125 Dont Lick Me! Dont Suck on Me! (2/2)

”Haruta-kun.”

Natsuya’s voice helped Seiji to come back to his senses.

”I’m going back to my room to rest for now… After dinner, we’ll discuss ‘that’ again.”

”Oh… okay.”

Natsuya left the room together with Hitaka after Seiji nodded in agreement.

After watching the two of them leave, Seiji looked back at Shika again.

”Shika-chan…” He smiled at her. ”How about I teach you how to draw?”

…

After dinner.

Seiji took Shika back to her room, then left by himself and returned to the main hall.

Natsuya was currently pouring tea.

”How did you do it?” she asked.

”I asked her to draw by herself for a while.” Seiji shrugged. ”I told her that I hoped she would be able to show me a great drawing and give me a surprise… something like that.”

Natsuya blinked in surprise as she put down the tea kettle.

”You’re quite skilled at coaxing girls.”

”She has a child’s mentality now, and she’s an obedient one, so she’s easy to deal with.”

Seiji walked over to the table and sat down as he took a teacup and poured himself some tea.

”Girls… I wouldn’t say I’m good at coaxing them… I’m actually not all that good at dealing with girls.”

Natsuya was rendered speechless.

She really felt like beating him up again!

This time, she was quite clear about why that was.

”Houjou-san gave you an excellent evaluation. This is the first time she’s ever praised a boy so much to me.”

‘So stop acting like you aren’t one! Admit it! Seiji Haruta, you’re a…’

…a what?

Playboy? No, that didn’t seem right; he was nothing more than a depraved otaku not long ago, and even now… he was still an otaku.

Speaking of otakus, one would normally think of someone who wasn’t good at social situations, especially dealing with girls as they would have introverted personalities… So was he telling the truth then?

No, no, this didn’t seem right!

Natsuya’s mind fell into chaos.

This boy in front of her seemed so bright, sunny, handsome, honest, and direct… he was a perfect, wonderful, handsome boy in the eyes of so many women, yet his hobbies were all otaku-ish, so how should he be described?

…Handsome and cool otaku?

The scion had a flash of inspiration.

That’s right; this was the description she was looking for!

‘Although this still seems like an awkward description, this is the right one. Seiji Haruta… you are a handsome and cool otaku that’s popular with girls and actually good at dealing with them! So stop denying it!!’

”Really? Senpai was too kind.” Seiji scratched his face awkwardly. ”I thought that I almost made her angry.”

Anger? What anger!?

Natsuya recalled Houjou-san’s attitude when she was speaking about Seiji. Houjou-san was smiling so sweetly… it was rare for even Natsuya to see her smile like that. Natsuya suddenly felt another burst of frustration rise up within her.

Honestly!

But still… she could tell that he wasn’t faking it.

No, it was impossible to fake things to such a degree.

This person, he really was just like this...

Ah, yep, that’s why Houjou-san would… That’s why girls would…

Natsuya seemed to come to a realization.

”Haruta-kun, you’re just so… cool.”

Seiji was mystified.

Why was the president suddenly saying this?

And this tone of voice felt somewhat familiar… even though it sounded like praise on the surface, he felt that there was something prickly beneath.

While Seiji was still in a state of confusion, Natsuya sipped some tea as her expression turned more serious.

”Let’s begin discussing the main topic at hand. Our progress on helping Shika Kagura recover her memory…”

Hearing this, the idle gossip from before left Seiji’s mind, and his expression changed to a serious one.

”Before we discuss a method to restore her memory, we must first understand her current situation. There are three possibilities: the first is that her soul sustained injuries during the battle. This caused her mental spirit and consciousness to be severely damaged, thus accounting for her amnesia.”

”The second is that, due to losing in battle against Hitaka, a condition of some sort was met, causing an underlying spell previously cast upon her to activate, resulting in amnesia.”

”The third possibility is that both of the above were combined. Her memory loss may have been due to both of the aforementioned factors. An underlying spell was cast upon her, and her soul sustained injuries in the battle… Well, it doesn’t matter what the order was, as the end result is the same.”

Seiji raised his eyebrows in surprise.