I, Minami Kotori, Son of the Sun

The shaking tram was packed with people. It was the peak time for office workers to get off work. The good news was that the girls found a seat.

The bad news was that the bench was packed, so they could only huddle close together and even smell each other - or maybe that wasn't bad news?

But for Bai Li, this was absolutely bad news. The close physical contact made her face flushed.

She regretted it—regretted that she shouldn't have been soft-hearted and accepted Eri's invitation when she was at the doctor's house, regretted that she keenly noticed the empty seat on the tram, and regretted that she sat down with Eri without thinking.

Due to the unfortunate height difference, she was like a child in front of the tall Eri. Even if she sat upright with her feet off the ground, her head only reached the other's shoulders.

The damn tram seemed unaware of her difficulties and braked suddenly, causing her to fall into Eri's arms.

My head was buried right between the two wave crests, as if it were fitted with a cosine function of absolute value—this time, absolute value!

What the hell! Anyway, Bai Li had already stopped thinking. The feeling of suffocation was clearly lingering in her brain, but she didn't dare to breathe at all, for fear that taking a breath would accuse her of being a hooligan and cheating.

"No, are you okay?" Eri quickly pulled the little head out of her chest, her face flushed with embarrassment, "Hold, I'm sorry..."

"No, it's not Eri's fault." Bai Li's face flushed as she made excuses for the embarrassed Eri. Indeed, body shape is a natural talent, and the unusual breasts cannot be blamed.

She could only blame Bai Li for being weak at the moment and unable to hold on to the damn handrail, which led to the breast brake incident.

In confusion, Bai Li's chaotic eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a snow-white wrist, and then, a slender but strong and tight beautiful arm with some signs of training hugged Bai Li.

"You, you..." Bai Li looked at Eri, the owner of the arm, trembling.

"Well, well, I was afraid you would fall." Eri's eyes were wandering, and she finally gave this reason.

"Yes, that's right." Bai Li was startled, but the nervousness in her heart did not disappear when the beautiful girl hugged her so strongly - even after coming to this world, even after being with the bird for so long, her nervousness when seeing beautiful girls still did not completely disappear.

At most, she would feel better now if she saw a familiar beautiful girl, but as for Eri, they had no intersection, so it was inevitable that they were unfamiliar with each other.

[So cute! No wonder the little bird is so moved...] Eri gently hugged the little cutie, exerting a little force, and the latter leaned on her shoulder. [Are you still shaking?]

It was as if the girl's heart was as white as her hair, as pure as a little white rabbit.

[That guy actually likes a girl like this] Eri sighed, [Kotori, please forgive me, it was just a one-time meeting. After all, that guy saved my life]

. . .

"Well, um, should we continue sitting here?"

"Do, what?!" Eri, who was already feeling guilty, choked when she heard the girl next to her say such misleading lines.

"Get off, get off, is it time to get off?" Bai Li said weakly. Although she was a homebody, she had been to many places hanging on Xiaoniao. At least, she knew where Otonogizaka was.

Xiaoniao said that the restaurant was near her school, but now it had obviously gone off course and no one knew where it was.

"......." Eri was silent for a moment, thinking about how to deal with the little guy's questions.

[It seems she's not as innocent as I thought.] Eri was upset. [What should I do? Tell the truth, or continue to lie?]

The cute white-haired loli looks pitiful...and seems easy to deceive.

Bai Li looked at Eri's bewildered expression, his expression gradually froze: [No way, someone as reliable as Eri would actually sit too far?]

Shouldn't this kind of thing be something that the big strange bird in our home likes to do?

"In that case, just get off at the next stop." Bai Li gave a weak suggestion.

"Um, sorry." Eri responded.

Neither of them called each other's name. They were not familiar with each other, really not familiar with each other. After this wave of actions, the atmosphere between the two became even more awkward.

After getting out of the car, Bai Li followed Eri.

"I'm afraid you'll run away." The latter used this excuse to hold Bai Li's hand.

Bai Li was about to retort subconsciously, but the arrogant words just came to her lips and she swallowed them back. The golden-haired girl in front of her was not the bird she was familiar with.

Ah, she seems not very familiar with Eri...

"She's just concerned about me, right? This is just the normal way girls get along. Calm down, Bai Li." Bai Li tried her best to make excuses for Eri, even though she had seen such tactics and rhetoric countless times with the giant monster bird.

"Well, it should be this way..." Bai Li reminded weakly. Could it be that Eri really has a poor sense of direction?

But, if that was the case, why would he send such a directionally challenged person to pick her up? Moreover, given Xiaoniao's personality, she would definitely do it herself. With the temper of that jealous East Asian who would even get jealous of his stand-in, how could he let another girl pick him up?

Bai Li couldn't figure it out, but Eri gave her an answer that made her feel a little relieved.

"Let's take a taxi, otherwise we'll be too late."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Bai Li nodded slightly.

"It's okay, no need to apologize, it's better to say that it was me..."

"No, no, no, I'm the one who made the mistake of making assumptions about Eri-sister."

[What's wrong with this child? She's so naive that my conscience feels like it's been pierced by an arrow.] Burdened with a strong sense of guilt, she waved and hailed a taxi.

The two girls sat in the back row, so far away that their faces were almost touching the window.

Eri was out of guilt and uneasiness, while Baili was shy at first, but later, as she looked at the increasingly unfamiliar and desolate road, an ominous premonition slowly rose in her heart.

[This doesn't seem like the way to the restaurant...]

Because Eri called a taxi using her cell phone, as soon as they got in, the driver confirmed the license plate number and started driving. Therefore, Bai Li did not notice anything wrong at first.

"Could it be that Eri... No, she's definitely not that kind of person." Bai Li shook his head violently, recalling Eri's little attempts to take advantage of him along the way. "Not every girl is a big jerk. She must have done it unintentionally. There must be other reasons." Bai Li was probably the type of person who would still help someone count the money after being sold. Even now, she was still trying to make amends for Eri.

But the tension and abnormality along the way were indeed unlike the Eri he knew in his previous life.

Slowly, Bai Li's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Sister Huili, tell me the truth, are you in danger?!"

"Hey, hey!" Eri felt extremely guilty. When she suddenly heard Bai Li talking, her body trembled.

[That reaction couldn't be wrong. The Golugom guys actually knew my identity. No, at least, they should know that there is some kind of connection between me and Kamen Rider Black!]

She recalled that it should be the episode where Kotori transformed into a Phantom Thief, and they saw my face. And for some reason, Eri was coerced and asked to be taken to Gorugom, and then used as a hostage to force out Kamen Rider.

But Eri doesn't seem like the type of person who'd sell out her friends to survive. The only possibility is...

"Arisa! Was your sister kidnapped by them?" Bai Li asked, "It's okay, don't be afraid, Sister Eri, I will take care of everything."

"???" Eri was stunned for a moment as she looked at the little girl who looked as if there was only one truth.

Although I don't know what the other party has misunderstood, the journey is almost coming to an end. Before I meet the knight, I will let her misunderstanding continue.