God Invasion: It's awesome to save the world with five problematic girls!

"Goo goo~"

Ying Country, Sakuragi Mansion.

At this moment, the sky has yet to brighten.

The first light struggles to pierce through the heavy night, leaving traces of its struggle in the recesses of the clouds.

The pain of dawn awakens the birds that had been silent all night on the branches and also startles Yan Huan, who had been sleeping restlessly in the guest courtyard.

With a clear chirp from the bird, he abruptly opens his eyes and sits up, covering his sweaty forehead.

"..."

As he just gets up, the wooden carving he was holding falls to the ground with a gentle thud.

"Dong~"

"Mmm..."

The sound travels, causing Sakuragi Kagami, who is sleeping soundly, to murmur in confusion.

But he doesn't wake up at all, simply turning over and continuing to enter the dream.

Yet Yan Huan, staring at the rough wooden carving that fell, breathes heavily, unable to calm down for a long time.

In his mind, the scene from last night's dream remains vivid until this moment.

"What's wrong, Yan Huan, did you have a nightmare last night meow?"

Beside him, Nyaa-chan takes form, stepping on the undulating bedding with its paws, running between Yan Huan's legs, looking up at him.

"Not exactly a nightmare..."

Hearing this, Yan Huan sighs, rubbing his brow as he withdraws his gaze from the statue,

"I just thought about some things from the past."

"About An Le?"

"Yeah..."

Yan Huan nods, muttering,

"I remember I promised her that I would recognize her when I see her again, but when I met her at the comic convention, I didn't recognize her...

"Moreover, when I saw the book she drew earlier, it seemed like I vaguely remembered I made some promise to her, so I wanted to ask her."

Hearing this, Nyaa-chan tilted its head,"Is the promise you thought of related to the dream meow?"

After pondering for several seconds, Yan Huan shook his head and said,

"...No, it's something else, but I can't remember what it is for now."

"Meow?"

At this moment, Yan Huan's eyelashes trembled slightly.

In the gaps cut by his eyelashes from the fluorescent light seeping through the sliding wooden door, he faintly saw An Le of his childhood laughing and gradually looking back as she ran in front of him.

She showed a bright smile, her hair adorned with a few beads of sweat, sparkling under the summer light.

That was exactly Yan Huan's purpose for saying those words.

At the time, Yan Huan chose to do this to help her become more cheerful.

For the second life of Yan Huan, at that time, Yan Huan truly treated An Le like a little sister.

Yan Huan is not Yahashiki, not a lolicon, nor does he have any other bad intentions.

It's like returning home after working a year, meeting a very introverted and shy little cousin at a relative's house.

She said she often gets bullied at school and doesn't have many friends.

You felt she was both pitiable and adorable, so during the holiday, you tried to spend as much time with her as possible.

You took her to set off firecrackers, eat sugar tangerines, go out to watch movies, and even gave her New Year's money.

At the time, to make her more cheerful, you either comforted or guided her and made her promises.

Were those promises false?

Not necessarily.

Not necessarily was Yan Huan deceiving her, nor did Yan Huan not think of fulfilling those promises when he said it.

But the second year when you went back home, you didn't see that little sister again.

After asking, you learned her entire family moved abroad and wouldn't return for the New Year.

Maybe at first, you still missed her, but after all, you have your own life to live and your own matters to handle...

And so, year after year went by until one day, over a decade later, you reunited with the girl changed by eighteen years.

By that time, your memory had been filled with people and events that happened over those ten-plus years...

Can you assure that you still remember something you promised that little girl one day during New Year over ten years ago?

"..."

Yan Huan rubbed his brow, feeling a bit complicated at the moment.

However, based on the dream generated by the statue last night, he could at least obtain two crucial pieces of information.

An Le still remembers this promise, and it is objectively very important.

Unless, this so-called "Special Attack Prop" is just a gimmick.

"Meow~"

While Yan Huan was frowning and thinking, the Nyaa-chan examining the statue in front of him pawed at it with a paw pad, then shook its tail and meowed,

"Yan Huan, look, this statue seems to be getting clearer meow!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan quickly looked at the statue.

Sure enough, although the statue was still blurry and sharply defined, compared to last night, at least it was now possible to distinguish where its face was.

Perhaps just a few more times, and this indistinct statue will finally reveal its true form.

And as he looked at that statue, which appeared to momentarily emerge from the mist, a sudden inspiration struck Yan Huan's mind.

"I think I understand now, Nyaa-chan."

"Understand how to utilize the content you dreamt of last night to resolve An Le's issue meow?"

"Something like that..."

Yan Huan caressed the statue, saying to the black cat looking up at him,

"I'm just thinking, if this statue really is a precious 'Special Attack Treasure', then even if it's through providing information, the information given must be the key to resolving An Le's modifier predicament...

"But since it's not given all at once, can I assume: the dreams given before are either a hint of that key information or a part of that key information.

"Or perhaps, it's both?"

After hearing Yan Huan's lengthy analysis, Nyaa-chan blinked and after a long while with its mouth open, finally said,

"I think so too, meow!"