"I'm so full~"
Yanami Anna clutched her lower abdomen with both hands, leaning lazily against the chair, her face completely full of happiness:
"The food Sora makes is getting more and more delicious, you could definitely become a five-star head chef in the future."
Izumi Sora reminded her:
"Before you speak, wipe the corners of your mouth first."
"Sora, wipe it for me." Yanami Anna looked up, her voice charmingly naive. "I'm so full, I can't move anymore."
Izumi Sora was expressionless: "What does being full have to do with not being able to move?"
"Of course it matters." Yanami Anna argued plausibly. "After a large amount of food, blood rushes to the stomach to help with digestion. Everyone only has so much blood. If there's more blood in the stomach, the blood supplying the brain will decrease, making it easy to feel sleepy and dizzy. This is the so-called 'food coma' phenomenon."
"Learned something new." Izumi Sora complained. "Thanks for the science lesson."
"I have a 'food coma' right now, I don't have an ounce of strength in my body." Yanami Anna looked over, acting spoiled. "So Sora, wipe my mouth for me."
"Do your own things yourself."
"When we were in elementary school, Sora helped wipe my mouth, alright."
Izumi Sora's tone was faint:
"In elementary school, I even helped wipe your snot, wiped your..."
"Interrupt casting!"
Before he finished, Yanami Anna hurriedly raised her arms, crossing them into an X in front of her chest:
"Sora, hurry up and forget those embarrassing things!"
While they were talking, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get the door."
Yanami Anna quickly stood up, grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth, and then ran thump thump thump towards the entryway.
The door opened.
Angel-sama and Elf stood outside the door.
Under the bright sunlight, the two girls' beautiful hair was exceptionally dazzling.
"Anna, good morning."
Angel-sama's voice was gentle, Elf's voice was crisp.
"Good morning, everyone."
Yanami Anna smiled radiantly and responded happily.
The two girls entered the house and changed their shoes. After a brief chat, Elf, while no one was paying attention, sidled up to Izumi Sora and looked over expectantly:
"Servant, Servant~"
Izumi Sora was cleaning up dishes in the kitchen:
"What is it?"
"Let's try that again."
"No." Izumi Sora shook his head in refusal. "Wait until we finish working. Mahiru can sense time stopping."
Elf blinked and whispered in his ear:
"Doing that kind of thing right in front of Mahiru is actually more stimulating, right?"
Izumi Sora: "..."
I told you not to read messy manga, you've already been polluted by forbidden knowledge!
"I'm going to chat with Anna."
Seeing Izumi Sora refuse to let her experience the joy of Time Stop, Elf turned and slipped away, trotting over to Anna and starting to gossip:
"Anna, Anna, let me tell you a secret related to Sora."
"Eh, what secret?"
Hearing there was a secret, Anna, who was sitting lazily on the sofa, instantly perked up.
"Let me tell you..."
Elf raised a hand to cover her mouth and whispered about what happened yesterday.
Since enrolling in school, Elf hadn't grasped much knowledge, but her gossiping skills had significantly improved.
"What?"
"Sora can stop time now too?"
The ahoge on top of Yanami Anna's head twitched slightly. She swiftly turned her head to look at Izumi Sora, a resentful expression of a miserable betrayal on her pretty face:
"Sora-kun is so mean."
Izumi Sora raised an eyebrow and looked over:
"What did I do?"
Yanami Anna's tone was resentful: "We agreed to be normal people together, how did Sora secretly become a magical boy?"
There's no such thing as a magical boy, alright!
Izumi Sora wiped the dining table clean: "I can only stop time for one minute, so I didn't mention it."
"One minute is also very amazing." Yanami Anna's voice was full of envy. "I want to stop time for one minute too, for example, I could... I could..."
After stammering for a bit, Yanami Anna couldn't temporarily think of what she could do in one minute:
"I could look at other people's papers during exams?"
Other people stop time for seven seconds with the goal of ruling the world, and you can stop time for a minute, but only want to peek at others during exams. Your vision is really too narrow!
After chatting for a moment.
The doorbell rang again.
Kuroneko, wearing black gothic clothing, appeared outside the door.
"Ruri-chan, good morning." Yamada Elf happily greeted her, chattering away with gossip. "Let me tell you, Sora mastered Mahiru's Time Stop ability yesterday!"
"..."
A girl's gossip attribute is just that powerful; she can repeat one thing over and over several times without getting tired at all.
The girls briefly discussed Izumi Sora suddenly 'awakening' an ability, and then it was official work time.
"Today's goal is very simple: strive to finish making the game within a few days." Izumi Sora pressed his hands on the table. "I'm counting on everyone for the next part."
Anna clenched her right fist: "Everyone, do your best!"
Elf: "Barbara, charge!"
"..."
Izumi Sora and Kuroneko worked together to fix the bugs discovered yesterday.
Mahiru was responsible for the game's built-in translation.
Elf acted as a mascot, providing emotional value.
Sagiri... Sagiri didn't come downstairs, probably still hasn't woken up.
Finally, there was Anna.
"As I said before, 'Plant Girls vs. Monsters' doesn't need dialogue. The voice acting content is mainly various eating sounds..." Izumi Sora led Anna to the room upstairs. "I've already bought the snacks, Anna can eat as much as you want later."
He went out and bought a large bag of snacks last night. He just gave half to the girls downstairs, and the remaining half was all left for Anna.
"Thank you, Sora."
Yanami Anna's eyes abruptly lit up:
"I guarantee to complete the voice acting work!"
Eating potato chips and munching on things to voice act, such an easy task, she wouldn't trade it even if the Prime Minister asked.
"And this." Izumi Sora opened a drawer and took out a silver voice acting microphone. "This is a USB microphone, it can connect directly to your phone. Save the recorded audio to your phone first, and we'll filter it later."
"Got it~"
Yanami Anna waved her hand:
"Sora-kun, you can leave now, I'm going to give my all to the voice acting."
"Don't eat too much, careful of getting a stomachache."
Izumi Sora left the room, closing the door behind him.
The day passed in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening.
The sky outside quietly darkened, the twilight hanging low.
"Let's stop here for today." Izumi Sora closed his laptop, his voice satisfied. "The progress was surprisingly smooth. I'll work a bit more tonight, and tomorrow we can finish the demo version."
Angel-sama quietly stood up: "I'll go prepare dinner."
"Mahiru worked hard today, don't bother preparing anything." Izumi Sora turned to look at Angel-sama. At noon, she had been the one truly responsible for cooking. "Let's go eat ramen together tonight, my treat."
"Thank you, Sora."
The girls all agreed.
Izumi Sora also asked Sagiri if she wanted to go, and the result was unsurprising.
"Onii-chan, bring a portion of ramen back for me, I don't want to go out."
"Got it."
Closing the doors and windows before leaving, Izumi Sora and the girls went out together, heading to the shopping street for some ramen.
After dinner, Anna and Kuroneko waved goodbye and went home, while Izumi Sora walked home with Elf and Mahiru.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived at their front doors.
Elf put her hands on her hips and suddenly said:
"Sora, come over and help me move my things later."
"Hmm?"
Izumi Sora looked over in confusion.
Elf explained: "I'm moving back."
"..."
Hearing this sentence, Izumi Sora couldn't help but turn his head and look at Angel-sama.
Shiina Mahiru's gaze was blank. She gently shook her head, indicating she hadn't had a conflict with Elf.
"Why move back so suddenly?"
Izumi Sora inquired quietly.
"The terrifying Hell Demon Bugs have all been annihilated, I want to move back and play the piano." Yamada Elf didn't overthink it, explaining, "If I don't play the piano soon, I'll get rusty."
"I see."
As long as she didn't have a conflict with Mahiru, that's fine.
Izumi Sora nodded in agreement:
"I'll come over to help later."
Returning home.
After giving the ramen he brought back to Sagiri, Izumi Sora sat down at his computer and continued working. Before long, a message from Elf popped up on his phone:
"Sora, come over, come over, my things are already packed."
"Coming."
Izumi Sora put his phone in his pocket and walked out the door.
Arriving at Mahiru's front door.
The door opened. A blonde loli stood behind the door, hands on her hips, with a box and a duffel bag at her feet:
"Sora, help me carry my things."
As she spoke, Yamada Elf turned around and looked at Mahiru behind her:
"Mahiru, thank you so much for this past while."
"You're welcome." Angel-sama's gaze was gentle, her voice soft. "With Elf coming to live together, it actually hasn't been as lonely."
Taking advantage of the time Elf and Mahiru were talking, Izumi Sora looked at Angel-sama and secretly winked:
"Wait for me to come over."
"Eh?"
"I want to continue redeeming lap pillows."
"..."
Their eyes met.
Reading the meaning in Izumi Sora's eyes, Angel-sama's pretty face flushed slightly, and she averted her gaze:
"Elf, go back first. Lock your doors and windows when you're alone at night, and be careful."
"Okay!"
Yamada Elf happily agreed.
After a few words of chat, Izumi Sora picked up the luggage on the floor and escorted Elf back to her house.
"I'm heading back first."
Izumi Sora placed the things in the entryway, turned, and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute." Yamada Elf reached out her small hand and grabbed the hem of Izumi Sora's shirt. "Servant, go back later, keep me company while I shower first."
"..."
Do you hear what you're saying?
You're pushing someone into prison!
"They say the place that kind of bug is most likely to appear is the bathroom drain." Yamada Elf quickly offered an explanation. She tilted up her small face, looking at him pitifully. "The bathroom hasn't been used in a long time, those bugs might all be hiding in the bathroom drain. So Servant wait for me outside. If I encounter danger, you must rush in immediately to save me."
"You're overthinking it..."
Izumi Sora helplessly gave in:
"I'll wait for you in the living room, hurry up and go shower."
"Servant stay obediently in the living room. When I call you, you must respond immediately."
"Go, go."
Izumi Sora waved her away.
Watching Elf walk into the bathroom, Izumi Sora sat on the living room sofa and started playing on his phone.
Splash, splash.
The sound of the showerhead quickly echoed from the bathroom.
"Servant, are you there?"
"I'm here."
"Servant, squeak for me?"
"Squeak squeak squeak."
"Servant, I forgot my soap. Help me find the soap, it's right in my bag."
"..."
Izumi Sora opened the duffel bag. The first thing that met his eyes was several pieces of underwear. Unfortunately, the childish styles didn't catch his interest at all.
After finding the soap, Elf still had more things.
"Also shampoo..."
"Before you shower, how about you get everything prepared!"
"..."
Fortunately, besides various careless mistakes, he didn't hear Elf cry for help from beginning to end, proving that cockroaches truly were nowhere to be seen.
Half an hour later.
Accompanied by a soft click, the bathroom door was pushed open, and Elf, with dripping wet hair, walked out of the bathroom.
Izumi Sora looked up. Seeing a flash of blinding holy light, he was instantly speechless:
"Where are your pajamas?"
Coming out without even wearing clothes, how can you have the nerve!
"My body isn't completely dry after showering, it's uncomfortable to wear pajamas, right?" Yamada Elf covered her chest with her right hand. Her small face was flushed red, it was unclear if it was from shyness. "Anyway, Sora has already seen me completely naked, seeing it again doesn't matter."
Of course, limited only to Izumi Sora.
If someone else were sitting in the living room, Elf would definitely come out fully dressed.
"Servant, I'm thirsty." Yamada Elf acted spoiled. "I want water."
"Pour it yourself."
"I'll play the piano for Servant." Yamada Elf turned and walked towards the piano. "Servant, pour me some tea."
Yamada Elf quickly sat on the bench in front of the piano:
"Mmm, it's a bit cold~"
Nonsense, not wearing any clothes, of course you'd feel cold!
After briefly stretching her fingers, Elf quickly began to play. The beautiful piano sound turned into an invisible river, flowing in the air.
It had to be said, although Elf was terrible at math, she seemed to be very talented at playing the piano; it sounded exceptionally good.
Izumi Sora stood not far away, his gaze falling on Elf's back, his expression subtle.
Under the light.
The skin on the girl's back was exceptionally snow-white.
It's just that her hobby of playing the piano naked was truly speechless.
The song ended.
Yamada Elf turned her head to look, her voice expectant:
"Servant, I'm done playing, hurry up and bring the tea over, I'm so thirsty."
Izumi Sora silently handed the cup over.
"Thank you, Servant."
Yamada Elf completely didn't care about exposing herself and reached out to take the cup. It was Izumi Sora who averted his gaze, truly not wanting to look anymore.
"Is Servant shy?"
"I am not."
"Hmph, I don't believe you."
Yamada Elf gave two smug, light snorts, drank half the cup of tea, and then put her hands on her hips, saying:
"Servant, hurry up and try your Time Stop."
Izumi Sora reminded her: "Go put on some clothes first."
"So troublesome..."
Yamada Elf muttered in a small voice, getting up and heading to the bathroom. Ultimately, she still had some sense of shame, although not much.
Next was testing time.
Izumi Sora gently snapped his fingers, activated Time Stop, and then hugged Elf.
"..."
Elf had no reaction.
Clearly, a simple hug had no effect.
In the spirit of scientific research, Izumi Sora lowered his head and gave Elf a light peck on the cheek.
"Servant?"
In the deathly still Time Stop world, Elf's voice quietly rang out.
"So strange, why can't my body move?"
"It seems kissing the cheek allows a person to speak..."
Izumi Sora secretly noted down the intelligence, and then continued testing.
With a proper kiss, Elf was finally able to move.
"So quiet, is this the Time Stop world?"
Elf was full of enthusiasm, just preparing to go out and explore the world, when everything quickly returned to normal.
"One minute is up."
Izumi Sora spread his hands.
"What's this." Yamada Elf was greatly disappointed. "I didn't even feel anything and you're already finished. Servant is so useless."
Thump.
Izumi Sora was expressionless. He raised his hand and knocked on Elf's head:
"Goodbye."