Chapter 90

Returning to the apartment, Aoba and the two others first took the pile of clothes they bought for Shiro Oni into Aoba's room. Then, Aoba knocked on the door of the manager's room, where Kitagawa Kano lived.

Soon, the door to Kitagawa Kano's room opened.

"Oh? It's Aoba-kun and Natsuki. Good evening," Kitagawa Kano said in surprise.

"Good evening, Kano," Aoba and Yamawaki Natsuki greeted her respectively.

"Do you have something to talk about? Please come in!" Kitagawa Kano looked at Aoba and Yamawaki Natsuki, then focused on Shiro Oni, whom she didn't recognize, and invited them in.

"No, Kano, we won't come in. Do you remember what I mentioned last night about wanting to rent another empty room?" Aoba asked.

"Of course I remember. Is Aoba-kun asking for the girl behind you?" Kitagawa Kano guessed.

"That's right. Let me introduce her. This is Shiro Oni!" Aoba gestured to Shiro Oni behind him.

"Nice to meet you, Kitagawa-san. Please take care of me," Shiro Oni bowed.

"Oh, Shiro Oni, no need to be so formal. Just call me Kano," Kitagawa Kano immediately returned the bow.

"Kano, is it okay for Shiro Oni to stay here?" Aoba asked.

"Having such a cute child move in would make me very happy!" Kitagawa Kano immediately smiled and agreed.

"That's great. Let her stay in the empty room next to mine. What do you think?" Aoba asked for her opinion.

"As long as Shiro Oni doesn't mind, of course it's fine," Kitagawa Kano smiled.

"Alright! Since Kano has agreed, can Shiro Oni move in tonight? We can handle the formalities tomorrow," Aoba suggested.

"Of course, I just cleaned that room today. As long as the bedding is ready, she can move in right away! Wait a moment, I'll get the key for Shiro Oni." Kitagawa Kano turned and entered the room.

Thus, the matter of Shiro Oni moving in was settled.

After Kitagawa Kano showed Shiro Oni the room, they returned to the manager's office.

Aoba, Yamawaki Natsuki, and Shiro Oni then went back to Aoba's room, where Aoba started cooking dinner.

Meanwhile, Yamawaki Natsuki enthusiastically taught Shiro Oni how to wear a kimono and other clothes, enjoying the game of dressing her up.

Shiro Oni's process of changing clothes was very simple. She would first dematerialize her body into ethereal spirit energy, causing the clothes she was wearing to fall to the ground. Then, she would rematerialize and put on new clothes, thus skipping the step of taking off the old ones.

Shiro Oni's body had two states: materialized and ethereal.

The materialized state was her human form, while the ethereal state was a mass of ethereal spirit energy.

Because the materialized state had been stabilized, even though she could still etherealize, Shiro Oni could no longer create various clothes for herself after etherealizing.

In her ethereal state, Shiro Oni was just a mass of ethereal spirit energy, while in her materialized state, she was a highly condensed spirit energy entity.

For Shiro Oni, who wasn't even human, Yamawaki Natsuki didn't mind her being with Aoba.

Seeing Shiro Oni constantly switching between ethereal and material states, Yamawaki Natsuki felt even more at ease!

Currently, the only person who truly posed a threat to Yamawaki Natsuki was Sengoku Sembatsu. Therefore, Shiro Oni, who was with Aoba, was a valuable ally to be cultivated.

Soon, Aoba finished cooking a few simple dishes, served the rice, and the three of them were ready to eat.

"Can Shiro Oni eat too?" Yamawaki Natsuki asked curiously, looking at the utensils Aoba had prepared for Shiro Oni.

"Although Shiro Oni's body is made of spirit energy, it perfectly simulates a human body, so she can taste the food. However, the food she eats cannot be converted into energy like in a human body; it just gets directly decomposed," Aoba explained.

Yamawaki Natsuki nodded, accepting Aoba's explanation. Shiro Oni then picked up her utensils, said "I'll start eating," and began to eat heartily.

As she ate, a look of happiness appeared on Shiro Oni's face, clearly showing her satisfaction with the first meal after regaining her sense of taste.

Yamawaki Natsuki also said, "I'll start eating," and began to eat.

She picked up a piece of fried eggplant and ate it with a smile.

"Being able to eat a meal cooked by Aoba-kun is wonderful," Yamawaki Natsuki said after taking a bite.

"It's just some home-cooked dishes. I'm glad you like them," Aoba smiled.

The two of them chatted and ate together.

After finishing their meal, Yamawaki Natsuki and Shiro Oni helped Aoba clean up the dishes.

Then, Yamawaki Natsuki suddenly suggested, "Aoba-kun, let's have a drink!"

"Sure!" Aoba readily agreed.

So, the two of them took beer from the fridge, opened a few bags of snacks as appetizers, and started drinking.

As for Shiro Oni, she turned on the TV and started watching a drama.

Just as they were drinking, there was a knock on the door.

Aoba got up to open it, and there stood Kitagawa Kano.

"Aoba-kun," Kitagawa Kano greeted, then saw Yamawaki Natsuki and Shiro Oni in the room. "Natsuki and Shiro Oni are here too? Why don't you all come and eat the cake Aoba-kun bought last night? Shimada-san and Kaneko have already returned!"

"Oh!" Aoba nodded and turned to Yamawaki Natsuki. "Natsuki, do you want to eat cake?"

"Sure! Let's eat together!" Yamawaki Natsuki nodded.

"Huh? Huh? What's going on? Aoba-kun is calling Natsuki by her first name now?" Kitagawa Kano feigned surprise.

"What's so surprising about that? I've always called you Kano, and Kaneko too," Aoba said with a laugh.

"But Natsuki is different! You used to always call her Yamawaki-san," Kitagawa Kano looked at Aoba and Yamawaki Natsuki with a smile.

"Um, because something happened," Aoba glanced at Yamawaki Natsuki.

Just then, Yamawaki Natsuki also looked over and smiled. "Yes, because something happened."

Seeing that they didn't want to talk about it, Kitagawa Kano didn't press further and changed the subject. "So, let's all go! We can introduce Shiro Oni to Shimada-san and Kaneko."

"Okay," Aoba nodded.

So, Aoba, Yamawaki Natsuki, and Shiro Oni left the room and followed Kitagawa Kano to the manager's office.

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