Even though Nibutani was rescued by Fang Wuwei in time, she still had many dog paw prints and slobber marks on her body.
The dog, subdued instantly by Fang Wuwei, was then led away by the butler. The elderly, silver-haired butler led everyone into Totsuka's super luxurious mansion, where Totsuka had already been waiting for a long time.
The Totsukami family was very bright. Upon entering, there was a grand staircase. The house was heated, not cold like outside. Totsuka was wearing a red and green Christmas-themed dress, with a small Christmas tree hat on her head, a bow tied at her chest, and even red high heels. Even the two sandbags at the ends of her hair had been changed to red and green Christmas colors, which perfectly matched the festive atmosphere of the day. Beside her stood a butler, politely smiling and quietly standing by, accompanying Totsuka in entertaining her friends.
"Welcome, everyone, to my castle, death!"
The seven people below looked up at Totsuka, who appeared incredibly cute under the bright house lights and strong Christmas atmosphere. For a moment, everyone fell into deep thought...
She had a luxurious mansion, was very rich, had excellent grades, had already secured admission, and was also cute...
She was completely... a winner in life.
Nibutani was broken. The chuunibyou kid who usually messed around and was her rival, actually had such a huge gap with her in reality... it was a complete world of difference.
She refused to admit this tragic reality...
"Speaking of which, Totsuka's evening gown is truly magnificent."
Koushou, however, was naturally oblivious. In her eyes, everyone was just everyone, without difference. She looked at the evening gown Totsuka was currently wearing with great interest.
Totsuka had already come down. She was also very happy that everyone could gather at her house and that she could host her friends.
"My mother asked me to wear this, death. 'Since it's a party, you should wear formal attire,' she said, death."
Totsuka held up her skirt and walked in front of everyone, every movement exuding elegance... If Totsuka wasn't a chuunibyou, with such a good family background, academic achievements, and good looks, she would probably be an exceptionally outstanding rich young lady.
When Koushou heard Totsuka's answer, she began to regret that she had worn casual clothes. It was true... this was a rare Christmas party! Hearing Koushou's regretful words, Isshiki Makoto, who was standing nearby, came out to make his presence known again, and as usual, only received a smile from Koushou.
Rikka smiled upon hearing this, her face full of pride. As a fellow chuunibyou, and even Totsuka's Master, how could she not know Totsuka's thoughts?
"I naturally came prepared, to guard against any battles that might occur at any time..."
Rikka bent down and put down the bag she had brought with her. She rummaged inside and soon pulled out a purple-black gothic evening gown with folded cuffs and a long skirt, which perfectly matched Rikka's temperament. Yuta couldn't help but imagine Rikka wearing this outfit...
But before he could think too much, he saw Rikka stuff the gothic evening gown back into the bag, then rummage inside again, and then pull out an outfit he never wanted to see...
A black, one-piece leather coat with brown fur around the collar... He was all too familiar with it. Wasn't this the coat he had custom-made during his chuunibyou phase?! That was an important part of his dark history!
Rikka pulled out the outfit, her face full of happy anticipation as she looked at Yuta, who immediately bristled.
"Where did you find it?!"
Rikka must have snuck into his house and rummaged through his things again. Yuta felt horrified just thinking about it. His youth cultivation manual hadn't moved at all... For a boy, was there anything more terrifying than his little perverted books being discovered?
But before Yuta could reprimand Rikka, Totsuka suddenly looked up, her face solemn, at the ceiling above.
"I just... heard Santa Claus's wail! Master!"
Upon hearing this, Rikka quickly stuffed the clothes in her hand back into the bag, handed the bag to Yuta for safekeeping, nodded at Totsuka, and the two of them immediately ran off.
It wasn't Rikka's first time at Totsuka's house. As a chuunibyou, she wouldn't care much about etiquette or anything like that, let alone Totsuka being the young mistress. So she just went off to play with Totsuka.
It was hard to imagine how Totsuka could run while wearing high heels.
The others watched the two gradually move away. Yuta had wanted to call out to them, but he still held his tongue. It was Christmas, after all, so be happy.
Fang Wuwei suddenly felt something amiss beside him. He turned to look and saw Ikenouchi Maki with her hands behind her back, her face looking a bit guilty... Fang Wuwei frowned, stepped back two paces, and looked at her hands behind her back. He saw Ikenouchi Maki's hand resting on a spatial bracelet, and then a very high-class-looking dress appeared in her hand...
You have one too?!
"Master... My dad told me to bring it. He said it was... the Ikenouchi Family's traditional formal Magician's attire..."
Fang Wuwei smacked his forehead and exchanged glances with Yuta, seeing the same helplessness in each other's eyes.
Sighing helplessly, the two followed the others, taking off their shoes and going upstairs...
The butler on the stairs, watching the two run off, silently picked up the walkie-talkie clipped to his chest, said a few words, then came down the stairs to face everyone, warmly leading them to the small room Totsuka had prepared for them.
And Totsuka's mother had already been waiting for a long time.
"Oh, my... You must be Sanae's friends."
As everyone followed the butler to the room, midway they encountered a very beautiful, seemingly young woman with long golden hair draped over her shoulders, wearing a red and white evening gown, and elegantly walking in high heels, every gesture full of grace.
She looked very much like Totsuka... in every aspect.
"I'm Sanae's mother. Earlier, when you said you were coming, little Sanae was very excited, telling me and her dad that she wanted to throw a big party to welcome you all."
Totsuka's mother covered her face and smiled slightly, showing how much she doted on Totsuka Sanae.
Nibutani and the others were a bit overwhelmed but still adopted the respectful attitude towards an elder, bowing their heads and greeting her.
"Thank you for taking the trouble for our visit this time."
"Oh, no, no... Oh my, what happened to your clothes?"
Totsuka's mother was waving her hand when she saw the pile of dog paw prints on Nibutani's clothes, looking a bit surprised.
"Ah... this is..."
"That child in the outer courtyard, right? It was done by the three-headed hellhound little Sanae raised... I'm truly sorry."
Totsuka's mother bowed slightly to Nibutani and waved to the butler beside her, who understood her meaning.
"Please follow me... Our maids will take you to change. We will keep your current clothes and clean them for you as soon as possible..."
Three or four maids surrounded the somewhat surprised Nibutani and left. Totsuka's mother waved her hand.
"My daughter usually... thanks to your care, and at school, I hope you can continue to indulge her antics."
It was clear that Totsuka's parents loved her and were not ashamed of her chuunibyou behavior. Their educational philosophy leaned more towards joyful learning.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I've already arranged dinner. Please don't be formal at all; just treat this place as your own home. I won't disturb you anymore, death~"
Totsuka's mother smiled elegantly and left, leaving everyone standing there, looking at each other...
Death? So this verbal tic is genetic?!