I Sealed Sukuna’s Finger#465+466: Nagisa Akatsuki: Let's Party! Fighting in a Team Battle First Thing in the Morning

This could genuinely be called the fastest awakening method.

Under Bokue's operation, Yukina Himeragi went from sleeping to waking in less than five seconds total.

When she opened her eyes, her head was still on the pillow, but from the waist down her body had already been lifted into the air.

The Sword Shaman girl's eyes widened at the scene before her.

"Wh-what is this?? Bokue-senpai, what are you doing... ngh!"

Another heavy attack—Bokue, accidentally not holding back, went hard on the Sword Shaman girl, cutting off her half-spoken words on the spot.

"...Huh? You're awake, Yukina."

Hearing Yukina's voice, Bokue finally reacted. He then leaned down to lift up the Sword Shaman girl—still half-lying on the bed—and had her straddle him.

Thus, in the hazy morning sunlight filtering through curtains—not yet too intense—the two sat facing each other on the bed's edge.

Yukina still wore the pajamas she'd changed into after bathing before bed last night. Her delicate face carried a half-shy, half-annoyed blush. Her light brown eyes glared at the young man before her with slight anger as she spoke with forced serious composure.

"Senpai, I need a reasonable explanation."

"Hmm..."

Bokue considered briefly.

"Well, actually I just wanted to wake you up. There's something fairly urgent I wanted to discuss."

"Discuss something?"

Hearing there was urgent business, the Sword Shaman girl's brow relaxed considerably, but quickly furrowed again.

"But that's not really a reason, Senpai. If you just wanted to wake me up, there were much more normal ways. Suddenly going in like this... mmm, does Senpai really think of me as... no, I should ask—what exactly does Senpai think of me?"

Stumbling twice in one sentence, the Sword Shaman girl—ultimately too shy to voice certain words—could only choose more tactful phrasing.

Fortunately, Bokue could still understand the implication.

Translation: Did Senpai really use her as a cup?

Clearly the just-awakened Sword Shaman girl hadn't yet recalled what terrible things she'd said at her peak.

"Not really."

Bokue gently soothed the girl's back in his arms.

"Sorry, sorry. I actually wanted to surprise you, Yukina. Now I know, so next time I won't."

"Eh? Uh, it's not that extreme..."

Not expecting Bokue to actually apologize so seriously, Yukina's serious facade from a second ago instantly dissolved.

She actually wasn't really unwilling to let Bokue do this.

Could only say that since moving to the Keystone Gate, Bokue had been fairly busy. Back when they still lived in the original apartment building, she and Nagisa had already tried every method with Bokue—why would she mind these things?

Just... couldn't he at least give her a small heads-up?

Suddenly doing this without warning... she'd even still been asleep!

What if she couldn't hold it and accidentally spilled champagne all over the bed!

Washing sheets was also quite troublesome, okay?

"Eh?"

As if not hearing the Sword Shaman girl's words clearly, Bokue tilted his head while gazing at her somewhat evasive eyes.

"Did you say something just now, Yukina?"

"N-nothing."

Her internal complaints interrupted, Yukina—suddenly realizing what she'd just been thinking—instantly flushed, her voice weakening.

"Just next time, at least... um, be gentler..."

"?"

Could only hear up to "next time"—after that it became completely incoherent, the kind even pressing an ear to her mouth couldn't make out.

"Alright, alright, let's get to business anyway!"

Unable to endure her increasingly swelling embarrassment any longer, the Sword Shaman girl cut off this topic with a flushed face.

"Earlier didn't Senpai say there was something to discuss? So what exactly is it..."

"Oh, I wanted to talk about Sayaka."

Without dwelling too much, Bokue lightning-speed pulled the topic back on track.

"Sayaka?"

Yukina blinked blankly, not understanding how the topic suddenly veered to a certain Sword Shaman good friend of hers.

"What about Sayaka?"

"She..."

Bokue only now recalled that Yukina apparently still didn't know about his relationship with Sayaka.

More accurately, Nagisa had speculated after returning from the deserted island, but at the time he himself hadn't known he'd done that with Sayaka. At most he'd vaguely guessed but never specifically confirmed it.

But yesterday La Folia had directly torn away that thin veil between him and Sayaka.

"How should I put this... like you know, Yukina, Sayaka originally had severe androphobia. But after returning from the deserted island, her androphobia improved quite a bit... I mean toward me specifically, so..."

"So you two did it, right?"

No longer needing more hints, Yukina's emotionless voice completed the remaining words for the young man before her.

"...Yeah, that's basically it."

Bokue nodded honestly.

She knew it...

Hearing this, Yukina immediately pouted internally.

After all, Nagisa had speculated before, and she—being a girl herself—also had relatively keen intuition, so she'd also somewhat speculated about Bokue and Sayaka's experience on the deserted island.

Just unfortunately, Bokue had denied it so decisively back then that she'd believed him.

Turns out no woman who'd had intimate contact with Senpai could escape, even Sayaka with her androphobia.

Though perhaps this wasn't bad.

After all, as a friend, Yukina had always worried about Sayaka's androphobia. Now that a solution had been found, that was naturally best.

"So what's the problem now?"

"The problem now is..."

Bokue organized his words slightly.

"Sayaka wants to tell you about this, but doesn't know how to explain it to you..."

"Explain?"

Yukina furrowed her brow.

"Could it be... does Sayaka already know about my relationship with Senpai?"

"Uh, not yet."

Bokue shook his head.

"Just that Sayaka feels she previously had androphobia, but now... you get it, Yukina. Plus, on the surface Asagi and I are still a couple."

"I see."

The Sword Shaman girl understood immediately.

Thinking about it, on the surface Bokue-senpai and Aiba-senpai were a couple, while Sayaka had androphobia. But now it had fast-forwarded to Sayaka with androphobia stealing Aiba-senpai's boyfriend.

This transformation was truly too drastic—generally hard to accept.

"I think taking it slow would be better..."

Yukina was about to say this.

Just then, crimson Primogenitor magic power flashed above their heads.

The next second, a certain Primogenitor girl who should be living next door whooshed into existence mid-air, falling with gravity to land squarely between Bokue and Yukina.

Nagisa turned to look at both of them, her tone full of anticipation.

"Ahehe~ isn't this perfect? Just like back then with Yukina-chan, let's prepare a grand celebration for Sayaka-san too, right here in this apartment!"

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"Are we really... going to do this?"

Inside the bedroom, Yukina still hesitated somewhat.

When Nagisa had pulled her into the pit back then, it had been after she'd already done it with Bokue-senpai twice.

Moreover, she herself didn't have androphobia.

In comparison, Sayaka had previously suffered from androphobia. She'd only just barely improved a tiny bit—only able to develop feelings for a same-age male—and they'd hit her with something this explosive.

Wouldn't this worsen her condition all at once?

What if one attempt led to lifelong withdrawal?

"Of course it's fine!"

Nagisa completely dismissed the concern. As she spoke, she climbed off Bokue and obediently sat on the bed nearby, gently waggling her finger at the Sword Shaman girl.

"Just think about when Yukina-chan was first thoroughly loved by Oniisan together with me. Yukina-chan turned out just fine afterward, right?"

"That's... not the same thing, is it?"

Having her friend proactively bring up that situation, Yukina's pretty face couldn't help flushing slightly.

"After all, Sayaka psychologically still has some..."

"So?"

"S-so I'm thinking, what if doing this makes Sayaka completely lose faith in men, even starting to dislike Bokue-senpai too..."

"That won't happen. That's absolutely impossible."

Nagisa waved her hand with absolute confidence.

Really impossible...

Seeing her so confident, Yukina couldn't help wavering.

"Impossible... why?"

"Huh? It's simple."

Nagisa spread her hands.

"Sayaka-san knows Oniisan and Asagi-neesan are boyfriend and girlfriend, right?"

"Yeah..."

"Then since Sayaka-san still did it with Oniisan despite that, doesn't it mean she doesn't mind Oniisan having other partners?"

"I guess...?"

Yukina nodded hesitantly.

Nagisa continued: "Since Sayaka-san doesn't mind Oniisan having other partners, naturally she has no reason to not allow Oniisan to have relationships with us, right?"

"That's not quite the same..."

"Moreover, according to Oniisan, when he did it with Sayaka-san before, La Folia-san was there too. Meaning Sayaka-san also doesn't mind being loved by Oniisan together with other women, right?"

The Primogenitor girl added the second half.

Hearing this, Yukina was completely speechless.

But Nagisa hadn't stopped. She continued: "Plus, even if it really does cause some bad psychological effects on Sayaka-san, Oniisan definitely has a way to solve it."

"Eh? What method?"

Yukina instinctively blurted this out.

"Of course it's—"

Nagisa chuckled twice, then straightened slightly to lean near her friend's ear, voicing the method at a volume only they could hear.

The Sword Shaman girl's cheeks flushed instantly.

How... how should she put it! Though doing that was indeed a good stress relief method, to keep going until the brain was completely fuzzy and rationality offline was too much...

"Great method, right~"

Nagisa straightened up with a proud tone while also turning to raise an eyebrow at the young man nearby.

Bokue: "..."

Though he hadn't deliberately listened to what Nagisa just said, judging by who said it and the girl's expression afterward, even if he hadn't heard anything he could guess pretty accurately.

Fair point—definitely a good method.

"But... this..."

Yukina was still stammering with a flushed face.

But before she could finish speaking, Nagisa suddenly rose and leaned close again, narrowing her eyes meaningfully.

"Oniisan and I have already thought of a solution, yet Yukina-chan still isn't reassured. Could it be Yukina-chan herself can't get past her own mental block?"

"Eh? Ah... not really, how should I put it..."

Having her inner thoughts suddenly exposed, Yukina instantly panicked.

But simultaneously, the Primogenitor girl had already stepped down from the bed to stand, then turned to come behind her friend, placing both hands on her shoulders.

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After leaving the apartment, Bokue first sent Yura—who refused to live at the Keystone Gate and preferred the school dorms—to Saikai Academy. Just like yesterday with Busujima-senpai, Yura completed all enrollment procedures, and he only left after all her luggage had been moved into the dorm.

Because of this, by the time Bokue arrived at the hotel suite where La Folia and Sayaka were staying, it was already three in the afternoon.

With summer's end approaching and autumn arriving, at this time the sun had already entered its descending trajectory. The scorching sun that had been brutally fierce a month ago now carried a hint of hazy red.

The hotel suite's air was filled with the fragrance of fresh pears.

When the young man who'd seemingly spawned out of thin air looked up, he saw a certain silver-haired princess standing with her back to him at the dining table. Beside her sat what appeared to be freshly purchased bags—one large bag of snow pears and one plastic bag of rock sugar. Both bags still had supermarket price tags stuck to them.

And she was currently stuffing these two items into a soy milk maker.

Was she making rock sugar pear? Though it looked somewhat right, didn't the process seem off?