vrcanaries Chapter 783 - 783
Chapter 783 - 783
To accommodate visitors or researchers from outside the island, MAR specially built a high-end hotel within the research institute.Kojou Mimori unapologetically occupied the most luxurious presidential suite in the hotel, treating it as her own home and spending most of her week there.
After leaving the hotel, Eiji headed toward the institute's hospital.
In the ward at the far end of the hospital's first floor, Eiji found the Kojou siblings.
"Nagisa, I've come to visit you!"
"Ah, it's Eiji-nii! What are you doing, Kojou-nii? Hurry up and get a chair for Eiji-nii! Eiji-nii, why did you come today? Oh right, to visit me! That's great, I'm so happy!"
The girl sitting on the hospital bed was overjoyed, chattering incessantly with delight.
Her energetic demeanor was far from that of a typical patient.
She was a girl of only about thirteen or fourteen years old, her petite frame wrapped in a hospital gown, her black hair tied up in a short ponytail. While her face wasn't particularly striking, her clever dark eyes made her appear incredibly adorable.
She was Kojou Akatsuki's younger sister, Nagisa Akatsuki.
Currently a second-year student in the middle school division of Saikai Academy, she was a good kid with full marks in household skills. When Eiji visited the Kojou household, he had tasted her cooking, which was indeed quite excellent.
Only her incessantly chatty nature left people unsure whether to consider it a flaw or a virtue.
In her, Eiji could see many shadows of his younger sister from Type-Moon, Okita Souji.
Kojou Akatsuki, with dead-fish eyes, brought over a chair under Nagisa's urging and placed it before Eiji.
"What are you here for?"
He leaned in until only a few centimeters separated them, glaring at Eiji with suspicion.
"Relax, I see Nagisa purely as a little sister!"
Eiji waved his hand with a laugh, signaling him not to worry.
"I know that!"
Kojou Akatsuki muttered, but the vigilance in his eyes didn't lessen in the slightest.
"When you came, you didn't go see my mom, right?"
This was what he feared most!
He knew his own family's affairs all too well.
His mother, Kojou Mimori, was a bit of a perverted woman who wouldn't hesitate to sexually harass her colleagues—groping breasts and squeezing buttocks were commonplace for her.
That said, she was quite reserved around men. Although she had been divorced for over two years, she never showed any interest in the men pursuing her.
But this reserve had completely shattered after meeting Eiji!
That woman even dared to throw herself at his classmate right in front of him, her own son!
It wasn't that he had any objections to his mother finding a man—after all, she was still young, and his father was such a jerk—but at least find someone around your own age!
What's the deal with targeting my classmate?
The thought of this bastard possibly becoming his stepfather infuriated him!
Why had he answered that way in front of Nangong Nanyue?
Wasn't it because he had already coordinated with this bastard beforehand!
You ask why he obeyed him so readily?
Hah.
Who would want their classmate riding over their head as a stepfather?
Strange.
Why would his mother be interested in this bastard?
"Huh? Aunt Mimori didn't come home today?"
Eiji looked completely bewildered.
Though he couldn't see his eyes or expression through the sunglasses, Kojou Akatsuki breathed a sigh of relief nonetheless.
Hearing him say that meant he hadn't gone to see his mother yet.
"Mom Miyabi is still at the hotel, you know. Do you want to go see her, Eiji-nii? But I don't recommend it—that place is way too messy. Even if you do go, you should wait until after I've cleaned it up. Ah, but I don't know how many days it'll be before I'm discharged this time... What a pain. Finals are coming up soon, and I wonder how many subjects I'll fail this year..."
Nagisa Akatsuki started chattering nonstop again, jumping from Miyabi Akatsuki all the way to the end of the semester.
"I should get going now, Nagisa. I'll bring you a gift next time."
After sitting for just a short while, Eiji stood up as he noticed the setting sun had already dyed the earth red outside.
"So soon? But you've only been here for ten minutes! Geez, Nii-san, what are you doing? Hurry up and see Eiji-nii off!"
Urged by Nagisa Akatsuki, Kojou Akatsuki had no choice but to get up and escort Eiji out of the hospital.
"Sigh... What did I do to deserve this?"
At the hospital entrance, watching Eiji's retreating back, Kojou Akatsuki let out a genuinely exhausted sigh.
"Kojou, where's Eiji?"
Not long after, before he could return to the ward, Miyabi Akatsuki hurried over, her eyes darting around searching for someone.
"He's already left."
Kojou Akatsuki's eyes turned dead-fish like.
"Eh? So soon? I wanted to have him stay overnight!"
Miyabi Akatsuki immediately looked dejected, her whole body seeming to lose strength.
She hadn't even gotten to talk much with Veldiana—how did she miss him?
"Hey, could you not act so ambiguous with my classmate right in front of your son?!"
Seeing her utterly disheartened appearance, Kojou Akatsuki couldn't help raising his voice.
And saying lines like that!
What did you want to do by having him stay overnight?!
What did you want to do?!
"Aww, I just felt my heart flutter again, that's all. You want your mom to be happy too, right, Kojou?"
Miyabi Akatsuki chuckled cheerfully.
Completely unyielding.
As if determined to get together with her son's classmate.
"But don't mention this in front of Nagisa, okay!"
"Then why are you so direct with me?"
"What are you talking about? Nagisa is my daughter, you know!"
"Am I not your son too?!"
Kojou Akatsuki was exhausted.
"You're the eldest son, so bear with it a little more!"
Miyabi Akatsuki patted his shoulder happily, then entered the hospital to fuss over her daughter.
"Was I picked up from the trash?"
This blatant favoritism made Kojou Akatsuki strongly doubt his origins.
...
Behind Saikai Academy, in the woods of the back mountain, stood a small monastery.
The monastery was nestled within lush, verdant trees. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, scattering fragmented golden light that swayed back and forth with the wind.
"There, there! Good kitty!"
In the monastery's front yard, two girls were squatting on the ground, playing with several cats.
One of them had long golden hair and tranquil, deep blue eyes. She wore reinforced clothing resembling motorcycle leathers, with the numeral "Ⅸ" embroidered on her chest.
The other was an unfamiliar girl.
She had silver bobbed hair, and within her similarly blue eyes swayed a gentleness akin to a saint's. Around thirteen or fourteen years old, she wore the girls' uniform of Saikai Academy's middle school division.
Though her features had yet to fully mature, she already possessed beauty capable of toppling cities and captivating nations.
"Kanon, are you here to take care of the kittens again today?"
Just as the setting sun was about to sink below the sea's surface, a warm voice came from outside the monastery.
A masked eccentric stepped through the monastery's gate.
"Brother Ari, I'm sorry for always troubling you."
Kanon Kanase straightened up from the ground, a dignified smile blooming on her youthful face.