Stella: "All right, let me answer your question first. Many of us come from different worlds."
Misaka Mikoto: "Seriously?"
Stella: "Hey, how can I prove it's true or not? Believe it if you want."
Akame: "We can verify through a trade."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Trades require caution."
Rei Ao: "Yukino, am I that dangerous? Up to now, not a single one of my trades has failed; I always get great reviews."
Yomogawa Ayame: "Rei Ao-sama's trades are worthwhile."
Izawa Shizue: "Mhm, Rei Ao-kun is very reliable~."
Kasuga Hijiri: "I totally agree. Rei Ao-kun even restored worlds on the verge of collapse."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "...Sorry. I was only giving newcomers a reminder from a female perspective."
Stella: "Yukino! Nicely done!"
Frieren: "What's going on? Stella, you sound all fired up."
Stella: "Heh heh, I've uncovered his wolfish ambition!"
Mai Sakurajima: "What do you mean?"
Tohru: "I advise you not to casually set traps for Rei Ao, or you'll face a dragon's wrath!"
Stella: "I'm not framing him. If you don't believe me, just check the group—there's something odd."
Hiragi Shinoa: "Odd? I don't see anything strange. It's just a normal group chat, right?"
Misaka Mikoto: "A conspiracy, is it?"
Stella: "Heh heh, the weird part is...other than Rei Ao himself, every single member is female!"
Tohru: "Uh...that's it?"
Busujima Saeko: "Though that's true, it doesn't necessarily prove anything."
Mai Sakurajima: "I think I get what Stella's implying."
Stella: "Right?! Rei Ao's wolfish ambition—he's definitely a huge pervert."
Rei Ao: "You're not wrong, but this is my chat group. I prefer beautiful female members. I'm not interested in guys, that's all."
Stella then recalled that Rei Ao never hides the fact he's a shameless perv. She realized she'd basically discovered something obvious.
However, her words did alert the two newcomers.
Misaka Mikoto: "What's going on? @Rei Ao, are you a pervert or something?"
Rei Ao: "Just assume I am."
He felt there was no need to clarify. Explaining would be pointless.
Rei Ao: "Any questions about the chat group?"
Shiba Miyuki: "Not sure it's real."
Misaka Mikoto: "Hmph, I hope you're not using some ability on me."
Rei Ao: "Hahaha, if you doubt the chat group, let time prove it."
He understood the new members might not buy the group's authenticity right away. In fact, plenty of new members start out skeptical, but time settles it.
When Rei Ao reached the school, Mai Sakurajima immediately dragged him up to the rooftop. Once certain nobody was around, Mai glared at him in frustration:
"Can you drop your perverted hobbies already?"
Initially, he'd thought Mai was impatient for something fun, but clearly it was the other way around, as she sounded rather upset. Judging from her tone, she was definitely serious—and Rei Ao was intrigued.
"Don't play dumb at a time . There's PE class today—what do you expect me to do, reveal everything to everyone?"
They'd have to change for PE. The school's sports uniform wasn't revealing—if anything, it was conservative. Even so, she'd have to at least expose her knees a bit, and she had no clue how to hide all the weird scribblings over her body. That's why she'd bundled up so carefully these last two days. Yet with Rei Ao still acting clueless, Mai grew more anxious.
She lifted her sleeve angrily:
"Didn't you say the stuff on my body—like these weird marks and 'sexy' scribbles—weren't yours? That's some nasty fetish!"
True, she didn't mind Rei Ao's kinks as much nowadays, but she never wanted to broadcast them to other people.
Rei Ao studied the crooked writing carefully and fell silent. He was certain he wasn't the one who drew these.
"No idea what sort of pen you used, but it won't wash off," Mai groused.
Rei Ao looked puzzled:
"Mai, I should tell you, I didn't write any of that."
"Rei Ao-kun, do you even know what you're saying?"
Under her embarrassed gaze, he raised her shirt a bit. Sure enough, her stomach was covered in messy words that extended down below the waist. Rei Ao frowned slightly:
"This is from Tohru's magic. That's why you can't wash it off."
So these were Tohru's doing?
"Seems obvious. Looks like Tohru was messing with you." Rei Ao shrugged.
Mai wasn't dumb. Adding up the signs—Rei Ao's cluelessness and all—she realized he really hadn't known. So she'd ended up trying to hide, feeling mortified for days over something Tohru did? That made her feel like a total clown.
Mai let out a small whimper of frustration.
"What's wrong?" Rei Ao asked.
"Rei Ao-kun, do you have any idea what it's like to feel so humiliated you'd rather die?"
"Hahaha, can't say I do."
He chuckled, moving as though to remove her skirt and tights.
"H-Hey, w-what are you doing?!"
Mai quickly blocked his hands, flustered:
"Class is about to start! We don't have time for that!"
Rei Ao found her response amusing. Right away, he could tell she had misunderstood him. Her first reaction wasn't to refuse him but to point out they didn't have enough time. So she had that slight interest in "campus play," too, it seemed.
"Mai, you're getting dirtier. I only meant to erase Tohru's scribbles."
She watched Rei Ao raise a finger. As though something unseen shattered, the magic on the writing vanished. Anywhere he touched, the scribbles disappeared in sequence. Indeed, she had misunderstood.
She grew self-conscious as her body heated with shame. Glaring at him in embarrassment:
"This is all your fault—I-I've been corrupted by you!"
Rei Ao narrowed his eyes, then suddenly kissed her smooth belly:
"Then I'd better do my best to mold Mai into my shape."
Feeling Rei Ao's move this time wasn't merely about removing scribbles, Mai's face flared bright red.
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