Chapter 628: Would You Like To Go To A Dungeon?
Chapter 628: Would You Like To Go To A Dungeon?
(MC POV)
“Did you know that Takeda-san had a crush on you before today?” I asked Tsuki over dinner after school.
Tsuki tilted her head slightly, “Hmm? Why would I care about someone who isn’t Aniue?”
I shrugged, “I thought you might find him charming or something? Maybe you might be interested in him as a romantic partner? He does have the looks and the money as well.”
She made a gagging sound, “Bleugh… He doesn’t even look like Aniue at all, there’s no way I would be interested in him. I’m also not a materialistic girl you know? Besides, Aniue’s definitely richer than him.”
“Hmm? What does him not looking like me have to do with anything?”
“Ehehe~ Because looking at Aniue makes me the happiest so I wouldn’t be interested in anyone else~”
Ugh… Why is she so cute?
I couldn’t help but reach out and pat her head for being so cute, causing her to squirm even more cutely.
“For the rich part though, I believe he is actually richer than I am right now, his family is quite well off after all,” I corrected her.
Tsuki giggled, “Can’t Aniue create money with your system? If you wanted to, Aniue could completely destroy the world’s economy.”
Hmmm… she does have a point there.
She took another bite of her food and swallowed, making appreciative noises.
“Mmmm~ Aniue’s food is heavenly as usual! Your system is too convenient~”
I grinned, “That’s all me actually. I guess my cooking experience from the future helped.”
“Oh! As expected of Aniue! Even the system only serves to complement your abilities!”
“You really have a high opinion of me, eh?”
“Ehehehe, it’s Aniue after all~ Ah! Now that I think about it, Aniue is actually a yakuza boss huh?”
I nodded, “I took over the territory of my former employers and took the other kids under my wing to establish our own yakuza family.”
“Guhihihi~ Aniue is so cool~”
I’m not even surprised she said that.
She leaned forward, “Then what does Aniue do? Do you go on shakedowns, drug and weapons trafficking, kidnapping or maybe even assassinations?”
I chuckled, “Ahahaha, I’m not the boss of an evil organization, Tsuki. Although we are part of a large group of Yakuza Families, we’re not really important in their hierarchy so we’re merely doing small errands for the others. I actually have more business on the international logistics side than the yakuza side.”
“Ohhh~ Then what about big brother Hiroto and big sister Yumi? They are yakuza as well, right?”
I nodded again, “They were part of the same group of kids I liberated and chose to stick with me. Incidentally, Hiroto is in charge of the yakuza business while Yumi was placed in charge of the logistics company.”
“Hehhh~~ So no police is going to show up and interrogate me about Aniue anytime soon? Or maybe some rival yakuza clan coming to kidnap me to hold me hostage against Aniue?”
“No and no. If some punk tried to take you against your will, the protection inscription I placed on you would alert me and prevent that kidnapping from happening in the first place.”
“That’s so cool, Aniue~ What can you not do? Oh! What about your system, Aniue? You never did tell me what it does? Does it give you daily missions to do? Do you go into dungeons to fight monsters and level up? Can you see my stats?”
Huh… Maybe I should tell her I don’t actually have a system after all? I mean, I told her that at first because it was easier to explain and less likely to cause panic for her but now… Eh whatever. She seems really interested in the system anyway so I’ll indulge her.
But what should I tell her? I don’t actually have any of those things and it’s obvious she’s really buying the system thing too.
Now that I think about it, I can actually create a separate space and call it a dungeon if I want to. Maybe Tsuki’s interested in doing that? She does like those kinds of games and anime that feature this setting so if she’s interested, I can prepare a few for her to play in.
Especially since I’m starting to understand how to use the Origin energy to create things, I should be able to make almost anything I want.
“I don’t have daily quests but doing normal things would also level me up and allow me to increase my stats. There are dungeons I dive into sometimes. Would you like to follow me next time?”
Her face brightened up, “Eh?! Can I, Aniue? I would love to go with you!”
“Ahahaha, alright, alright. How about this weekend? I’ll bring you along for a quick one.”
“Yesss! I’d love to! Dungeon diving with Aniue! This is like a fantasy come true!”
“By the way, since you’ll be participating in the upcoming student council president elections, shouldn’t you start planning on how you’ll be getting the student body’s support?”
Tsuki grinned, “Oh, I’ve already done for that, Aniue. During lunch time I already planned out my strategies and how to execute them. I spent the two periods after lunch contacting people and bringing my plan to fruition! Tomorrow, I would have some people hand out flyers and propaganda leaflets that announces my participation while also undermining my opponents. Then I would be uploading a recorded speech of myself on the school’s online forums detailing my policies and what they can–“
“Hold on…” I interrupted her. “Did you mean to say you were secretly using your phone and not paying attention in class?”
“Oh… Err… Whoops?”
I reached out and pinched her cheek, causing her to let out a yelp of pain.
“What did I say about paying attention in class?”
“Ow! Ow! Ow! I’m sowwwwyyyy! I’m sowwy, Aniueeeee!”
I let go of her cheek, “Because of that, no pudding for you tonight.”
“Fueeeh?! That’s not fair, Aniue! I’m not even doing this to play around!”
“Doesn’t matter, this should not be your priority in the first place. If running for the student council president distracts you from your studies, then I would rather you not run for it at all.”
Those were my honest thoughts. Tsuki had the potential to be the top in school and I don’t want her grades to suffer because of this. If it comes down to it, I’m sure I could pull some strings to help her, but I know she would not be happy to know she needed my help to achieve this either.
This is a matter of personal pride after all.
“Mouu… It won’t, I will do both seriously, Aniue! Please watch me!”
“Mnnn… I trust you on that. But still no pudding tonight.”
“Ghk! Mouu… Pretty please, Aniue?”
“I’ll allow it for one forehead flick.”
Er hands covered her forehead defensively, “Gek! Ugh… I can go without pudding today…”
I smiled at my pouty little sister and patted her head, “But still, I have to commend you on having things figured out already. That makes me proud as your brother.”
“Eh? Guhihihi~ Aniue praised me~ You can praise me more you know? Like giving me pudding as a reward!”
“That’s too much. This head pat is all that you’re getting.”
“Ehehe~ This is nice too~”
I let her enjoy the head pat for a few more moments before we returned to our dinner.
Since I promised to bring her along on a dungeon dive this weekend, I’m going to need to spend some time designing it to make it fun for her.
I’ll probably need to look through some games and anime tonight to come up with some ideas.
Hmm… Is it bad that I’m actually looking forward to it?