NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System - Chapter 262

Chapter 262

Seiji entered the Genhana High School library for the first time today . He was accompanied by Chiaki, Mika, and Kaho . They were there for the drama club’s study group .

When he arrived, he saw that several drama club members had already arrived .

Chiaki greeted them and helped make the introductions .

Seiji noticed a handsome boy in drama club with a head of curly light blue hair, a pale face, and a haggard expression .

Seiji took a closer look and confirmed that this boy was the person who was playing the part of the “Ice Prince” during the drama club’s performance for the school festival .

At that time, this person had been quite spirited, and he acted quite convincingly . While he wasn’t at Chiaki’s level, he was pretty good for a high school student .

But now he was like this… what could be the matter?

Just as he was thinking this, Chiaki introduced him as “Hiroshi Fuuma . ”

“Fuuma-san, you don’t seem so well—are you feeling ill?” Chiaki also noticed his strange condition; she seemed slightly worried about him .

“I’m fine… I just didn’t sleep well last night; there’s no need to worry,” Hiroshi Fuuma replied with a weak smile .

Was it just “not sleeping well?” Seiji couldn’t believe this .

Chiaki didn’t believe it either, but seeing as he obviously didn’t want to talk about it, she didn’t pry .

After the introductions, everyone exchanged greetings and sat down .

After a while, all the drama club members arrived, including the vice club president Shiina Shiho .

Under “Demon Face” Shiina’s constant pressure, all the club members studied obediently and asked each other questions that they couldn’t understand .

The only person who wasn’t studying was Seiji .

He was continuing to write his novel . In order to not affect the atmosphere of serious studying, he arranged several textbooks around himself and pretended to learn .

Half an hour passed .

While Seiji was engrossed in the middle of his storyline, he suddenly heard a *thud . *

“Fuuma-san!” someone shouted out in surprise .

When Seiji went to go take a look at the commotion, he saw Hiroshi Fuuma collapsed on the ground .

Shiina walked next to Hiroshi and crouched next to him to check his condition . Everyone else watched with worried expressions .

“Fuuma-san has fainted… someone needs to take him to the infirmary . ” Shiina looked concerned .

“Allow me,” Seiji offered .

As the tallest and strongest boy present, it was only natural for him to take this task .

With Shiina and Chiaki’s assistance, he carried Hiroshi on his back and hurriedly walked towards the infirmary, followed by the two girls .

…

“He’s probably overly fatigued,” Kaede said after assessing Hiroshi

“Overly fatigued?”

“Yep, his body was tired and he pushed himself to his limit, which led to him fainting,” Kaede explained . “It isn’t too serious; he’ll wake up naturally after resting for a while . ”

Vice club president Shiina heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing her club member would be alright .

Chiaki also relaxed slightly .

“Why was Fuuma-san overly fatigued?” Seiji was rather curious .

“I don’t know… When I saw him yesterday, he seemed unwell, but he was fine last week,” Chiaki murmured . She then looked at Shiina to see if she had any clue . “Vice president, any ideas?”

Shiina shook her head . “I’ll stay here and watch over Fuuma-san . You guys should go back and keep studying . ”

She glanced at her club member resting on the bed before turning to Seiji . “Harano-san, thanks for carrying him here . ”

“No problem, Shiho-senpai . ”

Seiji and Chiaki left the infirmary, returned to the library, and told the other people about Hiroshi Fuuma’s condition .

Everyone relaxed after hearing it was only fatigue .

And of course, everyone was just as curious as Seiji as to why Hiroshi would suddenly collapse from fatigue .

“Did Fuuma-san go out and secretly get a very difficult part-time job?”

“If so, what job would be so tiring? And why would he need to go work?”

“Did something happen in his family?”

“It doesn’t seem like it . ”

The club members were all gossiping .

If “Demon Face” Shiina was still here, then she would definitely suppress all this idle chatter, but she was still in the infirmary accompanying Hiroshi .

“Hmph… It would appear that I’m the only one who knows the truth,” said a short, red-haired boy assuming a pretentious pose .

Everyone looked in his direction .

Seiji recognized his voice as the actor who was doing the narration for the drama club’s school festival play .

“Nakajima-san, what do you know?” a person asked .

“Yep, I’ve already seen the mysterious death of Fuuma-san,” Nakajima said smugly .

“Don’t just go off killing people; he’s not dead yet!” another person exclaimed .

“Now,” Nakajima announced with a flourish, “allow me to unveil the mystery of the locked-room puzzle . ”

“What locked room?”

“The murderer who killed Fuuma-san is actually among us!”

“The hell with murderer! Stop pretending to be some famous detective!!”

Yep, the drama club members really knew how to have fun .

Seiji chuckled at this scene . After playacting for a bit and getting everyone’s attention, Nakajima finally told the study group the “truth . ”

“Last week, Fuuma-san got a girlfriend from another school . ”

“A girlfriend?”

“From another school?”

“Yep, I found out by eavesdropping on his conversation with Zawai-san . ”

“You were eavesdropping!?”

“And last weekend, I coincidentally spotted Fuuma-san behaving intimately together with a beautiful girl on the street, so I followed them for a bit . ”

“You even stalked them!?”

“That girl was incredibly proactive, and Fuuma-san was the one on the receiving end . I only followed them for a little while before I saw them kissing . Unfortunately, I didn’t have my cell phone at the time, so I was unable to get a picture . ”

“You even wanted to secretly take their picture!? You’re too much!”

“With how proactive that girl was being in the relationship, Fuuma-san would definitely fall for her, so that’s why… he was overly fatigued!” the red-haired boy named Nakajima said with adamant conviction .

Everyone was rendered speechless .

“So after all this time you were just telling a raunchy joke on us!!” several male members commented in unison .

“No, this is the truth! The dark, cruel truth . ” Nakajima had a serious expression and even acted as if he were pained . “For me, who’s still single, it’s… unbearably heavy . ”

Everyone was rendered speechless again .

“Cough cough . ” Chiaki interrupted the boys . “Everyone, let’s stop here, and continue learning,” she said calmly .

Everyone silently obeyed and went back to studying seriously, without continuing that topic .

…

Seiji received a call from Editor Yoshizawa .

“Your short story received excellent feedback, and in the readers’ votes of the most popular stories, you’re ranked number six!”

“Number six…”

“For a brand-new author’s short story to rank so high is already astonishing,” the editor said solemnly . “Such a high ranking is sufficient enough for it to be modified into a full-length series and be published by itself . ”

Published by itself! Seiji raised his brows at this .

“Are you interested in this? Writing I’ll Die if I Don’t Become Handsome  as a full-length story and publishing it?”

“This is an attractive proposal . ” Seiji mulled it over as he spoke . “But there’s another book I want to publish more: the one I’m currently writing . I believe that it’s even better than Become Handsome ! Although I’m not finished yet, I’m almost there . Why don’t I show you what I have written already, for you to review? I believe that you’ll share my opinion about it after you’ve read it!”

Saki Yoshizawa remained quiet for a few moments . “If that’s what you say, then I’ll take a look… What’s the name of your next novel?”