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This should be a good day for me!

I'm going out with Maki after this class..

Plus, she seems to enjoy my lunch—I wonder if Rin and Hanayo also gave it a try? I totally saw them eating their lunch together…while…I also saw a few of my men sneaking behind everywhere around this school…

What are they trying to do…

Sigh….

They must be the beginner in training… I mean…our clan always moves in the shadow, it's almost impossible to see us—the expert ones I mean… the beginner ones are sometimes too obvious….

…is it me or does the people in this school not give a damn about someone hiding behind a message board—which obviously shouldn't be moving around.

Plus… the massage board doesn't even appear to look like the one from this school…

Sheesh….

Anyway, this is the sports class. I'm glad we have this class at the end of the school day so I won't have to care about using all my energy for it.

Not that I like sports, it's just that it takes me more effort sometimes…

But…seriously though, being in the same class as Nozomi and Eli is really something….

The two is so popular…and it's almost sickening when I see them acting so formal and gentle towards others. Sometimes I really want to pull down Eli's pants and let her damned spear dangle… or maybe just to see her have a boner at school could also work.

I mean—really… those two aren't that good. People are overrating them.

Maybe I'm just jealous that they stole the spotlight. But I really want to appear like a star… not just be a nobody….

Sigh…

But how can I compete, they're so popular and they can do a lot of things. They're perfect while I… don't even have any specialty but running away.

Yet I valued myself so highly…

I'm arrogant…

And….

No…no…I shouldn't think like that. I need to keep myself in high spirits. It's no use sulking about it.

Besides…

Maybe I actually have something else to offer….

And…just maybe…if Maki actually likes me, she can tell me what I'm good at—something that makes her like me…. or maybe… love me…

Sigh!

"Yazawa Niko…" my teacher called.

"Yo! What?!" I replied.

"Hey, don't reply me like that, you sound like a yakuza… you know.." my teacher said.

"Oh—sorry Niko!" I tried to be as cute as I could,

"Now you're acting cute… but anyway, I want you to run three laps, ok?"

"Ok!" I replied again—trying to be cute.

I swear I can feel Nozomi chuckling at me as she sat next to Eli, who has been surrounded by the other students.

"Next number, Toujou Nozomi…" my teacher said.

Oh God… I'll have to run with her?

My number is not even right next to her!

"Yes! I'm here!" Nozomi said cheerfully.

Urgh…..

How could she be running next to me while our number is not even next to each other?!

"Next…."

"Sensei! I want to run with Ericchi!" Nozomi said before my teacher was able to say another name.

"Huh? You mean, Ayase Eli?" my teacher tried to confirm.

"Yup!"

"Alright then, if that gives you spirit…"

Urgghhhhhhh…

Please…

This is not even a competition for me…

"Sensei, I refuse…"

W-what?

"Ericchi! How could you refuse my invitation!?" Nozomi seems to be surprised,

Well...that is indeed surprising.

"I'm not interested in a match that I know I will win…" Eli continued.

Arrogant!

"W-what? This is not even a match…" my teacher said.

"It will be…if you put me and Nozomi together…. We're rivals..." Eli said—formally.

Liar. You're a damned couple.

"…and I see in this match, Nozomi will likely just play around…so I'm not interested…" Eli continued again.

"Oh…? So Ericchi is being all arrogant now? Fine…I'm going to give you what I got…." Nozomi replied.

Have mercy….

"No additional power allowed…" Eli said.

"Fine by me…." Nozomi replied again.

Heh—this is going to be good then…

I also wonder how Nozomi is without her time magic… I bet she won't be running fast since she does look heavy–especially her breast part.

Eli surely knows how to have fun huh?

Three of us set our feet on the starting line, and then set our fingers down to the ground. I can feel the heat from the other two— they must be really serious about this match, huh?

"Are you ready?!" my teacher said.

Well…I'll be serious too…

"Get set….."

I can't wait to see their faces if I somehow manage to beat them…

"Go!"

Then everyone will—H-Hey!

They're fast!

Damn it!

I tried to run to catch up with them, but… they seem to be in their own world right now—with eyes focused to the front, and with their feet moving so quickly.

Does Nozomi not feel a single weight on her chest?! I can see it bouncing and it totally looks heavy!

I don't care about Eli since even though she has decent size too; her body looks fit.

But …man… really?

Is this really how fast she can run?

Just how strong is she?!

How come she is so… I don't know….

Flexible… with that weight….

But—urgh! I must not lose! This is the only chance for me to beat the two and be more popular than them!

I mean—Hey! They're not using their power so of course they won't be that bad to compete with!

Besides, right now… I feel like I could catch up with them if I run a little faster.

Hm…

Their legs are so long and they take huge steps within every second…

Urgh…I'll just… try adding a little jump then.

I'm going to try my best to get past them!

Come on! Niko! Come on!

Niko-Niko-Niiii!

Niko-Niko-Niiii!

Get Niko-Niko-Ni spirit up!

HAAAAAAAAA!

I don't know how fast I'm running right now! But I feel like I'm running through the wind!

I close my eyes—and move my body as quick as I could!

This is for the sake of popularity!

The Super cute Niko-Niko-Ni will defeat them!

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

I can see the line!

I can see the lineeee!

I'm passing the lineee! And I don't see them in front of me!

I'm firssttt!

Haaaaatt!

"Yazawa Niko…. First lap….." my teacher said.

Oh…..

I'm still in the first lap….

Then Eli and Nozomi passed by…

"Toujou Nozomi, Ayase Eli… second lap…."

"WHAT THE HELL?!"


I can't believe it…

This is so humiliating.

I—Yazawa Niko… daughter of the master escape artist from the Yazawa clan… defeated horribly by two idiot genie—or wish makers…whatever you call them. They didn't even use magic.

And they….

Are really idiots…

"Aaahhh! Ericchi! You are so fast and strong! I wonder why we're not married yet…" Nozomi leaned against Eli's body,

"Nozomi…. we don't even need to get married to be soul mates…" Eli said gently,

"Ohhh you're so romantic!" Nozomi hugged her…

Yeah…yeah….

Please… just stay away from me… I'm waiting for Maki now….

Why hasn't she come out yet?

"L-Let me go! S-Sheesh! I told you…I'm not going to meet anyone!" I can hear her voice.

"But—Maki-chan… this is pretty dangerous-nya!"

"I know-I know… I'll take care of myself! I really can do this…." Maki said.

"Oi…" I called them.

"U-Uweh!? N-Niko-chan…" Rin said.

"What the hell are you doing to her?"

"E-Eh?! I…I was just warning her to not go home through the usual way-nya. There have been spotted a few Wish maker Hunters around…and…."

"Wish maker Hunters?" I tried to ask,

I turned to Nozomi and Eli, they seems to be focused on our talk as well.

"Yes… Kayochin may not be a Wish maker right now, but she still has the soul and the power… and they're after me… Luckily I managed to escape and a few of my men are distracting them-nya… Now Kayo-chin went home first so she can teleport me there…."

"W-wait a minute, you were saying… they're after Hanayo, but then you said they're after you?" I asked,

"M-More importantly, how could she still have her power if she is no longer a wish maker?" Maki asked,

"She eats rice…. And she gets her power from that-nya…. But she is no longer bound to the duty of fulfilling my wish again! She can do whatever she wants nya!"

Oh…

Eat more rice and get more power?

I wonder if Nozomi could do that too.

"Hey, Nozomi, you were complaining that you lost your power, right? Why don't you eat rice?" I asked.

"You're not even paying me with that… more importantly; you don't even pay me with anything!" Nozomi replied.

"Huh!? Really? Then how come you have contract with me?" I asked.

She averted her eyes,

"You told me you'll find something to pay with…." She said.

"Really? I said that?" I asked.

"You did…." She replied.

"Huh? Well… then, rice it is… so go eat some rice now…"

"Nope, I want meat… feed me meat!"

"Those are expensive, you ass!" I said loudly.

"Then that's no deal, you don't even want to spend money for me…"

"But meats are expensive! Looking at you, I get a feeling you won't be full even with a truck of meat!"

"I'm never full…" said that boobs-chan so proudly.

"That's not something to be proud off, you shithead! That's called being greedy!"

"Greedy is only if you take more than what you can take… I can take a whole truck if someone gives me a whole truck…." She replied,

"Huh!? What kind of logic is that?!" I yelled,

"An easy logic, if you give me one piece and I take the whole truck, then I am greedy, but if you give me the whole truck and I take the whole truck, then I'm not greedy…"

"What the hell?"

"Nyaaa—it's not a time for jokes-nya!"

"I wasn't joking though…" Nozomi replied.

Ye-uh, and it's going to waste more time trying to smite her with some senses…

"Maki-chan should be going somewhere first-nya! Then back home after it's safe to do so! Else, they will follow you around-nya!" Rin said.

"I'll be fine…" Maki said as she glanced at Eli,

"And… you haven't answered why you said that they're after you while they're looking for Hanayo…" I said.

"Oh–that…. I don't know nya! But... it might have something to do with the ownership-nya!"

"Ownership?" I asked.

Maki averted her eyes,

"I…I remember I've heard from someone that…it's possible for someone to take the ownership of their wish maker by killing the owner…" she said.

"That's Ridiculous! I mean, really?" I said loudly.

"I have to admit, there's no limit to human greed…" Eli said.

Huh…why is she so serious now…? Just a while ago she was being an idiot…

"….they surely think that they have enough to pay for more than one wish maker. They're like woman who wants more than a man to please her… or a man who thinks he can have more than one woman to please him…" Nozomi added.

This shithead still talks so vulgarly. So I suppose they're currently normal.

"Can't you make it less vulgar…" Maki sighed.

"Oh—Maki-chan, I know you want it…" Nozomi said seductively.

"G-Gh! S-Shut the hell up!" Maki retorted as her face turned extremely red.

"OI-oi!, stop teasing her, you idiot… spit out some solutions for us already…"

"Yes—and the fact that I told my parents to not send me a car to pick me up…." Maki paused,

"U-Using car can make it worse nya, they could stop us on the way-nya…" Rin said.

I'm glad you said that, I was about to feel bad for telling her to do that just because I wanted to find an excuse to walk home with her.

"It will not work, either way…." Said someone— sounded like a heavy female voice that sounded pretty scary.

We tried to look around for the source—

Uhm…isn't that, Sonoda Umi?

The second year….

She is standing right in front of the gate.

"You are…. Sonoda Umi….?" Maki said with a frown on her face.

Well, it can't be helped to look at her furiously like that—especially when she is holding a bow and arrow socket,

"I've found you all here…." Umi continued.

"You are… the hunter?" Maki said furiously.

"Yes…but not one from those gangs…" she replied coldly.

"…I will not kill any of you…" she continued as she smiled,

"—only if you are willing to cooperate—…"

"Hey—I don't remember you to be our enemy—what's gotten into you all of a sudden?" Maki interrupted her,

Umi nodded, and then frowned at us,

"I don't remember to be friends with any of you either… if you somehow own the memory of the past…. let me tell you… that I'm just working for you…it's completely different from this…"

"Is Kotori Minami on your side?" Maki asked.

I feel like I know Kotori Minami….

Hmm… Wait, isn't that the girl who sells ice cream?

"Kotori has nothing to do with this… it is my personal favor…" she said.

"…and what do you exactly want to ask?" Maki asked,

"I just want you to hand me the red box…both of you…"

"Huh? Both? Me too then?" I asked.

"Wait, why do you want to take us?" Nozomi asked.

That is a very good question,

"A power that is able to change the universe, it is no doubt a power that could change history… and I just realized that after you used your power to place us here...along with that fake memories that you created in everyone's minds…"

"Sadly though, I just lost that power a while ago— I can't help you with 'changing' history…" Nozomi said with a slight hint of mockery.

"…and the way you're asking…it's like you're going to force us to do your favor… I refuse. I don't even obey completely to my master…." Eli said.

"That's not what I said when you were asking me to do your favor…" Umi said with her scary eyes staring deeply at Eli.

"This and that are different, we're no longer a comrades… and that time, you owe me a lot more than that favor…."

"But you said that you'll help me in another time… and this is the other time you're needed…"

"Looking at you right now, whatever you're trying to do is not worth anything. I'm not helping you…" Eli crossed her arm.

These two are kind of frightening now…

It's like, they could act brutally later.

"You didn't even hear me out…. you have no right to say that…" Umi said before she frowned deeper and turning away from us,

"You better sleep with one eye open… I might be coming for your neck later…."

And she left without saying anything else.


I had to let go of the chance to walk home with Maki today,

Sadly…

Because it's not good for us both to be together for now. With some unknown clan trying to kill us and the fact that now we're being targeted by a murderous woman….

Sigh..

Why didn't I say anything that time?

I could've said something to make us still be able to walk together...

It's like, whenever I see Umi, I feel like I'm close to being killed or something. I also feel like… she could behead me with just a blink of an eye… and that's what makes me stay silent.

It's crazy.

…anyway…

Why do I have to get this shithead as my wish maker?

I know she is useful in a way, but… most of the time, she just does shitty things and make me work twice more than normal…

It's stupid that I can't even describe how troublesome she is.

She walks behind me and pulls both of my twin tails, then she also sings a strange song that I don't even know.

I wish she would do something useful instead…

And right after I thought about that, she grabbed both of my breast…

"O-Oi! What the hell are you doing?!" I yelled,

"Doing something useful…" she said.

"W-What the heck?! Get off me or people will get the wrong idea!" I yelled at her again,

"Ahh—Nikocchi… my dear-dear daughter!" she squeezed my breast so painfully.

"I'm not your daughter you shithead!" I yelled as I tried to get her off me.

"Why are your breasts not growing yet? You've grown too old to grow them?"

"Shut the fuck up! You jerk! Hands off me!" I yelled again.

"This massage will help you grow them, Nikocchi…."

"Liar! You just want to squeeze it, you pervert! Go squeeze your husband-wife's breasts instead!" I yelled.

"Aah—Husband-wife? Nikocchi, Ericchi is my sweet-sweet-romantic-adorable wife… she is nothing like husband-wife… besides, it was your fault, right? So you have to take the responsibility…."

"YOU SHIT!" I tried to kick her, but she is too powerful! Damn it!

And just when I thought there will be nothing more troubling than this, I see something shoot by above my head.

T-that was close!

Was that a bullet!?

Then I could hear Nozomi chuckle,

"They're here…" she whispered.

And I could see a few men appearing—they are those men in black again.

Nozomi puts me down and hands me a pair of guns…Where did she even get it from, I wonder.

"Nikocchi, what does your memory say about killing?" she asked,

I was about to worry about the men, but then I realized they're not moving, like the time is currently stationary.

"Huh? Well… I feel like I used to do that back then, but I think the given memory said… it's not allowed to kill someone according to the law…."

"It's not like the law didn't exist back then, silly Nikocchi… you're just not hidden to it right now… the human law has earned more support than the law of the jungle, as it fits better in the society… even though you truly murder for the sake of surviving, you won't be freed from the law nor from the judgment of society. Media has grown stronger and faster, plus, it always easier to be infamous than to be famous…."

I remained quiet for a moment….

Then I look at the guns resting in my hands.

"What are you trying to tell me?" I asked.

She giggled,

"I'm telling you… you have a pair of guns now, if you shoot and kill someone, then you are a murderer… in another meaning, you're officially a criminal in this time line. You will change your life—and you will change the way people see you…"

"I know about that— my given memory said so…"

"Then… if I start the time again… what will you do?"

"Run away, of course!" I said clearly.

She chuckled again,

"Really?" she asked mockingly.

"Of course! The law said it is not allowed to kill, right? Then I won't!"

"….and why is that?" Nozomi asked,

"My mother has lost enough. So I don't want to be stupid and be caught as a murderer! My siblings need me! I know they don't need me giving them some troublesome crap!"

She giggled,

"Do you think you can live with that?"

"I'm sure I can, besides, maybe you never knew, but—I know my mother is trying to stop the criminal line on her— she doesn't want us to live as a criminal again! So I'll be a decent civilian, even if I may not be good at anything yet! Perhaps all I need is to just find a hidden talent and then live with it!"

"Very well… then tell me your wish once you find your hidden talent—other than running away of course…" she smiled mischievously at me before I could hear gunshots raining towards us—which I quickly dodge around. I started to run after a few shots—and that's where I started to realize that I can actually run fast when I get scared.

But this is for real—damn it. I don't even get any practice lesson!

Maybe the running today was the lesson…

But still! God-damn it!

I'm dodging frigging bullets!

Real bullets!

I wonder how Nozomi is managing there—but I'm pretty sure she bounces them off with her bulletproof breasts. I didn't call her Boobs-chan for nothing, huh?

Anyhow! They're pretty serious about trying to kill me.

I think aren't even aiming.

Moving objects are hard huh?

Or maybe this is just the kind of thing where the bad guys are always not trained to shoot properly.

Like in some films…

But for some reason though, I feel like there's something more than it.

I may not be Maki, but anyone can hear a projectile being reflected nearby—especially when it's pretty loud.

Did Nozomi protect me with something?

Who knows... That shithead is unpredictable.

I keep my feet moving while these men in black are trying hard to capture me in any way possible—from trash-cans, leather bags, boxes, or ropes. Yet I feel like they're being slow and easy to dodge. They don't even do anything after they know I dodged them.

They're so stupid…

Or maybe I'm just too quick for everything now.

Hah—after all, Niko-niko is so fast, maybe this is what I call as revealing a hidden talent. I'm a quick runner—and agile too. I can be a thief or maybe an assassin?

But…those are criminal careers too…

No-no…

This time, I have to start thinking of what I can do for my family in the future. I'm old enough to be called as an adult, plus, a responsibility that I have to hold as the eldest in the family— I can't possibly abandon that.

I want the best for my siblings, not just because I feel like it.

I also want to have a normal life…

Not a life where I'll be burdened with trying to hide from the law or something!

I know that I'm not yet known as a Yakuza, and I think I shouldn't be either. For now at least…

But I know well that what my family has done is for the best of us. I should be proud and keep smiling for the better future that I aim.

I keep running away from the men that are after me— heading towards the crowd which hopefully will confuse them. I know they're never going to stop just because it's crowded, so I might as well try to blend in and find a way to get back home. That's if they don't know my real home though… which I really hope they don't.

Please only know about the fortress…. It took me a lot of time to get home without getting spotted by anyone. Plus the fact that Nozomi is currently occupied….

I wonder how she will go back now, but for a Time Goddess like her….

Huh? Did I just say…Time Goddess?

Never mind that, for a shithead like her I mean… I think she will do just fine.

But now thinking of it. I hope Maki-chan—…

I mean… Maki…. That red-head stubborn girl…. Can get home safely too. I trust that Eli will protect her just like how Nozomi protected me?

Urgh…..somehow now I wish that I'm the wish maker… but eh, that's impossible…and sounds too troublesome too… I mean, to live to fulfill other's wishes? Meh! No thanks…

But now that I think about it…

Do they not have their own wishes? Other than taking the payment from us I mean… I hope they have their own goals since they can't be living for nothing… and I don't think they are creatures without such a thing. They must have something in their minds that they want most. I should ask them later…

It's a shame though, sometimes I think that even though I can think that way—I don't think I'll be able to change anything for them since… they are capable of doing things on their own while I just try hard to do it.

I always knew that… but I don't want to admit it because I don't want to be shamed cause of that. I believe Maki will understand it as much as I do… But then, Maki is someone with talent though…. she is not like me…..

While I'm in fact a loser in many things—I also realize that I'm only good at something that is related to running away. I've been running…how many kilometers by now? I'm still not caught and I blend in with the town's crowd.

Then…I see this…girl…

That should be Kotori Minami..

She is already working part-time at this hour? That surely shows that she is a real hard worker.

Maybe I should go visit that café and start talking with her—see if she could do anything with that Sonoda Umi.


So I visited the bar— letting myself blend in with the guests and surprisingly none of those stupid men are after me in this area.

Man…..

They're so dumb….

Seriously…

Who hired them?

Anyhow, it takes a while for me to wait for Kotori—or Minalinsky to serve my table and have a talk with me. Actually, it takes a few hours since I will have to wait until her shift to be over.

The fact that she is pretty much a little absurd on trying to hide her identity— I mean, she is too obvious as Kotori since she doesn't even change her strange hairstyle.

Sigh…

"Ah—I'm sorry for the wait, Niko-chan…" she said as she sat in front of me. She is already changed into a casual look.

"I'm your senpai, you know…" I said.

"Oh…then…Niko-senpai…" she said.

I sighed heavily,

"Whatever now, but…tell me, what do you two actually want?" I asked.

"Two? Uhhm… I wouldn't say two since… it's no longer what I wish….she and I don't have the same goal…" she replied.

"Not the same goal?" I tried to ask again.

"No… we have our own mind…" she replied.

"Explain…" I said as I crossed my arm,

She doubted for a while, but then, she looked at my bag,

"If I tell you, will you consider giving that red box to me?"

"Huh? This red box?" I asked,

"Yes…" she replied.

"I guess it depends, but… I'll hear you out first…." I replied.

"Well… it was about our friend…. I don't know if you knew… but… I believe you've met Kousaka Honoka?" she asked.

"Uhm…I remember that I did… but… not sure when…" I replied.

"Yes… formerly…. She was our master…." She started as her eyes began to despair.

"She always bosses us around—and… it was exciting…." She continued again.

"W-wait a minute… can you explain the basics of it all first? Like… Who the hell Kousaka Honoka truly is?"

"Ah—Well… she….she is a Yakuza too… like you!" she said.

"Oi-oi! Don't say that too loud!" I whispered,

"O-oh….sorry…but… yes, she was a yakuza! Hehe…" she said.

"Huh…okay, but, tell me more about it…" I said.

"I…I don't know how! But… let's just say…. she captured us all with her, then paid us equally…" she continued,

"I don't understand…" I said.

'W-well, okay, uhm…how can I explain it?" She started to look around in panic,

This girl is helpless…

Can't anybody explain better than this girl? Sigh….

"Uh—Uhm…. ah… right…. So…you do know that your father passed away and Hoshizora is currently struggling with the economy, right?"

"Yes, and I've heard many people talk about it being related to something yet I never get the real idea of mentioning it…" I said.

"Ah—so you know it's related to something!" she said with a light hearted smile…

Air head…

"Hehe, actually, Honoka-chan was a Yakuza too…."

"You said that before…" I said.

"I did? Well… i…." Kotori twiddled her fingers…

I'm getting eager to choke her now…

"You're taking my time…" I said.

"O-Oh…? I… I am?" she smiled awkwardly.

"Yes…." I raised my eyebrow,

She chuckled awkwardly and her eyes seems to bat into something.

Hmm..

Maybe she has doubts about trusting me?

I can't deny that I would have a hard time telling my story to a stranger… or… to Maki, who I simply thought as ….someone….

If that's the case though…

"Fine, I'll tell you my story…" I said.

"E-Eh…?"

"It's not like I want to tell you about it—I just want you to trust me with your story…" I continued.

She remained quiet for a moment, and then she smiled,

"That's fine… I'm sorry I'm a little hesitant… I already asked for the red box from you as a favor too… so…. I think that's enough…."

"Well then, hurry up tell your story… don't waste too much of my time, I need to go home soon…" I said.

"Y-yes… I'm sorry…." she took a deep breath and exhaled to calm herself.

"Well… It all started from a simple wish…" she started,

"….three of us, before we separated ourselves were good friends with each other. Honoka-chan has always been bossy, but she always makes us both go forward with our lives. That's why; we both really like her…"

Her eyes seems to be sad as she continued on,

"... I was just a tailor while Umi-chan was a daughter of a samurai family. Our friendship was unbreakable until a colossal war broke out between the Kousaka and Tsubasa clan…"

"Tsubasa clan?" I tried to push for details, honestly I have never heard of that clan…

"Yes… and…did you know, Kousaka clan, Yazawa clan, and Hoshizora clan are related to each other— at least that was what we knew before the Kousaka clan vanished…"

"Vanished?" I asked again,

"Yes… The Kousaka clan vanished to pay our debt…."

"What debt?" I asked again.

"A debt that was made by the Yazawa-clan and Hoshizora-clan… I…I can't really explain…but….basically, they all agreed to pay the debt together if something happened, but…the debt piled up too much and the Kousaka-clan doesn't want the other two clans to crumble… so…"

She paused for a moment,

"They said… let all the debts be paid by the family themselves… they decided to make the entire family make a stop on living….which means that Honoka-chan is the last line of the family…"

"Huh, alright… I've heard many heroic stories go like that, but… can you be more specific about what debt it is…?" I asked again,

"Souls… They made wishes with souls as payment…. At first they thought that they could pay the wish maker with the enemy soul… but they forgot that value isn't simply counted by its type of object. A thousand enemies could worth nothing more than a lover. So after they feasted their wishes— and their debt reached its limit, they are all forced to pay the debt…"

"A limit? I didn't know there's a limit to debt with a Wish maker… but can't their wish maker be more merciful or something?" I said.

"Sadly, not every Wish makers are merciful… Nozomi-chan is the one that is said to be the most generous Wish maker, she would grant you any wish for free if she wants to… and at the other side though, Eli-chan is very stingy and strict about her power usage. I can understand that since… she would like to keep Nozomi-chan's power above her standard…."

"Huh? What do you mean?" I asked.

"Uhm…I think you've heard it before, but… Eli-chan and Nozomi-chan are connected; they can share their power as long as they can have any kind of physical contact…."

"What is this connection that you're talking about?" I asked again.

"I'm not sure what it is, I can't actually relate since… Umi-chan and I, even though we're friends before we turned like this… are still un-connected with each other… maybe it has something to do with affection level and all… but…. I don't know…." she replied…I think her voice was starting to fail her.

"It's still a mystery of how they can be connected…." Kotori added again,

"….but anyway!" She raised her voice.

"Umi-chan was really angry about the decision…so… she swore to the Gods that she will remember that day forever and she will also pull Honoka back to the realm of life… however it is…"

"Then… when she realized that we've found that one Wish maker who is capable of changing the universe… she started to act aggressive…and she also started to forget that this era has its own rule…" she continued,

"Question, why would changing the universe have anything to do with that Honoka, huh?" I asked.

"Because… with that much power, Nozomi-chan will also be able to reverse the time—and… she is planning to stop everyone from making wishes so that they didn't get into that much debt—which ended with the death of the Yazawa clan leader, the crumbling Economy of the Hoshizora-clan, and the wild Wish makers that keep taking everyone's soul…."

"Wild-Wish makers? Tell me more about that…" I asked again.

"For basic knowledge, the more pay that is received by the wish maker, the stronger they are… so that's why, ever since the wish makers creation ran wild for some reason, people started to make a lot of wishes and ended up with their life taken away for payment…." She explained.

"Was it not that wild before, huh?" I asked.

"Yes…it was not… maybe you should ask about the origin of the wish makers to Eli-chan or Nozomi-chan? We know them from long ago…even before Umi-chan and I turned like this…so… I think… they might know more than us…"

"Alright…"

Now I see it… but, will reversing the time actually do anything? I mean… It's not like I don't want my father back…but…. I know there's something about my father… something that runs in the family and I bet even if we reverse the time, it will not be as simple as to convince them to not do it…..

Oh—but…

I think… My Niko-niko smile will be able to do something! Hah!

My father said he can't resist my charm so I'll be able to do it for sure!

"So…. Niko-senpai…." She said with her begging eyes,

"Will you please let me get my hands on that red box?" she asked.

Hard decision….

Maybe I sh—…..


Alright...

that's it for now...

I'm planning to go on hiatus after this fan fiction, though I might be back with NozoEli again with another Fantasy AU. Dunno, but I'll see.