Crossover Anime: The Heroine's Savior in the Other World

"38.5 degrees Celsius is no longer considered a low-grade fever; it looks like we need to go to the hospital."

Kitahara Sosuke glanced at the thermometer reading and his expression turned serious.

"Okay, okay, I'll call my mom then..."

After Kitahara Sousuke returned, the family seemed to have a pillar of support. Kitahara Airi, who had been anxiously watching from the sidelines, finally came to her senses and said she was going to contact Hanako, who was still at school.

“Wait, Airi…” Marina coughed lightly twice and looked at Kitahara Sosuke who was standing by the bed. “Nii-san, I’m fine. I’ll be fine after taking the medicine and sleeping. I don’t want to go to the hospital.”

The girl's pretty face was pale from weakness, and her usually moist lips were dry from illness. Only her big, watery eyes were staring at Kitahara Sousuke, her eyes full of pleading.

Marina seems to be...afraid of needles?

Kitahara Sousuke suddenly recalled a past event, probably around elementary school age, when his two younger sisters caught a cold at the same time after getting caught in the rain. At that time, Marina looked like a pear blossom in the rain, clinging to him and refusing to let the doctor give her an injection.

Has this adorable weakness still not been corrected? It's just... too cute.

"Then let's not go to the hospital." Kitahara Sosuke nodded. "Let's give her the fever reducer first and then observe her. Nana-chan, is there anything you want to eat?"

Kitahara Sosuke directed Airi to pour hot water, while he went to the TV cabinet in the living room to find the family medicine cabinet, from which he took out a box of fever reducers and cooling patches.

He took the two kinds of medicine back to Marina's bedroom and helped her up from the bed. The girl's soft body seemed to have lost its bones, and she could only lean weakly on Kitahara Sousuke's shoulder.

"Sweetie, take your medicine first."

"Nissan, feed me..."

Perhaps because of her fever, the usually virtuous Marina has lost the maturity and understanding that is not her age, and she has started to act cute and coquettish towards Kitahara Sosuke.

"Give."

Kitahara Sousuke smiled and shook his head. He peeled off the outermost plastic packaging, revealing the gray pills inside, and pinched them between his thumb and forefinger, bringing them to the girl's lips.

"what--"

My fingers touched the girl's soft lips, and I could feel her tongue gently tracing across them.

Watching the girl swallow the pill, Kitahara Sosuke promptly handed her a cup of hot water, brought it to Marina's lips, and, supporting the girl's shoulder, fed her the hot water.

"Ugh, it's so bitter..."

Marina wrinkled her cute little face, about to complain, when she felt something sweet and soft being stuffed into her mouth.

The girl closed her eyes and savored it carefully, her brows gradually easing as she tasted the sweetness on her tongue. It was pudding.

"Nissan is the best."

Marina nestled on Kitahara Sousuke's shoulder like a child, rubbing her cheek against his clothes.

I've hated anything hard since I was a child, and Nii-san still remembers that.

"It's my pudding..."

Airi sat to the side, pouting as she watched Kitahara Sosuke feed Marina water. She wasn't being willful, but she kicked her leg unhappily.

I'll buy it for you later.

Kitahara Sosuke blinked, then put a finger to his lips at Kitahara Airi, who immediately beamed with delight.

Helping Marina back to bed, Kitahara Sosuke carefully tucked his sister in and beckoned to Airi, asking, "When did Marina start feeling unwell?"

"I had a cough before, it was mild at first, but it got really bad when I came home from school today."

Ellie smoothed her long blonde hair and said, reminiscing.

"Well, I see."

Kitahara Sosuke nodded, thought for a moment, and then took two Fukuzawa Yukichi bills from his pocket and placed them in Airi's palm:

"I have to take care of Marina today, so I probably won't be able to cook. Go order a takeout lunch for dinner, and save the rest of the money to buy lunch tomorrow."

"Huh? You're giving them all to me?"

Kitahara Airi's eyes lit up as she looked at the two Fukuzawa Yukichi cards in her hand.

"Well, I probably won't have time to make you a bento these next couple of days. You'll have to make do with it."

Marina was the pillar of the family, and now that she's fallen ill, Kitahara Sosuke can only rely on his wealth to solve the problem.

As for why he doesn't get up to make lunchboxes? Sorry, I've been completely won over by Marina's virtuous nature for the past two weeks and have absolutely no desire to cook.

"I'm not wronged! Not at all!" Airi smiled sweetly. "What would you like to eat later, Onii-chan? I'll go order!"

"Just be like you."

After seeing Kitahara Airi off, Kitahara Sosuke sat back down by Marina's bedside and put a cooling patch on the girl's forehead.

"Is there anything you want to eat?"

Kitahara Sousuke asked with concern, "Although I don't want to do it, you can order it."

"Nissan, talk to me for a bit."

Marina shook her head. The girl was wrapped tightly in the blanket, with only her small head sticking out. Although her face was a little pale, she always gave Kitahara Sosuke a sweet smile.

"Hmm? What would you like to talk about?"

Kitahara Sosuke gently stroked the girl's hair.

"I want to hear Nissan talk about school,"

Marina replied expectantly that her brother used to always tell them about the interesting things that happened at school. But later...

Perhaps the school has just stopped being interesting to Nissan.

But it's alright now.

“Let me think… about things at school…” Kitahara Sosuke scratched his head in distress, then seemed to remember something, “Then I’ll tell you a story about fighting school bullying.”

Then Kitahara Sosuke began to tell Marina about how he met Nishimiya Shoko and how he taught Ishida Shoya and the others a lesson.

"Amazing!"

Hearing that Kitahara Sosuke had taken down his opponent in just a few moves, Marina's eyes sparkled with admiration, but she asked with a hint of worry, "Are you hurt, Nii-san?"

"That's impossible."

"So, was Nishimiya-senpai's hearing aid repaired later?"

Marina asked curiously.

"I don't know about that, but according to Butterfly... Sifang, Nishimiya only took one day off and came back, so she should be fine."

"That's good. Boys who bully others are the worst."

Marina said angrily.

Afterwards, Kitahara Sosuke told her a few more interesting stories from school or the internet. The girl laughed as she discussed them with Kitahara Sosuke until she was so tired that she could barely keep her eyes open.

"Nisan, I'm so sleepy..."

Marina gave a silly yawn.

"Go to sleep if you're tired, I'll stay here with you."

"It's a deal then, you're not allowed to leave..."

Chapter 138 Ten days have already passed in April!

Only when Marina's breathing became steady on the bed did Kitahara Sosuke quietly turn off the light, making sure to close the door behind him as he left.

As Kitahara Sosuke walked downstairs, he saw Airi carefully taking a small piece of chicken from a large table of McDonald's and putting it in her mouth. The girl's greedy yet restrained expression made him laugh.

"You came?"

Hearing footsteps, Airi quickly swallowed the food in her mouth. Seeing Kitahara Sosuke's enigmatic smile, the girl blushed involuntarily.

"I was just checking to see if it was cold, I wasn't stealing any."

"He who takes a man's money is bound to him; he who eats a man's food is bound to him." Airi would never do something like spending the allowance Kitahara Sousuke gave her and then not waiting for him to eat with her.

"If you're hungry, then eat first."

Kitahara Sosuke reached out and brushed the crumbs off the girl's mouth. He was also a little hungry after being busy all day, so he pulled out a hamburger from a pile of fast food and took a big bite. The aroma of chicken filled his mouth, and even his stomach rumbled happily.

"I want to wait for you guys, but I'm so hungry."

Ellie smiled sheepishly, then proudly pulled out a tightly sealed plastic lunchbox from a pile of junk food: "I also ordered hot porridge for Marina. Isn't she going to eat it?"

"Qijiang is asleep. Let's eat first. I'll heat it up and bring it to her when she wakes up."

Although Airi is usually willful, because she is the youngest sister in the family, she usually leaves housework and other chores to Kitahara Sosuke and Marina. However, she knows what she should do when it matters.

The girl isn't inherently bad; her tsundere attitude is just a protective layer, and it's also one of her endearing qualities.

"Oh, should we tell Mom about Marina's illness?"

Seeing Kitahara Sosuke enjoying his meal, Airi stopped pretending. Usually, Marina was strict and wouldn't let her eat junk food, so she wanted to take this opportunity to make up for it.

"I won't tell her yet. I'll sleep it off tonight and see how things go. Maybe she'll be fine by tomorrow."

It's somewhat unsatisfactory to have Hua Daizi busy with school and laboratory matters while also worrying about her daughter's illness.

Kitahara Sousuke decided to keep it from her for now, saying it was probably just a fever caused by a cold, and that she would recover after taking medicine and resting for a couple of days.

"Oh...hey, you idiot Sosuke."

"Well, what happened?"

Kitahara Sosuke looked at her with a puzzled expression. From the very beginning, he had a feeling that Airi seemed to have something she wanted to say to him.

"Have you been under a lot of pressure lately...? Um, I mean Marina has fallen ill. If you need anything, be sure to tell me. Maybe I can help."

Ellie stammered, her eyes too shy to look directly at him. She looked down at her legs under the table, her two round thighs pressed together, twisting incessantly.

That idiot Sosuke hasn't contacted me since that incident. Is it because Marina's home? Marina's sick now, she's probably fast asleep, so tonight...

"No pressure at all."

Kitahara Sōsuke was completely baffled.