Bang~
Quietly locking the door behind him, Hiro, who had returned late at night, didn't make a big fuss, afraid of disturbing Yasuko, Suguha, and others who might already be asleep.
However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he entered the house and closed the door, a tall, blonde figure directly entered his vision when he looked up.
Moreover, the entire person's "image" kept enlarging...
"Hiro-kun~~"
Nanamiya Yasuko, who was originally standing in the hallway more than a meter away, completely disregarded her image as a mother and pounced on Hiro, who had a helpless expression.
To prevent his mother from falling flat on her face, he had no choice but to reach out with both hands and steadily catch the incoming Nanamiya Yasuko.
Thump~~
"Seriously, why did you come back so late?? Don't you know how worried your mother was! Just yesterday there was a case of ghouls eating people, and you dared to wander outside at night, and why couldn't I reach your phone? Did it run out of battery outside?"
While complaining like this, Nanamiya Yasuko straightened up and groped around with the help of the overhead light, afraid that her son had been attacked by thugs or monsters and had some external injuries.
Phone?
Skillfully pushing away the overly worried Nanamiya Yasuko, Hiro took out the new phone he had just gotten less than a year ago from his pocket.
"Alright, it really ran out of battery."
He pressed the power button with his finger and waved the unresponsive phone screen in front of Nanamiya Yasuko, a hint of apology flashing across his face.
"It was my carelessness this time, I'll be more careful next time."
"Seriously, Hiro-kun not coming back so late almost made me call the police, you know?"
"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll be more careful about this before going out next time."
Listening to the continuous complaints behind him, Hiro, who had changed into indoor shoes, waved his hand impatiently and trotted away from his mother's sight.
Although having such a beautiful mother was indeed quite nice, her excessive pampering, even bordering on spoiling her children, really made him feel somewhat helpless.
"Suguha?"
Just as he went upstairs, Hiro saw a girl in pajamas, looking sleepy-eyed, standing at the door of his room.
"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping? What are you doing here?"
Walking to his room door, Hiro reached out and gently ruffled Kirigaya Suguha's hair, chuckling softly.
"Nii... Nii-chan?!"
Kirigaya Suguha, wearing pajamas, suddenly jumped like a startled cat.
The girl, her sleepiness completely gone, quickly took a step back, avoiding his hand.
Her cheeks flushed slightly as she turned her gaze to the nameplate on the room door to her right-Hiro.
"Ah~ I was wondering why I couldn't open it, turns out I went to the wrong place."
Besides her shyness, an embarrassed look also appeared on Kirigaya Suguha's face, probably because her sleepy appearance had been seen by her older brother.
Ignoring the girl's changing expression, Hiro glanced at the lead-gray number "1" that had appeared above Kirigaya Suguha's head sometime.
"Steal."
"Ding! The time required for this extraction is 1 second. Do you wish to begin?"
One second... just complete it directly.
Hiro muttered inwardly.
"Begin."
"Ding! First-Tier luck extraction completed. Congratulations host for obtaining: Innate Body A++."
Innate Body A++, the name sounds quite useful, but...
what exactly does it do? Increase health points? Remove abnormal statuses? Increase attack power?
Creak creak creak~~~
At this moment, behind him, the door to the room belonging to Kirigaya Suguha and her mother slowly opened.
Kirigaya Midori stepped forward and directly grabbed Kirigaya Suguha's wrist.
"Alright, Suguha, come over here. Hiro came back so late, don't go and disturb him."
Saying this, Kirigaya Midori forcefully pulled Kirigaya Suguha back.
Pulled forward by her mother, Kirigaya Suguha suppressed the shyness in her heart and turned around.
"Then, Onii-chan, good night."
"Suguha, good night."
Watching Kirigaya Suguha being led away by her mother, Hiro chuckled softly and waved his hand in response.
Bang~
He only came back a little late, why were the three of them, no, it should be his mother and Aunt Midori, not asleep? Were they that worried about him...
Glancing at the closed door, Hiro shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless.
"Hiro-kun~~~"
Hearing his mother's voice about to reach the top of the stairs, Hiro pushed open his room door and locked it behind him.
Click.
In Japan, starting from the Showa Memorial Day on April 29th, there would be a Golden Week holiday lasting at least seven days and up to nine days.
During this time, if conditions permitted, most Japanese people would choose to go abroad with their families or travel somewhere within the country to spend this holiday.
With Hiro, the plagiarist, in the family, the four of them naturally belonged to this group as well.
And the destination was the United Kingdom, far away on the other side of the Earth.
"Is this Britain? Why does it feel no different from Japan?"
Just getting off the plane, Nanamiya Yasuko, with a curious expression, voiced this thought.
"Because this is still within the confines of the British airport, of course it's not much different from Japan."
Carrying the luggage and following behind the two elders, Hiro muttered blandly.
"Yasuko, be a little more reserved. The gazes around us are a bit strange."
Beside Nanamiya Yasuko, Kirigaya Midori, holding Kirigaya Suguha's hand, also had a smile on her face.
Half an hour later, the group of four arrived at the entrance of their reserved hotel, and then...
Hiro looked at a passerby who resembled a blonde nun, and the lead-gray "3" above her head, a slightly strange expression on his face:
I was wondering why I didn't see her.
So, she has just been kicked out of the church or orphanage, hasn't met those fallen angels and stray priests yet, and hasn't been lured to Kuoh Town, which is now Saitama Prefecture?