Are we managing to make progress somehow?
The fiancé route is the type of route that takes a long time to complete.
I think I'm slowly increasing her favorability by sharing time and secrets, but... this time, there are a lot of unnecessary elements involved, so it's complicated.
To make matters worse, time is limited.
It would be great if there was some way to shorten it, I wonder if there's any way to do that...
Right now, I'm having a get-together with Nakagawa after school.
Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, they seem interested in my strategy, so I never run out of things to talk about.
"There's a technique called 'compatibility flags' that can be used by anyone."
The idea is to make the target of your affection aware of you through unrelated flags, and then somehow transform that awareness into a romantic one."
"What do you mean by 'flags unrelated to romance'?"
"For example, you could make her angry, like I did to Ayumi."
"So, it's about 'filling the void with another emotion and then turning that into romantic feelings,' right?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"By the way, how do you convert those feelings into romantic feelings?"
"The quickest way is to confess your feelings. By doing so, you can force the other person to become aware of romantic feelings."
"Ah, I see."
"By the way, are you alright?"
"What?"
"I know I shouldn't be saying this, but are you actually enjoying this kind of talk?"
"It's okay, it's really fun. It might even be helpful for acting and things like that."
"Acting, huh... I hope the game you voice becomes a masterpiece."
"It's not just games; there's also drama filming."
"That's fine. As long as there's a game."
"Keima-kun is so unwavering..."
I think my popularity has gone up... but...
I've never experienced a situation where a character who was purely a support character suddenly became a target for romance.
Furthermore, there were no prior flags indicating that she would become a target for romance, nor was there any past connection or history between them.
In short... it's hard to gauge their level of favorability.
Things might have been different if I had observed Nakagawa as a potential love interest from the moment we first met.
Ah, damn it, why is there no backlog in reality!
...This is no time to be picky about the means.
I think I'll try setting it up tonight.
...And then, night...
My mother, Nakagawa, and I had dinner together.
Elsie didn't come back, but according to Nakagawa, she's so busy with work that she often spends the night at the office, so there's no need to worry.
That's why Nakagawa is still disguised as Elsie. If Elsie wasn't around, Mom would probably spend the whole night searching for her. I couldn't think of a good excuse, so I gave up.
The reason Nakagawa isn't here is easily explained by "He's busy with work."
"The bath is ready for both of you, so one of you go in."
"...Elsie, go on ahead."
"Okay, then I'll go first."
Okay, two minutes. We'll wait two minutes before taking action.
In our bathroom, there's a separate room with the sink and washing machine before the bathtub, where we keep our clothes, towels, toothbrushes, etc.
Well, it's a pretty standard structure.
I checked the sound of the shower before quietly entering the room just before it.
Then, he casually puts his toothbrush in his mouth and takes out a PFP from his pocket.
I've brought three games just to be on the safe side, so even if I finish each one in an hour, it will still take me three hours.
What would happen if you kept doing that?
The answer is... obvious.
Clatter
"...picture?"
"...a"
I made eye contact with Nakagawa, who came out of the bathroom completely naked.
Panicking excessively here would look insincere, so handle the situation calmly.
"Ah... sorry."
"...tree"
"tree?"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
Nakagawa lets out a girlish scream as she pulls a stun gun from her pile of clothes.
I see, so that's how it is.
I instinctively toss the PFP (Photovoltaic Panel) toss. I hope it doesn't break from the impact of the fall... but it's probably less likely to break from electricity.
And then...
"Abababababababa!!"
A stun gun was pressed hard against me.
And then I lost consciousness...
...But at least let me interject.
Isn't it crazy to bring a stun gun all the way to a place like this!?
* You will be knocked unconscious, but we use a safe stun gun! Probably!