She looked like she wouldn't leave Yuki for a moment.
As a close maid, she felt very guilty for not being present when Oujou-sama faced misfortune.
Kimishima Ayano felt deeply self-blaming.
Suou Yuki pulled the girl's hand, gently comforting her.
"It's fine, don't blame yourself for this."
Suou Yuki wasn't at all embarrassed this time, unlike when Yukima Azuma had held her hand.
After comforting her maid, her words suddenly changed.
"By the way, tell me, what do you think of that person?"
Kimishima Ayano, recalling Mitsuha's appearance, responded.
"In terms of general impression, she's a beautiful girl, probably around high school age."
"Her speech and behavior are very mature, with an air of confidence, suggesting she either comes from a prestigious family or is herself quite exceptional."
After hearing Kimishima Ayano's analysis, Suou Yuki smiled mischievously.
"Really? Is that how Ayano sees their?"
"Yuki-sama, was I wrong in my assessment?"
"No, not at all."
....
Half an hour later, the Suou family car arrived.
Suou Yuki went through the discharge procedures and left the city hospital.
The luxurious car was spotless, almost sterile.
When they arrived back at the Suou mansion.
Suou Yuki noticed that her room had undergone significant changes.
Everything in sight was neat, tidy, and predominantly white.
Because she had suddenly suffered from asthma.
All items that could potentially cause asthma attacks had been removed.
If it were before, Suou Yuki might have felt lonely.
But now, her mind wasn't focused on that.
A while later.
The beautiful woman brought Mitsuha's documents.
Suou Yuki skimmed through them quickly.
Her eyes finally stopped on a picture of Mitsuha.
Looking at the cute girl in the photo.
Suou Yuki licked her lips.
"Oujou-sama, what do you think?"
After the woman asked,
"Don't do anything for now. Forget about it, there's no need to worry about it."
Suou Yuki waved her hand in reply.
The woman paused for a moment, then nodded and left the room.
She took out her phone.
Suou Yuki opened her LINE interface, thinking about what to say.
Her small, white feet gently swayed on the bed, making soft sounds.
...
The next day.
Due to Yukima Azuma's body swap that lasted 7 days, he was still using Mitsuha's identity.
As usual, he went downstairs to have breakfast with her grandmother Hitoha and her younger sister Yotsuha.
While eating, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Yukima Azuma picked it up to see who it was.
It was Suou Yuki.
Yuki: [I'm so bored, I'm grounded and stuck in my room like a salted fish.]
Azuma: [A salted fish? You better go out and get some sun, or you might go bad.]
Yuki: [Puhahahaha!]
The two of them had chatted all night the previous evening.
Their relationship had quickly gone from strangers to friends.
Suou Yuki might appear to be the dignified Oujou-sama on the outside.
But in reality, she was very active and had been an otaku for years.
She was also very humorous and could joke around freely.
She was the kind of person everyone instantly liked.
Azuma: [Has your asthma flared up again?]
Yuki: [No, I'm much better today, hardly coughing anymore.]
Azuma: [That's good then. (Happy cat emoji).]
Yuki: [But I'm so bored! How about a video call, let's watch anime together.]
Azuma: [I have a better idea.]
Yuki: [Eh! What's your idea?]
Azuma: [Send me your location and a map of your house, then tell me how you managed to escape from home yesterday.]
Yuki: [Are you serious?]
Azuma: [Try it, you have nothing to lose.]
Yukima Azuma smiled softly.
The quickest way to improve the situation was through Suou Yuki.
Not long after, Suou Yuki sent him her location and a few hand-drawn maps.
The maps clearly belonged to the Suou family estate, with a very detailed layout, even including the names of the household staff.
Looking at the map, Yukima Azuma couldn't help but click his tongue in surprise.
As expected of Suou Yuki, even escaping from home was like an elaborate prison break.
After breakfast, Yukima Azuma set off again, heading to the bus station he had visited yesterday.
After a few bus transfers,
Yukima Azuma finally reached the back wall of the Suou estate.
He looked at the not-too-tall wall,
Rubbing his hands together.
He had made it! He found a shortcut into the Suou mansion!
Though calling it a shortcut, in reality, the process was pretty simple.
The Suou estate was vast, and he hardly encountered anyone on the way.
The walls were no obstacle for Yukima Azuma's physical ability.
After all, if Suou Yuki could sneak out, the difficulty level wasn't that high.
Before long, Yukima Azuma arrived at the window of Suou Yuki's room.
He raised his hand and knocked on the window.
Immediately, the sound of hurried footsteps came from inside.
The window was flung open from the inside.
Suou Yuki looked out at Yukima Azuma, her eyes full of joy.
"I really managed to sneak in."
"I've looked down from the top of the Church of the Holy Mother, leaping over challenges before!"
"Haha, you're really a master."
Suou Yuki extended her hand.
Yukima Azuma took her hand, with his other hand holding the window frame, and he quickly leaped into Suou Yuki's room.
"Great athletic ability, Onii-chan."
Suou Yuki laughed, her eyes shining brightly.
"Hehe, it's nothing much." Yukima Azuma waved his hand without thinking.
But immediately after, he realized something was off.
"Yuki, did you just call me something?"
Yukima Azuma asked, a little confused.
"Onii-chan? What's wrong, is something wrong?"
Suou Yuki smiled mischievously, her eyes sparkling with playful intent.
Chapter 147: Suou Yuki: What's wrong, onii-chan, are you shy~?
"Great athletic ability, Onii-chan."
Suou Yuki lightly covered her mouth and smiled, her eyebrows arched with a mischievous look.
Yukima Azuma tumbled into the room, and as soon as he touched the ground, he heard Suou Yuki's words, almost losing his balance.
"Yuki, did you just call me something?"
"Onii-chan? What's wrong, is something wrong?"
After confirming again, Yukima Azuma understood.
In Suou Yuki's eyes, he was just himself with his natural appearance.
As for how this girl managed to avoid the cognitive exchange mechanism of the Itomori god...
Yukima Azuma didn't know.
Looking at Suou Yuki, maybe she didn't know either.
At this moment, Yukima Azuma finally understood.
No wonder just holding hands or patting her head made Suou Yuki, who was usually lively, feel so embarrassed.
It turned out, in her eyes...
He was always an opposite-gender boy.
If it weren't for the fact that he was her life-saving benefactor...
These little gestures, she might have scolded him by now.
Looking at the hand he had been holding all this time.
Yukima Azuma let go of her hand.
"What's wrong, onii-chan, are you shy~?"
Suou Yuki's eyes curved into crescent moons.
"If you knew I was a boy, why didn't you pull away when I patted your head?"
"Eh, onii-chan is my life-saving benefactor, so don't say that even if I let you pat my head, I would repay you with my body..."
She said halfway through, blinking innocently.
She made a face like "do whatever you want."
Yukima Azuma reached out and poked her forehead.
This girl was really too mischievous.
If anyone else were in such a strange situation...
They would definitely panic, maybe even be scared.
But she, on the other hand, found it interesting and even invited him over.
After being poked on the forehead, Suou Yuki obediently backed off a little but then curiously asked:
"So, onii-chan, what's your real name?"
"Yukima Azuma."
"Nice name! What about Miyamizu Mitsuha? What's her relationship with you?"
"Right now, she's over there being Yukima Azuma."
"That's so light novel-like! But isn't it supposed to be a body swap?"
Suou Yuki said while pressing her hand on Yukima Azuma's arm.
The feeling of his firm muscles transferred to her.
It definitely didn't feel like fake stuff.
Looking at Suou Yuki's curious face, Yukima Azuma couldn't help but complain:
"You're catching on too quickly, you should feel strange. Also, why is it that out of so many people, only you can see through this?"
In response to the complaint, Suou Yuki struck a pose, hands on her hips, smugly.
"I'm an otaku veteran, okay! I've watched hundreds of anime, read thousands of light novels, what do you think?"
"That's nothing to be proud of."
"Of course it is!"
And so, the two continued talking and laughing.
Clearly, this girl hadn't met anyone who clicked with her like this in a long time.
However, as they laughed, Suou Yuki suddenly started coughing lightly.
Yukima Azuma immediately stopped smiling.
He helped Yuki sit down at the edge of the bed.
He gently patted her back.
Her back looked rather frail.
Earlier, when he carried her while running desperately, he had noticed that.
Could it be that she wasn't eating properly?
There was a knock on the door.
"Yuki-sama, may I come in~?"
With the voice, a girl named Kimishima Ayano entered the room.
When she saw the two sitting at the edge of the bed, Kimishima Ayano froze.
She hurried over.
"Yuki-sama..." she called, still somewhat wary of Yukima Azuma.
At that moment, Yuki's coughing finally subsided.
She waved her hand to Kimishima Ayano.
"I'm fine, Ayano, you can go outside."
"But..." Ayano looked at Yukima Azuma.
Her gaze was somewhat melancholy.
As a close maid, she hadn't noticed anyone sneaking into her lady's private room.
"It's fine, Ayano, you have to keep this a secret for me."
Suou Yuki proactively hugged Yukima Azuma's arm, winking at Kimishima Ayano.
Seeing her Ojou-sama like this, Kunishima Ayano could only nod and leave the room.
A smile reappeared on Yuki's face, but deep in her eyes, there was a hint of darkness that showed up unconsciously.
She was the Ojou-sama of the Suou family.
She would one day shoulder the responsibility of the entire Suou family.
But right now, due to the immense pressure, she had fallen ill.
It was truly pathetic.
"Take care of yourself, once you grow a little more, your asthma will be fine."
"Your illness, aside from the immense pressure, may also be due to your weak constitution."
"You probably don't eat properly, do you? You're still in the development stage after all."
Yukima Azuma spoke gently.
These words of concern.
They pierced through the girl's facade and reached her heart.
It could be said that it was very rare.
Most of the darkness in Suou Yuki's heart gradually dissipated because of this.
Her light purple eyes shifted around.
Then, she pretended to look down at her chest.
It seemed a little flat.
Usually, because of her busy schoolwork, her schedule was always packed.
So, her meals were often hurried and just a few bites.
Then she would hurry to finish her homework or take the chance to read her favorite light novels.
"Azuma-nii, do you like big breasts?"
Although there were many things on her mind and she had indeed been persuaded by Yukima Azuma, in the end, Suou Yuki still responded with a teasing remark.
She was the type of girl who always liked to hide behind a smile and didn't want others to worry.
Yukima Azuma could only sigh helplessly.
"Don't sigh like that! Although they're still a bit small now, at least in two years, I'll develop into a C-cup!"
Suou Yuki decided that from today on, she would eat properly.
After a bit of commotion due to Suou Yuki's health condition, the two had to take a break.
The girl, exhausted, lay on the white bed like a princess from a fairy tale.
"Ah, I'm so tired, Azuma-nii, you can do it yourself."
"Don't say things that could be misunderstood like that."
"Ehh, but otherwise, it would be boring, so Azuma-nii, tell me a story."
"Hmm... okay."
Yukima Azuma paused for a moment, then agreed.
Suou Yuki clearly didn't expect that Yukima Azuma would accept this request.
The girl tilted her head and stared at him, bewildered.
Yukima Azuma casually grabbed a stack of paper from the nearby table.
Then he took a high-quality fountain pen from the pen holder.
Suou Yuki followed Yukima Azuma's actions, her eyes blinking, filled with anticipation.
Opening the pen, Yukima Azuma dipped it onto the paper, seemingly thinking.
In fact, he was recalling whether there was any story suitable for telling a girl at this moment.
After a short period of contemplation.
Yukima Azuma began to write.
And then spoke:
"Let me tell you a story about magic. It all began with a boy named Harry Potter..."
At first, Suou Yuki thought Yukima Azuma was just saying something casually.
But when the story of "Harry Potter" began, even just for a short while,
The girl became completely captivated by Yukima Azuma's storytelling.
The owls delivering letters, Hogwarts School of Wizardry, Platform 9.
The story of the wizarding world had only just begun to unfold.
But that was enough to make Suou Yuki, a young girl, become so absorbed in it that she forgot the world around her.
Time passed bit by bit.
In the room, the only sounds left were Yukima Azuma's clear voice and the scratching of the fountain pen on the paper.
A morning seemed to have passed in the blink of an eye.
Until Kimishima Ayano knocked on the door again.
She asked what Yuki wanted for lunch.
At this moment, Yuki finally came to her senses, realizing how quickly time had passed.
The girl sat up on the bed.
Then she cheerfully ran over to Yukima Azuma, lowering her voice and asking softly:
"Azuma-nii, what would you like to eat? I'll ask Ayano to prepare it."
The girl wanted to keep Yukima Azuma around for a meal.
Not to mention how captivating his story was.
Just having someone tell her a story had been a new experience that Suou Yuki had never had before.
Her parents, due to their busy work, had never sat down to tell her stories like that.
If Yukima Azuma were to leave now.
Suou Yuki would definitely feel reluctant.
"How about this, You'll ask Ayano to secretly bring me down to the kitchen, and I can pick the ingredients and cook whatever you like."
