The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri

"Are you sure you don't need my help? Your arm will get sore holding the hairdryer for so long."

"Idiot." Eriri glanced at her disdainfully. "I've already added points to my stamina attribute, I'm not that weak now, okay?"

As she took the hairdryer and was about to dry her hair, the girl's phone suddenly vibrated.

"Hey, it's a message from Mom... Is something important?"

Eriri tilted her head and glanced at it, then quickly handed the hairdryer to Seino Makoto next to her, while holding the phone with both hands.

Seino Makoto turned on the hairdryer, and warm air whirred out. With his other hand, he ran his fingers through Eriri's damp blonde hair and began to dry it.

"......snort."

Eriri's face flushed slightly, she let out a barely perceptible hum, and then looked at her phone.

Kiyono Makoto said softly:

Is there anything urgent?

"No...it was just casual conversation."

"That's good."

Seino Makoto quieted down and began to carefully help blow-dry his hair.

A warm breeze blew, and the room quickly filled with the fresh scent of shampoo.

Eriri felt the warm breeze warming her hair and neck, and was enveloped in a comforting warmth. Her body involuntarily went limp, and she only realized that she was leaning against Kiyono Makoto's chest after the chat ended.

"......ha?"

Eriri blushed and quickly sat up straight:

"They actually took advantage of someone's vulnerability again and sentenced them to death!"

Kiyono Makoto was speechless: "It was clearly you..."

"No way!"

Eriri's gaze darted around, and she quickly changed the subject:

What was that footstep sound in the hallway just now?

"It's Shoko and Yukinoshita..."

Kiyono Makoto naturally didn't hide anything and simply explained the situation.

"What...?" Eriri frowned slightly, a bad feeling creeping into her heart. "It's one thing for Shoko to be so timid, but Yukinoshita-san isn't going to come and ambush you at night, is she?"

She was going to hide under the bed in a little while, and if someone came to raid her at night, she would truly become an 'incompetent wife'.

"You're overthinking it." Kiyono Makoto shook his head self-deprecatingly. "Besides Eriri-sama, no one else would even look at me."

"Ha, I wasn't interested in you either, okay?"

Eriri blushed and subconsciously denied it with a haughty air:

Give me the hairdryer, I'll dry it myself.

"Don't move, it'll be ready in a minute."

"..."

After finishing drying Eriri's hair, Seino Makoto asked about the important matter:

When should I hide under the bed?

"The mission requires us to be in the area between 9:30 PM and 6:00 AM the next morning. There's still plenty of time."

Eriri pursed her pink lips, feeling a little dry, but her proud and aloof personality prevented her from openly asking for water. She could only cross her arms over her chest.

"Hey...is your room a desert?"

"What's wrong?"

Kiyono Makoto looked over in confusion.

"The air is so dry... it feels like it could be used to make mummies."

"..."

Kiyono Makoto's gaze shifted downwards, landing on Takumi's slightly pursed lips. He quickly understood and smiled.

"The air is really dry, I'll buy a humidifier tomorrow."

Yinglili: "......"

Who told you to buy a humidifier?

That idiot Seino clearly did it on purpose.

Kiyono cordially invites you:

"I'm a little thirsty and I'm going downstairs to get some water. Do you want some?"

Eriri turned her pretty face away and gave a haughty snort:

"I won't drink."

"Then I'll go downstairs for a drink of water."

Kiyono Makoto waved his hand, turned and left the room.

Yinglili: "......"

Seeing the door close, Eriri quickly puffed out her pink cheeks, grabbed a pillow from the bed, and bit it with her little silver teeth.

That idiot Seino! He's infuriating! I'm going to ignore him from now on!

Kiyono Makoto stepped downstairs and saw Shoko... It should be Yukino Yukinoshita, who was sitting quietly on the sofa. The sound of washing up came from the bathroom, so Shoko was obviously taking a shower.

"I've come down to get some water," Kiyono Makoto greeted him. "Are you thirsty, Yukinoshita-kun?"

"Thank you, I'm not thirsty for now."

Yukino Yukinoshita responded softly.

"There's barley tea in the fridge, but no bottled water," Makoto Kiyono casually remarked. "If you don't want a beverage, you can go to the kitchen and boil some water yourself."

"I see."

"..."

Kiyono Makoto walked into the kitchen, poured a glass of water, and stopped when he saw Yukino Yukinoshita sitting there quietly, not even playing on her phone.

"Want to watch some TV?"

"don't want......"

"It must be so boring not watching TV or using your phone."

Seino Makoto found the remote control and turned on the TV.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked up at him, her pink lips parted slightly, and her voice was clear and cold:

"Relying on fragmented information on mobile phones to fill the spiritual void precisely demonstrates spiritual poverty."

Kiyono Makoto casually said:

"It's rare to find people living in a concrete jungle who aren't spiritually impoverished. Many people are already exhausted just surviving each day, going to work and coming home. If they don't seek spiritual comfort after get off work, they won't even have the energy to get out of bed the next day."

"I see."

Yukino Yukinoshita did not directly refute, but simply nodded slightly, her tone flat, as if she were stating the day's weather:

"That's why Kiyono checks her phone every thirty seconds, even if there are no new messages... This isn't comfort anymore, it's withdrawal symptoms, isn't it?"

Makoto Kiyono: "......"

Unlike her senior's sharp tongue, Yukino's sharp tongue always comes from a subtle way, making you question your existence.

"I'm so sorry for my lack of inspiration. I'm going upstairs to take a shower."

Kiyono Makoto, holding a water glass, waved and went upstairs.

"..."

Yukino's gaze shifted and landed on the television.

In the upscale apartment in Chiba City, although there is a television set, it is never turned on.

Cell phone, reading, thinking, the view outside the window... there's always something to kill time.

But at that moment, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly realized that the sound from the television did indeed make the room much more lively.

"......I'm back."

Kiyono Makoto, carrying a water glass, pushed open the door and returned to the room. He looked up and saw Eriri sitting on the edge of the bed, her little face tense as she looked out the window, clearly sulking.

"I'll have a sip of water; the temperature is just right."

Kiyono Makoto walked to the bedside and handed the water glass to Takumi.

"I won't drink."

Eriri turned her pretty face away, haughtily refusing.

A gentleman does not accept food offered with contempt. It would be too undignified for me to drink it just because you offer it to me.

Kiyono Makoto whispered:

"If you don't drink it, I'll force you to drink it."

"......ha?"

Eriri turned her head and saw Kiyono Makoto gently sip his water.

Their eyes met.

Eriri instantly understood what Kiyono Makoto wanted to do, her face quickly turning red, and she hurriedly reached out her hand:

Give me the water glass, I'll drink it myself!

They actually want to feed you water by kissing you?

How could I possibly agree to that!

Glug glug ~

Eriri was indeed thirsty, and after taking the water glass, she drank it all in one gulp.

As for the cup that Kiyono Makoto just took a sip from... if it were someone else, they would definitely throw the cup away along with it, but it doesn't matter now.

"What are you looking at?"

Seeing Kiyono Makoto's subtle gaze directed her way, Eriri blushed and quickly turned her head to look out the window, still refusing to admit that she was thirsty.

"The room smelled weird like an otaku, so I drank a few more sips... to try and wash away the strange taste on my tongue. You idiot, Kiyono, stop staring at me!"

Kiyono Makoto placed the water glass on the table and reminded him:

"I drank a bit too much just now, I need to be careful about the time."

"...Huh?"

“If you drink too much water, you’ll definitely need to go to the bathroom tonight,” Kiyono Makoto said matter-of-factly. “You’d better make sure to go to the bathroom on time. The mission requires you to hide under the bed the whole time, otherwise you won’t even have a chance to go to the bathroom later.”

"W-what is it?" Eriri quickly grabbed her pillow, her wet, bright blue eyes glaring at her shyly. "Beautiful girls don't need to go to the toilet... You perverted idiot with a head full of lewd thoughts!"

No, every normal person needs to use the toilet, what are you ashamed of!

Eriri stubbornly insists: "The air is so dry, I'm just moisturizing for beauty purposes, that's all."

"Alright." Kiyono Makoto turned and walked out. "I'm going to take a shower. Be careful to stay hidden."

"..."

A moment later.

When Kiyono Makoto returned to his room in a bathrobe, he saw Eriri kneeling on the bed in a duck-sitting position, hugging a pillow and happily playing on her phone.

"I'm back."

As Kiyono Makoto spoke, he unbuttoned his bathrobe.

"Eh?"

Eriri quickly raised her hand to cover her eyes, her voice trembling with embarrassment: