"Is Sakura Dormitory the new name for the apartment?"
Pushing open the door to Sakura Dormitory, Mafuyu Kirisu saw the interior.
First, there was a courtyard that had inexplicably appeared, featuring a thick cherry blossom tree with well-developed roots, pruned to look elegant and ethereal, its petals shimmering under the moonlight.
Mafuyu Kirisu felt that if a comedian came to interview, they would surely exaggerate and call it "a Divine Tree three hundred years old."
"Mafuyu, your room is on the right."
Kanroji Mitsuri's voice suddenly came, startling Mafuyu Kirisu.
Only then did she notice that Kanroji Mitsuri was collecting the leaves of the cherry blossom tree.
"Mitsuri, what are you doing?"
Mafuyu Kirisu asked with a reserved expression.
Mafuyu Kirisu simply couldn't handle the enthusiastic Kanroji Mitsuri, and after a few interactions, they had become friends who could talk to each other.
"Making Sakuramochi. Mafuyu, come eat some later."
"Sakuramochi? It's rare to see someone making that."
Mafuyu Kirisu continued to examine the apartment. Unlike the previous simple two-story building where rooms were partitioned, Sakura Dormitory looked like a single cohesive structure.
The buildings, which were ancient in appearance but modern inside, and varied in detail yet maintained a similar style, were arranged around the courtyard, forming a composite structure.
On the right side, which Kanroji Mitsuri had mentioned, Mafuyu Kirisu saw several independent houses with nameplates.
"Was the original apartment complex this large?"
A question mark popped up in Mafuyu Kirisu's mind.
Mafuyu Kirisu noticed something was wrong, yet she ignored the strange details.
Finding the room with her name on it, Mafuyu Kirisu unlocked the door and found that, aside from the building being slightly newer than before, everything else was arranged exactly like her original apartment room.
"Whew."
Finally seeing her familiar room, Mafuyu Kirisu dropped her bag and chose to collapse onto her bed.
"The trash in the room is gone too..."
"Did Kisaragi help me clean up? Today is Friday, and it is indeed the scheduled time for cleaning."
Mafuyu Kirisu, lying flat, didn't want to move, but she struggled to get up anyway.
Changing out of her suit and into sportswear, she needed to go ask Kisaragi Rin if the rent had changed.
Then, upon exiting the door, Mafuyu Kirisu fell into deeper confusion.
Where should she go?
Observing her surroundings, Mafuyu Kirisu chose to walk toward the right corner of the main house, where a light was shining, and she could hear Miyuri Asou's voice.
"May I come in?"
"No problem."
It was Miyuri Asou's reply. Relieved, Mafuyu Kirisu opened the door and saw a large expanse of snow-white obscured by Holy Light.
It wasn't just the white mist emanating from the hot spring, but also several girls bathing in the spring.
Miyuri Asou stood in the shallow water and asked, "Kirisu-san, are you here to bathe in the hot spring too?"
"A hot spring? Wait, where did a hot spring come from?"
At this moment, Mafuyu Kirisu could no longer suppress her desire to question things.
"I heard that the Construction Crew dug up a Spring Source while renovating," Miyuri Asou explained.
"Oh, so that's what happened." Mafuyu Kirisu immediately accepted the explanation.
Lily, who was also bathing in the hot spring, retracted her magic, her eyes narrowed in a smile.
Mafuyu Kirisu looked at the people in the hot spring: Miyuri Asou, Shiina Mahiru, Shizuka Marikawa, and two people she didn't recognize.
"Who are you?" Mafuyu Kirisu asked.
Lily: "I am Lily, Kisaragi's future bride."
Medusa: "Anna."
The name Medusa was too iconic, so she had chosen the name of her Lily form.
Moreover, she was indeed in the form of Medusa Lily, or Anna.
After gaining the ability to perform Form Switching into a younger appearance alongside Medea in The Root, Medusa had become obsessed with turning herself into Anna's petite look.
Looking at these two little girls, Lily and Anna, Mafuyu Kirisu already suspected something.
"This is a crime, Kisaragi!"
Mafuyu Kirisu felt it was her duty to prevent Kisaragi Rin from stepping onto the path of crime.
Just as she was about to ask Lily and Anna their ages, Anna and Lily preemptively explained: "I am already an adult." x2
Hmm... Lily counted as an adult; in her era, that age was considered adulthood.
"But, you look..."
"Isn't Miyuri Asou also an adult?"
Although she was used to it, Miyuri Asou, who was 134 cm tall, still felt like an arrow had pierced her heart.
Lily was 149 cm tall... "Then what's going on with this hot spring, and why is Asou-san here?" Mafuyu Kirisu asked again, suddenly realizing her question was quite rude, but unable to retract her words, she shifted uncomfortably.
"It's fine."
Shizuka Marikawa said casually, "Tenants can also bathe in the hot spring; it's considered a perk."
Miyuri Asou nodded happily, "The hot spring is incredibly comfortable, even better than the open-air hot springs in Nara."
"This..."
Mafuyu Kirisu swallowed, feeling her shoulders already beginning to ache.
"The room next door is the Changing Room, and there are Disposable Towels inside."
Shiina Mahiru's words broke Mafuyu Kirisu's final resistance.
A few minutes later, Mafuyu Kirisu, wrapped in a towel, entered the bath under the shroud of white mist.
"So comfortable..."
Closing her eyes, she had already forgotten her original purpose.
"...Four more added."
Looking at the excellent curves of Mafuyu Kirisu's figure, Shiina Mahiru rubbed her own face.
Since she knew about The Player, Medea didn't use magic to influence her.
Mafuyu Kirisu was probably the only one in this newly established Sakura Dormitory who still treated Kisaragi Rin as just a student.
As for Miyuri Asou, Kisaragi Rin always felt she had figured something out, but she was pretending that nothing had happened, just like Shiina Mahiru.
While Shiina Mahiru was observing Anna, Anna was observing Shiina Mahiru in return.
Anna showed a joyful smile toward this girl who liked Kisaragi Rin but always held back from taking the next step due to various considerations.
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At this moment, Kisaragi Rin was enjoying the Sakuramochi made by Kanroji Mitsuri on the Outdoor Platform.
Sakuramochi is a dessert made of pink glutinous rice skin wrapped around bean paste, with a cherry blossom leaf wrapped around the outermost layer, giving it a cute appearance and a refreshing taste.
"Is it delicious?"
Kanroji Mitsuri sat beside him in the Duck Sitting Posture. She remembered the obstacles she faced when bringing Sakuramochi to Kisaragi Rin in Demon Slayer, and her cheeks were slightly flushed.
"It's very delicious." Kisaragi nodded.
Busujima Saeko listened to the sounds from the hot spring, then came back to her senses and praised, "Medea-san's magic is truly amazing."
Under Medea's Territory Creation, the original apartment was immediately controlled by magic, the design plan was finalized, and it transformed into its current appearance in mere moments.
Kanroji Mitsuri gave the new apartment the name Sakura Dormitory, and no one else objected.
The apartment, renamed Sakura Dormitory, had already transformed into a Divine Temple under Medea's power.
The hot spring was essentially the Spiritual Vein Branch Point that Medea had found in Chiba City to power Sakura Dormitory.