Over the next half hour, Chika Fujiwara quickly learned what "Plagued by Bad Luck" meant.
When going downstairs, she almost missed a step... Actually, she already had, but Natsuki's quick reflexes caught her.
Choking on water.
Phone falling on the floor and hitting her toe, etc.
"So unlucky." Chika Fujiwara didn't dare move randomly anymore. She obediently sat on the tatami, hugging a pillow. "Luck really does exist."
This pink-haired airhead had a super good mentality. Though unlucky, she showed no regret whatsoever. Her voice was crisp:
"If I toss heads, my luck will definitely be very good. I'll definitely draw the SSR I want then."
"Eh~ that makes sense." Kitagawa Marin folded her right arm across her chest and nodded in agreement. "I want to draw SSRs too."
What the hell—after your luck improves, you only think about mobile game gacha?
Have some ambition and just go buy lottery tickets, try to become rich women!
Natsuki pondered.
Thinking about it carefully, what Chika Fujiwara said really made sense.
Though luck couldn't be seen or touched, it clearly truly existed... First toss heads to get a wave of fortune enhancement, then go open blind boxes and enhance skills—how about that?
Though the mermaid tear was an enhancement item, there was a possibility of enhancement failure, and the enhancement effect wasn't fixed either. Before using it, it seemed very necessary to toss the coin first.
"Natsuki, what do you think?"
Kitagawa Marin tilted her head and looked over.
"I think with my eyes." Natsuki's tone was faint. "It's almost midnight. Time to sleep."
"It really is." Kitagawa Marin picked up her phone and couldn't help but cry out softly. "It's already so late."
Natsuki lay down and pulled the covers over himself, looking at the two girls beside him: "Lie down properly and sleep."
"What if that scythe evil spirit sneaks in?" Chika Fujiwara raised her hand, full of interest. "Should we take turns keeping watch?"
"Not necessary." Mrs. Kaguya lazily reclined on the sofa, her voice sweet. "Just leave the night watch to me."
"Alright then." Only then did Chika Fujiwara lie down. She spoke softly: "Amamiya-kun, Marin-chan, good night."
"Good night."
"..."
The night passed without incident.
The next day.
Natsuki opened his eyes to the sound of his alarm clock. He reached out to turn off the phone alarm and checked the time.
7 AM.
After resting his eyes for a bit with them closed, Natsuki silently sat up and looked at the two girls beside him.
Last night, to be safe, the three had still slept in the living room together. One more pink-haired airhead just meant one more futon.
The two girls hadn't woken yet.
Kitagawa Marin lay on her side, curled up. Her cloud-like beautiful hair was spread beneath her. She looked especially quiet—completely different from her usual gyaru image.
By comparison, Chika Fujiwara's sleeping posture was much more rough.
This pink-haired airhead faced the sky, limbs spread out. Her covers had been kicked aside at some point. One leg was exposed outside. Her pajamas were also quite disheveled—even her small belly was showing. Her abdomen was flat and smooth, skin snow-white. Her navel was unexpectedly cute.
Already a high school student, yet still has the habit of kicking off covers—feels about the same as a little kid.
Natsuki watched for a while, then silently extended his right hand and grabbed Chika Fujiwara's covers...
Then helped Chika Fujiwara cover her belly to avoid catching cold.
"Mmm?"
Chika Fujiwara groggily opened her eyes. "...Amamiya-kun?"
"It's nothing." Natsuki's expression remained unchanged. "Keep sleeping."
"I'll sleep a bit more."
"..."
Natsuki turned to look at Mrs. Kaguya on the sofa. After staying up all night, Mrs. Kaguya's body had once again become transparent and ethereal. He asked:
"Kaguya-neesan, that evil spirit didn't appear last night?"
"No." Mrs. Kaguya shook her head. "Only some ordinary evil spirits appeared. They wandered around a bit then left."
Since the Grim Reaper evil spirit refuses to show itself, Natsuki has no way to deal with it. He had Mrs. Kaguya watch over the two girls while he went to the washroom.
7:30 AM.
Chika Fujiwara and Kitagawa Marin got up one after another.
After the two girls washed up and simply ate some bread and milk, the three went out together to walk the dog.
No choice—this was a special period. It wasn't appropriate to separate. They could only act together.
As a result, just after going out, they ran into Miko Yotsuya coming out from next door.
"Eh?"
Miko's footsteps paused. Her eyes widened involuntarily.
Yesterday it was just Marin alone—how did it suddenly become two girls in the blink of an eye?
"Miko-chan, good morning."
Chika Fujiwara waved and called out.
Miko nodded slightly: "...Ah, good morning."
"I just got back to Tokyo last night, then came straight to Amamiya-kun's place." Chika Fujiwara planted her right hand on her hip and sighed lightly. "No choice—I was worried about the two of them."
Natsuki sighed helplessly and signaled with his eyes: "That's the situation."
Miko couldn't help but glare at him. "You really have it rough."
"What's Miko doing getting up so early today?" Kitagawa Marin asked curiously.
"Going to work part-time at a convenience store." Miko raised her hand to tuck the hair by her ear and answered softly. "It's vacation now—I can earn more pocket money."
With Father deceased and Mother working hard alone to support the family, Miko can't share the burden now, but at least she can avoid asking for pocket money.
"Part-time work..." Kitagawa Marin planted her right hand on her hip. "I actually have a part-time method that can earn money quickly. Want to try it, Miko? I'm doing it myself too. Once a week, the work is easy, and the money earned is several times more than convenience store work."
"Eh?"
Miko froze. She instinctively pressed her lips and turned to look at Natsuki.
It can't be, right?
It can't be that kind of work, right?
Kitagawa Marin continued:
"Miko has great body proportions and big breasts—a very popular body type. If you want to do it, I can recommend you..."
Natsuki silently looked at Kitagawa, his expression blank:
"Is the part-time job you're talking about legitimate?"
"Of course it's legitimate!" Kitagawa Marin blinked, then quickly reacted and couldn't help but shout: "I'm talking about being a model—not that kind of illegitimate work!"
The blonde girl's cheeks puffed up high like a squirrel stuffing chestnuts in its mouth. Both hands clenched into fists as she huffily pounded on Natsuki's shoulder.
"Stupid Natsuki! What are you thinking? How could I possibly do papa-katsu work?!"
"Ahem, so it's modeling..."
Miko cleared her throat twice, masking her embarrassment.
Work that's easy, only needs to be done once a week, and earns a lot of money... that's way too easy to misunderstand!
"Eh eh, so it's modeling."
Chika Fujiwara also cleared her throat twice.
Seeing Natsuki look over, Chika Fujiwara instantly played dumb and moved past the earlier topic. "Speaking of which, Miko-chan has a great figure—you really could consider being a part-time model. If it were Kaguya-chan, she couldn't be a model even if she wanted to."