"Our first family meeting officially begins now, everyone, applause!" Toujou Nozomi said, holding the plan she had just made, looking at the people sitting on the sofa.
"Clap, clap, clap!" As Toujou Nozomi announced, the people on the sofa started clapping. But immediately, a dissenting voice was heard.
"Hey! Why do you sound like the head of the household? You're too arrogant. I should be the one to host this family meeting!" Honjou Nia, who had just been woken up with great difficulty, looked at Toujou Nozomi indignantly. She was the oldest one there, so everyone should listen to her. For a junior to act this way was simply too arrogant.
"Refusal! If you were to host it, it wouldn't be a family meeting. Do you want to host this meeting as 'the forty-five-year-old youthful beauty'? If you acknowledge that identity, I don't mind letting you host, you know." Toujou Nozomi covered her mouth with tarot cards, her eyes showing disdain as she looked at Honjou Nia, who wanted to resist. With just one sentence, Honjou Nia, who had been agitated, deflated. She glared at Toujou Nozomi, grinding her teeth as if she wanted to eat her.
"Hehe~ In that case, I'll just host it. Just listen carefully, Miss Honjou Nia, the beautiful girl~" As the Vice President of the student council, she was already very skilled at this kind of oppressive behavior. She could easily deal with the other members of Muse. Would she be afraid of Honjou Nia? Didn't Minami Kotori, Hoshizora Rin, and Yoshino sit obediently on the sofa?
"It seems everyone has settled down now, so I declare this family meeting officially restarted. Everyone, applause again!"
"Clap, clap, clap!!!" Under Toujou Nozomi's intimidating presence, even Honjou Nia clapped. Though the sound was a bit loud and stiff.
"The most important thing about this family meeting is that a boy is now targeting Yoshino and has made a declaration of conquest (when?). This matter, including myself, was discovered by three of us. Now, this is the most important and most noteworthy thing in the house. I will absolutely not allow that guy to try to conquer our lovely Yoshino. Everyone! Do you think we can tolerate this?"
"No!!!" * 3 Except for Yoshino herself, the beautiful girls present all showed a ferocious expression on their pretty faces. Even Honjou Nia forgot about Toujou Nozomi's teasing just now, her anger level surging.
"Which ape-man wants to conquer my lovely sister? Toujou Nozomi, explain yourself! I'm going to tell my fans online about this to let him know what he can and cannot do!" Honjou Nia unladylike-ly stepped on the living room table, her roaring face completely transforming into a delinquent girl. Even though she had stopped updating for five years, her manga had been updated for several years, accumulating tens of thousands of fans during that time. One punch from each of them would make that ape-man feel very 'refreshed'.
After being rescued by Yoshino yesterday, Honjou Nia truly felt that her endlessly cute and caring sister had the potential to be a good wife and mother. Although the time was short, she, who had always longed for a sister, was now gradually showing signs of becoming a siscon. Now that someone wanted to snatch her sister, how could she not be excited?
"Calm down, Nia. Don't act so unladylike. Toujou Nozomi will explain this matter clearly in a moment." Minami Kotori said with a wry smile, trying to persuade the somewhat frantic Honjou Nia. How could she not be excited about him wanting to conquer Yoshino? But being excited now was useless; only by calming down could they think of a way to deal with him.
"...I feel like we're being ignored, Shiina." Yoshino, sitting alone on the single sofa, looked at everyone's excited emotions and then at Shiina with a puzzled expression. This seemed to be her own business, right? Why were they acting as if she would definitely be conquered by Itsuka Shido?
"Yes, the person involved is right here, and they're still discussing this so openly. As expected of humans, they've progressed so much in their growth." Humans have indeed progressed a lot in their growth, but it's not meant to be used for this. Human progress is not reflected in such places.
"Ahem!? Now, everyone, please take a look at the information I've recently gathered about the target. You know, 'know yourself and your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles'. Let's first look at the detailed information of the target. Snap!" After speaking, she snapped her fingers. The windows around the living room were drawn, and the surroundings plunged into darkness.
As everyone looked on with confusion, a glowing screen lit up in a corner of the living room. Toujou Nozomi, wearing glasses, appeared there, holding a pointer stick. Yoshino looked on, stunned. This was somewhat like her memory of Teacher Toujou Nozomi. She didn't expect to see it in person now. The excited Yoshino looked at Toujou Nozomi with sparkling eyes.
"Hmm? Hehe~" Although she didn't know why Yoshino was looking at her like that, seeing Yoshino attracted by her appearance, Toujou Nozomi's mood gradually brightened, and her slightly agitated emotions also calmed down.
However, all of this was seen by Minami Kotori, who was beside her. Seeing that Yoshino seemed to like Toujou Nozomi's teacher-like attire, she lowered her head and began to plan something in her mind, though what she was planning remained unknown.
"Ahem! So, this person is our main target: Itsuka Shido. This is his photo." Itsuka Shido's school archive photo appeared on the screen. These were photos Toujou Nozomi obtained after hacking into Raizen High School's main computer.
What? Is doing this illegal? Don't mind these details; everything is for Yoshino. Besides, as long as it's not discovered, who would know that she hacked into the school computer?
"Tch! Isn't he just a very ordinary high school student? And a guy like this wants to conquer Yoshino?" Honjou Nia looked at Itsuka Shido on the screen with disdain, then sat back on the sofa and gently sipped the coffee Yoshino had made for her. Hmm~ A cup of coffee after breakfast is indeed wonderful.
"Nia, you'd best not let your guard down. You should know that this guy's target is all the Spirits. Which means you're also his target."
"Pfft~" Honjou Nia, who had been looking leisurely, instantly lost control of her emotions upon hearing this explosive news, spitting out all the coffee in her mouth. And right in front of her was Yoshino, sitting alone.
Yoshino was thus inexplicably caught in an undeserved disaster, completely drenched by Honjou Nia. She blinked, still not having reacted to what had just happened. Minami Kotori, on the other hand, immediately took out her handkerchief to wipe the water off Yoshino, secretly enjoying a little 'perk' in the process.
"You, you mean this guy plans to go after all the Spirits? Is his goal to build a harem? Him?" Honjou Nia said in disbelief, not bothering with Yoshino, who was covered in her spray. Does this guy think he's some kind of game protagonist? Wanting to conquer Spirits to build a harem? How ambitious is that?
"Don't underestimate him, Nia. According to reliable sources, he has already successfully conquered one Spirit and is currently living with her." With a wave of her pointer stick, Itsuka Shido on the screen changed to Yatogami Tohka in a school uniform. "This is the Sword Spirit previously identified as Princess, named Yatogami Tohka. Isn't she beautiful?"
"Not bad~ This boy, to be able to conquer such a cute girl, it seems he has some redeeming qualities." She adjusted her red eyes; this beautiful girl was definitely a campus belle. "So what now? We already know he wants to conquer Yoshino. I think even if Yoshino is kind, she wouldn't fall for this boy, right? And I don't think you would agree either."
No one present would let Yoshino fall for this boy. So, unless some miracle occurred or the opponent's protagonist halo burst forth, making Yoshino fall for him with a one-in-ten-thousand chance, Honjou Nia would absolutely not believe this possibility.
"Hmm! I know about this too, but it seems there's an organization behind him helping him with the Spirit conquest. It's this organization called Ratatoskr. After investigating with my abilities, I finally found its trace in the high altitude of Tengu City; it's an aerial battleship floating in the sky. This organization has been helping him conquer Spirits." The screen pulled back again, showing an aerial battleship floating in the sky, with the name 'Ratatoskr' marked beside it.
"Hey~ As expected, conquering a Spirit isn't a one-person job. I didn't expect this to be such an organized and disciplined operation. Interesting. So, what do you plan to do, Toujou Nozomi? I don't think you'd let a guy who wants to conquer Yoshino off the hook."
"Hmph! Of course not." She had cursed this guy to enter a harem conflict every single time, so how could she let him get away so easily?
"This time, I have a plan that needs everyone's help. This plan is also the second topic of this family meeting. Let's take a good look at it now." As she spoke, the screen changed to text, displaying the content of the plan Toujou Nozomi had decided to implement in the coming days.
"This... isn't this a bit too much, meow~ If we do this, he'll be scorned by the entire class, even the whole school, meow." Hoshizora Rin's body trembled involuntarily as she looked at the plan, her face filled with fear as she stared at Toujou Nozomi. If this plan succeeded, she felt that Itsuka Shido would become the public enemy of everyone at Raizen High School.
"Hmph! That's exactly how it should be. Doesn't he want to get close to Yoshino? Then I'll give him this opportunity. He should be thanking me, actually." As she spoke, she took off her glasses and gripped them tightly in her hand.
"I'll let him know how terrifying a goddess's curse can be."
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