NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System
chapter-331

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Princess

"Good morning, Wakaba-san . Sorry to bother you in the morning, but I have some questions I'd like to ask," Yukari said calmly .

"About?"

"It's regarding Seigo's adopted younger sister, Shika Kagura . "

There was a momentary silence . Then, Chiaki started chuckling .

"About that… Let me guess, you wanted to ask Seigo out on a date, and you were rejected politely, which led to you learning about her . Am I correct?"

"That's right," Yukari admitted directly . "I want to know more regarding her . "

"Why don't you just ask Seigo directly?" Chiaki suggested . "As long as it's something he can say, he'll tell you . "

Yukari fell silent for a moment .

"I want to know about the part that he won't tell me about . "

"Eh… this doesn't seem like the Princess's way of doing things?" Chiaki raised her voice questioningly .

"I know that this may not be good, but I still want to know . That's just how I feel," Yukari said . "But I also know that you won't tell me, as it's not for me to know . "

"Then why did you contact me?"

"I want to understand Shika Kagura better, and you're skilled at seeing through others . I can gather the most information possible from you without having to invade her privacy . "

Chiaki Wakaba was a famous detective… whoops, outstanding at deductions . Yukari had personally experienced this for herself .

Chiaki would definitely know more about things than Mika would . The prerequisite, of course, was her being willing to tell Yukari .

"Is this praise? Or sarcasm?"

"It's praise . I've personally tasted what it's like to go up against you, so in this regard, no matter how I personally feel, I'm truly impressed by your deductive abilities . "

"It's my honor to be praised by the Princess," Chiaki said with a chuckle . "But why should I tell you anything? Do you think that I'd tell something as important as information about Seigo's cute adopted younger sister to you just because you praised me a little?"

'It's here,' Yukari said to herself . 'This is the critical junction—this decides whether or not I can convince this tomboy . '

"Of course I don't think that . In order to get information from you, I should trade something of equal value . But before that, I'd like to confirm, have you truly given up on Seigo?"

Chiaki fell silent for a moment .

"If you're not saying that you've completely given up, then that probably means that you haven't . In that case, we can make an alliance against Natsuya Yoruhana . "

"Oh? What are the specifics of this alliance you propose?"

"We'll help each other out on certain things . For example, as you told me about Shika Kagura this time, next time you can ask me for some information, or request my assistance, or even… request that I not do a specific thing one time . "

"Oh…? So it's something along the line of establishing a diplomatic relationship?"

"That's correct . I believe that this shall be beneficial for both of us, especially when our opponent is someone as strong as President Yoruhana . "

"What a surprise . I never expected the Princess to take such a course of action . "

"I don't feel like there's anything bad about what I'm doing, No, I should say that you should be the one who isn't surprised . You must have guessed that I would do this, otherwise you wouldn't have given me such a message to begin with, Chiaki Wakaba," Yukari said in a serious voice .

Chiaki fell silent for another moment, before she chuckled once more .

"I'm beginning to like you even more, Princess . Alright, you've convinced me . I'll tell you about that cute adopted younger sister of his, although I don't know that much either . In exchange, when I need something from you in the future, please remember your promise . "

"Of course," Yukari replied . "Since I was the one who brought up the idea of allying, I'll definitely keep my promise . "

"You sure sound reliable . " Chiaki chuckled and said, "Now then, where should I start? About Shika Kagura…"

The next morning, some time after Yukari called and said that she was on her way, Seiji heard a knock on his door and went to open it .

He saw the purple-haired beauty . She was wearing a dark windbreaker and was holding a bag in her hands .

"Welcome," he greeted her with a smile .

Yukari smiled as well . "Please excuse my intrusion . "

She handed Seiji a box of confectioneries as she entered, which Seiji accepted politely . He then led her to the living room .

The purple-haired girl took off her windbreaker to reveal a light, elegantly knitted sweater and jeans underneath .

This was what Yukari went with after a lengthy internal debate about what to wear . Although it seemed somewhat plain, her outfit had its own charm .

Her sharp senses noticed Seiji's eyes pause on her for a moment, and this made her happy . She felt that it was worth spending so long on picking out her clothes .

Seiji helped hang up Yukari's windbreaker and had her sit down by the kotatsu . He poured a cup of hot tea for her and brought out the desserts that he had prepared .

Yukari looked around her as she accepted the tea .

"My apologies that my living space is rather simple . "

"No… I think it's pretty nice . Did you redecorate this place recently?"

"I indeed did some redecorating, albeit only in the living room . "

Yukari stopped looking around and sipped on her tea .

"Where… is your adopted younger sister, Kagura-san?" she asked casually .

"She's in her room…" Before Seiji could even finish his sentence, both of them saw the black-haired girl walk out of her room .

This was the second meeting between Yukari Asamiya and Shika Kagura .

Their eyes shot needles at each other as they locked together .

'She's… so beautiful,' Yukari exclaimed in her mind .

Last time at the bookstore, although she had been intentionally ignoring Shika's presence, Shika's beauty had still left her with a deep impression .

Perhaps it was because Shika Kagura was so beautiful—almost ethereal—that Yukari had unconsciously not wanted to pay attention to her . She instinctively felt as if Shika were no mere mortal—or, at the very least, a presence that mortals shouldn't casually approach .

Or perhaps, it was because Shika was simply too beautiful, so as a fellow girl, she naturally felt distant from her?

Yukari personally believed that as an artist, she was able to objectively assess other girls' beauty, like she had with Natsuya Yoruhana . Perhaps there were exceptions, though, such as this girl before her . In theory, Shika would make an excellent model, but Yukari had no ideas about desecrating… no, drawing Shika at all .

"Hello, excuse me for entering . I'm Yukari Asamiya, Seigo… Harano-san's schoolmate from a different class . "

"…Hello," Shika replied lightly before walking to the kotatsu and sitting down by Seiji's side .

Yukari was rendered somewhat speechless .

"I apologize . She's… shy around strangers and isn't too good at dealing with such situations…" Seiji had an apologetic look on his face .

"No, it's okay . " Yukari looked towards Seiji, her eyes expressing that she understood .

It was just like what Wakaba-san had told her .

Shika Kagura had an icy cold personality . She preferred to remain distant from others, hardly ever spoke, and hated contact… Seigo was the only exception .

The best way to deal with her would be to leave her alone, but it definitely didn't mean that she should be ignored .

Shika Kagura had a deep attachment to Seigo Harano and would likely fiercely counterattack anyone who she viewed as an outsider capable of threatening her position in his heart .

"Before, when you invited Seigo on a date, she was the one who told Mika, and then Mika told me . That is to say, she's the main cause of your planned date with Seigo failing; she ruined your goal to spend time alone with him .

"Kagura-san is capable of far more than just this . She has a great amount of influence over Seigo . Just the fact that Seigo promised to temporarily not get a girlfriend due to her request is the best evidence of this .

"If it wasn't for the fact that she's still rather young and only in middle school, then she would probably be the scariest opponent of all—perhaps even above Natsuya Yoruhana .

"Let me put it this way, if you're the 'Princess,' and President Yoruhana is the 'Queen,' then she can be described as the 'Demon King . '"

Demon King .

Yukari really had to restrain herself from commenting on this nickname that Chiaki used to describe Shika, but she understood what Chiaki was saying .

If she wanted to conquer the "castle" that was Seigo Harano, then she definitely couldn't ignore the beautiful, ethereal, ice-cold existence beside him, especially when she wielded such great power .

This was her second meeting with the resident "Demon King" of the castle, Shika Kagura!