"I... am so lonely..."
The girl's voice reached Nakano Yu's mind, as though it had directly echoed inside the young man's head.
However, the voice was extremely soft and fragmented, like a child that had only just learned how to speak, but the vocal tones clearly belonged to a girl rather than a child.
"Damn it, what is this now? A ghost?"
The moment he heard the voice, Nakano Yu frowned deeply, and his aura quickly covered the entirety of Tokyo, but he sensed nothing unusual aside from the unconscious monsters wandering the streets.
Frowning, Nakano Yu still searched the surroundings of his house with slight unease. After confirming that there was nothing there, he returned home to sleep.
It was just that Nakano Yu did not sleep very well that night.
In his dream, Nakano Yu could constantly hear the girl calling his name, but the voice was unreal and faint, and whenever he tried to wake up, Nakano Yu simply could not open his eyes.
Gradually, the voice disappeared, and Nakano Yu fell into a deep sleep.
The night quickly passed. The morning sun illuminated the handsome face of the young man, causing Nakano Yu to frown uncomfortably, but because of his biological clock he still slowly opened his eyes.
"Hmm... didn't I close the curtains yesterday?"
Thinking about it, Nakano Yu sat up on the bed, raised his hand, and summoned Wind to completely pull apart the curtains, immediately filling the room with sunlight.
"Ah~"
Yawning lazily, Nakano Yu, as usual, controlled Wind to dress himself. After getting dressed, Nakano Yu walked out of the room, descended the stairs into the kitchen, and began making breakfast.
After so many years of taking care of the Quintuplets, Nakano Yu had long developed the habit of making breakfast. Although there were now maids responsible for cleaning the house, if he left breakfast preparation to them... the taste would be good, but he always felt that something was missing.
Perhaps this was what people called a busy life.
However, as a God Slayer, cooking was extremely simple for Nakano Yu. Ever since obtaining Gale Fury, Nakano Yu had done most things by controlling Wind.
After all, with the help of Wind, Nakano Yu could do multiple things simultaneously, and while cooking he did not have to worry about extinguishing the stove's flames if he controlled it properly.
Soon, Nakano Yu finished preparing breakfast. He went upstairs, preparing to wake the Quintuplets so they could get up and eat, but when he passed by the room where Nakano Maruo and Nakano Reina had stayed last night, he noticed a note stuck to the door.
He walked over and removed the note. Nakano Yu read the message written on it, and the corner of his lips twitched:
"Yu, by the time you see this note, Maruo, Sawamura Sayuri, and I will have already left. We won't be having breakfast. Don't forget to wake Ichika and the others. Ah, Eriri is also at home, don't forget to wake her too. Knock on the door! Don't just walk in!"
"They're really irresponsible, leaving their daughters here this easily."
After putting away the note, Nakano Yu muttered to himself. The irresponsible person Nakano Yu was referring to was naturally Sawamura Sayuri. After all, how could a responsible mother leave her daughter in the house of a male friend and leave by herself?
However, Nakano Yu naturally understood Sawamura Sayuri's thoughts very well. It was just that he truly did not like Eriri Spencer Sawamura's tsundere personality, nor her flat figure.
Thinking about it, Nakano Yu knocked one by one on the doors of the Quintuplets' rooms, as well as Tsurara's and Eriri's, calling for them to get up and come eat breakfast.
Today was not a day off. After breakfast, the Quintuplets still had to go to school. As for Tsurara... although she was a yōkai and did not need to go to school, obtain a diploma, or find a job because Nakano Yu could support her, Oikawa Tsurara did not think that way.
At first Tsurara was not particularly interested in studying, so after leaving the Nura Group she went to school to submit a withdrawal request, but before the request could be approved, Nakano Reina spoke with Tsurara for half an hour.
After those thirty minutes, Tsurara seemed like a completely different yōkai, constantly muttering that knowledge was power and that she had to study hard, while the withdrawal request turned into a transfer request.
As for the academy Tsurara currently attended, it had a very close relationship with Toyonosaki Girls' Private Academy, which Kasumigaoka Utaha attended. It was the only private girls' junior high school in Tokyo and was directly managed by the board of Toyonosaki Girls' Private Academy.
Its nature was similar to Shuchi'in Academy, where most students were young ladies from prestigious families across Japan. Ordinary people generally could not enroll, but the Nakano family was not an ordinary family. A single word from Nakano Reina was enough to allow Oikawa Tsurara to enroll.
However, the class was an ordinary class rather than a special advanced class. After all, Nakano Reina had once been a high school teacher and knew that no matter how good a class was, it would be useless if it did not suit the student.
Given Oikawa Tsurara's current situation, throwing Tsurara into the so-called S-Class would only cause her to fall behind in her studies and become even worse. Nakano Reina, as a former teacher, had personal experience with such things.
Speaking of which, during this period, under Nakano Reina's guidance, the Quintuplets' grades had somewhat improved. Although not by much, the progress was visible, so Nakano Reina's efforts in teaching had not been in vain.
After waking everyone up, Nakano Yu went downstairs to eat breakfast and casually glanced at the pendulum clock on the wall.
Hmm, there were only fifteen minutes left before being late. After breakfast there would probably only be five minutes remaining.
It seemed that today he would have to fly to school using Gale Fury.
Thinking about it, Nakano Yu bit into the sandwich he had made. Occasionally, when the Quintuplets woke up late and were about to be late, Nakano Yu would use Gale Fury to instantly transport them to Sobu High School. He did not care whether he himself was late, but if the Quintuplets were late...
Previously it did not matter, but now it did, because Nakano Reina was very strict about such things.
Speaking of that, Nakano Reina was not the gentle and virtuous wife she appeared to be at home. How should it be described... she was very similar to Hiratsuka Shizuka, except that her combat ability was probably not as high as Shizuka's.
Nakano Maruo's evaluation of that was:
"Reina has always been like that. Hmm... and she's very beautiful!"
There was also the suppression of superior bloodline inheritance, causing the Quintuplets to suffer greatly.
Thinking about it, Nakano Yu quickly finished the sandwich in a few bites, then drank a glass of warm milk. Only then did someone descend the stairs.
As usual, Nino and Miku were the first to wake up.
Nino occasionally took care of the family's daily life and sometimes made breakfast, so like Nakano Yu she had the habit of waking up early, just not as early as him.
Miku was similar, but more because she did not want to trouble Nakano Yu.
As for Yotsuba, Itsuki, and Ichika, Itsuki and Yotsuba occasionally woke up early, while Ichika never woke up early.
"Come quickly and eat breakfast."
Seeing Nino and Miku, Nakano Yu called them over to eat.
"Okay, we'll wash up first."
Nino replied and turned toward the bathroom. Miku smiled at Nakano Yu, greeted him, and followed after Nino.
Nakano Yu sat at the dining table for some time, and when nobody else came downstairs, he had no choice but to stand up and go upstairs.
After waking Yotsuba, Itsuki, and Tsurara, Nakano Yu watched the three girls sleepily walk toward the bathroom to wash themselves. Only then did he go before Ichika's room to wake her up.
After much effort to wake Ichika, Nakano Yu walked out of her room and sniffed. Nakano Yu could only smell a milky scent in the air he inhaled. Ichika did that every day, so Nakano Yu had long since become accustomed to it.
Returning downstairs, Nakano Yu looked at the family neatly seated around the table eating breakfast, then scratched his head. He felt as though he had forgotten someone. After thinking for a short while, he remembered that Eriri was still staying with them, so he turned around once more and went upstairs to wake Eriri.
When everyone had gotten up and begun eating breakfast, Nakano Yu finally nodded in satisfaction.
Today was another busy morning. If this continues, next time I'll simply wake them up using Wind.
"Then I'll leave you here. See you later, Eriri."
Not far from Toyonosaki Girls' Private Academy, Nakano Yu used Wind to lower Eriri onto the ground.
There were only five minutes left before classes began, so Eriri Spencer Sawamura should now have enough time to run to the classroom.
As for the Quintuplets and Tsurara, Nakano Yu had already sent them to school earlier using Wind. And the reason he personally brought Eriri was mainly because Eriri was afraid of heights.
Yesterday, because of the emergency situation, Eriri had not paid much attention, but today, when she once again tried flying through Wind, she felt dizzy the moment she looked downward.
There was no other way, so Nakano Yu had to personally bring her here.
"N-Nakano-kun, see you later... A-And, thank you."
With her feet firmly on the ground, Eriri leaned against the wall, her face not looking very good, and waved goodbye to Nakano Yu. After saying that, she paused and added words of thanks.
Nakano Yu did not respond to that, only raised his hand as a sign that he heard her, and then turned around to leave.
Just as he was about to use Wind and depart, a voice sounded behind him:
"Ara ara, I haven't seen Yu-kun for quite a while. So, you found a new love and forgot the old one? What a sadly fast speed of changing feelings."
Hearing that familiar tone of voice, Nakano Yu immediately knew who it belonged to without even thinking.
"Utaha, if I'm not mistaken, classes are about to start. Why aren't you at school yet?"
He dispersed the Wind swirling around him and turned toward the tall girl approaching him and Eriri.
It had to be admitted that Kasumigaoka Utaha had a very good figure; that could not be denied. Especially when standing beside Eriri Sawamura, the comparison emphasized Kasumigaoka Utaha's superior figure even more.
"Oh? When he sees me, Yu-kun doesn't look very happy. Is it because I interrupted Boyfriend-kun's good deed?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha said this while brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. She walked past Eriri Sawamura and approached the young man, intimately wrapping her arm around his. At that moment Kasumigaoka Utaha looked like a cat marking its territory.
After sizing up Eriri Sawamura from head to toe, Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke in a mocking and disdainful tone:
"Yu-kun actually... likes this kind of dangerous body type? If someone catches you together, misunderstandings could easily arise, you know."
"Don't you think so, Eriri?"