Soon, when class ended, Yukinoshita Yukino finally returned to the classroom, but she looked cold as ice, as if the person who had been so sensitive she was panting earlier wasn't her at all.
Hoshino Miru watched Yukinoshita Yukino sit back down at her seat, silent and radiating a chilling aura.
"Is she a bit strange today?" someone whispered to Hoshino Miru. After all, everyone wasn't blind - Yukinoshita Yukino's frozen stance at the door earlier had been too conspicuous.
"Maybe it's a girl's special day." Hoshino Miru replied absentmindedly while actually looking at Yukinoshita Yukino's status panel.
[Target: Yukinoshita Yukino] [Intimacy: 23] [Status: Aloof flower on a high peak, due to earlier adjustment, lingering effects remain...]
Yes, he wasn't seeing things wrong. Just by adjusting her slightly, Yukinoshita Yukino's intimacy had already increased by one point.
Indeed, Hoshino Miru discovered that normal interactions with Yukinoshita Yukino wouldn't increase intimacy.
Otherwise, having known Yukinoshita Yukino for so long, her intimacy couldn't possibly be just 22 points.
When dealing with Yukinoshita Yukino, relying on normal interactions couldn't leave a deep impression on her. There was no way to raise her intimacy through normal means.
Until Hoshino Miru obtained the special skill [Sensitivity], he finally realized that intimacy didn't equal favorability.
Hoshino Miru once thought intimacy was favorability, but it turned out that even when he did bad things to Yukinoshita Yukino, intimacy would still increase.
This intimacy most likely referred to interaction - no matter what you did, as long as there was interaction, intimacy could go up.
Well, adjustment also counted as a type of interaction, reminding Hoshino Miru of the eroge he'd played before.
If it was normal interaction, the system would give normal rewards, like [Writing] and [Music Theory] skills.
But not taking the normal conquest route could also yield rewards - special skills.
So special that Hoshino Miru was embarrassed to use them. Things like sensitivity were really too improper.
Worth mentioning was that this special skill happened to be drawn from Yukinoshita Yukino.
Now Hoshino Miru seriously suspected his system actually had two versions - one was a normal beautiful girl conquest system, the other was a dark world conquest system.
Really too free, too much playability.
Apart from lacking a tutorial, Hoshino Miru could hardly find any problems.
However, maybe having no manual made him more curious about future developments.
For example, if he kept adjusting her, would Yukinoshita Yukino's intimacy reach 100%?
Though curious, Hoshino Miru's desire to adjust Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't just because of intimacy.
Mainly, this takamine-san's personality was too fun, making Hoshino Miru particularly unable to resist wanting to bully her.
Probably his mischievous nature at work.
Hoshino Miru closed Yukinoshita Yukino's panel, since just gaining one point now wouldn't give rewards - he needed to reach 30 points for rewards to be calculated.
Then Hoshino Miru noticed Yukinoshita Yukino had been watching his expressions.
"What are you looking at?" Yukinoshita Yukino asked displeasedly.
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you were feeling unwell earlier?" Hoshino Miru blinked, feeling like a villain who'd done bad things and returned to admire his masterpiece.
Honestly, Yukinoshita Yukino somewhat suspected Hoshino Miru, but she didn't know what had happened earlier herself, and was in a particularly bad mood.
"It's none of your business." Yukinoshita Yukino looked away, unnaturally gathering her skirt hem. Her fair, smooth legs tensed slightly, her posture nearly impeccable.
Seeing the girl like this, sometimes Hoshino Miru had to admit she was indeed impressive.
Having just experienced that not long ago, her body was still sensitive, yet her surface appearance showed no abnormalities.
Hoshino Miru thought about it and gave up those bold ideas. This was enough.
...
As time passed, lunch break soon arrived.
Hoshino Miru was about to eat his bento when he saw several girls timidly approaching.
"Hoshino-kun, can we eat together?"
Hoshino Miru was somewhat surprised and turned to look at Yukinoshita Yukino, who found his gaze baffling.
Then Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to realize something, showing annoyance in her eyes and glaring at him fiercely.
Hoshino Miru found it strange. He shifted his gaze back to face the somewhat expectant girls, considered briefly, and was about to answer when he heard Eriri's voice.
"No way, no way! He's eating with me today!"
Like instant teleportation, Eriri suddenly appeared beside Hoshino Miru, blocking the girls.
Clearly, they hadn't expected Eriri to rush over so quickly, their expressions particularly colorful.
"S-sorry for bothering you!" The girls fled immediately, not even giving Hoshino Miru a chance to react.
As soon as they left, Eriri glared at Hoshino Miru somewhat dissatisfied, questioning: "Why didn't you refuse immediately?"
This childhood friend suddenly seemed to transform into a wife who was extremely sensitive to her husband and had super strong control desires after marriage.
"Should I have refused?" Hoshino Miru felt somewhat innocent.
"Of course you should refuse! Compared to them, isn't this childhood friend much cuter?" Eriri seemed particularly righteous. She was now too lazy to pretend to be a perfect honor student.
Mainly, Hoshino Miru had absolutely no self-awareness, seeming to never realize how terrifying his charm was, attracting many girls since childhood.
Sometimes Eriri wondered if the bullying and ostracism they faced as children was because of Hoshino Miru himself.
Even worse, this guy not only didn't realize this but was super sociable with everyone, able to make friends with anyone.
Thinking this, Eriri unconsciously glanced at nearby Yukinoshita Yukino. She'd heard of this flower on a high peak's nickname - she was indeed quite beautiful.
But seeing a certain part of Yukinoshita Yukino, Eriri slightly smugly looked away.
Hmph, no matter how beautiful, she was just a flat chest at most.
Yukinoshita Yukino noticed her gaze and looked at her and Hoshino Miru expressionlessly.
Eriri didn't care. Someone like Yukinoshita Yukino eating bento alone was obviously a loser without even friends.
"Come with me, let's go to our usual place." Eriri grabbed Hoshino Miru's wrist and led him away from the classroom without question.
Hoshino Miru knew where she was taking him, so he brought his bento and left with her.
They walked together to the school building's rooftop, which was where Hoshino Miru and Eriri usually spent lunch breaks.
But the rooftop's UV rays were too strong, so few people came here. Everyone preferred air-conditioned places.
"Why did you go home so quickly yesterday?" Hoshino Miru sat on the bench, asking casually.
Eriri had just sat beside him when she heard this question and froze.
"Sh-shut up!" The girl's face immediately turned red. "Mind your own business! Can't I want to go home early?"
Of course she said this with a guilty conscience, because Kasugano Sora had really startled her yesterday.
Eriri discovered Kasugano Sora standing behind her and her heart nearly skipped a beat. She instinctively put away her phone, blocking the latter's view.
She didn't know if Kasugano Sora had seen the chat records, or how much she'd seen, but that scene was really too embarrassing.
Like accidentally exposing browser history, Eriri felt particularly humiliated.
Even though Kasugano Sora hadn't said anything at the time, Eriri was already so embarrassed she wanted to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes.
So Eriri had fled home that night.
But after a night's time, Eriri had now completely calmed down.
So what if Kasugano Sora saw? She was going to be Kasugano Sora's sister-in-law anyway!
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