(Ryoto's pov)
The day of the Sainan Highschool festival is coming up soon, so our class is deciding what we will do. Kenichi took the role of the leader and disregarded all other ideas to favor his own. He chose that our class will do an 'Animal Cafe'. Everyone disapproved of his idea, but he somehow managed to convince girls to at least try the costumes he prepared.
All the male students were forced to go out for the time being.
As we were waiting for the girls, I got an ingenious idea.
I clapped my hands a few times to gather attention. When everyone's eyes were on me, I finally spoke.
Ryoto: "How about we make our wait here a little bit interesting?"
Kenichi: "What do you have in mind?"
Ryoto: "Why won't we bet on what kind of animal which girl will be. Since Saruyama here probably knows it because he was the one who bought the costumes."
Student 1: "Sounds fun, why not?"
Student 2: "I bet 100 yen on Momioka-chan on being panther!"
Student 3: "You don't know what you're talking about. Momioka-chan would be definitely a bunny, 200 yen on that!"
Each student started betting, and bets reached 1000 yen.
Kenichi: "Now that most of you bet, let's see what thinks the man behind this whole idea."
Everyone: "YEAH!!!"
Ryoto: "Sure, why not? Lala is a jaguar, Risa is a cat/nekomata, Sawada-san is a squirrel, and Haruna is a black cat. I bet 1000 yen for each of my guesses."
Student 1: "Bold guesses you made, but it will be me who takes the money."
Student: "Dream on, buddy."
They started to bicker with each other, but I ignored them as I looked at Kenichi with a kind smile, who began sweating.
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*PING*
*NEW QUEST*
Mission: "Spy on the loose"
Objective 1: Find the one who is spying on your class
Reward: 30 SP, fluency in five random languages
Failure: mood swings
Duration of punishment: one week
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As of late, I'm getting easy quests, and I don't like this one bit. The rewards are nice, and all, but I'm not going to get comfortable... not again.
In class, everyone admired the girls who cosplayed various animals but also cursed as all the money went to me. I was the only winner, so I won significantly by a high schooler's standards. I didn't get the money right away, but I wasn't in any hurry.
I turned my head to look outside the window to notice a little spy who was looking through the binoculars. She sat on a tree branch and flinched as I smiled at her and waved.
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*PING*
*QUEST COMPLETED*
Reward: 30 SP, fluency in English, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, and Spanish
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Japanese is kind of useless for me, but I have a more extensive understanding of the language, so that's nice.
I was broken out of my thoughts by Lala.
Lala: "Hey hey, Ryoto! Look!! How do I look!?"
Ryoto: "You look great, Lala."
I started patting Lala out of habit, but it made her happy as she closed her eyes and enjoyed the sensation.
Lala: "Hehe~ Ryoto praised me..."
Everyone looked at us.
Student 1: "Go flirt somewhere else!!!"
Student 2: "Yeah, life is depressing enough without you two showing off how good your relationship is!!!"
As this was happening, Haruna touched the top of her head and looked at Rito, who didn't notice it. At this, Haruna sighed.
Risa: "What is it Haruna? Jealous of Lala-chii? Is it because of their affection or maybe something else~"
Risa grabbed Haruna by her breasts and started fondling them, startling Haruna.
Haruna: "Kyaa~ W-what are you saying Risa-chan?"
Risa: "I've seen that look in your eyes. You can't lie your way out of this one~."
It was a very lively day.
(3rd pov)
*The next day*
Rin: "According to the investigation, people are talking a great deal about 1-A's animal cafe, and it seems to have become a highlight of this year's Sainan festival."
Saki: "So that Lala girl is popular, after all? *Sigh* the only beautiful one should be me!"
Rin: "Saki-sama. I've found something interesting about that girl. Please look at this."
Rin showed Saki bun of photos of Ryoto. In each picture, he was facing the camera with a smile.
Rin: "This guy is Ryoto Yuuki from 1-A. It seems he is Lala's fiance."
Saki: "F-Fiance!? She got a fiance before I, the beautiful one, did!? How irritating!!!"
Saki was furious that Lala, who started rivaling her reputation, beat her in something, but at the same time, she got an idea.
Saki: "I know! If I use my beauty to enslave him, I'm sure she'll panic! Yup, that's it!!!"
Rin: "Actually, I would advise against that action, Saki-sama.
Rin said respectfully.
Saki: "And why is that?"
Saki was curious. It wasn't often that Rin, her bodyguard since childhood, disagreed with her decision, but she wasn't angry, just curious.
Rin: "As you can tell, Ryoto Yuuki faces the camera in every picture. I don't know how but he knew I was observing him. I even tried changing my hiding place, but it didn't change as his eyes never left my figure."
Saki: "Now that you mention it, his eyes are closed in every picture. Is he so unphotogenic that he always has closed eyes on every photo? Sadly, not everyone can have a perfect photo, but such is the life of commoners. Hoooohohohoho!"
She started laughing in the mist Ojou-sama way possible, but her laugh didn't last as Rin answered her question.
Rin: "No, he never opens his eyes. After asking around, I've found out that it started in April this year, and no one knows why he does it. He doesn't have any trouble with navigating around the school, and thanks to these photos, we can assume he is very aware of his surroundings."
Saki: "Interesting, but you still didn't answer my question. Why did you advise me against enslaving him?"
Rin realizing it bowed her head fast.
Rin: "Forgive me Saki-sama. I'll explain it right away."
Rin had difficulty finding the right words, but Saki didn't hurry her and was patiently waiting. Saki, to other people, seemed like a stuck-up person who is full of herself, and she definitely was but to her two followers, she was kind and patient. She was basically worshiped by these two.
Rin: "He felt dangerous like he could see through me."
Saki: "I see, so you're concerned about me but don't worry. I trust that if anything happened, you would protect me."
Rin: "Y-yes!!!"
And so Saki started to plan to seduce Ryoto Yuuki.
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