"Tell me first what kind of human you are!"
"I'm an ordinary human, and I am an ordinary human who is not a chuunibyou!"
After saying that she finally left my thigh.
"This is the first time I have met a human being who can see and touch me, although he is a pervert..."
"What! I'm a pervert? I came here alright! It was you who chose to sit above me..."
"Tsk, do you want to blame me for it? Your excuse for your perverted action is too lame."
"..."
Although I was speechless, according to her words, others should not be able to see her. It seemed like no one would come to lock me up.
"Why do you say that others can't see you?"
"Because... Others just can't see me!"
"..."
"What is that expression?"
"Did you do something that caused everyone to dislike you, so everyone treats you as a nonexistent person collectively..."
"You read too many stories. You can't see me, means you can't see me. It's invisible in the actual sense! That's why you are the first..."
I preliminarily judged that she was a girl with some mental problems.
Young girls in this period would more or less fantasize about their own special abilities-for example, their eyes were sealed with evil power, or their right hands were sealed with the power of fire, or others couldn't see them.
However, as long as Ying and Shen Qing came here, I could expose that she was just delusional at any time...
"Since you can see me, then I want to eat lemon cheesecake!"
She suddenly started to give me orders.
"... What does I can see you has anything to do with you wanting to eat cheesecake?"
"You can touch me, so you have to bring me lemon cheesecake!"
"Why do I have to bring you that thing?"
"Because...because only you can!"
So eager to eat cake, this girl turned out to be a foodie...
"If you are begging others, at least you have to be sincere, right? For example..."
"You are annoying! It's an honor for you to be able to help this lady, hurry up!"
"... fine, I'll help you once."
The reason why I promised to help was mainly because I saw the words on her head—[? ? ? ]
Could it be that she was some kind of elite enemy? I thought to myself.
But I immediately dispelled this idea. There should be no enemies in the galgame world.
However, years of gaming experience told me that the person whose name was the question mark must not be an ordinary NPC.
Could she be the NPC who gave out quests?
"It's a deal then. Bring me the lemon cheesecake at 12 noon tomorrow! I'll be waiting here."
There was even a time limit. So it was no doubt that this was a quest
"Okay."
"Since you agreed, you must not break your promise!"
"Alright, alright. By the way, what is your name?"
Having said this for a long time, I haven't asked her name...
"That, I won't tell you until I have the lemon cheesecake."
She hugged her arms. Although her personality was different, I immediately remembered a certain blue-haired girl from the previous game, and she also didn't want to tell me her name at the beginning.
"Yuan, you are here!"
A female voice called my name in the distance. I looked back. It was Ying. Seeing I looked at her, she ran towards me.
"Huff huff—it's so strange that this body feels uncomfortable after running 800 meters..."
The character setting of this game was very realistic. Not only would players get tired, but they would also pass out. Unlike in "The Story Of Cherry Blossoms", players would not get tired from any exercise. It was probably the first time for Ying to experience this tired feeling...
But the point was that Ying had been looking for me everywhere like this. Awakened AI, who had the memory of other reincarnations, knew the progress of the plot well. This kind of action would definitely alert them.
"Ying, there is one thing I want to talk to you about."
"Huh?"
"Although you may be upset when hearing it, please don't follow me like this again."
"Why, why? Did I do something wrong? So... Yuan, don't you want me anymore..."
Ying looked like she suffered a big blow...
"Yuan doesn't need me anymore... Then, I, this world, has no meaning..."
Oh no, her eyes have lost focus. I needed to hurry up and calm her down!
"No, it's not what you think it is! It's just... our main purpose in this game is to find an Awakened AI like you, and what you are now is just an ordinary NPC. In the normal plot progression, there is not much overlap between the NPC and the protagonist, right? If we continue, we will definitely alarm our target. That would be bad."
"...Ah, so it's not that Yuan doesn't need me anymore, right?"
Ying raised her head and looked at me in confusion. It seemed that as an AI, her understanding of feelings was a little bit off...
"Simply put, there is an existence like you in this game, and we cannot let it discover our purpose."
"Oh, so that's it."
Sure enough, Ying immediately understood what I said.
"Think about it, when Shen Qing controlled Meow Chan, she was no different from ordinary cats, right? Once we alert the AI, they may hide their identity so that we will never be able to find them again."
"Although Meow Chan was a little strange at the time, I didn't expect it to be controlled… Since it is what Yuan said, I will listen."
"...thank you."
Ying still believed me for no reason.
But it was better this way. Otherwise, if she persisted, I really wouldn't know how to persuade her.
The next class was still the inherent cultural course of High School. Although it was very interesting to re-experience High School life, I didn't want to waste time on these classes that I had already experienced, so I skipped this time.
"Classmate Shi, class time is passing so fast~"
After school, Lin Liyu who was sitting next to me took the initiative to talk to me. Without speaking, I almost forgot that she was one of the heroines.
"Yes."
But I still don't know how to chat with her. If this continued, our conversation would eventually become awkward.
According to the setting, she should be my childhood playmate, but she moved for various reasons. On the first day of Bailu High School, we met in front of the class notice board and found that we became classmates again...
I didn't know how our relationship would progress in this story.
"Don't forget to do your homework, see you tomorrow."
See you tomorrow? Shouldn't we go home together? Going home together was the necessary experience to enhance the relationship, right?
"Yuan, let's go home together~"
Ying was the one who invited me home in the end...
Because I was afraid of being discovered by Awakened AI, I rejected her and headed home alone.
While heading home, I was thinking about what I should do next.
In the last game, I had chosen the wrong option many times and caused a lot of game over. So I was very worried at the moment.
Then I suddenly remembered one thing.
Lemon cheesecake!
That mysterious girl who suffered Eighth-Grader Syndrome must be an important character, and the thing she asked me to do must not be trivial!
But where could I buy this thing... I had no idea about the map here.
Fortunately, the game company would not give players a hard time in those meaningless places. Just then I saw the dynamic advertisement on the bus stop sign.
"Xingyuan Bakery...Special desserts, lemon cheesecake, matcha mousse..."
This advertisement just appeared at the right time and the address of this bakery was also included in the advertisement in detail. It was just two blocks away from the school, only 10 minutes away from me now...
"Ding--"
I pushed open the door of Xingyuan Bakery. The door bells made a crisp sound, and inside was a shop full of modern minimalist design.
I didn't hear any welcome greetings. After thinking about it, it was quite reasonable. After all, this was not a maid cafe.
However, the one standing in front of the cashier in a uniform and apron over there was...
She was stunned when she saw me, but then returned to her indifferent expression.
It was the girl who I had met during the day. The girl's name seemed to be Yang Jiahui.
I did not expect that she would work here, of course, after the initial surprise, I slowly calmed down. If it was saying hello to girls in the game, I could do it easily.
"Do you sell any lemon cheesecake here?"
It was not uncommon to meet a female classmate who works part-time in a bakery. What was rare was that she seemed to be a more rebellious type in school. If it was the pickup artist, they would definitely be able to strike up a conversation with this girl. However, I didn't have that kind of skill. If I forced myself to strike up a conversation with a girl, it would probably lower the Level of Affection, so I chose to go straight to the topic.
"Mhm."
She simply responded with one word. Huh? Even treating classmates coldly?
"Can I have one..."
This indifferent attitude brought a huge sense of oppression. Sure enough, it was really difficult to communicate with this iceberg girl. Although she was also one of the heroines in the game, I didn't want to take any further action right now.
I wanted to leave this trouble to the future me.
She didn't say much, but expertly took out a slice of lemon cheesecake from the display case, packed it into a box and handed it to me.
"Thank you."
I took the box and turned around to push the door——
"This is for you."
She suddenly stopped me and handed me a card. The orange card had the same color as the store's logo, and it was printed with the words "Xingyuan Bakery Point Card".
"This is?"
"Point card."
She seemed unwilling to explain too much.
Suddenly handing me the loyalty card, it was hard for me not to think too much—for example, this probably meant that she wished me to come back in the future?
This was not bad. It was a good opportunity to test AI...