manga artist Kirito

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Especially since that led to this situation.

Hmm, she's really white... and she seems quite nervous too.

Asuna's feelings became inexplicably complicated. She casually picked up a new bandage and wrapped it around Kiritani's neck. These bandages had been treated with medicine, so wrapping them up was much better than leaving them unattended.

"Isn't this because my mind is completely blank?"

He pursed his lips, a little embarrassed, and looked away. But when he glanced to the side, he saw Shiina Mashiro tilting her head. Kiritani-san immediately felt a headache coming on. His head was indeed very dizzy, but he still remembered clearly what had happened. Not to mention the forced kiss, he was also forcibly stripped of his bath towel... He wondered if she had seen anything.

Although when Mashiro first came here, there was a chance that I would see her naked every day when I went to wake her up, so even if I was seen back now, it's not really a loss.

Of course, such things rarely happen now. At least Shiina Mashiro now sleeps in her panties. As for her chest, her hair always naturally covers certain indescribable points. That's the law of the world.

After bandaging Kiritani-san, Asuna nodded with satisfaction at her handiwork. Then she turned to Shiina Mashiro and instructed her, "Mashiro, be good. I'm going for a walk with Kazuto. Just follow Alice wherever she goes."

"……Um."

Tilting her head slightly, a thoughtful look flashed in her calm eyes. Shiina Mashiro seemed to know what they were going out to do, and instead of insisting on following, she nodded obediently.

"Let's change our clothes and go for a walk."

Asuna patted Kiritani-san's forehead, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

"Yes, yes, I know."

With a face full of confusion and annoyance, he looked at the bow made of bandages, completely at a loss for words—is a bow really a girl's instinct?

With this strange thought in mind, Kiritani-san went back to her room to change her clothes.

Without Kiritani-san and Asuna present, the girls playing ping-pong completely stopped... well, no, they should say that Kasumigaoka Utaha, looking at the sudden stop, felt a little bit of amusement.

"Do you think we should go and see?"

She tossed the racket onto the table, crossed her arms, and looked questioningly at the three girls other than Eriri.

—Yes, Eriri has been completely eliminated; she poses no threat whatsoever. In contrast, the threat posed by the recently arrived Shino is far greater than that of Eriri, who was described in the most detail initially.

"If she goes, I'll go."

Shiina Mashiro looked at Alice, who also had blonde hair, and made it clear that she would absolutely listen to Asuna. After all, Asuna had told her to follow Alice. If Alice wanted to go, then... well, she would just follow along.

"Huh? You want me to decide what you want to do? I feel like you're trying to shift the blame onto me!"

Alice saw right through her. Her eyes were filled with disbelief as she looked at Shiina Mashiro. She finally understood why Xiaotongtong sometimes called her Shiina Mashiro—very dark, extremely dark! You really can't judge a book by its cover!

"I don't think this is a good idea. We should give the two of them some space to be together."

With her right index finger rubbing against her delicate chin twice, Shino-san spoke these words with great composure.

Just as Kiritani-san had thought, a character like Sinon-san was the final boss, and her words had immediately taken control of the atmosphere.

"It seems that's indeed the case..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Shino and nodded thoughtfully.

But Alice was different. With her cheeks slightly puffed out, she seemed a little dissatisfied. "I've been back for so long, and Xiaotongtong hasn't gone on a date with me... or spent any time alone with me!"

As she said this, she glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha unintentionally. At noon, that philandering cat was still discussing dates with Kotori. Ugh, so annoying!

Sinon smiled and said, "Opportunities are something you have to create yourself, Alice, good luck!"

However, Alice was taken aback. How should I respond at this moment? — Let's encourage each other?

…………

"call……"

Standing in front of the hotel, feeling the chill of the winter night, Kiritani-san tightened his scarf. "I really should have gone back to my room and snuggled into bed as soon as I finished soaking in the hot spring. It's too cold outside."

"So, don't you want to come out for a walk with me?"

Behind her, Asuna walked over quickly and pinched Kiritani's face with her gloved hand. Asuna's cheeks puffed out. Although it looked a bit deliberate, Kiritani naturally understood what Asuna was thinking and didn't panic.

After all, a real-life love triangle is impossible; it's never going to happen in this lifetime. We can only maintain our lives by occasionally showing off our affection.

"Of course I don't want to. Isn't it more comfortable to snuggle up in bed with you?"

"You're dreaming."

With a wrinkled nose and a soft hum, Asuna's expression suddenly relaxed, taking on a slightly serious look.

"Hey, tell me, what did Mashiro do to you when she was drunk? You can't not tell me, or I'll be upset."

"Well... although it's not very good, I'll skip talking about it and just show you how."

Kiritani-san tilted his head and smiled, then placed his hands on Asuna's cheeks and kissed her pink lips.

P.S.: Dog food? This is just the beginning...

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【NO.471 Tongya Theater (Part 2)】

Look, what kind of scene is this?

A couple kissing under the moon.

Kiritani-san was slightly pleased with himself, but his smugness was tinged with a hint of apology. "I was a little dizzy from soaking in the bath, and when Mashiro attacked me, I didn't even have time to react..."

Her still-damp hair was tied into a single ponytail, and Asuna's fair face was even more clearly visible in the cool moonlight. There was a clear blush on her cheeks. She glared at him with some annoyance, tightened the scarf around her neck, and then took a step forward.

After all, this is in front of the hotel, and those guys might be peeking from behind... I'm a little embarrassed!

Although she had done public displays of affection before, kissing in front of these girls made Asuna feel a little strange. She felt a sense of victory, a unique sense of accomplishment, a faint sense of happiness, and a touch of... shyness.

Yes, the shyness was only a little bit.

However, as she took a step, Kiritani-san grabbed her sleeve, turned her head, puffed out her cheeks, and tried her best to show her dissatisfaction.

"...I'm a little unhappy right now."

However, the blush on her pretty face had already covered up her dissatisfaction, leaving only an adorable expression with her cheeks puffed out.

—I will always love Asuna Yuuki!

"...You'll believe me, right? It really was Mashiro who started it."

Kirito tugged at her sleeve, looking pitiful like a small animal about to be abandoned, stubbornly refusing to let Asuna leave.

Asuna's displeased expression changed slightly, becoming somewhat cold. "You can resist."

If it weren't for the blush still on her cool, pretty face, Kirito might have actually been fooled. "Darling, you have to consider that I was already unconscious from being submerged in the water. I did resist, but it wasn't timely enough..."

"In the end, you still benefited, right?"

Asuna's cold expression gradually turned blushing, and she pouted, "I'm really unhappy right now. What's all this about?! Honestly..."

...My dear girlfriend, you look so cute pretending to be angry right now!

Well, I mean, when my dear Asuna is unhappy, she always has an extremely gentle smile, and she would never show such a deliberate "I'm very dissatisfied" expression like this. But honestly, I really want to kiss and hug her!

"In short, I'm just not happy!"

She stubbornly tried to pull her sleeve out of Kirito's hand, but he held it firmly, so she had no choice but to give up. "Besides, I'm getting more and more unhappy now!"

Kirito silently observed Asuna's expression for a few seconds, then suddenly loosened his sleeves, walked in front of her, and squatted down with his back to her. "I'll carry you for a while. The night view here should be quite nice. Consider it a stroll... well, although we're more likely to be walking through a bamboo forest here."

It's the Bamboo Forest Group, and there really is a bamboo forest in front of us.

"What does this have to do with what I'm saying?"

Asuna glared at him, seemingly annoyed by his sudden change of topic. Then, she glanced to her side and, finding no one else watching, bent down and climbed onto Kirito's back. "You said you'd carry me."

"Yeah, I said it."

They say no, but their actions tell a different story.

The thin boy struggled to carry his girlfriend on his back, then took a deep breath and said with some concern, "Asuna, you seem to have lost weight lately..."

"Of course I've lost weight! Look! Alice, my childhood friend who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, Asada-kun, my assistant who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and many more... Now Mashiro is acting a little strange too, and I'm really concerned!"

Asuna wrapped one arm around Kirito's chest, while the other hand gathered his ponytail and placed it on his left shoulder. With their bodies pressed close together, Asuna rested her chin on his right shoulder, her words carrying a hint of resentment.

At this point, ignoring the names mentioned in Asuna's words would be the most appropriate course of action.

"Mashiro...is that strange?"

However, Kirito is subtly concerned about whether Mashiro has a good father.

Asuna lightly bit Kirito's shoulder. "Can't you tell? You're not the oblivious or gentle type at all!"

There was no pain, just a tingling sensation. "I really didn't feel anything was strange. Rather, I wouldn't find it strange no matter what Mashiro did because of the bizarreness of her thought process."

It's worth noting that, in order to better draw the characters, Shiina Mashiro even sat on Kirito to study human anatomy.

Of course, Asuna was also there at the time. Seeing Kirito's clearly defined skeletal structure, she decided to make more dishes that would make Kirito gain weight.

Then, she gained a little weight, and Kirito's figure became smaller and smaller.

Yes, yes, Kirito was just being sarcastic earlier—that's just how I am. When a girl says I'm thin, I'll say, "Actually, you're not much better off than me, maybe even thinner."

Wait, something seems wrong?

"Besides, Asuna is finally feeling threatened, isn't she? Good men like me are rare these days, so hold on tight to me and don't let me get away."

"Well……"

Asuna Yuuki fell silent.

"Come home with me this weekend."

The boy spoke softly, accompanied by a gentle smile.

"Okay, okay... I'm free this weekend."

The chestnut-haired girl pressed her cheek against the boy's, her soft voice sounding cloying.

"Could it be that Mashiro has some relatives visiting her?"

"Probably..."

"Wow, Asuna is like this..."

"..."

"How awful! Now that they have the chance to meet the parents, they don't even want their daughter anymore."

...That bastard!

The chestnut-haired girl straightened up, her pretty face flushed, but her expression was no longer clear. Then she raised her hand and punched Kirito.

The innocent-looking black-haired boy raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "But coincidentally, you are the kind of girl I like the most."

Well, there's nothing we can do about it.

The girl pursed her lips and blinked gently, as if the boy had just happened to be exactly the kind of cheeky person she liked.

…………

"Hey, why are you dragging me into this freezing weather? Don't you want to live anymore?"

"It's my young lady's order, and since your young lady happens to be here, could you please lend a hand? I can't handle it all by myself."

On a small hill near the hotel, fully armed maids and butlers looked at the small truck in front of them and realized that this job was becoming increasingly difficult.

P.S.: Do you believe me if I say I just woke up?

I adjusted my biological clock yesterday...

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【NO.472 Tongya Theater (Part 3)】

The nights here are quite cold, and especially damp.

But don't panic, hold on tight!

The human body temperature is very warm, just like the water in the Baihe River is very cold.

Strolling through the bamboo grove, the cool moonlight casts a hazy glow, dappling the surroundings through the sparse branches and leaves. A gentle night breeze rustles the bamboo leaves, creating a soft, rustling sound. Walking along this quiet path, my mood is unexpectedly beautiful.

"Asuna, when do you think I can meet your parents?"

As they walked, Kirito suddenly uttered a sentence that surprised Asuna slightly.

She sniffed and asked curiously, "Is Kazuto no longer afraid of my brother?"

"So what? Although I did abduct his cute little sister, there's no way he can break my legs."