Chapter 463: Chapter 456: I am also Number 1
Shirakawa Sawahei looked at Little Arrogant with a strange expression, thinking, who would have thought that in the end even you had to resort to trickery to win... As expected, the Calligraphy Club’s instance looks simple, but it’s actually a hidden dragon and crouching tiger?
The Heavenly God descending for a 1v4 sweep in the Calligraphy Club, only I can do that.
His heart felt slightly more balanced, even the gloom from being backstabbed by Tsukimi and Black Hearted Lolita had lessened somewhat. He glanced at the night sky and proposed, "It’s getting late, let’s go to sleep."
"Hayakawa, do we need to wait for you to freshen up?"
"No need, I’ve already done that."
"Then let’s sleep quickly." Shirakawa Sawahei urged, "It’s quite late, let’s not disturb the other guests."
Tsukimi Sakurazawa asked suspiciously, "Shirakawa... Why are you rushing us to sleep as soon as Hayakawa arrives?"
"..."
"Wasn’t I already ready to sleep even before Hayakawa came over?"
"That’s true... But come to think of it, even though Hayakawa brought a quilt over, it still can’t be perfectly allocated..."
"It’s okay, I can..."
Before Miss Kaori could finish, Black Hearted Lolita hurriedly interrupted, "I can sleep with Minister Sakurazawa!"
"Huh?"
The little girl, fearing that Hayakawa Kashi would find an excuse to cuddle her while sleeping, quickly acted to thwart her intentions.
Though this way, she couldn’t sleep next to Little Bai, it also extinguished the Black Hearted Woman’s intention to sleep with Little Bai. Kill two birds with one stone... Hmm~
"Uh... Wasn’t there some penalty mechanism in the competition we just had?" The slack-off girl glanced at Shirakawa Sawahei, lightly coughed, and said, "Shirakawa was the first to be eliminated... should be considered the loser, right..."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Ise Yu, your figurines are doomed!
"Oh right, what was the penalty mechanism again?"
"The loser has to share a bed with me!" Shirakawa Sawahei spoke up, "Looks like this penalty can’t be enforced, so let’s forget it."
"No way, a penalty is a penalty!" The woozy girl seemed to have thought of something, her cheeks slightly red, "Since Shirakawa came last, it has to be the runner-up who faces the penalty..."
"Cough cough... a penalty is a penalty, there’s no way to avoid it... Really no choice, I’ll share a bed with Shirakawa tonight..."
"But... Kaori said she wanted to sleep with Sakurazawa, and you previously mentioned wanting to hug Kaori to sleep... Is it really okay to reject her?"
"Eh...?? But...but..."
Tsukimi Sakurazawa looked at Black Hearted Lolita, who seemed dumbfounded, then at Shirakawa Sawahei, suddenly finding the Lolita in her arms less appealing...
"Cough cough... Really no choice, since the runner-up can’t execute the penalty, I’ll have to do it myself, sacrificing for the greater good... Shirakawa... tonight..."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Letting a former manga artist into my bed? Are you sure she’s not here to gather material? She used suspicious words like ’source material’ when we were playing cards earlier... Now she’s getting what she wanted!
To avoid appearing in her manga in a strange way, Shirakawa Sawahei decisively said, "This sequence is too ruleless, how about letting the first and last place share a bed."
Black Hearted Lolita: "???"
The woozy girl: "???"
The slack-off girl: "???"
So all my well-thought-out planning and guiding the conversation was just dressing Hayakawa up for the occasion!?
The cute little Ise Yu suddenly felt life was an illusion. She clung onto Shirakawa Sawahei’s arm, persistently saying, "Why, the inheritance by order doesn’t sound reasonable! And letting the first and last place share a bed is a punishment for the first place, but isn’t it a benefit for you, Shirakawa?"
"I didn’t say it was a benefit for me, it just sounds a bit smoother that way."
"Hmm, it does sound reasonable." The Evil Little Arrogant nodded, whispering, "This is the first time sleeping with Shirakawa, is there anything to pay attention to?"
"Absolutely not, also, it’s just because we have one less quilt that we have to squeeze together... Hayakawa, you’re making too much of it..."
"There should be more quilts!" Black Hearted Lolita, unwilling to see Hayakawa Kashi progress so seamlessly, gritted her teeth, "Why don’t we go get one from Hayakawa’s room?"
"Unfortunately, I returned it to the inn."
"???"
If there weren’t so many people around, Black Hearted Lolita would’ve probably pounced on Hayakawa Kashi for a do-or-die showdown.
"Alright, alright... It’s just one night, we’re all friends, nothing’s going to happen anyway..." Shirakawa Sawahei sighed, holding his forehead, "I’m not the kind of guy to take advantage of others."
The slack-off girl, once again backstabbed by Shirakawa Sawahei, appeared utterly dejected, while Tsukimi assessed him with an uncertain expression before finally nodding.
"Okay... Since it’s a game, let’s follow this seemingly abnormal rule... But Shirakawa, as the minister, I must remind you, Hayakawa trusts you enough to be willing to sleep with you. You must, mustn’t, break her trust, okay!"
The girl enunciated the ’break’ with emphasis, and Shirakawa Sawahei nodded helplessly, thinking if he really did something to Miss Kaori, let alone anyone else, she wouldn’t let him off either.
"Uh..."
The side character with low presence finally spoke her first words since earlier. She blinked her innocent doe-like eyes, glanced at everyone, then quickly lowered her head, her voice trembling lightly.
"I... I am also in first place."
"!!!"
"???"
...
At this moment, Shirakawa Sawahei’s feelings were incredibly complicated.
Currently, lying next to him are the two learning companions he first chose from his system, one Little Arrogant and one Little Transparent, one on the left and one on the right. Little Transparent on the left has her eyes shut tight, her lashes trembling slightly, breathing irregularly. It’s as if she has ’restlessness’ written on her face. Meanwhile, Little Arrogant on the right has even breathing, serene brows and eyes, almost like she has ’calmness’ displayed on a public screen.
These two little girls really are two different extremes... Miss Kaori feels completely at ease with Shirakawa Sawahei lying beside her, relaxed as if she were at home.
Isn’t Little Arrogant afraid that he might get a wicked idea and, throw caution to the wind, turn this small inn into the birthplace of an R18 Galgame game CG scene?
One, two, three, four, five... if at this moment, his luck were just a bit worse, or his system a bit more like Long Aotian, these little girls might end up in grave danger...
Ultimately, blame the lousy system! Shirakawa Sawahei sighed, brushing away the unrealistic thoughts, and turned his head seriously to gaze at Little Transparent’s face in the faint moonlight.