I endured the humiliation and humiliation while being besieged by the ghost story elder sister.

"Oh, you're awake."

Startled, Hiyo turned around abruptly and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was Arisa's cat maid, Beros.

"Oh, it's you, Beros. By the way, what happened last night?"

If he wasn't mistaken, only a few of them had been drinking, and Peros knew everything that had happened the night before.

The cat maid rummaged through the refrigerator, pondering what to make for their breakfast, while slowly explaining to Himeko what had happened the previous night.

“Last night, around nine o’clock, I heard you coming back. When I looked, you were all drunk. You were unconscious and being carried on Miss Arisa’s back.”

"Huh—so I was carried back by Arisa. And then? Where did my clothes go?"

Ximiao asked the question that she most wanted to know right now.

As a result, the cat maid Peros sighed before continuing.

"They said the smell of hot pot on you was too strong, so they thought of changing your clothes. But, as you know, you can't expect these drunk people to handle these things."

"..."

"So, after they took off your clothes, they changed themselves, forgot all about it, and didn't even take a shower before falling asleep in the room."

Looking at the utterly dejected expression on Boros's face, Ximiao knew that things were definitely not as simple as the cat maid had made them out to be.

The room was a mess, and then the living room was so tidy—it was clear that Peros had cleaned it up once…

But Mio didn't intend to press the matter further. She asked Boros for a clean bath towel and a change of clothes from Arisa's wardrobe.

Then, Ximiao went straight into the bathroom, intending to wash off the smell of alcohol and hot pot from her body, and see if she could relieve her hangover headache.

As the sound of hot water flowing from the showerhead came from the bathroom, the living room fell silent again, leaving only Berlusconi in the kitchen preparing breakfast for everyone.

I don’t know how long it took.

Arisa, also woke up from a hangover, only to find that Nozomi, whom she and Honoka should have been holding, was nowhere to be seen.

My head was already a little dizzy, so the devil must have been persuaded to drink countless cups by Ami and Hoka to get drunk.

Therefore, Arisa did not realize that Nozomi was just going to the bathroom to take a shower and brush her teeth.

Somewhat flustered, she suddenly sat up and looked around, but couldn't find Xi Ling anywhere. She even secretly peeked into her mother's bed on the soft bed.

After searching the room to no avail, she didn't care whether she had put on pants or not and walked straight out of the room.

Then, I saw Beros, dressed in a maid outfit, busy in the kitchen.

Without the slightest hesitation, she stepped forward, placed her hand on the cat maid's shoulder, and asked.

"Berlus! Have you seen Mio?!"

"Eh?"

Unexpectedly, the first thing Arisa did after waking up was this, which made the cat maid pause for a moment before she realized what was happening and responded.

"Of course I saw him. I remember he went into the bathroom..."

Before Peros could finish speaking, Arisa turned around and walked towards the bathroom, ignoring Peros's calls behind her.

Why not in Chapter Thirty?

pat.

The sound of the bathroom door being opened came from inside. Ximiao, who was comfortably soaking in the bathtub, turned her head curiously to look in the direction of the sound.

But then he discovered that, through a frosted glass sliding door, a tall figure was gradually approaching him from inside the dressing room.

"Arisa?" Mio called out tentatively, wanting to see if Arisa had gotten up.

However, the figure outside the door did not respond.

next moment.

He heard the sound of the sliding door being suddenly opened, and saw a pair of beautiful, wine-red eyes, somewhat dreamy, staring intently at him.

Not knowing what was wrong with the girl, Ximiao silently lowered her body, submerging half of her head in the water. Her light blue eyes looked at Arisa, who had suddenly barged in, with a somewhat flustered and puzzled expression.

When Arisa saw Himeko leisurely taking a bath as if nothing had happened, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew~ Thank goodness, Mio, you're alright."

"Nothing wrong? What could possibly be wrong with me?"

Hiyo, who was a little out of sync with Arisa's train of thought, muttered under her breath but didn't take it too seriously.

After all, he was completely unprepared, soaking in the bathtub!

"I should have locked the bathroom door when I came in," Nozomi thought to herself.

Just when he thought that Arisa would leave the bathroom after confirming that he was safe and sound, he still couldn't figure out what the girl was thinking.

After closing the frosted glass sliding door again, Ximiao heard rustling sounds of clothes being taken off coming from the dressing room next door.

He didn't have to wait long. As the sliding door opened again, the clothes the girl was wearing disappeared, replaced by a thin bath towel.

Seeing this, Himiko was already somewhat incoherent and didn't know what to say.

No, is it really that early in the morning?

Unfortunately, Arisa was in such a dazed state that she couldn't hear anything Nozomi was saying.

a long time.

On the sofa in the living room, Arisa, now fully awake and suffering from a hangover headache, was using a hairdryer to dry Nozomi's hair.

The two, who had just taken a shower, were wearing T-shirts that looked somewhat similar, giving Arisa the feeling that she and Nozomi were wearing matching outfits.

But actually, it's just because the clothes Hio was wearing were taken from Arisa's wardrobe.

Just as the two of them finished drying their wet hair, Fanxia and Aunt Ami, who had been sound asleep in the room, woke up.

However, Xi Ling noticed that when Arisa looked at the two of them, there was a hint of resentment in her wine-red eyes.

"Oh? You two got up so early?"

Upon seeing Honoka and Arisa on the sofa, who appeared to have already taken a shower, and Honoka, who was still holding her throbbing head, couldn't help but ask.

"After all, when you wake up, you smell of alcohol and hot pot all over your body, so it's hard not to take a nice shower."

Hearing what Ximio said, Fanxia muttered to herself thoughtfully.

"Looks like I should take a shower later."

"Then come over and get a back scrub too!"

Perhaps because they drank together last night, Ami had one hand on Honoka's shoulder, and they seemed to have become very close.

She nodded in agreement with Ashi's suggestion.

Then, at Boros's urging, the group sat down together on cushions next to the small table in the living room.

Looking at the sumptuous breakfast in front of them, as well as the seafood miso soup that Perlos had specially prepared to help everyone sober up, they couldn't help but feel their mouths water.

After finishing the sumptuous breakfast, Fanxia went to the bathroom to take a shower at the invitation of Aunt Ami.

As for Himo, she was very perceptive and helped the cat maid, Beros, clear the dishes off the table.

"Mio, let Pegasus handle these things, why are you meddling in this?"

As Arisa sat cross-legged on the sofa, watching this scene, she couldn't help but speak to Himo, who was busy at work.

However, the boy ignored Arisa's comments about exploiting the cat maid. After putting all the dishes into the sink, he sat back on the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's just a small favor, what's wrong with helping Boros? Or are you, Arisa, jealous of the cat?"

"Eh?"

Just as she was somewhat shocked, wondering why Xi Ling would suddenly say such a thing, the boy's little head leaned forward while she wasn't paying attention.

Without any warning, he kissed her pink lips.

Just when Arisa thought that Nozomi's sudden attack was just a brief, tender moment, she discovered that a warm little hand had appeared on her waist.

He was even subtly moving towards the hem of her T-shirt, his intentions obvious.

Only when Ximiao felt a bit oxygen-deprived in her head did she release her mouth, take a deep breath, and stare intently into the girl's eyes with her beautiful light blue eyes.

"While Fanxia and Ami are taking a shower in the bathroom, which will probably take a while, why don't we go back to the room and finish this quickly?"

"...Of course, why not?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Arisa, whose heart had been stirred by Nozomi's actions, smiled slightly.

He then picked up Hiyo and the two of them, without any restraint, returned to Arisa's bedroom in front of Boros, and locked the door.

On the other side, inside the bathroom.

Fanxia, ​​who was sitting on a bench having Ami scrub her back, was staring blankly at the foam swirling around the drain.

Suddenly, Aya behind her spoke to her.

"When exactly do you plan to tell Himo the truth?"

"...I don't quite understand what you're talking about, Ash. Is it okay if I call you that?"

"Of course, no problem. We're friends now. But how long do you intend to keep this from Himeko about the fact that you're not human?"

She was still holding a bath sponge in her hand, slowly lathering it up on Fanxia's smooth back.

As the group spent more and more time together, Ami grew to enjoy being with Nozomi and Honoka more and more, bringing some changes to her otherwise monotonous daily life.

However, what she was most interested in was the relationship between Nozomi and the two of them.

As a parent, Ami stated that she is not that old-fashioned in her thinking. She has seen situations like Nozomi cheating on her boyfriend in soap operas before.

What really intrigued her was that, despite her daughter Arisa having already sensed something was amiss, her reaction was remarkably ordinary.

This really puzzled her; she couldn't understand why.

Chapter Thirty-One: Analysis of a Best Friend