The young man with crimson eyes sat up on his bed, stretched, and shook his head vigorously.

The events of last night wove themselves into memories and rushed at him like a tide as his mind came to, making his freshly awakened brain feel drowsy all over again.

...Did I really do too much?

The young man, who had previously agreed to be Miss Aoko's hug pillow, thought to himself.

Yesterday afternoon, he had taken Karna and the Kevin puppet to fight Aoko and Miyamoto Musashi.

And then he met Aoko, who had regressed her physical age.

Miss Aoko, who was clearly just going through the motions, didn't fight Li Zihan for the Holy Grail. She only demanded that he fulfill his earlier promise.

At first, Li Zihan refused.

He had just defeated Alice. The proper thing to do was to beat Aoko as soon as possible, become the victor, then go directly to Mount Enzo, dig up the Greater Grail, and then, relying on their prior contract, have Aoko take care of Little Angra.

After that, he would use the brute force of the Grail to reasonably twist Alice's views on love, build a Spiritron converter, find a chance to return to the Honkai world, and fulfill his promise to Otto.

However, upon hearing his refusal, Miss Aoko didn't get angry. She just lowered her physical age a little more and hugged him.

"Fighting isn't something that necessarily has to happen on a battlefield, right?"

A humid breath swirled by his ear, carrying the warmth of a young girl.

Though a bit shameful, Li Zihan felt that in that moment, if he had been pierced by a Stand Arrow, he would have awakened a big pink cat.

To put it simply, he went full Kira Yoshikage.

And then... things just...

Sorry, Alice.

The young man, who had achieved victory in a very strange way, yawned and tried to lift the blanket.

What he felt in his hand was the silky texture of high-end fabric. He looked down and saw a pair of white panties... stained with blood.

"Want to go again?"

The Magic User, who had been lying beside the young man, opened her eyes at some point. She looked at the young man who seemed to be getting ready to get out of bed, her expression weary but filled with satisfaction.

Alice, I'm so sorry.

Miss Aoko, who had acted according to her future self's advice and gone straight to home base, apologized in her heart to her best friend, master, and housemate.

After all, logically speaking, Alice was Ah Li's current girlfriend. She herself could only be considered an ex-girlfriend.

After apologizing, the Magic User's slender legs, still clad in black stockings, shifted restlessly under the blanket, gently rubbing against the young man's waist, abdomen, and thighs...

An apology was an apology, but what needed to be done still had to be done.

That feeling of being completely filled and possessed by the shota she adored was simply too wonderful.

Even if it hurt a little down there.

But Miss Aoko still wanted to go again.

Otherwise, it would be a real disservice to her future self who came all this way to offer advice.

As the girl savored the sensations from last night, she felt that warmth and hardness, and her breathing became a little more ragged.

A huge [bleep]... and a shota with super-fast recovery abilities... is just the best.

Using the healing magecraft taught by Alice to alleviate the pain caused by the frenzy of their first night, the Magic User's body temperature began to rise.

She crawled over to the young man's side, her beautiful and heroic face now holding a charm it had never shown before.

"This time, will you take the lead, or should I?"

..... (Let's just say twenty thousand words were omitted here)

By the time everything was over, it was already noon.

The witch, dressed in a black fleece coat, a black snow cap on her head, snow boots on her feet, and even black gloves on her hands, looking like a child of the night, stood at the seal of Mount Enzo, her expression somewhat downcast.

She had been defeated yesterday, her Command Spells taken, and then she was watched over by the all-stats-EX Jabberwock.

It wasn't until just now, when she received the news that the final battle was over, that she was finally released.

After a battle that lasted one night and one morning, Aoko had been defeated, and the Assassin team had surrendered.

The victor was the Mad Hatter.

Does that mean I'm the one who has to compromise in the end?

Although she had considered this possibility, Miss Alice was still very unhappy, and her expressionless, exquisite face grew gloomy.

However, a loss was a loss. There was no need to struggle.

The witch, whose abilities and Servant were completely countered by that tachi named "Jizo Mitama" with its abilities that were neither scientific nor magical, sighed in her heart.

In any case, as long as the new event is implanted, I'll be able to adapt to the Mad Hatter's promiscuous behavior, right?

Instead of dwelling on these infuriating thoughts, it was better to think about what kind of dates they could go on after her views on love were altered.

Thinking this way, her mood eased slightly.

Having barely managed to convince herself with these words, Miss Witch quietly waited for the Mad Hatter and Aoko, who had supposedly been held up by Assassin and failed to support her.

When she was released, she had been invited to watch the unsealing of the Greater Grail together.

The appointed time was already fast approaching.

And then, she discovered... it seemed she had been stood up.

Nearly half an hour after the agreed-upon time, she finally saw two figures walking toward her.

It was Aoko and the Mad Hatter.

"You're late."

The witch, who had agreed to go to Mount Enzo to directly release the power of the Greater Grail, looked slightly displeased.

"Sorry about that, Alice."

Miss Aoko, who by habit should have been running all the way, instead walked over to Alice's side with somewhat awkward little steps and apologized.

"Musashi ate too much, and I didn't have enough money, so I was held at the restaurant. I had no choice but to ask Ah Li to come bail me out."

"The round trip took a lot of extra time."

"Aoko, you should really try to learn some financial management."

Miss Witch, whose own financial skills were actually just as abysmal as Aoko's, looked at her disciple and housemate, her voice sharp.

"And you, Mad Hatter, you should have gone to release the Greater Grail sooner."

The witch, having lost the game of love and become the one to compromise, sounded impatient, with a clear note of urgency in her voice.

Her views on love were going to be reshaped anyway. Since she couldn't change that fact, it was better to let it happen sooner and shorten the period of her unhappiness.

That way, she could adapt sooner and throw herself wholeheartedly into love.

"Alright, alright, I'll go right now."

Li Zihan glanced at Alice, his eyes drifting away slightly.

"Mad Hatter, what's with that look?"

Sensing that the way he was looking at her was a little off, Miss Alice fixed her unique, cold black eyes on the young man's face.

"It's nothing. I just feel that what happened yesterday... I'm a little sorry about it."

"A loss is a loss."

The witch, who had been defeated yesterday and had no choice but to compromise, walked to the young man's side, lifted her small leg, and—

—stomped down hard on the young man's foot.

Li Zihan's expression twisted in pain.

"I'm not angry at all."

The witch glared at her lover, then grabbed his arm and began walking toward the Greater Grail.