lap their hands. Waaaa, they cheered loudly. ----it’s as if they were welcoming Shidou.

“Guh, how impudent. What’s with that entrance. It looks kind of cool”

“Pointing out. Kaguya, that isn’t the issue here”

Yuzuru told Kaguya who was gritting her teeth in regret. But within that leisure conversation, Kotori’s hands were trembling in shock.

“This is....no way, Yoshino and my power-----also, is the people around us obeying him due to Miku’s power?”

She does not know what is happening to Shidou right now. But, judging by Kotori’s reaction, she could imagine that this situation is not something worthy of welcome. Tohka jumped out to Shidou and shouted loudly.

“Shidou!”

“-----Hn?”

Shidou then looked over there as if he finally noticed them before slowly walking to them.

“Aah, it’s Tohka. Also everyone too. What’s wrong? You all looked like you’re rushing”

Shidou said that with his usual gentle tone. At the very least, no one would believe if they were told that this young man collapsed from a sickness during the afternoon.

But, the girls already received an explanation of Shidou’s condition from Reine and Kotori so, they already know of his weird state. But more importantly, the weird scene unfolding in front of their eyes would very well support their explanations.

Kotori followed after Tohka and let out an uneasy covered voice.

“Don’t give me that “What’s wrong”! What were you thinking; leaving the hospital with that condition!?”

“Aah..........sorry. I made you all worry.----but, it’s okay. My body is alright. Forget that, I feel like I am brimming with power”

After saying that, Shidou made one finger stand, and blew at his fingertip. When he did that, fire lighted up and swirled around before disappearing.

“Shidou, you......”

“Haha, it’s amazing right? I am able to do this now. With this, I will be able to finally fight with everyone. Everyone going through danger won’t-------“

“Shidou!”

Kotori shouted loudly like a scream and Shidou stopped his words.

“Please. Calm down and listen.----Right now, the pass between us is contracting, and you are in dangerous condition. So please. Listen to what I have to say”

“Dangerous situation? What method are you going to use to cure me with?”

“That’s........”

“We are going to make you give all of us a passionate and hot kiss”

Miku crooked her hips and interrupted Kotori’s words. After that, Shidou opened his eyes wide for an instant before making a fearless smile.

“Really? Isn’t that just a lie Kotori made to kiss me?”

While saying that, Shidou lifted Kotori’s chin with a bewitching hand movement. Kotori’s face turned red.

“Wha......!? What kind of joke is that. That isn’t the time----“

“””””Ah~~”””””

Kaguya, Yuzuru, Miku, Natsumi, and Origami nodded in some kind of agreement.

“Wait, what’s with the [Ah~], you girls!?”

After Kotori shouted, Shidou made a happy face while turning his body.

“It’s a joke. There’s no way my cute sister will make a lie for her own gain and benefit”

“.........uh, why you........!”

Kotori brought her eyebrows closer while her face was red. Shidou *Fumu* placed his hands on his chin.

“But, it’s kind of regretful to lose all the power I gained, more importantly, it feels wasteful to kiss everyone with a working kind of feel to it. Since we have a chance like this. Why don’t we make some wonderful memories”

After saying that, Shidou winked at them. Sweat ran down Tohka’s cheeks when she saw this unfamiliar scene.

“...........are you feeling sick as expected, Shidou?”

“No way, I am doing very well, my lovely Tohka”

“M-Muu........”

She still thinks something is a little off. Tohka made a sullen face as if she’s troubled.

However, Shidou ignored that and continued.

“With that said, how about we do this? Everyone will try to kiss me right at 12:00 midnight today”

“12:00 midnight........?”

“---Isn’t magic running out at midnight a set scenario?”

“............”

Kotori started sweating after she saw Shidou say those embarrassing words without any signs of pretending. However, Shidou showed no signs of caring and continued on.

“But, with one condition”

Shidou made his index finger stand.

And-----told them his suggestion.

“Until now, I have been making everyone fall for me to seal their Reiryoku.-----in that case, now it’s everyone’s turn to make me fall for you”

The Spirits opened their eyes wide after hearing Shidou’s words.

“Wha........”

“Mu......?”

“Make you fall for us.....is it?”

Shidou [aah] agreed at everyone’s response.

“Well, in a more accurate sense, I already love everyone so, [Make me fall for you] might not be the right term for it-----“

Shidou shrugged his shoulders while making a wry smile and continued on.

“I don’t care what method you use. All you all have to do is make my heart go doki. Methods that will make me unable to resist getting kissed by everyone”

After saying that, Shidou made his index finger and thumb stand before [Bang!] making a gesture as if he shot through the girl’s heart.

The Spirits were dumbfounded at Shidou’s suggestion but-----immediately, Kotori shouted angrily.

“Didn’t you hear me!? We are running out of time!? We are not free to do that!”

“Haha, I think this much is fine you know. Life is short. So let’s have fun”

“Fuu........Don’t screw with me!”

After Kotori shouted, she spread out her hands.

“Kaguya! Yuzuru! Grab Shidou! We’re going with the forceful method now that it comes to this!”

“Kukuh, you got nerves to try to use me, Kotori. But, I applaud you for picking the fast Yamai for this situation!”

“Capture. Shidou, prepare yourself”

The same time with Kotori’s order, Kaguya and Yuzuru kicked the ground and both of them restrained Shidou’s arms respectively.

“Oi oi, doesn’t this go against <Ratatoskr> methods?”

“Shut up! It’s because you won’t listen! Also-----“

Kotori walked heavily towards Shidou while shouting in a desperate tone.

“Shidou, you love me right!? Then there is no problem!”

Shidou was shocked for a moment after hearing Kotori’s words before his cheeks relaxed.

“Hahaha......I see. That’s right. I love you Kotori”

“.......uh”

Kotori’s face blushed red. Maybe because they saw that, Kaguya and Yuzuru who were restraining Shidou, made a wry smile.

“She’s getting embarrassed even though she’s the one who said it......”

“Blush. Somehow, I feel embarrassed looking at her for some reason”

“Shu-shut up! Anyway, I’ll end it first!”

Kotori said that before stopping her legs, and placed both her hands on Shidou’s cheeks. She then slowly brought her lips closer in a nervous manner.

“Fuuun.........”

And. Just when Shidou made a prankster smile, the next moment, his body started glowing.

“Wha-----”

“----Will you continue even with this?”

After the light settled down, the voice that said that does not belong to Shidou.

No, it’s a little different in a correct sense. The girls heard that voice before.

“Yo-you’re.......”

“-----Shiori”

Origami silently said the name of the?girl?that appeared there.

Yes. The place Shidou was at until now, had one girl existing there. Although her face does not look so different from Shidou, her hair was long and was wearing a girl uniform.

Her name is Itsuka Shiori. It’s Shidou’s form when he cross-dressed last time.

No-----that was not all. In Tohka’s eyes, she could not see the Shiori there and the Shiori she saw last time, as a same existence.

What was the reason? The atmosphere seen from the Shiori in front was different. Her body line felt more rounded or her thighs peeping out from the hem of her skirt looks oddly soft-------

When Tohka was thinking about that, Kotori’s face was filled with surprise.

“Cross-dressing in an instant....no, this power, it’s Natsumi’s transformation ability...!?”

“Correct. But, that’s only 50%”

“....! N-no way------“

Kotori twitched her shoulders before using her right hand to perform an eagle grip on Shiori’s breast.

“Yaaan”

“Hii.......!?”

After Shiori let out an oddly erotic voice, Kotori gasped and took a step back.

“Thi-this feeling.....”

“Yup. It’s mine”

“Gyaaaa!?”

While her whole body was trembling, Kotori shouted loudly. Shiori made a broad smile because she thinks it’s so funny and could not handle it.

“Fufu, that’s no good Kotori. It’s because you tried kissing forcefully that this happened”

“Bu-but even so, why youu......!”

“So, what are you going to do? The pass will still widen up even if you do it like this right?”

After saying that, Shiori made a fearless smile. Kotori [Uu....] hesitated her words for a moment and immediately clenched her fist before shouting.

“D-don’t look down on me------“

“Kyaaa!”

But. Half-way through Kotori’s words, a high-pitched flirtatious voice came from behind. ----it was Miku.

“Eh, eh, perhaps this is really the girl mode!? Can this really be happening!? Yes! I am okay with this! Let’s kiss now!”

“Ahaha.........now that I think about it, Miku’s here. This might be a bad move?”

Shiori made a wry smile while she scratches her cheeks. Miku swung her head sideways.

“Noooo! Instead, this is a good job! I-I’m digging innnnnnnn!”

Miku shouted and jumped at Shiori with a gesture as if she was jumping into a pool.

However, Shiori *fuu* distorted her face and made a snap with her fingers.

Next moment, a glowing mirror appeared in Shiori’s hand and it covered the surroundings with a blinding light.

“Eh------!?”

“Kuh......!”

Tohka covered her eyes from the sudden flash.

“Wh-what is this? What is happening........?”

After a few seconds, Tohka blinked several times while looking around.

She then-----opened her eyes wide at the scene unfolded there.

“Wha!?”

However, it was only natural for her to do so. That’s because------the Spirits gathered there were all turned into Shiori.

“T-there are tons of Shioris!?”

“Shock. What is this”

“Eh, M-me too....!?”

Everyone probably noticed the weird situation. Each one of them showed their bewilderment. Well, only one person [Kyaaaaaaa! Paradiseeeeeee!] was shouting energetically though.

Tohka looked down at herself and gasped. She could not confirm her face but, her clothes and hair were turned exactly like Shiori’s.

What’s more, that wasn’t all. Around them *Dododo*......just when she could hear some kind of earthquake, a large group of Shioris were running towards the girls.

“Ouuuu!”

“Everyone!”

“Let me join in too!”

“Wha........!?”

Tohka twitched her shoulders when she saw the unexpected scene. Apparently, the pedestrians nearby were also turned into Shioris. What’s more, they were obeying Shiori thanks to her [Voice]. As if to cover the real Shiori, they gathered at one spot.

“Kuhh.........get lost!”

Even though she was using Natsumi’s power, Tohka is quite confident in finding the real one if she looks carefully. But, on top of the large numbers, there is this children game group situation so?[12B 2], she was unable to do so. Within the situation where recognizing anyone is impossible, they lost sight of the real Shiori.

“E-everyone, are you all okay!?”

“Y-yes....somehow.......”

“Reply. But, where is the real one-----“

And the moment Yuzuru(The presumed Shiori) said that.

Wind swirled around, and one human figure flew up to the sky from the countless Shioris.

“That’s.......!”

“Shidou!”

After seeing the figure, Tohka shouted.

Yes. It’s the real Shidou who turned back to a male that flew up to the sky by riding on the [Wind].

“Haha, sorry everyone. But, I did not lie when I said I will kiss you if you make my heart go doki”

Shidou *Nii* lifted the sides of his lips.

“-----Well then, go ahead and make me fall for you all then”

After leaving those words----Shidou disappeared into the sky.