The next day, while dawn had yet to fully break, Kazuma was awakened by the chirping of birds outside the window. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a patch of snow-white, delicate skin, followed by two soft breasts that filled his entire field of vision.
Because Honami Aihara was lying on her side, her chest was slightly compressed, making her alluring curves appear even more captivating. As Kazuma raised his head, Honami Aihara's entire body came into view. The beautiful and charming girl lay peacefully beside him, her face serene as her long eyelashes trembled gently.
She seemed to be fast asleep.
"Drinking really does lead to trouble," Kazuma muttered, rubbing his forehead. Fortunately, they hadn't gone all the way last night. Honami Aihara's virginity remained intact. However, judging from the marks left on her body, it would be difficult to say that her innocence was completely untouched.
In addition, Kazuma's enhanced senses naturally detected that Miss Honami was already awake and was merely pretending to sleep, probably because she was too embarrassed to face him. Kazuma shook his head and opened the window.
The birds outside were not his little sparrow Anna, but several unfamiliar sparrows. They pecked at Kazuma's clothes and tugged him outside as though something had happened.
"What's going on?" Did Anna make some new friends?
Kazuma glanced back at the idol who was still pretending to sleep. Saying nothing, he quickly put on his clothes and left. After he departed, Honami Aihara slowly opened her eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.
"He's gone..."
She didn't know how to face Kazuma, so she had pretended to be asleep. Thinking about what had happened between them last night, she covered her face in embarrassment.
"Honami Aihara, what were you doing?! The person you like is Kazuya-nii, so how could you do something like that with Kazuma-kun?!"
Although they hadn't taken the final step, they had done almost everything else. Whether it was pleasing him with her mouth or allowing him to play with her own chest, she remembered clearly that she had been the one to take the initiative.
It was too embarrassing. Besides, she had only seen such indecent things in manga before. After experiencing them herself, she found them even more stimulating than what she had read.
"No, no, what am I thinking?!"
"Honami Aihara, don't become that kind of shameless woman! It must be because of the alcohol. That's why I lost control for a moment. That's right!"
After finding an excuse, she felt relieved, but soon bit her lip unhappily.
"He just left like that? Even though we didn't go all the way, he still took advantage of me. He played with my body all over, and then he just left?"
Honami Aihara angrily rolled around on the bed while clutching her pillow.
Meanwhile, Kazuma followed the sparrows toward a certain destination. The birds couldn't speak and possessed very little intelligence; they merely served as guides.
"This direction... toward the school?"
As Kazuma looked at the school gradually coming into view, he froze.
"No... it's the hill behind the school?"
Before dawn, a discreet car was parked near the school gate. It had deliberately avoided the surveillance cameras, making it impossible to see inside from the outside.
Without saying a word, the driver handed several photographs and a thick leather bag to the two men sitting in the back seat.
After confirming the money inside, the two exchanged glances and nodded before examining the photographs.
"Students? Female students?" the two men sneered. "You actually hired assassins like us just to deal with a few schoolgirls?"
"More precisely, we're dealing with that boy."
The photos had been hastily taken. Akane Nanao, Kanna Hiiragi, and several others were shown together with Kazuma, making it easy to identify his face.
"But that guy is troublesome. We don't want to provoke him directly," the driver said expressionlessly. "To be safe, capture his women first. Remember, keep them alive."
"No problem."
The two assassins had no objections. They merely wanted to see what made the young man so dangerous. After all, they only cared about getting paid.
"It's best to avoid him during the operation."
"No need to remind us. We're professionals."
After getting out of the car, the two assassins disguised themselves as ordinary passersby. Carrying large bags, they stood by the roadside.
"I checked earlier. There's an excellent sniping point over there."
"You mean that mountain? It really is a perfect observation point. You keep watch there. I'll head to the school and find our target."
"But don't shoot unless absolutely necessary."
"I know what I'm doing. I don't need to waste bullets on a few young girls."
The man carrying the bag nodded and entered the mountain. However, he suddenly frowned. Years of experience told him that something felt off.
The mountain was strangely quiet.
After observing for some time and finding nothing unusual, he looked up at the sparrows flying away and shook his head.
Perhaps he was just imagining things.
This mountain was difficult to traverse, and there were no signs of human activity. Most importantly, the location was excellent.
Standing atop the mountain, he could overlook the entire school. Setting down his bag, he took out his sniper rifle and high-powered scope to observe the school.
Completely focused on the school, he failed to notice that the surrounding branches and vines had begun to sway unnaturally.
As though alive, the vines slowly spread across the ground and approached him.
When they were two meters away, he finally sensed danger and turned around abruptly.
"Who's there?!"
As expected of a professional assassin, his instincts were exceptional.
Unfortunately, he was no match for the power of nature.
Believing someone had approached him, he turned around, only to find nothing.
At that instant, the vines sprang into action.
The surrounding flowers, grass, and trees stopped hiding their true nature.
It was as if the entire mountain had come alive.
Countless vines wrapped around the assassin's legs and slammed him violently into the ground.
"Puah!"
What is this?!
Engulfed by countless vines, he couldn't even struggle, much less fire his weapon.
He could only watch helplessly as he was completely swallowed and wrapped up like a cocoon.
"A monster... there's a monster..."
He wanted to warn his companion, but it was impossible.
Unable even to scream, he eventually went still.
An emerald-green fairy-like girl floated out from the forest. Looking at the dead man, then at the weapons and bag left behind, she turned toward the school.
"Just a minor enemy. There's another one over there."
When Kazuma entered the back mountain under the sparrows' guidance, he quickly realized that this was the work of the mountain goddess.
As expected of a mountain deity that had developed intelligence—even the animals of the mountain obeyed her.
Before Kazuma could reach the summit, several vines wrapped around his waist and lifted him upward.
The soil shifted, opening a path before him.
It was a truly magical sight.
"So you're the mountain goddess?"
Since using the Mind Soil previously, Kazuma had never had a chance to properly meet her.
This was his first encounter with the mountain goddess.
Her body glowed emerald green, and her beautiful, almost demonic figure floated in midair.
Although her face appeared somewhat blurred, he could tell that she was extraordinarily beautiful.
The mountain goddess was a girl.
"Kazuma."
The mountain goddess nodded shyly before pointing to the side.
"There was a bad person who wanted to hurt you."
The man was already dead, and her voice became softer.
"I accidentally used too much force. I'm sorry."
"It's alright. I should be thanking you."
After examining the corpse and seeing the sniper rifle, Kazuma immediately understood.
"An assassin... so he still hasn't given up."
"There's another one at the school, but my power can't reach there."
The mountain goddess lowered her head sadly.
"I can't help Kazuma."
"That's enough."
Kazuma smiled and reached out to touch her, but hesitated midway.
Seeing this, the mountain goddess immediately grabbed his hand and placed it against her cheek.
She liked Kazuma very much and enjoyed being close to him.
Her skin was soft and smooth like a human's, though a mysterious power surrounded her.
"You can't leave the back mountain?"
"I'm the mountain goddess of this place, so I can't leave. The farthest I can go is the old school building."
She widened her eyes. "Kazuma hasn't been visiting the old school building much lately."
Loneliness was written all over her face.
Kazuma chuckled. "I've been busy lately, but I'll be staying in the old school building for the next few days."
This mountain girl was surprisingly clingy.
"It's okay. I know Kazuma is very busy. If you need anything, I can help too."
Not wanting to delay any longer with another assassin still lurking around the school, Kazuma hurried back.
Although the girls possessed means of self-defense and had communication cards, enemies hiding in the shadows were still troublesome.
"Let's see where that little bug is hiding."
"Kazuma!!!"
"Hm?"
Interrupted by the sudden shout, he turned around and saw an angry blue-haired girl rushing toward him. Behind her were her younger sister Rin and an unfamiliar boy.
"You bastard! You actually did that to me..."
Ah...
It seemed she had remembered the Forget-Me-Not Grass incident.
"I suggest you stay away from me right now. It's dangerous."
Kazuma wasn't in the mood to argue and prepared to leave.
"Huh? Wait! Stop right there!"
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