Chapter 98 First Time Fragrance
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Higurashi-kun, thank you so much for today”
Amahara Karen, who had gone out of her way to see off Higurashi Asuka in front of the Student Council building, bowed her head.
”It’s nothing to be grateful for. I just thought it was necessary, so I did it.”
”Still, I appreciate Higurashi-kun. And… was what you said earlier really true?”
Karen asked Higurashi, looking a bit confused.
”Oh, of course it’s true. I’ll deliver it tomorrow, so look forward to it.”
”Yeah…”
Karen lowered her gaze, her cheeks slightly flushed.
It was a seductive gesture that could captivate even a girl like Higurashi.
(What a natural heartbreaker this person is.)
Higurashi chuckled internally.
With her ability to work and her good personality, it’s no wonder she is admired by everyone at the Academy, regardless of gender.
”Well then, see you tomorrow.”
Higurashi waved casually, as if calling out to a classmate.
”Yeah, see you tomorrow!”
Karen beamed with a joyful smile that seemed to blossom like a flower.
Though Karen would be burdened with a heavy workload afterward, there was not a trace of the tense and sorrowful shadow she had until yesterday.
In front of her, the setting sun dyes the sky crimson red, and Higurashi holds her hands over the dazzling arrow of light.
In the schoolyard, several students are engaged in combat training, something that has been seen for the past few days.
As I entered the long, narrow park through a wire fence in the corner of the schoolyard, someone suddenly called out to me.
”Higurashi-san”
Higurashi stops in her tracks at the sound of a cute girl’s voice.
”You are definitely…”
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”Tsuchimiya-senpai. Can I ask you something?”
We all had dinner in Maekawa-san’s room, and after we had finished cleaning up, Higurashi called out to us.
”Oh. What’s wrong?”
I got Himeno and Kanon to agree to dive into Demiurge’s territory with Sogahara-senpai tomorrow morning.
Since Amahara-senpai asked me a lot of questions during dinner, I ended up talking, unable to lie, but fortunately, Himeno didn’t get in a bad mood, so I sighed in relief.
However, right now, everyone was surrounding me on the living room sofa, starting to interrogate me about the details of our romantic affair, so Higurashi’s interruption was a welcome distraction.
”Asuka-chan, we’re having an important conversation right now, you know? “
Hano-san protested to Higurashi, looking dissatisfied.
Ugh… can such a trivial topic stop this flow?
But Higurashi, wearing a relaxed smile, took her seat, slowly surveyed everyone, and then spoke up.
”I think it’s about time to enable communication on the senpai’s smartphones.”
At Higurashi’s words, the expressions of Maekawa-san and the others changed.
”Really!?”
”Yeah, I want to be able to contact people involved with the Student Freedom Alliance, and it’s just the right timing.”
Saying this, Higurashi began pulling out a lot of smartphones from her school bag and lined them up on the table.
Everyone eagerly pulled out their smartphones as well, and Nishina dashed off to her room to get the smartphone she had left there.
Higurashi had asked me to keep quiet about the revival of the smartphones’ communication functions, but Maekawa-san and the others are closely connected with Himeno and the others, so well, they probably know.
I’ve been curious about it myself.
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”That’s a lot…”
The number of smartphones placed in front of me was 15, including the 4 from Maekawa-san and the others.
”From the Student Council, there are Amahara-senpai and Sogahara-senpai. Akiyama-senpai and Irie-senpai from Tsuchimiya-senpai’s class. The rest are mostly the main representatives who expressed their intention to join the Student Freedom Alliance.”
”…Who is Irie?”
”It’s the class representative of Tsuchimiya-senpai’s class.”
”Ah, so that was her name.”
Since I had never talked to she directly outside of homeroom, I really didn’t have any impression of her.
It seems the class representative is working hard to organize the class along with Akiyama while also starting the Student Freedom Alliance.
”But with this much, the reward is definitely…”
Um, 30 times 15 gives 450 exp points.
”That wasn’t much at all.”
If I were leveling up normally, I would have needed thousands of exp points, but this is the advantage of being level 1.
”So, can I ask you to do it right away?”
”Got it.”
That said, reviving the communication function on each of these one by one seems like a hassle.
I had a thought and switched my smartphone to camera mode to capture all the smartphones on the screen.
”Tina, can this be processed all at once?”
When I asked the invisible Tina, a locking-on effect appeared on all the smartphones in the display.
Each smartphone powered on by itself and switched to the download screen.
”Oh, looks like it’s working.”
Once the installation was complete, Maekawa-san and the others happily started using their smartphones.
After a while, I received friend requests from Maekawa-san and the others on my smartphone.
”From now on, various students will be using the chat app, so don’t forget to set the rooms you don’t want others to see to private.”
Come to think of it, Himeno and the others sent me their sexy photos.
”Wow! I can really communicate! Amazing!”
Hano-san is excitedly exchanging messages with everyone in front of her in the chat room for ‘The Last Survivor’.
”But if this becomes public, won’t everyone rush to Tsuchimiya-kun with their smartphones in hand?”
Higurashi grinned at Maekawa-san’s question.
”For now, I’ll only distribute it to the main representatives of the Student Freedom Alliance, but the rumor will spread quickly. At the same time, it will inform everyone in the Academy about the existence of the Student Freedom Alliance, and there might be some who decide to join just for that.”
”It’s true that such mundane rumors seem to spread faster than the still uncertain rumors about the Student Freedom Alliance.”
”Of course, the fact that it’s a gift from Tsuchimiya-senpai is a top secret, but the students from Class 2-D and ‘The Last Survivor’ will likely catch on quickly. Especially Watarase-san, who is associated with magician, may be suspected. Even if asked, just avoid denying the rumors and keep the skill’s owner vague.”
”I-I got it!”
”Thinking about the future, let’s say it can’t be mass-produced easily because it requires a significant cost. This will be a reward for the representatives who expressed their participation early on. I plan to distribute a bit more, so Tsuchimiya-senpai, please save up your exp points. After that, if I say it will be given to those with high contributions, morale will likely rise.”
”Sure!”
Indeed, having smartphone communication functions could be the best reward for high school students.
If their close friends have them, they’ll probably work hard for it.
Looks like they’ll use anything that’s useful.
After that, everyone became engrossed in operating their smartphones, so I was no longer questioned.
Well done, Higurashi.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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