“Are you worried about me, Big Brother?”
Hoshino Hikari asked cautiously.
“Yes.”
Hoshino Gen nodded stiffly.
Faced with his sister’s zero-frame start-up, Hoshino Gen was helpless.
He could only open his mouth wide, roll his eyes upward while sticking his tongue out, and form two peace signs with his hands.
He was effectively a puppet waiting to be manipulated.
“Do you remember the instructions I gave you yesterday?”
“I will never pay attention to what happens to my sister, and I will not find it strange no matter what abnormalities occur with her…”
“Anything else?”
Hoshino Gen did not answer for a long time, acting like a robot malfunctioning due to a process error in its internal programming.
“Big Brother, how could you forget the most important thing? You must love only me, your sister, forever and ever. You will never like any other woman again. Do you remember?”
As she spoke, she gently caressed Hoshino Gen’s cheek with her hand.
She knew that if her brother were in a conscious state, he would never allow her to do this.
“You must love your sister forever and ever. You must do it at any time, anywhere, and under any circumstances. Do you remember, Big Brother?”
“I remember.”
Hoshino Gen nodded again.
“Forget about what happened tonight, but these words will always exist in your subconscious. It is only natural for a brother to love his sister; you won’t think there is anything wrong with it. Do you understand?”
“I understand.”
“Good. Now, you feel sleepier and sleepier, you want to fall asleep more and more, and you won’t wake up for the entire night…”
Watching his eyelids become heavier and heavier, each blink slower than the last, his once bright eyes seemed to cloud over with dust until he finally closed them and drifted into a deep sleep.
Whenever this happened, Hoshino Hikari would watch the scene without blinking, a sense of indescribable pleasure slowly growing in her heart.
Sitting on the sofa, she admired her brother’s sleeping face for a moment before preparing to take a shower and get some rest.
Today’s battle was more dangerous than yesterday’s, but fortunately, she was not injured.
However, Hoshino Hikari had witnessed the arm of a fellow Magical Girl being bitten off by a Magic Beast.
If nothing else happened, that Magical Girl would never be able to fight again.
According to her senior Magical Girl, a long, long time ago, there was an S-level water-style magic user who possessed extremely powerful healing abilities.
Even such a terrifying injury could be completely healed by her in just a few minutes.
Unfortunately, ever since that S-level Magical Girl sacrificed herself, no other Magical Girl with such strong healing abilities had appeared.
What Hoshino Hikari did not know was that the S-level Magical Girl had not sacrificed herself at all.
At this very moment, she was in her brother’s bedroom, looking through the peephole on the door and taking in everything that had happened in the living room.
From start to finish, Kurosawa Shizuka had not blinked once.
Her mouth was wide open, and she was too shocked to speak.
Goodness.
Could it be that Hoshino Hikari has…
That kind of feelings for her own brother!
Is it possible that Hoshino Gen cares for his sister so much because his consciousness was modified by his sister, a Magical Girl?!
No, that wasn’t it.
Kurosawa Shizuka quickly realized that Hoshino Hikari had only become a Magical Girl two days ago; it was impossible for her to have had a Heart Gem before then.
Or perhaps the truth was the opposite: it was precisely because Hoshino Gen cared for his sister so much that she developed inappropriate feelings for him.
As soon as she became a Magical Girl a few days ago, she started using her Heart Gem to modify his consciousness, wanting to possess his body and mind completely.
Thinking about it this way, everything made sense.
Otherwise, why would a normal girl have so many photos of her brother working out on her phone?
Kurosawa Shizuka had always thought that this kind of twisted love only existed in anime.
Seeing it in passing was one thing, but experiencing it firsthand was far more stimulating than she had imagined.
To be honest, even the current Kurosawa Shizuka would not have thought of using a Heart Gem to modify a person’s consciousness to force them to fall in love.
His sister was willing to use such methods just to plant the seeds of taboo in his heart.
Doesn’t this prove even more that Hoshino is an peerless, good man?
No, no, no, that was even more wrong.
Kurosawa Shizuka suddenly realized that if she let Hoshino Gen be manipulated by his sister like this and eventually become a complete sis-con, wouldn’t that mean her own plan to win him over would inevitably fail?
Wouldn’t her long, meticulous planning make her look like a clown?
What am I doing playing around with psychological design?
My rival is literally using magic, how could I possibly compete with that?
Calm down.
Calm down.
Kurosawa Shizuka returned to the bed and buried herself in the quilt.
While taking deep breaths and sensing the unique scent on it, she pondered how to fight for her own happiness.
The result of her tossing and turning was disappointing.
She was powerless.
As a former Magical Girl, she knew very well the power of a Heart Gem; the modification of a person’s consciousness could be described as permanent, even irreversible.
Not to mention, this was the personal Heart Gem of Hoshino Hikari, a quasi-S-level Magical Girl—its power was only stronger, not weaker.
Is there really no way at all?
Kurosawa Shizuka opened her eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling in despair.
No matter how skilled she was at design or creating tempting allure, none of it was as violent and direct as modifying consciousness.
The crystal chandelier on the bedroom ceiling was turned off, yet it emitted a faint fluorescence in the pitch-black night, looking very much like a certain kind of glowing stone.
A fact she had overlooked flashed through Kurosawa Shizuka’s mind like lightning.
A Heart Gem. She had one on her now, too.
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Early the next morning, Hoshino Gen returned to his bedroom clutching a quilt, only to find a stunning beauty sitting by his bed, fixing her hair in the mirror on his nightstand.
Hearing the commotion, Kurosawa Shizuka stood up, stretched her body, and did a turn, showing herself off to Hoshino Gen.
“Do I look good? It fits quite well, actually.”
Hoshino Gen was stunned.
“Who told you to wear my pajamas?!”
What is wrong with these people?
Why do they all love wearing other people’s clothes so much?
Kurosawa Shizuka stuck out her tongue, looking embarrassed.
“I woke up from my hangover in the middle of the night. I felt all sticky and uncomfortable, and I couldn’t sleep, so I had no choice but to find a few pieces from your clothes to wear.”
“You’re such a kind person, Hoshino, you wouldn’t mind, would you?”
Hoshino Gen replied with a dark face, “The washing machine is in the bathroom. Remember to apologize to my pajamas before you take them off.”
Kurosawa Shizuka moved close to Hoshino Gen, looked up into his eyes, shook her chest covered by the pajamas, and asked, “Can I apologize directly to the owner of the pajamas?”
Hoshino Gen glanced at the floor and realized that women’s clothing was scattered everywhere—black stockings, bras, panties, high heels.
The most outrageous part was the purple bra that had been tossed onto his computer.
The computer, now draped with a bra, looked like it had grown a pair of Ultraman eyes.
Damn it!
Apologize to my violated computer right now, immediately!
This woman was becoming more and more brazen.
While going commando, she was even trying to “strike with the goods.”
Hoshino Gen immediately stepped back, putting himself outside of the danger zone.
“You stay in the bedroom for now. Wait until I finish cooking for my sister and send her out before you come out.”
Kurosawa Shizuka immediately felt she understood the reason for this: “Are you afraid that Hikari will get jealous?”
“I am protecting your reputation!”
Hoshino Gen was about to pass out from anger.
“Is it glorious for a teacher to have a student find out that she got drunk and let someone pick her up off the street?”
Kurosawa Shizuka pouted, seemingly surprised that he was actually looking out for her.
Without a word, Kurosawa Shizuka stretched and flopped onto the bed.
The pajamas could cover her voluptuous upper body, but they could not hide her white, long legs as they tossed and turned on the bed.
Hoshino Gen was quite depressed.
Why are they both such perverts?
The plot didn’t mention this at all.
Yesterday, when his sister came home and saw Hoshino Gen sleeping on the sofa, she assumed he was waiting for her and triggered a stress response, pulling out her Heart Gem to control him on the spot.
The naive, lovely Magical Girl from the game script had become an irredeemable sis-con.
And Kurosawa Shizuka was playing this game with him too.
The cold-blooded, ruthless Darkness Queen was like a cat in heat in front of him.
It must be because he didn’t have time to reach the second playthrough; that damn author added so many personal settings to the characters, and now he was the one being tortured.
Today was the weekend, and his sister said she had an appointment with classmates to study at the library; there was a chance she wouldn’t be back for lunch.
Hoshino Gen knew, of course, that it was impossible for his sister to go to the library, let alone study.
It was highly likely she was attending an offline meeting for Magical Girls.
Seeing his sister off on the bus, Hoshino Gen returned home only to find Kurosawa Shizuka already eating in the living room on her own.
Hoshino Gen had left some food in the kitchen for her, but he hadn’t had the chance to tell her yet.
How had she found it?
“I never would have guessed. Hoshino, your cooking skills are actually this good.”
Kurosawa Shizuka put down her chopsticks and wore a satisfied expression, licking her lips from time to time as if savoring the aftertaste.
“If you’re full, return my clothes quickly and leave here soon. My sister might be back by noon,” Hoshino Gen urged.
Only by driving this woman away could he leave to carry out his own plans.
The leader only gave him 1 month to achieve results.
He had to make more contact with other Magical Girls to find an opportunity.
Kurosawa Shizuka acted as if she couldn’t see Hoshino Gen’s impatience, simply saying, “Hoshino, it seems like the front door wasn’t locked properly when you came back.”
The door wasn’t locked properly?
Hoshino Gen returned to the entryway, feeling skeptical, and pushed the door hard.
“The door is locked tight. Where did you see that it wasn’t locked… what are you doing now?”
Hoshino Gen couldn’t take it anymore.
While he was busy checking the door, Kurosawa Shizuka had inexplicably closed the curtains in the living room, sealing it up tight.
Even in broad daylight, not a single ray of light could penetrate the room.
“So the door was locked. Then I’m relieved.”
Kurosawa Shizuka suddenly revealed a strange smile.
Hoshino Gen: ?
The moment he saw that smile, a heavy sense of crisis washed over his entire body.
Hoshino Gen’s instincts were screaming for him to run.
But, it was already too late.
The pajamas Kurosawa Shizuka was wearing slid down her smooth, milky-white skin and fell to the floor.
A dazzling light occupied Hoshino Gen’s entire field of vision once again.