"Cirno-chan, this isn't something to joke about!" Daiyousei meticulously explained the meaning of the word 'wife' to Cirno, making her understand that it wasn't a term to be used lightly. She felt that this whole discussion had nothing to do with Cirno's reality, as she didn't believe Cirno's personality would ever lead to her getting married.
"Ohhh! So that's what it means!" Cirno immediately understood, finally grasping the meaning of the term.
"Someone like Cirno won't do. She doesn't meet my standards at all. Although, as an ice fairy, she's likable because she can cool me down when I've been sunbathing for too long, which is nice. But a big sister type is definitely better." Kars shook his head and stated his standards, contrary to Wriggle's assumption.
"What was that! Are you looking down on the great Lady Cirno! As my rival, how dare you say something so disappointing!" Cirno, feeling that Kars was looking down on her, angrily questioned him.
"But what I said is true. If Daiyousei were the big sister type, she would perfectly match my preferred standard."
"Me… me?!" Daiyousei was surprised, and her face immediately flushed. Being told this so suddenly made her feel extremely shy.
"I… I haven't thought about this. Being told this so suddenly, I'm completely unprepared."
"Compared to that great Youkai, Daiyousei is indeed an easy target." Wriggle nodded slightly in agreement. Daiyousei was excellent in terms of personality and in taking care of others. Not to mention the ease of simply acquiring her.
"Don't talk about me as if I'm someone who can just be taken if asked! I will resist!" Daiyousei couldn't help but protest. She felt she could put up a fight.
"Exactly! And I will protect Daiyousei! No one is going to harm Daiyousei while I'm around!" Cirno's response made Wriggle scoff. Perhaps others won't, but you are the least reliable person. She had personally witnessed Cirno freezing Daiyousei when using her special move! Therefore, the one most likely to harm Daiyousei was Cirno herself!
"But your reaction just now didn't look like you'd resist at all, did it?" However, Wriggle felt that Daiyousei's demeanor just now was unconvincing. It felt like if Kars said a few more words, she would just agree.
"That… that's because Kars is a friend, so… so… Wuwuwu~" Daiyousei covered her face when she felt Kars's gaze.
"Is it easy for you to agree to me just because I'm a friend?"
"O-of course not! At the very least, we would need to spend some time getting to know each other, and… and I'd also need to understand the attitude of Kars's family…" Listening to Daiyousei list various important considerations, Kars felt she knew a lot—certainly much more than him.
"You guys seem to be talking about increasingly strange things." Mystia felt the topic was drifting into somewhat delicate territory. If they continued, it might become even weirder. Especially since Daiyousei had started talking about practical life concerns and issues regarding looking after Cirno if they lived together, as if she wouldn't abandon Cirno even if she got married.
"Eh?" Daiyousei snapped back to attention, suddenly realizing what she was saying. Her discussion had sounded exactly like a wife considering various life issues right after the wedding. If she continued, who knows where the conversation would go? They might even start talking about children…
"Alright, everyone, prepare for class." Keine Kamishirasawa arrived at the Terakoya, ready to begin the lesson. This brought Daiyousei back from her wild thoughts, and she started listening to Keine's dry lecture.
"Alright, class dismissed." As Keine finished the lesson, Kars finally felt his mind recover. Seriously concentrating on Teacher Keine's lecture was not easy.
"Kars, are you going straight back again? Why don't we go play together?" Cirno saw Kars intending to leave immediately and suggested they go out to play. After all, they hadn't had many chances to play with Kars lately.
"What are you planning to play?" Kars didn't refuse the idea of playing together and asked what she had in mind.
"Freezing frogs." Cirno named her favorite game: freezing frogs, thawing them in the lake, and then freezing them again. She found it very interesting. "Or how about we go challenge some strong-looking people?"
"That's absolutely not a good idea! Cirno-chan!" Daiyousei felt that initiating such an activity and dragging others along was completely inappropriate.
"I think learning new things to help me find a wife would be better than playing that."
"Like those things Daiyousei was talking about? They sound troublesome, but Daiyousei already knows all that, so why don't you just let her help you!" Cirno believed that all the things Daiyousei had mentioned earlier would surely be helpful to Kars.
"Cirno-chan, don't just say things like that!" Daiyousei became flustered hearing Cirno's suggestion. How can I help him? He wanted to learn things to find a wife. How can I teach him when what I know isn't what he needs?
"Can Daiyousei help me?"
"I… I don't know, and I'm not sure what you want me to help with."
"Koakuma taught me how to interact with girls and what things you need to know to do with a girl."
"That sounds pretty easy. I can definitely try to help then. What exactly was it?" That sounded like quite normal stuff. If it was just that, Daiyousei felt she could be useful.
"She taught me how to kiss, but that was later discovered by my Little Auntie and Patchouli and the others… Huh? Daiyousei, what's wrong?" Daiyousei, who had been fine just a moment ago, suddenly turned bright red, with steam rising from her head. Her body went rigid and fell backward, causing everyone to worry.
"Kiss… kissing…" This was clearly beyond what she was capable of helping with, and it wasn't something she could do right now. But most importantly, she had agreed to help earlier! The thought of what that meant was too much for her to handle.
"Does Daiyousei want to kiss?" Cirno, hearing Daiyousei say the word, automatically assumed she wanted to do it, as she still remembered what Kars had just said.
"No, you idiot!" Wriggle stepped forward to intervene, having had enough. Otherwise, she felt Daiyousei might be harmed by Cirno before anything else could happen.