Chapter 284: Pino is a Troublesome Child!
Medusa should be on the train by now, right? Maybe... she's almost back in the Demon World...
She must be incredibly disappointed in me right now!
In the future... will she stop coming to the human world?
Should I find her and apologize... but then again, is an apology even useful?
"..."
Jashin-chan was limp on the sofa, feeling extremely down.
How to put it? She didn't mean to hurt Medusa and didn't want their relationship to end up like this.
But—
It was too late to say anything now; what's done is done!
But seriously, Medusa knows exactly what kind of demon I am, so why does she care so much about what I say!
Jashin-chan felt very depressed.
Just then, a voice as soft and gentle as falling cherry blossoms in spring sounded in her ear:
"Jashin-chan."
Her pupils focused, and a figure appeared before Jashin-chan's eyes—someone she wanted to see but was also a little afraid to face.
Medusa... is this a hallucination? (O_O;)
Jashin-chan couldn't react for a moment.
"Here's the digestive medicine you wanted."
Medusa turned her face away and handed over a packet of digestive medicine she bought on the way.
Not a hallucination!
Jashin-chan's whole body shook, and as if a spring was installed under her butt, she bounced up from the sofa.
She hugged Medusa tightly, two streams of tears flowing down her face: "Wuwuwu... I was wrong! Forgive me, AT... Medusa!"
The scummy snake changed her words midway.
Everyone: "( ﹁ ﹁ )"
"...Mmh!"
A gentle smile appeared on Medusa's face. She hugged Jashin-chan back and said softly:
"I forgive you."
"Here, take the digestive medicine first." She let go of Jashin-chan, tore open the packet, and fed it to Jashin-chan personally.
The scummy snake opened her mouth obediently like a child and ate it.
"Although it's a happy ending, aren't you being too easygoing, Medusa?"
( ﹁ ﹁ )
Yurine didn't mean anything else by it; she simply felt that Medusa was too pushover-ish, without any temper at all.
"Medusa has always been like this; she's super easy to talk to. ╮(╯▽╰)╭" Minos turned her head, spread her hands towards Yurine, and chimed in.
"My personality is a bit soft..."
Hearing their words, Medusa looked at them embarrassedly, then her gaze returned to Jashin-chan, a gentle smile appearing on her lips:
"Besides, I know Jashin-chan can't live without me!"
"..." Ryohei Tanaka looked at Medusa. In a way, her 'rearing' was quite successful!
"Mmh, that's right, I can't live without Medusa!"
Jashin-chan hugged Medusa again—
Having gone through an unpleasant incident and nearly losing this important friend, Jashin-chan became very clingy towards Medusa. Wagging the tip of her tail, she acted coquettishly: "Medusa, I love you the most!"
"Mmh, I love you the most too, Jashin-chan!" Medusa hugged Jashin-chan and gently patted her head.
For a moment, the "yuri" vibes were strong!
Pino watched with envy. If only her relationship with Yurine was that good, that would be great!
"..." Pino retracted her gaze and looked at Yurine, eager to try.
She wondered if hugging Yurine and saying she liked her the most would bring them closer.
"..." Yurine felt uncomfortable all over under Pino's gaze, as if countless ants were crawling on her (;´Д`).
She involuntarily stood up and sat down in Ryohei Tanaka's lap, finally feeling a bit more at ease.
Ryohei Tanaka looked down in surprise—
With Yurine's faint fragrance lingering around his nose, he naturally wrapped his arms around the fragrant and soft Yurine, looked at Pino, and laughed:
"This is the first time I've seen someone drive Yurine to this extent... Pino, you're something else!"
In this regard, you are stronger than the 'Lord'.
"Eh? I didn't force her! (◯Δ◯∥)"
Pino was flustered.
"..." Yurine wiggled in Ryohei Tanaka's embrace, shifting her small bottom to find the most comfortable position.
She turned her gaze to Pino, thought for a moment, and decided to have a good talk with her.
Otherwise, if this continued, it would be too troublesome!
"Umm... Pino, I know you want to have a good relationship with me, but you don't have to be so deliberate..."
Yurine chose her words carefully: "If you encounter any trouble, Ryohei-kun and I won't just stand by and watch, right?"
Saying this, Yurine looked up at Ryohei Tanaka.
"Mmh." Ryohei Tanaka held Yurine's slender waist, and his other hand interlocked fingers with hers.
Logically speaking, since Yurine gave a promise, Pino's goal should have been achieved.
But at this moment, Pino felt as if she had been struck by lightning!
"Don't have to be so deliberate..."
She repeated Yurine's words, dazed for two seconds, then lowered her head and said with a trembling voice: "I got... I got lectured by Yurine-san..."
Hmm? Something seems wrong...
Yurine looked over, confused (O_O;).
"Yurine-san hates me... Waahh—!"
Pino suddenly threw her head back and wailed, tears streaming down like rain. Then she grabbed her carry-on bag and took out a bottle of unknown medicine.
"I can't live anymore! I have to end myself with these pills!"
While crying, she poured out a small handful of pills and shoved them into her mouth.
"No, wait... is it that serious? (￣ ￣|| )" Yurine was flustered and a bit speechless: "She's obviously afraid of death, yet she acts like she wants to die..."
"Oh my, how unsightly!"
The scummy snake raised her hand to cover her grinning mouth and laughed gloatingly.
"You have no right to say that, do you?"
Ryohei Tanaka looked at her face and couldn't help but want to take her down a peg.
Someone's performance just now wasn't any better!
It's a good thing he didn't record it, otherwise Ryohei Tanaka would have made her thoroughly enjoy her own dark history!
"..." Jashin-chan was thick-skinned. Being mocked, she looked and saw it was Ryohei Tanaka, whom she couldn't afford to offend, so she pretended not to hear, turned her face away, and started whistling.
"Pino was often like this in Heaven, crying while shouting that she's going to die, she's going to die..."
Poporon crossed her arms, exposing Pino's history, and then mercilessly roasted her: "But in the end, she never actually died."
"Hmm... truly a troublesome child. (;￣ー￣川" Yurine came to this conclusion.
"..." Pino paused, glanced at Yurine, and childishly shouted 'Yurine-san is an idiot'.
Then she sat on the floor tiles in a W-sitting position and cried even harder...
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