I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

For example, two people regain their memories due to another malfunction of the dog system, and together with Natsukawa Masuzu, they come to confront Sora, leading to a fierce love triangle between my girlfriend, my ex-girlfriend, and my sister...

That would be a real misfortune if something like that happened.

Being found out about having a girlfriend by his sister was something that was bound to happen sooner or later, and there was a limit to how much he could avoid it—trouble as it may be, Tenkuji Yu was already mentally prepared.

So, while having dinner, he told Kasugano Sora about what had happened between him and Natsukawa Masuzu.

This includes things like being entrusted to be her fake boyfriend, how their relationship gradually improved during their fake relationship, and how they now feel like they're no different from a real couple.

If you don't take the system's role into account, their story is actually quite simple, without much need for embellishment or addition—except for cutting out the kissing and hugging parts, so that Qiong doesn't think he's a pervert who likes to touch women inappropriately.

After saying everything she could, Kasugano Sora fell silent for more than ten minutes. It seemed that she didn't want to talk to him, or perhaps she was just processing the information. Her calm and indifferent face showed no change in expression, and she was much calmer than Tenkuji Yu had expected.

After all, whether it was the first or the second mission, Kasugano Sora showed her unease and clinginess after realizing that he had someone he liked and that he seemed to have a girlfriend. Even though she didn't make a big fuss because she was sensible, it still took him a lot of effort to soothe her emotions and make sure that he would not abandon his only family for outsiders.

Logically speaking, Kasugano Sora's behavior pattern shouldn't change after the world line changed and she lost those memories; similar scenes should still play out again.

But when she spoke again, what Tenkuji Yu heard was:

"You haven't done it yet, have you? That kind of thing?"

Tenkuji Yu blinked, looking at her younger sister with a bewildered expression as her pretty face flushed slightly and she pretended to be nonchalant.

"You...is that all you wanted to say?"

"Isn't that important?"

Turning her gaze back, Kasugano Sora frowned, her eyes as cold as a kitten annoyed after being petted: "Yu's virginity was taken by a stranger without my knowledge. Just thinking about it makes me furious! What's so strange about me wanting to know about this first?"

"Of course there is..."

"I'm going upstairs, I'm not eating!"

Qiong glared at him angrily, but did not get up from the table.

"Fine, I'll tell you then." As if she couldn't do anything about it, Tenkuji Yu covered her face with one hand, her tone inexplicably sorrowful, "Your brother... is still a virgin."

“I thought so too.” Kasugano Sora’s expression changed, and she laughed dismissively.

Through her fingers, Tenkuji Yuu glared at her with unusually sharp eyes: "What do you mean by this?"

"It's nothing~" He's just a coward who doesn't even dare to lay a hand on his own sister.

Kasugano Sora naturally couldn't say the second half of that sentence.

She simply picked up some food with a disdainful smile, gently holding the slender chopsticks in her mouth, her pale cherry-colored lips glistening with oil.

Looking at her appearance, Tenkuji Yu's expression gradually turned helpless.

"Well... your reaction was even more subdued than I expected."

"Yes, I think so too."

Kasugano Sora nodded, biting her chopsticks with a slightly puzzled look: "It's like something similar happened before, or rather, I had a similar dream?"

"Anyway, I just felt like I had a general idea, so it wouldn't be surprising if it actually happened... It's strange, isn't it? Even though Yu was seduced by some other woman, I wasn't that angry. I even felt like, what does it matter if I have a girlfriend? I'm confident that I'll be the one who laughs last."

“It is indeed strange.” Yuu Tenkuji nodded, because she had indeed said that, and regarded the sun under the snow as nothing.

However, that happened in the timeline before that.

With her expression unchanged, Tenkuji Yu mentally gave the system the middle finger and sneered, "I knew you were unreliable. You're full of loopholes and you still dare to call yourself a system? The system family doesn't have a disgrace like you!"

"...Host, the system once said that this is an inevitable effect of the change in the world line. Because it is an alteration rather than deletion or jump, the appearance of 'residual feeling' is a very normal phenomenon, and even with the power of the system, it cannot be completely erased."

Surprisingly, the system used a self-defense tone, seemingly unwilling to take the blame.

"But what does that have to do with you being embarrassed? If you can't do it, you can't do it. Why make so many excuses?" Yuu Tenkuji immediately retorted, speaking sternly as if lecturing an ignorant child.

"You're a mature system now. Stop blaming the world and just admit your mistakes!"

system:"……"

Whenever there's no way to refute it, this dog system cunningly pretends not to hear and does the same thing again next time, which is really infuriating.

In short, because Yuu Tenkuji chose to confess and receive leniency, and because of the influence of the system and the fact that his "past efforts" were not related to Muda, Kasugano Sora not only did not spend his life in jail, but also did not come to his room to sleep heartbroken—unexpectedly, everything was as calm as if nothing had happened.

"Don't bring her home yet. You can meet at the door. I'll be watching you from upstairs."

Apart from that sentence, his sister, who was obsessed with her brother, seemed to have already accepted the fact that he had a girlfriend. After calmly finishing her dinner, she went straight back to her room to play games.

I heard that Uma Musume Pretty Derby is really fun lately, and she's quite addicted to it on an emulator—the reason she doesn't use her phone is because she has to grind other games.

Thinking about it this way, he should actually thank the system this time? Being too powerful and difficult to control isn't necessarily a bad thing for him?

"Do you think I'd think that way? You damn system, I haven't even settled the score with you for the comb incident yet. You'd better behave yourself and be a tool!"

system:"……"

Regardless, having successfully gotten past her sister, Yuu Tenkuji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. With one less thing to hide from her, the ending could be described as a happy one for everyone.

Could it be that the amulet could also absorb his bad luck?

He thought this with a sense of relief and took out the amulet he couldn't throw away from his pocket.

The pale green fabric, with the black-threaded character for "calamity" appearing even more somber, seemed to shimmer with a mysterious, dark light, giving off an inexplicable sense of impending doom.

Like a ticking time bomb, it makes people uneasy just looking at it.

Sky Temple silently put it back into its pocket, looked up at the sky, and sighed wearily.

"Unlucky events... I just hope they don't drag me down during the national tournament."

Chapter 103 Heading to the Hospital

weekend.

Today I'm taking my younger sister to the hospital for a follow-up appointment, or rather, a health check-up—but that's irrelevant. As usual, Yuu Tenkuji got up early.

Morning exercise and reading are essential tasks. Around eight o'clock, he first knocked on Kasugano Sora's door, then went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

At 8:30, the little beauty, yawning, came downstairs carrying a plush toy. Today it was a dolphin, and her long, silvery-white hair was neatly combed.

"Did you stay up late again last night?"

"No."

"Is Uma Musume (Horse Girls) fun?"

"Of course...tsk!"

Bathed in the angry glare of a teenage girl, Yuu Tenkuji's smile rivals the rising sun outside.

After finishing breakfast and cleaning up the dishes, the two went back upstairs to prepare for their departure. After changing their clothes and taking their bags, they met at the entrance.

Standing in front of the small square mirror next to the shoe cabinet, Yuu Tenkuji looked at himself in the mirror, admiring how even in his ordinary casual clothes, he still exuded a youthful and trendy style, and couldn't help but recite lines as if from a script:

"So, who exactly is this handsome and talented gentleman, who is as gentle and refined as if he stepped out of a fairy tale? — That's right, it's me."

"Idiot?"

A woven straw hat weighed down her silver hair, and a pure white dress outlined the girl's slender and delicate figure. Even from behind, she looked pitiful, touching, and beautiful.

Kasugano Sora turned her head and rolled her eyes at him: "How old are you and you're still so narcissistic? Hurry up and get out of here!"

"Little sister, you're wrong—narcissism has nothing to do with age. When I grow up to be a handsome middle-aged man, I will definitely be even more narcissistic than I am now."

Yuu Tenkuji stroked his chin, imagining what his face would look like when it matured and became weathered, and nodded with satisfaction and anticipation.

Rather than being narcissistic, he preferred to be seen as confident—confident that his looks and talents were no less than others, and that he could achieve anything he set his mind to as long as he worked hard.

Of course, things beyond human limits don't count.

For example, even if he wanted to do something like taking out the female system inside him and training her into R-type sex, he wouldn't have the ability to do it, so naturally he wouldn't have any blind confidence.

system:"……"

The door closed, and the handsome older brother and his lovely younger sister led out a bicycle that hadn't been used in a long time from the corner of the yard.

The place was covered in dust, which Tenkuji Yuuko cleaned up yesterday. If the "brand new" state could only be applied to himself, he wouldn't have bothered to spend so much time there with a hose and rag.

"Well then, get in the car." With that, Yuu Tenkuji sat down on the cushioned back seat, looking as obedient as a child.

Kasugano Sora kicked him down.

"Get out of the way, that's my spot."

Haha, I just can't do anything with you~

Tenkuji Yu laughed heartily a few times, skillfully switched to the front seat, and tilted the car with one foot on the ground and the other on the pedal, so that Kasugano Sora could sit sideways smoothly.

"What do you mean 'no way'? Do you want me to give you a ride?" Kasugano Sora clenched her fist and tapped his broad back. Speechless, she sighed at her sometimes unreliable older brother.

Once she was seated, Yuu Tenkuji stopped joking and pressed down on the chain, making the car even more stable than a used car that had just been started.

Once outside the wall, the sunlight, along with the street, poured down on the two of them.

"The weather is so nice!"

"Hmm." A faint echo came from behind.

As they cruised along the cool riverbank, bathed in the morning sun at ten o'clock, Tenkuji Yu lazily remarked, "Sora, it's been a while since the two of you went out together, hasn't it?"

"Why bother going out? Isn't staying home better?"

With her arms wrapped around his waist from behind, her silver-white hair flowing smoothly like silk, Kasugano Sora answered lazily in return.

"Is this your reason for not going to school?"

"What else? It's good that you're here. I'll find ways to make money online in the future. It doesn't matter whether I go out or not, right?"

As if it were the most natural thing in the world, she gave a soft hum and wrapped her arms around his waist even tighter, pressing her cheeks and soft body against his.

"If You're not with me, there's no point in me going out."

Tenkuji Yu paused for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Indeed, if you go to school with me, I won't have to worry about being kidnapped by strange women in the future."

"..."

Kasugano Sora fell silent, lost in thought.

Her petite, soft body remained pressed against his broad back, her arms wrapped warmly around his waist like a scarf, rising and falling slightly with the shaking of the car.

It was as if the two of them were pressed together, and the whole season was only springtime, with the cold wind unable to squeeze into the gap between them.