In an extremely luxurious hall at Rindouji Girls' Academy, a beautiful girl sat quietly by a huge scenic floor-to-ceiling window. She rested her elbow on the table, propping up her chin, and stared blankly at the scenery outside.
This beautiful girl was Itsuka Miku.
Outside was an extremely beautiful garden, where the female students of Rindouji Academy were. Every day, Itsuka Miku would admire the playful figures of every girl in the academy here, but today, after watching for a while, she felt extremely bored. Losing interest, Itsuka Miku withdrew her gaze and stared blankly at the pinky finger of her other hand. It was no different from usual; the most important thing was that it had made a promise with Yoshino earlier.
These past few days, Itsuka Miku had been distracted. Every time she was lost in thought, she would think of Yoshino's smiling face. Even when she slept, she would dream of Yoshino wiping away her tears. She truly was an angel. Itsuka Miku was even a little infatuated; at that time, Yoshino was like an angel saving her.
Although those people came because of Yoshino, and in a sense, losing her voice was also Yoshino's fault. But she just couldn't blame Yoshino, couldn't get angry at all.
"Why do I care so much about a Little Girl? She's just a girl, after all. You know, there are so many girls at Rindouji Girls' Academy waiting for me to cherish them, so why do I care so much about Yoshino? It's so strange~" These past few days, Itsuka Miku had been thinking about this question: why was she always thinking about Yoshino? She could even dream of Yoshino for no reason. She was just a little more capable, a little kinder, what's so great about that?
Is it because she's a Spirit? No, it has little to do with Spirits. It's just that when she's with her, she feels a very comfortable sensation. Itsuka Miku recalled that when she lost her voice, Yoshino gave her a feeling like a lamp in the dark night. Although the light was very faint, it still guided her direction, allowing her to recover her fire.
"Yes, why didn't I notice it then? It was as if there was something about her that attracted me. Even though I treated her like a doll, she still forgave me in the end. She's truly a kind child. I really envy that guy named Toujou Nozomi. It seems that this child, Yoshino, has already been 'conquered' by her." Thinking of the scene where Toujou Nozomi directly kissed Yoshino in front of her at the beginning, Itsuka Miku felt very unhappy. It was as if her most beloved toy had been snatched away.
But he could do nothing about it; after all, from Yoshino's reaction, she really liked Toujou Nozomi. Even if he wanted to snatch Yoshino away from Toujou Nozomi, this competition could be said to have been lost from the very beginning. The gap in strength was simply too great.
"You say you want to hear my original voice… How is that even possible? What a demanding request, my not-at-all-cute little sister." The unbearable irritation in Itsuka Miku's heart made her get up and lie face down on the soft sofa, not caring that her breasts were somewhat squashed out of shape. She grumbled, a little huffily, wondering why she had been so inexplicably foolish to agree to it back then. Now she didn't know what to do.
"You say you'll sing for me too, hmph! Do you really think singing is that easy? How naive! Don't you know that for people without talent, singing is just noise? Those guys, you can tell at a glance they have no talent for singing, yet they want to compete with the genius Itsuka Miku? They're just asking for trouble." Itsuka Miku raised her head with an Arrogant expression. Singing was her forte! Some 'amateurs' actually wanted to compete with her? They really didn't know their place. Let me, Itsuka Miku-sama, show them what a crushing defeat looks like! (Competing in singing with the legendary idol group "Muse"? I must say, you're very confident indeed.)
"Hmm? Oh right, that strange person seemed to have given me something earlier, didn't she? I haven't taken it out to look at it until now." Itsuka Miku suddenly remembered that when she was leaving, that woman named Toujou Nozomi had suddenly approached her with a mysterious smile. She took out a USB drive from her pocket and handed it to her, saying that it contained something she wouldn't regret.
However, Itsuka Miku had too poor an impression of them, so she didn't pay attention to the USB drive Toujou Nozomi gave her. She just put it in her bag and ignored it.
"This little thing contains something I won't regret?" After taking the purple USB drive out of her bag, she examined it carefully from all sides. Other than the pretty pattern on it, there was nothing particularly outstanding.
"Forget it, I don't have anything to do right now, so I'll just see what that person gave me. It's just a USB drive, am I supposed to be afraid of her?" It was just looking at something, was she going to do something to her through the computer?
Then, Itsuka Miku took out her laptop from her room, plugged the USB drive into the USB port, and opened the folder, only to find that there was only one video inside. She immediately pouted, looking bored; this was not what she had imagined.
"I thought she would give me some cute photos of Yoshino, but it turns out to be something so boring. Don't you know gifts should be more thoughtful? What's the meaning of just giving a video? Will something like this make me not regret it?" Just as she was about to close the computer, she sharply noticed that the figure in the video seemed to be Yoshino, and her hand movements immediately stopped.
"Could it be that there's some unexpected surprise? I didn't expect that woman actually understands quite a bit~" After saying that, she clicked on the video, her eyes fixed on Yoshino on the screen.
"Sister-sama, today is the day to check fan letters according to the rules you set yourself." At this moment, the door to the room opened, and two young girls entered from outside, jointly carrying a large cardboard box.
After placing the cardboard box, which appeared somewhat bulky compared to the girls' petite bodies, on the floor, one of the girls wiped the sweat from her forehead and bowed to Itsuka Miku, speaking.
But after waiting for a while and not hearing Itsuka Miku's reply, she looked up curiously. She found that Itsuka Miku's gaze was fixed on the screen, completely unaware of their presence.
"Sister-sama?" Just as the girl felt strange and was about to call Itsuka Miku… "Kyaaaah!!!" Itsuka Miku suddenly hugged her head and let out an excited shriek, startling both girls. Covering their ears, they took a step back, both looking at Itsuka Miku with bewildered expressions, unsure of what had happened to her.
"Ah! This child is actually flirting with me! Kyaaaah~ I really can't take it anymore, I must marry this child. Toujou Nozomi, I won't lose to you! I have everything you have! I definitely won't lose to you." Itsuka Miku's eyes had turned into heart shapes, seeing Yoshino dancing gracefully on the screen. She felt her heart was about to burst out of her chest.
Itsuka Miku deeply regretted her actions back then. She really should have just pulled that child into the car and taken her away directly the last time they met! She regretted it now!!
"Achoo!" Yoshino, who was at school, let out a cute sneeze. Since just now, she had felt as if someone was thinking about her. And just now, there was a chill, as if she was being watched by something.
"Hm? Yoshino, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly sneeze?" Yatogami Tohka bit into her kinako bread, looking at Yoshino strangely. The weather was nice today, so could she have caught a cold? That shouldn't be the case; as a Spirit, her constitution should be very good, and she shouldn't get sick easily.
"It's nothing, Tohka. I'm fine now." Yoshino rubbed her nose, signaling Yatogami Tohka not to worry.
Currently, the relationship between Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino is very close. You ask why their relationship is close? Besides the fact that they are both Spirits, the most important point is that Yoshino often brings her delicious food and doesn't compete with her for Itsuka Shido. In this way, her favorability towards Yoshino has been soaring, reaching the level of best friends now.
'Sure enough, getting along well with Tohka, food is the most important thing.' Looking at Yatogami Tohka happily eating kinako bread, Yoshino felt that she was much cuter than herself. So pure, with no other thoughts. She approached her for the tenth particle on her, and now it was gradually reaching completion.
She could feel that the tenth particle, Malkuth, on the kabbalah tree of life within her body was now complete, and her power had advanced further. The power within her had become even more concentrated.
'Indeed, Tohka is the simplest Spirit among all Spirits. Such a pure person should be cherished by Shido. These two are the most compatible beings. If Shido didn't have so many girls around him in the original story, he probably would have ended up with Tohka, right? After all, he also liked Tohka.' Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to rescue her after Tohka was captured by DEM, nor would he have restored Yatogami Tohka when she inverted, through a kiss.
'I wonder how Miku-nee is doing now? Has she seriously considered Yoshino's matter? I'm really curious if she has recovered from the shadow of Koto making her lose her voice before.'
However, what Yoshino didn't realize was that after Itsuka Miku watched the video Toujou Nozomi gave her, she began to plan how to snatch her away from Toujou Nozomi.
It must be said that the power of that video was truly immense. It even made Itsuka Miku lose her rationality.
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