Punishment?
'Give me a dozen of such punishments!
'Cough cough … calm down.'
After Seiji regained his senses, his face reddened slightly, and he didn't know what to say.
He knew that the store owner probably guessed his true thoughts at the time, but he didn't expect her to … "punish" him like this.
Seiji considered it at the time, but he didn't think too much about it.
Rather than contacting the store owner right from the start, it was better for him to make a scene first, and then let her clean up the mess. That way, he could vent his anger, and it would be easier for the store owner to play the good guy. That was all.
He was an outsider, after all, and he had no qualms about making a move. He didn't care at all what the twins and their parents would think of him after the incident. But Rika Amami was different; she had her own concerns, and she would be under a lot of pressure.
Seiji felt that he only chose the best course of action for everyone … as long as he could think of it, he would choose the course of action.
He didn't expect Rika to thank him so much.
Everyone fell silent once again.
Rika once again felt that he was too cute when she saw his blushing face.
"I've given you your punishment, and now … I'll give you your reward."
'There's a reward?'
Seiji couldn't help but look at the beautiful store owner and see a seductive smile on her face.
"I remember that you really wanted something, but I didn't give it to you at the time. Now … even though it's not the same thing, the same thing … is for you."
Rika slowly took something out of her pocket as she spoke, and held it out in front of Seiji.
"Give me your hand."
"Oh … okay."
Seiji dazedly did as he was told, extended his hand, and opened it.
Rika slowly opened her hand, and in her palm was a tiny, sparkling … button!
'This … could this be!?' Seiji's eyes widened in surprise.
Rika's face was slightly red as she placed the button in Seiji's large hand.
"Don't tell anyone else."
She told him in a small voice.
Using something like this as a reward was a little … but this was the only thing that Seiji had expressed his desire for in front of her!
Seiji nodded and tightly gripped the button, which was still warm from the beautiful store owner.
Holy Artifact, Get!
The Giant R Buckle was a legendary item that was guaranteed to kill. It was a holy item that thousands of gentlemen yearned for. He had once missed the opportunity to obtain it, but now, he had finally obtained it.
Seiji had a solemn expression on his face. He gripped the buckle with one hand and made a gesture of praying to Buddha with the other. He was going to be reborn … no, he was going to ascend!
Rika didn't know what kind of expression she should have when she saw Seiji's strange expression and posture.
He could only laugh.
"Alright, stop messing around! I've already given you your reward. Get out and work! "
"Yes! Bodhisattva … no, Store Manager!! "
Seiji replied energetically before he turned around and left. His tall figure exuded high spirits and enthusiasm.
"Bodhisattva my ass!" Rika retorted.
The smile and blush on her face would not fade away in a short time.
…
The job was over.
On the way home, Seiji opened up his system's [Gifts] menu to check the Holy Item … the reward that came with the button.
It was 7 points and an item discount card — "Touched Heart."
This card contained the gratitude of the beautiful store manager, as well as her gratitude and praise for him. After using it, he could choose any item and receive a 50% discount on the number of points needed to exchange for it. This discount would recover after one exchange, and there was no limit to the number of points that could be exchanged.
Seiji raised his eyebrows in surprise.
A 50% discount on any item was doubtlessly a powerful effect! Unfortunately, he could only use this discount to exchange for items once, and there was no limit to the number of items that could be exchanged.
This way, there were two ways to use this card. The first was to choose an item that required a high number of points and had a powerful effect and buy it at a discount, saving a large number of points.
The second was to choose an item that required a large number of points and exchange for multiple items at once, saving a large number of points as well.
However, Seiji currently didn't have either of these items.
Firstly, he didn't have any high-priced items that he wanted to exchange for, and secondly, he didn't have any low-priced items that were in high demand … It seemed that he would have to keep this item card for the time being.
Although he couldn't use it for the time being, its effects were still quite powerful, not to mention that it gave him an additional 7 points.
'Thank you, store manager!'
Seiji was in a good mood as he walked past a park.
He heard the sound of children playing on a swing.
'There's still a child playing on a swing at this hour?'
A trace of doubt flashed through his mind as he looked in the direction of the swing.
He saw a figure that was obviously not a child sitting there.
It was a girl wearing Genhana Middle School's uniform.
Due to the distance and the fact that the street lights weren't shining in that direction, Seiji couldn't see her face clearly.
However, he faintly felt like … he had seen this figure before.
* Squeak … squeak … * A middle school girl playing on a swing by herself in the middle of the night seemed rather lonely.
Seiji stopped in his tracks.
Then, he walked over to the swing.
"You must be a middle school student at Genhana Middle School. It's already quite late, so why …"
Seiji walked closer as he spoke, but before he could finish his sentence, he saw her face clearly and instantly stopped talking.
That was because he recognized her.
Although he had only met her once on the first day of his transfer, she had left a deep impression on him.
Exquisite face, snow-white skin, casually draped but extremely soft black hair, neat bangs, thin eyebrows, bright eyes, elegant and cold, like a porcelain doll of a beautiful girl.
"… You …"
Seiji's footsteps only paused for a moment before he continued walking closer.
"You're … Shika Kagura, right?"
That's right, that was her name.
When he was visiting the drama club, he was captured … and brought back by the club president. She was a beautiful middle school girl.
Seiji couldn't help but recall the scene of her sitting on a chair by the window, quietly reading a collection of poems.
At that time, he took the initiative to talk to her.
Just like now.
"Do you still remember me? I'm Harano Seigo, a first-year high school student … two weeks ago, we had a brief conversation at the drama club. "
He walked over to the swing as he spoke.
A girl … Shika Kagura stopped swinging and looked directly at his face.
Just like back then.
"Harano Seigo …"
A gentle voice that contained a hint of coldness spoke up.
It seemed that she still remembered him. Seiji thought to himself.
"I was passing by and heard some noise, so I came to take a look."
"It's already late. Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be going home? "
Shika Kagura remained silent as he stared at Seiji.
Seiji scratched his face awkwardly.
Although he really wanted to ask if there was something on his face, he decided not to ask such nonsense.
"Did … something happen at home? Or did you quarrel with your parents? "
Seiji decided to ask a sensitive question.
There were probably only a few reasons why a middle school student wouldn't be home at this time of the day.
Shika Kagura continued to stare at him as if he could see something on his face.
Seiji sighed.
"Fine, I'm being a busybody again."
He walked over and sat down on another swing.
"I'm not trying to interfere; I just want to help out a little, if I can.
It's dangerous for a beautiful girl like you to be outside alone at this time of the day, especially in a place where there aren't many people around.
Maybe you don't think it's a big deal, but I … I don't want to leave you alone. "
That was all.
This was a normal, ordinary act of kindness.
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