Back again to Eiji's side.
When Eiji pretended to lose his cat who ran into the park and asked the girl in the rabbit costume.
What is a rabbit costume is an adult rabbit costume. That black-haired girl - If Eiji didn't know the plot in the original work, he would probably misunderstand that the girl had a strange fetish for wearing lewd clothes in public places.
Yes, obscene. It was because her bunny costume had bright black high heels that clad her slender legs with transparent black tights. Similar to the black tights, her outfit accentuates the lines of her body, while her bust forms a firm and modest valley. White cuffs accent her wrists and her neck is adorned with a black bow tie.
Basically, the girl looks like she's wearing a bunny costume that girls in nightclubs usually use to seduce customers!
[To dress like that in a public place...]
[Although I know the problem because I know the plot of the original work. This bunny girl is a pervert].
"Wh-What? I'm not a perverted bunny girl!"
The rabbit girl got up from the swing and yelled at Eiji. They weren't actually that far apart, but neither of them approached each other.
They just looked at each other...
"Who called you a perverted rabbit girl? I was just asking if you saw my black cat around here. Have you seen it?"
"I don't see it!" The girl yelled again.
Eiji nodded. "Good night then. I won't disturb your time anymore."
"Although I don't know why you're wearing a bunny girl outfit in a place like this alone... I know everyone has their own hobbies."
"So don't worry and continue your hobby."
He turned around.
"You..." The rabbit girl seemed to want to say something and looked a little angry.
Even so, he began to walk slowly towards the exit of the park.
"...."
The sound of his footsteps could be heard clearly and the girl was still looking at his back in silence.
"...."
He was almost at the exit of the park and was actually about to leave the girl.
[What a pity... Originally I didn't mind helping that girl's problem because I knew the plot of the original work and of course I knew her problem well.]
"...."
[I could have helped her, but...forget it. That girl is the type who likes to be alone when she has problems and girls like that are troublesome.]
"...."
[The symptoms of not being able to be seen by people and being forgotten by people that she is experiencing. If I'm not mistaken, it's called Adolescence Syndrome].
[Basically it's a mental problem that is somehow related to the supernatural in the original work.]
[I can cure her, and I know how.]
[But forget it, it's better to find my missing cat.]
"???" Kuroka who was lazing around in Eiji's house gasped and was confused as to why she was suddenly mentioned? If it's about Eiji's cat... Isn't it just her? She's at home and since when did she go missing?!
"Wait!!!" The rabbit girl chased after Eiji who had already left the park. She looked around the corner and sighed in relief that the white-haired boy hadn't gone too far.
Eiji turned around and pretended to be surprised. "What's wrong? Didn't I tell you not to worry and continue your hobby?"
"I don't have such a hobby!"
The bunny girl shouted, panting slightly with an annoyed expression. Besides being a little tired from running to catch up with the boy in front of her, she was also annoyed that the other party pretended not to know about her.
As a person who could hear inner voices all this time. She now realized that the boy with white hair and red eyes in front of her must be Eiji Seiya!
And it seemed like the other party knew about her problem because she was one of the heroine from who knows which franchise. She didn't care about that, and just wanted to know how to overcome her problem called Adolescence Syndrome!
It had been several days since she could not be seen by others and could not even be remembered by others - even her own family members could not see or remember her. She is like a ghost in this world that is still alive, but others cannot see or even touch her.
Actually from the first time Eiji saw her in the park, she was surprised that others could see her and could even communicate with her.
She was happy of course. Several days had passed and finally there was someone who could see her.
She was happy, but a little surprised again that she turned out to be one of the heroines like the girls that Eiji Seiya's and those protagonists' inner voices used to mention?
Well... Rather than thinking about that, she was actually more curious if Eiji could really help her? Help cure her Adolescence Syndrome symptoms that he mentioned? She herself did not know what illness she was suffering from, but since Eiji knew something; she was chasing after that boy before he actually left in the hope that the other party could help her!
It was just that this boy was quite annoying. She wanted to say that she could hear his inner voice, so there was no need to pretend not to know her. However, strangely her voice couldn't come out when she was about to tell Eiji about his inner voice.
"???"
"What's wrong with you, having problems with your vocal cords?" Asked Eiji with a confused expression that was of course fake. He knew it was one of Miss System's features that made the heroines unable to tell him or even the protagonist that they could hear inner voices.
This seemed to serve as a security feature and at the same time further convinced the heroines that he and the protagonists did not know their inner voices were heard. Leaving aside the protagonists who don't know this, but he who does can certainly use this to his own advantage.
The rabbit girl tried to say something many times but her voice would not come out. She looked dumbfounded before looking at him and saying, "Hey..."
"Hey?" Eiji blinked his eyes, smiled and looked at the girl in front of him with a funny look.
Looking at the handsome face of the boy in front of her who smiled under the roadside lamp. The bunny girl blushed slightly, she just realized that Eiji Seiya was very handsome, even more handsome than all the male models she had ever met. But putting that aside, she understood that she couldn't seem to say anything about the inner voice to Eiji. There was a supernatural force preventing her from telling Eiji and she had no choice but to use her acting skills as an actress.
She pretended to cough and said, "Sorry, can you see me?"
Eiji looked at her strangely. "Yes, of course I can."
"But, but other people can't see me!"
"Err... Pretty girl, what are you--"
Without waiting for Eiji to respond because she knew the boy still wanted to pretend. The bunny girl tried to touch a few passersby on the side of the road without worrying about her actions being called harassment and strangely none of the people realized that they were touched - the ones touched were of course only the women passing by such as office ladies who had just returned from work. But the important point is that no one saw the bunny girl and even the bunny girl's touch could not be felt by people as if she was a ghost.
Eiji's lips twitched. Even so is it just him or that girl abusing her illness? Hey actually if the symptoms of Adolescence Syndrome were possessed by males. Most males would probably be glad they became invisible; they could do things like peeping at bathing women or other illegal acts.
Unlike that bunny girl who wants to get rid of her Adolescence Syndrome symptoms immediately. Many people would probably envy her for having such an ability.
Except Eiji of course. Because he could actually become invisible like the bunny girl with using some of his magic spells. If he wanted, he could peek at the woman bathing and...
¶{Host, focus. Your mind is starting to wander to do illegal things.}
"...."
I know Miss System, I'm just kidding...
Anyway, instead of peeking at a woman in the shower, why not take a shower together? Lala, Sona, Rias, Akeno, and even Yui might agree if I ask them to take a bath together.
¶{.....}
Miss System almost forgot her host was a shameless person. Even if he wanted to commit an illegal act, he would probably do it openly with a thick face.
By the way the rabbit girl was done with her harassment act and asked Eiji.
"See? You now have to believe, right? Only you can see me!"
"Un, I believe."
[I knew from the start and you didn't really need to convince me.]
Rabbit girl rolled her eyes. You say you believe, but you're still pretending! This was the first time she had been annoyed so far by a boy, yet at the same time she was also happy and enjoying this kind of interaction.
If Eiji knew what that girl was thinking. He would definitely tell the other party that she might be a bit masochistic.
"My name is Mai Sakurajima. You?" The bunny girl introduced her name. Although her expression looked unusual when taking the initiative on others, especially on men. But she did it because she had to if she didn't want to lose his help.
This was what Eiji wanted and from the start he was pretending just because he wanted the other party to take the initiative on him. Unlike certain protagonists or protagonists in the original works who immediately curry favor when they see the heroine in distress. He does not like to curry favor with others and vice versa, he wants others to curry favor him.
This feeling is comfortable...
¶{.....}
"Mai Sakurajima? I remember... Aren't you an actress or model who used to be famous and used to appear on TV?"
"You've seen it? Yes... That was back then. Now I'm taking a break from my career and focusing on school." Mai said with a complicated expression that wasn't actually fake since this was also related to her problem.
Eiji who already knew the order original work was not interested in asking the reason for Mai taking a break on her actress/model career. Well actually he had never watched a TV show that had Mai in it. Even if he wanted to watch it, at that time Eiji was still in another world! He was still wooing and courting heroines in his own world. Obviously he was just saying what he remembered from the original work about Mai Sakurajima.
[Mai Sakurajima. She is the main heroine in the series called "Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai". Just from this name you can tell that the series' story focuses on a beautiful senior in a bunny costume and that beautiful senior is Mai!]
[Since it's about a beautiful senior. Obviously the protagonist is her junior. To be precise, the protagonist is a second-year high school student named Sakuta Azusagawa and Mai is a third-year high school student].
[A love story mixed with school drama with a bit of supernatural spice where the protagonist tries to help cure Mai of her Adolescence Syndrome.]
[However, the ending is a bit... Not only did she fail to get rid of her Adolescence Syndrome. Mai actually fell in love with the protagonist because he was the only person who could see her and over time she was completely isolated from the world and forgotten by everyone except the protagonist].
[This ending is pretty good for the protagonist, but for Mai? That girl is pathetic...]
¶{Hahahaha! As expected from my host!} Miss System burst out laughing, which Eiji ignored and actually if he could he wanted to silence her mouth right now.
He was making up a story so that the heroine in front of him would not be "tricked" by the protagonist, can this woman shut up?!
Fortunately what he said in his inner voice seemed to be quite effective as Mai's beautiful face now looked frozen, and even a little pale.
Seeing this, Eiji smiled and said: "By the way my name is Eiji Seiya. I'm a second year high school student at Kuoh Gakuen."
"Eh? Kuoh Gakuen? That's the same school as me and I'm a third year student there." Mai pretended to be calm, though surprised to hear about her in the original work. It was her in the original work, and in this life she definitely didn't want to be completely forgotten and not be seen by everyone permanently like in the original work - even if there were still people who remembered her like that protagonist named Sakuta Azusagawa.
She doesn't care about people she currently doesn't even know yet and she doesn't plan to fall in love with the protagonist after knowing the ending in the original work.
That's terrible. Why did she become the main heroine, yet have such a sad ending?
Because Eiji Seiya said in his inner voice that he could help her problems. And considering that the boy was actually a time traveler with supernatural powers she didn't believe him 100%. But thinking back to the inner voice she could hear and her Adolescence Syndrome. The supernatural might really exist in this world.
Other than what happened to her, Mai had never seen anything supernatural. So she was a little skeptical, but there was no harm in trying to ask Eiji for help.
Although Eiji couldn't read Mai's mind. Just looking at the girl's expression that seemed to want something from him, he knew everything was going according to what he wanted.
It was true that he could get rid of Mai's Adolescence Syndrome. With his current power, Eiji could see and feel a strange power that looked like a pale white aura enveloping Mai's entire body.
He thought it was because of the pale white aura that Mai's existence was forgotten by others and her figure was invisible in the eyes of others except for him who might have the power to do so.
The knowledge of Demon King Varvatos and Anos told him that the pale white aura on Mai's body that only he could see was actually the remnants of energy from a certain supernatural being that either died from blowing itself up or what he didn't know. What was certain was that the remnants of the aura from that creature were very weak and could only affect ordinary humans with very bad mental conditions like Mai - which in the original work he knew the girl was stressed out from receiving a lot of pressure from work and her mother.
Eiji remembered the reason why Mai decided to temporarily quit her job was because her mother forced her to become a swimwear model which basically showed off more of her skin in front of many people. Mai was angry at her mom for this and she decided to take a leave of absence from her job in order to focus on school.
Mai is a girl with family problems who fights with her mom because her mom uses her to make excessive money.
Well... Even so, he didn't understand why out of all the people who were under severe stress due to work or other problems in this world - Mai was one of those people who were affected by that pale white aura.
As expected. It must be because of the plot and Mai was the main heroine who had to at least have a serious problem in order for the protagonist to help her and make her fall in love with the protagonist.
Eiji paused for a moment when thinking about this. However, even though he could help Mai as easily as waving his hand to get rid of the Adolescence Syndrome/Pale White Aura on her body.
Even so, he won't do it. Or rather he knew the saying "When someone gets something easily. That person often appreciates it less."
In Mai's case it was the same. If he helped the girl's problem easily. At most the girl would just thank him and maybe treat him to a meal or maybe give him money which disgusted him. Just kidding. Did he fake it this far just to get that? Of course not!
He was faking it this far to get the girl's heart and body.
Eiji was very greedy, and there was no way he would let a heroine as beautiful as Mai who was now standing right in front of him with the protagonist like in the original work.
He is not person who is less possessive and not greedy like the yasashi protagonist...
¶{Alright please calm down, host. You're almost out of control}.
Ah sorry, my bad habit.
Staring at the beautiful Mai in the bunny costume in front of him. Actually he was a little worried standing on the side of the road and talking to Mai like this because from other people's point of view; he knew people saw him talking to himself. He must have been considered a crazy handsome man by some of the passers-by.
So....let's speed up.
"Um... Mai-senpai, should I call you like that?" Eiji asked Mai and the girl nodded.
"I am indeed a senior in your school. You can call me that and I will call you, Eiji-kun."
"That sounds pretty good, but put that aside. You... Senpai, do you want me to help you?"
"Ah..." There was trepidation on Mai's face who was not used to asking others for help. She looked at Eiji a little nervously although she was still trying to act calm. "Yes, um... Eiji-kun, I don't know if you've ever seen anyone with the same problem as me and know how to get me back to normal?"
[Although I've never seen anyone other than you. In the original work the protagonist even failed to help Mai. But me? Hey... With my powers, I can get rid of the symptoms of Adolescence Syndrome in Mai-senpai's body.]
[But...]
"I might be able to help you..." Eiji answered hesitantly.
"Really!? Eiji-kun, can you help me?!"
Mai's eyes lit up. Not because of what was said from Eiji's mouth, but from his inner voice that she heard that he could really help her!
But there was a "but" that made the boy hesitate. Mai was a little confused and wondered what made Eiji hesitate to help her? Oh wait. Didn't they just know each other, it hadn't even been half an hour since they had known each other.
They weren't even friends. Did Eiji have a reason to help her just because she was a senior in his school? Mai panicked, she suddenly thought of profit and loss!
"Yeah, maybe... I don't mind helping you just..."
"Just what? Eiji-kun... If it's money. I can give you a lot of money!"
Eiji shook his head. "It's not about money."
Mai was getting confused, she suddenly thought of something. Looking at the clothes she was wearing, she immediately hugged her own chest while glaring at the boy in front of her.
"If it's not that. Don't tell me you want your senior's beautiful body?! Eiji-kun, you pervert!"
"No... It's not that." Eiji smiled wryly and had a troubled expression.
Mai blinked her eyes, and saw that Eiji wasn't even glancing at her with the lewd gaze that men usually threw at her when looking at her appearance. Especially with the bunny costume she was currently wearing, which she actually wore today just to try to test whether or not others could see her if she wore clothes like this. The result was nothing, and only Eiji could see her.
But put that aside! From the moment they met. She just remembered that Eiji had never noticed her body with such a look and was more focused on looking into her eyes which proved that the boy didn't have any evil ideas in his mind when looking at her appearance.
She was happy about this of course, but at the same time she also began to wonder if she wasn't pretty enough in Eiji's eyes? That guy didn't seem interested in her at all!
"Then what makes you hesitate?" Mai felt a little uncomfortable and a little frustrated as she asked this.
Eiji smiled slightly at the expression of the heroine in front of him. Having come this far, the next step was to use his inner voice again.
[Saying it might make Mai misunderstand. I hesitate to say how my method can help get rid of her Adolescence Syndrome.]
[This is related to one of my supernatural abilities. But Mai will definitely misunderstand that I'm utilizing it!]
Mai bit her lip at this. It seemed like the boy in front of her was just worried that she would misunderstand him and accuse him of using her.
From this, she knew that Eiji's intended method might be rather obscene. Even so, Eiji didn't seem to mind helping her and she just needed to bear some losses. But this was also for the sake of being able to return to normal! Remembering herself in the original work...
Mai certainly didn't want to experience the same thing as herself in the original work! So she stared into the red eyes of the white-haired boy in front of her who only looked at her doubtfully, yet there was no malice or obscenity in his eyes like the other boys who used to stare at her before she got Adolescence Syndrome.
She opened her mouth and said, "Say it! As long as I can do it for you and get back to normal. Eiji-kun, I...I don't mind doing it. E-Even if it's something lewd..."
Although in the last part Mai's voice sounded smaller and smaller. How could Eiji's supernatural ears not hear it?
Eiji smirked in his mind.
'I honestly can hardly believe I could fool this main heroine so easily. But whatever! Protagonist Sakuta, wherever you are. I'll take care of Mai-senpai for you.'
'So you don't have to worry and look for another girl in the future.'
At the same time.
In a bedroom.
A young man of average height and slender build, with brown hair, brown eyes and had three claw marks on his chest, which was the result of Adolescence Syndrome.
He looked at himself in the mirror with a look of astonishment and shock.
"This face... These scars... There's no mistaking it."
"I... I've transmigrated to the anime world and become the protagonist!"
The young man shouted loud enough for the voice of the girl downstairs to reprimand him.
"Onii-chan! What protagonist?! Are you watching anime in your bedroom?! I'm watching a drama in the living room, please be quiet!"
"...." The young man immediately shut his mouth. He hesitated to answer the girl downstairs, but fortunately the other party interpreted his silence as "Yes."
The girl who had just shouted must be the younger sister of the protagonist which meant that it was also his younger sister now: because he possessed the body of this protagonist!
He was certainly quite familiar with transmigration plots about people being transferred to this kind of anime world from the few novels he had read.
He even knew what protagonist he was now and from what anime.
That is!
"Sakuta Azusagawa, a second year student at... Um? It's weird why my school's name is a bit different from the anime? Oh wait, in this body's memory I also remember that there are many girls who actually resemble the heroines of some anime I've watched in my previous life."
This time he spoke softly, he didn't want his current younger sister to hear his secret.
The young man who transmigrated. No, now Sakuta felt very excited! Like those transmigrating protagonists. He felt like he had a lot of ideas to earn a lot of money, pretty girls and etc.
He also seemed motivated to start exercising and molding his body to be more handsome.
As a person who had read many novels and watched anime in his previous life. At this time, he certainly did not forget to call out his golden finger by saying "system", "system", and "system". But unfortunately, after a few minutes of trying to summon his golden finger.
He didn't seem to...
"I don't have a golden finger...not even that lowest version of the system that only displays simple instructions...."
Sakuta's expression looked disappointed, but he soon smiled with the optimistic aura of a transmigrator protagonist.
"Even without the golden finger. My memories from my previous life are enough to make my life better than the protagonist in the original work."
"I will also definitely get the main heroine in my own anime as my woman. If I'm not mistaken, her name is Mai Sakurajima, right? Hehe just like Sakuta in the anime, I will also definitely get that woman!"
"If I remember the plot correctly...around this time Mai must have had Adolescence Syndrome problems waiting for a protagonist like me to help her."
"I will definitely help her later and make that girl fall in love with me!"
Sakuta said that with great confidence. Looking at his laptop, he thought to at least start making money by writing novels that he remembered in his previous life to earn a lot of money in this world.
As a transmigrator without golden fingers that gave him supernatural rewards or OP items. He should at least be able to get rich with his knowledge and becoming a copywriter was the easiest thing.
But when he started typing the first chapter of the novel titled "Re:Zero" on his laptop, he hadn't even typed a single word.
For some reason he coughed up blood.
*cough* *cough*
"Ah... Why is my chest suddenly sore? Don't tell me the protagonist's Adolescence Syndrome also has this kind of effect?"
"Besides, what's with this feeling of someone stealing something from me? It's strange..."
Sakuta wiped the blood on the corner of his lips. Fortunately the pain in his chest was only fleeting and not enough to make him break the record for being the transmigrator protagonist who died in less than 10 minutes.
He continued copying the novel from his previous life without realizing the woman who was destined to be his main heroine had now been desecrated by another man.
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