Calm down! Stay calm! A truly cute young girl must never show exaggerated expressions!
Asano Nazuki took small breaths, calming her emotions for a while, and then feigned ignorance: "Is Shirakawa saying that my silliness is quite cute?"
Shirakawa Sawahei looked at Asano Nazuki with pity and thought to himself, am I really supposed to reply with something like: "Silly child, how could you be a silly child?"
That would be too much of an insult to intelligence.
"Just interpret it however you like." Shirakawa Sawahei didn't explain anything and turned his head to continue preparing to work on his problems.
His skill level experience in high school education was rapidly increasing, but unfortunately, the experience required for leveling up was so substantial that the progress bar seemingly didn't move.
Although he didn't know what this Asano Nazuki classmate was up to, considering turning her into a study partner could be an option, right?
That's a level 5 skill level, with talent bonuses, it would certainly feel great.
He looked at his study partner slot, where there were progress bars for two girls. Underneath Hayakawa Kashi's slot, there was also an ongoing achievement.
Even though this low-level system was extremely foolish and incompetent, it did have one commendable feature. That is, all strategy actions had a high degree of freedom, without penalties like dying if tasks weren't completed.
From first year until now, Shirakawa Sawahei never interacted with the two study partners more than three times each, and he even just mocked Hayakawa Kashi, who was the second in the year, yet he still survived just fine.
Unfortunately, to facilitate progress, the low-level system would take some action. If he didn't engage in strategy for a long time, it would start triggering involuntary confessions to study partners, like what happened in the morning.
In short, if you don't confess, I'll create conditions for you to confess.
This led to Shirakawa Sawahei earning the loud title of "School Belle Confession Interceptor," as far as the current situation indicated, this interceptor seemed to target only Hayakawa Kashi.
Though maybe not long from now, he might be forced to confess to another study partner as well.
Shirakawa Sawahei sometimes pondered, saying, you say you're a system capable of influencing world lines to a certain extent, why would you still engage in such low-end matchmaking?
Aren't you just lowering your own status?
Could it be that the creator of this system was a lifelong single, which is why they concocted this kind of twisted taste?
Nearby, Asano Nazuki seemed unwilling to give up. After a while, she leaned over and asked, "Shirakawa... what exercises are you working on, are they from the cram school's materials?"
A beautiful girl taking the initiative to strike up a conversation, wouldn't any boy be moved?
Asano Nazuki's eyes slightly flickered as she asked, "Would it be convenient... to guide me a bit? I've forgotten many key points..."
Shirakawa Sawahei slightly turned his head, not answering her question immediately, instead asking in confusion, "Did you attend a cram school?"
"Well... I did enroll in one... due to taking a break from school..." Asano Nazuki lied with a straight face.
"Oh, I see." Shirakawa Sawahei said calmly, "Then you can bring your cram school materials to ask me for help, I should be able to assist you."
Upon hearing this, Asano Nazuki was secretly delighted. Her biggest fear was that Shirakawa Sawahei would be completely impermeable to any tactics. Now, as long as they had contact, she was not afraid he wouldn't slip up!
To ask for guidance meant she could justifiably repay him, then gradually close the distance between them, and then...
Shirakawa Sawahei gave Asano Nazuki a strange look, trying to figure out her true intent. But it's okay, since she seemed so suspicious, it was only reasonable for him to take advantage of her exercise material.
Cram schools in Neon are very common, and most of them have strong capabilities. Of course, the corresponding cost isn't cheap either.
Happy education is just to fool others, wealthy elite parents certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to believe in that rhetoric.
Everyone goes through nine years of compulsory education, so if you alone study secretly, that's probably the kind of situation they're talking about.
So, does Asano Nazuki look wealthy?
For sure! After all, on her preliminary strategy target panel, her music skill level was level 5!
Just like the high school education skill has many sub-skills like English and Physics, Asano Nazuki's music skill also had numerous instrument sub-skills.
Piano aside, she could play violin, cello, guitar, saxophone, and even Huaxia's traditional instruments like the zither, xiao, and shakuhachi. She was a walking instrument mastery repository.
In a way, pursuing a music path for A-loli Asano Nazuki would definitely be much easier than for that Ise Yu Yuzhijin.
In the arts, can you avoid spending money? If you don't spend money, can it be called art?
As a first-year student from a remote rural area for whom even basic needs were a problem, Shirakawa Sawahei naturally didn't have money to pay for cram school fees.
But Neon cram schools indeed had their merits, and perhaps even Hayakawa Kashi secretly attended one; otherwise, how could she have surpassed him with such difficulty?
I'm doing this for a win-win situation. Shirakawa Sawahei silently consoled himself, dispelling some of the guilt of freeloading.
"But I didn't bring the exercises today... in that case, why not just..." Asano Nazuki seized the moment, preparing to throw out a question or two to flatter this pretty boy and increase his favorability.
What was it that they said about layered strategies? The girl who knows how to shine the boy in front of others is the cutest!
No exercises and you expect to freeload off me?
Shirakawa Sawahei felt despair at this transfer student's thick-skinnedness.
"If you didn't bring them, then just wait until tomorrow." Shirakawa Sawahei pursed his lips, casually shutting down Asano Nazuki's "Sugoi" onslaught.
Asano Nazuki's little face stiffened, experiencing for the first time her standing in Shirakawa Sawahei's mind.
Am I really less important than a cram school workbook!?
Damn, this guy must be a sister complex! Otherwise, how could an ordinary person resist my charm?
Sister complexes are the mortal enemies of lolis!
The morning classes continued smoothly, and after experiencing the first round of probing, Asano Nazuki temporarily abandoned her offensive, beginning to gradually craft her image as a diligent and studious, cute girl.
During class, her focused eyes almost melted the mid-aged Neon history teacher with Mediterranean hair. It caused his steps after class to emit a confident aura.
Such a cute female student, entranced by my lecture content, it seems I am quite charismatic!
As the last class ended, Shirakawa Sawahei quickly left the classroom and headed swiftly towards the snack shop. His lunch today was bread, and the type of bread would depend on the speed of his classmates' actions.
Taking out her bento and eating with a few girls, Asano Nazuki watched Shirakawa Sawahei's departing figure, and after some nonchalant setup, she soon steered the conversation to her question.
"Shirakawa, do you eat lunch with someone else every day?"