Chapter 6: Meeting with Haruno Yukinoshita

And when the guest, Haruno Yukinoshita, just arrived at the lovey-dovey scene, she was so flabbergasted that she couldn't speak. She appeared wearing small heart earrings and a large beaded necklace. Her dress was made of white flowing material and fluttery lace.

She looked at the two of them a little embarrassedly, realizing that she had come at the wrong time.

Are all young lovers like this?

Haruno had never been in a romantic relationship, so she didn't quite understand this feeling. But, it was not that she had never seen a passionate couple making out, so she was not too surprised.

It was just that from her point of view, it was very embarrassing to see two young teenagers kissing in front of her.

Finally, seeing the two of them talking sweetly and quietly, Haruno coughed and walked toward them.

"You are Haruno Yukinoshita! I'm Kotori Itsuka, pleased to make your acquaintance!"

Kotori said calmly.

"Hello..."

Haruno nodded, and then became a little confused. Kotori Itsuka?

Shido and Kotori had the same last name, so what was their relationship?

No way!

"We are step-siblings, and now we are in a relationship."

Shido was very direct, and told the other party in order to prevent her from thinking too much about his life.

"That's how it is..."

Haruno smiled understandingly. Although it was a bit strange for a brother and sister to be a couple in terms of righteousness, at least it was much better than ones that were related by blood.

"What do you know about the girl named Rio?"

Kotori also asked directly, because this was the purpose of them coming to chat with each other.

"This is not a good place to talk, come with me!"

Haruno said softly, and then asked the two of them to get in her black sports car. It was still not a good place to chat, so she told the driver to go to a better place where she often talked about business.

As a result, the three of them came to a certain high-end coffee shop. Haruno was obviously a regular customer here. She signaled to the clerk and came to the single room on the second floor to ensure that no one could hear their conversation.

Of course, if that person had the idea of eavesdropping, they might not be able to guard against it, so they don't think too much.

After the three sat down, they ordered some drinks, but they all knew that coffee was not the protagonist of today.

"Can you tell me? Who is Rio?"

Shido asked anxiously.

He heard the name Rio from Kotori, who learned it from Nia, but they didn't know the specific situation. Except that Nia also discovered the name Rinne.

"Of course, I'm here to tell you about this..."

Haruno nodded slightly.

"Are you sure you can speak?"

Kotori asked worriedly.

"Of course, it's like she told me to tell you, otherwise I won't remember a thing..."

Haruno gave a wry smile. She originally thought she was the smartest and most capable person, but she didn't expect that there were beings above her, and in their eyes, she was just a useful tool.

Of course, this was also a good thing. If they considered her useless, she was afraid that she might get wiped out at that time.

"Does that mean you have memory loss?"

Shido asked softly.

"Um..."

Haruno nodded, and then began to explain:

"Here's the thing: When you first came to this world, you met me. I told you about this before, right!?"

"Certainly!"

Shido replied affirmatively.

"But then I lost my memory. However, just yesterday, my memory suddenly recovered. This is obviously not a coincidence..."

Haruno said with a little unease, after all, there were people who could easily manipulate her memory. This feeling was very unpleasant, and what was even more frightening was that if the other party didn't let her know about this on purpose, she might never know of her manipulated memory. Could she be the same person without those memories?

"Is this what Rio did?"

Shido asked softly.

"Yes."

Haruno nodded.

"Then how did you know about her?"

Kotori asked curiously.

"Because she told me..."

Haruno said it as a matter of course.

"What exactly is going on?"

Shido really didn't understand.

"That's when, after meeting you, a little girl with short plum hair appeared in front of me. She told me about you, including that you were from another world, and then asked me to..."

Haruno blushed and seemed a little hard to speak.

"Asked you what?"

Kotori frowned.

"To put it simply, she wanted me to make you fall in love with me!"

Haruno said in a surprising tone, and she embellished the word a little.

"Why would she let you do this?"

Shido asked in confusion.

"I don't know much about this, it seemed like she could get something out of this."

Haruno shrugged and said.

"Then have you agreed?"

Kotori asked curiously.

"Of course not. Although the other party claimed to be a god, I didn't fully believe it at that time, and I didn't want to do such a thing, so I directly refused..."

Haruno shook her head firmly.

"Then what happened after that?"

Shido asked cautiously.

"After that, she said that she didn't want to embarrass me, so she sealed my memory away, and that's all I know."

Haruno sighed and said.

"Then why do you have the courage to confess these things to us now?"

Kotori asked in confusion.

"Because she lifted the blockade of my memory, obviously she wanted to tell you these things via my mouth. It's an order, but it's not a big deal anyway, so I decided to help."

Haruno said with a wry smile.

"Are you sure she let you do this, not because something went wrong that caused your memory to come back?"

Shido couldn't help but ask.

"If this is the case, she will definitely stop me in time, but she has never appeared in front of me, nor has she manipulated my memory again, so the things I told you should be her acquiescence."

Haruno nodded and said. In fact, she was indeed worried, but what she was worried about was not that the little girl would not allow her to reveal these things, but that what she said just now was actually a memory that she gave her was all fake.

Even if it felt like something she had experienced personally, she couldn't be sure that it really happened, but in any case, she couldn't afford an existence like her, so she could only do what she wanted.

"Kotori, what do you think?"

Shido looked at his younger sister.

"It was this girl Rio that was responsible for your crossing over to this world!"

Kotori said with certainty.

"How so?"

Shido asked softly.

"As Nia said, she can find information about almost anything, but she can only find the name of this girl. One thing for sure, she must have appeared in our world before."

Kotori analyzed it carefully, and also assumed the classic commander's posture.

"Indeed it is."

Shido nodded.

"And Rio came to this world right after you crossed over, found Haruno who just met you, gave her an order, and sealed her memory after getting rejected."

Kotori said with a frown.

"That's the way it is..."

Haruno agreed. She didn't know if she should know about these things, but since the two did not avoid her, she should be able to listen.

And she recently found out that her little sister seemed to have a thing for Shido Itsuka... It might be a good thing to learn more about these two.

"If she can travel through two worlds, it means that she is of a higher dimension... Let's call her a 'god', who has the ability to bring you to this world. Shido, as you said before, your crossing into this world was not accidental, but inevitable!"

Kotori said with certainty.

"But if that's the case, what is the purpose of this high-dimensional god?"

Shido said with an uneasy expression, after all, this was the most difficult thing to understand.

So, what was her purpose?