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"Little cake..."
Kitahara Makoto returned home with his shopping bag, and the first to greet him was naturally the Beast Eared Girl.
"Here."
Kitahara Makoto took out the little cake and sent the Beast Eared Girl away.
The house was still quiet; clearly, apart from the silver-haired, red-eyed Beast Eared Girl, everyone else was still asleep.
He put down the bread, drank a glass of water, and then took out the mysterious necklace gifted by Rinko.
According to the information obtained yesterday, not all items from the Otherworld possessed special powers. For example, the katana Kitahara Makoto had acquired last time was just an ordinary item.
Moreover, items with mysterious powers were often double-edged swords; they had pros and cons. While possessing special abilities, they would also bring misfortune.
"You have found an optimizable item. Optimize now?"
"Optimize."
This time, there was no one else around, so Kitahara Makoto decisively gave the command.
Tiny specks of starlight appeared, quietly merging into the necklace.
A moment later.
Kitahara Makoto looked at the gray necklace in his hand; it still appeared ordinary, but now its attributes were revealed.
"Item: Mysterious Necklace"
"Current State: Optimized"
"New Trait: Presence Regulator. The pendant of the necklace has two sides. When the pendant is facing forward, your sense of presence will greatly increase, and your every move will attract attention. When the pendant is facing backward, your sense of presence will be greatly weakened, and most humans and some oddities will ignore your existence. Please note, presence adjustment consumes idealistic power. When the necklace's energy reserves are insufficient, it will directly consume your life energy."
"New Trait: Recharge. The necklace originally could only absorb idealistic energy in the Otherworld, but now, you can recharge it anywhere. When humans are emotionally agitated, idealistic energy will dissipate. Holding the necklace in your hand at this time will cause it to automatically absorb and store the surrounding dissipated idealistic energy."
"So that's it."
Seeing the content of the first trait, Kitahara Makoto immediately understood why Rinko had said the necklace was ominous.
The necklace's own energy was clearly depleted. Every time it was worn, it would consume the wearer's life energy. Although the trait description didn't state the consequences of life energy loss, it clearly wouldn't be pleasant.
"Let's test the effect first..."
Kitahara Makoto played with the necklace in his hand, distinguished the front and back, and quickly put it around his neck.
As for front or back... it was naturally the back!
Being ignored, though not true invisibility, should have a similar effect. As men, shouldn't they all have imagined possessing the superpower of invisibility?
After putting on the necklace, a faint sense of fatigue quietly washed over him.
Kitahara Makoto simply clenched his fist, not taking it to heart at all. The System refreshed daily tasks related to physical fitness, and Kitahara Makoto's current physical condition already surpassed that of an ordinary high school student. Wearing the necklace all day would be no problem.
"Find someone to verify it with..."
Kitahara Makoto's gaze shifted to the Beast Eared Girl on the sofa.
Hana was sitting on the sofa, eating her beloved little cake.
Kitahara Makoto walked up to the Beast Eared Girl, extended his right hand, and snatched the little cake from her hand, waiting for the verification result.
The Beast Eared Girl looked up with her small face:
"Bad Daddy, I'll tell Mama."
"Tsk~"
Kitahara Makoto let out a soft click of his tongue and returned the little cake.
"A bad start."
It seemed the necklace's effect wasn't as strong as he imagined, or perhaps Hana was stronger than most oddities, so she wasn't affected by the necklace.
Thump, thump, thump.
Footsteps suddenly came from upstairs.
"It's already 7:40. Everyone hurry and wash your faces and brush your teeth. We have school today."
Ijichi Nijika walked at the very front, urging them as she went.
Behind Nijika, several girls walked down the stairs one by one.
Yamada Ryo said tiredly, "So sleepy, I don't want to go to school. I want to sleep all day..."
Ijichi Nijika: "No, you must go to school."
Kita: "It's a good thing Nijika called us to wake up. My alarm clock didn't even ring."
Yamada Ryo: "The alarm actually rang, you just slept too deeply and didn't hear it."
Kita: "Impossible, I wouldn't sleep that soundly."
"..."
The girls talked as they walked past Kitahara Makoto, completely ignoring his presence.
"Presence weakened to the point of being ignored, it's almost like invisibility." Kitahara Makoto pondered, his gaze falling on Bocchi-chan, who was the last to come downstairs. "...If I touch someone, will the effect of disappearing presence fail?"
But before Kitahara Makoto could even verify, he saw the ahoge on top of Bocchi-chan's head suddenly tremble slightly, like a radar, and begin to sway left and right. Immediately after, Bocchi-chan opened her peach blossom eyes, her expression puzzled, and looked around.
Kitahara Makoto: "..."
Good heavens, he hadn't even touched her with a single finger, and Bocchi-chan had already noticed something. If he touched her, she would definitely discover him!
As expected, Little Miss Anxiety is super sensitive to other people's gazes; it's terrifying!
"Bocchi-chan, come here and brush your teeth."
Kita's voice came from the bathroom.
"I'm… I'm coming…"
Gotō Hitori blinked her eyes in confusion and took small steps towards the bathroom.
After verifying the necklace's effect, Kitahara Makoto quickly walked to the corner of the balcony and took off the necklace.
As he took off the necklace, his presence returned to normal, and he was quickly noticed by everyone.
"Kitahara-kun, good morning."
The blonde glasses girl was the most enthusiastic. After washing up and a night's rest, she no longer looked dishevelled like when they first met. At first glance, she had a certain intellectual beauty.
"Kitahara-kun, good morning."
Yamada Ryo raised her right hand and greeted him expressionlessly.
Unfortunately, besides Yamada Ryo, no one else paid him any attention.
Because of his overbearing actions that morning, Ijichi Nijika was still embarrassed and angry, refusing to speak to Kitahara Makoto.
"Hmph~"
Kita let out a soft hum and turned her face away.
Bocchi-chan, as always, was looking down, counting ants.
"Ryo-senpai, good morning."
Kitahara Makoto's expression was as usual, completely unconcerned by the girls' attitudes, and he greeted them as he always did.
"Nijika-senpai, the bread has been bought, and I also bought natto and butter. Do you want me to stir the natto?"
Ijichi Nijika: "No need… I'll do it myself."
Kitahara Makoto then looked at Bocchi-chan and said casually:
"Hitori, good morning. Go to the kitchen and get the cups, and pour the milk first."
"Oh…"
Little Miss Anxiety obediently listened and went to carry out the order.
Kitahara Makoto finally looked at Kita:
"Kita, I have some bad news to tell you… Do you want to hear it?"
"I don't want to hear it," Kita Ikuyo puffed out her cheeks and couldn't help but complain, "…Shameless!"
Kitahara Makoto didn't care at all.
If your skin isn't thick enough, do you still want to create a harem?
How much nerve does it take to expect girls to fight over you and throw themselves at you?
He had said he wanted to create a harem just to make Nijika dislike him and avoid being cut down, but now, Kitahara Makoto's mindset had quietly changed…
Since he had already kissed them, of course, he wanted them all!
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