Vampire Without a Mouth

When Kitahara Toru looked at Yamada Ryo,

Yamada Ryo's hand movements gradually slowed down. She quickly bent over and began collecting tips.

Her small, rosy mouth, barely moving, opened and closed slightly as she said, "Thank you."

"You play beautifully," Kitahara Toru followed the crowd, stepping forward to applaud her.

Although he had decided in his heart that he would fall in love with her in this lifetime, Kitahara Toru still maintained a respectful attitude, guided by courtesy.

Even when facing a game character, Kitahara Toru wanted to be a mature and perfect person.

"Where's the money?"

"Huh?" Kitahara Toru's expression froze for a second.

Did he hear wrong?

"If it sounds beautiful, please back it up with real actions." Yamada Ryo slightly bent over and spat out the grass roots she had in her mouth.

She hadn't eaten for several days.

This "Easy Life Simulator" was truly unreliable; the game's hunger affected real life... Well, actually, she was also hungry in real life.

[As a good "benefit receiver," you need to link to a suitable target to receive benefits. Remember, you must ask directly and obtain their consent.]

That's right.

Just like Bocchi-chan, Yamada Ryo has her own simulator called the "Easy Life Simulator."

You can link to a weak target, be taken care of by someone, and acquire some of the opponent's skills.

In other words,

If Yamada Ryo wants to gain benefits, during the simulation process, she must link to a highly talented person, cling to them like a vampire, and suck their blood madly to obtain their skills.

Ordinary people might feel disgusted or even repulsed by this kind of simulator.

But for Yamada Ryo... it's perfect.

Her dream has always been to become a weirdo.

This simulator is perfect! No, it's super perfect!

"Here, take this. Your bass playing is really good. Please keep pursuing your dream." Kitahara Toru took out his wallet from his jacket pocket and handed her a 1,000-yen bill.

"Thank you."

Yamada Ryo bowed and took the money.

With that money, she could finally have a proper meal, even if it was just in the game. Drawing cakes to satisfy her hunger was better than nothing.

Yamada Ryo raised her head, looked at Kitahara Toru's beautiful face, and thought for a few seconds.

Did this person seem familiar?

After the crowd around them dispersed,

She walked up to Kitahara Toru and said, "Excuse me, could you take care of me?"

Opening lightning!

Kitahara Toru was a little startled but didn't refuse. He smiled and said, "Sure, how much salary do you want per month?"

It turned out he was missing a bass teacher, and based on his estimation, this person's bass skills were almost at LV.4.

As for whether this response was too hasty?

Well, if they're already playing virtual games, what's so strange about having a virtual wife? (Note: The protagonist doesn't know they also have simulators.)

Can you play tug-of-war with paper figures? When you play Azur Lane and hand out rings, will you ask the ship girl about her wishes? Definitely not.

Their usual combos are as follows:

We met for the first time, we liked each other, we got married!

Yamada Ryo said expressionlessly, "I want to help you without being paid."

After saying that, Yamada Ryo exchanged contact information with him, turned around, and prepared to pack up her bass and go home.

[You have linked to the victim (crossed out)... the easy life target—Kitahara Toru.]

Yamada Ryo focused her mind and clicked on his attribute table.

[Kitahara Toru]

[Current Favorability: 61] (Total value: 100)]

[Existing Skills: Divine-level photography, professional piano playing, bass playing LV.2, film acting LV.5]

[Money: 300 million+ yen]

[Ability: Attention Focus] (From low to high: Useless, Common, Exceptional, Rare, Public-focused...)]

[Skills currently available for purchase: Acting LV.4, Master Photography, Piano LV.5] (You can only obtain 60% of the effectiveness of the other person's skills).

Uh-huh. Although Yamada Ryo was new to this easy life system, she already fully understood it.

Isn't this just like raising pets in online games? She's played with Pokémon before.

Since you can only get 60% effectiveness, the higher the pet's attributes, the better... That divine-level photography skill seems exaggerated. Yamada Ryo thought to herself.

She learned from the simulator that, in general, ordinary people can only reach LV.5 skill level in their lifetime. A master appears among tens of millions of people, and a grandmaster appears among hundreds of millions. Divine level? Yamada Ryo didn't dare to think that maybe Kitahara Toru was the only one in the world who had reached such a level.

So...

How to obtain those tempting skills?

[You need to obtain love points to exchange for skills. Love points are obtained as follows——]

[When favorability reaches 70/80/90/100, you will receive 100,000/200,000/500,000/3 million love points respectively] (Each simulation can only be activated once, and restarting the game will update it)

[Copper Wedding (surpassing seven years of marriage): 500,000]

[Silver Wedding (25 years of marriage): 2 million]

[Gold Wedding (50 years of marriage): 3 million]

[Special Achievement Completion: Love value is variable (10,000-10 million fluctuating)]

Are you sure this is a vampire simulator and not a dog-licking simulator? Yamada Ryo stopped playing the bass.

Does this mean that, in the simulator, I have to spend a perfect life with the linked target?

No, first she wanted to check the skill price list and then determine if this simulator really counts as a dog-licking simulator.

[You have opened the price list——]

[Acting LV.4]

[Price: 300,000]

[Master Photography]

[Price: 5 million]

[Piano Performance LV.5]

[Price: 800,000]

Okay, it's confirmed. It's a dog-licking simulator. Yamada Ryo rolled her eyes. Although it's a simulator, the degree of simulation here isn't much different from reality. Except that time passes very quickly, it's fine to call it a second world.

So expensive. It seems I can only afford one if I don't get married.

There's simply no hope of getting the master-level photography skills.

Unless Yamada Ryo goes all out and grows old with Kitahara Toru in the simulator...

Suddenly, Yamada Ryo rubbed her eyebrows.

She picked up her bass case and realized she had fallen into a mental trap.

Since it's a simulator, she doesn't need to invest too much emotion. Just treat it as a game.

After all, no matter how fast love progresses in the game, she and Kitahara Toru won't have any relationship in real life.

The dog-licking simulator had already warned that nothing that happens in the simulator would affect reality; it's just a pure game.

So, it seems better to be more utilitarian?

Yamada Ryo looked at Kitahara Toru not far away and noticed he was smiling at her.

Wow, how can a Pokémon as handsome as Kitahara Toru exist? He's strong, he's handsome… and he has an incredible aura.

At that moment, Yamada Ryo remembered seeing a movie he starred in on TV.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?"

"I haven't asked for your name yet," Kitahara Toru replied.

It's not that she doesn't want to leave, it's just that the timing for this special event hasn't arrived yet! Instead of running around the streets, it's better to increase the favorability of the virtual wife.

"Yamada Ryo, you can call me Ryo." Yamada Ryo approached him and said, "Nice to meet you."

Kitahara Toru smiled and said, "Kitahara Toru, you can call me whatever you want."

"Toru-kun?"

Yamada Ryo said expressionlessly.

"Isn't that too intimate?"

This was the second time he was surprised by Yamada Ryo's words, the last time being just a minute ago.

"It's fine, because Toru-kun is my owner."

Yamada Ryo looked at the 'pet' information in the simulator and said this.

Kitahara Toru isn't so much her owner, but a more accurate term... an electronic pet? After all, the simulator world is completely fictional.

[Kitahara Toru's favorability +5]

Yamada Ryo looked at the simulator's prompt and felt happy.

Kitahara Toru is really an easy man to deal with.