Chapter 226: Having Children Together
Chapter 226: Having Children Together
“Team up?”
Perhaps finally understanding Himekoji’s meaning, Yukinoshita set down her teacup and spoke,
“—Ahh, if that’s the case, then it depends on who asks me first.”
“Huh… As-ask?”
Even someone without friends can get invited?
And it depends on who asks first?
What if I go first!
Himekoji was utterly stunned by her unexpected reply.
Seeing his reaction, Yukinoshita seemed to frown slightly, looking displeased.
“Though I don’t know what kind of impression you have of me, I’ve never had trouble with team-ups. Every time, a bunch of classmates from who-knows-what groups rush to talk to me.”
Yukinoshita said this coolly while brushing her hair behind her shoulder.
Listening beside them, Yuigahama raised her mug from her mouth and looked up:
“Ah, I get it, I get it! Since Class J is all girls, someone as super-cool as Yukino-chan is bound to be really popular.”
Yukinoshita calmly accepted Yuigahama’s praise.
“Speaking of which, isn’t the place for this school trip Kyoto?”
Yuigahama said, leaning back slightly in her chair and gazing at the ceiling.
“Mm.”
Yukinoshita nodded in agreement.
“When it comes to Kyoto, Yukino-chan, is there anything you’re really looking forward to?”
“Really looking forward to? Not particularly.”
Yukinoshita paused slightly before continuing,
“Although, I would quite like to see famous places like Ryoan-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, and such. And also, I’d like to try attending one of those exclusive shrine and temple viewings held at different places.”
“Huh?”
These unfamiliar names kept tumbling out of Yukinoshita’s mouth, leaving Yuigahama blinking hard in confusion.
“So detailed…”
Even Hikigaya couldn’t help muttering in admiration from the sidelines.
“What is that, you did special research, didn’t you…”
Himekoji rolled his eyes, feeling slightly exasperated.
Seeing Yukinoshita like this, she was super excited about the school trip, wasn’t she…
“It’s nothing of the sort… Knowledge about Kyoto is pretty much common general knowledge.”
Seeming a bit embarrassed and annoyed, Yukinoshita turned her face away sharply, closing the magazine in her hands with a snap.
Speaking of which, he hadn’t noticed before, but looking closely now, wasn’t that magazine she was reading a travel guide specifically about Kyoto?
Pfft!
Seeing Yukinoshita so purely looking forward to something like this was rare and pretty cute.
Himekoji desperately turned his face away to stifle the laugh threatening to escape, but ended up locking eyes with Yuigahama and Hikigaya, who wore similar expressions.
The absurdness instantly multiplied by three!
Finally, Yuigahama was the first to crack, letting out a laugh —
“Pffft!”
“What are you laughing at? Is- is it that funny?”
“No! Not at all! Nothing’s funny!”
Flustered under Yukinoshita’s icy, faintly flustered glare, Yuigahama waved her hands frantically in denial.
“Ahaha, ahahaha… Ah, that’s right! Yukino-chan, let’s go have fun exploring together during the school trip!”
Yuigahama gave an awkward laugh under Yukinoshita’s stare, but then, as if suddenly mastering “the art of topic changing,” smoothly shifted the subject.
Yukinoshita tilted her head slightly.
“Together?”
“Yes, together!”
Yuigahama nodded, revealing a bright, cheerful smile.
Yukinoshita considered for a moment, then slowly opened her mouth.
Her answer was practically predictable —
“However…”
“Isn’t Yukinoshita in a different class?”
Himekoji finished her sentence first. Yuigahama waved her hand dismissively, unconcerned.
“The third day of the school trip is free time anyway, isn’t it? So we can contact each other then and explore Kyoto together!”
“Is it really alright to be that free?”
Hikigaya frowned, voicing his objection.
“Huh? Probably not a problem? I’m not really sure.”
You say that, but you’re not even sure?
How unreliable…
Still, thinking about it, if there really was free time, Himekoji wanted to spend it properly with Imouto on the third day.
Separated for so long without a single trip together, wasn’t this school trip the perfect chance to make up for those blank, missed-out sibling years?
While Himekoji pondered this, Yuigahama kept pushing the topic forward.
“It’ll be fine as long as the plans fit, right? So how about it?”
That girl who wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer looked eagerly at Yukinoshita, her eyes shining brightly.
“I don’t particularly mind…”
Yukinoshita couldn’t bring herself to refuse.
“Great, it’s decided!”
Sealing the deal, Yuigahama happily scooted her chair slightly closer to Yukinoshita’s side, smiling blissfully.
They really got along well, these two.
Watching them, Himekoji suddenly got a distinct yuri vibe.
【Ding!】
【Stage One Target of the Bounty Mission Achieved!】
【Reward 10,000 2D Points!】
The sudden System notification pierced through, startling Himekoji!
A bounty mission?
Wait, what mission was this again?
Why was he suddenly given 10,000 2D Points as a reward?
Money falling from the sky!
【Bounty Mission Review —】
【Set up Yukinoshita and Yuigahama, and have them bear children together.】
【Mission Time: Unlimited.】
【Reward: 50,000 2D Points.】
Huh? There was something like this?
Himekoji had almost forgotten!
Prompted by the System, only then did he vaguely recall.
But… he hadn’t really done anything, had he…?
And he just got 10,000 points?
He knew that sudden windfalls usually had a catch, especially something this incredibly rare offered proactively by the System. That alone made him suspicious.
Himekoji felt something was definitely fishy.
【Please rest assured, User, these rewards are rightfully yours.】
Rightfully his?
Had he done something before, achieved some great merit, and just forgotten about it?
Himekoji racked his brains to remember —
Ah!
That’s right!
In his earlier efforts to set them up, he had meticulously planned!
Exactly!
He had Yukinoshita and Yuigahama watch a movie together!
Still… were the rewards for this bounty mission really dispensed in stages like this?
How would he get the remaining 40,000 2D Points, then?
Did he honestly have to wait until Yukinoshita and Yuigahama had a baby?
As Himekoji thought hard about this, deeply engrossed —
“Akito should come too!”
Yuigahama suddenly called out to him.
“C-come too?! You want me to come along while… while you have children?!”
Himekoji was shocked by Yuigahama’s boldness!
“Have children? Akito, what weird things are you suddenly saying?”
Yuigahama blinked, confused.
“Most likely his pervert illness flaring up again.”
Yukinoshita coldly interrupted.
Meanwhile, Hikigaya seemed to have latched onto an incredibly funny point and was struggling to hold back his laughter again.
“What ‘have children’?! We’re talking about the school trip!”
Yuigahama puffed out her cheeks, slightly annoyed at Himekoji’s distraction.
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