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Second floor.
Bedroom.
"Hurry up and lie down," Miko said, pointing to the floor. "The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go downstairs to sleep. You have to go back tomorrow morning."
"It's too tiring to keep running back and forth," Amamiya Natsuki said, lying down on the floor. "Do you want me to persuade your aunt?"
Miko crossed her arms over her chest, looking down at him:
"How are you going to persuade Mom?"
"Hmm... I got it," Amamiya Natsuki quickly said. "Auntie, you wouldn't want to see Miko's grades get worse and worse, would you?"
Miko lifted her right foot, gently pressing it onto Amamiya Natsuki's back, and playfully chided:
"Mom would never agree to that."
"Auntie certainly wouldn't agree if it were anyone else," Amamiya Natsuki said confidently. "But with me, it's at least a fifty-fifty chance, right?"
"...You're overthinking it!"
Miko placed her other foot on him and began to 'charge up'.
It must be said that most things in the world benefit from practice makes perfect.
When Miko first did a back massage, she was shaky and nervous, always worried about falling.
Now, Miko's movements are skilled, her technique is refined, and she balances strength and skill perfectly. She's already a seasoned pro.
A moment later.
Charging complete.
Amamiya Natsuki sat up and began to get dressed.
"I'll go downstairs and make the bed first..."
Miko's voice was weary, with a post-event 'sage mode' feeling, but as her gaze swept across the window, her black hair suddenly trembled.
Then, biting her lower lip, she suddenly stepped forward, gently tugged at Amamiya Natsuki's shirt, and leaned her pretty face close.
"Hm?"
Amamiya Natsuki was startled, and cooperatively extended his right hand, wrapping it around the girl's soft, slender waist. The warm scent of milk mixed with lemon shampoo quietly drifted to his nose.
Miko's eyes widened in surprise, then her pretty face quickly flushed. She quickly leaned close to Amamiya Natsuki's ear and whispered:
"I didn't tell you to hug me, it's behind you! Look at the window behind you!"
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head to look. The room's curtains weren't fully closed, and through a palm-sized gap, he could see a pale child's face floating outside the window, furtively peeking into the room.
This was the second floor; no child could hide outside the window to play a prank.
No need to say more, it was 100% an evil spirit.
Amamiya Natsuki immediately activated his Evil Spirit Banishing Aura. Invisible ripples swept out, and the peeping evil spirit outside the window quickly began to burn.
"You could have just said it out loud," Amamiya Natsuki said, annoyed. "I thought you were going to ambush me just now."
"What if I developed a habit, and one day accidentally said it loudly and those things heard me, wouldn't that be the end?"
Miko's answer was well-reasoned. After speaking, she suddenly felt something was off.
The peeping evil spirit outside the window had already been eliminated, but Amamiya Natsuki not only hadn't let go of her, but was holding her even tighter.
...
The air suddenly fell silent.
In the pin-drop quiet room, their heartbeats were exceptionally clear.
Miko's eyelashes trembled, and she nervously held her breath, but the temperature on her face rapidly rose.
Should I move away?
S-strange, my body isn't obeying me...
As the hot breath fell on her face, Miko felt her head spinning and instinctively closed her eyes.
A moment later.
"They all taste like lychee," Amamiya Natsuki commented.
"I haven't brushed my teeth yet, of course it's lychee flavor!"
Miko's pretty face was crimson, as if on fire, but her eyes were moist and watery. She raised her hand to cover her lips and turned to flee.
Downstairs.
Miko had already switched to her 'salted fish' state and successfully fooled Mrs. Shimizu, hiding in the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth.
When she came out after washing up, Amamiya Natsuki had already laid out the tatami mats.
Miko glanced at him, then quietly pulled her own futon further away.
Must maintain distance!
It would be terrible if I were attacked at night. Although if I resisted, Natsuki would definitely stop... Not necessarily. The manga said that once a boy enters that state, his rationality decreases by 99 points, turning him into a beast.
"Why are you hiding so far away?"
Amamiya Natsuki asked in a low voice.
Miko glanced at Mrs. Shimizu, who was playing on her phone on the sofa, her pretty face flushed, and whispered, "What do you think?"
"That was involuntary just now. I won't bully you again tonight," Amamiya Natsuki promised. "If you cry and go back to your aunt, an angry aunt is super scary."
"I'm not an elementary school student, who would go complain to their mom!" Miko said, annoyed. "Anyway, hurry up and brush your teeth. It's already eleven, time to sleep."
...
The night passed without incident.
The next day.
Six o'clock in the morning.
Miko woke up to her phone alarm.
Although the sun wasn't out at six in the summer, the sky was gradually brightening. Miko looked at Amamiya Natsuki, who was sleeping honestly not far away, keeping his promise, and quietly let out a sigh of relief.
"You can go back later," Amamiya Natsuki said, opening his eyes.
"No," Miko shook her head. "Mom wakes up very early; if I'm any later, she'll see me."
Miko tucked her hair behind her ear and gently folded the futon: "You keep sleeping, I'm going home."
...
In a blink of an eye, it was ten o'clock in the morning.
Amamiya Natsuki had already gotten up and was playing the game Marin gave him last night when the doorbell suddenly rang.
He walked over to open the door, and outside was a blonde girl with her hair tied in a side ponytail.
"Good morning, Senpai."
The girl's clear, crisp voice rang out in the bright sunlight.
It was the Spy Maid, Hayasaka Ai.
With Kaguya not present, there was no need to maintain her disguise. Hayasaka Ai took off her glasses, untied her braid, and wore a blue and white sailor uniform. Her pretty face was lightly made up, and she had applied cherry-colored lip gloss.
When Hayasaka Ai looked in the mirror before leaving in the morning, she gave herself this evaluation:
Man Killer!
In this world, there's no man she can't conquer!
This was the confidence of a Love Master and an all-purpose Maid!
"Why are you here?" Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously. "Not working today?"
"Even I take a break occasionally, you know," Hayasaka Ai tilted her pretty face up. "Senpai, Senpai~ hurry and let me in, it's scorching hot outside."
Amamiya Natsuki stepped aside to let her in, complaining:
"I thought 'rest' meant lying at home, with a fan blowing, drinking cola and playing games."
If only you weren't so unyielding, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble to come here!
"I couldn't go back to sleep after waking up this morning," Hayasaka Ai stepped into the entryway. "Although Senpai won't confess, so I can't give you the special reward yet, I still have to reward you properly... Here, Senpai."
The Spy Maid presented a souvenir with both hands: "These are desserts I painstakingly made this morning. Please eat them all, Senpai."
"Thanks for your hard work," Amamiya Natsuki accepted the gift. "Super delicious."
"Senpai, eat them before you give a review!"
...
Hayasaka Ai sat on the sofa, stroking the Akita Inu's head, her head tilted at a cute angle: "Senpai, Senpai, what were the rewards after clearing the dungeon yesterday?"
Not long after clearing the dungeon, the rewards were already settled, but Amamiya Natsuki was having dinner with Marin and Juju at the time and didn't pay attention. He only checked the clearance settlement when he got home and was taking a bath.
First, of course, were the game coins and basic attribute rewards. Everyone gets these, with a minimum guaranteed amount, but the higher the final game score, the higher the rewards will be.
Next were the various achievements unlocked in the game. Each unlocked achievement came with a certain reward.
[Spirit of Aphrodisiac: Your Dark Cuisine received sincere praise from ten or more Ghost Stories]
[Gigolo: You have accumulated over 100,000 yen in tips from female Ghost Stories]
[Leader of the Wicked Organization: (Omitted)]
[Ghost Stories Connoisseur: You have established contact with twenty or more Ghost Stories]
[Elementary school student Conqueror: Hanako, you wouldn't want Mrs. Shimizu to get hurt, would you?]
[Pure Love God of Combat: You raised the Prime Minister's banner, inherited the Prime Minister's will, and caused one kaidan's mind to collapse]
As expected, Amamiya Natsuki successfully won the dungeon's MVP.
Throughout the entire dungeon, as a player, he was the only one who defeated kaidan and caused their minds to collapse. Coupled with the fact that there was an unknown... enthusiast on the judging panel, the highest dungeon score was well-deserved.
Perhaps because this dungeon was quite difficult, the MVP reward, in addition to a five-choose-two option, also directly gave him an equipable title:
[Love Warrior]
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