The Harem Plan for a Single Line? (1)

[Fifth Day]

Morning.

In cherry blossom rain that covered the sky, Ying and I walked leisurely along the cherry blossom road——

"Unexpectedly, Classmate Gaocheng's curry was so delicious."

"Haha, I don't think it can compare to Classmate Yuchuan's curry."

"Huh? Classmate Gaocheng has eaten my curry before?"

"That… I probably remembered it wrong. Ahaha..."

I accidentally made such a terrible mistake… Ying wouldn't believe that this was the reply, right? I hope she won't keep this in mind... after all, she won't be able to understand this.

Even if she understood it, she would most likely hate me. In the eyes of AI, this approach was tantamount to cheating.

"Classmate Gaocheng, you startled me."

"This kind of life is really great."

I just said something else, trying to change the subject.

"Huh? Why do you say this suddenly?"

Ying turned her head and looked at me with her eyes wide open.

"Ah, that... I mean that all seasons in Hanakura Town are like spring and the scenery of cherry blossoms flying is like heaven. I really want to stay here forever."

I scratched my head. That was close, I almost spilled the bean. What I like was the leisurely feeling in the game, but in this case, the AI ​​couldn't understand it. It didn't make much difference to say it was because of Hanakura Town.

"Will Classmate Gaocheng stay here forever?"

This question... was difficult to answer. No matter how boring the reality was I still had to go back... Even if a person was addicted to games, it was still impossible to completely divorce from reality.

"Maybe... I might choose to find a job in a big city and live a busy life."

I still didn't want to deceive Ying. Saying that I would go to a big city was no different than reality. After all, in reality, I live in a big city.

In the end, a beautiful town was just a temporary place to relax. If I really had a choice, I probably still couldn't leave the busy and convenient life in the city.

Speaking of which, there were almost no beautiful towns in reality that could be preserved, so there would be virtual games with countryside or towns as the background, allowing people to experience distant life.

"Classmate Gaocheng's dream seems to be very great. My dream is very ordinary. It can't compare with Classmate Gaocheng's - I just hope that I can have a stable life. Maybe I will be a teacher in Hanakura Town in the future or open a restaurant, marry someone and have children..."

Ying said softly, her eyes drifting away unconsciously.

"Hope for such a life... But the outside world may be more exciting than you think."

"Outside world..."

"Classmate Yuchuan, have you ever been to...or would you like to go and see the outside world?"

As an AI in a dating sim, maybe she has never been to the outside world before, or there was no way to reach the 'outside' world, right? After all, they may not even have this knowledge.

They might not even know the concept of "outside world", Hanakura Town was their eternal world...

Suddenly I felt that in this small world like a stage, the life of a life that has been predefined was really very boring and inexplicably sad.

"I was transferred from other schools."

Oh right, I almost forgot… All the sadness was for nothing.

"But I haven't left this country. My wish is that one day I can go to a small town at the end of the world, walk on the beach there, and make a wish by the fountain in the square~"

"Moreover, I want to go with the person I like! Bathed in the fresh sea breeze, lying in his arms, walking on the beach together no matter whether it is early morning or evening; whether it is sunrise or sunset. I really want to try it one day with someone I like."

She opened her hands and said to the sky...Like every lively and optimistic girl, she yearned for romance.

"Ah! I'm sorry! I got lost talking to myself. This kind of boring dream must be funny to Classmate Gaocheng, right?"

Ying said that as if she suddenly realized something, she stopped talking in a panic and gave me a quick glance with embarrassment on her face.

"No... this dream is very good, it feels like a cherry blossom."

How should I say, her optimistic appeal made me feel like going to the beach immediately even if I rarely traveled.

Looking at Ying, I gradually began to feel that the thought of AI and a small closed world stage I had just now became a bit pointless. The so-called definition of happiness varied from person to person, and it should be no different to AI.

Although it was just a set program, I feel that Ying has really become an angel with open wings.

"If Classmate Yuchuan really sees the Wish Fountain one day, do you have any wishes?"

"Wishes cannot be said to other people, Classmate Gaocheng."

"Is that so..."

For the first time, I knew that there were such rules for wishing...

However, now was not the time to think about this. I remembered that Waning Moon's strategy clearly stated- if you want to conquer Ying, you must ask her to cook together...

"Classmate Yuchuan, after school next Monday, would you like to come to my house and make a meal together with me?"

It seemed that inviting girls was no longer something that would worry me. But it was only in this game.

"Next Monday..."

The hesitation showed that she was considering the invitation, and I must follow up a victory with hot pursuit. So when she was still hesitating, I used the trump card——

"Meow Chan probably misses Classmate Yuchuan, too?"

This is my trump card, dedicated to Yuchuan Ying.

"It's not impossible to go to Classmate Gaocheng's home."

Sure enough, the mention of Meow Chan will make the invitation surprisingly easy...

"But... can I bring my little sister?"

Oh right, Ying said that she also had a younger sister... I couldn't help but think of some H anime about sisters.

No, no, stop those wild fantasies...

"Classmate Gaocheng, why did your expression become so dirty?"

She squinted her eyes.

"It's not! It's just that I'm a little excited about learning new dishes, it's really not because of your little sister...!"

I mustn't say that I was excited about having the beautiful sisters come to our house together.

"My little sister, she wants to see classmate Gaocheng too... She is a very lively kid, but sometimes too lively to the point that she can't stop her. I'm afraid she will... Please, Classmate Gaocheng, please bear with her for being rude!"

Oh? So this was her little sister's in-game setting?

"No problem."

I didn't need to clean up the room, so I would not have any opinions about it. Compared with having the angel sisters coming to my house to play together, was there anything happier than that?

Sure enough, it was a wonderful game... I couldn't help but sigh that everything went so smoothly on this beautiful morning.

But speaking of cooking...

At noon, the girl who called herself Nana handed me the pink insulated lunch box in her hand as always after saying hello.

"Thank you."

Opening the lunch box with expectation; this moment of unknown speculation was also the happiest.

Ah, what was this grilled piece with red-brown tomato juice...

"This is the first time I have tried to cook grilled chicken breast with tomato and basil with pasta. I wonder if you will like it..."

She looked at me nervously as I took the first bite.

"...it is delicious!"

The surface of the meat that was grilled to the right degree and the slightly sweet and sour of tomatoes tasted exceptional.

"It's great, because it was the first time I grilled chicken breasts, I put a lot of seasoning, I'm really afraid that the taste would be too strong, and it would make Classmate Gaocheng laugh~"

She breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a smile.

I ate the food at the speed of the wind.

Although she was cute when smiling, she felt different from the girl next door. It was kind of like… right, what the actors looked like when they performed on stage?

And the lunch box was not like ordinary home cooking, such as beef curry...

What was the identity of this girl? I was a little curious...

"It took a lot of time to prepare this, right?"

I tried to ask her.

"Fortunately, I finished it in a little over an hour. I love cooking, so I never feel that cooking takes too long."

"For someone like me who can't cook, that period of time is torture... However, I heard that people who spend a long time cooking must be people with a high quality of life...."

"The quality of life...maybe it's not that complicated, just because cooking is a rare 'allowed' activity for me to relax the mind..."

She seemed a little lonely when she said this. Could it be that her identity was not as simple as I thought...?

Maybe she had no entertainment other than cooking.

What should I do, I was very curious about this. Although it was a matter of privacy, since it was in the game, I should take the risk and ask. Only in this way would the plot progress.

"Nana, what entertainment do you usually have?"

"Huh? Suddenly asking this... probably to finish homework, practice piano and singing, and cook."

She was startled by my sudden question, and her performance confirmed my thoughts...

"Apart from these, do you play games or hang out with friends?"

She shook her head.

"No... Mother said that those activities are meaningless."

From her appearance, she seemed to believe in what her mother said.

I couldn't believe that her life was so monotonous...Of course, I was not qualified to judge the quality of other people's lives, but when she talked about the life of learning, her face was definitely not happy.

To help her...Although it seemed very depraved to say so... playing games was almost the meaning of life to me!

"Well, I'll take you to do some happy things..."

I thought she would go with me immediately, but she shrank obviously.

"Happy, happy thing? What is that..."

I forgot that this would cause girls to misunderstand...

"It's like cooking—you are happy when cooking, right?"

"Cooking is the happiest time."

"This matter, maybe... No, it will definitely be happier than cooking."

"This, is that so... Then I will go with you..."

After I arouse her curiosity, I took her to—

B-101 classroom, game club.

"Is this... some kind of club?"

She looked at the locked classroom door suspiciously.

Although there was no key, and no one was there at noon, I was still able to get into it... Because Minghai Lily said that she recently lost the key to the club, so she had to pretend to lock the classroom every day. In other words, the door was actually not locked.

"This door is not really locked, don't worry. This is the activity room of the game club."

"Game club? Is it a club playing games?"

"Well, strictly speaking, it is a club that plays games and publishes strategies and evaluations."

I said so, but it was just a bunch of people playing games...

"Amazing..."

Even so, I could see that she was still confused... Could it be that the setting of this character was a good student who has never played any games?

"Have Nana played a game before?"

"...No."

As I expected….

There was a feeling of sympathy in my heart. It was so pitiful for people who have never played games, although it was a bit prejudiced from an gaming otaku point of view.

"This is what I said 'happy things', come in."

I opened the door, and she hesitated. After she saw that no one inside, she followed me in.

For girls, I needed to find a simple and cute game...

I flipped over the pile of game disks. It was not hard to find games with cute styles. For example, this 2D game with a white pixel-style cat was suitable for girls, right?

It was called "Super Cat Rio", I have never heard of it.

I inserted the Super Cat Rio's CD into the black 'SP4' machine, then picked up a handle and handed it to her.

"Just use this to operate."

Although she took the handle, she was holding it in a daze, and she didn't seem to know what to do... I sighed. I really needed to teach her everything.

"Here is the game start button, and all you have to do is press and hold the forward button, press here to jump over monsters and obstacles until the end... wanna try it now?"

"Dod you press this forward arrow..."

"Yes... avoid that monster!"

Seeing an enemy rushing towards her character, but she did not react in time and lost her first life...

"How did this happen..."

"In short, if you encounter monsters and ravines, you must press here to jump over. If you find an item, press this circle button to emit a laser to hit the monster."

"It seems difficult, Classmate Gaocheng, can you play..."

"No, the purpose of coming here is to let you experience the joy of the game, so you must stick to it, and then you will feel what I call the joy."

"Then, I will try again..."

Needless to say, this time she died before reaching 10 steps. But this game was really weird. Obstacles would appear out of thin air. Was it simple and cute for girls to play?!

Despite having been gameover all the time, she did not propose to stop the game again.

Anyway, she finally experienced the joy of the game, right? As long as my plan was successful, everything was fine.

——Unknowingly, it was time for the lunch break to end.

"It died again? Why are the bricks falling down here? There is no sign at all! I have already lost 50 lives! How can I pass the level..."

She pressed the handle frantically, then threw the handle on her leg dispiritedly...

...Was I hallucinating?

Was this still the shy and quiet girl? It seemed to have become a completely different person!

"That... the lunch break is about to end, should I go back?"

I reminded her tentatively.

"No, it must be cleared, no, at least the first level must be cleared!"

"No, I think it's very difficult today... Besides, it's more important to go to class."

Did I actually make a girl become addicted to games?

"Eh? You said the lunch break is about to end? It has obviously only passed 5 minutes. Are you lying to me?"

"Look at the time for yourself..."

I point to the wall clock on the wall.

"Um...really, it's already 1:15..."

"So this is the magic of the game… Stop it, you will be punished for being late for class."

Besides, if the teacher found out that we skipped class to play games in this game club, the consequences would be unimaginable...

It was not just me, it would surely affect Minghai.

"But leaving now, wouldn't all the previous efforts be wasted?"

She calmed down a bit...

"This can be saved in this way, and then you can load the file and continue from this place next time you play."

"...so amazing!"

She did it according to my method, and the text box of "Saved Successfully" was displayed. I didn't expect that one day I would teach others how to save a game...

I couldn't complain about her ignorance of the game, I just wanted to pull her away from here.

I took out the CD and turned off the game console.

"..."

She reluctantly looked at the pitch-black TV screen... She really became a girl who addicted to games! The process of leading a good girl into depravity actually made me feel a little happy...

"...Classmate Gaocheng."

Standing outside the door, we were about to part and go to our respective classrooms. She stopped me.

"Thank you very much today, for letting me come into contact with something so interesting for the first time."

Sunlight came in through the window, her face was half-bright and half-dark, like her puzzling personality.

But at least I saw her genuine smile this time.

I couldn't help but be dazed for a while... After all, she was a pretty girl with a pretty baby face and big eyes, smiling with an irresistible charm.

"If you like games, just join this game club. The club president and members here are very enthusiastic and kind..."

I unknowingly advertised for this game club. I wonder if those otakus would be grateful to me...