NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System

- Chapter 51

"How could... Even if he is a 'Haruta,' he's currently only a..."

"I know." Natsuya sighed.

Then, she fixed her gaze upon Seiji once more.

"Rana seems to believe you should hear more details... Would you really like to listen?"

From Natsuya's eyes, Seiji received the impression that this matter was not one he could simply listen to then forget about.

Should he advance further into the realm of mystical ability users?

Seiji laughed in his mind.

There was zero hesitation within him.

Even if it wasn't for the fact that the student council president who helped him was possibly in danger, and without taking into consideration the fact that he was a member of the Haruta family by blood, just Seiji's own natural curiosity would impel him to learn more about mystical powers.

After reincarnating and obtaining such an overpowered cheat, how could he possibly back down from other mystical powers!?

There was no need to be afraid; he'd simply step forward!

"Please tell me. Even if I'm not certain I can be of any help... I don't wish to watch without doing anything!" Seiji exclaimed resolutely with a firm look in his eyes.

Natsuya widened her eyes slightly.

Hitaka also showed a surprised expression.

Seiji's current imposing manner moved both of these girls that possessed mystical powers of their own.

"Alright... as you wish."

Natsuya nodded.

"Hitaka, could you pour some cups of tea for us?"

A minute later.

The three of them sat around the round table with a steaming hot cup of tea in front of each of them.

Seiji originally wanted to just hug the cat girl like last time, but she closed her eyes and fell asleep while clinging on to his back. She was just like a real koala.

Well, she didn't weigh much to him, and she was warm, soft, and cute, so he decided to leave her there!

Seiji took a sip of the president's tea for the second time. It was good tea, just like last time.

"Haruta-kun, I think you've noticed already, but we don't exactly have the upper hand." Natsuya drank some tea as well before speaking up. "The enemy's already made a move, but we still don't even know who the enemy is. We haven't even succeeded at stopping the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer. If this situation persists as it currently is, the enemy will get closer to finishing their preparations. When the enemy challenges me to a duel, they'll be completely prepared... I think I don't need to explain what that means."

Seiji nodded in understanding.

"If it's that difficult to prevent the enemy's actions, why aren't you making your preparations? If the enemy knows how to prepare a spell formation, you should know similar techniques, right?"

"Our spell formation is already located here." Natsuya peered outside the window. "The entire Genhana High School is part of our spell formation."

'Whoa, she suddenly got the entire school involved!?'

Seiji raised his eyebrows.

"You don't appear all that shocked."

"I'm still a bit surprised... It's just that I can imagine it due to seeing so many similar plotlines in animes before."

"You're right..." Natsuya chuckled.

Her smile made Seiji recall the question he wanted to ask her the last time they met, but now wasn't an appropriate time for it.

"You can view Genhana High School as my personal castle in which I hide my identity as a Yin Yang Master. The school grounds are covered by a huge spiritual barrier, and there's many hidden magical traps awaiting any enemies. There's also many spirits and demons patrolling, both out in the open and in hiding—only those with mystical abilities are able to detect these. Hitaka and Rana are like my left and right arms while I'm the commander that's controlling everything here while only appearing to be the student council president on the surface. So this place is usually safe, which means a Yin Yang Master would be unable to invade the school in a normal situation. However, things are different in the case of a duel between Yin Yang Masters.

"Continuing to use the analogy of a castle, if I'm the one that's in a strong defensive fortress, then what the enemy is currently doing is akin to building siege weapons and arranging their armies. When they're finished with their preparations, they'll challenge me to a duel, which is equivalent to beginning their attack on my castle. You should understand now, right, Haruta-kun?"

Seiji rubbed his chin as he nodded.

The enemy would only attack her figurative castle when fully prepared. If the enemy didn't feel optimistic about their chances of winning, they wouldn't even bother to challenge her.

This also meant that when the enemy began their attack for real, there would be a high chance of her castle's defenses being unable to withstand the enemy's attack!

So the only options that Natsuya's side currently had were to either interrupt the enemy's preparations, thus disrupting their preparations to complete the spell formation necessary to attack Natsuya's castle, or to discover the enemy's identity and hideout before they finished preparing and launch a preemptive attack to defeat them!

"I... understand. The most important task right now is to stop the enemy's Spirit-branded Retainer that's currently making the preparations for a spell formation. No matter if we want to interrupt their arrangements or find out whoever this hidden enemy, the Spiritual Retainer is the only breakthrough point."

Seiji glanced at Natsuya.

"Indeed, that's right." Natsuya sighed before continuing, "But we're currently stuck with no progress on this."

Silence fell once more.

"Hypothetically speaking—just in theory..." Seiji spoke up again cautiously, "If the present situation persists, and you aren't able to prevent the enemy from finishing their preparations, what will happen to you guys when the enemy begins the attack after fully preparing? And what will happen to this school?"