The Flag Must Be Cut Before It Flies

The next day, early morning.

As usual, woken up by Gray, then went to the dining room on the first floor.

"Good morning..."

Still a little tired, Naoki greeted the two cooks in the kitchen.

"Good morning, Brother."

"So listless in the morning, did you have a nightmare?" With a bright smile, Merlin came up to Naoki. "In that case, would you like me to protect your dreams from now on? I can make you have beautiful, pink-colored dreams every night."

"Washing the sheets would be a real pain, and what's with pink? If you interfere, I'll definitely only have pitch-black nightmares."

Pulling out a chair and sitting down, Naoki sighed softly, "Just dreamed about that place again, Millennium Castle."

"Ah, that dream again."

Millennium Castle.

Merlin had heard Naoki mention several times that he had been frequently dreaming that dream lately. After all, this was something related to dreams, so Naoki's first thought for answers was naturally Merlin.

And unfortunately, even Merlin could only answer the basic principle of why Naoki was having such dreams.

"The reason you're dreaming should be because you've been using summoning magic frequently lately. Often opening the gates of fairies and letting fairies possess your body causes you to gradually possess some characteristics of star-touch."

"These characteristics won't have any influence on you; in fact, as long as you don't use summoning magic for some time, these characteristics will disappear. But because of these characteristics, you can also connect with other similar existences. Her Highness the White Princess is one of them."

The situation was similar to a radio.

Placing a stack of toast, bacon, and eggs in front of Naoki, Merlin asked, "But it's really surprising; Her Highness the White Princess should always be asleep. Suddenly waking up at this time... is she preparing to start the execution again?"

"Execution... the Serpent of Akasha."

"That's right. Eight hundred years ago, it made Her Highness the White Princess rampage because it sucked blood, the culprit that caused the destruction of Millennium Castle. If you calculate the time, it's almost here."

While saying this, Merlin looked at Naoki, "In that case, His Majesty the King, who has always been involved in trouble for various reasons, will he also interfere this time?"

"What do you want?"

"Don't want anything, just want to see the majestic figure of the King trying hard to fight after so long. I'll record it all the time with a camera later."

"Then it's perfect; I'll just drag you along and beat you up thoroughly."

"Eee~ why is it like that? How can you bear to hurt me?"

*SMACK!*

Directly punching Merlin's head, Naoki said lightly, "I'm very heartless."

"Brother, don't keep teasing Sister Mary."

Carrying a plate of breakfast as well, Gray came over and subtly pulled Merlin a little away from Naoki without being seen.

Her eyes blinked a few times, and Merlin suddenly hugged Gray, "Oh dear, my little Gray has grown up; she already knows how to protect her big sister. Naoki, you have to listen to your younger sister; you can't tease weak girls like your sister."

"You really dare to say that..."

"Big brother." Gray pulled Naoki's sleeve, "By the way, Miss Riddel hasn't woken up yet. Did she oversleep? I'll go check."

"No, let me go. I just finished eating anyway and was about to go back to my room."

Today was Saturday, there were no classes, and Naoki usually spent his weekends in his room unless he had part-time work scheduled.

Seeing Naoki leave the kitchen, Merlin suddenly approached Gray, "Little Gray, tell your sister, what do you think about Riddel?"

"Eh? About Miss Riddel?"

Gray thought for a moment.

"My feeling is, she's a very Madame-like person."

"Then do you think she's a good match for Naoki?"

"Match?" Gray tilted her head, "Match in what way?"

"As lovers—or something like that?"

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Riddel's room was next to Naoki's; it seemed she herself really wanted it. Last night before going to bed, the two of them had still chatted briefly through the wall.

Opening the unlocked door and entering the dimly lit room due to the closed curtains, Naoki walked directly to the window and pulled them open.

"It's morning, Riddel, wake up, or the breakfast Gray prepared will... get cold..."

Naoki's voice gradually weakened.

Because the curtains were opened, the morning light also came in, and in this apartment, every bedroom faced a window, so sunlight directly shone on the bed.

And because of that, Naoki clearly saw Riddel's condition as she slept in bed.

Whether it was due to her bad sleeping position or not, half of the blanket had slipped off her body, revealing her upper body which was only wearing a nightgown. Even because the buttons of her nightgown weren't fastened properly, most of her shoulders were bare.

'The legendary slippery shoulders.'

An idiom suddenly flashed through Naoki's mind, and at the same time, his gaze also caught a large expanse of slightly pinkish white underneath and a small patch of purple in the corner.

'This... isn't this a little bad?'

Frontline warning.

Naoki, 21 years old, single. Although he had accidentally gotten to know many women, unfortunately, he had almost never had intimate contact with any of them; his male purity level was almost one hundred percent!

And of course, a scene that would only appear in Galgame bonus CG like this, he had never seen!

'Let me think, according to convention, next Riddel will probably wake up, then misunderstand, scream, slap...'

Recalling roughly that kind of plot, Naoki thought for a split second and then decisively darted out of the room and closed the door behind him.

It wasn't that he was afraid; to be honest, being slapped or something, he was confident he could catch Riddel's hand before being slapped, or avoiding it wouldn't be a problem either. The main point was that Merlin would most likely come to interfere afterward.

If Merlin saw this scene, Naoki dared to guarantee that for at least a week he would be thoroughly blackmailed with this matter! Considering his reputation issues, he didn't dare to linger for even a second!

And not long after Naoki fled.

Slightly opening her eyes from the bed, with a slightly flushed face adjusting her clothes, Riddel pouted unhappily, "Turns out his reaction is like this... even though I sacrificed myself this much. Is he really not interested in a 28-year-old auntie's body?"

"That damn Mary, what kind of move did she teach me, really..."