On a residential street where the sun had already set, a 'normal' high school student named Itsuka Shido walked with heavy steps towards the supermarket. As the househusband of the Itsuka family, he now had to prepare dinner for himself today. With a big eater now in the house, his workload had increased significantly, and if that deity at home wasn't satisfied, even more serious things would happen. For the safety of the entire Tengu City, Itsuka Shido walked to the supermarket closest to home.
"Sigh~" Thinking about what happened at school today, he couldn't help but sigh. Itsuka Shido felt even more tired, and his steps began to sway.
Ever since Yatogami Tohka transferred to Raizen High School last month, arguments between the two of them happened every day, and it had now become a daily routine in the class.
Today at school, Yatogami Tohka and Tobiichi Origami argued again over whose cookies he would eat during home economics class. Itsuka Shido spent a great deal of effort to calm the two of them down. But even if they were calmed, these two beautiful girls would definitely start arguing again for other reasons. Actually, as long as they didn't fight, Itsuka Shido wouldn't have to worry, but the looks from his classmates were really unbearable.
But thinking about it, it made sense. The pure and lovely beautiful girl Yatogami Tohka and the ice queen Tobiichi Origami, each a potential school idol, were fighting over Itsuka Shido. The boys in puberty, seeing such a clear disparity between themselves and Itsuka Shido, naturally disliked him.
'Why is he so popular, and no one likes me?' With this question, the resentment of every boy was almost materializing, making Itsuka Shido uncomfortable all over. The envious, jealous, hateful looks from the male classmates and the contempt from the female classmates made his body and mind suffer. The fatigue now wasn't physical, but mental.
"Why can't their relationship be a little friendlier? Don't they get tired of arguing every day?" No, because of you, they will definitely keep arguing. This idea of yours is completely unrealistic. It's better to think about how to solve the problem with your classmates; that's the main point. In the eyes of your classmates, you're almost becoming a scumbag.
"And when can Kotori stop making me play those games? Although I'm a hot-blooded high school boy right now, for you to openly give me 18+ galgames to learn capture strategies to better deal with Spirits... Fine! I won't complain about playing this game, and I won't complain about it being an 18+ galgame. But why do you always make me collect all the images from every game I play, and then you have to personally check them before I can pass? Isn't that just looking for trouble?"
Unable to hold back his inner bitterness, Itsuka Shido ignored the passersby's looks of him as an idiot and cried out to the sky, "Who can know my suffering?"
"So, what kind of sister would make her brother play galgames? And with so many demands, making me complete all CGs and then asking for my thoughts after playing? Is this some kind of humiliating play?" He felt fortunate that Spirits were girls, but why did she prepare games with the strange reason of 'galgames prepared to prevent the appearance of Spirits with strange personalities'? That was enough.
"I wonder where those Spirits are now. I wonder if they're safe wherever they are. Why are all Spirits, such lovely beautiful girls, branded as 'calamities'? It must be due to misunderstanding..."
Thinking back to Yoshino's appearance when he saw her on Ratatoskr, he had been very concerned about this cute Little Girl who looked like a doll. Although she seemed aggressive, all her actions were for containment, and she didn't make any harmful attacks.
In a place Itsuka Shido didn't know, several pairs of eyes were staring directly at him, who was looking dejected. Someone even took out a camera and filmed his current appearance.
"Hey, Sister Nozomi. Isn't this bad for us, secretly filming someone like this? It would be terrible if we were accidentally discovered."
A beautiful girl with soft, straight flaxen hair, a left-swept fringe, a half-tied side ponytail on the right side with a bright green bow hair tie, and amber eyes, spoke softly to a beautiful girl with long purple hair tied into twin ponytails with two pink hair flowers.
There weren't many people passing by on the road right now, so if they were seen, they would be considered strange. Maybe the police would arrive at any moment.
"Shhh~ We're gathering intelligence on the area, Kotori. This boy is the one Yoshino told us about, the boy whose goal is to make Spirits fall in love with him to capture them. Now we need to get a good look at what kind of guy he is. Do you want to see Yoshino eventually captured by this boy?"
The girl with the camera frowned at the other girl. Why was she the first to step forward when they just talked about going out to investigate, but now she had such doubts?
Instantly, the flaxen-haired girl lowered her head. This matter was absolutely unacceptable. Yoshino being captured? It would probably be faster to just eliminate this boy. Thinking this, she showed a strange smile.
"On the surface, he looks just like any ordinary high school student, meow. Why would they choose him to capture Spirits? And it seems like they expect him to succeed, meow. Sister Nozomi, Koto. It seems there's something special about this boy."
A girl with orange hair and yellow eyes, with a neutral and refreshing appearance, squinted her eyes at Itsuka Shido from below the other two. Boys like him were like bricks in any school in her world, smash one and you'd find a bunch. If this boy didn't have something special about him, they definitely wouldn't choose him to capture Spirits.
"Now, don't we all have spirit power after contracting with Yoshino? You guys sense his current situation. There's some kind of power within him. It seems it must be the spirit power of a Spirit he successfully captured before. He possesses the power to seal Spirits, and that's what's special about him." gaia, alaya, and herself had told her about the situation in this world. She had been very nervous when she received news from world consciousness that Yoshino had disappeared. Now, the boy who needed the most vigilance had appeared in Yoshino's original world. Her goodwill towards Itsuka Shido instantly dropped to its lowest point.
"Hmm~ But Rin feels there are two powers in him, which means he must have sealed another Spirit before. But how does he seal Spirits, Sister Nozomi?" Minami Kotori looked curiously at Toujou Nozomi. She didn't know much about this world. Toujou Nozomi, who was usually so resourceful, should know a lot of things.
"Hehe~ Through kissing, Kotori, Rin." Toujou Nozomi sneered, looking at Toujou Nozomi and Hoshizora Rin. This was the part she found most unacceptable.
"K! KISS!!!" *2 The two covered their cherry-red mouths. Didn't that mean if he wanted to capture Yoshino, Yoshino would end up kissing him? The two imagined the scene... No! Absolutely not! They would never hand Yoshino over to him. Their previously wavering resolve became firm.
"Then let's stop talking about other things now. The most important thing is to watch Yoshino carefully and not let him get close to her." This boy, she really should curse him to die in a love-triangle. Curse him in the name of the 'Muse' goddess!
"Eh~ Why did it suddenly get so cold?" The sudden chill made Itsuka Shido shiver as he looked around, but he didn't find anything unusual. "It must be an illusion, right? I should hurry and buy tonight's groceries. If I go back late, Tohka will start arguing again."
After speaking, he quickened his pace towards the supermarket, while behind him, four beautiful girls continued their tracking mission. Poor Itsuka Shido didn't know that four beautiful girls were currently following him. And the fourth girl was on another street, continuously taking pictures with a camera.
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