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La Folia had lasted approximately two hours, while Sayaka Kirasaka—as a Sword Shaman trained by the Lion King Agency from childhood to execute various assassination missions—might not match an equivalent-level Sword Shaman in pure physical attributes, but wasn't far off either.
Bottom line: the Sword Shaman girl's final record was two hours and thirty-four minutes.
So by the time the commotion in the living room also subsided, the sky outside had completely darkened.
When Bokue had left Saikai Academy to come here, it had only been six-thirty in the evening. After two rounds of fierce battle, the time had now reached eleven at night.
Right now he held the completely puff-pastry state Sayaka, sitting on the sofa just as they'd been positioned before starting—nestled together, quietly enjoying this moment.
"Are you hungry now, Sayaka? Want to eat something?" Bokue gently stroked the Sword Shaman girl's back, asking.
But her response was a gentle head shake.
Clearly still in the just-finished-haven't-recovered state, so she didn't want to eat anything.
"Want some water then?"
As Bokue spoke, a paper cup had already materialized in his hand, filled with pure water and brought to Sayaka's lips.
With his own constitution, a few hours of aerobic exercise naturally meant nothing. But Sayaka was still a normal human—expecting her not to be thirsty was asking a bit much.
Normal hydration was still necessary.
But her response remained a head shake.
"Don't want water either?"
Bokue raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
"...Can't drink anymore."
After a moment of silence, the Sword Shaman girl's lips moved as she spoke softly, simultaneously raising her face to glare reproachfully at the young man.
Her meaning was crystal clear—after pouring so much into her over the past two and a half hours, did he really not have any self-awareness?
Having drunk so much milk, where was there stomach capacity left for anything else?
Emmm~
Thinking back carefully, that really was true. Bokue suddenly realized Nagisa had seemingly spoiled him rotten.
Well... couldn't exactly call it spoiled rotten—just developed some bad habits.
Like how he used to very traditionally let milk flow where it should go. But ever since meeting Nagisa, he'd started all kinds of diversions. Upper and lower distribution had reached nearly a fifty-fifty ratio.
No good, no good. Really needed to return to tradition in the future, putting milk where it belonged.
Just as Bokue reached this thought, Sayaka curled in his arms suddenly wiggled her index finger, scratching ticklishly at his chest.
"Hey, Bokue..."
"Yeah?"
"Before you arrived, I chatted a bit with Princess La Folia. She told me her family back home apparently plans to have her stay long-term on Itogami Island."
"...Oh really? That's great."
Bokue froze slightly.
He knew La Folia's special status. As first princess of the Kingdom of Aldegyr, her family essentially equaled Aldegyr royalty.
The royal family deciding to have their first princess stay long-term in a foreign country basically meant friendly diplomatic relations, right?
Well... though he didn't particularly care about this. What would be friendly would be friendly regardless of establishing official relations.
As for the unfriendly...
They could try and see what happened.
"Well, that's not really the point."
Sayaka coughed lightly, her small face flushed as she added explanation.
"I mean, since Princess La Folia will be staying long-term on Itogami Island, I'll definitely be staying there with her too. That means more opportunities to see Yukina. So I'm wondering about our relationship... like... um, how should I explain it to Yukina?"
This question was truly an unsolvable puzzle for the Sword Shaman girl herself.
After all, not long ago her persona had been a seventeen-year-old girl in her prime suffering from androphobia. Then she'd turned around and gotten sweet with someone her good friend knew. This was a bit...
"Don't need to explain. Just tell Yukina directly."
Bokue answered without thinking.
"That definitely won't work!"
Sayaka rejected it outright.
"Yukina knows I've always disliked men. If I tell her directly, I'm afraid she'll... uh, do something to you, Bokue..."
"Do what to me?"
Bokue looked confused.
He couldn't even imagine what Yukina would do to him. Give him a thumbs up saying "Senpai, well done"?
Sayaka's eyes widened: "Yukina will definitely think you fed me something bad that changed me into this state. Watch out or she'll stab you with Schneewalzer!"
"No way..."
Bokue dismissed this possibility without thinking.
Ever since Yukina had been pulled into his pit along with Nagisa, she'd been evolving more and more in Nagisa's direction. She'd nearly reached the point where she'd instinctively raise her rear the moment he appeared behind her.
Saying Yukina would stab him with Schneewalzer? Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
"She really will!"
Sayaka argued earnestly.
"Given my relationship with Yukina, I understand her! At least if someone did something this excessive to Yukina, I'd definitely use my Lustrous Scale to chop off his head!"
Bokue: "..."
So the dangerous one isn't Yukina Himeragi, but you!
Still, he continued reassuring her.
"Don't worry, she won't. If you're willing, we can go talk to Yukina about this tomorrow."
"Eh? Go tomorrow??"
Clearly unprepared, Sayaka furrowed her brow and bit her lip with some conflict.
"Hmm, tomorrow... I might be busy in the morning, so afternoon then."
Bokue calculated the timing in his mind briefly.
Perfect—he hadn't properly supplied Nagisa and Yukina with milk energy in several days either.
"Alright, let's not talk about this now..."
Getting to this point, Bokue suddenly supported the girl's back with one hand while lifting her legs with the other, scooping up Sayaka in a princess carry as he stood and walked step by step toward the bedroom door.
"Eh? Wait, that's Princess La Folia's bedroom. My bedroom is in..."
Sayaka had just started speaking when Bokue had already carried her to La Folia's bedroom door.
Gently pushing open the door, the silver-haired princess wrapped only in a bath towel appeared before them both, plus the sound of running water still coming from the bathroom direction behind her.
Seeing Bokue and Sayaka appear before her like this, La Folia smiled, raising an eyebrow as she touched her cheek.
"Ara, hearing no sounds from outside, I was wondering if you'd finished. Looks like I guessed right. Perfect timing—the water in the bathroom is almost ready. How about the three of us bathe together?"
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