All the Heroines are my Ex-girlfriends

Chapter 164: Izumi Sagiri and Izumi-mama

After returning from Mount Itomori—

The sky had already turned dark.

Yukima Azuma returned to Miyamizu Mitsuha's room, waiting for the swap process to end.

Time gradually passed—

It was not long until midnight.

Yukima Azuma felt drowsiness creeping in.

But this time, he did not close his eyes and drift off to sleep.

Instead, he activated his shogi skill, dispelling his fatigue.

Resisting it was somewhat difficult.

Several times, Yukima Azuma almost fell asleep.

But in the end, he managed to endure until dawn.

And then, before Yukima Azuma's eyes, the world was swallowed by pitch-black darkness—.

Within that darkness, a brilliantly colored butterfly flew in—.

That butterfly was the only source of light in this dark world.

Its colors constantly changed, without any discernible pattern.

Yukima Azuma watched as the butterfly approached, landed on his head, and began to flap its wings.

Immediately afterward, shimmering, multicolored dust fell.

The moment his body was completely covered by that dust—.

The world before Yukima Azuma suddenly changed.

No longer an empty darkness, nor Miyamizu Mitsuha's room.

"So, I'm back, huh."

Yukima Azuma sat up from the bed, looked around, then clicked his tongue in appreciation.

This transition scene was a bit crude, wasn't it?

That magnificent butterfly—was it the true form of the god of Itomori?

Yukima Azuma reached out to turn on the light in his room.

But just as he raised his hand, he noticed an orange-red braided cord tied around his wrist.

Did this kumihimo return with him as well?

In previous experiments, aside from himself, it seemed that no other objects could be swapped.

This was truly strange.

Yukima Azuma held up his hand and carefully examined the braided cord.

The more he focused—.

He faintly heard the voice of a girl.

That voice, Yukima Azuma had never heard before.

But he guessed—it must belong to Miyamizu Mitsuha.

Kumihimo symbolizes the connection between people.

It can carry thoughts and emotions.

Yukima Azuma gazed at the cord for a long while before removing it.

He found a brocade jewelry box in a drawer, placed the braided cord inside, and stored it carefully.

After putting it away—.

He took out his phone.

He did not immediately search for information about Itomori Town.

Instead, he first opened the Line interface.

He searched for the name Izumi Sagiri.

Seeing that the contact still existed, Yukima Azuma was slightly surprised.

He clicked to check their chat history.

The content of old messages had completely changed.

Their relationship had reverted to a professional work partnership.

Now, Izumi Sagiri was a collaborating illustrator for Laplace Corporation.

The person responsible for communicating with her was Yukima Azuma himself.

But the two only addressed each other by their pen names.

They never became friends.

Yukima Azuma closed the Line interface.

This change—he had already anticipated it.

The butterfly effect.

In fact, even still having contact with this girl was an unexpected miracle.

He used his phone to search for news about Itomori Town.

All the articles online had changed.

The description of the comet fragment's impact site—.

Had changed from Itomori Town to a developing resort area.

The number of casualties in this disaster—.

Had dropped from five hundred to zero.

As expected, two years after the swap timeline ended, Suou Yuki had successfully purchased the land affected by the comet fragment.

This mission to save Itomori Town could be considered a perfect success.

Yukima Azuma turned off his phone screen and lay down.

Time to sleep.

Everything else could wait until tomorrow.

...

At the same time—.

Somewhere else in Tokyo.

The Izumi Household.

Izumi Sagiri was holding her digital drawing tablet, working on a somewhat provocative illustration.

Suddenly, a knocking sound came from the door.

"Come in."

Without looking up, the girl said.

The door was pushed open.

A beautiful woman, bearing a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Izumi Sagiri, stepped inside.

"Sagiri, you're staying up late again. Go to bed early."

"Just a bit longer, Mom. I'll sleep after I finish this!"

"Is this the promotional poster for the Bunny Girl Senpai movie?"

"Yeah, it's about to be released, and it seems like the deadline is really tight."

Hearing that, the beautiful woman walked over to Izumi Sagiri and sat down beside her.

She tilted her head and glanced at the tablet screen.

Izumi Sagiri instinctively flinched slightly.

But then she quickly remembered.

This time, she had taken on a project suitable for all ages.

Moreover, she had to restrain her usual drawing style a bit.

There didn't seem to be anything that couldn't be shown to others.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Izumi Sagiri turned back and actively showed her tablet to the beautiful woman.

"This part here looks a bit empty, doesn't it?"

The woman pointed at a corner of the screen and gave a suggestion.

Izumi Sagiri took a look and felt that her mother had a point, so she began making adjustments.

"Show me the request details, I'll help you out."

The woman said with a smile.

As the first-generation Eromanga-sensei—.

And at the same time, the mother of Izumi Sagiri—.

Mrs. Izumi's drawing skills were even superior to Izumi Sagiri's.

Helping out as an assistant was, of course, no problem.

Hearing that, Izumi Sagiri handed her phone to her mother.

Mrs. Izumi scrolled through the drawing request that Yukima Azuma had sent while smiling.

Then she asked, laughing:

"So, how are things between you and Azuma-kun? Do you two get along well?"

Hearing that, Izumi Sagiri's face immediately turned bright red.

"What do you mean how are things? It's just a normal work relationship! I don't even talk to him much!"

"Eh? But last time, didn't Sagiri have a video call with Azuma-kun?"

"That guy called out of nowhere. I only reluctantly responded because he was being serious about the project."

"Is that so? That's a shame. I think Azuma-kun is a good kid. It would be nice if you two became friends."

"I don't need that!"

Izumi Sagiri pouted and turned her head away in annoyance.

She had always been a shy person, so she didn't have many friends.

To the young girl—

Her mother was clearly trying to set her up.

However, she didn't exactly have a bad impression of the person being matched with her.

His attitude toward his work—

Was completely identical to hers.

It felt like if they became friends, they would definitely get along well.

Thinking that, Sagiri shook her head.

No, why did it suddenly turn into having to be friends?

They hadn't even spoken to each other that much!

Seeing her daughter's reaction—

The corners of Mrs. Izumi's lips curved up in a meaningful smile.

Since childhood, Sagiri had always been extremely shy, and she had put in a lot of effort trying to help with that.

But even now, Sagiri still didn't have a single like-minded friend.

However, it seemed that had finally changed.

After finishing the poster—

Mrs. Izumi set down the tablet and patted Sagiri's head.

"Alright, go to bed early."

"I know already!"

(note: This chapter is short :( )

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