743 Cheers, to you (1/2)

After lunch, Seiji and Chiaki went to the gift shop and bought a pair of limited edition mugs to commemorate their date.

They then went to the 340th meter floor, where there were glass floors just like Seiji had wanted. Standing up from several hundred meters high to look down was indeed a heart-pounding experience.

Chiaki immediately started shouting that her legs were going soft when she arrived. She kept clinging onto Seiji, and wouldn't let go. Seiji didn't know how if she was faking just to cling onto him or if she was really scared. Either way, he really enjoyed the intimate contact with her.

After seeing all the scenery from the tower, Seiji and Chiaki shopped at a large mall nearby the tower.

The two of them explored the mall and purchased some things before taking a taxi back to the Uehara apartments.

During the taxi ride, Chiaki leaned against Seiji's body and held his hand while closing her eyes and resting.

She felt quite safe while feeling his body's warmth.

Yukari, Hoshi, Mika, Kaede, and Kaho were training in Kazuko's Domain today.

Hisashi and Mayuzumi both had jobs as they were adults. It was impossible for them to come every day.

Since there were two less members compared to yesterday, Seiji drew up a new formation and strategy for everyone.

After the strategy conference, everyone finished their combat preparations and began battling in the Domain.

Seiji didn't have Kazuko lower the difficulty level of the monsters in her Domain. Everyone noticeably felt more pressure since Hisashi and Mayuzumi weren't there to help them.

They all knew why Seiji hadn't decreased the difficulty level of the training. Everyone did their best to make up for missing two members.

Apart from not decreasing the difficulty, Seiji also intentionally helped less than the last time. He wanted his knight order members to be pressured more.

It wasn't because he wanted his companions to be injured. He wanted to stimulate their growth. If he only protected them and never let them be injured, he felt that would be no different from raising delicate flowers.

Everyone understood this logic, so they had no complaints. They all gritted their teeth and did their best in battle.

The effects of this were even better than expected. Yukari, Hoshi, and Kaede all learned new defensive techniques! This greatly improved their defensive prowess.

Kaede's defensive technique was the best. Not only could her skill protect herself, she could also protect allies within a limited radius. Although, the drawback of this skill was that she would have to stay in place without moving.

Even with this type of limitation, it was still a nice skill to have. Besides, it was possible that her skill wouldn't have this restriction in the future once it was leveled up.

He obtained twenty-nine crystals from ordinary Sakura samurais, seventeen crystals from General demons, one crystal from a King demon, and three crystals from tree demons… Although it wasn't as many as yesterday, it was still a nice harvest.

Just like yesterday, Seiji tried once more to sweep through all the demons by himself afterwards. As a result, he'd only obtained a single crystal from a General demon.

”It would seem that just like a mobile game's daily bonus, only the first sweep through the Domain per day will have more crystals.” Seiji came to such a conclusion. ”Will there be more crystals if we take a few days off? Or, will the crystals' quality or quantity increase if we increase the difficulty level of the monsters in your Domain?” Seiji asked Kazuko.

”I don't know… we can only know by experimenting.” Kazuko adjusted her eyeglasses while floating in midair.

”Please be a little more reliable, master of the Domain.”

”I truly apologize for being so unreliable. Would you forgive me if I wrote 'Sex slave' on my forehead?”

”Don't write something like that! I was just making a joke. I'm already happy that the monsters are dropping loot. I shouldn't be asking more from you.”

”You can ask more of me, such as having me write 'Please use as you like' on my legs…”

”I wouldn't do something like that!”

Afterwards, Seiji took all the crystals into his room. He put them together with the remaining crystals from yesterday, and then opened up his system to spend the crystals on some [Furniture] options.

He purchased a floor, walls, and ceiling for his Spirit House… he decided to go with Sakura Island style for all the decorations.

For a source of light, he chose to purchase some lamps. Tables were a necessity, but he decided to skip on cushions as tatami mats would suffice for the time being…

After purchasing all these basic goods for his Spirit House, he used up almost all the crystals.

It was so expensive to upgrade his Spirit House… but, the more important part was the income. As long as he received this many crystals every day, he would eventually upgrade everything in the Spirit House!

Later that night, Seiji drank alcohol together with Chiaki.

Chiaki had wanted to drink together in her room, but Seiji refused.

With their current relationship, it was highly likely that they would do something sexual if they drank together alone in Chiaki's room. That was why Seiji insisted on drinking at his own place instead.

In order not to be a bad influence to the elementary school student, he asked Kaede to babysit Reo at her place.

Mika wouldn't be coming over tonight. Shika was staying in her own room. But if they did anything too noticeable, it was certain that she would appear.

”You're actually using Kagura-chan to stop yourself, honestly.”

”Although I feel bad about it, it needs to be like this. I don't have confidence that I'll be able to restrain myself after drinking.”

”As long as you want to, you'll surely be able to restrain yourself, just like that time.”