Chapter 95:Pay-to-win, It's Human Instinct!
Utaha didn't stay long. After discussing the matter, she chose to leave immediately. She didn't want to continue being a third wheel there.
After Utaha left, Eriri glanced at Kaede, and the confident demeanor she had shown in front of Utaha instantly vanished.
"Phew... I'm still a bit nervous."
"It's alright, there's really nothing to be nervous about. It's not like we haven't seen other dating students at school. Which one of them is as nervous as you are?"
"I know I'm easily shy, but there's nothing I can do. Who has ever experienced a situation like this?"
"You say that as if I have."
"Kaede-kun is different. You're thick-skinned."
"Huh?"
When facing Kaede, Eriri was no longer timid. She directly stuck out her tongue at him, then smiled and took out her phone, saying, "There's still a lot of time left for lunch break. Let's play a game."
With that, she leaned on Kaede's shoulder and opened FGO on her phone.
"FGO, it's been a long time since I quit."
Looking at Eriri's rows of Servants, Kaede once again recalled the miserable state of his countless failed pulls in event banners back then.
After contentedly looking at her collection, Eriri turned to look at Kaede's regretful expression and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, you're pretty similar to those people online who can't pull the Servants they want. Is your luck bad?"
"No, I should say this game isn't for me."
Scratching his head, Kaede said, "I'll stick to PC and console games. Mobile games... if I can't pull, I want to spend money, and if one pull doesn't work, I spend another, and before I know it, I hit the spending limit, and still haven't pulled it. If I want to experience the fun of gacha, wouldn't it be better to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2?"
"Eh! You don't understand!"
Eriri looked at Kaede with disdain and directly said, "Spending money, that's human instinct! Playing a mobile game without spending money, what's the difference between that and eating sashimi without dipping it in soy sauce? A mobile game life without spending money is incomplete, and a mobile game life without spending to the limit is also incomplete!"
... How much have you spent then?
"I can't remember. There were a few times when my luck was really bad, and I got carried away, spending for several days straight until the end. But it's fine, my doujinshi income is quite a lot, and there's also the spending limit for minors, so I can afford it!"
That's true. With the spending limit there, given Eriri's income, there was no worry of overspending.
Kaede wasn't against spending money; it was mainly that he was too unlucky when playing FGO, and in the end, he could only be happily sent off.
After playing for a while, although she was very enthusiastic, because Kaede kept playing with her hair, Eriri really couldn't concentrate on the phone screen anymore. She could only quit the game and look at Kaede.
"Stop playing with my hair!"
"I can't help it, Eriri. If you're playing a game, I can only play with you."
What kind of suggestive words are these?
Eriri's small face immediately turned crimson, but unfortunately, she was hugged by Kaede first, rendering her unable to resist.
"Alright, stop messing around. We still have classes this afternoon. There's about half an hour left, let's rest a bit."
Last night, he had closed his eyes first.
The faint scent from Eriri's hair indeed made him feel lazy.
Looking up at Kaede, Eriri had no choice but to follow Kaede's lead and also closed her eyes.
But to be fair, resting like this while being held was quite comfortable.
He said it was a nap, but Kaede didn't sleep too deeply. He woke up very punctually.
However, Eriri in his arms, who was a bit unwilling at first, was now sleeping soundly, nestled in his arms like a small Cat, her small mouth opening and closing slightly.
Kaede playfully poked Eriri's nose and said with a smile, "Eriri, it's time to get up. Class is about to start."
And Eriri, as if she were at home, didn't open her eyes after hearing Kaede's call, and mumbled sleepily, "Ugh... five more minutes..."
She's really cute.
Kaede smiled, leaned close to Eriri's ear, and whispered, "Eriri, wake up quickly, you're drooling!"
"Ugh... Hmm? *Slurp*!"
Eriri instantly woke up, took a breath, and then realized there was no drool.
She raised her hand to wipe her mouth, and after confirming there was none, Eriri looked angrily at Kaede, raising her hand to hit him twice: "You scared me to death! I thought I made a fool of myself while sleeping!"
"No, Eriri, you look very cute when you're sleeping."
Kaede said with a smile, "Although I'd like to watch a bit longer, class is about to start, so let's hurry over."
"Class is starting? Hurry, hurry!"
Eriri quickly stood up, tidied her clothes and hair, then asked, "Is everything alright?"
"No, no, as adorable as ever."
"Hehehe~~~"
Being praised so much by Kaede, even though she had heard it many times, Eriri was still quite shy, but she could also hear Kaede's affection for her in his words.
"Let's go, to the classroom!"
Leaving the Art Club and locking the door, the two finally arrived at their respective classrooms two minutes before class started.
After coming in and sitting down, everyone else had already arrived. Kitamura Yusaku turned his head and said to him, "Where did you go to have fun?"
"Not exactly having fun, I talked to someone about something, and then I rested a bit."
"Hmm~~~"
Kitamura Yusaku stroked his chin, feeling more and more like something was amiss.
"No, I'm still so curious!"
As for Takasu Ryuji on the other side, he calmly stated that there was only one thing this guy could have gone to do, and it was just that Kitamura himself didn't dare to say it out loud.
But adhering to the principle of being a good student, Takasu Ryuji chose not to speak up at this moment, and instead calmly took out the English textbook and notes for the first class of the afternoon.
In the process of Kaede being sometimes serious and sometimes spacing out, the afternoon classes finally finished.
Especially after listening to a slow-paced math class from the elderly teacher, Kaede couldn't help but feel a headache.
After quickly packing his things, Kaede directly went to the entrance of Class 1-A.
Usami, who was on duty and wiping the blackboard, happened to see Kaede and asked curiously, "Asakura-kun, is there something you need?"
"Yes, I'm waiting for Eriri."
"Oh, waiting for Eriri, huh? Eh?"
Usami was stunned. Why did he suddenly come to wait for Eriri?
The commotion at the classroom door was also noticed by the students in Class A. Eriri was among them, and she quickly shoved her books into her bag, then trotted to the classroom door, blushing as she said, "Let's go."
"Mm."
Nodding, Kaede smiled at Usami, and then, under everyone's gaze, he took Eriri's hand and left.