Tale of Discovery

Chapter 222: Disturbance ; (Spoiler)

"Are you trying to kill me?" Misa exaggeratedly exclaims upon skimming through the little test I created for her.

"Come on, the questions aren't even that hard," I exasperatedly state.

"Fine," she scoffs before grabbing her pencil and focusing on the first question.

Knowing that this will take some time, I take this moment to look around the city using Clairvoyance.

The sky is dark, but the street is bustling with activity. Civilians shopping, cabs looking around for fare, and other normal city activities.

There seems to be nothing out of the norm going on.

Well, despite there being quite a variety of monsters and beings in the Rift, this city enjoys quite a bit of peace.

Retrieving my sight, I use my senses to check on the residents of the mansion.

First, I check my room out, only to find Ayumi, Ophis, and Gula playing with Koneko, who seems to have been humoring them for a while.

Sitting atop my bed is a certain fairy who is watching the others play with a look of fascination on her face.

A smile forms on my lips as I shift my sight over to the kitchen. There, I find Sora working hard to prepare dinner alongside Siesta, Saturnus, and Kristina.

Sora has a smile on her face as she carefully listens to Saturnus who is from the looks of it describing a type of food to her. I wonder if it's going to be something from her Platform.

Close to them, Akame is sitting at the dining table with her expression being as serious as ever. She is using her left hand to hold her sword while using her right arm as a pillow for her head.

Well, I have already noticed that she is quite the glutton. Perhaps, I should take her out sometime in the future?

Shifting my sight once again, I check out the living room. There, Kuroka, Yuno, and Krul are sitting on the sofas and talking among themselves.

Now that I think about it, Krul and Yuno have been getting along rather well lately. No, even before, they were rather close. That could because they're both Codes and Yuno has been helping Krul understand her existence and abilities, but I feel like there is more to it than just that.

"Hey, I don't get this part," Misa's voice suddenly reaches my ears, interrupting me.

Retrieving my focus and sight back to Misa's room, I directly read the question she's stuck at and her attempt in solving it.

Hah~ It seems like this will take some time.

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"Great work!" I praise, satisfied with how she did on my test for her.

"Are we done for today?" Misa immediately asks with a hopeful look on her face.

"Yes," I simply reply.

"Alright!" she joyfully exclaims while extending her right arm upward with clenched her fist clenched.

All of a sudden, her expression changes to that of confusion before as she hurriedly looks around the room.

"Misa?" I say in a concerned tone.

What's wrong? Using my senses, I scan our surroundings but notice nothing abnormal.

Misa focuses her sight on me before squinting her eyes and saying, "Don't you feel how cold the room has gotten?"

Cold? Focusing on the temperature of the room, I notice that it is indeed a little colder than usual, but nothing worth fretting upon.

"Man, I'm almost freezing," Misa says while rubbing her palms against each other.

"Freezing?" I repeat with a frown. Has something happened to her?

Hold on... Don't tell me this is related to Irene's statement regarding those receiving a body from Mete will earn also get an ability.

{Father is correct. The entity identified as Misa Kurobane is currently making use of the ability that has developed ever since she arrived in the Rift.}

Why did this happen so suddenly?

{According to the data analyzed, it's 86% because of her emotional state.}

Emotions? Because she was joyful about her lesson ending today? Just how much did she hate it?!

So, what is her ability? Is it related to ice or fire? She did mention that she is 'freezing' after all.

{No indications of such an ability have been detected.}

Huh? That's strange.

"Hey, help me out already!" Misa hurriedly says in an impatient tone.

Taking in a deep breath, I swiftly move closer to Misa before wrapping my arms around her.

"Hot!" she directly exclaims, "What are you, a volcano?!"

The heck? Now she feels hot? Wasn't that change a little too quick? Did her senses suddenly get skewed or something?

All of a sudden, realization dawns upon me as I detach my body from Misa's before prodding her shoulder with my finger.

"Ouch! Why did you do that?" she exclaims while glaring at me.

Hm... Interesting. She seems to have gotten over feeling cold and hot but is now focusing on the 'pain' in her shoulder despite me having just tapped it lightly.

If I'm not mistaken, her senses have both been enhanced and become easy to manipulate.

Well, time to put my theory to the test.

Before Misa can react, I directly press my lips against hers and push her down against the ground.

I straightaway sense an intense struggle from Misa as she does her best to push me off herself.

A few seconds later, her body turns completely limp as she stops struggling altogether.

Knowing that this is abnormal I stop kissing her and raise my head to check her face out, only to burst into a fit of laughter upon seeing how she looks like she just experienced the most pleasurable sensation in the world.

My laughter seems to bring her back to reality as a flush of red covers her cheeks and ears before she punches my face with as much force as she can muster.

"You're dead!" she exclaims while continuing to punch my face.

"Calm down, Misa," I say, unaffected by her punches, "You were just so cute right now."

Hearing this, her face which was already red flushes even further as she looks away from me.

At this moment, there is a knock on the door, startling me and Misa. Before I can check it out, Misa says, "It's Ayumi."

Getting off Misa, I pull her up before saying in a calm tone, "Come in."

The door opens a little before Ayumi's head pops up from behind the door as she asks, "Brother Yu, are you done teaching Big Sister Misa?"

"Yes," I respond while beaming a smile.

"Alright!" she says in a cheerful tone, "Dinner is ready."

Before I can say anything as a response, Ayumi's expression becomes a little sad as she says, "Ayu didn't help cook this time too."

"You wanted to cook?" I ask.

A red hue forms on Ayumi's cheeks as she says, "Ayu wanted to make Big Brother's favorite dish..."

Hearing her words, the image of a certain sauce appears in my mind before I shake it away and say, "It's fine! You can cook some other time. Perhaps, I will cook with you as well."

"Really?!" Ayumi immediately exclaims with widened eyes.

"Of course," I say, "Is that fine?"

"Yes!" she cheerfully exclaims before running off to the kitchen.

Silence ensues in the room for a few seconds before I turn my head to face Misa and say, "Let's get going then, shall we?"

"I will kill you if you tell anyone about what happened today," Misa says, trying to sound as threatening as possible.

"Alright, alright," I say with a wry smile on my face. Perhaps, my wish of her becoming more honest has been answered? However, not in a way that I was expecting...

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Full title:- Disturbance ; Misa's Awakening