Chapter: 26. The True Innocence of a Girl
“…Hoshi no… Hoshi no Gakusei?”
“Ah?! Wh-what’s wrong?” The call that reached Nagisa’s ears pulled her thoughts back to reality.
The other person was the first classmate Nagisa met after transferring to Ark Academy.
As the class representative, she was entrusted by the teacher to look after Nagisa.
So, every lunchtime, the girls in the class, led by the class representative, would come to invite Nagisa to have lunch together.
“Is Hoshi no Gakusei daydreaming today? Did something happen?” the class representative asked with some concern.
Immediately, a lively girl behind her chimed in, “Yeah, yeah! And Hoshi no was late this morning. Did something happen?”
“If you have any worries, Hoshi no Gakusei, feel free to tell us~”
“Mm-hmm, it’s hard to get used to living in a closed environment on this island.”
The surrounding girls echoed in agreement.
It was only the second day after Nagisa transferred, and she realized that she had unknowingly become the class’s pet.
But it wasn’t her fault; after all, with her outstanding appearance that everyone, regardless of gender, would like, combined with her innocent and carefree personality, she quickly won the affection of all her classmates.
“Today…” Nagisa parroted back at their words.
Her mind immediately flashed back to what happened that morning—
Bang~
If the changing expressions could make sounds, Nagisa’s face would be emitting such cute noises at this moment.
“N-nothing at all!” Nagisa’s cute face turned bright red at a visible speed that she couldn’t control.
“So suspicious—” the girls present thought in unison.
What could make a girl of this age suddenly turn red…
It had to be something related to love, right?
“By the way, it seems Hoshi no Gakusei’s dormitory is arranged in the Shikikan, right?” The class representative seemed to recall some important information.
“Shikikan? Isn’t that where the special program students live?”
“Ah, right, those environmentally-conscious folks…” In the general perception within Ark Academy, special students were those cultivated by the academy, who would engage in environmental work in the future.
So, in the eyes of elite and general students, special students were just a group of environmentally-conscious individuals.
“Speaking of which, I heard the student council president also moved to Shikikan?”
“Really? That student council president?!”
“Eh eh~ Is Shikikan a co-ed dorm? Living under the same roof as the great Toujou is so enviable~”
“Could it be that little Hoshi no met the student council president?”
The girls immediately began chattering excitedly.
“…G-Great one?” Nagisa recalled that first impression of the very aloof-seeming Seiryuu, but who, in the end, followed Mana’s every command.
If just looking at his appearance, Nagisa could understand why these girls were so excited and agitated.
However, Nagisa couldn’t shake the feeling that she could somehow connect him with the “student council president” that the other girls were mentioning.
“Well, of course~ After all, it’s the great Toujou~ It’s not surprising that our little Nagisa has suddenly developed a crush~”
“C-crush?!” Ehh~ Was that the expression I just showed?
“Did Hoshi no Gakusei fall head over heels for the student council president at first sight?”
No, it was more like he fell for me at first sight and unexpectedly confessed…
“Looks like little Hoshi no can also understand the charm of the student council president~ After all, he is the next head of the famous Toujou family, yet he’s this refined and intellectually attractive handsome guy~ That’s quite a contrast~”
“…Toujou?” It seemed something strange had mixed in; it couldn’t be related to what I know, right? A bit of cold sweat broke out on Nagisa’s back.
To be honest, she didn’t really understand the people she’d seen so far in Ark Academy.
This was a storyline that didn’t exist in the original work of “Hoshiyomi 2.” Neither Ark Academy nor Shikikan had merely appeared as background settings in the original “Hoshiyomi,” yet characters like “Toujou Seiryuu or Otooru Tanoshimi” were nonexistent.
“Eh? Hoshi no Gakusei doesn’t know? The student council president is actually…” The class representative first looked around before stealthily leaning closer to Nagisa and whispering, “He’s the heir of Japan’s underground organization, the Toujou.”
“Ah huh?” Nagisa’s mouth twitched unnaturally.
“Little Nagisa is surprised to hear that for the first time, right?”
“Y-yeah…” The direction of my surprise is probably different from everyone else’s.
Toujou? Underground organization? Was it some sort of bad taste or homage by the producers when designing the worldview of Hoshiyomi?
Or was it an extension and completion after the game world turned into reality?
But if we set aside that name which felt a bit too familiar, Nagisa didn’t find anything particularly noteworthy.
Wasn’t he just the firstborn of an underground family? In a world filled with supernatural elements, it’s quite normal for one or two underground organizations to still exist in modern Japan.
The girls all felt they had found the right answer; they were no longer curious about Nagisa’s unusualness that morning.
Just as Nagisa was about to get up and join them to go to the school cafeteria for lunch, one observant girl seemed to notice something and lowered her voice to say in Nagisa’s ear, “Hoshi no Gakusei, your skirt… is it on backwards?”
“Eh?” No way?! Was it because this morning was too chaotic?!
“Um, um, I need to go to the restroom first…”
“Mm-hmm, I’ll go with you, Hoshi no Gakusei.”
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“Brother… is something wrong with you today?”
“Eh?! W-why do you say that?”
During dismissal.
Amamiya timed her arrival to pick up Nagisa.
Nagisa was curious; didn’t special program students have after-school training?
Soon, Nagisa was taken to a beautifully decorated and luxurious café.
After they both sat down, Amamiya couldn’t help but ask.
“Is there a reason to ask… have you looked in the mirror today, Brother?”
“Mirror?”
Seeing Nagisa’s reaction, Amamiya sighed and took out a small makeup mirror from her pocket and handed it to Nagisa.
Nagisa skillfully held it in her palm and opened it.
Watching this scene, Amamiya silently nodded, seemingly reassessing her brother’s knowledge and behavior about women.
What Nagisa saw in the mirror was—a girl with a faint blush on her face, her gaze somewhat dreamy and floating…
“Right now, Brother, you look completely like a female who is lost in amorous thoughts, you know?”
“W-what?! H-how is that possible?!”
“Brother, your voice is trembling.”
“Th-this isn’t because I feel guilty—”
“I haven’t said anything yet…” Amamiya looked at Nagisa, who was at a loss for words, with a look of suspicion.
“Anyway, I’ll listen carefully to what you say, so first let me know exactly what happened with Tsuki Mi-senpai today.”
“I-I haven’t said anything yet!? Why assume something happened between me and Kanade-kun?”
“Today, Tsuki Mi-senpai was secretly summoned by the disciplinary committee, and Nishikawa-senpai, who had been by his side, also looked restless. Since you’re in the same state, it means it’s the same matter—”
“—How do you have such reliable information, Amamiya?”
“Brother, don’t underestimate my observations, okay?”
“Whoa! My little sister actually says that about spying so righteously?!”
“It’s not spying, just information gathering.” After a light cough, Amamiya tapped her fingers on the table, “Now, don’t try to change the topic. Just tell me everything, and let’s see if I can help you.”
“Oh no… this is a public place, right? Isn’t it inconvenient to talk about these things here…” Nagisa instinctively wanted to find an excuse to declined.
“You don’t need to worry about that. This place hasn’t been a public setting for a while now.”
“W-what do you mean?”
“There are only two of us here, and today, the café won’t be receiving other customers.”
Hearing this, Nagisa looked around and realized that there was indeed only their table in the café. No wonder Amamiya had referred to her as “Brother” throughout.
“Did you reserve this place, Amamiya?” Nagisa looked at the café’s luxurious decor, which must have cost a lot, thinking that she really was the daughter of the Heavenly Institute to reserve a high-end café on an artificial island so easily.
“No, I didn’t reserve it.” To Nagisa’s surprise, Amamiya shook her head.
“Eh?”
“This was originally the family business of the Heavenly Institute, so I just had them temporarily close for a day.”
“Ah… I see…”
“So this isn’t a public place but a private space. With this, can you talk freely now?”
Feeling trapped by her sister’s complete blockade, Nagisa realized that even if she didn’t speak, Amamiya could still find out information from Kanade, Nishikawa, or the disciplinary committee.
Rather than rely on someone else to twist the facts, it was better to let her—
So Nagisa had no choice but to recount everything that happened that morning… well, she could only share part of it.
After all—
Originally, Nagisa’s intention was just to offer Kanade a bit of morning benefit, at most pretending to be confused and pulling him into bed.
But unexpectedly, Kanade, who seemed to be possessed by the god of “lucky lechers,” lived up to his reputation.
When he was being pulled towards the bed while she pretended to be asleep, he would unwittingly adopt the most standard “lucky lecher” position.
Not only was Nagisa tightly held in his embrace from behind, but their limbs also inexplicitly entangled into an inextricable posture.
While Nagisa intended to pretend to wake up, she found something very hot pressed against her backside. In her moment of distraction, she missed the opportunity to “wake up” and had to continue pretending to sleep.
What shocked Nagisa the most was, after just two and a half years of not seeing each other, Kanade had become incredibly skilled. Whether it was the hands gripping her chest or her lower body, they were giving her unprecedented stimulation.
The sensation, similar yet utterly different from when she touched herself, crashed over the pretending-to-be-asleep Nagisa like waves…
And in the deliberately created ambiguous atmosphere, the two unknowingly reached a peak.
This was also the first time Nagisa felt being led and forcibly brought to her peak as a girl, combined with the multiple stimuli of having to pretend to be asleep to suppress her voice to maintain her image, wrestling her mind into a state of blankness.
Nagisa clearly recognized that this peak was different from the ones she experienced herself; it brought not only indescribable stimulation but also a bizarre sense of fulfillment and reassurance. Instead of becoming empty or fatigued, she felt a lingering satisfaction and overflowing happiness—
This was a feeling that Nagisa had not experienced before, leading to her consciousness drifting in a daze.
If this matter were to end like that, perhaps Kanade and she could pretend nothing happened.
However, when Kanade entered Nagisa’s room, he hadn’t closed the door.
He was seen by Fuuko, who happened to pass by Nagisa’s room, pressing her down.
At that moment, Nagisa froze with her eyes wide open, shaken by the startling scene before her.
Not only was her plan of “pretending to sleep to act as if nothing had happened” declared a failure, but what left her in disbelief was—
That she would unexpectedly… experience something extraordinary in her life just because someone else saw that scene without any further contact, to the point where she had to pretend to scream to cover up the sweet moans mixed within…
Nagisa’s scream seemed to create a chain reaction, causing Fuuko to scream as well.
Fortunately, everyone else in their dorm had left early.
Thus, the incident didn’t escalate.
However, as Kanade hurriedly struggled to get up in panic, the conspicuously wet spot on his lower half and the lingering scent of heather in the air… naturally couldn’t be hidden from the two girls present…
Even though Nagisa pushed herself to act as if she didn’t understand what that was or what had happened to her, just wrapping herself tightly in the blanket—to avoid being discovered that her lower half was a mess…
After that, there was the moment of Kanade hurriedly running back to his room and facing social death.
Fuuko and Nagisa tacitly pretended not to notice anything and left…
And as a result, Nagisa ended up being late.
How on earth could she tell her sister about this?
Nagisa felt she had no way to open her mouth.
—————–
“So the situation is… this morning, when Tsuki Mi-senpai came to wake you up, he accidentally triggered his unbelievable lucky lecher luck?”
“Mm…” Nagisa lowered her head, her face flushed, her hands rubbing between her ample thighs.
This was originally just a gesture to cover up her shyness, but for some reason, the touch reminded Nagisa of her memories of that morning.
That brand-new feeling surged back silently to her mind.
“…Bro… brother? Brother!”
“Ah?! Yes!”
Amamiya’s deliberately raised voice brought dazed Nagisa’s thoughts back to reality.
And instinctively, Nagisa clamped her legs tightly together and leaned forward.
“W-what’s wrong?”
“…Brother, your hand… ah, no, anyway, I already know what happened.” Amamiya looked at the dazed girl in front of her, enveloped in a peach blossom atmosphere, her heart already having a certain conclusion.
She cleared her throat and asked, “Do you want to know what state you are in right now, brother?”
“Ha? What do you mean? I’m doing fine!”
“I mean, it’s about why you keep zoning out unconsciously. If it continues like this, it may raise suspicions in others.”
“Am I zoning out?” Could it be the End? Nagisa recalled that the last time someone reminded her that she was zoning out was because the End was causing trouble. Could it be happening again—
“—Brother, you’re probably in a daze because you experienced the joys of womanhood for the first time during Tsuki Mi-senpai’s lucky lecher incident, so it’s been hard to concentrate and you’re reminiscing endlessly…”
“!?” Nagisa felt a lightning bolt strike her from behind, freezing her in place.
“…I… I’m reminiscing?” Nagisa murmured in disbelief.
Although today was indeed her first experience of reaching that moment because of someone else, and that feeling had exceeded her expectations in many aspects…
But… I… am I still thinking about that feeling Kanade gave me?
Nagisa’s mind crashed on the spot, producing thick white smoke.
“Ugh~” Seeing this, Amamiya couldn’t help but sigh.
—Her brother, clearly dressed like a shameless girl, unexpectedly becomes swooning after having tasted that feeling.
—She was far purer than a simple girl in her teenage years…
“Such a worry-free, foolish brother…”
