Chapter 62

Nikami POV

"Ugh, why am I genuinely interested in this? I have to plan something soon because of this revelation… So there is a way to stop this coded forced mess." I moved my hand away from the blankets and smelled something burning.

"Raijin Gakerumi, if you even damage a single strand of my blankets I will not hesitate to throw you out the window."

"You know, as observant and smart as you are, your fuckin dense aren't you?" Raijin finally spoke out, shaking off all of the blankets and adjusting her gloves. A trail of smoke coming from it.

"Are you insulting me?" I glared.

"Think of it as you will, Smart-ass." She rolled her eyes, pouting as she started to look away and continued to blush in anger(?)

"Didn't we have a deal? You'll say everything, and I'll rest. Now speak." I huffed, staring at the girl as she looked away.

"Wha?! That's completely unrelated to what the topic was at that time! What the hell?! Where did you get such underhanded tactics?!" She exclaimed, turning her head towards me and glared.

"A deal is a deal, and don't call it underhanded, that's Emica's way of thinking." I scoffed at her

"Fucking Emi… Gotdamn it… Why did you learn from her?!" She groans, staring at my face for a while before quickly turning away, then laughing at me.

"This... Is fun. I guess…" She mumbled, taking a blanket and placing it over me, covering most of the top area's of my body by it's shade.

"So what if I insulted you? I was just telling the truth you know?" Raijin chuckled lightly, placing more blankets over me.

"What are you talking about? Me? Out of all people? Dense?? I'm Nikami Shiromoru-"

"No you're not." Raijin deadpanned, continuing to stack blankets over me.

"H-huh…?" My mind just suddenly went blank, for the first time in years, my face was just filled with the expression of confusion.

"That was unexpected… And I… I don't get it… What?" My eyes went wide open, even my mouth was as well.

"O-oh! Uh, I meant like, you aren't Nikami… Well you are Nikami, but not like, Nikami in the game or something… Okay, now that I say it out loud it sounds dumb…" Raijin adjusted her gloves and cleared her throat before nervously adjusting the blankets around me.

"That is true, it was so stupid I was baffled by it. And, what do you get by doing this?" I looked down at all of the blankets stacked over me. It was really strange, why would she even do such a thing…

"Though, I guess I don't mind it… It feels oddly comforting. Like a hug on all sides." I took an edge of the blanket that was on me and pulled it closer to my body.

"Because it's easier to do this." She picked up a pillow and shoved it on my face. The blankets around me tightened up the pillow so it couldn't fall off.

"What." My confusion and sigh of disappointment muffled through the pillow.

"So I can't see your face…" Raijin muttered, clenching the pillow slowly and looking away. Her face red as she gritted her teeth, her cheeks puffing up with a huff. Glancing back at me, more specifically the pillow and leaning in and pecking it quickly.

"S-see ya then! Nice talking to you!" She yelled, Right before standing up and running for the door, trying to open it and since it was locked, struggled to unlock it for a while and bolted out.

Her rapid footsteps slowly faded away as the pillow dropped off my face, turning towards the door and standing up.

"What's her problem…? She even left the door open... " I blinked in confusion, placing the blankets off myself and walking out.

"What happened to Prince Raijin? He looked flustered and flushed when he walked out." Emica turned towards me with a confused tilt with her face.

"Even I don't know. Rai was acting weird. And can you tidy up my room? That dumb prince made a mess." I rolled my eyes and adjusted my glove, nodding towards Emica to continue her work.

"Very well, Nikami-sama." Emica bowed down and started to walk towards my room with me.

When we arrived at the room, I sat down on my chair and looked over at the book.

"Now that predicament is over… I have to plan ahead with the information Raijin just gave me… Both of those choices are a mess, but if I don't pick sooner, I might end up like them, stuck in a garden of roses filled with thorns…" I muttered to myself, spinning my quill around my hand and started to write.

Soon enough, with me mumbling and writing down things. Time passed by, and before I knew it, the curse was gone. I could think without saying things out loud.

"..." With silence finally filling my ears, I gave a thankful sigh before getting interrupted by a tap on my window.

"...!?" With my chair falling to the ground with my sudden stand, I positioned my hands towards my target and used my magic.

"" I casted, and almost immediately, an ice flower covered her body from shoulder to toe. The upward petals of the chrysanthemum was sharp and pointed towards her neck and head, only inches away from it.

"Hey heeeeeyy~ This is such a downgrade from last time. Seriously! From being guarded to aggressive really is such a downgrade! I expected a more calm response from the Reading Ice Princess herself." That annoying voice from the girl with the masked sighed, her red and black eyes stared at me.

"And wow, you really are super impressive! Casting a mid tier level spell with just seconds! You only needed to say it's name and then boom! I would clap right now if I could! But well, I'm inside ice right now." She cackled and giggled.

"How did she even get inside so quickly? I'm sure I locked the window earlier… And she even tapped on it. Teleportation? Could be, she was gone in an instant from last time as well." I thought, continuing to stare at the girl as I glared.

"Is that what you think? Being calm doesn't mean being slow enough to let your enemy have the first attack. And after what you did to me, this is an appropriate response." I spoke out in a clear voice, making the petals longer and closing her in.

"Ppftttttttt!! Wow, that's dumb, but sure whatever, I guessssss I do get your point. Can you chill out with the petal thing? I know you're only doing this for intimidation, because I know my little darling library slug over here could never kill someone! Much more inside her room in the academy of everyones dreams! " The masked girl wheezed, her red eye glowing for a moment before the ice flower shattered from the inside. Revealing solidified shadows that was connected to the masked lady's back.

"Li-library slug?!" I scoffed, obviously feeling insulted at what she just said. At least it wasn't like the common insult of being a bookworm. I stared at her movements… Then immediately got out the door and ran out.

"Wait?? the-WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING???" The masked girl exclaimed in surprise, running after me as well.

"Yasachu, open the door, because if you don't, I'll break in there myself." I panted, running straight towards Yasachu's room and banged on the door. I had my calm face as usual, though a bit sweaty from when I ran.

"Kyahaha! I never expected something like this from someone who has their head up thier ass! The prideful future queen of the Adventurine Kingdom asking for help, I never thought I would see something like this! Are you that scared of me?" She lifted her arm and the shadow claws went towards me at a high speed.

I clicked my tongue and built an ice wall just in time, but one of the claws went through it. Shattering my ice into shards, and injuring my arm as it slashed it. Blood and ice was scattered around me.

"Wha?! Are they that tough?! Gotdamn it... I'm about to break this door-" I thought as I jumped back, crouched down, and placed my hand on the ground to make the floor into ice.

"I never expected it too, but I'm not prideful, I'm confident. And I know for a fact I can't defeat a dark user in the middle of the night alone… Luckily, my roommate is a light user. If I don't ask for her assistance now, I would be a dead moron." I spoke in the usual calm manner, my arm glowing slightly green as I healed myself.

"Light user? Shit, she's your roommate? Pft! This just got soooooooooo much fun! And I kinda forgot you actually had the element of healing. You just use your ice all the time… Whoops, nearly fell down there." She nearly slipped because of the ice I placed down, she was now slowly walking towards me with an eerie grin.

"What? She knew?"