Chapter 305: The Shocked Kotori
Seeing Kotori's hesitant appearance, Franklin looked at the silent Reine Murasame behind her. Feeling Franklin's gaze, Reine Murasame met his eyes. After confirming Franklin's thoughts, Reine slightly opened her mouth and finally spoke to Kotori: "Commander, we shouldn't have too much work to do either. I had already arranged most of the daily tasks before coming here. Originally, the people in the main control room had the job of capturing spirits, but now that's all been canceled. The other work has naturally been reassigned."
Hearing Reine Murasame's words of joint persuasion, Kotori looked at her in slight surprise. Upon finding that her expression hadn't changed in the slightest, Kotori looked at Franklin with confusion. "Did you tell Reine to say that?"
Franklin decisively waved his hand. "How is that possible? Reine doesn't speak every day, and I only spoke with her a bit more than usual last night. Besides, what Reine said is right. There isn't much work anyway, and with your brother here to help, just treat it as accompanying your brother to play. How about it?"
Wearing her white ribbons, Kotori was inherently gentle and easy to talk to. Being asked to stay by Franklin with a slightly pleading tone at this moment, Kotori, who had still been a bit hesitant, gently nodded her head.
Seeing this, Franklin smiled slightly and gently took Kotori's hand, while holding Tohka's with the other. After nodding to Reine in thanks, Franklin activated Illusory World Genesis, and the smoothness of the ground beneath their feet instantly increased tremendously. "Get ready. Since we're going to play, we need to play something fun and with some depth. Of course, the most basic snowball fight is also indispensable."
"I'll leave the arrangements to you, brother. I'm really looking forward to it."
"Me too. As long as it's an activity with you, Franklin, I'm fine with anything."
The two girls who had spoken smiled at each other. Seeing this, Franklin also gave a slight smile. He didn't hesitate either; slightly taking control of their bodies, Franklin pulled Tohka and Kotori to slide freely on the smooth surface.
It was just the beginning, and the two girls, who were completely inept at ice skating, continuously let out exclamations. Their uncoordinated bodies sliding on the ice made them look like abnormal titans. Seeing this, Franklin smiled faintly and, through the interference of his domain, slowly adjusted their postures. He gradually loosened his grip on their arms. Within the domain, Franklin's control over their bodies slowly increased. After helping the two gradually adapt to the current slipperiness of the ice and their bodily coordination, Franklin snapped his fingers lightly, and ice skates instantly appeared on the feet of all three.
Continuing to assist the two as they constantly adapted, the trio gradually arrived at the massive ice skating rink specially shaped by Yoshino and Yoshinon. At this moment, the two little ones also saw Franklin arriving with Kotori and Tohka.
"Little brother Franklin, are you interested in this too? Don't you need to go capture those two spirit girls?"
"Welcome to play with us, Franklin. I feel really happy."
Smiling and rubbing Yoshino's small head, Franklin looked at Yoshinon beside her. "You just have a smart mouth. Since I'm here, it naturally means what needed to be done has already been done. With my personal charm, capturing spirit girls is a piece of cake that takes mere minutes."
Hearing Franklin's words, Yoshino, with slightly red cheeks, gave a thumbs-up. "Mhm, Franklin is the most amazing. I also think Franklin's charm is very great."
To this, Yoshinon directly curled her lips. "Yoshino, you've fallen for him too. If his charm is really that great, why hasn't he captured Mommy yet? Until he manages to do that..."
At this moment, Nagisa, who was sitting on the edge of the skating rink, heard Yoshinon's words thanks to Franklin's deliberate assistance. "Yoshinon! What are you talking about?!"
Looking at Nagisa glaring angrily from tens of meters away, Yoshinon instantly realized she had been set up by Franklin. "Idiot Franklin! I was motivating you and giving you ideas, and you actually threw me under the bus."
"You're still talking!"
Seeing Nagisa get up and skate toward them, Yoshinon directly chose to run away.
Yoshino's face flushed slightly. Watching Nagisa chase Yoshinon far away, Yoshino gently pulled Franklin's arm, signaling him to lower his head. "Franklin, I'll leave Mommy to you. Once you succeed, Yoshino and Yoshinon will give Franklin a big, big reward..."
By the time she reached this point, Yoshino's cheeks were thoroughly red. She quickly skated off on her ice skates, chasing after Yoshinon and Nagisa. "Mommy, Yoshinon, wait for me..."
Looking at Yoshino's back, Franklin could still feel her violently beating heart at this moment.
At this time, Tohka and Kotori, who had adapted to skating with the ice skates, slowly glided over. Looking at the three who were chasing each other into the distance until they disappeared behind the other side of the ice sculptures, their eyes were full of curiosity. "Brother, what exactly happened? Why did they suddenly start chasing each other?"
Seeing that Tohka was also very curious, Franklin looked at the white-ribbon-wearing Kotori and the innocent Tohka with a wicked smirk. "Yoshinon gave me a good suggestion that I had been hesitating about. And just now, Miss Nagisa heard this suggestion, so things turned out like this."
Hearing Franklin's ambiguous answer, the two became even more curious. "Franklin, what exactly was the suggestion that could make Miss Nagisa shy, angry, and anxious all at once?"
"That's right, brother, what exactly was the suggestion?"
Franklin smiled and finally explained, "It's very simple. Yoshinon wanted to make things a bit more exciting. She wanted me to capture Miss Nagisa."
"What's wrong with capturing Miss Nagisa? What's so exciting about that? Franklin, that's nothing major, right?"
Tohka, who didn't quite understand the rules of human society, completely missed the point. Kotori, however, instantly blushed red in a split second. She glared angrily at Franklin. "Brother, you agreed?"
Franklin looked at Kotori with a smile and gently nodded. "I did indeed agree, and I've already started implementing it."
Kotori's cheeks instantly flushed crimson with embarrassment, and she angrily kicked Franklin's calf. "Brother, you've completely turned into a pervert! Why would you agree to such a thing?"
Tohka looked at Franklin with a face full of curiosity. "So, why is Kotori angry again? Was there something I didn't understand about what you just said, Franklin?"
Franklin smiled and shook his head. "What I said means exactly what it sounds like on the surface. To you and me, Tohka, it really is nothing. It's just that sometimes, when you factor in interpersonal and blood relationships, it becomes very hard for people to accept."
Tohka nodded, seeming to understand but not fully grasping it. Then she tugged on Kotori's arm. "Kotori, what exactly are you angry about? I still don't quite understand."
At this moment, Kotori also stopped her useless venting. She let out a soft breath and looked at Tohka. "Brother is planning to capture Yoshino and Yoshinon's mother and make her his girlfriend too. Isn't that weird?"
Tohka scratched her head in confusion and stared closely at Kotori with a face full of innocence. "Is it weird? I feel like it's nothing major. They're all women, and they're all strangers becoming family. What's so weird about that?"
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