326 The Black-Veiled Woman (1/2)

Reo blinked innocently. ”Harano onii-chan, you need to take a bath together with Juumonji-neechan.”

'There was no need to say that,' Seiji thought helplessly.

Kaede shot a flirtatious look at him; Seiji broke eye contact and looked away. He saw that Mika and Shika were staring at him fiercely.

”This was just an accident. I won't look at anything,” he promised as he moved his player piece.

They entered the fantasy-illusion.

Although Seiji intended to immediately shut his eyes, upon entering the onsen bath, he reflexively looked around him.

He saw the blonde beauty Kaede standing right next to him, holding only a towel which covered her private locations. Large patches of snow-white skin, her beautiful face, and her excellent figure were all visible…

When their eyes met, Kaede flushed and smiled at him seductively with watery eyes that were incredibly moving.

Seiji was dazed by the sight.

Then, he suddenly regained his senses, hurriedly averted his gaze, and closed his eyes. He abandoned attempting this scene's event and waited for the fantasy-illusion to end.

They returned to reality.

”You looked…” an icy voice spat out.

”Even though you just said that you wouldn't.”

”Wah…” Seiji could only do his best to withstand Mika and Shika's cold glares.

Reo laughed. ”Harano onii-chan is a pervert~”

'Please, there's no need to add anything more!' Seiji almost wanted to cry.

”It's actually not a big deal if he saw,” Kaede said softly.

”Juumonji-sensei, please be more mindful of yourself!” Mika was now glaring in Kaede's direction.

It was now Mika's turn to roll the die.

She tossed a six.

Once again, it was the bathing scene! Mika was rendered speechless.

”This time, I definitely won't look,” Seiji promised again.

The pigtailed girl felt rather conflicted about this. She moved her player piece and they all entered the illusion again.

This time, Seiji really did close his eyes immediately; he didn't look at anything from start to finish.

Mika inwardly grew angry when she realized this.

'He couldn't help looking when he was together with Juumonji-sensei… what's this!' Her internals were in turmoil.

Next up was Shika.

She rolled a three. Luckily, it wasn't yet another repeat of the bathing scene.

On the eighth space was a drawing of a child flying a kite. Shika passed through this event quite easily.

Reo tossed out a five and landed on a forest in full bloom. Her task to catch the flower petals as they fell down from the sky. She succeeded in passing after making an effort.

Seiji and Mika were both punished by having their next turns skipped, so it was Kaede's turn again. She rolled a three and caught some flower petals together with Reo…

”Brother, this board game is using up part of our Mana,” Shika said after the game carried on for a while.

Seiji nodded. ”Yep, I noticed this as well.”

”This game uses the participants' Mana as well as the Mana from the surrounding environment in order to power itself.”

”If it uses up all our Mana, it might stop operating—or it may continue working by using the Mana that it's already gathered… what do you think?”

”I think that Brother is probably right.” Shika paused for a moment. ”Based on the current speed that it's draining our Mana, I estimate that my Mana will be used up after roughly one hour.”

Seiji blinked at this. ”One hour… if we're lucky, that should be just enough time to finish this game. In that case, we have two choices: we can either intentionally stall for time and refuse to play the game; or do our best to finish this game in one hour. However… we don't know what would happen in either scenario.”

He swept over everyone gathered with his eyes. ”Let's decide together. Should we work hard to finish this mysterious board game or intentionally stall for time?”

A moment of silence fell between everyone.

”I want to finish this board game!” Reo was the first to speak up. ”I think it's really fun, and I want to finish.”

She had a very simplistic mindset.