Chapter 57: Organizing Information
The time goes back a little earlier.
Nayoi stood in front of the bathroom mirror in the cabin.
The bikini, which had little fabric coverage, left Nayoi’s fair skin largely exposed.
This made Nayoi feel inexplicably chilly all over, provoking a strong sense of shame.
She felt her cheeks heating up.
To calm herself down a bit, she lowered her head and cupped her hands beneath the cool water.
She gently splashed it on her face, the droplets sliding over her smooth and delicate skin, dripping down her chin.
Through the mirror, she saw her reflection clearly for the first time, wearing that unique double-layer bikini.
The contrasting black and white colors of the bikini were striking, with a distinct upper design.
The black inner layer and the white outer layer cleverly highlighted her full curves, creating a deep and alluring cleavage.
Her hair was tied in a high ponytail, swaying gently with her movements, a few damp strands sticking to her fair neck.
Nayoi leaned slightly forward with her hands resting on the edge of the sink, her posture emphasizing her curvaceous figure.
And in the mirror, with a hint of moisture and damp hair, she appeared even more charming and seductive.
“Truly, that’s the Nayoi Hoshimiya…” Nayoi looked at herself in the mirror, feeling a bit stimulated.
In the original “Hoshi no Yuki 2,” Nayoi Hoshimiya was the female character ranked first in terms of allure.
Even Nayoi, who grew up in this body, felt slightly overwhelmed.
“Why did I really buy such a daring bikini?” Nayoi silently complained to herself.
She rummaged through her previous memories.
Naturally, she knew the origin of this bikini.
The saying “hurt others ultimately hurts oneself” felt particularly true. Who could have thought that after losing her memory, she would take the contents of the “Death Diary” seriously? And even try to remedy past regrets as suggested in it.
Fortunately, she hadn’t confessed to Kanade yet; otherwise, all her hard work would go to waste.
“I never expected to become a victim of amnesia myself…”
Nayoi sighed inwardly: “It seems that for the Hoshi no Yuki series, someone has to lose their memory for it to feel complete?”
In the original “Hoshi no Yuki” series, if a character loses their memory during the plot, their stats would no longer apply on the game level, and their abilities wouldn’t be usable either.
No, if it were just that they couldn’t use abilities, it wouldn’t be so criticized.
More accurately, the abilities and related descriptions would be directly hidden, without even a hint given.
But passives would still take effect.
Then you might see a character suddenly die in battle due to being hit with passive damage, thanks to their “super low” stats.
It truly showcased the game’s poor quality.
“It’s quite laughable…”
Nayoi thought about what had happened to her, which mirrored the mechanics of a poorly made game.
Right now, her abilities couldn’t be used normally.
Unless she was willing to accelerate the “curse” on her.
The “light” soul had already been corrupted.
And the contract with the familiar was bound to the soul.
All the familiars summoned through the “light” soul, or using their abilities, would speed up the rate of erosion.
Nayoi gazed into the mirror at the purplish-black starlight in her eyes, the color of doom.
If the curse completely spread…
What awaited her would probably be a future like Yui’s.
No, perhaps it would be even worse…
Nayoi shook her head vigorously, sweeping away the despondent thoughts.
In a state where she couldn’t use her abilities at will, she was just an ordinary person.
She had to find a way to regain some power through other means.
— “The Sea God Festival.”
This was the most effective method lying before Nayoi.
Since familiars summoned through the corrupted soul would hasten the erosion,
As long as she didn’t rely on the soul,
But directly summoned the offered object through a ritual,
She could effectively evade the side effects.
“Go home…” Nayoi recalled what the end spoke in her dreams.
Minase Island.
The place where she grew up in her previous life, and also one of the main stages in “Hoshi no Yuki 1.”
Was it a coincidence?
The moment she saw the study tour handbook, she froze for a moment.
She never thought she would return to a place filled with traces of her life in this form.
Looking back now, the destination for the study tour being Minase Island could be considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
There, she would have access to the remnants left by her previous life’s various unconventional methods.
Among them, the most crucial was the existence of the “Sea God”—
As long as Garuda returned,
There was hope to prevent the impending tragedy.
“The Hoshimiya family gathering.”
In the original “Hoshi no Yuki 2,” this often represented a very dangerous signal.
The level of danger was comparable to not seeing Yukino in the protagonist and heroine’s CG.
…..
After organizing her current situation,
Nayoi realized she had to wait until she arrived at Minase Island to take the next step.
During this time,
She could only hope for the Kawano City’s Special Circumstances SEMA Division.
The newly appointed director, Yuuki Ueda.
Nayoi had a slight impression of that name.
In the original “Hoshi no Yuki 2,” she seemed to have appeared as a minor character.
Though she had no personal artwork and only had a female silhouette for her appearance.
But her ability was very useful, ranking in the top 5 of the must-have abilities for the complete version of “Hinata Mana.”
“I must find a way to exit the starlight state…”
Nayoi looked at the countless purplish-black starlights in her eyes, their brilliance indicating a very high concentration.
She had to find a way to consume the starlight before reaching Minase Island.
Thinking of this,
Nayoi then noticed that she felt a bit wet between her legs.
The heat in her heart hadn’t dissipated even after such a long time.
After all, the only opportunity to defeat the sinister thoughts in her heart and feel refreshed was with Kanade.
And she hadn’t really done anything yet…
“…..”
How does a girl defeat the sinister thoughts in her heart???
She heard that girls are much stronger than boys; could she suppress her voice enough not to be heard by Mana in the room?
Most importantly….. where were her side dishes?
“… All of this is to consume starlight; it’s not what I wanted, I’m being forced into it…” Nayoi mumbled to herself, taking off her bikini and stepping into the shower.
Trying to use the sound of the water to cover her voice.
……
……
“…. Not good~~ I… I’m going to get addicted…..”
Nayoi tried to lift her sore and soft waist, her dazed gaze refocusing on the ceiling’s light fixture.
She released her lower lip, which she had been biting tightly, gasping for air.
As if compensating for the lack of oxygen during that moment of suffocation.
“Mm-hah~~ N-no, something’s off….. Why hasn’t the starlight decreased at all?”
The warm water from the shower sprayed over Nayoi’s still slightly spasming fair body.
During the afterglow, her peach-colored skin felt extraordinarily delicate.
Even the water splashing on her skin was enough to cause her legs to twitch slightly.
She discovered a shocking fact.
Her body was even more sensitive than she had imagined… ah, no, that the starlight hadn’t diminished at all.
That’s not right, is it?
As a “self” in her male form, she actually had no resistance toward such behavior?
Was it due to the influence of her soul being eroded by the end?
If even this couldn’t consume the starlight, what was she supposed to do?
She couldn’t really end up doing something with Kanade to consume the starlight, could she?
“I need to… do something with Kanade… like… there’s… umm, something like that…?”
At that moment, Nayoi recalled she still had a to-do list.
The instant she thought of the contents on it—
“Goo, goo…..”
