Pain and Happiness
The girls' screams seemed to be heard even by Asahi in the next villa.
He couldn't help turning his head to see the question mark in his head, and then he couldn't help calling Utaha, wanting to ask what was going on.
At the same time, the screaming girls heard that, in addition to the sudden appearance of the TV, the cell phone placed in front of Utaha also immediately lit up, and a cold ringtone sounded.
"My leg is missing, can you give me yours?"
"Ahhhhh!!!"
The scream that was slightly slowed down, suddenly triggered another round.
Utaha covered her ears, picking up the cell phone in front of her: "This is just a ringtone I made on purpose, don't shout, it's Asahi's phone."
Hearing what she said, the girls hesitated.
Kobato and Rikka had been in each other's arms for a long time.
It seemed that tears could flow at any moment.
Press the answer button, then press the handsfree speaker, and Utaha says: "Hello, Asahi, what's up?"
"You're asking me what happened to you there?"
Asahi's doubtful voice came: "I can hear your screams from here."
"We're talking horror stories here."
Utaha glanced at the girls with different faces, and suppressed a smile.
"Hard to believe?"
Asahi was speechless, no wonder he shouted so loudly: "Kobato is there too?"
His little sister's resistance to horror stories and ghosts is so weak, Asahi worries that it will be too unbearable.
"Wuuuu, Onii-chan, hurry back, I want to sleep with you tonight."
Kobato curled up on the sofa and almost rolled into a ball. let go Rikka ran to the phone and said in a crying voice.
"Onii-chan will be back in half an hour, just wait obediently."
"Good."
Then he chatted with the girls before Asahi hung up.
He looked at the time in the lower right corner of the computer, it was already 10 p.m., that is to say, a full three hours had passed since he started work.
His efficiency was also very high. In just three hours, he and Mashiro completed one-seventh of Eriri's remaining finishing work. If Eriri herself were added, her progress would be even more satisfactory.
Soon, after half an hour, Asahi and Mashiro finished the last point, stretched their waists, got up and went to the living room.
"The rest is expected to be completed in two days, tomorrow and the day after. Today we go back first."
Holding Mashiro's hand, Asahi greeted before leaving.
"Oh, okay... Thank you."
Eriri was at work, rushing up to tell the two of them to get out.
Watching the backs of the two gradually disappear into the night, Eriri felt nothing.
"Then it's time to go out and hold a test of courage."
Utaha turned on the light and spoke quietly.
However, no one stood up. Rikka and Kobato hugged each other for warmth and continued to shiver. After a while, Nayuta managed to speak: "Forget it, it's dark and dangerous outside."
"Um… It would be bad if something happened."
Hearing what she said, the others agreed, Kobato and Rikka nodded desperately.
"Are you all scared?"
Utaha showed an inexplicable smile.
"The ghost stories you tell can't scare me! I've never heard of such a thing! And think about it, there's a lot of nonsense in that story!"
That's a lot of effort to argue.
"This is an old story I've heard from other people, and there must be a lot of strange things. Forget it, it doesn't matter if you see it lying."
"I'm not afraid of made-up ghost stories!"
Hearing Utaha's indifferent words, Nayuta responded with an unnatural expression.
Utaha sighed in surprise: "Then do you want to suspend the test of courage? Anyway, I think it will be fine."
She asked the women for their opinion.
Of course, no one insisted on testing courage.
So, when Asahi returned, he found that the lights in the villa were brightly lit, even the lights in the corner were turned on, and not even the slightest shadow was allowed.
As soon as he led Mashiro to the door, Asahi was caught by his little sister who rushed over: "Onii-chan, why are you coming back so slowly!"
Kobato seemed to have a lot of hatred, and blamed him for moving too slowly. Comforting his little sister who was buried in his arms, because of such a movement, Kobato's voice sounded very dull. While Rikka was very jealous, she also wanted to find a safe and reliable embrace to wash away the fear in her heart.
"You can't hear horror stories, why?"
Asahi shook his head, feeling unreasonable.
"As for the thrill, isn't that the best reason to experience danger in extreme safety? It's like a roller coaster."
Utaha combed her long hair and said with a smile: "However, this kind of stimulation is still a bit unbelievable. Even if it's perfectly safe, enjoying the scary stuff always feels like putting the cart before the horse. Maybe everyone found it interesting, so they didn't bring it up, but that was also a certain level of distortion, and there were people in this world who enjoyed this kind of thing. It might be an abnormal state."
Regarding her words, Chika nodded in agreement: "That's right, maybe it is."
Hina was in deep thought, while Kazusa crossed her arms and agreed with her: "On second thought, that seems true."
"You two will double philosophy."
Asahi interrupted the girls' topic, felt sleepy, yawned and said: "Forget it, I'll sleep first, remember to stay calm."
After speaking, he led Kobato up the stairs to the second floor.
The entire villa has five bedrooms, more than enough to accommodate eight people.
Rikka hesitated for a moment, and followed suit: "Asahi Onii-san, can I sleep together?"
"OKAY."
Guessing that Rikka was also afraid of ghost stories, Asahi immediately agreed.
Seeing this, Nayuta showed a dissatisfied expression. Originally, she had been prepared to attack tonight, but the addition of two little girls was clearly outside her plans.
Utaha saw through her small thoughts, but didn't show it: "I'm really tired from playing today, so I'm going to sleep first, Hina-san doesn't mind sharing a room with me."
"Do not think about it."
As Hina said, she went up to the second floor and entered the second bedroom at the same time.
"Wait…, when did the two of them get along?"
Nayuta always felt that something was wrong.