"Ieyasu-san, Sayo-san, good morning. Did you both rest well last night?"
Aria greeted Ieyasu and Sayo with a cheerful smile, appearing exceptionally enthusiastic. She especially circled around Sayo, who was holding a lollipop, and her big green eyes blinked playfully, revealing an indescribable depth.
"Hahaha, great, great! The big bed here is so comfortable, soft and fluffy, much better than the hard wooden board at my house!"
With his hands behind his head, Ieyasu looked like he hadn't had enough. He had never slept so comfortably as he did last night in that soft, fragrant bed!
"Ha… haha…"
Aria's eyes twitched. She suppressed the urge to beat this annoying kid and forced a smile, thinking, "Who asked you, you country bumpkin?!"
However, Aria still admired this single-celled idiot. His companion was desperately screaming and moaning in the room not far from him last night, and he was still able to sleep soundly and have sweet dreams. What courage, tsk tsk…
"Huh? Sayo, when did you start eating lollipops? You used to hate sweets the most, didn't you?"
Although he was a bit slow, he wasn't completely stupid. Seeing Sayo holding a lollipop early in the morning, Ieyasu asked with a puzzled expression.
Regardless of "Sayo's" reaction, Aria's expression tightened first, and her heart began to beat faster. Seeing Ieyasu's shocked expression, she thought, "This idiot didn't see through something, did he?"
"Sayo," who was eating the lollipop, was also stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered. She glared at Ieyasu fiercely and said unceremoniously:
"I'll eat whatever I want; what's it to you? Hmph!!!"
Crushing the lollipop in her mouth, "Sayo" tossed her hair in an incredibly domineering manner and turned her head to the side, acting like she couldn't be bothered with him.
"Ugh…"
Looking at the suddenly domineering Sayo, Ieyasu had a bewildered expression, and even Aria looked incredibly nervous.
She cursed the "fake Sayo" in her heart. The master had ordered that the truth should not be revealed to this idiot for the time being. What was this idiot doing?!!!
Remembering the "punishment" from that bad master, Aria couldn't help but shudder. She thought that if she was really discovered and the master wanted to punish her, she would have to ask her mother for help. She couldn't bear it alone…
Okay, here is the English translation, keeping the structure and using correct names and grammar:
However, in the next moment, what completely surprised the nervous Aria was:
"Haha... Hahaha... Sayo, you eat! You eat!!"
Shrinking his neck with a timid expression, Ieyasu said spinelessly.
He didn't have the slightest suspicion that there was anything wrong with this somewhat bossy and demanding Sayo; on the contrary, the previous Sayo who acted polite and generous had made Ieyasu feel a bit creeped out. He let out a small sigh of relief inwardly, thinking, 'Sure enough, this kind of Sayo is more easily accepted!'
One has to say, to some extent, this guy Ieyasu also had the potential to become a dog M, sweat...
With a strange expression, Aria glanced at Ieyasu on the side, shook her head, and thought to herself, 'When did I also become so foolish? I actually thought just now that this guy would discover something abnormal!'
Although she didn't have to suffer her master's punishment, while Aria was happy, she was also a little disappointed. In fact, deep down, she was quite looking forward to her master being able to "punish" her. That feeling where pleasure and pain coexisted, making one feel like they were about to die, was truly something to love and hate...
"Alright, alright, Ieyasu-san, Sayo-san, let's go out for breakfast now. The breakfasts in the Imperial Capital are very delicious and hearty!"
"My brother isn't here today, but he has already instructed me to take you to find your companions. Please come with me now."
Glancing meaningfully at the room with the still-closed door not far away, Aria, holding "Sayo's" hand, walked towards the outside while grinning at the two.
"Sayo" had an unenthusiastic look, but Ieyasu had an expression of immense anticipation. It was unclear if this guy was looking forward to the food or his friend Tatsumi.
…
"That damn girl Chelsea, she wasn't being serious at all. It seems I'll have to properly 'reward reward' her later!"
Looking through the window at Aria, Ieyasu, and Sayo, who had transformed from Chelsea, passing through the courtyard downstairs, Sora muttered.
It was also fortunate that she encountered Ieyasu, that thick-headed guy, otherwise, her passive attitude would have been seen through long ago!
"Master, is this guy broken?"
The voice of the girl Remus. She lazily sat up from the bed, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the real Sayo on the side, who had a numb expression and very little light in her eyes.
Because Sora had spent most of his time tormenting Sayo last night, it had made things considerably easier for Remus and the other girls. If it were like before, these girls would definitely not be able to get out of bed before noon.
"Ah, she's already broken!"
Savoured the taste of this childhood friend of the protagonist from the original work, Sora licked his lips and smiled sinisterly.
At this moment, Sayo's expression was numb; she had long lost any will to resist and the strength to resist. Despair had plunged the girl's heart into endless darkness, unable to see even a glimmer of light.
Remus on the side didn't speak again, but instead watched carefully with her big, watery eyes. Having a thorough understanding of Sora, she knew that now was the time when Sora would truly conquer this girl, and it wouldn't be long before they would have another sister.
For a hopeless person like Sora, this kind of thing was truly second nature. First, completely shatter the girl's original will, causing her heart to collapse due to the immense shock, and then he would seize the opportunity to enter, injecting the girl with a new will, a will centred around him, Sora, belonging only to him!
Well, although he had planned to do it that way, a wicked thought suddenly arose in his mind. The corner of his mouth curved slightly, and Sora decided to add something interesting when reshaping Sayo's will.
"Hey, my dear Sayo-san, are you still believing and looking forward to your companions now?"
Seeing Sayo still looking numb, Sora wasn't in a hurry. He leaned into the girl's ear and continued:
"You trusted them so much, but where were they when you were in pain, when you were in despair? They clearly said they would protect you, but where were they when you truly needed protection?"
"You were companions who grew up together since childhood, but others just changed into your appearance and they couldn't recognize you. Are these the companions you were looking forward to and trusting in!"
Feeling truly evil, Sora's words were like sharp daggers, piercing the most vulnerable place in the girl's heart. A ripple finally stirred in her already dead-grey eyes.
However, this ripple was not hope, but hatred...
Seeing the girl's change completely, a wicked arc pulled at the corner of his mouth. Sora's voice, as if carrying some kind of captivating magic, sounded in Sayo's ear again:
"Yes, just like that, hate them. They didn't keep the promises they made to you! When you were in the most pain, they didn't appear! When you were in the most despair, they didn't appear! When you were most helpless, they also didn't appear!"
"They are just liars who only know how to talk big!!!"
As he finished, Sora's voice was like a clap of thunder that made Sayo's body and mind tremble, echoing continuously in her mind. Normally, such obviously manipulative words would naturally have no effect, but now it was different. These words completely occupied the girl's mind without any resistance!
The girl's originally dead-grey eyes became brighter and brighter, but it wasn't that her expression regained clarity; instead, it completely turned into the ice-coldness of hatred!
"Liar...s..."
Stiffly spitting out two words, Sora smiled in satisfaction, looking at the girl he had not only possessed but also successfully brainwashed...