it was the time when the Demon Sanctuary’s security was most brittle.
“Mogwai, contact the Gigafloat Management Corporation. There’s probably something
big
coming down the pipe tomorrow.”
Her words would prove truer than she could ever imagine.
6
Kojou was in a full kneeling bow on the cold, hard floor. The entrance was the same as the Akatsuki residence, but this room was far emptier with few furnishings. It was the living room of Yukina’s apartment.
Sitting across the prostrate Kojou and looking down at him was Yukina, sitting on her knees in proper Japanese style.
Beside her were Kanon and Astarte, their hair still wet from bathing.
Yukina reviewed the situation in a strangely calm voice.
“So, I’m not sure I have this all quite right but…my understanding is that you came to confess to having peeped on Kanase and Astarte in the bath?”
Kojou looked up in great haste. “I didn’t! I mean, I did, but that’s not the biggest problem here at all!”
It was quite true he’d entered the bathroom while Kanon and Astarte were in the bath, but there was surely something more important than that to talk about. Namely, that the Akatsuki residence’s dressing room was connected to the washroom of the Himeragi residence next door. It may have seemed a small thing compared to the problem of Natsuki’s disappearance, but this was certainly an anomaly.
“But you did look, didn’t you?” Yukina stared straight at Kojou as she asked him.
For some reason, the all-too-quiet tone of her voice made Kojou sense impending doom as he fiercely shook his head.
“A-Astarte was under the water, and Kanase had shampoo suds all over her body so I didn’t see a—”
“But you did look, didn’t you?”
Kojou once again touched his forehead to the floor.
“…I’m very sorry.”
“You truly are hopeless…” Yukina remarked as she sighed at length.
For her part, being apologized to made Kanon’s face go bright red.
“I-it is nothing.”
Kojou immediately refuted Kanon’s meek statement. “No, it’s, um, kind of a big deal actually…”
This was, after all, a fully fledged princess; even setting that aside, Kanon had exceptionally good looks for a middle school student. Even if it was for but a single moment, the precious image of the momentary sight of her naked body was burned into the back of Kojou’s mind.
Yukina seemed to see right through Kojou as he subconsciously recalled that image from his memory, impaling him with her chilly gaze.
As if to drive him further into a corner, Astarte spoke in her usual unconcerned tone.
“Apology confirmed. Furthermore, I recall witnessing the Fourth Primogenitor in a virtually identical circumstance.”
Kojou quickly lost his nerve as she dragged that largely forgotten fact to the forefront.
“That wasn’t my fault!! I didn’t make you come out of that tuning vat like that…!”
Certainly, Kojou had encountered Astarte in a nearly nude state, but her body was being retuned by the Lotharingian Armed Apostle at the time; if anything, Kojou and Yukina had been her enemies.
However, upon hearing Astarte’s statement Kanon’s cheeks turned even redder.
“I have also been seen by Akatsuki before…so this much is all right, really…”
Kojou desperately professed his innocence.
“You were an angel at the time!! That was a complete act of God!”
Yukina shook her head in exasperation as she watched Kojou protest.
“At any rate, senpai, you tried to go into the washroom of your own residence and ended up in the washroom of mine, yes?”
“Y-yeah… I didn’t think you caught that part.”
Yukina refuted in an exceedingly serious tone.
“No, I did. I do not believe Kanon or Astarte would tell lies…though a Peeping Tom is another story.”
“Don’t call me a Peeping Tom!!”
Yukina then pointed out the obvious.
“Besides, there is also what Sayaka and the princess said.”
Kojou felt ashamed of himself for letting that slip his
“Mogwai, contact the Gigafloat Management Corporation. There’s probably something
big
coming down the pipe tomorrow.”
Her words would prove truer than she could ever imagine.
6
Kojou was in a full kneeling bow on the cold, hard floor. The entrance was the same as the Akatsuki residence, but this room was far emptier with few furnishings. It was the living room of Yukina’s apartment.
Sitting across the prostrate Kojou and looking down at him was Yukina, sitting on her knees in proper Japanese style.
Beside her were Kanon and Astarte, their hair still wet from bathing.
Yukina reviewed the situation in a strangely calm voice.
“So, I’m not sure I have this all quite right but…my understanding is that you came to confess to having peeped on Kanase and Astarte in the bath?”
Kojou looked up in great haste. “I didn’t! I mean, I did, but that’s not the biggest problem here at all!”
It was quite true he’d entered the bathroom while Kanon and Astarte were in the bath, but there was surely something more important than that to talk about. Namely, that the Akatsuki residence’s dressing room was connected to the washroom of the Himeragi residence next door. It may have seemed a small thing compared to the problem of Natsuki’s disappearance, but this was certainly an anomaly.
“But you did look, didn’t you?” Yukina stared straight at Kojou as she asked him.
For some reason, the all-too-quiet tone of her voice made Kojou sense impending doom as he fiercely shook his head.
“A-Astarte was under the water, and Kanase had shampoo suds all over her body so I didn’t see a—”
“But you did look, didn’t you?”
Kojou once again touched his forehead to the floor.
“…I’m very sorry.”
“You truly are hopeless…” Yukina remarked as she sighed at length.
For her part, being apologized to made Kanon’s face go bright red.
“I-it is nothing.”
Kojou immediately refuted Kanon’s meek statement. “No, it’s, um, kind of a big deal actually…”
This was, after all, a fully fledged princess; even setting that aside, Kanon had exceptionally good looks for a middle school student. Even if it was for but a single moment, the precious image of the momentary sight of her naked body was burned into the back of Kojou’s mind.
Yukina seemed to see right through Kojou as he subconsciously recalled that image from his memory, impaling him with her chilly gaze.
As if to drive him further into a corner, Astarte spoke in her usual unconcerned tone.
“Apology confirmed. Furthermore, I recall witnessing the Fourth Primogenitor in a virtually identical circumstance.”
Kojou quickly lost his nerve as she dragged that largely forgotten fact to the forefront.
“That wasn’t my fault!! I didn’t make you come out of that tuning vat like that…!”
Certainly, Kojou had encountered Astarte in a nearly nude state, but her body was being retuned by the Lotharingian Armed Apostle at the time; if anything, Kojou and Yukina had been her enemies.
However, upon hearing Astarte’s statement Kanon’s cheeks turned even redder.
“I have also been seen by Akatsuki before…so this much is all right, really…”
Kojou desperately professed his innocence.
“You were an angel at the time!! That was a complete act of God!”
Yukina shook her head in exasperation as she watched Kojou protest.
“At any rate, senpai, you tried to go into the washroom of your own residence and ended up in the washroom of mine, yes?”
“Y-yeah… I didn’t think you caught that part.”
Yukina refuted in an exceedingly serious tone.
“No, I did. I do not believe Kanon or Astarte would tell lies…though a Peeping Tom is another story.”
“Don’t call me a Peeping Tom!!”
Yukina then pointed out the obvious.
“Besides, there is also what Sayaka and the princess said.”
Kojou felt ashamed of himself for letting that slip his
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