"Yo, Vignette."
In the living room of Shin's house, Gabriel greeted the hurriedly arriving Vignette.
However, Vignette's reaction was far from friendly. Without hesitation, she walked straight up to Gabriel and delivered a sharp karate chop to her head.
For Vignette, a typically gentle demon, to show such an angry expression, it was clear that Gabriel's actions had pushed her patience to its limits.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Vignette, what are you doing—ah!"
Gabriel's face twisted in pain, and she nearly dropped the controller in her hand.
That's right—when Vignette arrived in the living room, she saw Gabriel happily playing console gas with the others.
Although Gabriel spent every day gaming in her own room, she mostly played online gas and hadn't had much experience with console gas. Today, she was having a blast.
Of course, it was all thanks to the spacious living room in Shin's new house, which could comfortably accommodate so many people playing together without feeling crowded, along with a huge TV screen to enjoy.
If Gabriel imagined trying to fit such a big TV and console in her tiny, rundown room... just the thought of it felt overwhelming.
In fact, just looking at this scene, it felt quite heartwarming. Gabriel had made friends beyond Vignette and the others, which was sothing Vignette was happy to see.
But the mont she thought about Gabriel skipping work and ignoring the fact that the Doomsday Horn had been sold to an "ordinary person," Vignette's anger flared up again.
"Is this Vignette?"
Sitting next to Gabriel, gumi Kato smiled at Vignette—they had already seen the ssage about her arrival on Shin's phone.
Since Shin had hosted several girls today, and most of them were eting each other for the first ti, a sense of rivalry had quickly erged among them.
So, when Shin's phone buzzed with a new ssage, everyone was imdiately curious and learned that Vignette was on her way.
Although Gabriel dismissed it after reading the ssage, saying Vignette probably didn't an anything by it, the other girls weren't so sure.
The ssage seed suspiciously ambiguous. "Can I co to your house?"—is that sothing a girl would normally say to a guy?
In reality, Vignette was just too anxious when she sent the ssage and didn't think much about it—sothing Gabriel, as her friend, understood well.
"Ah, hello everyone. I'm Vignette April, a friend of Gabriel's. You can just call Vignette."
Prompted by gumi's words, Vignette realized she had rushed in without greeting anyone and went straight to Gabriel. She quickly corrected herself.
"Gabriel can be a bit rude sotis. Thank you for looking after her."
"Vignette is such a gentle girl."
gumi Kato smiled at Vignette, then subconsciously glanced at Shin—it seed that most of the girls gathered at Shin's house today had gentle personalities.
Whether it was gumi herself, Sayu Ogiwara, Irisviel, or Vignette, they were all of the gentle type.
But then again, Gabriel and Tohru clearly didn't fit that mold, and at school, Hitori Gotou and Ikuyo Kita were also close to Shin...
Thinking about it that way, Shin really did know all kinds of girls, which only heightened gumi's sense of unease.
Moreover, Sayu Ogiwara and Irisviel were already living in Shin's house, and Tohru, the head maid, also seed very attached to him. gumi even suspected that they had already done that kind of thing.
"Ugh, seriously, even though I've known Shin-kun the longest, it feels like I'm being left behind..."
Thinking this, gumi couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Even though she usually had little expression and didn't talk much, as a girl, she couldn't help but feel a bit jealous.
What made it worse was that, despite Shin's close relationships with so many girls, none of them were bad people. At least after spending the day with them, gumi already considered them friends.
This only made gumi more conflicted—she was being overtaken by all these girls, but she simply couldn't bring herself to dislike them.
...
"Take care."
Later that night, after dinner, Tohru stood at the courtyard gate with a smile as gumi Kato, Gabriel, and Vignette prepared to leave.
It was the most genuine smile she had shown all day—as a maid, she had been smiling while hosting guests, but those smiles always felt forced.
Now that she was sending them off, she was genuinely happy. After all, these girls were competing with her for Shin's attention, so of course, she wanted them gone as soon as possible.
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"Do you need to walk you back?"
Shin asked the girls. Even though it was only dusk, the sky not completely dark and there were still people on the streets, Shin worried that the girls might be scared walking ho.
"No need. Vignette will walk back."
Gabriel waved her hand dismissively, then shot a sly smile at Vignette standing next to her.
"Don't let Vignette's gentle appearance fool you—she's pretty strong."
That was true. In the original story, Vignette had wielded a demon's trident, showing she had so serious power. Ordinary people wouldn't dare approach them.
But Gabriel's sly smile wasn't referring to Vignette's strength. It was about how Vignette had co to drag her back ho but ended up playing gas with everyone.
...
Indeed, Vignette had stayed at Shin's house until after dinner—she couldn't help it. As a demon with an overly gentle personality, Hell didn't give her much allowance.
So, it was her first ti playing gas, especially console gas with friends—and even Vignette couldn't resist.
"Sh-Shut up!"
Vignette's face turned red as she delivered another karate chop to Gabriel's head, then quickly grabbed her and left.
Of course, before leaving, she bowed seriously to Shin to express her gratitude—despite being rough with Gabriel, Vignette really was a good girl.
"I'll walk Kato-san ho."
Seeing that gumi Kato hadn't left yet, Tohru quickly volunteered to escort her.
No way was she going to let gumi and Shin be alone together.
As for Tohru's strength… honestly, in this world, besides Shin, there wasn't anyone who could pose a threat to her.
Seeing Tohru coming to walk her ho, gumi Kato felt a bit disappointed—she had actually hoped Shin would offer to walk her back.
But since Tohru had already co over, gumi didn't refuse. She simply nodded and smiled, saying, "Then I'll trouble you, Tohru-san."
"No trouble at all."
Tohru's smile twitched, as if it had taken great effort to muster.
To be continued…
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