"Eh...?"
Yamada Elf suddenly felt a chill over her body, as if something incredibly important had quietly disappeared without a trace.
Looking down blankly, after seeing clearly the change in her body, steam instantly whistled out from the top of the blonde, flat-chested girl's head.
"Ahhhhh!"
Sora was equally dumbfounded.
Hey, hey, what happened to turning invisible?
What kind of joke is a world where only panties turn invisible! Hurry up and make your panties reappear!
As everyone knows, people are different.
Some people have thick hairlines, while others are naturally born with the baldness gene... and the blonde girl in front of him was the latter.
After staring in shock for a second, Sora snapped back to his senses and turned his head away.
"Y-You saw everything?"
Elf squatted on the ground, covering her lower abdomen, so ashamed she was on the verge of tears.
Sora looked away and stated expressionlessly.
"I didn't see anything just now."
"Liar!"
Elf's small face was completely flushed, almost dripping blood.
"Izumi-kun, your nostrils and pupils totally flared up just now!"
Don't slander my innocence! Pupils dilating is one thing, but why would my nostrils flare!
With your pint-sized figure, no matter how much you expose, it would only make people laugh, alright!
"My panties... why did my panties disappear?"
Elf squatted on the ground, tearing up and questioning her life.
"It might be a side effect caused by magical corruption."
Sora hesitated for two seconds, ultimately deciding to lay his cards on the table now.
Without a doubt.
The blonde loli in front of him was a wild 'Witch' just like Kuroneko and Angel-sama, and her ability was invisibility.
Since she was a Witch, naturally there would be side effects after using her ability.
Kuroneko's side effect was growing a cat tail, and Mahiru's side effect was temporarily losing her five senses. From this, it could be seen that the types of side effects were not identical.
So... having to sacrifice a pair of panties after using the invisibility ability isn't strange, right?
Of course, the Yamada-san in front of him had only used the invisibility ability for the first time. Perhaps there were other side effects she hadn't yet figured out.
"Eh?" Elf looked up in confusion with her flushed face, asking curiously. "What did you just say, Izumi-kun?"
"It's a long story..."
Sora originally intended to explain everything clearly, but the sound of a bicycle bell suddenly drifted over from a distance. He lowered his voice.
"Now isn't the time to explain. I'll tell you the details tomorrow... why don't you go home first?"
Wearing only underwear was bad enough, but now she didn't even have that. If anyone spotted her, the 'pervert' label would be impossible to wash off no matter what!
"You're right, I'll go home first!"
Elf hurriedly looked up, her small face full of shyness and embarrassment.
"Y-You stop looking..."
I've been looking away the entire time, I'm not staring at you, alright!
Sora sighed helplessly. He took off his jacket, turned sideways, and handed it to Elf.
"Here, take my jacket."
"Thank you."
Elf thanked him gratefully. She quickly reached out to take the jacket and temporarily tied it around her waist.
"Phew..."
With the protection of the jacket, Elf finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although she still felt a bit chilly, her sense of security had returned.
"I'm heading back first." Elf's small face was crimson as she bowed in thanks. "I'll wash the jacket tonight and return it to you tomorrow."
"Go on back."
Sora gave a gentle nod.
"And about whatever side effects you mentioned just now, Izumi-kun, you absolutely must tell me everything tomorrow morning."
As she spoke, Elf clutched the jacket and ran towards her house.
Whoosh...
A gust of cool wind swept past.
Just as the girl arrived at her door, the half-open door slammed shut with a loud bang.
Elf, who was about to escape into her house, suddenly stopped in her tracks. She turned around stiffly and looked at Sora with teary eyes.
"I'm... I'm doomed..."
A bad premonition surged in his heart. Sora couldn't help but ask.
"Don't tell me you didn't bring your keys?"
Elf sniffled, a look of utter, life-draining despair appearing on her small face.
"I didn't have any pockets on me, how could I bring my keys?"
If you could bring your phone, you absolutely could have brought your keys! Only taking your phone and not your keys, you should really reflect on your own problems!
A bicycle rode past the intersection and swiftly rode away into the distance.
The residential area returned to silence once again.
"Servant, can I stay the night at your house?"
Elf bit her lower lip and pitifully shuffled over to Sora's side.
"Hold on." Sora raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "What do you mean by 'Servant'?"
Elf's small face flushed slightly.
"My body has been completely seen, so from now on, you are my Servant."
"I'm sorry, I refuse." Sora remained expressionless, crossing his arms over his chest. "That was an unforeseeable accident just now. Even legally speaking, involved parties aren't held responsible for accidents."
"I don't care, I don't care, I don't care!" Elf puffed out her pink cheeks, throwing a tantrum like a child. "Even though it's our first time meeting, you saw me completely naked, Izumi-kun! You must become my Servant as compensation!"
Sora gave her a look of disgust. "Actually, there's another way."
"Eh?"
"I can let you look back."
"V-Vulgar!"
Elf clutched the jacket and took half a step back. Her small face was red as she shouted shyly.
"I have no interest in your [Censored]!"
"..."
"Anyway, taking you home is definitely out of the question." Sora helplessly rubbed his temples. If Sagiri found out, I feel like something super dangerous would happen. "It's only our first meeting, and you want to stay overnight at a boy's house. Aren't you afraid?"
"I am a bit worried..." Elf's voice weakened. "But Servant is a good person, right?"
"And the reason is?" Sora raised an eyebrow. "We clearly just met."
"Because good-looking people can't be bad guys." Elf raised her left hand, pointing her thumb at herself, and smugly lifted her small chin. "Servant is just as good-looking as I am, so there's no way you're a bad guy."
Sora: "..."
She really is an idiot. The kind of idiot who would help count the money after being sold.
"Judging people by their appearance is very dangerous, you know." Sora remained expressionless, his tone darkening. "I'm actually a bad guy."
"I'm not judging by appearance." Elf put her hands on her hips, completely unafraid. "I'm relying on my sixth sense. A girl's intuition!"
"Even if you crashed at my place, you still wouldn't be able to get back in tomorrow." Sora didn't want to continue exchanging nonsense and instead prepared to solve the problem. "Do you have a spare key hidden under a flowerbed or something?"
"No, I just moved in today..."
Elf shook her head, but as she spoke, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Ah, I remember now! When I was cleaning earlier, I opened a window for ventilation. The window shouldn't be closed yet, I can climb in through the window!"
"Then I wish you good luck. I'm going home..."
Sora turned and prepared to leave.
"Don't." Elf reached out her small hand and grabbed the hem of Sora's shirt, looking like a baby deer about to be abandoned by its owner. "Servant, accompany me. What if I run into a bad guy?"
You can turn invisible, what kind of bad guy are you afraid of!
A moment later.
Sora and Elf arrived at the back of the building and looked up together.
The good news was, there was indeed a window left open.
The bad news was... the window was on the second floor.