333 Winter Snow Festival Presen (2/2)

Shika took her present back to her room.

Seiji also returned to his room with his presents. He then opened up his system and inspected his [Gifts] option.

The desserts that Yukari had given him rewarded him with ten points, and as for the notebook and pen...

[Writing stat increase card—Sincere Expectation. This card contains Yukari's hope that you can write even better novels in the future. After using this card, your [Writing] stat will permanently increase. The lower the stat, the greater the increase.]

[Drawing stat increase card—Loving Heart. This card contains Yukari's love for you. After using this card, your [Art] stat will permanently increase. The lower the stat, the greater the increase.]

[Locator card—Lonely Heart. This card contains Yukari's loneliness at not being able to spend the Winter Snow Festival with you. You can use this card on any person that has 65 or more favorability rating for you and immediately find out his or her current location.]

Seiji didn't know what to say at all this.

The [Loving Heart] and [Lonely Heart] cards made him feel a little guilty inside.

Well, there was no point in feeling guilty, so he decided to be grateful and use these cards as they were intended.

He could immediately use these cards to increase his [Writing] and [Art] stats.

The Locator card seemed to have a rather subtle effect, but its effect was quite useful. If he needed to, he could immediately find someone that he was looking for, if they were one of his friends.

Seiji lay down on his bed after looking through all this. He used the [Sincere Expectation] card.

The card transformed into a flash of light that entered his head. He felt a warm, comfortable sensation and slowly sunk into a daze...

Moments later, he recovered his senses and used the [Loving Heart] card.

The same thing happened again.

Later, he checked his system, and discovered that both [Writing] and [Art] had increased by a massive fifteen points each!

Seiji got off his bed and went to the study to begin experimenting with his new stat increases.

His writing ability had obviously improved. He was now able to flesh out the fine details even better than before.

As for his art ability…

He hadn't worked much on grinding his [Art] stat, but thanks to the stat-increasing cards he received before from Peach-sensei and Yui Haruta, his [Art] stat was over forty.

Now that he had received a fifteen-point increase, the result was… his drawing had improved by leaps and bounds!

Seiji's eyes lit up as he looked at the drawing he had just finished: a black-haired beauty wielding a Demon Blade.

He had just drawn Shika.

Shika, clothed in black, was looking straight ahead. One pale hand gripped her scabbard, and her other hand was unsheathing her sword. The Demon Blade sword was half-unsheathed, with its blade glistening. Her body was tilted forward slightly, making it seem like she was just about to pounce.

While the drawing wasn't as beautiful as the person herself, Seiji felt that it was a pretty nice drawing. At the very least, it was far better than his previous drawing attempts.

He decided to show her.

Seiji acted immediately and went to go knock on Shika's door.

Shika opened her door.

”Shika-chan, I tried drawing something, and I feel like it wasn't bad, so I'm showing it to you.”

When the black-haired girl saw the drawing, her eyes instantly widened in shock.

”This is… me?”

”Yep! What do you think?”

Shika took the drawing and looked over it more closely.

”Awesome…” she murmured.

This drawing wasn't top-notch quality, but it had its own moving beauty, and the artist's heartfelt intention could be felt from it.