"Phew~ I feel like I've come back to life. It feels like it's been decades since I last had a bath. Back when I was active with the Red Wings, the most I ever did was soak in hot springs. Don't you think so, Yoshinon?" Yoshino, soaking in the bathtub, felt her whole body being healed. Back in the Red Wings, if the situation allowed, she could soak in hot springs. Later, when she was being hunted, she could only bathe by rivers or waterfalls. Although Yoshino no longer needed to bathe, these habits had been formed, and if she didn't do it, she would feel strange. Besides, isn't it nice to wash yourself until you smell fragrant every day?
"Yeah, back then, every time you bathed by the river or waterfall, that muscular uncle always wanted to take pictures of you. If Konoe Eishun hadn't stopped him, your bathing photos would probably be circulating on the black market of the Magical World by now." Thinking back to how every time Yoshino was about to bathe, Jack Lakan would try to sneak photos, Yoshinon felt angry. However, every time, Konoe Eishun would threaten him with a blade, so his evil plans were never realized. Otherwise, given Yoshino's popularity, those photos would surely have sold for sky-high prices on the black market, or people would have used photos of a naked Yoshino to do strange things.
"Ahaha~ I really have to thank Eishun for his help back then. If Lacan had actually succeeded, I would be very distressed. Being photographed while bathing is something only you and Astaroth could do. Being photographed by you two is one thing, but if others saw it..." Thinking of the scene where her photos were sold to the black market by Jack Lakan, Yoshino felt as if the end of the world was coming.
"Yeah, if those loli cons got their hands on Yoshino's photos, they would use them for some strange things. It's even more likely that unscrupulous merchants who spotted a business opportunity would turn them into all sorts of dolls or 'beep~' dolls. During the dozen or so years Yoshino was asleep, every loli con in the Magical World already had a Yoshino 'beep~' doll. Originally, that muscular uncle had discussed with me, asking me to give him some of Yoshino's fan service photos. If the sales were good, he could give me some compensation. I was quite tempted by his proposal at the time."
Yoshinon's words were terrible; they were already self-censored. But Yoshino ignored the rest of its words because Yoshinon said Jack Lakan had once asked it for photos. And Yoshinon had a large collection of Yoshino's fan service photos. If Yoshinon had really completed that deal with Jack Lakan, then things could really have headed in that direction.
Do not think such things are impossible. In her previous life, Yoshino was an otaku; she knew that as long as you gave some people the image of someone, they could imagine all sorts of scenarios. Just like how those doujinshi were born in her past life, not to mention things like body pillows. Anyone with a bit of skill could make them. And don't forget that Yoshino's title in the Magical World is Her Highness the Saintess; that's exactly why Yoshino's body pillows are even more marketable. Not to mention that Yoshinon has a large amount of Yoshino's fan service material. Thinking of this, Yoshino's expression became tense, and she looked at Yoshinon with teary, bewildered eyes.
"If... if you really do such things, I will be angry. If... if you make me angry, I will... I will cry for you to see! I'll tell others you bullied me!" Yoshino said pitifully to Yoshinon, her eyes filled with mist, making one have no doubt that she would cry at any moment. At the same time, her spirit power began to spiral out of control, the temperature in the bathroom began to drop, and the water in the bathroom faintly showed signs of freezing.
"Uh... how could I possibly do such a thing! Yoshino. You know I was just kidding; how could I possibly do that. I am Yoshino's hero, after all. I will eliminate all those guys who want to use Yoshino's photos to do strange things." Seeing the phenomena happening around them, Yoshinon knew its joke had gone a bit too far this time, and it said loudly to Yoshino.
"Achoo!" Far away in another world, Nozomi Tojo sneezed violently, rubbing her nose with teary eyes. She felt like she was always sneezing for no reason, and she really didn't know why. Now she, Minami Kotori, Hoshizora Rin, and others had returned to the world of "date a live" to prepare to meet up with other members and talk about what happened in "date a live," especially how that guy Westcott was tortured by Suzuya Yuriko in the end. As a result, just now while organizing Yoshino's photos, she suddenly sneezed, causing her to mess up the photos she had just organized.
"I wonder if it's Yoshino missing me. It's been a while since we contacted each other; nothing should have happened, right? After all, that world seems to be in the midst of war, so it should be normal for Yoshino not to have time to call." Nozomi Tojo thought, holding a photo of Yoshino wearing a black gothic loli outfit, wondering when Yoshino would be able to return to this world.
"Forget it. When Yoshino wants to contact me, she will naturally contact me. For now, I should hurry up and pack up to meet with everyone. Speaking of which, I haven't seen everyone for a few months, and I really miss them. I wonder if that girl Nico's breasts have developed properly? Ah... it seems time isn't synchronized; Nico should still have that elementary schooler figure." After unconsciously roasting Yazawa Nico, she took her bag and went out.
Leaving aside Nozomi Tojo, who was messing around with Yoshino's photos, let's return to Yoshino's side. Yoshino, hugging herself in the bathtub, looked at Yoshinon in her hand with grievance; this guy always liked to tease her. Although she knew this was a sign of a good relationship, she just felt so aggrieved. Joking about such sensitive matters was really too much.
"However, Yoshinon. I get the feeling that Kitty's mood became really strange after Chachare finished speaking. Could the replacement Chachare mentioned be something that shouldn't be spoken of?" Suddenly thinking of Evangeline, who had been somewhat flustered just now, Yoshino said with some confusion. Evangeline, who had lived for hundreds of years, shouldn't have been so panicked over a small issue, but when Chachare mentioned the replacement, she clearly felt Evangeline's emotions change drastically. How to describe this feeling... it's like inviting your girlfriend over as a guest, only to have what you hid under the bed discovered... perhaps.
"Ah~ that. Do you really not know why Evangeline became so panicked? Yoshino. You also know that to dispel the loneliness in her heart, Evangeline makes countless puppets to accompany her; that's the reason why there are so many puppets in the living room." Seeing that Yoshino didn't dwell on the previous topic, Yoshinon breathed a sigh of relief. But thinking of the reason why Evangeline was panicked just now, it couldn't help but cover its mouth and giggle. "And Evangeline has the title of 'Puppeteer'; she must be extremely skilled in making puppets. Think carefully, when she misses you and can't see you, what would she do with her skills?"
"What would she do... Hmm~ Kitty is indeed very skilled at making puppets. If it can make her show such a panicked expression, then this matter must be her secret. Just now Chachare said that after I arrived, she wouldn't need the replacement anymore, which means this replacement is related to me. If I put these clues together... Ah!" Yoshino, sucking on her index finger, felt her face flush red after connecting all the clues she had thought of.
"Did you figure it out? Yoshino. It's exactly as you thought. Although I don't know to what extent Evangeline made your puppet, I didn't see a puppet of you in the living room just now, so it should be hidden in her room. The reason she let you go take a bath first was probably to hide the puppet in her room; after all, letting Yoshino see that she did such a thing would affect her image in your heart, wouldn't it?" Yoshinon let out an insidious laugh; it was only to let Yoshino know about this that it revealed the truth. "It's just that she would never have thought that even though she sealed Chachare's mouth, her little secret was still revealed by me."
"You're really bad, Yoshinon. If Kitty finds out about this, she might fly into a rage and tear you to shreds. Although I won't let her do that, of course." Yoshino covered her mouth and chuckled. Although she felt a bit shy about Evangeline making a puppet of her, she could still accept it. She had done such things herself back then, so she could still understand Evangeline's feelings. "I used to do these things too, spending a lot of money to buy body pillows of my favorite anime characters and hugging them to sleep every night. It was just a bit embarrassing when my mom saw them while cleaning my room."
"But for this extremely tsundere and shy legal loli, this is still an unacceptable thing, just like the shame of having one's own panty worn on a guy's head. Ah! There seems to be an eye-searing movie where a pervert transforms after putting a girl's panty on his head. I think Yoshino's panty must have been smelled by many people, right?" Thinking of that rather strange movie and then thinking of the panty that Yoshino often inexplicably lost in the previous world, it said to Yoshino. Those scenes had all been recorded by it; it was all done while Yoshino was asleep.
"That's not true. Those guys who secretly take girls' panty to smell are perverts; Yoshino believes that the people around me wouldn't do such things. Everyone is a good person." Yoshino expressed that she didn't believe its words at all.
"Achoo!" *N As Yoshino said this, several people in different space-times sneezed in perfect unison. They all touched their noses strangely; they didn't have a cold, so why would they suddenly sneeze? Could someone be scolding them?
"Well~ it doesn't matter if you don't believe me. But this isn't a big deal, so it doesn't matter if you don't believe me. It's just that we've stayed here for so long, we should go out, right?" Yoshinon waved its hand, looking indifferent. However, it was also wondering if Yoshino really hadn't noticed what Nozomi Tojo and the others were doing? With so many of her panty missing, wouldn't she suspect it was the people around her?
"That's true. Because it was so comfortable, I forgot the time; I need to hurry out." Standing up from the bathtub, because of the steam, one could only vaguely see Yoshino's fair skin. But this faint, indistinct feeling is the best! (Haven't you heard of the beauty of haziness!? You bastard!)
Meanwhile, outside the bathroom, Evangeline and Chachamaru were quickly cleaning up all the'suspicious' items in the room, although she didn't know that Yoshino already knew about these things.
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