Talking from heart to heart

In a room at the Toraiwa Hot Springs Inn.

11 p.m.

Rena, with her son, and her daughter fell asleep on the mattress laid out on the tatami mats. What she didn't realize, there were his three children, pretending to be sleeping.

Sensing that almost everyone had fallen into a deep sleep, Akira opened his eyes. Gently shifting the covers, he stood up and walked silently out of the room.

Dressed only in pajamas, he went to the table tennis playing area. Because it was late at night, except for a few guests who were having sex, most of the guests were asleep. So no one was in the area playing table tennis.

After buying a can of warm milk at the vending machine, Akira sits on a chair and drinks milk, he waits for two people to come.

"Slurppp... Haaa... It's a good thing I have the [Resurrection Magic Scroll]. Otherwise, I'm afraid Ichika can't be saved, and I don't want to use [Reanimation] of [Stand : Gold Experience."

The scene of Ichika lying lifeless was still very clear in Akira's memory. His first thought was to use [Reanimation], but he canceled that thought and chose to use [Resurrection Magic Scroll]. [Reanimation] could indeed resurrect the dead, but it wasn't perfect.

"Nino, Yotsuba, and Itsuki obviously don't believe Ichika's lies, but they pretend they do and swallow the doubts in their minds." Akira muttered while throwing the can in his hand into the trash.

Previously, after Akira teleported to the men's room with Ichika and Miku, due to lack of time, he said he would explain to the two of them after everyone fell asleep.

Ichika and Miku agreed, then the three of them came out of the men's room. Yotsuba was amazed to see that the two people she was looking for had appeared with Akira, and she asked why the two of them had suddenly disappeared.

Miku, who is not good at lying and is still in shock from what happened before choosing to remain silent. In the end, Ichika made excuses that she and Miku had the urge to defecate, and because the women's toilet was too far away, they both went to the men's toilet.

Yotsuba had faintly noticed something was wrong, but she had no idea what it was. The most important thing is that Ichika and Miku have been found, and she no longer thinks about complicated things.

After that, the four of them returned to meet the waiting Nino and Itsuki, the two of them also asked questions, like Yotsuba and Ichika, who gave the same reason.

Itsuki was fine, she immediately believed it. But Nino was suspicious after seeing Miku's behavior, which was more silent than usual. But since his sister didn't want to tell her the truth, she didn't ask either.

The six of them returned to the inn, they didn't tell their mother about Ichika and Miku's disappearance, so as not to make their mother worry.

*Tap Tap Tap*

The sound of approaching footsteps was heard, and Akira saw two figures of twin girls wearing pink pajamas that really matched their long pink hair.

"Sorry for taking so long, Akira-chan, didn't you wait long?"

Ichika waved her hand and spoke quietly.

Walking behind Ichika, Miku didn't speak.

"Not for long, sit down first."

Akira patted the chairs on his left and right.

Ichika didn't refuse either, she sat on the left, and Miku sat on the right. Akira sits in the middle and is flanked by two twin girls who are blood sisters and only have different fathers.

"So what happened? Why did Onee-chan suddenly disappear." Asked by Akira, he wanted to know the beginning of the incident.

Ichika and Miku fell silent, remembering the previous terrible experience, their bodies both shivered. Even Ichika, who looked normal, was shivering with fear. After all, the two of them were only 9 years old, and having been abducted by monsters, mutilated, and eaten alive, that was too much for any child.

Ichika and Miku stopped shivering when they felt Akira's palm grip theirs. It gave both of them a sense of warmth and security, Ichika's and Miku's fingers squeezed Akira's fingers.

"It's okay, Onee-chan, I will protect everyone. What happened before will never happen again, I promise." Akira said he was making a promise.

Ichika and Miku felt a warm current in their hearts, even though these domineering words were only spoken by a 5 year old boy. The two of them did not expect that the little brother that the five of them had spoiled, was actually so reliable.

"I believe in Akira-chan."

Ichika smiled charmingly, this wasn't her usual playful smile, but a smile from her heart.

"I also believe in Akira."

Miku, who was mostly silent, finally spoke and looked at her little brother with a slightly blushed face.

Ichika took a deep breath. She was getting ready to tell the incident that happened earlier, but she was stopped by Akira.

"Stop Ichika Onee-chan! It must be tough considering the incident before, let me see for myself."

"How does Akira-chan see it?"

"Like this."

Under Ichika and Miku's confused looks, Akira released his left from Ichika's palm, brought his middle finger and index finger closer, and then his finger touched Ichika's forehead.

"[Memory Search]" Akira said softly.

A mini white magic circle appears on his finger, and Akira peeks at Ichika's memory. A few seconds later, he withdrew his hand, and there was a look of regret on his face.

Akira regrets that he doesn't have any active limitations on type detection or sensors. If he had that skill, there was no way Ichika and Miku could have been kidnapped by the snake woman while he was around.

Unfortunately, there is no "if" in this world.

From Ichika's memory, Akira saw, while the six were watching the fireworks in the sky, the snake woman disguised herself as a human. She was indeed on the prowl for dinner that night, she happened to see the Quintuplets, and she chose two people for his dinner.

Because the snake woman chose Ichika and Miku. Akira didn't even realize his two sisters had been kidnapped because he wasn't on his guard, and he always thought this was just the ordinary, everyday world.

What happened next doesn't need to be explained, Ichika's hands and feet were torn off one by one and eaten by the snake woman in front of Ichika's eyes.

Ichika died due to excessive bleeding and fear. Miku, who was watching from the side, could only cower in fear like a caterpillar.

If possible, Akira wants to erase that bad memory. Too bad he doesn't have that ability.

"Sorry, Ichika Onee-chan, Miku Onee-chan... If only I had paid more attention to my surroundings, none of this would have happened."

Rubbing his hair with his hands, Akira felt guilty. He had promised to make his family happy and would never make his family sad. Now, he was unable to keep his own promise.

"Akira-chan, it's not your fault at all, it's all that monster's fault."

Ichika's heart ached seeing her younger brother's self-lit appearance, so she hugged her little brother.

Biting her lower lip, Miku also hugged her little brother from the other side and said softly.

"Akira, don't blame yourself. If it wasn't for Akira, Ichika, and I probably wouldn't be here right now, thank you for saving us both."

"Ichika Onee-chan... Miku Onee-chan..."

Akira felt warm, and not only did his two sisters not blame him, but also thank him for it. This made him determined to protect his family from any harm.

He was no longer naive in this everyday world after seeing the snake woman's memories. This world is too dangerous for ordinary people, but luckily he has the Myriad Anime Sign-in System to get stronger!