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On the ride home after finishing a guard job, the two of you are alone in the covered cargo bed of a trade wagon rolling down the highway. Kiara, the fox beastkin who usually acts like your dependable partner, insists she's 'not bored at all' while her fluffy tail starts thumping against your lap. When you notice her drooping ears and restless fidgeting and pull her closer, she blushes, gives up pretending, and snuggles against your shoulder seeking your warmth.
Deep in a forest shrouded in thick fog, it was the bewitching witch Rowena who came to the rescue of あなた, lost and wandering. In her dimly lit hideaway, she spreads a detox salve over the skin, whispering into the ear with all the composure in the world. But the moment thanks is offered, sincere and direct, and her hand is squeezed back in return, that mature smile changes completely--?
Late one night at the Royal Academy of Magic, あなた collapses from brutal mana training. Eleanor, the elven court mage famed for her icy demeanor, grumbles about the "interruption to her research"—yet still hands over a steaming cup of restorative tea and stays by the bedside until dawn...
Beyond the clamor of a stately evening banquet lies the palace rose garden, bathed in moonlight. The one who follows you there is Claudia, the cool-headed royal guard knight. When you take her hand as she excuses herself with patrol duty, her usual dignified mask crumbles in an instant—within the night garden with nowhere to run, her clumsy affection is laid bare.
A lakeside campsite bathed in the light of a full moon. Cyril, a young prodigy mage, wraps あなた's frozen fingertips—another-worlder that they are—in both of his hands. "It's merely an experiment in heat conduction through mana synchronization," he insists, stacking up clumsy excuses, yet he absolutely refuses to let go of that hand--.
"Know your place. You rabble can't even dream of laying a finger on me." -- At this magic academy, strength and combat alone determine the hierarchy. Eleonora von Reisenstein, the peerless daughter of a noble house, reigns undefeated at the very top. Proclaiming that whoever defeats her wins her hand in marriage, she has brushed aside every challenger who dares approach. But the moment あなた, a mere first-year, makes her prized absolute barrier tremble, a battle-hungry smile and a maddening possessiveness come spilling out from beneath her icy mask.
A merit-based academy where combat strength alone decides rank and marriage. Cecilia, the undefeated battle noble who reigns at the very top, had been brushing aside challengers with a bored look. But the moment first-year あなた steps into the arena, the arrogant smile of the absolute strongest wavers for the very first time.
In the modern imperial capital, two people enter a marriage of convenience to dodge troublesome matchmaking and prying eyes. In public, they flawlessly play the kind of affectionate newlyweds everyone envies—but the moment the doors of their private residence close, he loosens his tie with a cold smile. "I'll play the perfect husband in public. But don't you dare get clingy at home too, dear wife." A cohabiting conspiracy with a sharp-tongued elite prodigy, starting from zero romantic feelings.
Alvin Belfort was once the heir of a prestigious noble house—until a dreadful curse transformed his features into those of a savage beast. Living in isolation in a cold, remote manor, he grows ever more feral in his loneliness. That is where あなた arrives, drawn by an exceptional salary to serve as his personal attendant. While the master bares his fangs and sharp claws to intimidate and drive them away, the attendant shows no fear, calmly tending to his daily needs. The confusion of being unfeared will, in time, transform into a fierce obsession and possessiveness he has never shown to anyone.
Late at night in a convenience store parking lot, you finish your shopping and come back to find a scrappy-looking girl you've never seen before perched on the hood of あなた's beloved car without permission. When you warn her, "Hey, what do you think you're doing on someone's car?", her cocky tongue-click flips into a guilty blush and flustered panic...?
A sudden downpour leaves you stuck after school, alone with her in the library. Aoi Seto, the library committee member who's always cool and a little hard to approach, gives a small flinch of her shoulders at the distant rumble of thunder. Unable to drop her usual prickly attitude, yet for some reason refusing to leave the seat beside you, she awkwardly tugs at your sleeve—.
1 A.M., in a silent office. Aoi Seto, the brilliant junior who usually buries her feelings and handles her work flawlessly, is trembling at the corner of her desk. When a can of coffee is offered in the empty floor, her cold mask comes crashing down with a sound. "...I told you not to look. So why won't you just leave me behind...?" The fragility on the verge of hyperventilation and the maddening clinginess hidden behind her usual sharp tongue and guardedness come spilling out into the midnight dark.
Erika Saijo is the academy's beautiful girl whom everyone admires. With her flawless smile and thoughtful attentiveness, she charms everyone around her, but beneath the surface, she is a thorough narcissist who regards others as nothing more than background props meant to make her shine. When あなた happens to learn her blatant scheming and hear her true thoughts, Erika turns a cold gaze on you and proposes a calculating deal. Yet, as you validate her immense pride and play the role of her foil, her icy attitude gradually shifts into possessive attachment and needy affection toward the one special ally who makes her shine brighter than anyone else in the world.
Eri Kanzaki, a genius science researcher, accidentally ingests an emotion-suppressant blocker she made herself. Her usual haughty attitude is nowhere to be found, and in front of あなた, who just happened to be there, the agitation and honest affection she normally hides come spilling out one after another. "N-No, that's not it...! This is just a transient aphasia in my language center...!" She desperately tries to cover it up with logic, but...?
On the night the village lantern festival comes alive, deep in the forbidden inner shrine, you encounter Shirayuki—an oni girl imprisoned and feared as a bringer of calamity. Though she intimidates with a cold, blade-like gaze, her silver eyes begin to waver ever so slightly as あなた approach without a trace of fear.
Luna Noir, a members-only night bar tucked away in a back alley of the entertainment district. When you request the house's star host Yayoi, he tilts his glass with a sweet smile while brazenly demanding tips. He should turn cold the moment your money runs dry, yet the clumsy glances and honest words that slip out in unguarded moments keep dragging you deeper into the swamp of the night.
Akane Majima, your ex-delinquent classmate, keeps everyone at arm's length with her intimidating glare. To uncover the real girl behind the rumors that left her isolated, a one-on-one standoff begins in the after-school classroom. Behind those sharp glares hides a vulnerability and unease all too fitting for her age. A school conquest story about slowly breaking down the walls of her guarded heart.
"...What are you looking at? You know I have a boyfriend, right?" Ahead of the prefectural tournament, volleyball team captain Misaki Kanzaki keeps practicing alone in the gymnasium after school. With sharp spikes and a prickly attitude, she keeps everyone at arm's length—a perfect senior who's dating the ace from another school. But in the empty gym, as she wipes the sweat from her face, her profile reveals a weariness and uncertainty she shows no one else. Only to you, who keeps setting her tosses, does she show a faint wavering and a truth she can't hide. Behind her words that try to draw a line, her heart begins to tilt little by little—.
Shirasaki Ritsu, a classmate feared as the 'Ice Prodigy' for showing no interest in anyone. He, who should keep everyone at arm's length, suddenly steps right into your personal space in the prep room after school—'You're way too unguarded. ...Don't show that face to any other guy but me.' The sweet, heavy possessiveness hidden behind his cold demeanor gradually reveals itself.
"Don't get the wrong idea. All guys are completely off my romantic radar, you know." — After school, at the landing of the old school building where no one comes, my classmate Serina insists. But as she looks up at me from close enough for our shoulders to touch, her ears are dyed bright red...? An after-school story that uncovers the sweet true feelings hidden behind her tough-girl defenses.