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Scene change—Sayaka Kirasaka, who'd been sitting on the sofa gazing out the window lost in thought moments ago, had already fallen into the young man's embrace.
Bokue maintained the same outfit from when he'd just emerged from the bedroom.
He sat brazenly sprawled on the sofa, one arm wrapped around the Sword Shaman girl's waist holding her in his lap. Scorching sensation pressed through her black thigh-high stockings against Sayaka's legs, transmitted through her skin—making her so embarrassed she nearly buried her head in his neck.
That iron-cast war banner was like the safety bar on a roller coaster seat, firmly locking her in her designated position.
But... wasn't this "safety bar" fastened way too securely?!
Heat waves assaulted in succession, like midsummer's blazing sun beating on asphalt pavement before bouncing up her stocking-clad legs. Even the small piece of fabric beneath her skirt hem showed signs of being soaked by "sweat."
Sayaka's cheeks had flushed so red they nearly dripped blood. Her gaze wandered as her voice emerged thin as a mosquito's buzz.
"Wh-what are you doing, Bokue? Weren't you just in the bedroom with Princess La Folia? Why'd you come back out, plus without clothes... forcing me like this..."
Though her words sounded reproachful, her voice and tone grew increasingly soft—hard not to inspire the urge to bully her a bit.
"La Folia told me everything."
Bokue went straight to the point. His words made the Sword Shaman girl's body tremble.
"Told... you? You mean..."
"About what happened on the deserted island before, of course."
Without any intention of avoiding the topic, Bokue continued.
"Though I was asleep at the time, what happened happened. Plus, I don't think you want to hear me apologize, Sayaka."
"Though slightly late, I'm not letting you run away."
With that, Bokue tightened his arm again, using actions to clarify his intentions.
That menacing war banner had already reached the city gates, only needing to breach and charge in.
"You're so unreasonable..."
Sayaka bit her lower lip lightly, lowering her head to let overhead lighting fall on her drooping bangs, casting large shadows across her face as she hummed indistinctly.
But that bit of protest felt more like acting spoiled than actual protest.
"But why would La Folia tell you these things, Bokue? Wasn't La Folia supposed to..."
"Think she betrayed you?"
Bokue didn't need to hear more to guess what she wanted to say next.
"Though from your perspective that's probably right, essentially La Folia still wanted to give you a push... to let you speak your true feelings. Who told you to be tsundere?"
"Wh-who's tsundere?!"
Hearing herself called tsundere, the tsundere Sayaka immediately retorted without thinking.
Bokue didn't plan to argue, just continuing.
"Though now it seems La Folia still somewhat underestimated how tsundere you are, Sayaka. I was in the room doing it with La Folia for two whole hours, making such loud sounds, yet you still sat here crying alone. Since that's the case, I might as well come out myself."
"Ugh..."
Recalling her pathetic behavior over the past two hours, Sayaka couldn't help lowering her head again.
"Th-that's because you always acted completely oblivious. I couldn't exactly tell you in front of others... you didn't even need to treat me to dinner—if you'd just made time to chat alone with me, I would've..."
"But you had to bodyguard La Folia."
Bokue shrugged.
Now Sayaka couldn't speak again. After all, thinking carefully, that was true. Given her personality, she'd definitely prioritize work. No matter her feelings, she'd never abandon her protection target to go on a date.
Though ultimately, this situation stemmed from Kensei Kanase's selfish assault on the Kingdom of Aldegyr's ship—killing all of La Folia bodyguards, forcing her as a Sword Shaman dispatched by the Lion King Agency merely for host courtesy to shoulder the entire workload!
Hmm... though that didn't seem quite right either.
Thinking back carefully, her relationship with Bokue had transformed on that deserted island. Without everything that happened there, their relationship couldn't have become what it was now.
So ultimately, she was just too tsundere...
Unknowingly, Sayaka gradually accepted the setting that she was indeed "tsundere."
"...Eh?"
Just as the Sword Shaman girl spiraled toward deep self-blame, lifting force from both sides of her armpits brought her awareness back to reality without warning.
Bokue lifted her directly, adjusting position from the original side-sitting to face-to-face straddling.
With this change, Sayaka felt like she'd been placed on a seesaw. Even though the young man's hands had released, that upward lifting force still acted on her, nearly raising her entire body.
Plus... so hot!
Having already imagined what would happen next, the Sword Shaman girl's breathing involuntarily took on some trembling.
Not from fear, but anticipation.
She could feel she'd prepared herself, about to welcome that...!!
In this moment, Sayaka felt like some switch had been flipped in her head.
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Meanwhile, inside the bedroom on the large bed—
The silver-haired princess who'd fallen asleep from exhaustion moments ago slowly opened her eyes.
"Ahh~"
La Folia yawned softly, reaching up to find the bedside lamp switch and turn it on.
Soft light shone down from above. She saw the covers neatly tucked over herself, plus the room cleaned spotlessly.
Small details made La Folia smile faintly.
"You really are gentle, Bokue-kun."
She'd truly fallen asleep from exhaustion earlier—but because the Rihavein royal family's constitution was special, generations of powerful spirit mediums who could extract power from objects containing spiritual energy to replenish their own consumption.
And Bokue had just injected massive amounts of spiritual power into her earlier, meaning she only needed slight refinement to rapidly replenish all her expended stamina.
Feeling her body had recovered sufficiently, La Folia picked up the phone from the bedside table to check the time first. Then she threw off the covers and gently got out of bed, muttering to herself during the process.
"Well, by this time Bokue-kun and Sayaka should have started. Perfect timing for me to check the situation too..."
When she reached the bedroom door and pushed it open a small crack, she saw outside in the living room—a certain Sword Shaman girl kneeling on the sofa with her face raised high, stretching her long pale neck upward, arms reaching back with mouth wide open as if about to sprout wings and soar toward the night sky beyond the window.
Plus the fierce commotion that followed immediately after, like endless raging waves.
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