This is not the date I wanted.

"As expected of Meng Yue, you are as observant as always."

"Don't come on, it's useless even if you flatter me."

She rolled her eyes in annoyance, then Meng Yue scratched her hair as if she was thinking about something. After a moment, she sighed helplessly.

"…I can't help it. I'll help too."

"Eh?"

"Although I have no interest in celebrating Christmas, it's nice to do something to make everyone happy. With my help, Shidou will be able to relax a little."

Meng Yue shrugged and suggested.

Act together with Meng Yue...

Shidao felt a little tempted, but then he quickly shook his head and refused.

"No, no, no! That won't do! Isn't it putting the cart before the horse to ask the person who is going to give the gift to help deliver the gift?"

"So what? Shidou, are you confident that you can complete the mission alone?"

Meng Yue looked at Shidao speechlessly and curled her lips with some disdain.

"You just exposed yourself in front of me."

"Well--"

Shidao was suddenly speechless.

"But……"

"If you don't agree, I will tell Tohka and the others tomorrow that Shidou is actually Santa Claus."

"I'm sorry, please do come and help me."

Under Mengyue's coercion and inducement, Shidao wisely and decisively chose to compromise.

"That's it. Mengyue said she wants to come and help too. Is that okay? Kotori...sama?"

Perhaps because he felt a little guilty, Shidou couldn't help but use honorifics when reporting to Kotori.

【——】

All I heard was a long inhalation from the other end of the headset.

【You——! You——! Idiot Shidou! Stick insect! Leech! Amoeba! Look at what you are doing!!!】

Then, Shidou was deafened by his sister's angry roar.

Mengyue's Santa Claus (Part 3)

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After scolding Shidou, Kotori calmed down a little. Knowing that complaining would not help, she thought for a while, sighed helplessly, and nodded to agree to Mengyue's proposal.

[There is no other way, Sister Mengyue, I will trouble you to support this useless brother from now on. ]

"learn."

After nodding slightly in response, Mengyue looked at Shidou, who was a little frustrated by Kotori's scolding, and patted him on the back.

"Okay. Don't be so depressed here. Don't you still have to deliver presents next? You are everyone's Santa Claus."

"That's right."

Shidou patted his cheeks vigorously, and soon calmed down and regained his motivation.

With that, the two walked out of Meng Yue's room and came to Room 410 on the fourth floor - Tohka's room. It is said that this room was specially selected to match the date of April 10, when Shidou and Tohka met.

"I opened the door..."

After quietly informing Mengyue behind him, Shidao pressed the door handle. Sure enough, Tohka's room was not electronically locked like Mengyue's, so it opened very easily.

Gently pushing open the door, Shidao and Mengyue picked up the flashlight, turned on the weak light, and tiptoed into the house.

Walking silently through the corridor and arriving at the dormitory, Shidou and Mengyue simultaneously heard the sleeping breathing of the girl with long night-colored hair lying on the bed.

(Tohka, you'll catch a cold if you do this.)

Maybe it was because she kicked off the quilt in her sleep, the sheet did not cover Tohka's belly. Although the heating equipment in the elf apartment made the house not as cold as outside, it was not turned on very high considering the possibility of causing indoor diseases.

Shidou seemed to have noticed this as well, with a helpless smile on his face.

Meng Yue carefully pulled the sheet back to Shixiang's shoulders, and Shidao took the note with the gift she wanted from her pillow. Then, the two of them quietly left the dormitory.

"And what does it say?"

Meng Yue asked softly.

"Hmm... I want to eat the Big Mac hamburger steak that I've never even seen before."

Shidou picked up the flashlight to illuminate the paper and read silently.

(It looks like the wish Tohka would make.)

The two of them thought of the same thing at the same time. After looking at each other, they couldn't help but smile.

After telling Kotori about Tohka's wish, Kotori said that she would quickly ask her subordinates to send over the things needed for the cooking. This subordinate was none other than Murasame Reion, who was wearing a reindeer puppet costume and looked sleepy.

It was so unexpected that Meng Yue almost couldn't help laughing.

Probably because it was a disguise that could fool the elves if they saw her, Mengyue didn't ask too many questions. After taking the ingredients brought by Reine, she and Shidou made the extra-large hamburger steak that Tohka requested in the small kitchen attached to the room.

"I'll put the burgers in Tohka's room. To save time, Shidou, you should go to the other spirits' rooms first."

"Well, thank you Mengyue for your help."

Shidou nodded, prepared his big bag and continued to go to the next person's room, while Mengyue, holding a pizza-sized hamburger wrapped in plastic wrap, gently opened the dormitory door with her foot.

"Mmm...what a nice smell..."

As if attracted by the aroma of the cooking, Tohka rolled over from the center of the bed to the edge of it, her stomach growling honestly.

“What an honest reaction…”

Meng Yue muttered silently. She placed the hamburger on the side of the bed, then carried Shixiang back to the center of the bed and covered her with the sheets. Then she took out a note and a pen and quickly wrote:

[Remember to ask your family members who know how to cook to heat it up for you after you wake up, merry Christmas!——by Santa Claus. 】

Mengyue put the written note and silver cutlery into the Christmas stocking on the wall and left quietly.

The next target was room 405 on the same floor - Yoshino and Yoshina's room.

[I want a cute hat for sure. ——Also, even though it’s the middle of the night, please cheer up, Santa Claus.]

"cute……"

"Yoshino is such a good kid..."

Seeing the thoughtful encouragement on the note and the childlike crayon illustrations, Shidao and Mengyue couldn't help but feel healed.

"There's also a note."

"This should be Yoshina's."

Shidao and Mengyue opened the note with some curiosity, and the content on it was -

[It seems like you want new clothes~ Oh, yes, yes~ In return, you can kiss Yoshino's lips when we sleep~ Santa Claus. 】

"........."

"........."

Let’s not talk about Yoshino for now, Yoshino must have already noticed the true face of Santa Claus.

"Let me remind you first, Shidao, the minimum sentence is three years, and the maximum is death penalty. I have already dialed the number on my phone, so don't force me to press the call button."

Meng Yue warned very seriously.

“I won’t do that!”

Shidou retorted with a blushing face.

After such a little farce, Reine quickly brought the hat and Yoshino's new clothes under Kotori's instructions. Mengyue and Shidou put them into their Christmas stockings and left the room.

Next, it was Room 802 on the eighth floor, the room of Yui and Yakuya. As it was a bit far away, Shidao and Mengyue took the elevator directly to the eighth floor.

"By the way, why do they have to live on such a high floor? It makes me have to take the elevator to wake them up every day."

"Well, since the two of them strongly requested to stay in the same room, we arranged a larger double room."

"Is this a hotel?"

Hearing Mengyue's complaints, Shidao smiled bitterly under his fake white beard.

Entering the eighth floor, Shidou and Mengyue came to the room of the Yamai sisters. However, what made Shidou feel weird was that the lights in the living room in the room were not turned off, and he could even hear sounds.

"Hey, Xixian. What time will Santa Claus come?"

"I don't know. I didn't hear the exact time. Is Yakuya ready to sleep?"

"Kuku - how is that possible! The night has just begun. I can't fall asleep before I see Santa Claus. Xixian, let's play this game next!"

"Understood. Xixian, I will accompany you to the end."

After hearing the conversation between Xixian and Yakushi, Mengyue instantly guessed what these two friends were thinking.

"It looks like they're planning to stay up late playing video games today, and then they're planning on catching Santa Claus red-handed."

"This is how to do ah……"

Hearing this, Shidou couldn't help but look embarrassed.

"Well, luckily they were playing games in the living room instead of in the bedroom. There is still a way to be careful."

As she spoke, Meng Yue held her forehead and thought for a moment, and soon, she came to her senses.

"Next, I will be responsible for distracting the two of them. Shidou, you take this opportunity to put the present away."

"Well, that's all it can do."

Shidou nodded in agreement. Indeed, Mengyue was wearing casual clothes at the moment, so even if she suddenly appeared, she would be considered as someone who just came to play.

"I'm counting on you, Mengyue."

"give it to me."

Immediately afterwards, Meng Yue no longer concealed her footsteps. She knocked on the door and walked in with a swagger.

"Hey, Yui-chan! Yakuya! As expected, you two are still awake."

"…Tsk. What? It turned out to be Meng Yue. You made me so happy for nothing."

"Disappointed. Thought Santa Claus finally showed up."

The Yami sisters were startled at first, but when they saw that the person coming was Meng Yue, they dropped their shoulders in disappointment.

"Your attitude is really rude... Well, never mind. I couldn't sleep so I came to play with you guys. You guys are playing video games, right? Can you count me in?"

"Ku Ku - it's okay, I can just take revenge for the blow I took a few days ago. I want you to understand that I have been reborn."

"Welcome. Of course Mengyue can come and play with us."

(That’s enough…)

He stretched his head out slightly and glanced into the living room. At this time, the Yami sisters were completely immersed in the contest with Mengyue. Shidou did not miss this opportunity and sneaked into the dormitory silently and quickly.

……

"Proposal. This is a rare opportunity. How about setting up a punishment game?"

While playing the game, Xixian suddenly made a proposal.

"Oh... a very interesting proposal. You are truly worthy of being my half."

"Well, I have no objection. But what do you want to bet on?"

Meng Yue couldn't help but ask curiously while tapping the game controller non-stop.

"Smile. The loser, please tell me what you like about Shidou, okay?"

“——Ugh! What, what is going on?!”

Yakushi couldn't help but let out a high-pitched scream, and his cheeks turned red.

"Hey, this is too unfair to Yakuya."