I became the emperor in the comic book series.

"Xiangzi, I long to see you."

"?"

The conversation was sent one day ago:

“I couldn’t reach you, so I went to your house to ask about you. Your grandfather said you were with your uncle.”

The conversation was sent seven hours ago:

“I went to visit my uncle. He had drunk a lot of wine and said that you had already gone home.”

Toyokawa Shoko: ? ? ?

I'm home! How come I didn't know?

Upon seeing this, Toyokawa Shoko's eyes widened instantly.

Also, if I didn't work to earn money, where did my father get the money to buy alcohol?

So, I was worried for so long that my dad and grandpa would find out I was missing, but apart from Xiaomu, neither my dad nor my grandpa found out?

Moreover, even though he himself has disappeared, his father still has alcohol to drink. Does this mean that even though he was kicked out of the Toyokawa family, he wasn't completely penniless?

Then what was the point of all that hard work, earning money, taking care of my father, and defying my grandfather's decision to prove my worth?

In an instant, a huge sense of chaos surged into Toyokawa Shoko's mind, as if various brainwaves were jumping, colliding wildly, and short-circuiting, sparks flying everywhere.

The last message was sent four hours ago:

"I went to Xiangzi's house again, but I couldn't find Xiangzi."

"Because I didn't even go home, stockings!"

Shoko Toyokawa accidentally shouted it out.

The sound broke the silence of the night, waking the sleeping man beside her. He uttered a muffled, indistinct murmur, "Hmm?"

Seeing this, Toyokawa Shoko quickly hid her phone under the covers to avoid being discovered by the light.

In the darkness, the man groggily reached for the spot on the bedside table where his phone had been charging, but found nothing but an empty data cable. As he regained some consciousness, he gave up on finding his phone and instead reached for the light switch.

The thought of herself lying naked in someone else's bed, and if he turned on the light and opened his eyes, wouldn't that be an incredibly embarrassing scene where he could see everything without her knowledge? She wouldn't even know how to explain why she was there. Toyokawa Shoko immediately became alert and reached out to gently pull his arm, restricting his movements and preventing him from turning on the light.

During the process, I inevitably got closer to this man, almost touching him.

As expected, Higashino Akira failed to turn on the light. Half-asleep, he vaguely smelled the fragrance of a young girl and felt a soft, delicate body in his arms. The exquisite touch stirred up the lingering memories of his erotic experience a few days ago. His already precarious dream, which was on the verge of shattering, was now filled with a lot of material, making it stable.

Following his dream instincts, his body withdrew his arms and embraced the warm, petite body in his arms. He rested his chin on the top of her head, which was covered in fragrant, thick hair, and his palms automatically climbed onto her soft mounds and gently pinched them, uttering a soft murmur.

"Be good, stop fooling around."

"Ouch..." Toyokawa Shoko's legs were tightly pressed together, her whole body stiff and afraid to move. The hot, constricting feeling on her chest and the sudden kneading made her involuntarily let out a soft cry of shame and indignation. Her dark golden pupils were brimming with tears.

Although the other party didn't make any further moves, we were already too close!

Time passed second by second. Toyokawa Shoko had never wanted to turn into a cat so quickly. At least as a cat, she wouldn't have to worry about moving around and waking up others, nor would she have to go through such embarrassing things!

I turned back into a cat in no time yesterday, so why am I still a human today?!

Even after the man behind her fell into a deep sleep, Toyokawa Shoko couldn't relax; instead, she felt increasingly uneasy.

She shifted uncomfortably, trying to escape the feeling of being held by a weapon, but her upper body couldn't break free from his embrace. Then, at a certain moment, Toyokawa Shoko stopped moving, her lips slightly pale, her pupils trembling.

It's no longer as bad as having a thorn in your back.

Because the mango went down to a lower level.

I'm no longer pure, this world is so fucking bad!

I never want to be human again!

With trembling hands, Toyokawa Shoko pulled her phone out of the blanket again. Because she hadn't let go of it, the screen was still lit.

He sent a message to Xiao Mu saying that he had some trouble to deal with recently and might not be able to go back for a while. He also said that he could no longer return to Crychic and asked her to tell Su Shi to stop holding on to him. He added that if Su Shi still had the idea of ​​reuniting the band, there was no need to meet.

Then I logged out of the account, cleared the usage traces, and put the phone back on my pillow.

Feeling the large hand on her chest, she tried to gently move it away, but failed. The rascal squeezed it again, then moved closer and hugged her tighter, as if trying to meld the person in his arms into his own body.

"Um…"

The girl also let out a soft hum, her face flushed, her expression full of world-weariness.

She even started imagining the despairing scene that would unfold when he woke up the next morning and saw her lying on his bed like this, being held in his arms, if she couldn't turn back.

Even so, she dared not move and wake him up prematurely.

Faced with the choice between death and possible death, Toyokawa Shoko chose possible death.

The girl closed her eyes and imagined herself as a corpse, trying to learn to be a quiet dead person while waiting to die.

Destroy them all, as long as you die, you won't die anymore.

Time passed second by second, and about half an hour after Toyokawa Shoko returned to human form, the change occurred again.

The miracle disappeared, and the girl gradually turned into a blue kitten again.

In his sleep, the soft, fragrant pillow in his arms disappeared, and the embrace he had been in came to nothing. The sudden change made the sleeping man unconsciously frown.

……

Early in the morning, Akira Higashino was woken up by a kitten kicking him.

For some reason, this little thing seemed to have a grudge against me, constantly hissing at me fiercely and patting my head with its paw.

As an adult, I'm unlikely to be hurt by a cat, but it's still a bit inexplicable.

Higashino Akira yawned and opened his eyes. He impatiently picked up the kitten and rubbed his face with her fluffy little belly. After washing his face with the cat towel, he gave the little thing a big kiss and then casually tossed the still dazed kitten onto the bed.

"Okay, full of energy, ready to head out and hunt in the jungle."

"Open the door!!!"

Higashino Akira threw off the covers, stood up from the bed, and was full of vigor and confidence. Then, his expression suddenly froze, and he lowered his head with a somewhat subtle look in his eyes.

No!

Chapter Fifteen: Traces of Spring Dreams

Akira Higashino was well aware that he was in the prime of his life.

Young people's bodies are full of restless energy that never stops.

but…

The hard, unyielding feel of a certain area on his pants was a constant reminder of what had happened the night before.

Last night, a vague outline of a youthful dream that I barely remembered was slowly coming back to me.

When was the last time you had a nocturnal emission?

That never happened!

Even the most beautiful erotic dreams will eventually stop at the main event, lacking details and like looking at flowers through fog. Things that can't happen in dreams are naturally unlikely to have any effect on the body.

But the bad thing is that now Akira Higashino has actually tasted it, making up for the special experiences and feelings that he had never actually experienced before, and he has more material for his dreams!

"..."

Speechless for a moment, overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

Indeed, relationships need constant maintenance and care.

These past few days, I've been busy with property purchases, returning to school and canceling my leave, plus the appointment of new harem members, so I haven't been in touch with Kawasaki Saki for a while.

Having no contact for so long makes me seem heartless, like I've forgotten the old for the new.

Higashino Akira felt a slight pang of guilt, picked up his phone, glanced at it—it was the weekend—and sent a message to Kawasaki Saki.

"Are you free today? See you at the usual place."

……

Kawasaki family.

Whether she's a student or the eldest sister in her family, Saki Kawasaki gets up very early and busies herself in the kitchen preparing breakfast for her family. After all, students have weekends off, but adults with several people to support due to financial constraints don't have weekends off. As long as the company is still open, working overtime is the only option for these corporate slaves who need money, exchanging their time for meager wages.

Although Saki Kawasaki unexpectedly earned some extra money, which could even be a sustainable source of income, she did not tell her family about it, and it was indeed difficult for her to bring it up.

In the past few days, whenever she recalls that day when she was so busy with several part-time jobs that she was dizzy and confused, and what happened after acting impulsively, she feels a little regretful.

Several times I've considered taking the initiative to contact that person and end this special relationship.

But after seeing the money in my hands spent, the two tutoring classes with top-tier teachers that I enrolled in at a cram school, the less worried look on my mother's face after I quietly contributed a little to the family expenses when buying groceries, and the happy thanks from my younger siblings after I bought them trendy anime collaboration stationery, and their joy in talking about interacting and communicating with other classmates at school—all these changes...

This also made Kawasaki Saki unable to bring herself to erase these little moments of happiness that had appeared in her life since then.

Maybe he's just looking for something new? He'll forget about me soon and find someone new.

After all, she wasn't some uniquely beautiful girl; there were plenty of girls in the world who were prettier than her.

Or perhaps he was just a conman who didn't have much money at all. He just planned to use a small sum of money to cheat me once, enjoy myself for a while, and then disappear without a trace, vanishing from my life.

If all else fails, she can simply be his girlfriend for a few years, and once she finishes university, finds a job, and is able to support herself, she will be honest and break off the relationship with him.

Anyway, he's not ugly, much better than those middle-aged men or old men.

Looking back, she recalls hearing stories from other hot girls at school about their experiences as fathers, topics she wouldn't have been interested in or remembered.

Kawasaki Saki thought to herself, remaining silent, waiting for fate to unfold.

Then, they come to pronounce judgment on their mistakes and impose punishments.

Koko, the youngest sister of the Kawasaki family, with the same beautiful hair color as her older sister, sat adorably on the sofa, playing a game on her sister's phone. She tapped the screen with her fingers from time to time, looking very serious, and occasionally letting out cute exclamations.

Suddenly, a message was sent, partially blocking the game interface, and the little girl's game ended abruptly due to the interruption.

She looked at the message, turned around, held up her phone, and called out towards the kitchen, "Sister, someone is looking for you."

"Who is it?" Saki Kawasaki was cooking and looked up to ask before rushing over.

“A man named Higashino.”

"Hmm!" Kawasaki Saki's eyes widened suddenly. After a moment of surprise, she quickly came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands on her apron, and took the phone from her sister.

Upon seeing the message, her fair cheeks unconsciously flushed slightly.

This guy is still so direct.

Fortunately, I didn't say anything more blunt that Jinghua saw.

Avoiding Jinghua's constant attempts to peek, Kawasaki Saki quickly typed back, "I have tutoring during the day, so I'll see you after school in the afternoon, okay?"

The reply came quickly from the other end of the network: "Okay."

After their brief exchange ended, Kawasaki Saki put away her phone, not daring to let her younger sister Jinghua play games with it anymore, for fear that she would discover something.

Beside her, the little girl watched her older sister, whose face had suddenly turned red, her eyes darting around curiously.

"Is she my sister's friend?"

"Ah."

Is it a boy?

"Mind your own business." Kawasaki Saki gave the little idiot a light tap on the head with a chop to the neck.

"Go knock on the door and call Dad, Mom, and that idiot to get up and eat."

"Okay..."

.........

Student apartments.

Akira Higashino put away his phone and tossed it onto the bed.

Then I found a change of clothes, quietly changed out of my pants, threw them into the washing machine to soak, set the timer, and prepared to take a shower.

Turning around, I saw the blue Hakimi I had picked up still lying on the bed, wriggling like a worm, its two front paws constantly rubbing the fur on its belly.

I couldn't help but laugh. "Silly, cats clean themselves by licking their fur. What good would it do to rub their paws on their fur?"

No wonder the system failed to approve her appointment as a royal bodyguard. This clumsy cat can't even be a cat properly; she's so awkward. It would be strange if she passed.

A guard should at least have common sense. If he doesn't even know how to walk and eat, which are basic instincts that all living things are born with, then it will become a question of who is protecting whom.

Upon hearing Akira Higashino's words, Shoko Toyokawa, the cat, froze on the spot. After a long while, she silently rolled over, leaned against him, and then turned her head away in disgust, as if she wanted to sneer but didn't.