Feeling the warm, soft touch on his cheek, the girl took a step back, her hands behind her, her eyes darting away, avoiding eye contact with Nakano Yu.
“Ju, consider it thanks, you used to like this kind of stuff when you were little...”
As if to mask her own surging emotions, or perhaps to find an excuse for herself, Nino mumbled, her voice growing lower and lower, until eventually it was impossible to make out what she was saying.
Watching Nino making excuses for herself, Nakano Yu smiled helplessly, stroking his cheek.
When they were kids, they were all five silly little girls who didn’t care about such things, but now...
Well, never mind, he wasn’t at a loss, as for what Nino was thinking, let her be.
“Let’s go, let’s go home.”
“Hmm!”
“Speaking of which, I haven’t had time to cook dinner yet, how about we eat salted vegetables when we get home?”
“Eww~ I’d rather not! You hurry up and cook at home!”
“Are you trying to teach me how to do things?”
......
Joking around, the two soon walked out of the path and returned home.
The Nakano family lived in the heart of Tokyo’s bustling city center, on the top floor of a high-end apartment building. This also showed the financial strength of Nakano Maruwo, after all, Japan is so small, every inch of land is precious.
However, although Nakano Maruwo is financially strong, it is not considered top-tier in the entire Tokyo.
After all, there are four major financial groups in Tokyo, the leading Shijo Financial Group’s financial resources are comparable to a small country.
Of course, money is just a number in Nakano Yu's eyes, for a demon king who can slay gods, money is of little use. On the other hand, things like divine artifacts and relics are of interest to Nakano Yu.
After all, relying on the Gǒu Xì Tǒng to do missions and gain power, Nakano Yu wanted to try whether there were any "Non-Beings" in this world. If he could really summon those gods through divine artifacts or relics, etc.
He could truly experience a god-slaying battle.
“Hey, do you need me to keep this a secret from you?”
As the elevator ascended, just as they were about to reach the top floor, Nino suddenly spoke, her deep blue eyes looking at Nakano Yu and asking.
Nakano Yu, who was thinking about what to cook for dinner, came to his senses when he heard Nino’s question. He turned his head and met Nino's gaze. Seeing that Nino was surprisingly serious at the moment, the boy, who didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, also put on a serious face:
“No, there’s no need to keep secrets between family members.”
Hearing this, the girl stared at the handsome amethyst eyes, and after a while, tentatively said:
“Then, then I’ll tell Ichika and the others?”
“Tell them, what’s there to not tell?”
Nakano Yu shrugged his shoulders, looking indifferent.
Now that Shiroi has been obliterated by him, even if Ichika and the others know Shiroi’s story and name, nothing will happen. Besides, even if Nino tells them, Ichika and the others will probably just take it as a story.
After all, those few, except for Yotsuba who is silly enough to believe it, the others are welded-on materialists.
Seeing Nakano Yu like this, Nino also felt relieved. Today’s incident was quite fantastic. If she couldn’t tell anyone, she would go crazy. Besides, Nino didn’t want to hide anything from Ichika and the others.
“Ding!”
The elevator reached the top floor, a clear chime sounded, and the elevator door opened.
Because the entire top floor was the Nakano family’s, the elevator went straight to the door after going up. The door opened and it was the Nakano family’s home.
“Nino, you’re back, hmm? Yu, when did you go out?”
As soon as the elevator door opened, a girl with disheveled hair, bangs covering one eye, wearing a white dress and pajamas, holding a fruit platter, who looked eight points like Nino, said in surprise.
The girl was none other than Nakano Miku, the third daughter of the five Nakano sisters.
“I went out to take care of some business earlier, and I ran into Nino so we came back together. Miku, is that cut melon?”
Seeing Miku, Nakano Yu explained, then walked into the entryway to change his shoes.
“Yeah, Yu just went out to exorcise a spirit.”
Nino also added in time, after saying it, she also observed Nakano Yu’s expression. Seeing that her adopted brother really didn’t care about these things, she felt relieved.
Only when Nino looked at Miku, she noticed the look in Miku's eyes, like she was looking at an idiot.
“....Miku, what kind of look is that?”
Being looked at like that by Miku, Nino just felt uncomfortable all over. It was as if Miku had a deep misunderstanding of her. She shuddered and asked directly.
“No, nothing, just didn’t expect that Nino would also have... a middle-school syndrome.”
Putting away her complex gaze, Miku’s tone carried an inexplicable sigh. After saying that, she used a toothpick to pick up a piece of melon and brought it to Nakano Yu’s mouth.
“Hmm, thank you Miku.”
After changing his shoes, Nakano Yu took the melon into his mouth. The fruity fragrance burst in his mouth, making the boy look satisfied.
“You’re welcome.”
Looking at Nakano Yu, Miku showed a sweet smile, a smile sweeter than the melon in Nakano Yu’s mouth.
“Would you like some, Nino?”
Dragging the fruit platter, Miku turned to ask Nino.
“No, I don’t need any.”
Gritting her teeth, Nino waved her hand.
Miku, who had been rejected, didn’t say anything else, she nodded and turned to walk into the living room.
After Miku left, Nino walked up to Nakano Yu, looking angry and asked:
“Yu! Did you already know that Miku and the others wouldn’t believe me? You deliberately kept it a secret to watch me make a fool of myself?”
“Heaven and earth can attest, I have no such bad intentions, besides, didn’t you also look at me like that before?”
Hearing this, Nakano Yu was in despair. He had already come clean to the five sisters a long time ago, when the five sisters were still young, they thought he had been watching too much TV, and even started to limit his TV watching time.
As for Nino, frankly speaking, Nakano Yu guessed that the other four sisters wouldn’t believe it, but the key is, Nino didn’t even ask!
Staring at Nakano Yu for a long time, Nino finally got up with suspicion and said:
“Forget it, you’re not a cunning guy like Ichika, come on, I’m hungry.”
“Alright, alright.”
In response, the two changed their shoes. Nino carried the dessert box to the living room, while Nakano Yu went straight to the kitchen.
After all, it was indeed getting late. If they didn’t make dinner, Itsuki might even nibble on the raw cabbage in the fridge.
While Nakano Yu was busy cooking, in the living room, Nino sat opposite the four sisters with a serious expression.
A girl with short hair, wearing a beige sweatshirt, her long, slender white legs resting on the sofa, eating melon, looked at Nino and asked:
“Nino, what happened? You’re so serious.”
The girl’s name was Nakano Ichika, the eldest of the five sisters. To Ichika’s left sat Miku, who they had just seen at the entryway, and to her right sat two girls who looked a lot like Nino.
The one with a serious face looking at Nino was the fourth daughter, Nakano Yotsuba.
And the other one who was looking up at the kitchen, looking forward to it, was the youngest and also the one with the biggest appetite, Itsuki.
“What I’m going to say next is very serious, you have to believe me.”
Taking a deep breath, Nino said.
“Hmm hmm, tell us.”
Taking a bite of melon, Ichika nodded.
“Yu, he... is a psychic!”
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