Approaching May, the weather began to get hot.
In the evening, only a sliver of afterglow remained in the sky. On the back porch, Sorata, having finished dinner, sat lazily on the floor, leaning against the wall, holding the phone that Misaki Kamigusa called the succubus custom edition.
In the upper left corner of the phone, a rice grain-sized, crystal-like purple magic stone emitted a faint, almost imperceptible magical aura that shrouded the phone, making the true content invisible to ordinary people.
Beside him, Shiina Mashiro, who had already taken a bath and was wearing a sleeveless white dress, sat with her legs curled up next to Sorata, shoulder to shoulder with him, drawing with all her attention.
The faint fragrance of shower gel mixed with the girl's unique body scent wafted into his nose. Occasionally, a few strands of hair brushed past his eyes with the gentle breeze. At this moment, the two of them were like a couple enjoying the afterglow of the setting sun, the atmosphere very warm.
Shiina Mashiro needed to finish drawing the illustrations for the first volume of Toradora! before Sorata submitted the manuscript for the third volume tomorrow, and then start on the illustrations for the second volume.
That day, after confirming that Sorata really wanted Shiina Mashiro to adapt Toradora! into a manga, Iida Ayano went to Kamimura Yuko, and then Kamimura Yuko called Sorata to confirm.
Faced with the request from Sorata, the author of the work, and impressed by Shiina Mashiro's colorful illustrations that day, Kamimura Yuko didn't insist. However, she did say to let Shiina Mashiro draw the illustrations for the second volume first.
Her original plan to release the second volume half a month after the first volume, following the heat of the first volume's popularity, was also changed to a continuous release three days after the first volume due to some unexpected reasons.
However, she probably couldn't imagine that Shiina Mashiro's colorful illustrations and black-and-white manga were different from what she had envisioned.
Mashiro was now able to perfectly complete the illustrations because Sorata was guiding her hand by her side, fixing the expressions and appearances of the main characters. She only needed to modify the scenes, copy them, and add color.
Breaking News, an ancient sealed evil entity appeared in the ruins battlefield of the Third Forbidden Zone, a newly promoted Silver Moon-level six-winged seraph of Heaven has fallen, and the Fifth Angel Legion suffered heavy losses. The entrance to the Third Forbidden Zone has now been sealed, and the Heavenly Court's Fighting God General, the Rakshasa Emperor of India, and the Archangel Gabriel of Heaven, three Ancient Moon-level supreme powerhouses, have entered to suppress it.
A spatial crack appeared in Area 13 of the United States last night, and a four-star-level evil entity from the ruins appeared. Its chaotic and mad magnetic field caused more than 3,000 casualties and was annihilated by the Holy Sword Judgment team of the Holy See that rushed to the scene.
A deserted island shrouded in mist emerged in the depths of the East Sea. Many creatures from ancient times inhabit it. Its danger level is rated four stars and has been sealed off by Xia Country. The official report will be open to the public in the near future. Those who want to explore it can sign up to form a team, limited to experts above the three-star level.
Looking at the three pinned posts on the official forum of the Heaven Observation Association, restricted to three-star level permissions and above, a pensive look appeared in Sorata's eyes for the first time.
Forbidden zones, ruins battlefield, the fall of a seraph... it seemed this world was even more lively than he had guessed.
At the same time, he also developed a bit of curiosity about this Heaven Observation Association, because in the more than ten years of Kanda Sorata's memories, there were no detailed reports in society about the supernatural world.
Occasionally, some scattered information on the internet was treated as a joke, because soon after, experts would come out to debunk it, presenting various data analyses of composites, old pictures, etc., and then disappear.
That is to say, the world where ordinary people lived and the world of supernatural beings were artificially and perfectly separated. They clearly lived in the same world, but there was no interaction between them.
Most ordinary people, from birth to death, never knew that many supernatural beings, cultivators, angels, demons, or otherworldly creatures with the power to destroy the world lived around them.
To achieve this, it was enough to show the terror of the power behind it. It was no exaggeration to say it could block out the sky, especially when strange otherworldly entities frequently appeared, causing hundreds or thousands of casualties.
As for why they did this, no one knew, and Sorata wasn't very interested. He watched these posts as a spectacle for a while, then went to the task section.
Two-star ordinary task, eliminate a Yin ghost, location: haunted house at Bian Du Amusement Park in Akihabara, requirement: two-star or above Onmyoji, lightning-type esper, Taoist cultivator, Buddhist cultivator, reward: 50 contribution points.
Three-star wanted task, a small Hellfire demon suddenly appeared, went berserk and killed three tourists before escaping, location: western mountain range of Mount Koya, requirement: team of experts above three-star level, reward: 150 contribution points.
One-star ordinary task, the eldest daughter of the Ueno family cries loudly every night when she sleeps, has been going on for five days, location: Tsuruyama Prefecture, requirement: mental soothing type, healing type, reward: 30 contribution points.
"Is this the contribution points Rias mentioned? They can be exchanged for original crystals, money, and materials. This feels a bit familiar."
Sorata inexplicably felt a bit out of place. While pondering, the thought of taking on a task to try it out appeared in his mind.
However, he soon discovered that the number of these tasks was very small, only more than twenty within the entire territory of Japan.
And within a hundred miles around him, there wasn't a single task that suited him or caught his eye. The closest one was a D-level ordinary strange task in a county town about 130 miles away.
There were better ones, such as the three-star task to hunt down the Hellfire demon, but it was hundreds of miles away from him, and he would have to go into the mountains to find it.
"Forget it, too lazy to run," Sorata shook his head, who had originally wanted to try and get some contribution points to play with.
"What's too lazy to run, Junior?" At this moment, Misaki Kamigusa came out with a plate of sliced watermelon and asked curiously after hearing Sorata's low voice.
"Nothing, thanks, Senpai," Sorata said, impolitely taking two slices of watermelon from the plate, placing one in front of Shiina Mashiro, pulling her out of her world of drawing.
"Sorata, mean," Shiina Mashiro said, though her tone didn't match her words. She put down her drawing board and pen and picked up the watermelon, eating it with relish.
"Junior, why have you become so polite?"
Japanese fruits were very expensive, let alone watermelon that wasn't even in season yet. Only a high school student like Misaki Kamigusa, who had become rich before graduating, would eat it every day.
"Little Mashiro, I've noticed that you've been following Junior around after school, and recently you've even been sleeping together. Are you planning to marry him in the future?" Misaki Kamigusa suddenly said, uttering words that almost made Sorata, who had just taken a bite of watermelon, spit it out.
"Cough... Senpai, could you not be so sudden?"
Although he had already regarded Shiina Mashiro as his possession, was it really okay to say it so directly? After all, saying this to someone as clueless as Mashiro made him feel like he was luring an ignorant girl.
He, Sorata, was a good person. How could he do such a thing, unless the other party took the initiative?
"Marry Sorata?" Shiina Mashiro tilted her head, a hint of interest actually appearing in her eyes.
"Okay," Shiina Mashiro nodded.
Mashiro's "okay" didn't make Sorata feel embarrassed or flustered like those boys who had never been in a relationship. Instead, he asked her, "Mashiro, do you know what getting married means?"
"I know. It means always being with Sorata."
Shiina Mashiro said in a plain tone, "It's very comfortable and quiet by Sorata's side. I like it."
"Junior, I'm entrusting little Mashiro to you today," Misaki Kamigusa suddenly stood up, grabbing Shiina Mashiro's hand with a serious and solemn expression.
"From this day forward, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, until death do us part..."
Slap!
Ouch... Misaki Kamigusa clutched her forehead, groaning in pain.
"Stop fooling around, Senpai, are you two still having fun?" Sorata looked at the serious-faced, somewhat in-character Shiina Mashiro and Misaki with a mix of amusement and helplessness.
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Need More Chapters
Every 300 Power Stones
2 Bonus chapter
Every 500 Power Stones
4 Bonus chapter.
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