Neige woke up from a good night of sleep. Along with Silva and Ina, they spent their previous day doing their best to prepare for Emely's birthday without being noticed. He hoped that today would be calmer but was instantly met with Silva once he opened the door of his room. He was tempted to close the door and go to sleep once more but decided to listen to what she had to say.

"Good morning... You need something?"

"Neige, you sound dumb every time you wake up."

"You drink too much coffee... That's why you have so much energy..."

"Possibly, let's take one on the way then, Emely is asking to see us. But we need to keep it secret from Sepide and Remiel."

"Secret?" Neige was curious about the reason behind the demand. It seemed like Sepide and Remiel were getting along now.

"I don't know either, come on, let's hurry!"

Neige groaned when he realized he wouldn't be able to sleep more. All he could hope was that nothing bad happened.

The two friends arrived in Emely's lab. The engineer was relieved to see them and immediately explained why they were there.

"I'm glad you came, it's about Sepide and Remiel."

"Did they get in trouble?" Neige asked, already tired of the situation.

"Possibly. Yesterday, me and the leader talked with them a bit. It looks like they talk with people from other worlds. I'm not against it, but I'm afraid that Remiel says that she's from another world and messes everything. The leader is worried about Sepide for... Other reasons."

"So you want us to talk with them to make sure that everything is alright?"

"Nah, I can just check their messages from here. I can see everything that comes and goes on the internet."

"E-Everything? What about our private life?"

"Yes Neige, everything. And don't worry, I won't share with anyone else than Silva what you searched on internet."

"I would rather the whole ship know than Silva..."

Silva wondered what it could be that Neige was so embarrassed about. Knowing him, he probably tried to order cute clothes.

"Can we focus back on Remile and Sepide? I'll see Neige's search history later."

"Yes, right. So I found that they exchanged messages with people from other worlds. Most of them are just innocent and short, thanking their fans or having short conversations. But the intriguing part is that Sepide talked with a man named Damon. He seems like he's flirting with her but Sepide doesn't understand it. He even calls her his doll."

"That's... Concerning. But in the end, she didn't cause any problem and he didn't either for now."

"Maybe he did." Emely answered to Neige "This Damon also talked with Remiel, also flirted with her, and also calls her his doll. They both are too innocent to understand what he's doing but they also look like they get along well."

"So this guy is flirting with two girls at the same time?" Asked Silva enraged "I'm not letting our two innocent members be corrupted by this casanova. Where is he? I want to talk to him."

"I guess I should come too..." Added Neige "Who knows what Silva would do if she went alone."

"I'm glad you think the same. We can't let them like that and do nothing! This guy is in the world 20091996, he's a student and I know where his university is, we should find him easily."

The three prepared themselves and jumped into this world once they were ready. All they had to do was find this guy and understand what was going on.

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In front of them was the gate that led to the university. Thankfully, they all had school uniforms and managed to enter without bringing too much attention to them.

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They wandered in the green field of the university without meeting many students. They didn't manage to get any information on the guy they were searching for but continued in the hope of finding more soon. After a while of searching, they found a girl grabbed by the neck by a man. Without thinking, Neige pushed the man away from the girl to defend her. He turned toward the girl to see if everything was alright but instead got slapped by her.

"Ew, get away, he's mine!"

"Y-Yours? Wasn't he attacking you?"

"Yes, he was choking me. But you can't understand our love!"

The girl ran away, leaving the three friends confused. Before they could say anything, the man grabbed Neige and pinned him on the tree, just like he did with the girl.

"You're a naughty girl, wanting me all for yourself~"

"I'm not into boars like you."

The man looked surprised, almost offended at Neige's answer, but continued trying to look seductive.

"You just don't know what you want yet, your heart desires to belong to a strong alpha like me."

"Strong?" Neige asked, not convinced "I bet I could beat you easily in a fight."

"You're the kind of roses to have thorns, I like it~"

"I think I'm gonna puke."

Neige pushed the man away and prepared to fight. His opponent's confidence suddenly shattered, showing intense fear in his eyes.

"W-Wait, you actually want to fight?"

"I thought you liked roses with thorns."

Neige punched the man in the guts, expecting a fight to start. To his surprise, the fight ended with his opponent falling on the ground in a single hit, holding his stomach in pain.

"I didn't even bet yet, it was too short..." Complained Silva.

Neige crouched near the guy and took a good look at him. He was pretty tall and had smooth skin, the kind of things teenage girls liked, or so he supposed.

"A bit disappointing, I thought you were ready to fight. Anyway, we're searching for a Damon, you know him?"

"D-Damon!?" The man asked, horrified "What do you want from him?"

"So you do know him, we just want to talk with him."

The man looked afraid, but after a bit, he finally dared to answer.

"He's not here for the week. He's in another country but he'll be back, I promise!"

Neige was unconvinced by his words and took his wallet out of the man's pocket. After keeping the money, Neige looked at the identity card and saw the name Damon written on it.

"That's the man we're searching."

"You thought you could lie to us, huh?" Silva kicked the man in the stomach, bringing him more pain. Emely had to hold her back or else they wouldn't be able to talk to him.

"Excuse us, we need to talk with you about Sepide and Remiel."

"Who? I never heard their name in my life..." Said the man in pain.

"You know, the two girls that you flirted with on internet."

"You're gonna need to be more specific... There are more than two..."

"You motherfluffer!" Silva was about to kick him again but was stopped by Emely and Neige before she could do anything "I'll teach you how to be loyal!"

"I-I'll stop! Just don't kick me... It hurts..."

"We'll come back if we hear anything about you again."

Neige glared at the man on the ground before leaving with his two friends, hoping he wouldn't cause any trouble.

"I can't believe he's playing with girls' hearts like that, he deserved another kick!"

"Calm down Silva." Said Neige "He should stop now, Sepide and Remiel will find someone else. But I'd like to find this girl we saw earlier, I'm a bit worried about her."

"Isn't it because you're mad she slapped you?"

"Well, maybe a bit. But it doesn't seem healthy, this guy is clearly a douchebag and it would be better if we convinced her to stay away from him."

"I guess it's time to roam around again..." Sighed Emely.

The three friends searched in many places for the girl, they figured she couldn't have gone far. After searching for a moment, the trio saw the girl they were searching in one of the rooms. The problem was that she and the other employees were all dressed in a maid outfit and wearing cat ears. Neige was a bit worried but Emely was overjoyed and hurried to share the news with Silva.

"It's a maid cafe! Just like in my country!"

"Your country had that?" Asked Neige "Then you should deal with it, we'll watch you from far away."

"No, we're going all together."

Despite his embarrassment, Neige had to follow Silva and Emely inside to see the girl. When they entered, the girl immediately recognized them and went toward them with anger in her eyes.

"What are you doing here? Are you stalking me?"

"Kinda." Said Emely "We just need to talk about Damon."

"You're not getting him, he's mine."

"That's the thing, he's not only yours. He's... Pretty flirty with a lot of girls."

"He's a man, it's normal. He has needs that I can't take care of, and we're not even in a relationship, so what's the problem?"

"Y-You're not together?" Asked Neige "I thought you were with how much you accepted from him."

"No, I met him today. His hand on my neck, treating me like no more than his slut for him to use."

The group were all surprised at the girl's reaction, not sure whether they should just leave her to her delusion. Neige was the one trying to talk to her and convince her.

"I... Sure? I mean it's okay if it's your thing, but you shouldn't let a guy you don't know do it to you. You should have some self-respect."

"I'm sorry, I don't have time for that. We already have a lot to do here."

The girl was about to go but looked at the three friends with an idea in mind. A smile appeared on her face as she asked,

"Could you work here for the afternoon? It's pretty busy and you're three very cute girls. I'll listen to what you have to say after if you help me."

"But I'm not a-"

Before Neige could finish his sentence, Silva put her hand on his mouth to stop him.

"Of course we'd work here!"

Neige felt annoyed he didn't have a word to say but at the same time wanted to understand the problem, maybe it was normal in this world after all. He had no choice but to work in this cafe, hoping he wouldn't have to wear the uniform.