A boy returning home encountering a blonde, flat-chested beautiful girl wearing only underwear is clearly a classic trope that only appears in light novels.
But the blonde loli's words instantly made Izumi Sora lose his composure.
"You... can see me?"
Hearing these words, Sora's heart rate suddenly accelerated, and he subconsciously held his breath.
What did she mean by 'can see me'?
Could the blonde loli in front of me be an indescribable special existence?
Or a magical girl like Mahiru and Kuroneko?
Bad, bad, bad!
Although I've met so-called 'Witches', and although supernatural powers really do exist in this world, evil spirits, monsters, and the like should all screw off. Absolutely do not appear in my life!
"The evening wind is a bit noisy today..."
Sora silently took his phone out of his pocket and walked home as if nothing had happened.
"Hey, hey, can you really not see me?"
The blonde loli stood on her tiptoes, gently waving her right hand in front of Sora. The girl's snow-white skin was blindingly white under the light, but her poor development was enough to make one sigh.
"..."
Sora stared fixedly at his phone, ignoring the blonde girl beside him.
I can't answer.
No matter what, I can't expose the secret that I can see her.
"Hey, it's dangerous to look down at your phone while walking."
"..."
Of course I know it's dangerous, I'm playing on my phone specifically to avoid you, alright!
This blonde, flat-chested girl, for some unknown reason, seemed very interested in Sora. With her hands behind her back, she followed him.
"Careful, there's a banana peel on the ground."
"..."
"Ah, a UFO!"
"..."
These are all just elementary schooler tricks, they can't fool anyone at all.
"So boring. You had such a vulgar expression just now, I thought you could actually see me."
Screw you! That was clearly the shocked expression of encountering a female pervert, alright!
After probing a few times, the blonde girl quickly got bored and stopped in her tracks, seemingly having lost interest.
"Phew..."
Just as Sora was quietly breathing a sigh of relief and relaxing his mind, the girl's crisp, pleasant voice rang out again.
"Hey, your pants zipper is open."
"..."
Sora's footsteps paused slightly, and he subconsciously looked down.
Any normal guy would instinctively look down to check if someone told him his zipper was open, right?
"Hehe, you really can see me." The blonde, flat-chested loli spread her arms and blocked Sora's path, smugly revealing a small canine tooth. "Don't even think about hiding it from my eyes!"
"Phew..."
Sora took a deep breath, silently lowered his phone, and cast a wary gaze upon the blonde, flat-chested girl.
Since I can't avoid it, I can only take things as they come.
"That shouldn't be." The blonde, flat-chested girl put her hands on her hips, a puzzled expression appearing on her small face. "I've already turned invisible, so why can you still see me?"
Screw you! So she's not some creepy supernatural girl, but a chunibyo girl!
Thinking you can turn invisible just by wearing underwear, you're dreaming!
"You think you're invisible right now... and that's why you came out wearing only underwear?"
Sora finally spoke up.
"That's right." The blonde girl lifted her chin, her voice smug. "I am a super beautiful girl who can turn invisible."
"That's just a chunibyo fantasy. Kids shouldn't play alone on the streets at night, go home early." Sora remained expressionless. "The fact is, you are not invisible."
"I'm not a chunibyo, I can really turn invisible!"
Hearing this, the blonde girl puffed out her pink cheeks and pointed at the house next door.
"I just moved in today. I worked up a sweat organizing things. After taking a bath, I came out naked, and the maid auntie cleaning the place didn't even look at me. I talked to her, but she ignored me."
Coming out without clothes after a bath?
Could it be that you're just too much of a pervert, so the maid auntie didn't want to bother with you!
But...
Sora turned to look at the house next to his own. Warm lights were indeed lit inside, and a weird expression involuntarily appeared on his face.
Could the blonde loli in front of me be Yamada Elf?
"I didn't expect us to be neighbors." Sora pointed to his own house and asked tentatively, "This is my house, I'm Izumi Sora. May I ask who you are...?"
"A true name is a girl's most precious secret, it cannot be easily told to others." The blonde girl crossed her arms over her chest. "Just call me Yamada Elf."
It really is you.
Thank goodness, my slice-of-life dream hasn't been completely shattered in one punch.
"Hello Yamada-san, goodbye Yamada-san."
After giving his greeting, Sora turned and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, I'm really not lying. I really can turn invisible!"
Yamada Elf spread her arms to block him, then quickly took out her phone, like an elementary schooler who had scored full marks and was desperate to prove herself.
"Look for yourself. When I take a selfie with my phone, there's nothing in the photo... I'll take a picture and show you right now!"
As she spoke, this blonde loli leaned in close to Sora. Completely disregarding his opinion, she raised her phone and activated selfie mode.
Seriously, do you really not have even a shred of shame?
Wandering around outside in underwear is one thing, but now that you know you can be seen, you should hurry up and go home!
If this were Sagiri, she would've been so embarrassed she'd be dizzy and unable to stand by now, right?
No, wait.
If it were Sagiri, even if she had the ability to turn invisible, it would be impossible for her to go out wearing only underwear.
"Hey, hey, look quickly." Elf stood on her tiptoes and swiftly held the phone up in front of Sora's face. "As expected, you're the only one in the photo, right?"
Sora's gaze fell on the phone, and he raised an eyebrow slightly.
He really was the only one in the photo. Where Elf should have been, there was only empty space.
A girl who can turn invisible... have I encountered another 'wild Witch'?
"Hehe~" Elf put her hands on her hips, a smug expression on her face that practically screamed 'hurry up and praise me'. "Now do you believe I can turn invisible?"
"I believe you can really turn invisible." Sora let out a soft sigh. "...By the way, aren't you cold?"
It was mid-April, not yet May. A light drizzle had just passed, so the temperature was actually quite low.
"Of course I'm cold." Elf hugged herself upon hearing this, muttering quietly. "But earlier, it was when I walked out of the bathroom wearing my underwear that the maid auntie ignored me... maybe my ability requires me to be wearing underwear to turn invisible?"
It shouldn't be that inconvenient.
It's just that the blonde loli in front of me has just acquired the invisibility ability and doesn't understand it very well yet.
"Speaking of which, I'm definitely in an invisible state right now. The maid auntie couldn't see me earlier, and the phone couldn't capture me either... why can you see me, Izumi-kun?"
The blonde girl looked up, her curiosity overflowing.
Why?
Sora remembered how just now, during the Time Stop, only he could see Mahiru's actions. He already understood in his heart.
Me being so 'special' is highly likely due to the game cheat.
"I don't know." Sora shook his head innocently. "I'm just a thoroughly average, ordinary person."
The game cheat is my biggest secret. Of course it's impossible to tell anyone.
As for the matter of magical corruption, Sora planned to talk about it tomorrow. It couldn't be explained clearly in a short time, and casually chatting outside with a half-naked girl was simply too terrible.
"Could the problem be with me?"
Elf rested her chin on her right hand, actually reflecting on herself.
"Could it be that I've been invisible for too long, so it stopped working?"
"Well, I'll just try again..."
Elf raised her left hand and lightly snapped her fingers.
Snap.
Accompanied by a crisp sound, and then... nothing happened.
After all, Sora had been able to see the blonde loli from beginning to end, so naturally he wouldn't be startled by a girl suddenly appearing out of thin air.
"I've turned off my invisibility." Elf pointed at the ground. "Look, my shadow has appeared."
Sora looked down at the ground. Under the streetlight, there were indeed two shadows.
"I'll turn on invisibility again right now, let's see if you can still see me..."
As Elf spoke, she prepared to try again.
But the next second, the moment the girl's right hand touched her panties, those panties printed with little pink bears suddenly vanished into thin air...