Punishment Method

The day passed quickly.

After two afternoon classes, Yukino and Yuigahama greeted each other and went together to visit Shouko, who was sick from a nightmare.

There, due to a physical education class in the morning, she went home in the afternoon, claiming to feel unwell.

Since today they went to the apartment where the quintuplets lived, Haruto and Itsuki did not go to the library.

At the school gate.

The four sisters stood together, creating a beautiful scene that attracted a lot of attention.

Seeing Haruto and Itsuki walking together, the four sisters had different expressions.

"Good afternoon."

Walking closer, Haruto glanced at the four sisters and greeted them.

He was already familiar with the Nakano quintuplets, including Miku and Nino, as they often met on the way to the cafeteria during lunch breaks.

Yotsuba followed him to an oddity and helped him handle the Rikka ghost problem. Haruto used to meet her on the way to school, but because of the rain these past two days, he hadn't met her again.

However, it was said that Yotsuba went to help at the basketball club again.

The last time, Haruto played a real game of "Spot the Difference" with them.

Among the quintuplets, Ichika was rarely seen, so he didn't know her well.

However, Ichika's character was not difficult to befriend.

"Good afternoon, Kuromori-kun."

With a bright and charming smile on her face, Ichika said in an alluring voice, "Hey, what does Kuromori-kun think of Itsuki? Isn't she very cute?"

Itsuki's face turned slightly red, and she angrily said, "Ichika, don't talk nonsense!"

Yotsuba approached Haruto, putting her hands behind her back, looking up with sparkling eyes, and the bunny ears on her head slightly quivered.

*JIII*

Haruto was silent and asked, "Yotsuba, why are you staring at me?"

Yotsuba hummed and said, "Kuromori-san, your secret has been revealed!"

'Could it be about drying Nino's hair and massaging her shoulders?'

Haruto unconsciously glanced at Nino.

Nino had crossed her arms and ignored the matter, not wanting to get involved at all. However, when she saw him looking at her, she immediately became angry.

As soon as the man heard what was going on, he really looked over here. Sure enough, he felt guilty!

Seeing Nino's unfriendly gaze, Haruto looked at Yotsuba in front of him without expression.

"What are you talking about?"

Yotsuba cleared her throat and said seriously, "Kuromori-san, you know it yourself."

"Reckless Kuromori."

Seeing Haruto looking at her, Miku turned her face away silently, holding her school bag in one hand, covering her chest with the other, pressing her headphones, and softly said, "Good afternoon."

Although the words 'Reckless Kuromori' were not spoken, Haruto understood Miku's meaning.

After passing by Miku, Haruto looked at Nino again.

At this moment, this tutoring task was not difficult since everyone was already familiar with each other, but Nino...

Nino felt very displeased, but she still showed a sweet smile, her eyes slightly curved, and two small tiger teeth were faintly visible at the corners of her mouth. She looked very cute: "Kuromori, please take care of me more in the future."

'Don't force it, your smile is very scary right now, okay?'

Nino seemed to agree.

Haruto coughed and said, "Let's go, don't let Nakano-san wait too long."

Undoubtedly, Nino already knew, but he didn't know when she found out.

And given Nino's nature, did she actually keep it a secret after finding out?

A reasonable Nino?

Haruto looked calm. Although he felt a little guilty, he actually didn't care too much; he just found it a bit troublesome.

He had many ways to keep Nino from finding out, such as hypnosis, memory modification, memory erasure, and so on. But he didn't do anything.

In the end, it wasn't a big deal.

The difficulty level was also very low.

If he misused his superpowers because of this, then he was useless.

Walking to the train station, Haruto received many envious, jealous, and hateful glances because he was surrounded by five young and beautiful girls.

"Damn, the world is already so cold, and he actually has five of them to himself? His kidneys will be damaged, right?"

"That will definitely happen!"

"I don't know why, but I'm raising a torch with my right hand!"

"Explode!"

"I hope you don't do it at such a young age!"

'Do you think it's fun to be surrounded by five sisters? They chat, like countless flies buzzing in your ears. It's very annoying, okay?'

Haruto's face became somewhat dark, and he pushed Yotsuba, who kept getting closer.

If I had to say who was the most enthusiastic, it was definitely Yotsuba.

"Kuromori-kun, here."

Itsuki bought a bottle of drink and handed it to Haruto, saying shyly, "Does Kuromori-kun find us troublesome?"

"No."

Haruto shook his head. Actually, it wasn't a problem, and the gazes of the passersby could be ignored.

There's no harm without contrast.

Compared to the oddity issues, being surrounded by sweet girls was the biggest deal, and it was far from a problem. If he could, he would prefer this every day!

Itsuki walked beside Haruto and whispered, "Kuromori-kun is actually very gentle."

Haruto was silent and said, "What are you trying to say?"

"Nothing..."

Itsuki's face turned slightly red, she held her school bag with both hands, and she squirmed a bit, hesitating, and said, "That..."

Haruto thought for a moment and said, "Flick your forehead?"

He didn't intentionally hide his abilities because he wasn't afraid of being found out.

If possible, he would prefer some special people to appear and come looking for him.

Unfortunately, so far he had seen ghosts, monsters, and onmyoji, but they were all too weak and could only help handle the scenes and such.

"Mm."

Itsuki sighed in relief. It was okay if there were only two people around, but if Haruto flicked her forehead in front of her sisters, it would be very embarrassing!

It's not even impossible that each of her sisters would get their foreheads flicked.

She always felt bad.

After all, Ichika and the others wouldn't agree. They weren't siblings, nor were they childhood friends. It was too intimate to let a guy flick their foreheads.

Itsuki looked at him with a flushed face, her eyes full of hope: "Can you not flick my forehead?"

Haruto said, "Sure."

Flicking the forehead was like healing magic, it only required physical contact. Flicking the forehead wasn't the only option; touching hands was also allowed.

After hearing that it was okay, Itsuki showed a relieved smile: "Thank you, Kuromori-kun."

'You're happy too soon!'

Haruto glanced at her and slowly said, "So, I've decided to upgrade the forehead flick to a punishment method."

Itsuki: "😭"