Inside a highly popular restaurant at St. Freya Academy, the group gathered to enjoy lunch.
Essentially, the dishes in the restaurant, having sacrificed some quality for the sake of speed, didn't taste better than the lunches Raiden Mei usually prepared. However, the moods of the diners were different, which naturally led to different outcomes.
Kiana revealed her potential as a big eater. Raiden Mei and Himeko Murata also ate with smiles on their faces. Even Bronya had micro-expressions on her face that indicated joy.
Because Kiana had let it slip last night that she was going out to play alone with Evan in the afternoon, after lunch ended, the others dispersed with different but very persuasive reasons.
Raiden Mei said she needed to do supplementary training. Himeko Murata said she drank too much beer and was a bit sleepy. Bronya said there was an event in her game.
In reality, these weren't just simple excuses.
During this period, Raiden Mei had indeed been taking care of Kiana very seriously, chatting with her to change her mood and preparing various snacks. Everyone only had twenty-four hours a day; by focusing her energy on Kiana, Raiden Mei's practice time had naturally shortened.
She had originally wanted to seize the holiday to improve her strength, otherwise, she would be powerless when facing the Honkai—unless she agreed to the Herrscher personality's condition and borrowed the Herrscher's power.
But that condition is too embarrassing... proactively pushing Evan down or something... I'd better train hard and strive to become a powerful Valkyrie first.
Even though the Herrscher personality doesn't have the guts to push Evan down herself, she keeps egging me on through dreams every night. How excessive.
Himeko Murata was indeed sleepy, but not because she drank too much beer. It was simply because she hadn't rested well. She had sneaked over to Evan's place in the middle of the night yesterday and returned to her residence at dawn. Not long after, she had to get up to celebrate Kiana passing the makeup exam. She was sleepy, really sleepy.
Before leaving, Himeko cast a gloating look at Evan. At least she could catch up on some sleep while Kiana was taking the exam, but Evan had been accompanying Kiana the whole time. He even sat outside waiting for her during the makeup exam. Now, after finishing lunch, he still had to go out and play with Kiana in the afternoon. It served him right.
This is one of the prices one must pay for opening a harem.
As for Bronya's game event, that was also true.
A moment later, Raiden Mei and the others had all disappeared from view. Confirming that the next period would be alone time for her and Evan, Kiana didn't show overly shy expression. Instead, she asked excitedly:
"Where are we going to play this afternoon?"
It seemed she really just wanted to find a place to play and relieve the pressure from this period, rather than using playing as an excuse for a couple's date with Evan.
"We just had a full meal, so you probably don't want to eat anymore, right? Then do you want to go sightseeing or shopping? Whichever it is, I've conducted multiple investigations and have several plans."
"Uh..."
Kiana thought for a moment, recalling the words Bronya had said before leaving.
"By the way, Bronya has been staying up late playing games these past few days, sleeping even later than me. Is the game really that fun? Take me to see it."
Take Kiana to play games?
St. Freya Academy didn't have an internet cafe. However, with Evan's savings, buying two high-spec computers for himself and Kiana wouldn't be difficult. But if he did that, it would end up evolving into a situation where they brought the computers back to the residence to play games, contradicting the promise of playing with Kiana alone.
"Bronya plays an RPG online game. Essentially, it's about fighting monsters, doing quests, and leveling up, which requires a large investment of time. I'll take you to play another kind of game where you can get fun in a short amount of time."
"Okay, okay!"
Kiana nodded. Actually, she had just mentioned it casually. If talking about her favorite entertainment method, staying at home like a salted fish (slacker), reading manga, and eating food was definitely better. As for being outside... well, as long as she was with Evan, it felt pretty good.
So, Evan took Kiana to the arcade.
There was only one arcade in St. Freya Academy, so Evan naturally didn't have to make a choice.
Unexpectedly, the arcade, which had always been very deserted—so much so that the attendant at the counter would doze off out of boredom—already had someone inside.
Seeing that figure wearing casual clothes, Kiana was a bit surprised.
"Class Monitor?"
"Student Kiana, and Student Evan."
Hearing Kiana's voice, Fu Hua, who was playing Whac-A-Mole, turned her head to greet them. However, the movements of her hands didn't stop. With the wooden mallet, she hit every single mole doll that only popped its head out for a second, displaying an extremely high level of gaming skill.
Or should it be called martial arts skill?
Because the Whac-A-Mole game hadn't ended yet, Fu Hua didn't say much more after greeting them and focused her attention back on the machine. Evan, meanwhile, bought dozens of game tokens from the counter attendant and gave them to Kiana.
"Look around and see if there's any game you're interested in. I can introduce them to you."
"Ooh!"
The colorful lights and various sound effects in the arcade made Kiana's blood boil with excitement.
Her gaze wandered around for a while, first ruling out the Whac-A-Mole game Class Monitor Fu Hua was playing.
It looks like the Class Monitor is a veteran at this. I've already been completely crushed by her in studies; I don't want to be compared to her even when playing games.
The girl turned her gaze elsewhere.
"What's that machine with pictures of various snacks on it for? Does it automatically make food after inserting coins?"
Hearing Kiana's question, the attendant at the counter—who had been ready since seeing new customers arrive, wanting to leave a good impression on her—immediately introduced it.
"That's a machine with a winning rate as high as fifty percent. You can win various snack and drink coupons, then exchange them for the corresponding food here at my counter. It's the only game in the arcade with substantial rewards. Want to try it?"
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