NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System
chapter-309

"As I said, I'll take good care of her," Seiji promised . "Leave her to me, Hirai-san . "

The three of them left the hospital after saying goodbye to Hirai and took a taxi back to the Uehara apartment complex .

Seiji brought Reo inside . "This is our home . Unfortunately it's not as spacious as your uncle's residence . "

The little girl didn't seem to be dissatisfied with the apartment . She merely looked around curiously .

"We can clean up the study a little bit and it can become your room . Or," Seiji added as an afterthought, "you can live together with me in my room; it's pretty big,"

Reo's eyes flashed with a strange light when she heard this .

Seiji then showed her the study .

"There's not much furniture here, and I need to go buy another bed . . . or perhaps we could move the one in your uncle's residence here . "

"What about Brother Harano's room?" the little girl asked after seeing the study .

Seiji blinked at this . "It's over here . . . do you really want to live in my room?"

He really did say the second half of that sentence casually without thinking about it .

"I'd like to see it first . "

"Alright," Seiji said, taking her to see his room .

Seiji didn't have many things in his room, which helped in making it seem spacious . There was also a large window, so the room was quite bright . It seemed far more comfortable than the study that was just a tiny room .

"I want to live here!" Reo said decisively . "I don't want to live in that small room . I want to live here in this big room together with Brother . "

'Really!?' Seiji thought . "Are . . . you sure?"

"Yep!" Reo nodded before she looked towards the large bed in Seiji's room . "If I sleep together with Brother, I won't even need a new bed . "

'She even wants to sleep together with me!?' Seiji was rather stunned by this . 'For an elementary school girl of her age . . . shouldn't she object to sleeping together with a high school boy?'

"Although that bed's large enough for two, do you really want to do this, Reo-chan?"

"Yep, I think it's fine like this . Don't you want to, Brother Harano?" asked the little girl, her eyes sparkling and her face flushed with a tinge of red .

Seiji felt like he had been struck by a heavy cannon shot from the loli . 'So cute!'

"I . . . Of course I wouldn't be unwilling . I just mean that you don't need to force yourself; you can sleep by yourself . . . "

He felt it would be awkward if he confessed that he had just mentioned it casually . It seemed to him like he had fallen into a pit trap dug by himself .

"I don't think I'm forcing myself at all . It…" Reo looked down at her feet bashfully, "seems pretty nice to be able to sleep together with Brother . "

Seiji was struck by yet another heavy cannonball! Where was the medic!?

"Oh . . . I see . " Seiji scratched his face awkwardly . "Then . . . let's just sleep together . "

She was just a child . Sleeping together with her wasn't a big deal . She would likely want to sleep by herself after a while .

*Shing!*

Seiji suddenly heard a sound that resembled the unsheathing of a sword! His expression froze as he turned around and saw Shika Kagura standing behind him with an expressionless face .

'When did she get there!?'

The black-haired girl's hands were behind her back; Demon Blade Muramasa was there as well . . . and Seiji was unable to see if it had been unsheathed or not .

"Shika-chan . . . " Seiji's expression remained frozen solid .

Shika glanced at Reo, then she focused on her adopted older brother's face for a good while, giving him a deep look .

Then, she turned around and left .

'What did that mean?' Seiji broke into cold sweat .

Did she or didn't she unsheathe her sword just now? Was it just his mistaken impression? He was rather scared . . .

Afterwards, he helped carry in and organize all of Reo's luggage, making her move-in official . Then, Seiji called Peach-sensei to tell her about the results .

"You're going to take care of Reo . . . won't that be inconvenient for you?" Mayuzumi asked after hearing about the situation . "How about . . . I take care of her instead?"

"That's not good, Sensei . We don't know what might happen if you and Reo live together," Seiji explained . "It's better that I take care of her . If . . . if Reo loses control of her power again, Shika-chan and I should be able to suppress her . "

Mayuzumi fell silent for a moment .

"You're right," she said, sighing deeply .

The root cause of the incident—the mysterious power—was still there, and there was no known way to dispel it .

Solely based on this, the incident wasn't entirely over, because they didn't know what would happen in the future .

It was also unknown just who had defeated Shouhei Hirai and injured him so badly . It would be best if it was done by a passer-by with a sense of justice, but there was no way to confirm this either, so it was also a cause for concern .

They could only leave things as they were . No matter what, life had to go on .

"Sensei . . . how's your phobia?" Seiji tried asking .

Last night, Natsuya helped to seal Mayuzumi's memories . Afterwards, Mayuzumi stopped having nightmares, which was evidence that this tactic had been effective .

"It's already improved greatly," Mayuzumi told him . "When I went home, I intentionally took a bus, and . . . although I'm still a little nervous, it feels much, much better than before . "

"That's great, then . " Seiji was delighted to hear this news . "In that case, it's probably only a matter of time before your phobia is completely cured . "

"Yes . . . it would seem so . " Mayuzumi smiled and said, "Haruta-kun, there are no words that can express my gratitude . I might have to trouble you in the future as well . I . . . don't even know what to say . Thank you . . . if there's ever any time when you think I can help you out, please let me know . . . even though I might not be able to do anything . "

Seiji fell silent for a moment before he smiled as well . "Sensei, I'll remember what you said just now! A mega-popular beautiful manga author is quite a useful friend to have! When I need your help, I'll ask without hesitating, so prepare yourself!"

"Oh . . . " Mayuzumi responded dazedly upon hearing him suddenly speak in such a tone .

"Don't regret saying this in the future! As an icy-cold man, I won't accept regret or objections! Wahaha—"

Seiji laughed maniacally like the epitome of a villain . Then, he hung up the call just like that .

Mayuzumi's expression remained confused for a good while as she looked at her cell phone, before she finally chuckled . "Honestly . . . "

After school, Mika and Chiaki both visited Seiji's apartment . They were here to listen to his story .

Seiji told them about everything that happened yesterday .

He recounted the battle at Amami-sensei's house and the undead spirits possessing Shouhei Hirai . He then explained how they hired Mai Houjou and solved the mystery of the Story of a Hundred Demons game from ten years ago and linked it to the nightmares, the mysterious power, and the inheritance passed down from mother to daughter . Then he retold the battle at school and his experience in the soul realm . . .

Mika and Chiaki wallowed in a state of constant astonishment as they attentively listened to his tale .

The two of them received the greatest shock when they heard how Seiji had entered the soul realm and searched for Amami-sensei everywhere in the strange, fictional city where time passed at a different rate compared to reality . They were especially amazed when they learned that Mayuzumi had spent almost half a year inside there by herself!

To act as someone else's dead mother in that fictional, dreamlike place for almost half a year . . . they found it difficult to imagine would that would be like . Then, Seiji told them about how his connection to President Yoruhana was cut off, leaving him trapped within the soul realm as well .

Their eyes widened to saucers at this part .

He told them about summoning the Honey Candy Girl army and attempting to convince Reo to let go, as well as the long, intense battle that he fought in . After that, he recounted how he had successfully convinced Reo to come out, allowing them to return to reality . . .

Seiji intentionally skipped over the part about Hinako Tachibana's appearance . He felt that it would be best if as few people as possible knew about the dead being resurrected .

He also told them about his meeting with Shouhei Hirai and their discussion . He mentioned how they weren't able to solve the mystery of who had subdued and thrashed Hirai and that he had promised to take care of Reo Tachibana, concluding the story .

Mika and Chiaki were speechless for a long while . This basically seemed like a huge movie!

A battle involving a mystical element, as well as suspense, other various exciting elements, and even horror . There was a beginning, story development, a plot twist, and a climax . . . the setup was clear and complete .

If it were to be worked upon, it didn't even require any touching up . It was basically a movie plot! The story seemed that majestic to them .

They looked at Seiji with complex expressions on their faces .

They wanted to say so much, but didn't know what to say, because they didn't know where to begin .

Everyone remained silent for a while .

"So," Chiaki said, finally breaking the silence, "the result in the end is… you now have another younger sister, right?"