Thirty minutes ago…
As Hakuto had just stepped out of his room and Nao was still sleeping inside, a rope suddenly appeared out of nowhere above the balcony of Hakuto's room.
Immediately after, a pair of small feet followed the rope down, landing on the balcony railing.
"Hu~ The Wicked Eye! Landing successful!"
The intruder was none other than the wielder of the legendary Wicked Eye—Rikka!
"The Hero should be home…," Rikka murmured mysteriously, covering one of her eyes.
Today was Friday, so Rikka should have been at school. However, for the sake of her Wicked Eye's training, she had taken the day off.
She originally thought Hakuto had already left for school, but after hearing noises from downstairs in her own room, she decided to use her "exclusive passage" to make her way into Hakuto's house.
Rikka tiptoed into the room. Seeing the slightly raised blanket on the bed, she shook her head.
"As the contracted bearer of the Wicked Eye, you must not be so lazy!" Clearly, Rikka had mistaken the person under the blanket for Hakuto.
"In that case, let the wielder of the Wicked Eye awaken you…!" Saying that, Rikka suddenly leaped into the air, aiming to wake "Hakuto" with a direct body slam.
"So noisy…"
At that moment, due to Rikka's shouting, the sleeping Nao woke up.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Rikka in midair, descending toward her in an extremely bizarre posture.
Huh? (눈_눈) Wait… something's not right…
Almost instinctively, Nao's body reacted before her brain could, and she swiftly rolled to the side.
Thanks to that emergency maneuver, Rikka missed landing on her and instead crashed onto the bed beside her.
Fortunately, Hakuto's bed was big enough; otherwise, Nao might have been knocked straight off onto the floor.
"Huh? Who are you? And why are you in the Hero's bed?" Rikka, now lying on the bed, looked at Nao with a puzzled expression.
"Who am I?" Nao was still half-asleep, confused about what was happening.
For a moment, she even thought she was dreaming. After all, who wakes up to nearly being body-slammed by a random cute girl?
"Turtle Freak! Speak! Where have you hidden the Hero?"
"Turtle… Freak?" Nao, still groggy, snapped awake at those words.
"Huh? Me? A Turtle Freak?" Nao couldn't see any connection between herself and a turtle.
She could understand if someone called her ugly or weird, but what the hell was "Turtle Freak"?
At the same time, she regretted coming over to see Hakuto. Not only could she not sleep properly, but now she was stuck dealing with this weirdo in his tiny room.
"What kind of ridiculous nickname is that?"
"You have the word 'turtle' written on your forehead. If you're not a Turtle Freak, then what are you?"
"Huh?"
Hearing that, Nao quickly grabbed her phone, turned on the front camera, and checked her forehead.
Sure enough, written in bold black watercolor marker were the words "Turtle Freak."
The dark ink contrasted sharply with her silver-gray hair, making it especially noticeable.
"Ha… hahaha…" Nao let out a dry laugh, fuming inside. She never imagined she'd go to sleep and wake up with such a ridiculous nickname.
It didn't take much thinking to figure out who was responsible. If it wasn't Hakuto, she'd eat her own phone!
"Shiratori! If you want to play dirty, don't blame me for fighting back!" With that, she turned her gaze toward Rikka.
"Tu… Turtle Freak, what are you planning?" Rikka, sensing something in Nao's expression, instinctively backed away.
"You still haven't told me where the Hero is!"
By now, Nao had realized that the girl in front of her was a full-fledged chuunibyou.
And judging from her words, "Hero" probably referred to Hakuto, who was in the living room outside.
But Nao didn't care about any of that. Right now, she just wanted revenge!
"If you're looking for Hakuto, he's right outside the door."
"Really?" Rikka was skeptical. "Wait, you still haven't explained why you were in the Hero's bed!"
Why? To sleep, of course! What else would I be doing?!
But just thinking about the words on her forehead made Nao fume even more. She swore she'd make Hakuto pay for this!
"You started this," Nao muttered under her breath. She ignored Rikka's question, her mind entirely focused on how to get back at Hakuto.
"Turt—"
"Shh!" Nao quickly covered Rikka's mouth.
Although she didn't know what kind of relationship Rikka and Hakuto had, she was sure they weren't just regular friends.
With her other hand, Nao grabbed a wet tissue from the bedside table and wiped the ink off her forehead.
Then, she looked at Rikka, furrowing her brows in thought. After a moment, a knowing smirk appeared on her face.
Before Rikka could react, Nao's figure gradually faded from view.
At the same time, Rikka felt the hand covering her mouth disappear.
(●—●)?!
"Gone…? She disappeared?" Rikka looked around in shock.
"Could she be… the Hero's servant?"
A normal person might have been scared by what just happened, but for a chuunibyou like Rikka, it was different.
She accepted everything as if it were completely natural—even finding it thrilling!
A second later, Nao reappeared right before her eyes.
"She… she's back? Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)?!"
Honestly, in all her years of being a chuunibyou, this was the first time Rikka had seen something truly beyond common sense.
"Who… who are you, really?"
Thanks to her extensive experience as a chuunibyou, Rikka didn't panic. Instead, she calmly processed the situation.
Nao didn't answer. The only thing on her mind was how Hakuto was about to be in serious trouble.
If she hadn't owed Hakuto a favor—and if she hadn't promised him she wouldn't cause trouble—she would've stormed out of the room and kicked him in the head the moment she saw her forehead!
But since she had agreed not to leave the room, she'd just have to use a proxy…
"You brought this on yourself, Hakuto!"
With that, Nao activated her ability and started zipping around the room.
From Rikka's perspective, Nao was teleporting, appearing in different corners of the room in an instant.
Σ(ﾟдﾟlll)!
A chuunibyou encountering a real superpower…
Under normal circumstances, Rikka would have immediately activated the Wicked Eye and engaged in battle.
But right now…
"Hero! Hero!" Rikka called out Hakuto's name as she got out of bed and ran to open the door.
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