Shirai Mio couldn't even be bothered to complain about the System anymore. No matter what she said, the System would just pretend it hadn't heard anyway. Rather than figuring out how to complain about the System, she might as well carefully consider how to complete the task.
Actually, Mio had been wondering about something all along: if completing tasks increased affection ratings, would failing tasks decrease them?
She'd asked the System this question before, but it hadn't given her an answer—just told her to try failing once and she'd find out.
Of course Mio knew she'd find out by failing once, but the System had also mentioned that if her luck was bad when failing tasks, things could go wrong. She didn't want to become the female protagonist of an 18+ doujinshi right after transmigrating. Wait, no—this had nothing to do with how long she'd been transmigrated!
Better to complete tasks when possible. After all, she didn't currently have anyone with a high affection rating toward her.
With this in mind, Mio reached out and gently shook the roll-shaped Shiina Mashiro: "Mashiro, it's morning. Time to get up."
After shaking for quite a while, Shiina Mashiro finally poked her head out and said groggily, "Six PM. Why get up?"
"Good grief, the callback is still connected?" Mio gave a small complaint before saying, "It's 6:30 AM! Time to get up!"
Under Mio's persistent effort, Shiina Mashiro finally got up. The blanket slid off as she rose, revealing her shapely figure—dressed to look thin, undressed to show curves.
Mio wasn't some guy who couldn't appreciate beauty—with such eye candy right in front of her, she naturally took a few more glances without hesitation before saying, "I didn't know you had a habit of sleeping naked."
"Sleeping naked?" Shiina Mashiro looked down at herself, then said in her flat tone, "Just forgot to put on clothes after taking them out."
"Then let's get dressed first."
Mio naturally knew Shiina Mashiro basically had no self-care abilities, so she bent down and found a set of cute pink underwear from the pile of clothes on the bed, handing it to Shiina Mashiro while helping her fasten the back clasp.
Then she found the school uniform and began helping her get dressed.
Getting dressed naturally involved some physical contact, but to avoid a 404 ban, this section is omitted.
As for the task, she wasn't in any rush.
After all, the System said she just needed Mashiro to hug her before getting dressed.
If they had a good relationship, she could've casually asked and completed it earlier. But they'd only met for the second time, and Mashiro was so expressionless—it was hard to gauge Shiina Mashiro's impression of her.
So to be safe, she should wait until Shiina Mashiro had more clothes on.
After helping Shiina Mashiro put on her shirt and skirt, Mio suddenly stopped what she was doing, as if remembering something. Then, looking seriously at Mashiro, she observed her for quite a while before finally speaking: "Mashiro, could you hug me?"
"Mm?"
Shiina Mashiro blinked, seemingly puzzled, but she didn't ask anything—she simply gave Mio a big hug.
In that instant, the world froze once again, and the System's voice rang out. However, compared to its previous cheerfulness, the System's tone now sounded somewhat displeased: "Task complete. Shiina Mashiro's affection rating for the host has increased by 3 points."
"Tch, this task is like a free reward."
This task would be quite difficult to complete with a normal girl, even though Mio was also female. But with Shiina Mashiro, who was completely oblivious to such matters, completing it was indeed like getting a free reward.
As a chaos-lover, the System was naturally unhappy seeing its host complete the task so easily.
When the System was unhappy, Mio was naturally delighted.
She ignored the System's grumbling and focused on the rewards for this task.
[Shiina Mashiro's Photographic Memory]
The host's memory will be enhanced to a certain degree. This card is part of the Shiina Mashiro series deck.
[Pocket Money]
The host can randomly receive between 100,000 to 1,000,000 yen in pocket money. One-time card, disappears after use.
[Free Reward Card]
Using this card will randomly complete one task and obtain the task reward without increasing affection rating. One-time card, disappears after use.
She wasn't sure if it was because she already had [Shiina Mashiro's Photographic Memory], but this time the card in the rewards had turned blue. Based on her years of gaming experience, if she chose Photographic Memory, the ability would probably upgrade, further enhancing her memory.
Although Photographic Memory was tempting, she chose [Free Reward Card] without hesitation. It might not be useful now, but when she encountered a tricky task in the future, she could use this card to complete it without increasing affection rating—absolutely perfect.
After selecting the reward, time resumed flowing. Just then, the bedroom door suddenly opened and Sengoku Chihiro walked in. She was about to say something when she saw two beautiful girls hugging each other. Although she didn't know why, she didn't pay it much mind—after all, one had a vacant expression while the other looked completely serious. There was no "that kind" of feeling at all.
Even so, two beautiful girls hugging was still quite pleasing to the eye.
"I originally just wanted you to wake her up, but I didn't expect you to help her get dressed too. Since that's the case, I'll leave the rest to you as well. I'll wait for you outside."
Seeing Mio had agreed, Sengoku Chihiro quietly breathed a sigh of relief. She patted Mio's shoulder and said, "I'm counting on you."
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