Chapter 473: Hurry Up and Commit Seppuku! (2)

"What do you mean…?" Ichika finally realized that her current outfit was quite inappropriate. But she hadn't expected a man to be present, so she had been walking around freely.

Dressed in black lace panties and a matching bra, Ichika's figure was mature and sensual, rivaling that of a fully grown woman. 

"Sorry, sorry," she giggled awkwardly, her cheeks flushing a little. Covering her chest with her hands, Ichika laughed and quickly retreated into her room, her hips swaying seductively as she walked away.

Suddenly, Sui sensed someone staring at him. Turning his head, he saw Miku pouting, her face puffed up. When their eyes met, she huffed and turned away in annoyance.

"I knew it! You're not a good person! Sneaking into our apartment—what evil plans did you have?!" Nino, still wrapped in her bathrobe, her hair tied with a bow, pointed at Sui accusingly. Her face was flushed with both anger and embarrassment.

"What?!" Itsuki looked horrified and glared at Sui with disdain.

"Also… why are there two of me?" Yotsuba's confused voice broke in, her attention fixated on her apparent duplicate.

Miku sighed and removed the bow from her hair, putting her headphones back on. 

"Miku!" Yotsuba exclaimed, finally realizing the trick.

Ten minutes later, the Nakano living room had been transformed into a trial scene. 

As the eldest sister, Ichika sat at the head of the table, tapping her bowl with her chopsticks. "Silence."

Itsuki stood up and pointed at Sui, who sat at the end of the table looking miserable. "Your Honor, this man illegally entered our home and had wicked intentions toward Nino."

"He pretended to be Miku and saw me naked when he handed me a bathrobe," Nino added coldly. Now dressed in a loose, off-the-shoulder blue T-shirt and high-waisted, tight-fitting denim shorts, she raised her hand with a stern expression.

"Oh, how scandalous," Ichika said with a playful smile.

Feeling increasingly depressed, Sui groaned. "I'm not an illegal trespasser, alright?"

"Defense, please present your case," Ichika announced, tapping her bowl again.

Seated on the sofa, Miku raised her hand calmly. "I can confirm that I invited Sui inside. We spent the whole afternoon in my room and never went out."

Sui glanced at Miku, his eyes full of gratitude.

"What? You two were alone together in the room all afternoon!?" Itsuki looked at them in disbelief. Miku, who usually had no friends other than her sisters, had invited Sui to her room?

The other sisters exchanged surprised glances.

"N-no, it's not like that…" Miku's face turned beet red as steam seemed to rise from her head.

"Miku, are you dating Sui!?" Yotsuba asked, shocked.

"No, we're just friends." Miku turned her head away, still flushed, but spoke in her usual calm tone. "Anyway, I handed Nino the bathrobe, and Sui never left my room."

Sui looked at Miku, overwhelmed with gratitude for her lie.

"I don't believe it!" Nino crossed her arms, her legs swinging like a spoiled aristocrat. "If Miku handed me the bathrobe, why did she throw me to the ground and k-kiss and touch me?!"

"K-kiss and touch?!" Yotsuba gasped, looking horrified.

"Is that true, Sui!?" Miku turned to stare at Sui.

"Wait, when did I kiss or touch you?" Sui's face filled with indignation. "You're completely making this up!"

"Hah, so you 'did' hand me the bathrobe," Nino said with a sly grin.

Sui was speechless. 'Did she trick me?' He cursed his luck, wondering if this was payback for cooking better food than her last time. He glanced at Miku, silently pleading for help.

"I don't want to see you! Hurry up and commit seppuku!" Miku puffed out her cheeks, turning away in feigned jealousy.

"Sui, did you really do something like that to Nino? That's not right," Ichika said, pretending to be serious.

"I didn't kiss or touch her, okay?" Sui said, half amused, half exasperated.

"Hmph! I saw that evil grin on your face back then!" Nino accused.

"Wait a second, Nino," Itsuki interrupted, frowning. "Don't you always take your glasses off when you shower? How could you have seen his expression?"

"Oh… that's true," Ichika said, nodding. "It's suspicious."

"Well, it's because… Anyway, he did something bad to me!" Nino blushed, flustered.

"But I don't think Sui is that kind of person," Yotsuba chimed in. "I bet he was just trying to be nice and handed you the bathrobe, right?"

"I agree. Sui may not seem like a saint, but he's definitely not a bad person," Miku added calmly.

"Miku, why do you always side with him?" Nino fumed, glaring at her sister.

"I'm not biased. You're just being unreasonable, Nino."

"I was seen naked!"

"So what? It's not like you're missing a piece of flesh because of it."

"Youre saying that because it's me who's seen naked, not you!"

"We all have the same bodies," Miku replied coolly.

"Alright, alright, that's enough," Ichika said, stepping in to calm the situation like a proper big sister.

"And the freshly dried bathrobes were still on the sofa. You were seen because you came out to get them, weren't you?" Itsuki pointed to the bathrobes on the couch.

"So, the truth is, Nino went out to grab her bathrobe and got seen?" Yotsuba exclaimed, her bow bobbing like rabbit ears.

"Why are you two siding with him?!" Nino growled, her frustration boiling over.