"Chihiro-san, you usually don't pay much attention to the people around you, right?"
Kitahara voice rang in her ears, causing Chihiro to nod.
In fact, what Kitahara said was not right. She didn't not care about the people around her…
It was because if she cared, she would easily see through the other person's inner world, especially those who harbored strange desires for her.
Therefore, to avoid negative emotions, she would actively ignore others.
As for what Kitahara-kun said, that she had never seen a handsomer boy than Kitahara-kun.
For her, handsomeness was composed of many aspects, not just a simple handsome appearance.
Especially for an existence like her, who could see through others' hearts…
For her, an inner world with no concealment undoubtedly held a significant weight in her evaluation of handsomeness.
But she did not refute Kitahara-kun.
After all, what he said was from his perspective.
Any normal person would think that way.
And for her, just sticking to her inner thoughts was enough…
So, after nodding, she said to Kitahara, "If Kitahara-kun still plans to go there, I think I might be able to help a bit…"
"Huh?" Kitahara looked at her in confusion.
Takahashi Chihiro pointed to her chest, the location of the (Netherworld Wedding) mark, and then spoke.
"She can subtly influence me through the mark, and I, in turn, can influence her."
"Perhaps we can make the main body feel happy and joyful through certain actions… This way, even if the ritual cannot be completed, her grievance towards you won't be too heavy, and you will still have a chance to survive."
Kitahara eyes lit up upon hearing this.
He hadn't expected this mark to have such a function…
Kitahara nodded to her.
"In that case, let's do that then…
Is it just about making her feel happy emotions, meaning making you feel happy?"
"Mhm…" Chihiro nodded.
"And you can't let me generate too many negative emotions, which means if I'm feeling down, you have to cheer me up."
Kitahara: "..."
"Is something wrong?" Chihiro saw Kitahara-kun suddenly fall silent and looked up in confusion.
"How come I feel like this is no different from dating…" Kitahara said directly.
"Da… Dating?" The girl's face instantly flushed, and only then did she realize.
Making her main body continuously happy, and then comforting her when she was sad, and only Kitahara-kun could convey these emotions…
Only he alone could do it.
Didn't that mean…
Things people do when they are dating?
Instantly, her heart became turbulent again, her eyes were a bit scattered, and her face was red like a hot iron; she dared not look at Kitahara-kun.
Actually, to be able to date Kitahara-kun, who made her feel complete, was, in her opinion, not a bad thing…
After all, at the end of the ritual, whether successful or not, she would merge with the main body and thus lose herself…
If, before merging, she could experience a complete emotion as a complete person…
That kind of thing…
But ultimately, these things required Kitahara-kun agreement, as dating was a matter for two people.
So, she finally mustered her courage, her face shy, and looked at Kitahara-kun.
However, before she could speak, Kitahara-kun said with a smile.
"Well, there's no helping it. Since that's the case, let's interact in that way for now. But to avoid Chihiro-san reputation at school being affected, at school, we have to pretend not to know each other."
"Eh?" Kitahara words made Chihiro pause, and after realizing, she immediately wanted to say.
Actually, she wasn't worried that Kitahara-kun would affect her reputation. If it were public, it wouldn't matter even if they were truly dating.
But then she thought about the possible impact this might have on Kitahara-kun.
Kitahara-kun is so handsome; many girls must like him, right?
And she was a monster…
She sighed inwardly again.
She couldn't affect Kitahara-kun either…
After all, she was ultimately going to disappear from this world. To be able to experience a complete emotion before disappearing was already a wish she couldn't ask for more, and she couldn't be too greedy.
So, she gave Kitahara a gentle smile.
"In that case, please guide me, Kitahara-kun…"
But she didn't notice that dating, which should have been a very happy thing for her, gradually turned into something else after she knew she could only experience it for a limited time…
Originally positive emotions gradually transformed into something else…
"Okay, let's add each other as friends first… Chihiro-San should have a social media account, right?"
"Mhm." Takahashi Chihiro nodded and took out a very exquisite phone.
Kitahara-kun glanced at the phone… then he fell silent.
Sure enough, one couldn't imagine the world of the rich.
He pulled out his old-fashioned phone and added Takahashi as a friend.
Only then did Kitahara-kun notice that Takahashi's social media account had no friends at all.
In other words, he was her first account friend?
Did Chihiro not communicate with anyone normally?
Living all alone…
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for her, so after successfully adding her as a friend, he quickly edited a message.
Kitahara-kun: [Hello Chihiro-San I'm Kitahara Tei. Please take care of me from now on. If you, Chihiro-san, have any difficulties, feel free to come to me for help. Although I don't have much ability, I do have comforting hugs for people to act spoiled in, haha, just kidding… Anyway, I'm very happy to know you, Chihiro Takahashi.]
"Eh?"
Chihiro noticed a message notification on her phone.
She clumsily opened the page…
Then, she quickly saw the part where Kitahara-kun told her to act spoiled…
She subconsciously ignored the latter part, "just kidding…"
She looked up, her gaze fixed on Kitahara-kun's gentle face.
"Too cunning…" she murmured subconsciously.
"Hmm." Kitahara was startled.
"What's cunning…"
Chihiro did not respond but lowered her head.
For you to say such things to me… will only make me even more… unwilling… to give up…
Chihro-San: [Mhm, please take care of me from now on.]
Seeing the girl's reply to him, Kitahara looked at her. At this moment, she was still holding his hand and hadn't let go.
And he didn't notice that the strength with which Chihiro was holding his arm had unconsciously increased quite a bit.
That feeling was like becoming more and more reluctant to let go of something.
As the system introduction stated…
The naive miko, who had never experienced emotions, did not know what love was… Perhaps, just a slight hint of tenderness could make her never forget him again, and there would be no room for anyone else in her heart…