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Naturally, Bokue Keikain hadn't missed the message from a certain War Dancer girl just because he'd been preoccupied with Venelana.
So when the time reached 8 AM the following morning, Bokue teleported directly from Venelana's hotel suite to Yukina Himeragi's apartment at the top of the Keystone Gate.
This had been arranged yesterday when he and Venelana had finished their bath, returned to the bedroom, and he'd replied to Sayaka's message.
Sayaka had mentioned that Yukina would also be going, so they'd set the meeting point at Yukina's apartment.
However, it was still fairly early, and since today was a weekday, if Yukina was going along, she'd obviously already requested time off in advance.
And if she'd already taken the day off, there was no need to wake up early like she would for school.
So at this hour, Yukina Himeragi's apartment was still completely quiet. No breakfast aromas lingered in the air, and even the pots and pans remained in the exact positions they'd been left after last night's dinner cleanup.
Looks like she's still asleep...
Bright morning sunlight streamed through the windows onto the balcony. Bokue crossed the living room and approached the bedroom door, silently and gently pressing down the handle to push it open.
Air that had been separated all night began to circulate as the door opened, and faint sounds from inside the room drifted out—the soft rustle of fabric against fabric.
?
Bokue curiously poked his head inside to look.
There, in the dimly lit bedroom bathed in morning light, a certain sword shaman girl sat on the edge of her bed. The pink pajamas she'd worn to sleep lay scattered carelessly on the open blankets beside her. Her slender arms were raised high above her head, and her still-developing young body was clad only in white lace lingerie—bra and panties. She held a short-sleeved shirt in her hands, about to pull it over her head.
Sensing the bedroom door being pushed open from outside, Yukina's movements immediately froze as she turned to look.
Their eyes met. Bokue blinked.
"Oh? You're already up, Yukina?"
"Uh... yeah. Since I had Nagisa request time off for me today, I didn't set an alarm last night. I just woke up a moment ago..."
The sword shaman girl came back to her senses without showing any excessive reaction. Even realizing she'd been caught in such a state of undress only made her cheeks flush slightly as she nodded with a hint of embarrassment.
"But why are you here so early, senpai..."
"It's not really that early—it's already eight o'clock."
Bokue pushed the door fully open and walked into the room, sitting down beside Yukina on the bed.
"Though I was planning to surprise you."
As for what kind of "surprise"—well, those who know, know.
Naturally, while the girl was still lost in sleep and hadn't woken yet, he'd directly... hehehehe!
"Senpai really is always thinking about doing those things..."
Recalling the last time Bokue had started using her body before she'd even woken up, the flush on Yukina's face deepened several shades, and her gaze began to waver uncertainly.
"Sh-should I lie back down then..."
Hmm?
Bokue raised an eyebrow.
If he remembered correctly, last time he'd done that, Yukina had scolded him at least a little afterward. Yet now she was actively offering to change back into her pajamas and return to bed.
Which meant...
Hmm~ It felt like Yukina was gradually catching on, progressively transforming from the pure innocent girl she'd started as into a corrupted sword shaman.
However, just as Bokue was thinking along these lines, the sound of someone unlocking the front door with a key came from the entrance in the living room outside.
The gap between the door opening and closing and a figure appearing was maybe five seconds at most.
"Yukina, are you up yet—eep??"
Speak of the devil and she shall appear. As Sayaka Kirasaka's figure materialized in the bedroom doorway, her eyes immediately landed on Bokue Keikain sitting on the edge of the bed, as well as the sword shaman girl beside him wearing nothing but her underwear.
"You two are... B-Bokue, are you some kind of pervert?? Coming over this early in the morning to find Yukina and—"
"Perfect timing, Sayaka. Come join us."
Bokue rose from the bed and approached the doorway, taking the War Dancer girl's delicate hand and drawing her into the room.
The moment their skin made contact, Sayaka—who'd been loudly protesting just a second ago—instantly fell silent. Like a cat whose fur had been smoothed down, she allowed herself to be led obediently into the room by the young man, her voice dropping to barely above a whisper.
"J-join in... together? Well, I suppose it's not impossible... We do have plenty of time, and Master didn't specify what time we needed to be there..."
"Oh right! Did Master mention to you specifically why she's calling us over, Sayaka??"
As if the word "Master" had snapped her back to reality, Yukina—whose face had been flushed red while sitting on the bed—suddenly came to her senses and asked urgently.
"...Actually, she didn't."
Sayaka blinked and slowly shook her head.
"Master just said we should go over there, and preferably bring Bokue along too. She didn't actually specify why..."
"Mmm..."
Hearing this, Yukina pressed her lips together, as if connecting certain dots in her mind. After a brief moment of hesitation, she quickly pulled the shirt over her head, then stood up and began putting on her skirt while saying:
"Then we should probably head over there right away. If we're going to... do that... it can wait until we get back. It would be terrible if Master somehow figured things out..."
"Oh? That's a good point."
Sayaka blinked again, her eyes suddenly clearing with realization.
After all, just as Yukina said, as sword shamans and War Dancers of the Lion King Organization, the fundamental reason they were currently on Itogami Island was to monitor—or rather, guard—the Fourth Primogenitor.
It was only because they'd encountered Bokue Keikain, combined with the fact that Nagisa herself was actually quite stable in both personality and mental state—basically a very likable girl—that they'd completely deviated from their original mission up to this point. Their days now consisted of either being intimate with Bokue or being on their way to be intimate with Bokue.
While from a god's-eye view, their charge being in stable condition meant relaxing a bit was understandable, and what they did in their private lives was their own business with no right for others to interfere...
But at the end of the day, it was still dereliction of duty.
If Master figured things out, they'd probably be transferred off Itogami Island and replaced by other sword shamans and War Dancers.
And then it would become quite difficult for them to see Bokue Keikain again.
In any case, they needed to get through this meeting with Master first.
At least today, they absolutely couldn't let anything slip!
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Several minutes later, the trio departed from the Keystone Gate and arrived before an unmarked storefront on one of Itogami Island's commercial streets—it looked like a ramen shop.
"This is the place?"
Bokue looked up at the establishment. According to the address, this should be correct.
Since the address matched, it had to be right.
With that thought in mind, Bokue reached forward and pulled open the door.
However, the instant he stepped through the entrance, a mature woman's voice called out from somewhere near the shelves on the side of the shop's interior.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry for making you come all this way. My two thoughtless disciples have been in your care these past few days."
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