......

　In the morning, I woke up in the futon.
　The next thing I knew, I was a "turtle".

　I was curled up on my face on my face, with the futon completely over my head, looking like a turtle to anyone who sees me.

'Feng ......'

　I'd like to stay indoors, but it's not going to happen.
　I have a lot of work to do.

　I got up and decided to get dressed - at that moment.

'Huh?　Everyone ...... is this place Sakura's room?

　Everyone's place is now known from last night's kiss.
　They're all in one place for some reason.

　Are they all in Sakura's room this morning?

...... Okay, let's go through it.

　Some say it's convenient, some say it's not haunted by a God who doesn't touch it.

　I'll try not to touch it.
　With that in mind, I quickly changed and left my room and headed to the transporter room.

　I used the transporter gate to fly to Prumbum's place, as I do every morning.

'Hmmm?　He is very fast today. What's going on?

　Prumbum looked at me and tilted his head slightly.
　I come every morning when I finish my breakfast, and Emily's breakfast is made at a very precise time, so I have a certain amount of time to come here.

　If I come without breakfast, I'm definitely noticeably earlier than usual.

'Yeah, kind of.'
What's going on?
Mmm.
You must listen to the mistress. Something has happened to you, hasn't it?　That's what I want to know.
Mmmm: ......

　I opened my mouth heavily as I heard the auditory hallucination of Sakura's tsukkomi, "What's the mumu--

'Actually, my friends kissed me.
"Law.

　I explained the situation from the ground up to Prumbum, who had a curious look on his face.

　One thing I learned in the Death March when I was in the company.
　If you don't tell people what you need to tell them, the situation will get worse and worse, and the end result is the Death March.

　So I decided to say everything, even if it was hard to say.

"Well, that's a disaster.
Mishap ...... hmm.

　As expected, I'm hesitant to nod.
　I feel like it would be rude to everyone to nod that this is the case here.

'It was only the adventurous group that kissed you, wasn't it?　There must be a few spirits out there, right?
'Oh, there's Aulum, Vanadium, and Carbon. None of the three of them did, and they didn't show any signs of doing so.

　I met the girls last night after that.
　When Sakura explained the situation, Aulum went "heh" and Vanadium smiled.
　Only Carbon seemed to want to do it, but he was smiling ecstatically as he went into ordeal mode of putting up with that 'I want to'.

'Don't you want to do it too, Plumbum?'
Not at all.
'Well, ...... what if I told you I wouldn't be coming tomorrow?'

　I just said something like that as the conversation from Aulum and his friends was going on.

...... No.

　The reaction was far stronger than expected.
　Plumbum burst into tears and began to whine like a small child.

'No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
All right, all right, all right. Just in case, okay?　I won't.
Are you sure about this?
Yeah, I'll be here tomorrow and the next day and the day after that, too.
So be it.

　Prumbum sniffed and sniffed, "Thun," and this time she stopped crying in an instant.

　The ups and downs of their emotions are very intense, but I don't feel bad about it because it's just like them(!).

'Spirits really only want what they want, don't they?
...... and so do you.
What?

　Me too... ......?

I have heard so many stories about you. Your own stories, the stories of other people, the stories of the world.
...... Yeah.
You are not looking for love between a man and a woman, are you?
......

　He pointed it out to me and I was strangely convinced.

'Yeah, maybe,'

　I nodded deeply.

　More than the beloved one.
　I want a family ...... that is all strongly connected to each other.

'That's why you were sent to this world, I suppose.
...... Hmm.

　Plumbum's words made some sense to me.