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"Senpai, were you anxious?"
Kitahara Makoto crossed the field of flowers and came before Ijichi Nijika again.
"I wasn't anxious at all," Ijichi Nijika refuted, but her eager short steps as she hurried forward clearly revealed her inner impatience.
Watching everyone else leave one by one, leaving her alone, it would definitely be a lie to say she didn't care.
Kitahara Makoto spread his arms: "Besides carrying you, I can also carry you on my back. Which do you choose, Nijika-senpai?"
Ijichi Nijika's pretty face flushed slightly, and she couldn't help but glare at him: "Just carry me."
Everyone else was carried, but when it came to her, she was carried on his back… People would suspect them, wouldn't they?
She absolutely didn't want to be misunderstood!
"Alright then." Kitahara Makoto reached out and scooped Ijichi Nijika into his arms. "Let's go."
Ijichi Nijika's pretty face was crimson. She instinctively reached out her arms and wrapped them around Kitahara Makoto's neck, then nervously turned her head to look elsewhere.
Calm down.
Don't be nervous.
It's just a hug… It's not like they haven't hugged before!
But…
Thump-thump, thump-thump.
Ijichi Nijika clearly heard her heart beating rapidly in her chest, the sound exceptionally clear.
Ahhhhhh! Why is my heart beating so fast!
He's the scumbag Boyfriend-kun who deceived her feelings in the future; she should hate and despise him!
Unfortunately, Ijichi Nijika's heart rate still couldn't slow down.
Foreseeing the future was not reincarnation, so she naturally couldn't empathize with her future self. In the future scenes, happy moments during their relationship accounted for the majority, which naturally had a greater impact.
"Nijika-senpai, why aren't you talking?" Kitahara Makoto asked as he walked.
Ijichi Nijika turned her pretty face away: "Don't want to talk."
Kitahara Makoto: "By the way, I didn't expect that among everyone, Nijika-senpai would be the lightest. Hitori-chan, who looks very small, is actually the heaviest."
The girls' heights were all similar. The reason Bocchi-chan could stand out… was probably because she had enough chest fat.
Ijichi Nijika couldn't help but glare at him: "Discussing a girl's weight is a very rude thing to do."
"Yes, yes…"
As he spoke, Kitahara Makoto once again reached the center of the field of flowers.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Countless aerial roots emerged from the ground, coiling around him, trying to keep Kitahara Makoto in the field of flowers. Unfortunately, they lacked toughness and were directly snapped by Kitahara Makoto's brute force, making cracking sounds.
The silver-haired, red-eyed Beast Ear Girl was still sitting in the center of the field of flowers, but this time she didn't call out 'Good person' again. She just looked at him with teary, pleading eyes, her small face clearly showing 'pitiful, weak, and helpless'.
If Kitahara Makoto hadn't activated [Sage Time], he would have been captured by the Beast Ear Girl in front of him long ago, lost his mind, and become nourishment for the field of flowers.
"Wait—"
Kitahara Makoto suddenly felt a stir in his heart and stopped beside the Beast Ear Girl. A bold idea emerged from his mind.
Was the Beast Ear Girl in front of him truly real, or was it a false illusion he had created?
If she was real, could he use the [Undead Knight] ability on her?
Since she looked like a human loli, she should meet the [Mount] requirement, right?
"…Let's try it."
Kitahara Makoto hesitated for two seconds, then quickly made a decision.
Trying it wouldn't waste much time. If he didn't try, he would definitely regret it later.
"Kitahara-kun, are you alright?"
Ijichi Nijika looked over worriedly.
"I'm fine," Kitahara Makoto shook his head gently. "But there's something I need Nijika-senpai's help with."
"That's good…" Ijichi Nijika breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and asked curiously, "What is it?"
Kitahara Makoto said seriously:
"I need to free up one hand, so… Nijika-senpai, let's change positions?"
To turn an Undead creature into a mount, mere thought wasn't enough; physical contact was required, along with a certain amount of 'taming' time.
The so-called physical contact was actually very simple: Kitahara Makoto just needed to extend one hand and press it on the silver-haired, red-eyed Beast Ear Girl's head.
The problem was that he was currently holding Ijichi Nijika with both hands. To free up a hand, he had to change his posture.
Ijichi Nijika blinked blankly: "Po-position?"
"It's simple…"
Kitahara Makoto exerted a little force with his arms, directly lifting Ijichi Nijika and placing her on his shoulders.
"Eh eh eh?!"
Ijichi Nijika instinctively let out a surprised cry. By the time she reacted, she was already sitting on Kitahara Makoto's shoulders.
(I'm actually sitting on Kitahara-kun's shoulders… Isn't this what little kids call playing horsey!)
Ijichi Nijika's pretty face rapidly turned crimson at a visible speed. Across the field of flowers, Kita and the others stared with wide, dumbfounded eyes. Facing the girls' gazes, Nijika's sense of shame exploded, and she couldn't help but shout:
"Wh-wh-wh-wh-what are you doing?!!"
"I'll explain later," Kitahara Makoto looked at the silver-haired Beast Ear Girl in front of him and slowly extended his right hand. "Senpai, hold on tight to me first."
"Mmm…"
Ijichi Nijika's leg muscles tensed up, and she quickly wrapped her arms around Kitahara Makoto's neck.
Kitahara Makoto paused: "Senpai, you're too tight…"
Ijichi Nijika: "What?"
Kitahara Makoto: "My neck is going to be snapped by Senpai's death-grip scissor legs."
Ijichi Nijika: "…Don't say strange things!"
"…"
Fortunately, after the initial shame, Nijika-senpai finally loosened her grip slightly. Kitahara Makoto then finally resumed smooth breathing, and after taking a deep breath, he reached out again, extending his hand towards the silver-haired Beast Ear Girl.
"It's not an illusion…?"
As his hand made contact, Kitahara Makoto quickly felt a soft, silky sensation in his palm.
"Kitahara-kun, what are you touching?" Ijichi Nijika was extremely nervous.
Kitahara Makoto didn't speak, but instead opened the System, and lines of text logs appeared.
[You used the ability: Undead Knight…]
"Judging… Judgment passed, target meets riding requirements, tamable."
"Subduing…"
"Subdued successfully."
"Congratulations, you have obtained a mount! Go train it quickly!"
Kitahara Makoto only felt a soft hum in his mind, and then an indescribable, mysterious connection was established with the silver-haired, red-eyed Beast Ear Girl in front of him.
He could not only perceive the Beast Ear Girl's emotions but also issue various commands to her.
At the same time.
Under the shocked gaze of the girls, the entire field of flowers suddenly flickered, rippling like waves, rapidly transforming from real to illusory, and finally, under everyone's watchful eyes, quietly disappeared.
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
"Why did the field of flowers suddenly disappear?"
"What exactly happened…"
"Everyone, look, there's an extra person next to Kitahara-kun!"
"No, why does that elementary schooler have a pair of fluffy animal ears?"
"…"
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