I really don't want to be reborn.

It's as if the philosophy of science is applied to science, or as if ornithology is applied to migratory birds. What role do we hope it will play?

Hope may be vain.

Adrenaline is packed into the blood vessels like a bag of popping candy.

But having hope is better than having no hope, so no matter what you think, you still have to try your best in the end.

…………

"Be happy, Touma. Your neighbor's neighbor gave you some water. I have a feeling we'll be able to get your damn unlucky hand out this time."

Touma Kazusa hesitated before asking, "You didn't tell that girl from the Doma family about me, did you?"

Kazusa Touma has an innate psychological resistance to outstanding, popular people like Ogiso and Umaru Doma.

As for Kyosuke Kousaka, who is also an outstanding and popular person, her sense of rejection is strangely low.

It's likely that the attraction between opposite sexes neutralized part of the repulsive force.

He glanced at the water in the bottle and thought that the phenomenon of the neutralization of attraction and repulsion was just as difficult to notice when washing water and foot bath water were mixed together.

"Of course I didn't."

Like the magic tricks of Type-Moon, the fewer people who know about someone else's dark past, the greater its value.

Kyosuke Kosaka waved his phone in his hand: "But Touma, you're about to say goodbye to this silly image. Can I take a picture as a memento?"

"Waaah!"

Seeing that she looked like she was about to rush over waving a water bottle, Kyosuke shook his head: "I was just kidding. What a scary woman."

With a satisfying slurp, Touma finally removed the vase from her hand, exclaiming, "What a disaster today..."

Kyosuke Kosaka didn't speak, but looked at her gently.

Gradually, the girl's voice involuntarily softened: "I'm all better now, why are you still here?"

"I think you should still have something to say to me."

"……Thanks."

She blushed again!

Although it might not be considered straightforward, it seems I will at least offer my thanks.

And it was a bit unfair for Touma to blush while thanking them.

"You're welcome. I feel that although the water was cut off today, I gained something very important."

Yes!

From the moment he entered the Touma family home, his phone was already recording audio. He even took a few photos when she wasn't looking—not only to expose Touma Kazusa's dark history, but also to sell to Sawamura and old Sawamura at a high price.

This is his plan.

Miss Touma seemed to have misunderstood something, stammering and still blushing, "What? It's important... Really, there's a limit to nonsense. You can go back now!"

Kyosuke Kosaka smiled, took a few last glances, and then picked up the water bottle that Umaru had given him to return.

Is it really possible for a glove to get stuck inside a water bottle?

He instinctively reached in.

As a result, the wrist was unexpectedly immobilized.

"..."

The two looked at each other silently.

"Why don't you just pull it out!"

"I can't pull it out!?"

Chapter Forty-Two: My heart is like drifting catkins, my breath like a wisp of smoke.

"Although I've said it once before, I still want to emphasize it again."

"Time is relative."

May 12th is Nurses' Day.

Although this day is supposed to be used to commemorate Florence Nightingale, in Japan, any international holiday is always given a new twist.

"Recommended by the store manager!"

"We're launching a nurses' package today..."

"An open competition for A-V films, jointly organized by Japan Sports News Agency and SOD Production Company, is underway, with a total prize pool of 2500 million yen and the title of the true number one A-V in Japan..."

I glanced at the introduction and found that the official announcement of this AV open was released just yesterday. However, none of the sixteen entries were related to nurses.

Kyosuke Kosaka turned off the community updates he was following, a hint of interest appearing on his face—not the store manager's recommendation or the sixteen movies, but he suddenly wondered if Kasumigaoka Utaha would suit a nurse's uniform...

"Shina, what is your sister doing today?"

"..."

Shino is starting to find this person unbearable.

My sister came to visit him the day before yesterday, and he tactfully went next door to play with Touma until evening—a whole day should be enough time!

But I was still too naive...

Lovers are terrifying; they can ignite a passionate flame in an instant, and it burns for an extremely long time, until they finally rest contentedly around nine o'clock at night.

Sinon thought that Kyosuke Kousaka would probably stay quiet for several days, since she had read in a book that the interval between male arousal in this area was relatively long.

However, only a day later, he started thinking about it again.

"Correction!"

Perhaps sensing what Shino's disgusted expression meant, Kousaka Kyosuke loudly protested, "I'm clearly a young man with ideals, self-discipline, and integrity! The other day, it was your sister who was too horny, and I was forced into it!"

Shi gave him a cold look.

She dislikes it most when people speak ill of her sister.

And you can't completely trust what this man says...

"A male dog in heat."

"Say that again!!"

The poem simply sneered, "Say it again? Why should I listen to you?"

I won't go into details.

"Shino, come here and let me get aroused! You should know that angering your brother-in-law is a very dangerous thing."

You can't pretend you didn't hear those words.

A petite girl dressed in light white walked to the sofa, looked down at Kyosuke Kosaka, this lazy bum, and said coldly, "Pervert!"

"Come into the pervert's arms quickly."

"No."

She resisted the urge to stomp on his face, went around behind the sofa so he couldn't see her, and couldn't help but laugh triumphantly when she heard his groaning.

That smile wasn't sweet.

Many girls have sweet smiles, but their smiles are just facial muscles exercising, and the sweetness is just aspartame.

Sinon's smile, however, has the flavor of beer and peach—a perfect balance of sweet and sour, beautiful, yet surprisingly bland.

Sometimes you have to be a little cruel to yourself and not indulge your sadness and jealousy.

Sometimes you have to be a little cruel to the person you like and put your feelings aside.

When she gets serious, it's like the shooting she did last November—unwavering, cruel, and ruthless.

But now, she's not cruel at all; she's smugly becoming stupid.

The fairest and most beautiful thing in the world is that smart people are complacent, while foolish people don't think they're any worse than others.

However, the most unfair thing is that Kyosuke Kousaka is never confused.

He had long since confirmed what his girlfriend, Kasumigaoka Utaha, had said a few months ago—that Utaha liked him.

It's the sister-in-law's affection for her brother-in-law.

It's a little sister's affection for her older brother.

He really liked this kind of affection, he really liked his little Shino, it had nothing to do with gender or romance, it was just the kind of affection where he just wanted to hug and rub against her, it was pure and completely different from his first love.

Let's not talk about marriage; we're happy just to be able to hug each other.

Just as he was about to put the concept of "hugging and rubbing" into action, the landline rang at home—normally, only three people would make landline calls.

One is her mother, one is her girlfriend, and the other is Ogiso Setsuna, with whom she often goes to karaoke.

Recently, option C has been the most frequently mentioned among these three options.

"Snow cabbage?"

Upon hearing this name, Shino was not very happy.

She always felt that her brother-in-law's metaphors were problematic—for example, he often compared Ogiso Setsuna to a cunning little squirrel, but Shino thought she was an even more cunning little fox.

"Is this an invitation for me to go out and have fun?"

"Kousaka-kun, you are already beautiful enough, so don't think too highly of things."

Perhaps because they were a little closer, Setsuna was often not very polite when she spoke to him: "It's fine to play with you, but Shino always treats me like an enemy, which is really annoying."

Her tone rose slightly: "To be honest, no matter what, I could never develop that kind of relationship with you, right? What does a little kid like her know!"

"Just a reminder, the child you're talking about is already fourteen years old..."

He glanced at the little girl glaring at him fiercely and smiled, "Just a reminder, this is on speakerphone, she heard everything you just said."

"is it?"

Yukina wasn't afraid of that. Her cold laugh suddenly softened, and as Kyosuke sensed something was wrong, she said in a chillingly gentle tone, "Kyosuke-chan, how about we go to Nagasaki again this autumn? How about I confess to you again?"

I remember what you looked like last autumn.