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"......Kotori's affection to you, right from the beginning."
Having said that Reine turned the chair in Shidou's direction, pointing to the screen.
"......From the time we started monitoring Kotori two days ago. The affection level
during this time has not changed at all. From the beginning it was at the maximum
level......not even one change."
"Then, then......that means......"
Reine nodded her head.
"......Didn't she say it in the end? Kotori, she loves her Onii-chan the most."
"Oh......"
Shidou was dumbfounded——
"Uu......Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Just then, having received a sudden ferocious kick from behind, Shidou fell
forward. Like this, his face was buried in Reine's chest.
"......Nn?"
As Reine looked down, she let out a surprised voice. Shidou hurriedly resumed his
posture.
"S, sorry for that......!"
"Nn, again."
After apologizing to Reine he turned back. Kotori who was wearing her uniform
over her sick bay clothes was standing there red-faced.
"Kotori!? You're awake——"
"Okay now quickly forget what you just saw! That was definitely an error with the
numbers~"
"......There's no such thing. There's also nothing wrong with the system."
"Ten 'La Pucelle' limited edition cream puffs!"

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"......Sorry Shin, maybe there's a problem with the calculations."
As Kotori shouted, Reine instantly changed her words as she looked at Shidou.
"......Haah, is it?"
That was a pretty obvious bribe. Shidou scratched his cheek, and faced in Kotori's
direction.
"That aside, is your body fine? Shouldn't you sleep for a while more......"
"Hmph, there's no time for breaks. I need to immediately record the information."
"Informations and such......that kind of thing can be done tomorrow. Just rest well for
today."
Kotori glared at him, as she took out the Chupa Chups from her pocket and put it
into her mouth. Then she raised the lollipop stick, and continued.
"It wasn't easy to remember it. Five years ago, the incident that granted me Spirit
powers. When we wake up tomorrow, our memories might be reset again, so there's
a need to make an additional record of it outside of my and Shidou's brains."
"......Is that so."
Shidou frowned as he gently made a fist.
The mysterious Spirit that appeared before Kotori and Shidou five years ago. —
Perhaps, that was the Spirit that killed Origami's parents.
Shidou could obviously recall its existence, but its true form was still shrouded in
darkness.
"Don't push yourself too hard, Kotori."
"I'll handle this properly."
Kotori waved back as she walked towards the commander's seat. Retrieving a small
memory medium from the control point, she then went in the direction of the door
she came from. Just then— she stopped while on the way.
"Nnh, Shidou.......What you said before you sealed my powers......is it true?"

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"Before I sealed your powers......what did I say?"
Shidou searched through his memory, then "aaah" clapped his hands. That was to
say before he sealed her powers, what Shidou said to Kotori. —I like you the most, I
love you.
Unable to control himself, Shidou nodded his head.
"Of course it's true. I love you, Kotori."
"......!?"
Kotori's shoulders jolted, and in a state of being unable to calm down she kept
opening and closing her fingers.
"Eh, ah, that, that......I, I——"
"As a younger sister!"
"——Is that what you meaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!"
The moment Shidou spoke, Kotori turned her body moving not like someone who
had been sleeping just now, and aimed a flying kick towards Shidou's head.
"Uguu......!?"
Shidou got kicked back into Reine's chest.
"......Nn, morning."
"S, sorry."
Shidou hurriedly got up, and quickly looked in Kotori's direction. Kotori had
already turned and walked to the door.
"Kotori!"
"What!"
Rather unhappily, and not even looking back, Kotori spoke.
In an extremely arrogant and strong tone.

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In a manner very different from, that crybaby Kotori.
Shidou scratched his head and sighed, and as he moved behind her he said.
"......Those ribbons, really suit you!"
"......!"
Kotori looked back with a surprised expression. Then she and Shidou looked at
each other for several moments——
"Nn, thank you, Onii-chan."
She softly said, as she walked out of the bridge.

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Afterword

Finally finished Kotori's story. Here I present to you [Date A Live 4 Itsuka Sister].
To all readers do you like this story?
Due to already having done some foreshadowing in the last volume, I can finally
show the illustrations of Kotori's Spirit form to the public.
Regarding Kotori's Astral Dress, Angel, codename etc, before we decided on them
we experienced many changes, finally deciding on a kimono. The floating feathered
garment and sleeves are really beautiful!
Yeah~ Anyway, it looks really sexy. This volume's first color page is by far the
sexiest illustration. As expected of Kotori! However, right after that the color page
of Origami is even sexier. What a scary girl.
Next, I'd like to announce something to all the readers.
This work [Date A Live]'s manga spin-off [Date AST Like], will begin serialization
in the April issue of the monthly magazine [Dragon Age] on March 9.
[Date AST Like] is a spin-off with AST Wizard — Tobiichi Origami as the main
character. The illustrator is Oniyazu Kakashi. An illustrator who's great at depicting
cute girls, exciting action scenes and attractive underwear. Because of this being a
derivative work, specially designed new characters and equipment will make their
appearance, hope that the readers will love it, as much as the main series.
Moreover, the manga adaptation of this series is also scheduled for April, when the
monthly [Young Ace] begins serialisation. The illustrator Ringo is an artist of
varying styles, and I'm really looking forward to it.
After that, in [Dragon Magazine], Mizuki Maya's work [Date A Origami] 4-koma
manga will start serialising. Origami is a really terrifying pervert.
Come to think of it, releasing three different manga adaptations of the same novel at
one go, this should be quite the magnificent planning right? And now that I mention
it, of these works, two of them star Origami as the main character. Faced with this
unusual situation, I can't help but say, "Come on, Shidou! Come on, Tohka!"

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The anime adaptation is also in the works, progressing bit by bit. Let's wait and see.
In the next volume - volume 5, two Spirits will make their debut.
Now then, see you next volume.
Tachibana Koushi

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Translation Notes and References

Chapter 6:
1. ↑ The furigana in the original text was dragged.
2. ↑ Megiddo is the name for a Hebrew location. It could be referring to Tel
Megiddo, an ancient Hebrew city or Har Megiddo, the origin for the word
Armageddon.

Chapter 7:
1. ↑ Efreet, or commonly known as Ifrit. They are enormous winged creatures of
fire of Arabic origin well known for their strength and cunning as infernal
Jinn.
2. ↑ Prajna Paramita Sutra, the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom. The contents
suggests that everything in the world are illusory.

Chapter 9:
1. ↑ The correct Japanese words for these is, 'mune' to 'oppai', both are still
making reference to Kotori's chest.
2. ↑ Kotori was making a reference to what Shidou's cries sounded like. Ogre is a
large humanoid monster similar to the Japanese Oni. In this case, Kotori was
referring to Hanma Baki's father, Hanma Yuujiro, the strongest fighter in the
world who was nicknamed the Ogre for his back muscles which made a face of
an ogre when flexed.

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