyue. You and Shidao are not hiding anything from us, right?"

"Yes. But I can't tell you yet."

Meng Yue admitted it without hesitation.

"Meng Yue?!"

Shidao was immediately shocked.

"It's actually true... I was just asking casually."

The corners of Qin Li's mouth twitched slightly, and for a moment she didn't know how to react.

After a while, Qin Li, who had recovered, smiled bitterly and sighed.

"How can I put it... You admitted it so readily. I don't know how to be angry now."

"Sorry, Kotori-chan."

"Forget it. Sister Mengyue has acted on her own more than once or twice. And you didn't say 'can't say', but 'can't say yet'. In other words, you don't intend to hide it."

Mengyue nodded slightly.

"Well, telling it now will only put everyone in danger. Don't worry, I may need Kotori-chan's help when the time comes. Before that, please don't dig too deep on your own, and don't tell anyone else about your investigation.

"How long do I have to wait?"

"Well..."

Meng Yue looked at Shidao for a moment before answering.

"Let's wait until Shidou finds the answer."

"I understand. I believe you."

Kotori nodded and turned her gaze to Shidou, a malicious smile on her face.

"Come to think of it, Shidou, you were able to hide it from me. You've improved a lot~"

"a ha ha ha……"

In response to this, Shidou could only give an awkward smile.

——All right, the three of you seem to be having a great time chatting. If you don't mind, I'd like to join in the fun.

Suddenly, an unexpected voice sounded in the house. Looking in the direction of the voice, the three saw a girl wearing an eye mask and gothic lolita clothing, Kuang San, walking out of the shadows, holding up her skirt and bowing slightly to them.

"Hello, Mr. Shidou, Ms. Kotori, Ms. Mengyue."

"Ah, isn't this Tokisaki Kurumi? Is this illegal invasion of someone's home?"

As soon as she saw Kurumi appear, Kotori instantly tensed up and stared at her with a wary look.

"Alala. Don't look at me with such a scary expression. I'm very scared and I'll cry."

Kurumi said with a chuckle.

"It's okay, Kotori, don't be so nervous."

"but--"

"Didn't I say yesterday that Kurumi is not a bad person."

"……All right."

Although she was still somewhat concerned, Kotori suppressed her hostility.

"Hello, are you the Kurumi from yesterday?"

"Well, Mr. Shidou still remembers me. I am very happy."

"Kyousan" said very happily.

"So, what brings you here?"

Mengyue went straight to the point.

"Well, you are worthy of being Miss Mengyue. Communication is so convenient."

Smiling and nodding, "Kyousan" continued,

"Four days from today. On February 2th, DEM will launch a general attack with all its might to kill Shidao."

"This is really... quite shocking news."

Hiding her inner turmoil, Kotori pretended to be calm and said this.

"The world's number one manufacturer of manifestation devices, the organization with the most magicians in the world, with the intelligence capabilities of the omniscient demon king, thousands of automata, and countless pseudo-spirits. They devote everything just to kill Shidou. Is this what you mean?"

"Yes."

"Varied……"

Shidou was frightened and speechless for a moment.

If the previous DEM actions were covert assassinations with some reservations, then this time, they were completely desperate, determined to completely annihilate Gokawa Shido and the others with a determination to succeed or die.

"Well, Shidou does have that value to DEM. With Westcott's personality, he might actually do something like this."

Meng Yue was not that surprised by the news. After all, she and Kuang San had prevented so many assassinations, and it was not surprising that they lost their patience and chose to use violence.