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"A Witch making potions alone needs to start from the raw material collection stage, doing everything herself, just like the self-sufficient small-scale farming economy of the past. The efficiency is too low."
"The assembly line production model is the choice of the era."
Shinomiya Kaguya gently pressed her thumb against her lower lip, a little regretful: "It's a pity that players can't trade game currency with each other, otherwise…"
"Ahem, Kaguya-san, let's talk about that after verification." Koyasu Tsubame's forehead beaded with cold sweat, and she subtly advised, "Reality is different from dungeons. It might not be that smooth."
So scary.
I'm still struggling to survive, wondering how to make my pitiful game currency stretch, while others are already thinking about how to build a monopoly industry… Am I really the only one trying to survive?
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya and said:
"Take your time, the specifics are still unknown."
"Mm." Shinomiya Kaguya let out a soft breath, quickly calming down, then turned to look at the Succubus Girl. "Kitagawa Marin, what raw materials does the potion recipe require?"
"Let me think…" Kitagawa Marin put two fingers to her temples. "First, it's a feather from a bird with a very strange name…"
Kitagawa Marin haltingly uttered a strange syllable. "Oh, it's such a mouthful, did everyone understand?"
"Completely incomprehensible." Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers, resting his arms on the office desk. "Please speak a universal Earth language."
"The pronunciation is very strange, I have no impression of it at all." Fujiwara Chika thought for a moment. "There shouldn't be such a language on Earth."
"Could it be the Witch's special language?" Koyasu Tsubame offered a guess. "Witches in European fairy tales are mostly mysterious and elusive."
"Tsubame-senpai makes sense." Amamiya Natsuki agreed. "It's like doctors in the Hospital; ordinary people simply can't understand what they say or the prescriptions they write."
"…"
Everyone quickly realized that creating Witch Potion was much more difficult than imagined.
Skills were simple and direct; you just used them, without needing to know the how or the why.
But the Witch Potion was different.
To create the potion, you didn't need to know the why, but you absolutely needed to know the how.
There were bound to be many cognitive discrepancies between the Witch's legacy and modern civilization.
Often, a simple cognitive discrepancy could cause a lot of trouble.
For example, a turkey is called a Turkey chicken in England, an India chicken in Turkey, and a Peru chicken in India… Just a difference in name can leave people bewildered and at a loss.
Fortunately, Kitagawa Marin had some specific knowledge and methods of identification in her mind, so she could slowly identify them one by one.
Next, Kitagawa Marin listed the remaining raw materials in the recipe.
"Bird feathers, spider legs, and other random stuff…" Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but complain, "Why can these weird things produce night vision potions?!"
Amamiya Natsuki said from the side:
"Don't ask. If you ask, it's quantum mechanics."
"It has nothing to do with quantum mechanics." Tsubame-senpai retorted, "If you ask, it's the philosophy of mind."
"All in all, that's the situation." Shinomiya Kaguya pressed her finger to her lips. "Let's wait until Kitagawa Marin finds the corresponding items in the potion recipe… If she can't find them, then we'll give up."
"The Carp time has ended." Kitagawa Marin clenched her fists, raised them above her head, and stretched. "I've made plans to go out with friends… Juju, are you coming?"
"I'm not going."
Juju resolutely refused.
As someone with social anxiety, it was already quite good that she came. How could she go out with strangers? Just thinking about it felt incredibly stressful!
"How about Shoko?"
Kitagawa Marin turned and asked again.
Needless to say, Komi shook her head rapidly like a rattle drum.
"Then I'll be going."
Kitagawa Marin waved her hand and departed first.
"I'm going to the Tabletop Game Club. There's a club activity today." Fujiwara Chika raised her right hand. "President, call me if anything comes up."
Call you for what?
You just come to eat, drink, and play. The only ones who actually do work are me and Kaguya!
Amamiya Natsuki waved his hand: "You can go."
"Natsuki-kun…" Koyasu Tsubame pursed her pink lips, then suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "There's something I'd like to ask of you."
"What?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked up at Tsubame-senpai.
"I have a cousin who studies at Waseda University. She used to have a boyfriend, but they broke up for some reason, and ever since then, my cousin started dieting to lose weight…"
Concerning a relative's privacy, Koyasu Tsubame spoke very softly, bending slightly and leaning close to Amamiya Natsuki's ear. The girl's breath was warm and sweet: "And then… my cousin developed anorexia."
Tsubame-senpai lightly bit her pink lips and continued:
"My cousin lost a lot of weight. She can't eat anything, and sometimes she throws up food. She's become so thin. Her family took her to see doctors and even a Psychiatrist, but there hasn't been any significant improvement."
"If you have time, Natsuki-kun, could you accompany me to visit my cousin?"
"Planting an Appetite mushroom on my cousin might be helpful."
Amamiya Natsuki listened and said:
"The type of mushroom produced is currently random; it can't be chosen."
"I know." Koyasu Tsubame nodded. "An Appetite mushroom would be best, but if not, it's okay. I just want to try everything possible. My cousin looks too distressed."
"Then let's go tomorrow." Amamiya Natsuki agreed. "I have other things to do this afternoon."
"Thank you, Natsuki-kun."
Koyasu Tsubame let out a sigh of relief, a bright smile appearing on her face. "Let's go together after school tomorrow afternoon. I'm off to my club now."
"…"
Watching Tsubame-senpai leave, the office quickly fell silent.
"Hmph…"
A long yawn suddenly reached Amamiya Natsuki's ears.
Juju raised her hand to cover her mouth, yawning, her small face full of sloth.
Looking at Juju, who had turned into a salted fish, Amamiya Natsuki's gaze suddenly narrowed, and he couldn't help but look at the Sheltered Ojou-sama beside him, his tone grave:
"How long have those mushrooms been planted on their heads?"
"Eh?"
Shinomiya Kaguya looked in the direction of the voice, saw the mushrooms on top of the two girls' heads, and fell silent.
Oh no.
Just now, there was too much going on, I was busy running around, and I forgot to detonate the mushrooms on Juju and Komi's heads; at least ten minutes had passed.
No wonder Juju hadn't mentioned wanting to go home; she had already become growing mushroom, so why go home?
Of course, she would just lie on the sofa until the end of time.
Amamiya Natsuki asked,
"Juju, should I detonate the mushrooms on your heads?"
"Whatever you want."
Juju covered her mouth and yawned. Listening to others talk about it and experiencing it herself felt completely different. At least so far, the two girls hadn't felt how terrifying the mushroom was.
Snap.
Amamiya Natsuki raised his right hand, snapped his fingers, and detonated the mushrooms on the two girls' heads.
"So tired, I just want to lie down, no studying, no socializing… If only I could be a plant that lives solely on photosynthesis…"
As the mushroom exploded, Juju, who had just been sitting on the sofa yawning, tilted her small body and collapsed onto the sofa, completely turning into growing mushroom girl.
Next to Juju, Komi seemed fine; not much unusual was apparent, but her body trembled slightly, as if she was trying hard to endure something.
"Looks alright."
Amamiya Natsuki observed carefully for a moment, then relaxed.
The growing mushroom is actually the safest; once one becomes growing mushroom, they can comfortably lie down on the sofa, and after a while, they will naturally return to normal.
"Komi, how do you feel?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and asked.
Komi parted her pink lips, then silently shook her head.
"Then she's fine." Amamiya Natsuki closed his pen, handed the signed document to Shinomiya Kaguya, "Take the document to the teacher. I'll watch them in the office."
"Understood."
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded lightly, embraced the documents, and turned to leave the Student Council.
Having completed all the day's trivial matters, Amamiya Natsuki took out his phone. Just as he was playing for a bit, he suddenly heard someone call him.
"Stu-Stupid Natsuki…"
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked in the direction of the voice; the person calling him was none other than the growing mushroom girl sprawled on the sofa.
She still had the strength to call someone Stupid, so it seemed she wasn't truly growing mushroom yet.
"You… come over here…"
Juju propped herself up on the sofa, wanting to get up, but she could only barely move her fingers and couldn't get up at all.
"What's wrong?"
Amamiya Natsuki got up, walked to Juju's side, and squatted down to ask.
"I…" Juju's small face flushed red, her eyelashes trembling slightly from shame, and her legs were tightly pressed together. She said with difficulty, "I drank too much coffee just now… I need to go to the restroom."
He thought it was some important matter; such a small thing didn't need to be specially announced!
The growing mushroom only turns people into growing mushroom; he hadn't heard that it causes incontinence!
Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said,
"Then you go. The restroom is on the right side of the hallway."
Juju gritted her teeth, glaring at him in shame: "…I can't get up! I don't have any strength left, and it's all your fault!"
While the mushroom was on her head, she didn't feel anything, but who knew that after the mushroom exploded, the feeling of indolence intensified tenfold, as if she had just completed a triathlon; she had no strength at all and couldn't even sit up.
"I don't think so." Amamiya Natsuki retorted, "You had plenty of strength when you were glaring at me."
"Say that again!"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me."
Amamiya Natsuki immediately apologized three times, then suggested, "The growing mushroom state won't last too long. Can you wait a little longer?"
Juju's small face turned red, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip, full of shame:
"I already… already…"
Looking at Juju's tightly pressed and slightly rubbing legs, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly realized and whispered,
"You can't hold it anymore?"
"I wanted to go to the restroom on the way here, but I never had a chance…"
The more Juju spoke, the more aggrieved she became. After getting off the train, Marin brought her directly to the Student Council. Afterwards, everyone was discussing serious matters, and she felt too embarrassed to speak up, so she could only silently endure until now, finally reaching her limit.
She couldn't hold it anymore.
She had truly reached her limit.
If she endured any longer, she would definitely leak.
Leaking and dirtying the sofa on her first visit… she would rather die than do such a thing!
"Say it earlier next time." Amamiya Natsuki patted Juju's small head, then turned to look at the long-haired black-haired girl next to him, "Komi, you take Juju to… never mind, I'll do it myself."
The Arrogance mushroom often changes others' personalities, making them arrogant, conceited, and rude… In short, they need to be disciplined.
If he had asked Komi for help before the mushroom, she would have 100% agreed. Now, it's hard to say. If she accidentally said something arrogant and rude, Komi would definitely feel super guilty afterwards.
Since it was his responsibility, he naturally had to take full responsibility.
"Komi, you stay in the Student Council."
Amamiya Natsuki decisively got up, picked up the growing mushroom Juju from the sofa, and walked out, "I'll take Juju to the restroom."
"…"
Juju was inherently petite and often mistaken for a junior high student. Being an ordinary person, she was quite light in his arms.
Amamiya Natsuki easily weighed her and estimated her weight to be only eighty pounds.
"Don't, don't sway… Stupid Natsuki!"
Juju's voice was anxious, and she quickly shouted for him to stop.
If he swayed anymore, she would leak!
Amamiya Natsuki looked down, raised an eyebrow, and said, "What did you call me?"
Juju's small face was red, and she looked up and glared: "So what if I called you Stupid Natsuki?"
"You called me that again." Amamiya Natsuki's expression became serious, and he stopped, saying, "I feel my dignity has been insulted, and I've decided to go on strike… unless you call me 'Big Brother'."
"Huh?!"
"If you don't call me that, I won't move."
Juju's eyes widened, so angry she wanted to bite him: "I'm a year older than you, you should be calling me 'Big Sister'!"
"Then let's change the title." Amamiya Natsuki offered a choice, lowering his voice, "Juju can also call me 'Master'."
"Die!"
"Big Brother or Master, choose one, otherwise I'm going on strike."
"Damn, damn it…" Juju tightly pressed her legs together, wanting to bite him out of anger, but her body still had no strength and couldn't move. Only her mouth remained stubborn, "Stupid Natsuki, you're taking advantage of me!"
"Since you know I'm taking advantage of you, why don't you hurry up and call me?"
Amamiya Natsuki's voice was faint, "You don't want to leak, do you?"
"…"
Hearing the words "leak out," Juju involuntarily tensed her body, feeling a jolt of electricity, almost unable to hold on. She managed to grit her teeth and endure another limit.
She couldn't do it anymore.
She couldn't hold on any longer; maybe next time, she would…
Juju parted her pink lips, then closed her eyes in self-abandonment, quickly made a decision in her heart, and shouted in shame:
"O-Onii-chan."
After shouting, Juju quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was very shameful, compared to leaking and dirtying her clothes, this shame actually made her feel relieved.
But that's all there is to it!
If Stupid Natsuki wasn't satisfied and forced her to call him 'Master' or 'Father' after calling him 'Onii-chan', she would never forgive him!
She meant what she said!
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