"Hah... haah..."
On the cold rooftop, the girl's rapid breathing shattered the silence of the night.
"Peach juice... is super delicious..."
Yamada Elf's eyes were hazy, her voice slurred. She was clearly not very lucid:
"Servant... I want more..."
More?
I'll give you more!
I rushed over here working so hard, and you actually don't play fair! Sneak attacking me! Doesn't your conscience hurt!
Sora raised a hand to wipe the silver thread from the corner of his mouth. Looking at the groggy blonde loli in his arms, he sighed helplessly.
When this elf wakes up, she'll probably be so ashamed she'll want to dig a hole and hide, right?
A moment later.
Magic power purification complete.
Sora exerted a bit of force with his hands, decisively picking the blonde loli up, and then walked off the rooftop.
"Servant, l-let me have one more sip... I'm dying of thirst..."
"If you still have the energy to sneak attack people, you're definitely fine."
"My throat hurts so much... it's really going to break..."
"Humans can survive for at least three days without water, so it won't break." Sora complained while walking downstairs. "Just wait until you sober up and see how much you'll regret this."
"I won't regret it..."
Yamada Elf muttered quietly.
She had been blowing in the cold wind on the rooftop for half the night. She indeed had a low-grade fever, felt awful all over, and her mind was groggy and her consciousness blurry. But to say she didn't know what she had just done would be a lie.
In order not to "die of thirst," and tempted by the taste of peach juice, she had kissed him on impulse. Her memory of it was actually very clear.
As for regret... she didn't feel that emotion at all.
Locked alone on the rooftop with a dead phone, with no one to answer her cries for help, Yamada Elf had even thought for a moment that she would die alone up there.
At the moment Sora descended from the sky, in Yamada Elf's mind, he was like the brave hero rescuing the princess in a fairy tale.
Mr. Hero overcame all obstacles to come save her. As a princess, isn't it perfectly normal to offer a kiss to the hero?
Also, the kiss not only temporarily relieved the dry, painful thirst in her throat, but the process was also very comfortable... In short, a total win!
Naturally, Sora didn't know what the blonde loli was thinking. Carrying Elf, he quickly exited the classroom building, arrived at a vending machine, inserted some coins, and bought a bottle of fruit juice.
"Here, drink as much as you want now."
"Thank you, Servant."
Yamada Elf's eyes lit up. She eagerly took the drink, tilted her head back, and chugged it down with a glug glug glug.
Taking advantage of the blonde loli replenishing her fluids, Sora took out his phone and sent messages to Kuroneko, Angel-sama, and Sagiri.
"I found Elf, her condition is okay for now, everyone don't worry."
The messages quickly showed as read.
The girls all replied acknowledging the message and told them to come home as soon as possible.
"I survived..."
Yamada Elf let out a long sigh of relief. Her eyes curved into crescents, her small face full of a happy expression:
"Apple juice is actually super delicious."
"That's because you were too thirsty, not because the apple juice is delicious." Sora put away his phone and looked at Yamada Elf curiously. "So, why was Elf on the school roof? And why didn't your phone connect?"
"My phone died, so I couldn't message Servant. Otherwise, I would have summoned Servant to come save me ages ago." Yamada Elf bit her lower lip aggrievedly. Her usually proud ahoge was drooping now.
"I went out gathering material today and happened to pass by Servant's school. I suddenly remembered that Servant is always telling me to keep studying, saying school life is an indispensable part of life, so I wanted to come in and see the environment where Servant studies..."
Sora remained expressionless: "I told you not to go out playing every day."
"Gathering material is not playing..."
Yamada Elf muttered a weak rebuttal, then continued:
"After I came in, I found the classroom where Servant studies, and even left a surprise in Servant's desk..."
Sora complained: "Thank you, I already received the frightening gift."
"Hmph." Yamada Elf gave a light snort. "There weren't many people in the school. It felt boring being alone. Just as I was about to leave, I suddenly saw two girls walking down the hallway. One was a blonde gyaru, and the other was a black-haired girl who looked very aloof. I thought it was school bullying, so I followed them while invisible."
Yamada Elf looked up, her small face sporting a super gossipy expression:
"Servant, guess what they were doing on the roof?"
Sora didn't bat an eye. "Did they fuse and evolve into Super Saiyans?"
"How is that possible!" Yamada Elf puffed out her cheeks, putting her hands on her hips. "They were kissing!"
"That black-haired girl pinned the blonde gyaru against the wall. They were actually kissing on the roof! So amazing, I didn't know girls could do that kind of thing too."
Wait, two girls were kissing?
That's way too much information!
Sora almost felt like he could smell the fragrance of citrus in the air. He didn't expect there to be such hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the school.
"I see." Sora had already guessed the rest. "Those two girls didn't know you were on the roof, so they locked the door when they went downstairs?"
"That's right." Yamada Elf's voice was aggrieved. "My phone died while I was playing games. I didn't even have a chance to message Servant, it's so infuriating."
The classroom building has five floors; an ordinary person couldn't possibly jump down. Her phone was dead, and it was Golden Week, so there was practically no one in the school. Yamada Elf was completely stranded, and her invisibility ability didn't allow her to pass through walls, so she truly had no way to get down.
Thank goodness he had hurried over to find her. If he had gone the police route, she'd probably still be talking herself hoarse at the police station right now.
"Thank goodness Servant came to save me." Yamada Elf clutched her chest, a rare look of lingering fear appearing on her small face.
"Otherwise, I'd be like the Little Match Girl, never seeing tomorrow's sun, right?"
"Humans actually aren't as fragile as you think." Looking at the clearly frightened blonde loli, Sora reached out his right hand, rubbed her small head, and turned to leave.
"Let's go home, everyone is waiting for you."
"Servant, carry me." Yamada Elf tilted up her small face, looking at him pitifully. "I don't have any strength left, I can't walk."
Seeing that Yamada Elf had been terrified all night, Sora didn't refuse. He crouched down halfway:
"Hop on."
"Thank you, Servant~" Yamada Elf happily thanked him, then suddenly cried out. "Wait a minute, I haven't put my clothes on!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't wear them, just turn invisible."
"I can't. I reached my limit earlier. The ability is on cooldown, I can't use it for now."
Sora: "..."
Dropping the ball at the crucial moment, that's exactly you!
It was already past 9:00 PM. The school was quiet and deserted, and there was no one to borrow clothes from. Left with no other choice, Sora had to take off his button-up shirt and hand it to Yamada Elf:
"Here."
"Thank you, Servant." Yamada Elf happily took the shirt. Her gaze involuntarily fell on Sora, staring unblinkingly, completely devoid of shame.
"Servant's body is super nice."
Sora remained expressionless: "Call me by my name."
"No way~" Yamada Elf quickly shook her head.
"Servant is my Servant alone. Calling you Sora lacks any distinctiveness. If I lose my individuality, I might as well just die."
As expected of a chunibyo girl, she really can say anything.
After drinking the juice, Yamada Elf's mental state was noticeably much better, and she quickly put on Sora's shirt.
"Servant's shirt is so big." Yamada Elf raised her arms, exposing only her pale fingertips outside the sleeves. The hem of the shirt directly covered her thighs.
"I can even wear it as a dress."
"Hurry up and hop on." Sora crouched down halfway again. "If you dawdle any longer, it'll be morning."
"Heave-ho~"
Yamada Elf opened her arms and softly slumped onto the boy's back. With a blushing small face, she leaned close to Sora's ear and whispered:
"Don't worry, Servant, I will take responsibility."
"What?"
"Just now on the roof, I kissed Servant..." Yamada Elf's face felt hot, her voice slightly shy. "So Servant, marry into my family, okay?"
You've got to be kidding me! So your idea of taking responsibility is making someone else marry into your family!