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"Ojou-sama, I'm sorry."
Hayasaka Ai took off her maid uniform, untied her side ponytail, and braided it at her temples, then unwrapped a lollipop and bit into it. "I'm going out to sneak a snack."
Two days had passed, and the number of Evil Spirits in the mansion had increased again.
Headless ghosts wandering the corridor.
Long-haired Evil Spirits washing their hai
r in the toilet in the bathroom.
And distorted monsters crawling like geckos on the roof...
In Hayasaka Ai's opinion, the presence of these Evil Spirits was like trash and pests.
As a maid, upon seeing trash and pests, she must clean them up!
Hayasaka Ai quickly changed her clothes.
White sailor uniform, blue uniform short skirt, knee-high socks, and black leather shoes.
Cute junior Hanamori was back online.
"Natsuki-kun, excuse me, could I bother you for a few minutes?"
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki was playing a game, immersed in Elden Ring, enjoying himself so much he forgot to go home.
It was said that some people had already compressed the speed run time to within six minutes, which was indeed terrifying.
Hearing the message notification, Amamiya Natsuki turned his head to look at his phone.
Hanamori: "Natsuki-kun, Evil Spirits have appeared in my apartment again. There's a lot to do when school starts tomorrow, and if I don't get enough rest tonight, I feel like it will be terrible… If you're free, please paste Evil Spirit Banishing for me."
Very good.
As long as you don't ask if I'm around and just get straight to the point, we're good friends.
Amamiya Natsuki: "Where are you?"
Hayasaka Ai: "At the entrance of the cafe from that night, my part-time job is almost over."
Amamiya Natsuki: "Got it, I'll come find you."
"..."
Putting away his phone, Amamiya Natsuki put on his clothes and went out.
It was already past nine o'clock at night, and the residential streets were quite quiet.
Amamiya Natsuki looked up at the sky, a silver moon hung high in the night sky, and the cold moonlight poured down like mercury, creating a hazy silver-white expanse.
With Kitagawa not by his side, he had felt his ears were much quieter in the evening, but now he suddenly felt a bit lonely.
Amamiya Natsuki retracted his gaze, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the cafe.
No words were exchanged along the way.
Ten minutes later.
Amamiya Natsuki quickly saw the cute junior waiting eagerly at the entrance of the cafe.
"Natsuki-kun~" Hayasaka Ai smiled brightly, waving happily, and trotted to Amamiya Natsuki with her backpack, her eyes shining brightly. "Good evening."
"Good evening." Amamiya Natsuki nodded.
"Sorry for messaging you so late to call you out," Hayasaka Ai raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "I just finished my part-time job."
This was a lie.
In fact, there was no part-time job at all.
Pretending to be a part-time job girl was just to get close to the man.
"Nine o'clock isn't late, it's not time to sleep yet," Amamiya Natsuki didn't mind.
"Um, where's Marin-chan?" Hayasaka Ai blinked. "Why haven't I seen Marin-chan?"
Amamiya Natsuki said casually: "She went home."
"That's a shame," Hayasaka Ai said regretfully. "I even specifically bought cream puffs, planning to give them to Marin-chan."
This was a lie.
The cream puffs were just a snack bought on a whim; the real purpose was to naturally lead to the next topic.
"Seeing Marin-chan's message this evening, the 'Role-Play' skill looks really amazing," Hayasaka Ai's pretty face showed a curious expression. "Is that lucky coin really that effective?"
That's right.
I, Hayasaka Ai, also want to flip a coin!
Facing Evil Spirits and monsters, grappling and combat skills are clearly not very useful; skills are the most useful thing.
Unfortunately, it failed.
Whether it was today's Blind Box or the compensation package after the dungeon collapsed, there were only some useless items inside, no skills at all.
"It can indeed improve luck, but it doesn't mean it's 100% guaranteed to give you a skill," Amamiya Natsuki understood her meaning, having already seen the girl's thoughts, and took out the Coin of Fate from his game backpack. "Do you want to try?"
It's normal to want to try a tool that can increase the drop rate of blind boxes; it's not embarrassing at all.
This thing isn't a consumable that runs out after one use; if others are willing to flip it, it just helps to recharge it.
Hayasaka Ai blinked: "Then I'll try?"
"Here," Amamiya Natsuki handed over the coin. "Heads means increased luck, tails means bad luck. You know that already, right?"
Hayasaka Ai nodded: "I know, Marin-chan said that if it's bad luck, unlucky things will happen within half an hour."
It's just bad luck, and there's no danger to life. For the sake of getting items from the Blind Box, bad luck is fine.
"Phew…"
Hayasaka Ai exhaled softly and tossed the coin into the air.
Then, with a clap, she clasped her hands together.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't even look and knew it must be tails.
The true nature of this coin is to extract others' luck for charging, and once full, it feeds back to others.
At noon, Kitagawa Marin had already used up her accumulated luck, so no matter who flipped it next, there would only be one result.
"Darn it, it's tails."
Hayasaka Ai secretly clicked her tongue, unable to help but puff out her pink cheeks.
It's just bad luck; I'm already prepared, so bring it on.
"Natsuki-kun, it's tails," Hayasaka Ai said, returning the coin. She nervously clutched Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve, her eyes timid. "Are we going to encounter danger now?"
"Relax, being plagued by bad luck isn't the same as the Grim Reaper visiting," Amamiya Natsuki comforted.
Hayasaka Ai: "…"
Are those words of comfort?
You're clearly trying to scare someone!
Amamiya Natsuki continued:
"Bad luck can manifest in many ways, such as stepping on a banana peel, choking while eating, or something falling from the sky and hitting you on the head."
"Falling objects from high places?" Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but retort. "That could be life-threatening!"
Hayasaka Ai vigilantly looked around: "Thankfully, this is a Commercial Street, and the tallest building is only two stories high. There are no skyscrapers."
"You're relaxing too soon," Amamiya Natsuki said in a subtle tone, uttering something terrifying. "Falling objects from high places could also be the terminal metabolic products of birds."
Hayasaka Ai: "…"
You mean bird droppings, right?
A biochemical attack from birds sounds too terrible no matter how you think about it!
"Let's quickly find a place to hide." Hayasaka Ai's pretty face hardened. She looked at the fast-food Restaurant nearby. "How about going to the fast-food Restaurant?"
"It's best not to." Amamiya Natsuki shook his head, sharing his accumulated experience from this period. "The more people there are, the higher the probability of unfortunate events occurring. After multiple verifications, empty and deserted places are safer."
Hayasaka Ai quickly said:
"Then let's go sit in the park ahead for a while, and wait for the period of bad luck to end…"
The girl's voice abruptly stopped.
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and saw Hayasaka Ai clenching her small fists, biting her lower lip, her expression quite unhappy.
"What's wrong?"
"I…" Hayasaka Ai took a deep breath, the smile vanishing from her face. "I stepped on something."
"Stepped on what?"
Amamiya Natsuki curiously looked down, not seeing a banana peel. "Could it be…"
"It's chewing gum!"
Hayasaka Ai quickly revealed the truth.
That sticky feeling with every step must be chewing gum.
Which scoundrel spat out chewing gum? That's so unhygienic and inconsiderate!
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