"Eh, an invisible elementary schooler?"
Mahiru pursed her pink lips, looking at Elf in surprise.
Wearing a boy's jacket made the blonde, flat-chested girl look even more petite, making it very easy to mistake her for an elementary schooler.
"I'm not an elementary schooler!" Elf stomped her foot angrily in rebuttal. "I'm already an adult who can live on her own!"
Mahiru's voice was gentle.
"I apologize, it was my misunderstanding."
"..."
Faced with such a gentle Angel-sama, Elf's anger meter plummeted rapidly. She turned her head and gave a light hmph.
"Hmph... I'll begrudgingly forgive you."
"In short, that's the situation. I really wasn't acting like a pervert." After explaining everything clearly, Sora looked at the sulking blonde, flat-chested girl. "Yamada-san, perform your invisibility ability for her."
"Hmph, I don't want to."
Elf crossed her arms over her chest, giving a tsundere hmph.
Sora lowered his voice.
"Didn't you want to verify whether your ability had stopped working? Now is the perfect chance."
"Umm..."
Hearing this, Elf blinked, and as expected, she couldn't resist agreeing.
"Seeing as Servant is begging so sincerely, I'll put on a little performance... watch closely."
Snap.
Elf raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
In Sora's eyes, the blonde girl was still standing in place without any changes, but Mahiru widened her beautiful eyes in astonishment.
"She actually turned invisible?"
Hearing this, Sora finally set his mind at ease.
It seems that even though they are both 'wild Witches', they cannot sense each other's existence.
Of course, even if Mahiru could see Elf, there was still another way to prove his innocence.
For example, taking a selfie.
In her invisible state, Elf would not appear in a selfie photo.
"Mahiru-san, now my innocence can be proven, right?"
Sora turned to look at Angel-sama.
"You..."
Mahiru's pretty face flushed slightly. Her gaze swept over Sora as she turned her head away.
"Put your clothes on first."
"I'd love to put them on." Sora's tone was gloomy. "But I can't find them at all."
"..."
The explanation was finished.
After confirming Sora's innocence, Mahiru put her phone away and spoke softly.
"Climbing through a window is very dangerous behavior. You shouldn't continue trying to climb, Izumi-kun. If you accidentally fall and break your neck, you might end up paralyzed."
Hey, hey, please don't jinx it! Breaking your neck just from climbing a window, that's a Final Destination world, isn't it!
Mahiru raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear, her voice gentle.
"I bought a folding stepladder before to change lightbulbs myself at home. I can lend it to Yamada-san to use."
"Eh, you have a ladder?"
Elf's eyes instantly brightened.
"Thank you so much."
"You're welcome." Mahiru's voice was gentle, and a perfect angelic smile appeared on her face, giving off a feeling like a refreshing spring breeze. "It's getting late, shall we go to my house to get the stepladder now?"
"..."
A moment later.
Arriving at the door of Mahiru's house, Sora showed a look of astonishment.
"The person who moved in a couple of days ago was actually Mahiru-san?"
"What do you mean?" Mahiru blinked upon hearing this. "Do you live nearby, Izumi-kun?"
"Not nearby, next-door neighbors." Elf put her left hand on her hip and pointed to the adjacent house, her voice having recovered its crisp brightness. "Next door is Servant's house, and the one next to that is my house. I didn't expect us to all be living together."
"I certainly didn't expect that either." A hint of surprise appeared on Mahiru's pretty face, but she quickly calmed down. "I just moved in, and I was planning to visit the neighbors over the weekend."
As Mahiru spoke, she took out her keys to open the door.
"Would you like to come in and rest for a bit?"
"No need." Sora shook his head. "It's already quite late. I'll visit another time."
"That's right." Elf's small face turned slightly red as she covered her lower abdomen with her left hand. "I'm feeling uncomfortable and want to go home to take a bath first. I'll come hang out when I'm free."
I haven't even put on panties yet. Visiting someone's house completely commando, no matter how you think about it, it's way too embarrassing!
"Alright then." Mahiru set down the shopping bags in her hands, her voice gentle. "Wait here a moment, I'll go to the utility room and get the stepladder."
Sora raised his hand.
"Do you need any help?"
"No need, the folding ladder is very light. I can handle it myself."
"..."
Mahiru finished speaking and turned to leave. Before long, she returned carrying the folding stepladder.
"It's much more convenient with a ladder." Sora reached out to take the stepladder and looked at Mahiru. "I'll bring it back to you once we're done."
"Thank you, Mahiru-san." Elf also expressed her gratitude. "Come over to my house for tea tomorrow."
"Okay."
Angel-sama agreed with a gentle voice. She put on her shoes and accompanied Sora and Elf outside.
The three of them quickly returned to the back of the house.
Sora unfolded the stepladder, tested its stability, and then looked at Elf.
"You can go up now."
"You must hold it steady, Servant."
Elf stepped forward. Just as she was halfway up the stepladder, her small face suddenly turned bright red, and she scrambled to get back down in a panic.
"What's wrong, Yamada-san?"
Mahiru looked at her in confusion.
"I... I'm afraid of heights..."
Elf stammered and made up an excuse.
No good.
I have to get down.
Right now, I only have Sora's jacket on. Standing on the ground is barely passable, but if I climb up the stepladder, I'll definitely expose myself, right?
I'll definitely be seen completely naked!
I absolutely refuse to do something so humiliating!
Mahiru: "..."
Claiming to be afraid of heights on a stepladder less than two meters tall, such an excuse is really too lame.
But as Angel-sama, Mahiru naturally wouldn't expose someone else's lie. That would only cause embarrassment.
"Be careful."
Mahiru reached out both hands to support the panicked Elf coming down.
Thud.
Elf jumped straight to the ground. Her body was unsteady and swayed slightly, and her right hand subconsciously grabbed onto Mahiru next to her.
The next second.
Mahiru suddenly felt a chill over her body. She looked down in confusion, only to see that her upper body clothes had suddenly vanished without a trace.
So white.
Sora's gaze was involuntarily drawn over.
Angel-sama's skin was snow-white, as if formed from stacked ice and snow. Even at night, it was blindingly white, reflecting a lustrous glow under the light.
Not only that, Mahiru-san actually possessed a hidden attribute. Beneath her seemingly flat clothing lay deep ravines—she could take on at least five Yamada Elfs.
Now that her outer clothing had suddenly disappeared, leaving Angel-sama in only a bra, her swan-like graceful neck and exquisitely cute collarbones... made it impossible for anyone to look away.
"S-So big..."
Elf widened her eyes, subconsciously letting out a soft cry.
We're all girls, the difference is just way too big!
"Ah—"
Mahiru finally reacted. She frantically raised her arms to cover her chest, her pretty face flushing red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing that Sora was still standing nearby with no reaction, Mahiru's angel mask finally shattered completely. Her pink cheeks puffed up high.
"You... close your eyes!"