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Yuu didn't know whether Ortho talked to his brother in a serious, more persuasive way, or was it just "Yeah, fine, sure, just don't let her enter any further" answer from Idia, but the girl managed it right to the Ignihyde.

Ortho even was there with her for some time. They laughed together as she described characters, but then he said he needs to check his brother, and left her with a cup of hot tea. What an angel he is.

Yuu grabbed headphones and looked around, checking if there was someone in the lobby, but hell no - no way an Ignihyde student will willingly go out of his room. At any rate, an exciting feeling boiled up in her, and she proceeded to download fresh out of the oven game.

Oh, so the prologue starts with a main heroine's voiceover. She sounds so mature and mysterious! Still kinda familiar, though... Yuu thought she looked through all of the details beforehand, and even the name of the voice actress lingered in her memory, she still couldn't get where she heard her for the first time. Even so, there was no time left thinking about this. Her 2D boys and girls are waiting, after all!

Yuu chuckled at the main plot features. Main heroine strongly resembles Yuu herself. The way she speaks, the way she befriends everybody... The way she got transmigrated into the magic world, being absolutely magicless herself. Yuu saw many manhwas with similar situations and almost could claim she were an isekai excerpt at this rate, but it was much more ironical to read something like that now .

"Oh, so it has two story modes, I see... I guess I need to clear each of them in order to unlock the true route, then." She mumbled to herself, already clicking on a cute girl profile, choosing her as her first ever route to play.

The game has started.

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Lilia didn't interrogate her, as usual, instead, the smile of amusement stretched on his cute face all the time she excused herself and headed straight to the Ignihyde dorm. Ah, the sense of the blooming soon-to-be-friendship with a totally shut-in dorm leader lingered in the air, which only bat fae himself could feel.

Today was the exception, though, and Lilia appeared in front of her, hanging out of the ceiling at the exit of the school building.

"Oh my, Lilia!! Give me a second, I'm out of my breath... I told you not to do this little prank of yours with me!!"

"Don't you worry, Yuu, hehe~ It's just I'm worried about your appearance."

"Eh?" Yuu genuinely blinked in incomprehension.

"I bet you can win over Ignihyde dorm leader's eye bags at this rate. Come here, I have something from Rook."

Lilia, still hanging out of the ceiling, applied some BB cream on the girl's skin, smiling proudly after seeing her looking not so tired anymore.

"I'm not in the right position giving you advice on this matter, given I'm the gamer myself, but I'm not human, unlike you. Pulling all-nighter is critical for your health!"

"Okay, dad, I understand." She chuckled, leaning over, and tried to hug Lilia in this position of his. "I'll sleep properly today... It's just I had to finish the last chapter of the remaining route and I can unlock the last, true one!"

"Yeah yeah, as you say! Alright, take care!"

After arriving at Ignihyde she pulled on her headphones as usual, already entering the game and continuing her walkthrough.