“It’s just a fresh clean. It was only with Yoshino’s help that I was able to tidy it up so quickly, so don’t worry about it. As long as Yoshino is okay, it’s fine… How are you? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“…”

Listening to the boy’s caring and thoughtful words, Yoshino felt her vision becoming increasingly blurred. She closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously.

It looks like there shouldn’t be any problem.

But now I can’t not take a shower.

Xia Zhi was thinking, as he was about to use a tissue to wipe off some of the milk on the girl’s body, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the stairs outside, and then the door of the utility room was suddenly opened.

“Brother? There was a big commotion in the utility room just now. Are you okay…?…”

Kotori pushed the door open anxiously and looked at the strange and cute girl in the room who was leaning on the boy’s arms with tears in her eyes, the white water stains on her clothes and cute little face, and the boy who was about to reach out his hand to her. This series of shocking images made her stunned where she was.

Ah, this…

Xia Zhi looked down at the mess on the elf girl’s body, hesitated for a moment, looked at Qin Li and tried to speak:

“I suppose… I can explain?”

After hearing his words, Kotori blushed immediately.

“Go explain this to Johannes! You perverted lolita!”

…….

Chapter 1225 “Always Waiting for You”

Xiazhi wants to ask, why Kepler?

But if you think about it carefully, it may be related to the fact that the other party had already gone to heaven and was the legislator who studied the three laws of celestial motion.

So, you want me to go to heaven?

In Kotori’s room, Xia Zhi thought to himself as he looked at the girl sitting opposite him who seemed to still be angry and had a blush on her cheeks.

“So, what’s going on with this kid?”

After calming down a little, Kotori crossed her arms over her chest, looked at the boy and asked.

She is a child, but you look about the same age as her… If you talk about her actual age, she may be much older than you.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart, and after thinking for a moment, he tilted his head slightly:

“…picked it up on the roadside?”

Why is it a question?

Ignoring Qin Li’s suspicious look, Xia Zhi continued to speak: “Since we have no place to live for the time being, let her live in our house.”

Do you think I would believe this nonsense?

…She originally wanted to say that, but seeing the cute girl huddled behind Xia Zhi, with only half of her head exposed and looking at her timidly, Qin Li opened her mouth but swallowed back the words that might scare her.

“Didn’t you take her to the police station?”

Moving closer to the young man, she asked Xia Zhi in a voice as soft as possible.

Without a household registration, she could cause major accidents and economic losses, and endanger public safety… No matter how you think about it, you can’t send her there. Maybe she won’t be able to get out once she goes in.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he replied: “…Actually, she was kidnapped by me as a hostage. She is my backup child bride.”

“I knew you were planning something bad to her, right?”

Kotori showed an angry expression. She was about to condemn the boy’s illegal behavior, but suddenly she froze and realized something.

Wait, backup?

Who is the current one?

“That… that…”

Just as she was thinking about this question, the voice of a girl on the other side drew her attention back.

Seeing her gaze, Shiono tightly grasped Xia Zhi’s arm, opened her mouth slightly, took a deep breath, and seemed to muster up the courage, and stammered in retort: ​​”Mr. Xia Zhi… is not… a bad person…”

You are so easy to trust others that you will be sold out and still say thank you for helping them count the money.

Looking at the girl who clearly said that she was kidnapped but was still trying her best to protect the “kidnapper”, Kotori thought to herself.

Of course she knew that her brother was joking, but Yoshino’s innocent and kind character made her even more worried that the girl was really abducted by her brother.

“…”

After sighing slightly, Kotori gave a look to the boy beside her.

Xia Zhi showed a puzzled expression: “What’s wrong?”

“Of course I’m going out. Do you want to stay and watch me help others choose clothes?”

It’s not impossible… If I say that, she’ll probably get even angrier.

Xia Zhi had no choice but to give a few words of advice, then stood up and left the room under Shion’s reluctant gaze.

When he got to the door, he took out his cell phone and checked the time.

So many things happened today, and after returning home he had been dealing with Yoshino’s affairs, and only then did he realize that time had unknowingly passed and it was already past school time.

As Yoshino’s “Angel” was put away, the rain clouds affected by her power had already dispersed, and the rain outside had stopped long ago.

Although it saved me the trouble of bringing an umbrella to Kotori, she didn’t look particularly happy.

Xia Zhi turned around and looked at the tightly closed door with a slightly hesitant expression. He was not sure whether Shion would have any problem without him by her side.

But considering that I had just introduced them to each other, and she also knew that Kotori was my “sister”, and considering that I had specifically asked her to do so, it shouldn’t be a big problem if she left for a while, right?

…In the meantime, let’s take care of the dinner issue first.

Xia Zhi thought about it and subconsciously took out his phone to order takeout, but after thinking for a while, he felt that it seemed not good to let Shion eat takeout on the first day she came to his house. After hesitating for a moment, he put away his phone and prepared to go downstairs to cook himself.

Although the amount of information obtained from the previous conversation with Yoshino was not very much, it did reveal some relatively important information, one of which was… unlike Kotori and the others, Yoshino did not occupy anyone’s existence.

This proves that my previous guess was correct.

The world cannot change its settings, it can only try to adapt and repair the contradictions and loopholes caused by settings that conflict with its own rules. The disappearance of Xia Zhi and the others caused a vacancy in the world, and the elf girls who came to this world just happened to fill this vacancy, as the world repaired the paradoxes and loopholes caused by it.

And when all these existential gaps are filled, other elves like Yoshino who arrive later can only come into this completely new and unfamiliar world for both of them as blank slates.

Xia Zhi walked downstairs while thinking in his mind.

In this way, the difference between Kotori and the others’ situation and Yoshino’s situation can be roughly explained.

But there is still a question here. What about Origami’s memory of herself?

as well as……

Xia Zhi suddenly remembered something.

If the disappearance of each girl will lead to a vacancy in existence, and Yoshino is the later elf after the vacancy is filled by all 920 parts… then including her, there should be six elves appearing in this world.

And before this, besides Xia Zhi and the others, there seemed to be another person whose situation he hadn’t checked…

The image of the gentle and kind short-haired girl emerged in his mind.

…Logically speaking, Kato Megumi shouldn’t appear in this space and time, but the appearance of Yoshino did not fill the gap left by her disappearance… This means that in addition to Yoshino, there should be another spirit in this space and time.

If that’s the case…then who is that extra elf at this moment?

“Summer Solstice.”

Just then, a gentle girl’s voice came from the front.

Xia Zhi, who was immersed in his thoughts, came back to his senses and raised his head. In front of him appeared a girl with braided pink short hair, a warm smile, and a very gentle and lovely figure.

“You are……”

Looking at the pink-haired girl in the living room, Xia Zhi was slightly stunned.

“Good afternoon… I’m waiting for you, eh? Summer Solstice.”

Hearing his question, the girl called his name again with a gentle smile on her face.

“…Always.”

…….

Chapter 1226: The Girl Named “Rinne”

Xia Zhi once confirmed with Tokisaki Kurumi that, apart from Mio, there were indeed only eleven elves who came to this world.

Of course, this is only the information that Kurumi knows. After all, the dream game has never determined the number of elves, and the task given is just a general requirement like [Save all the elves that come to this world]. So theoretically, it is possible that there are one or two more, right?

For example…

“You didn’t come to class today, and I was a little worried, because later a very beautiful girl said that you went with her for a prenatal check-up.” The girl said this with a worried look on her face.

Summer Solstice: “…”

Origami, what kind of reason did you give to the teacher for asking for leave?

He felt that his reputation was about to be ruined.

Seeing the expression on Xia Zhi’s face, the girl uttered a soft “ah”, as if she had realized his concern.

“Don’t worry, I haven’t told Kotori about this.”

She breathed a sigh of relief, and a gentle smile returned to her face: “Anyway, I feel relieved to see that you are safe and sound.”

If I were to summarize the figure standing in front of Xia Zhi in one sentence, it would be that she is a very gentle girl.

It’s not just the physical meaning… no matter her expression, words, manners or voice, they are all filled with a softness that can make people face to face with her unconsciously relieve their tension. Just listening to her speak can make people feel like being wrapped in a soft quilt.

If there was a “ranking of girls most wanted to be lovers” in school, she would probably be a strong contender for the first place.

But unfortunately, as far as Xia Zhi knew, there was no such ranking in the school until he entered the second grade.

Likewise, she shouldn’t exist here…

“．”

The girl tilted her head in confusion, “What’s wrong? You act like you don’t know me?”

If the “knowing” here means “having known each other before”, then it has indeed not happened.

But if it is just a basic “mutual knowledge between two people”…

Xia Zhi thought about it and asked, “Should I get to know you?”

Faced with the boy’s question, which would sound absurd or even rude to a normal person, the girl did not seem angry at all. Instead, she just stared at him gently and answered softly with a smile on her face:

“…It’s up to Xia Zhi to decide.”

The unreasonable question received an unreasonable answer. The girl looked at him gently without any surprise in her eyes. This abnormal reaction also confirmed a guess in Xia Zhi’s heart.

Just as he was about to ask something else, he heard footsteps coming from the stairs behind him, followed by a familiar voice:

“Brother, is the water heater on? And Yoshino…”

As she said this, Kotori came down from upstairs and saw the pink-haired girl in the living room. She blinked and called her sweetly:

“Sister Rinne~!”

The girl she called “Rinne” finally turned her eyes away from Xia Zhi after hearing that, and responded with a smile to Kotori, “Good afternoon, Kotori.”

If Xia Zhi was still an ordinary person, he would probably know some memories about Rinne and Kotori in this world because of the memory affected by the replacement.

Although they are all “false” memories, they can at least increase my sense of involvement and participation, so I don’t feel like an outsider now, he thought to himself.

Speaking of which…

“Haven’t you met before?” Xia Zhi casually tried to select the girl as the abnormal positive body. After failing to get the correct feedback again, he shook his head slightly and looked at the two of them and asked.

Otherwise, the girl wouldn’t have said just now that she didn’t tell Kotori about that matter, right?

Kotori snorted softly, jumped down from the last two steps of the stairs, threw herself into Rinne’s arms, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at him: “I just like to call Rinne sister, what’s wrong? Brother, are you jealous?”

I really don’t know who her relatives are.

Oh, it seems that I didn’t kiss him, so it’s okay.

…By the way, I remember that Natsuori also liked Kato Megumi very much, so their identities do correspond.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart, looking at Qin Li lying in the girl’s arms and enjoying the embrace comfortably, and suddenly remembered something.