"Then I'll be off, Mister Zhongli." After drinking tea for a good long while with Zhongli inside a teahouse, Kaito was getting ready to head back to attend to business.
Have to say, having several selves was great—you could do several things at the same time.
"Oh, right—I've already paid, so you won't need to pay later, Mister Zhongli." Suddenly remembering that he'd already settled the bill, Kaito gave a little reminder.
He knew that otherwise, later on, Zhongli would surely put the bill on someone's tab again—so it was better for him to just pay directly.
"Mm. Then I won't see you off, my young friend Kaito." Zhongli, still holding his teacup and sipping his tea, nodded.
When it came to others treating him, he had never been one to stand on ceremony.
And not only would He decline to be polite when others treated—even when putting the bill on someone else's tab, He was exactly the same.
After that, Kaito left the teahouse and headed toward the little courtyard.
At the mere thought of how Miko and Lumine looked right now, Kaito, on his way back, couldn't help feeling a touch excited.
Because of many reasons of his own, Kaito was no longer as enthusiastic about that ordinary sort of thing as he used to be—he'd even gotten a bit too lazy to take the initiative.
But now, with a little extra spice added, the situation was different.
Still, Kaito knew that even so, sooner or later there would come a day when he'd find it boring.
It was just that, before that day came, he might as well have a good time first.
Oh, right...
How should I react when the time comes?
By rights, I'm not supposed to know what's going on...
I definitely can't go laying hands on Miko and Lumine the moment I get back...
At the very least I've got to show a bit of surprise or something...
Thinking of this, Kaito began pondering how best to react when he got back and saw Miko and Lumine.
Hmm...
Have Mobius say it was something they did of their own free will?
That seems pretty good...
In any case, by then neither of the two of them will be able to say a word!
Before long, Kaito had thought of a plan.
Of course, the actual situation really was pretty much like that—it was just that Lumine was still rather unwilling to be tied up; she'd only said she wanted to wear that kind of outfit.
Here we are, here we are!
Finishing his train of thought, Kaito had already arrived in front of the little courtyard's gate.
Then, after working up his expression a bit, he pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in.
And along with the sound of him opening the gate, Miko and Lumine, who were inside his room, both heard it too.
It's probably Kaito who's back, right?
Amid the pitch darkness, Miko—with some bar-shaped object held in her mouth—guessed as much.
Originally she'd only wanted to be tied up like Lumine and Wendy, but then Mobius had gone and stuffed that thing into her mouth, and at the same time slipped a blindfold over her eyes, leaving her now completely unable to do anything.
And whether or not it was because the others had likewise had strange things stuffed into their mouths by Mobius, right now she couldn't hear anyone talking—only the occasional "mmgh, mmgh" sounds coming from beside her.
Tap, tap, tap—
He's coming!
Listening to the footsteps drawing nearer and nearer, Miko couldn't help her heartbeat quickening a little.
Although she had always been quite uninhibited, being in this current state still couldn't help making her feel a bit bashful.
There was no helping it—this kind of outfit was something her past self could never have imagined.
Creak—
At this moment the door was pushed open.
"You... what are you all doing? Playing some weird game? Why are you all wearing this kind of outfit?" The instant he came in, Kaito's surprised voice rang out.
A weird game?
All wearing this kind of outfit?
Could it be that Mei and the others had done this sort of thing before too?
Listening to Kaito's words, Miko silently thought this to herself.
And it was right at this moment that Mobius's enchanting voice rang out as well.
"Could it be that you don't like it? Kaito, you can open any of these zippers however you please, you know~ Look, all our hands are tied behind our backs right now—you can do whatever you want, and none of us can refuse~"
Mobius tied herself up too???
Listening to what Mobius said, Miko immediately guessed as much.
After all, the word Mobius had just used was "us," not "them."
Have to say, now she admired Mobius even more.
"Why do I get the feeling you're the one who set this up, Mobius? If you've got this kind of strange hobby, you could've just come at me yourself..."
"As if. I just put it on first to show them, and then they all wanted to wear it for you—if you don't believe me, go ask that little girl Wendy?"
Mobius cut off Kaito's words, and even told him to go ask Wendy.
"I just wanted to try out this kind of outfit, that's all~ Kai, can you carry me to the toilet now and then help me open the zipper down below? I drank a bit too much water just now."
Miko: "???"
This naughty little girl really is direct enough...
Listening to what Wendy said, Miko was stunned too; she'd never imagined Wendy would be direct to this degree.
Although everyone present except Mobius had already been seen by Kaito, to just come right out and ask Kaito to open the zipper in that place—Miko still wouldn't have thought to do that.
Of course, if Kaito opened it himself that would be perfectly normal; after all, she was already wearing this kind of outfit—wasn't it precisely with the thought of having Kaito open it?
But she'd never once thought of taking the initiative to ask Kaito to do that, whereas Wendy had clearly caught her off guard.
"You little girl, you've really got it all figured out—is Kaito going to have to wipe you with paper afterward too?"
At this point Mobius's displeased voice came through as well.
Damn it!
Can't talk...
Otherwise I'd definitely have a few words to say about that naughty girl too!
At this moment Miko really did want to open her mouth and say something.
But there was no helping it—right now her mouth was stuffed full with that thing, so she couldn't say anything at all.
"So then, Miko..."
"Kai, I'm about to not be able to hold it."
Just as Kaito was about to ask about Miko's situation, Wendy said she was about to not be able to hold it.
This little girl is really asking for a beating!
Originally, upon hearing her own name, Miko had gotten her hopes up for a moment, anticipating what Kaito was about to say—only to be cut off outright by Wendy, which made her downright want to hit someone.
"Then how about I untie you first..."
"No need to untie me~ Kai, aren't you back now? With you here there's no need to untie me."
Under Miko's pricked-up, attentive ears, Wendy turned down Kaito's offer to untie her.
"All right then, I'll carry you to the toilet first."
Seeming rather resigned about it, Kaito decided to carry Wendy off to the toilet.
And after this, there came the sound of the door opening and then quickly closing again.
This naughty girl really is detestable—had I known, I'd have stuffed her mouth too; why on earth didn't I do that.
After Kaito and Wendy had seemingly already gone out, Mobius's regret-filled grumbling rang out too.
"Sigh, this time that guy is definitely going to ignore me again, even though I'm dressed like this right now." Mobius's voice continued to come through, only this time it clearly carried a note of resignation within it.
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