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Waking up to find another woman lying beside your boyfriend—that's something most normal women in the world couldn't accept.
Naturally, without exception, Asagi Aiba exploded.
"Bokue!!! Who the hell is this woman?!"
With volcanic eruption-level commotion exploding through the bedroom, Bokue—who'd been sleeping soundly—was blasted awake.
He even had a giant question mark hovering over his head when he groggily opened his eyes.
Following the voice's direction, he was met with the sight of a furious blonde girl, her arms clearly tight around his neck from the friction against his skin.
"Morning, Asagi. Yawn~"
Bokue hadn't really caught what Asagi had said—just heard her suddenly making loud noises. His brain forcibly rebooting, he hadn't yet grasped the current situation and casually asked with a yawn:
"What's wrong, Asagi? Why the unhappy face so early in the—hm?"
Mid-sentence, the youth suddenly sensed something was off.
Asagi was sitting up, glaring down at him with fury, one hand in front and one supporting herself on the bed—both within his visible range.
Yet somehow, Bokue felt the distinct sensation of arms wrapped around his neck, and his right arm seemed enveloped by some large airbags.
How was that possible??
Seeking verification, Bokue looked down.
Indeed, someone was hugging his neck—a remarkably fair-skinned arm.
"So whose arm is this... uh..."
Following the arm's direction back, when Bokue turned his head to the other side, he was met with another fair-skinned blonde girl's peaceful sleeping face.
She remained immersed in sweet dreams, seemingly completely unaffected by Asagi's explosive volume moments ago.
And this face, he remembered, belonged to—
As Liala's sleeping face appeared right before his eyes, even Bokue's CPU processing power froze for half a second.
"I... Liala? Why are you here??"
"...Mm?"
As if sensing the youth's departure, realizing what should've been in her embrace was gone, the blonde girl finally let out an unclear murmur, her lashes trembling as she slowly opened her eyes.
"Yawn~ Good morning, Bokue-kun. Is it time to get up?"
Liala? Bokue-kun?
Already in explosion mode, Asagi's eyebrow twitched hearing these nerve-touching addresses. Her blood pressure shot straight to 180 first thing in the morning, veins bulging on her forehead in a crossroads pattern.
"Heh... hehe... Pretty intimate names there. Care to explain?"
"Uh, she's..."
Bokue thought seriously for a moment.
Calling his relationship with Liala just ordinary friends seemed a bit too distant.
After all, they'd fought together against the Council of Cardinals in the Northern Territory.
If he had to say, it felt more like... comrades-in-arms?
But that raised another problem—would Asagi really believe that, especially in this situation...
So while Bokue was choosing his words, Liala beside him sat up clutching the blanket to her chest, smiling and nodding toward Asagi with just one person between them.
"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Liala, sister of the current Demon King of the Northern Territory, Leohart. Just call me Liala if you don't mind. Bokue-kun helped me considerably during the battle with the Northern Territory's Council of Cardinals."
Demon Realm's Northern Territory? Council of Cardinals?
Asagi's eyebrows twitched violently at this string of new terms.
Though she was called the "Cyber Empress" and could find any information existing on the internet, unfortunately... the Demon and Human Realms weren't connected online, so she had no way of knowing about the Demon Realm's situation.
And this "Help"—was it legitimate help?
"Since it's been a while since the decisive battle ended, the Northern Territory is basically completely under Leo-chan's Current Demon Lord faction's control now, so I thought I'd do some traveling."
Seeing the blonde girl silent, Liala continued explaining. "Oh, by the way, I actually arrived at Itogami Island yesterday afternoon, but being unfamiliar with the place, I could only come find Bokue-kun. But when I found you, Bokue-kun was on a date with your... um, girlfriend I assume? To avoid awkwardness, I didn't interrupt and waited until you were both asleep before sneaking over. I wanted to give you a surprise..."
"More like a shock!"
Asagi's mouth twitched in complaint.
Though she still hadn't figured out who this self-proclaimed Demon King's sister was, from her attitude and Bokue's reaction, they clearly weren't in the kind of relationship she'd initially assumed.
"Sorry, sorry~"
Liala waved with a smile.
"Oh right, speaking of which, I haven't asked yet—you are Bokue-kun's girlfriend, right?"
"That's right!"
Asagi puffed out her chest forcefully, trying to display her already impressive bust by female standards.
"I'm Asagi Aiba. You can call me Aiba or Asagi. I'm your 'Bokue-kun's' Girlfriend!"
She even emphasized the word "girlfriend."
"Hmm~ I see..."
Liala showed no particular reaction, just nodding thoughtfully before glancing at the youth beside her.
Bokue immediately understood what the Demon King's sister meant.
"No need to beat around the bush. I know what you want to ask, Liala."
"Oh? Then tell me, Bokue-kun—what exactly does big sister want to ask?"
Liala touched her finger to her lip with interest, tilting her head in return.
Bokue narrowed his eyes sideways.
"You want to ask about Rias and the others, right? If that's it, Asagi already knows."
"Ohh~"
Liala drew out the sound in understanding, her gaze moving between them.
"W-why are you looking at us like that..."
Though she'd confirmed Liala and Bokue weren't in the relationship she'd imagined, Asagi still felt uncomfortable under her gaze.
After all, normally if outsiders heard about such things, they'd want to gossip at least a little.
But Liala's expression had nothing to do with gossip—it looked more like... relief?
"Nothing~"
Liala smiled slightly.
"Just thinking Bokue-kun's girlfriend is really nice... Anyway, enough about that. Since it's been so long, let's have a long-awaited reunion hug!"
Without caring that Asagi was still present, she released the hand holding the blanket to her chest, spreading her arms to throw herself at the youth beside her.
In an instant, two snow mountains revealed their true form, transforming into flying peaks that crashed into Bokue's arm again.
Asagi's eyes went completely round.
"Hey hey hey, stop that! And where are your clothes?!"
"Clothes? I took them off before sleeping last night~"
"PUT THEM ON!!"
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