Chapter 243: Has Her Highness Been Snatched?

Kaguya looked at Takumi with a completely confused expression.

But soon, she came to her senses.

"Hmph!" "SP!!" "Want to play some games or not?" "Don't fill your head with lewd garbage! All you do is talk trash!!"

Shooting Takumi a look of disdain, Kaguya clearly wasn't holding back. Her remark immediately got under Takumi's skin. He mentally took note of it and followed her into the villa.

"Not bad, not bad!" "This villa is quite to my liking." "Come on!! Let's game." "I can finally play the games of this world for free." "Damn you! You scammed a ton of points from me back then!!"

Just bringing it up ticked Kaguya off. Back when she first joined the chat group, this guy zeroed in on her like a vulture. Knowing she loved games, he uploaded countless titles, just waiting for her to buy them.

As someone obsessed with gaming daily, how could Kaguya resist such temptation? Every single point she earned from daily check-ins was spent on Takumi's games. She was flat broke each day. As soon as she got her wages, Takumi would snatch them away. It was incredibly frustrating.

Now that she had come to Takumi's world, at least she no longer needed to buy the games. She could play to her heart's content.

Takumi rolled his eyes. "I don't even care about your points anymore." "Besides, you still owe me money, young lady!!" "Hurry up and start signing in again. You've got a debt to repay."

After saying that, Takumi opened the computer and settled comfortably into his seat. He had built this gaming room specifically for her. It was nothing short of luxurious.

Kaguya also sat down.

"Hmph!" "I'll pay you back when I have the points!" "But I don't have any right now!!"

She was flat broke, not a single point on hand. No rush.

The two chatted while playing.

Kaguya grew a bit curious. Without stopping her actions, she asked:

"You've brought so many people into this world, but development's still painfully slow." "Aren't you going to settle down and work on building it up?" "What's your plan for the future of this world?"

Takumi always talked about developing civilization, but what had he actually done?

Running off to other worlds and dragging people back. Now the team was stacked, even top-tier scientists.

"Dr. Mei is preparing to head into space." "We'll first develop internal civilization." "As for the future development…"

At this, Takumi added:

"Like Alice's world." "Keep connecting to other worlds." "Then funnel the benefits back here."

That was his plan now. Ever since discovering the world-connecting gates, he hadn't let go of the idea. There would definitely be more of those tools in the future.

So he just had to do more missions.

As long as it was a mission involving a world connection gate, Takumi would take it.

The goal: connect his world to as many others as possible.

Kaguya raised an eyebrow.

"But there's one issue." "The chat group isn't assigning missions…"

That was the main problem. Takumi had the idea, but with no missions coming in, there wasn't much he could do. So for now, the focus was just on building things up here.

They'd brought so many people in already.

Takumi's world was starting to get a bit bloated.

So proper development was essential now.

Everything else could wait.

Hearing that, Kaguya nodded.

"As long as you've got a plan." "I'm part of this world now too." "And I've noticed my internal power is beginning to convert into Honkai energy." "If you need help with anything in the future, just say the word." "We're all in the same boat now."

Since she had moved into this world, Kaguya was already mentally prepared.

So were the others from Gensokyo.

Yukari Yakumo had foresight.

From the start, when they first came to Takumi's world, it was all laid out clearly.

Everyone was in it together.

If you didn't want to contribute, then you shouldn't have come in the first place.

Because of that, the folks who migrated from Gensokyo were generally reasonable.

Everyone already had a clear idea of their roles.

Listening to Kaguya, Takumi couldn't help but chuckle wryly.

But he nodded anyway.

"If I need anything, I won't hold back."

Which was great. Takumi didn't want freeloaders.

From the sound of it, the Gensokyo crew had the right mindset.

The two continued gaming.

Before long, Eirin Yagokoro returned.

Seeing the newly built house, she froze.

She had only gone next door to check the village.

And now it was fully constructed?

Looking at everything, she couldn't help but feel surprised.

But quickly, she figured it out.

Takumi must have returned.

And the princess probably got him to help with construction.

Otherwise, no way would it be done this fast.

Still, it was just a basic structure.

She'd need to add magical elements later.

And for the Forest of the Lost as well, she'd have to set things up.

Thinking along those lines, Eirin entered the house.

She examined the layout.

Sensing around, she muttered to herself.

Takumi had even prepared a pharmacy.

And not just any pharmacy—a top-tier laboratory.

But she probably wouldn't have much time to research at home.

To be honest, she was quite interested in Takumi's academy.

That place had so many appealing things.

Since Takumi was here, she might as well talk to him about it.

With that in mind, Eirin headed toward the gaming room.

Seeing her princess happily gaming with Takumi...

Eirin felt a bit strange.

Was her highness going to get snatched up by this guy?

Although they always looked like they were bickering, their relationship was clearly good.

At the very least, whenever Kaguya needed points, Takumi lent them without hesitation.

Thinking of that, Eirin muttered to herself.

Surely not, right?

But then she remembered her princess's lack of restraint… and began to worry.

Maybe Kaguya would even throw herself at him?

Honestly, it wasn't out of the realm of possibility.

Oh well. She didn't really want to interfere in Kaguya's affairs.

She had raised her long enough—sooner or later, someone was going to take a bite out of her.