"By the way, Yui, how will you know if he didn't get close to anyone at home? He lives with Lala after all", Yuuji asked curiously.
"Easy, I'll ask Lala", Yui replied in the tone of someone stating something obvious.
"That simple? What if she lies to you?"
"I know Lala, she wouldn't lie to me."
"...You are probably right", Yuuji nodded after thinking about it, "Even so, you don't really believe Rito is responsible for all the evil in the school, right? I don't think punishing him will return everything to normal."
"You don't need to worry about that, Yuuji. I have already prepared more countermeasures, starting tomorrow the rules will change. Today, after school, everyone will receive a pamphlet, besides, I have a plan..."
Yui said, but at that moment the class started, so their conversation was interrupted and she had to leave.
"Sounds like trouble... should I stop coming for a few days until it gets fixed?", Yuuji muttered.
"No, if Yuuji is absent nothing interesting will happen", Lala complained beside him.
"No, that was a coincidence, I have nothing to do with all the chaos that happens", Yuuji tried to explain.
But from Lala's look it was clear she did not believe him.
"Then..."
"Yuuji, Satalin, silence please", the teacher interrupted.
"Sorry"
"Sorry"
Yuuji obeyed, falling silent and resting his head on the desk.
At the end of the day, just as Yui had said, they were given a pamphlet with new rules they had to follow. Fortunately, they were not too annoying.
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"Yuuji, stay here for a moment."
"What is it? I don't have anything, right?", Yuuji asked when Yui suddenly stopped him.
Despite many small rules, the most important ones were that backpacks would be checked every morning and that the girls' uniforms would be longer, covering more skin.
That was why he was surprised they stopped him after checking his backpack, since Yuuji was sure there was nothing there.
"That is exactly the problem, you have nothing here", Yui said. "Absolutely nothing, it is empty. Where are your textbooks?"
"Ah, that. I leave them all in the classroom so I don't have to carry so much weight."
"And what about homework?"
"I remember everything said in class by memory, so there is no need."
"No, you sleep all day, how is that possible?", Yui said incredulously. "Even if that were true, what about homework with materials that are not seen in class?"
"Internet", Yuuji simply said with a smile.
"..."
"Alright, you can pass", Yui sighed as she returned his backpack.
Yuuji nodded and continued toward his classroom. This time he did not immediately hide his head, instead he observed the others. Just as the rule said, all the girls were wearing skirts down to their knees, which actually looked quite funny, and long sleeve uniforms.
"We did it, Peke!", Yuuji heard a voice beside him and turned to look.
"Yuuji, did you pass the obstacle on the way?", Lala asked.
"Obstacle?"
"Yes, I had to camouflage my uniform so they would let me pass, and I spent ten minutes explaining in detail the few inventions I had in my backpack instead of in my D-Dial."
Yuuji heard this and lowered his gaze. Lala's skirt was short enough to see most of her legs and part of her white thighs.
You are supposed to follow it, not simply camouflage yourself, Yuuji thought, but he said nothing.
As expected, the moment Yui entered the classroom she scolded her for having a short skirt again while Lala only nodded silently with her head lowered.
"Good, if you understand then make your skirt long again", Yui said after her sermon.
"This... the teacher arrived!", Lala excused herself without listening.
Yui sighed, knowing she would not be able to convince her, and returned to her seat in silence.
...
Hours later, the moment the lunch bell rang and the teacher left the classroom, Yui prepared to walk toward Lala. Unfortunately for her, she was not the only one with that idea.
Ninety percent of the boys in the class thought about taking advantage of the fact that Rito could not approach Lala to try to approach her themselves.
However, when they got one meter away from her, they crashed into a kind of invisible wall that prevented them from going further, making it obvious who the culprit was.
"Hey, Yuuji, take this down!"
"Yeah, now that Rito isn't here we have to take the chance."
"It isn't fair, why won't you let us pass?"
"We don't have bad intentions!"
"Wipe the drool falling from your mouth before saying that", Yuuji replied to the group of desperate men who were running toward Lala literally with open mouths and hearts in their eyes.
"It isn't fair, just because you are her friend doesn't give you the right to stop us from talking to her."
"You are right", Yuuji said, snapping his fingers.
The students who had been crashing into the air moved forward a little when they saw the invisible wall was gone.
But their smiles did not last long when they crashed into another one.
"Wait! Didn't you say you would let us pass?", one student said indignantly.
"No. I only give you a chance to pass. It is no longer a wall, now it is a maze", Yuuji replied, ignoring the shouts condemning him and turning his gaze back to the table.
"I think that is even crueler than not letting them pass", Risa said as she watched the students try to move forward only to crash into each other or into walls that appeared suddenly.
"Yes, I think this is a bit abusive", Mio added.
"What does the leader of the public morals committee think about this?", Yuuji asked while looking at Yui.
"That herd of perverts who only care about Lala's body... they should not pass. It is already very kind of you to give them a path", Yui said decisively.
"Actually... the path leads to the door", Yuuji clarified.
"Yuuji, you are evil", Risa laughed.
"It is like...!", Lala said excitedly. "The Demon King who kidnaps the princess and tortures the heroes who try to rescue her!"
"Why am I a Demon King?", Yuuji complained.
"Let's not talk about that!", Yui interrupted. "Lala, you have to follow the rules like everyone else and wear a skirt at least at knee height."
At the mention of the rules, everyone's expression turned gray as they looked at their own skirts.
"Eeeh? But I like it much more like this", Lala complained. "Besides, I am not harming anyone.
I know!"
Lala began rummaging through her D-Dial searching for something as she remembered something.
"You don't understand. Everyone is equal before the rules, even if you are not hurting anyone you still have to follow them."
"Lala, even though your inventions sometimes cause disasters, those are covered by your family, and you never do anything that goes against public morality... why are you like this?"
"Eh?!" Everyone reacted to her words, looking at her strangely.
"What is wrong?", Yui asked confused when she saw everyone reacting too dramatically, as if she had said something crazy.
"You are saying that Lala, the same Lala who doesn't understand why being naked in public is bad and causes perverted incidents almost as often as Rito, never did anything to corrupt public morality?", Mio said, unable to believe she was serious.
"W-when did that happen? I never saw anything like that", Yui asked.
"Ah!"
"Yes, I noticed it too."
"W-what is happening? Why are you reacting like that?", Yui was getting more and more confused.
"We thought you knew. Yuuji covers for her every time so no one sees it", Risa explained.
"What do you mean covers for her?", Yui was even more confused.
"I found it!"
Before anyone could answer her, Lala pulled a small brooch from her D-Dial and placed it in Yui's hair.
"Yui, so you understand how fun it is to wear cute clothes... I will put them on you by force", she said with a smile that was equally evil and excited.
As the others watched, Yui's body began to glow and her clothes quickly changed shape, attracting the attention of the entire class.
When the light disappeared, Yui was wearing... her usual uniform.
"Eh? She looks normal?", Risa said disappointed, expecting to see a typical perverted Lala spectacle.
"W-w-w-what is this? Lala, what did you make me wear?", Yui said blushing as she tried to pull her skirt down further and cover her chest.
But since her uniform already covered those parts, her behavior made her look strange.
"Eh? Are you wearing it?", Lala said confused, thinking her invention had failed, but she immediately realized what was happening. "Yuuji! You put crystals again", she complained.
"So it was Yuuji again", Haruna said.
"Yui, this is what we meant", Risa said while trying to get closer, but the crystal stopped her. "Do you understand now?"
"I understand, I understand!", Yui said quickly while blushing. "How do I return to normal?"
Yuuji looked at Lala, who was making a small pout. Under his insistent gaze she finally gave up and told him how to do it.
"Just touch the brooch and think about your normal uniform."
Yui immediately did it. The moment she returned to normal she threw the brooch on the floor and began stomping on it until it was completely destroyed.
"Ah!"
"No 'Ah'! Don't do those perverted things at school! Not outside of it either!", Yui said while still blushing and angry.
"So... you always do this kind of thing?"
"N-no...", Lala tried to excuse herself, but looking to the side and avoiding her gaze made her look like a child telling her first lie.
"At least... normally she is the only one who ends up naked", Risa said.
"Yes, there are few occasions when she ends up undressing other people", Mio added.
"That doesn't make it better!", Yui exclaimed.
"But... at least Yuuji makes sure no one sees her", Haruna said trying to calm Yui.
"At least no one except him", Risa joked.
"COFF COFF COFF!"
Yuuji, who was just eating some rice, almost choked when he heard that, making everyone look at him suspiciously.
"Yuuji... could it be?", Haruna said while looking at him.
"I don't do it on purpose. It is my ability, so it is logical that it doesn't affect me, right? What would be the point of putting illusions that deceive myself?"
"So... you saw me?", Yui said.
"...maybe", Yuuji said while copying Lala's action of looking to the side.
"Yuuji, when I found out you had been covering for Lala for weeks I thought about recommending you for the student council...but now..."
Yui said while looking at him with disappointment.
'No, why would I want that' Yuuji complained in his mind.
[Side Mission - School Route(2) unlocked]
[Side Mission - School Route(2): Become a member of the student council]
'Shut up'
When Yuuji thought the situation could not get worse, he heard a timid voice beside him.
"Y-y-you... saw me every time?", Lala said while blushing.
"...Well, yes", Yuuji replied, not expecting that reaction from Lala.
"I will try to avoid those kinds of situations from now on", Lala whispered with her head lowered and her cheeks red.
"Oh, what a strange reaction from Lala!", Risa teased.
Yui simply stayed silent watching the exchange and thought, with a sigh.
'Maybe Rito is not completely responsible for the current situation'
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