NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System
chapter-281

"So can I join in?"

"Yes, I think it's okay, but I still need to discuss it with the others first . . . by the way, are you really sure about joining? You're going to have to work properly if you join in . "

"It's not a problem . I promise to work hard!" Chiaki slapped her chest .

"Alright, I've received your application, so please await your notification . " Seiji smiled .

"I . . . I want to join in as well!" Mika spoke up .

Both of them looked towards the double pigtailed girl .

"Although I don't know what I can do . . . I want to join in as well," Mika said weakly .

Chiaki chuckled . "Then be a voice actress just like me! It's quite easy . "

'No, it wouldn't be easy at all . . . ' Seiji thought .

"Of course it would be easy for someone like you who's skilled at acting, but for Mika . . . "

"I'll work my hardest!"

"This isn't something that should be treated like that . There's no need to work so hard since it was just a project born out of interest to begin with . . . "

Seiji really wanted to say that she didn't need to mind this so much, but when he saw Mika's expression . . . he was unable to say it .

"Allow me to discuss this tonight with the other members," he said, relenting .

Right then, the bell for class started ringing .

After their lessons were over, Seiji had Chiaki, Mika, and Kaho go to the library first, while he went to go find Yukari .

"Chiaki told me about what she did to you . " He lowered his head slightly to the purple-haired girl . "For this, I apologize to you on her behalf once again, and I also apologize for not being able to protect your secret . . . I'm sorry . "

Yukari remained silent .

"Chiaki promised to protect your secret, and Mika, who learned it as well, also agreed . I won't dare to ask for you to forgive Chiaki immediately, but . . . I hope that you won't bear too much of a grudge against her," Seiji told her sincerely .

" . . . What if I don't forgive her and really hate her now?" Yukari asked softly .

"Er . . . if that's the case . . . " Seiji had an awkward expression .

Yukari smiled slightly upon seeing his expression . "I was just saying what if . To be honest, although I can't forgive Wakaba-san immediately, I don't bear a grudge against her, so there's no need to worry, Seigo . " After saying this, she turned round to leave . "I need to go back now . See you later . "

The purple-haired girl left just like that .

Seiji silently watched her leave before he headed to the library .

"What did Asamiya-san say?" Chiaki asked in the library .

Seiji told her what Yukari had said .

"I see," the tomboy muttered to herself .

After that, Chiaki didn't say anything else .

. . .

After dinner, Seiji began practicing [Mana Bullet] .

This was the most basic offensive spell of all . It just involved gathering Mana into a certain shape before activating and firing it with a runic spell .

However, basic didn't mean simple . The more Mana that was gathered, the more complex the structure of the Mana Bullet would become, and this also increased the difficulty level and power of the spell .

And the upper limit for the Mana one could gather for this spell . . . was limitless!

That's right—according to his system, it was limitless .

This meant that there was no limit on the strength of this spell . As long as one had sufficient Mana and the ability to gather it into a usable shape, it was theoretically possible to destroy the earth in one shot!

It was akin to Kamehameha .

Although it sounded overpowered by having no upper limit, it actually wasn't very useful . After all, it was impossible to have that much Mana .

Even if someone did have that much Mana, it was difficult to gather such a huge quantity and give it form . Besides, if someone really did have that much Mana, that person could just cast some other world-class spell instead, so why would he or she have to bother with this one?

Even if someone did have that much Mana, it was difficult to gather such a huge quantity and give it form . Besides, if someone really did have that much Mana, that person could just cast some other world-class spell instead, so why would he or she have to bother with this one?

Seiji coughed and shook off his idle thoughts . 'I should stop getting sidetracked . '

It would be rather dangerous to practice most attack magic spells at home, but there would be no consequences if he failed to cast the [Mana Bullet] spell, so it didn't matter .

But just in case, Seiji still asked Shika to cast a barrier spell for him, and he practiced within the barrier .

Shaping his Mana into a form he could use to attack with . . . he felt it was like a mix between crafting with clay and playing with a Rubik's cube .

After some crafting and playing, he accomplished it!

Seiji confirmed that the shape was suitable, and activated the [Mana Bullet] spell .

*Whoosh . . . Smack!*

The bun . . . whoops, the [Mana Bullet] flew out, hit the barrier, and exploded .

The power was rather weak . Seiji estimated that it could only knock over an empty can, but it was still a success!

Pleased with his progress, Seiji checked the progress bar in his system .

'Hmm, it's filling up pretty quickly . '

He continued practicing for a while . Then, it was time for him to stop and go on the internet at this pre-arranged time, so he asked Shika to cancel the barrier .

Seiji turned on his computer, logged on to his chatting application, and sent messages to Yukari and Hisashi .

"The first knight has answered your summons! My king, what orders do you have?" Hisashi responded with a respectful image of someone giving a bow .

"The second knight has answered your summons . My king, what orders do you have?" Yukari also answered in almost the exact same way, adding an elegant expression at the end .

"My knights, your king wishes for . . . Hey! What are you two doing!?" Seiji was almost dragged into their pace .

"This is the setting for our team," Hishashi typed . "I believe that 'Knights of the Round Table' would make an excellent name for our game-developing team, and Idle Fish is the leader and also the 'king . ' All the other members are 'knights!' The numbering order shall be determined by the order in which they joined the team . "

"I think it's pretty good, and I like the name of 'Knights of the Round Table . ' I also have no objections to Idle Fish being our king," Yukari typed .

"I have a few objections! It's fine to be a knight squad, but why am I the 'king?' Sweet Pig was the one who began work on this game, so if anyone should be king, it should be him," Seiji pointed out .

"I can't; I'm not qualified to be king . I couldn't pull out the sword in the stone . "

"I can't; I'm not qualified to be king . I couldn't pull out the sword in the stone . "

"I haven't pulled out such a thing either! Besides, that doesn't even exist!!"

"No, you have such a quality . I've witnessed the holy light within you—that's a light only a king would possess!" Hisashi followed up with a divine emoticon .

"I agree . " Yukari followed up with a polite-smile emoji .

"What the hell's with 'the light of a king!?' I'm not a walking human light bulb! Even King Arthur wasn't glowing, was he!?" Seiji retorted forcefully .

What glowed was King Arthur's sword, not King Arthur himself . . . or herself, in some genderbent versions .

"This is the evidence that you possess the quality to surpass the legendary kings of yore!"

"That's right . "

"What the hell kind of evidence is that! That's enough!! Ice and Fire, you as well; stop egging him on and joining him!"

In the end, they played around for quite a while .

"I'm already tired of commenting . . . Let's get serious here—I don't feel like I'm suitable for being the team leader . Isn't it better if you take the position, Sweet Pig?"

"I really can't . I'm not cut out to be a leader . Let's pretend that I was the leader, and I gave an order for Ice and Fire to do something . How would you feel about that, Ice and Fire?"

"This pervert actually dares to give me an order!?"

"Although I expected it, I'm still astonished! Ice and Fire Sensei actually views this humble one as a pervert!?"

"Aren't you?"

"Er . . . although I am . . . I've always been very polite to you, Sensei! I don't think I've overstepped my boundaries . "

"From the very start of our discussion, you wanted me to draw some rather extreme scenes . I could smell the scent of your perversion even from across the computer screen," Yukari told him bluntly while adding an emoticon with a look of utter condescension .

"Wahhhh!" Hisashi used an emoticon of suffering .

Seiji was rendered speechless .

"See, that's how it is, Milord Idle Fish . You shall be our king, and this humble one will be taking the next ship out to sea to find a quiet haven . . . " This was followed by an emoticon of a wandering traveler .

"Come back here already! Fine, I got it—I'll be the team leader . " Seiji sent a helpless emoticon .

"Perform fireworks ceremonies for the crowning of the new king!" Hisashi instantly typed .

"Come back here already! Fine, I got it—I'll be the team leader . " Seiji sent a helpless emoticon .

"Perform fireworks ceremonies for the crowning of the new king!" Hisashi instantly typed .

Yukari immediately cooperated with him by sending a long series of celebratory emoticons, which included trumpets, exploding firecrackers, scattered confetti, clapping, and even some cannon fire . . .

'So this world had such a phrase as well!' Seiji's cheeks twitched .

"Thank you for your trust in me and for choosing me as the leader . I can't promise anything other than this: I'll try my best . "

"The first knight hereby swears to follow my king to my death!"

"Please be a little more serious, Sweet Pig Knight . "

"Being called that suddenly makes me feel like a fool!"

"Then how about Milk Cream Knight?"

"That's even worse! No! I want to change my name!!"

"I feel like Sweet Pig Knight sounds rather cute . . . Yes, it's not bad at all," Yukari typed in an attempt to console Hisashi .

"Really?" Hisashi asked .

"Yep, there's no need to change it . "

"Oh… then I'll listen to Ice and Fire Sensei . "

"Please call me Knight of Ice and Fire . "

"That's a really cool name in comparison to mine! Now I really feel like I've received a huge impact!!"

Yukari responded with an emoticon that was laughing while covering its mouth .

"Stop talking about this stuff! As your king, I command you to stop! It's time for us to get serious . "

Seiji picked an emoticon that he felt best represented Gendo Ikari's serious expression .

"Let us begin the Knights of the Round Table's first-ever conference!"