Chapter 9: Sleeping With Tohka?!

Chapter 9: Sleeping With Tohka?!

If that part of the cliché still applied, then wouldn't he eventually encounter the same kinds of people those novel protagonists always met?

For example...

A female mercenary with a smoking-hot figure?

An elegant and noble princess?

A beautiful Saintess from some mysterious church?

Just imagining those possibilities made Toma feel a little excited.

Of course, it wasn't because he was particularly interested in female mercenaries, princesses, or Saintesses.

Absolutely not!

He was merely excited about getting the full experience of being the protagonist of an otherworld transmigration story.

Nothing more!

After all, deep down, Toma was still a hopeless otaku.

As far as he was concerned, the only girls capable of truly exciting him were beautiful girls from the two-dimensional world.

Female mercenaries?

Princesses?

Saintesses?

Forget it.

He wasn't interested!

After all...

'I have a System that can summon beautiful girls from anime!'

'When I can summon girls from the two-dimensional world, why the hell would I care about the heroines of some generic otherworld transmigration story?!'

While Toma's thoughts continued wandering in increasingly ridiculous directions, his adventure through the forest with Tohka continued.

Along the way, Toma watched Tohka fight magical beasts and collect their Magic Crystals.

Meanwhile, he stood off to the side and watched her slash, cut, smash, and otherwise slaughter one magical beast after another.

After seeing it enough times, Toma gradually stopped feeling nauseous.

Not only that, but during their free time, he also took the opportunity to ask the System about converting items into Exchange Points and how Summoning Points worked.

The System explained that Magic Crystals containing energy, along with certain special pieces of equipment, could be converted into Exchange Points.

However, the conversion rate generally wouldn't be particularly high.

Summoning Points, on the other hand, could only be obtained by completing missions.

That answer left Toma thoroughly disappointed.

'Looks like my grand ambition of creating an army of beautiful summoned girls is still a long way off...'

Thinking about that, Toma subconsciously checked his current savings.

[Summoning Points: 100

Exchange Points: 1,318]

'So little...'

Tohka had been constantly killing magical beasts over the past few days, but Toma had also spent quite a few points exchanging for daily necessities.

He was still some distance away from reaching 2,000.

Thinking about that, Toma turned toward Tohka, who was standing not far away.

"Tohka, it's getting late. We should rest. Once we finish eating, it'll pretty much be time to sleep."

"Oh! It's time to eat? I'm coming!"

The instant food was mentioned, Tohka moved faster than anyone.

In the blink of an eye, she flew straight over.

Toma could only smile helplessly.

Come to think of it...

The Spirits in 'Date A Live' could all fly.

So why wasn't that ability displayed on Tohka's status panel?

Wasn't Flight supposed to be a skill?

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Toma asked the System.

The System immediately provided an explanation.

[Flight is similar to an instinctive ability for Tohka and therefore is not classified as a System Skill.]

'Oh.'

'So that's why.'

Whatever.

As long as he understood the reason, there was no point thinking too deeply about it.

Food and sleep were much more important!

With that thought, Toma reached into his Personal Space and pulled out a small item resembling a miniature tent.

He casually tossed it onto the ground.

The moment the miniature tent touched the earth, it rapidly expanded into a large, full-sized tent.

It was even more unbelievable than watching a magic trick.

The first time Toma had seen it happen, he had been completely stunned.

He and Tohka had actually spent quite a while circling the tent and discussing how incredible it was.

By now, however, the novelty had already worn off.

Toma called Tohka into the tent before taking out some bread for her and instant noodles for himself.

Then they started eating.

Looking down at the instant noodles in his hands—which had already been perfectly prepared the moment he exchanged for them—Toma couldn't help becoming nostalgic.

'I never thought I'd end up eating instant noodles in another world.'

'This really takes me back to my school days...'

But the moment Toma remembered that he had already left Earth behind, a faint loneliness crept into his heart.

After all...

He might never see his parents, relatives, or friends again.

Thinking about that, Toma glanced at Tohka sitting beside him.

The melancholy in his eyes slowly faded.

In its place appeared a little more determination.

'No! I can't regret it! And I won't regret it!'

Although he felt a little guilty toward his parents, there wasn't much he could do about it anymore.

He had never amounted to much anyway. He wasn't good at studying, and even the job he had managed to get had been ruined because of his uncle's family.

Hopefully, his younger sister would do better.

After all, she was a university student...

As for Toma himself, there was only one thing he could do now.

Live his own life in this other world together with Tohka.

And make that life as brilliant as possible.

With that thought, the determination in Toma's eyes grew stronger.

As he continued eating his instant noodles, however, his thoughts inevitably began wandering again...

[Item: Camping Tent

Origin: 'Destiny of an Emperor II'

Effect: A disposable tent. The tent cannot be discovered by outsiders and possesses concealment and warning effects. Duration: 12 hours.

Price: 50 Exchange Points]

It was a little expensive, but definitely worth the price.

At the very least, Toma could sleep peacefully at night.

After all, this forest was extremely dangerous.

Sure, Tohka was beside him, but she apparently needed sleep just like an ordinary person.

And because of that...

Toma could enjoy a few little benefits himself.

That's right!

For the past few days, Toma had been sleeping together with Tohka!

What do you think?!

Jealous?!

Envious?!

Hahaha!

Unfortunately, the System's previous warning was still firmly engraved in Toma's mind.

Because of that, he didn't dare go too far.