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When leaving the High School DxD world and heading to the Campione world, it had been late at night-more accurately, the early hours of the following day. Meanwhile, the relative flow rate of the first-entered world was fixed at twenty-four hours.
So to Hiro, it only felt like the light before his eyes abruptly dimmed.
The sunlit Mediterranean scenery vanished, replaced by the dim yet spacious interior of a castle-almost identical to how it had looked when he left.
The only difference was the shoe cabinet nearby.
There was an extra pair of dark-purple women's outdoor shoes.
They were likely brought by a friend of Asia, Rias, Sona, or someone similar who had come to visit.
The darkness posed no obstacle to Hiro.
With a single glance, he caught the time and date displayed on the wall in the distance.
"Just past three in the morning of the next day... good. At least the system didn't mess with the time."
After confirming his surroundings, Hiro muttered inwardly.
"But with nearly a twelve-hour difference... going back and forth like this will be pretty uncomfortable in the future. A permanently nocturnal schedule."
Thinking about it, he shook his head, feeling a little helpless.
After changing into indoor slippers, Hiro erased the sound of his footsteps with magic and quietly headed toward his room.
Strictly speaking, given the current scale of the Kirigaya household, even footsteps-no, even sounds made during late-night intimacy-wouldn't be noticed by ordinary people like Yasuko or Kirigaya Suguha, as long as things didn't get excessive.
Most of the residents here were no longer human, after all.
Even so, despite being careful and not using Haki perception, coincidence still found him.
Gurgle-whoosh-
Just as he reached the staircase leading to his floor, before he'd taken more than two steps, the sound of flushing water and a running faucet came from nearby.
Then she appeared.
Wearing floral pajamas.
Half-asleep.
The top three buttons of her pajama shirt undone.
Kirigaya Suguha walked into view while yawning, framed by the white incandescent light behind her.
Whether it was coincidence or some unconscious sensing, even though her room was on the left, she turned her head to the right.
Her eyes widened instantly.
...So it really is this coincidental.
Complaining inwardly, Hiro twitched the corner of his mouth.
He forced a not-too-awkward smile, met her startled gaze head-on, raised his hand, and greeted her.
"Yo, Suguha. Running into you this late-what a coincidence."
"N-N-Nii-chan..."
Despite it having only been a day since they last met, Kirigaya Suguha reacted as if she'd seen something impossible.
Her shoulders jolted violently.
She nearly jumped on the spot.
That sudden movement made her notice something below.
Something shiny.
Something eye-catching.
After glancing down, she finally realized how disheveled she looked-and what that reflective, glittering thing actually was.
Her eyes widened even further.
Kirigaya Suguha hurriedly raised both hands to cover her chest.
Two red clouds instantly bloomed across her cheeks.
The look she gave Hiro carried embarrassment.
And a faint irritation born of shame.
It's one thing to be surrounded by a bunch of girls.
Fine. I'll turn a blind eye to you bringing them into this house.
But seeing me like this-you didn't even remind me?
And you were staring?!
Was it still not enough for you?
Let it be stated clearly.
This is the Kirigaya Residence.
Not the Nanamiya Residence.
This was the home Yasuko brought her son to after Kirigaya Midori's husband passed away unexpectedly.
"Cough. Cough."
Ignoring Suguha's complicated gaze, Hiro lightly cleared his throat and walked past her calmly.
"Suguha, it's late. Once you're done with your business, hurry up and go to sleep. Lack of sleep is a woman's number-one enemy when it comes to skin."
As he passed, he even deliberately patted her left shoulder and reminded her softly.
"O-oh."
Watching her brother's retreating back, Kirigaya Suguha nodded.
A trace of doubt surfaced in her heart.
Could it be...
Nii-chan didn't notice, so that's why he didn't remind me?
She lifted the hands shielding her chest and looked down.
This should be... pretty obvious, right?
How could Nii-chan not see it?
Lowering her arms, she followed him a few steps.
Only then did Kirigaya Suguha suddenly remember a very serious issue.
"Wait! Nii-chan!"
Hm?
Feeling a tug from behind, Hiro turned around.
Kirigaya Suguha was holding her front with one hand and tugging his sleeve with the other.
He tilted his head slightly, puzzled.
Before he could speak, she hurried to explain.
"Your room... over there."
Letting go of his sleeve, she pointed toward a door more than ten meters away.
The one with the name "Hiro" hanging on it.
"Rias, Akeno, Lint, Asia, Xenovia-and Sona and Tsubaki Shinra too-are all squeezed in there, waiting for you to come back."
Suppression, huh...
Following her finger, Hiro looked over.
Seeing his own name on the door, he complained inwardly with a speechless expression.
"So if Nii-chan goes in now," Suguha continued urgently, "something big will definitely happen!"
"...That does sound reasonable."
Hearing this, Hiro nodded slightly in agreement.
A group of popular female students all taking leave at the same time due to "illness" was a major problem no matter how you looked at it.
The real issue was-
In this chapter.
No, in this entire book.
Unless he personally intervened and altered the cognitive judgments of everyone at Kuoh Academy...
"Since that's the case, I'll go out for a walk. I'm not sleepy anyway. Tomorrow morning, I'll have to trouble you, Suguha, to explain things to Taizi and the others."
After saying this, Hiro shook his head with a wry smile and turned to leave the way he came.
Unexpectedly, Kirigaya Suguha reached out again.
She stopped him.
"There's no need, Nii-chan. You can just stay with me. If something like this happens, Mom and Aunt Taizi will understand."
Her right hand tugged at his sleeve.
Her left hand's attempt to shield herself had already failed.
Her eyes glistened faintly as she looked up at him.
Like a small animal afraid of being abandoned.
"There are plenty of empty rooms, but they haven't been cleaned in a long time. They're not suitable for staying in. In this situation... compared to Koneko, Hana-ka, Momo, and the others..."
"I'm probably the one who can accept it more, right... Onii-chan?"
Hiro: I understand everything you're saying.
But why do you look like you don't want me to go out?
Are you worried I'll mess around outside?
"...Since you say so, Suguha."
Under her suddenly bright gaze, Hiro rubbed her head and smiled indulgently.
"Then we'll do it your way."
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