Chapter 151: Murasaki Shikibu
Married, liked collecting stories, not good at communicating, taught literature…
Clearly this was his own class's literature teacher, and also the librarian – Murasaki Shikibu-sensei!
Although she herself might not be aware of it, thanks to her beautiful appearance, gentle Yamato Nadeshiko aura, and overly voluptuous alluring body, she enjoyed extremely high popularity among the students.
"To think that the shy, introverted literature teacher of our class would also harbor such thoughts toward her students…!"
Reading the words she sent, Eikou couldn't help but feel a bit frightened, starting to hesitate whether he should leave the chat group.
Because deep down he had an extremely bad premonition.
"Could it be… that the student Murasaki Shikibu-sensei likes… is actually me…?"
Eikou didn't want to sound too self-indulgent, but no matter how he looked at it, the other party's description seemed to be referring to him.
Though he really wanted to cut off this topic, if he withdrew now without confirming the real answer, he would always keep worrying about it afterward.
"Calm down, Eikou, don't be so conceited, okay? Does every woman have to like you? Do you really see yourself as some kind of human-shaped love potion? Why does Murasaki Shikibu-sensei have to like you? The two of you basically never interacted, let alone had some romantic encounter."
"In short, she has absolutely no reason to like you at all!"
Eikou quickly told himself, urging himself to calm down.
Might as well confirm it.
He immediately sent a message to Murasaki Shikibu-sensei.
Eikou: "K-ko, what's the reason you like that student?"
Murasaki Shikibu: "It's a bit complicated to say, the story has to start from a haunted house video not long ago…"
This wasn't complicated at all, I understood immediately!
"Damn you, Baobhan Sith! Just how many romantic disasters has that video you spread brought me already!"
Eikou truly didn't have the energy to complain anymore, that damned haunted house again, why in the world was that video so popular with the girls, was this some kind of romance that only girls could understand?
Or was the real abnormal one actually him?
Murasaki Shikibu: "That boy, in order to protect the girlfriend beside him, in a desperate situation unleashed a courage that shook everyone, unhesitatingly dragging even a Grand Servant into it just to seize a chance of survival for the girl, that spirit left me deeply in awe."
"..."
One could only say, Murasaki Shikibu-sensei truly deserved to be called an author, her imagination was far too strong, the scene she pictured was much more magnificent than what had actually happened.
Murasaki Shikibu: "By the time I came to my senses, I had already fallen for him. Just thinking of him makes my chest tighten…"
Murasaki Shikibu: "But I'm very shy, never daring to summon the courage to confess. All I could do was write my feelings for him into a book, creating a protagonist modeled after him, naming him 'Eigu,' and writing a romance novel titled Eigu: Reverse Genji Plan."
"But perhaps because I poured too much feeling into it, used too much intensity, the book ended up rejected by the publisher due to age restriction issues…"
"Why was it rejected for age restriction issues, just what kind of 'too much intensity' are we talking about here!"
Eikou truly couldn't bear to look anymore, his mental filter had been shattered into pieces, Murasaki Shikibu-sensei who seemed so refined and elegant on the outside, and yet her inner world was so unrestrained!
Fortunately her book hadn't been published, otherwise wouldn't that be a huge embarrassment for him?
But then Murasaki Shikibu sent another message:
"Fortunately, my work happened to catch the eye of a certain noblewoman, she was very satisfied with the story I created, especially loving the way I built the protagonist. This noblewoman decided to ignore all opposition and insisted on publishing my book, even investing a large amount of money to promote it widely."
Eikou seemed to have already guessed who it was, but he still couldn't help asking: "Which noblewoman?"
"It was the CEO of Orkney Group, Morgan le Fay."
Amazing, even Morgan got involved, the two of them even sympathized with each other!
"Thanks to Lady Morgan's help, my work was able to be published smoothly, and the book's success didn't let us down, selling out on the very first day, greatly loved by the girls in Chaldea, and now I'm working on ideas for volume two."
"That's why I need to collect as many stories about him as possible. Haiz, if only I had enough courage to strike up a conversation with him…"
"..."
Eikou also didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Not only appearing in short videos, now he even had to step into literature too?
[Through a conversation with the mysterious online friend K-ko, you discovered a secret of Murasaki Shikibu-sensei that no one else knows...]
[On her, you saw some of her special abilities.]
[You comprehended a new skill "Song of the Poet E"]
["Song of the Poet E": Your grades in literature will improve, especially on topics related to classical poetry; in battle, you can grant the entire party a special attack state against Demonic.]
"What, you can actually learn a new skill too?"
Seeing the prompt from the simulation, Eikou was a bit stunned.
His earlier speculation turned out to be true: interacting online with a Servant could also grant skills.
But it was also possible that because Murasaki Shikibu's affection toward him was already high, and they had even met in real life, that triggered the new skill.
After confirming the new skill, he glanced at the clock—it was time to attend Tristan's special training session.
"...Do your best, K-ko, I've got other things to do, we'll chat again when there's a chance."
Murasaki Shikibu: "Umu, I'm also very happy to have met you. If possible, please be sure to read my works, I really look forward to your evaluation."
Eikou thought to himself: you really want to be slashed in the face by the original character, huh? Don't rush, tonight I'll buy a copy and see just what kind of mess you wrote me into.
He immediately logged out of the chat window.
At that moment, the dorm room door was suddenly pushed open forcefully.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Sir Eikou!"
Tristan appeared, holding a game console and a game cartridge in his arms, speaking proudly.
"You're back, Tristan. Didn't you say special training? Why do I only see you bringing a game console back to the dorm?"
"You misunderstood, it's precisely this game console that is part of the training. I specially brought this from Sir Gawain's house for you."
Tristan set the console down on the floor, put his hands on his hips, and analyzed with the tone of an expert,
"Sir Eikou, conquering married woman is not as simple as you think. If you jump straight into actual combat, then a single mistake could lead to total failure. That's why we must start from a simulated battle, that is, from a game, to understand the methods of conquering married woman."
"What kind of game is there that specifically teaches conquering married woman, and on a console no less?!"
"No, such a game really does exist..."
He pulled out a game cartridge.
"Holy fuck!"
And Eikou's eyes widened in shock, as he gasped coldly,
"This is..."
""Love Sleeping 2 Royal Edition"!"