“……Hm?”
 
I’d been so distracted by Matsuri that I only now noticed—Saika still hadn’t gotten in the pool.
 
“Saika?”
 
“??”
 
She stood frozen at the edge, her expression stiff.
 
She kept hesitating, unable to take that first step—almost like… she was afraid of the water. Wait, could it be…?
 
“Saika… you can’t swim, can you?”
 
“……!”
 
“Ah…”
 
“…Yeah.”
 
Ohhh… So that’s how it is.
 
The water here wasn’t deep at all, so even if she was scared, there was no way she’d drown.
 
“I… I almost drowned once when I was little, so… I’m kind of… scared of pools.”
 
“First … Read the rest

Chapter 6: Finally, the Promised Swimsuit—Oh Yeah!
 

“It’s finally here… This is the moment I’ve been waiting for!”
 
Before my eyes stretched a lively scene, bustling with people.
 
This past week… Sure, the beginning had its ups and downs, but now, the day I’d been looking forward to had arrived—the day I’d promised to go to the leisure park with Matsuri and the others.
 
“…Man, a lot really happened, huh?”
 
The interactions with my still-unclear-if-dream-or-reality partner, deciding how to handle the hypnosis app my own way, and even opening up to Matsuri and the others while they were hypnotized… … Read the rest

 
The next morning, when I woke up, my sister was gone.
 
“…Man, what a perfect way to wake up.”
 
I don’t know if it’s because she was here last night or because of what happened with my partner, but this morning, I felt sharper than ever.
 
“Huh?”
 
As soon as I sat up, I noticed a note left by my pillow.
 
[“You had such a stupidly peaceful look on your face. Glad to see you’re not worrying anymore.”]
 
That’s my sister for you.
 
Calling my sleeping face “stupid” or “dumb”—what a pain… … Read the rest

But now, I understood.
 
If I’d acted purely on lust with Matsuri, Saika, or Emu—especially during their lowest points—things could’ve gone really bad.
 
“Yet the result is that kind of behavior… In terms of being indecent toward women, it should be the same. But your interactions with them don’t cancel it out—if anything, they push it into positive territory.”
 
“…Helping someone really is important, huh? For me, well… I get to do what I want with them as repayment for saving them.”
 
“Aisaka Matsuri was betrayed by her ex-boyfriend and abandoned by her family. Agatsuma, Saika, suffered violence from her … Read the rest

Chapter 5: We’re Going to Kiss… Whaaaaat, For Real?!
 

 
“…Fwaah, I’m so tired I could die.”
 
I’d already finished both dinner and my bath, but I was so exhausted that if I let my guard down even a little, I felt like I’d pass out.
 
Sure, part of it was from the back-and-forth with Emu, but since my parents were coming home late, I’d ended up splitting housework with my older sister—which definitely didn’t help.
 
“…Fwaah… Fwaaaaahhh!!”
 
A yawn so violent it made me let out a loud noise escaped me. Man, I’m in bad shape… I couldn’t help … Read the rest

Young Emu and her parents …… The three of them were smiling at each other.
 
The three of them are smiling in the picture, especially the father who is holding Emu, and his smile smells like pure “proud parent” energy.
 
“She did say her family gets along… Huh, nice.”
 
Family’s irreplaceable… I really hope Emu stays close with hers forever.
 
“…Heh. Sorry, Mom and Dad… but your daughter’s already in my clutches—Kuhahaha!”
 
“Kai-senpai? Is something wrong?”
 
“Ghk—!”
 
That evil laugh aside—did she hear what I just said?! I spun around, but Emu just tilted her head. Probably didn’t catch it… … Read the rest

“Tch…”
 
“Scared now~?”
 
“You scared him~”
 
“Nah, this brat’s just acting tough.”
 
“Should’ve played along and pretended to lose. Kid like this probably doesn’t even have a girlfriend.”
 
Their taunts kept coming, and the surrounding looks grew sympathetic.
 
It was frustrating, but… just because it reminded me of my dream, I’d frozen up? Hah… guess it affected me more than I thought.
 
“C’mon, say somethin’? You started this”
 
“Just drop it already.”
 
“Ugh, kids like you are the worst.”
 
With that, the woman shoved my shoulder hard.
 
As she … Read the rest

 
I’ve wondered this before—how did I, the user of the hypnosis app, get this close to the girls who were supposed to be under its control?
 
“What if… just what if—like that man in the dream—Matsuri and the others ended up hating me that much?”
 
I didn’t even need to think about it. I’d be wrapped in those black threads and meet the same fate.
 
“……Ugh, no no no.”
 
What a waste of a Sunday, drowning in such dark thoughts.
 
Maybe I should go out again today—not to look for another hypnosis target like … Read the rest

Chapter 4: I’ve Discovered an Unbelievable Truth, No Joke!
 

 
“……Again?”
 
I muttered under my breath in the dark space.
 
Apparently, I was having that strange, incomprehensible dream again—standing all alone in a pitch-black void.
 
“Cut me some slack already…”
 
Just as I thought the intervals between these dreams were getting shorter,
 
countless black threads appeared out of nowhere, and from within them emerged a battered, broken man.
 
“……This guy again?”
 
Unlike before, when he had begged for help, this time, the man said nothing.
 
He was limp, unconscious—maybe even dead. And then, surrounding him, a crowd of women emerged.… Read the rest

(Every time I see Kai-kun… like today, too. Those moments when we touch, it feels like a dream… Kai-kun burying his face in my chest was so adorable, and it made me so happy that he loves my big breasts.)
 
I think I can feel this way because I love Kai-kun so much.
 
Matsuri-san and Emu-chan have said it too—if we met Kai-kun in our situation, it’d be impossible not to be drawn to him… In those moments when we realize it’s a dream, his true, unfiltered feelings come out, and we can tell he genuinely cares about us.
 
“Heeey, … Read the rest