The Neighborhood High School Girl, Miss Isezaki, Is the Great Saintess Returned from Another World~ And I, Suddenly Awakened as Her Exclusive Mana Supply Uncle, Travel Between Earth and Another World with Time-Space Magic~ - 118. Saint Castle Academy "Retro Game Club" 2

118. Saint Castle Academy “Retro Game Club” 2

The day after returning to Japan with ojisan.

As the light streaming in through the window of the Retro Game Club room gradually turned orange, Rikka Maeno, our senior, let out a frustrated sigh in front of the monitor.

“Aww, is this not gonna work either?”

Maeno-senpai, holding her head in her hands. On the monitor was the screen for the resurrection spell in “Dragon ◯ Quest”. There, it said:

“Isezaki Inachan Haki Yomomote Modeda”

and right below that, it displayed “The spell is incorrect.”

“Uh, Maeno-senpai? Please don’t play around with people’s names without permission.”

“Aww, come on, Seina. I saw you getting confessed to today, so I thought this spell might work.”

Today, Maeno-senpai was playing a game where she randomly entered the resurrection spell from “Dragon ◯ Quest”, and she wouldn’t be able to go home until the spell succeeded.

Earlier, she had said, “Just in case, you know…,” as she filled out the application form to stay overnight for club activities, and she probably intended to see it through seriously. She’s still the same interesting and fun senior as always.

By the way, as for me, I’m playing “Spartan X” on the other monitor.

I like games with competitive elements, but I also like games where the protagonist rescues the heroine, like in this game. I think there are many classic stories like that in retro games.

In games like this, I always play with ojisan as the protagonist and myself as the heroine.

To save the heroine, the protagonist ventures alone into enemy territory without looking back—it’s such a story overflowing with love.

If only I could be passionately and intensely desired by ojisan like that…! Just by fantasizing about it, I get excited about playing.

“By the way, Seina-chan. You haven’t been staying in the clubroom late recently, but today you’re unusually late. What’s up? Can I hear about it?”

Maeno-senpai leaned in close to me and spoke. I could see curiosity shining in her eyes behind her glasses.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been taken advantage of by adults who approached me with a smile in the other world, but I’m not good with people who approach me hiding their true intentions.

And there are plenty of people like that among my classmates.

People who say we’re friends but only see me as an accessory. People who confess their love for my inner self but only look at my body. People who sympathize with me being confessed to by someone I don’t like but gossip about me behind my back.

In that regard, Maeno-senpai straightforwardly expresses what she thinks without hiding anything, and she doesn’t deeply pursue things I don’t want to talk about. She’s one of the preferable people to me.

By the way, ojisan, who is the most ultimate and ideal person to me, is also someone who doesn’t hide his feelings towards me. So I keenly feel his affectionate regard for me like a little sister, which makes me feel both happy and sad.

“There’s no particular reason. I just thought I’d take it easy at the club activity for the first time in a while.”

I can’t reveal the real reason. Maeno-senpai might sense that too, but she didn’t pursue it further, as expected.

With a slightly guilty feeling, I answered Maeno-senpai with a smile.

“Hmm. But, but, I’ve been all alone around this time lately, so I’m super happy! Oh, hey, Seina, wanna join me in today’s ‘Can’t Go Home’ challenge? Let’s compete to see who can leave first!”

“I’ll pass on that.”

“Aww.”

Maeno-senpai pouted as she spoke, and I couldn’t help but let out a smile.

It’s been a really long time since I stayed in the clubroom this late.

Before, I used this time to adjust my schedule to run into ojisan at the supermarket, but since ojisan quit his job, there’s no need for me to stay late anymore.

I was really disappointed because I used to feel so happy experiencing the feeling of a newlywed wife shopping with her husband at the supermarket. But during yesterday’s chat, I heard that ojisan still goes to the supermarket at night to look for discounted items. Ah… Ojisan being thrifty is wonderful!

So, the real reason I’m staying late today is because I want to run into ojisan at the supermarket for the first time in a while.

Compared to the time when I could deduce ojisan’s supermarket visit time from his company’s regular closing time, this challenge now relies on luck. It might even have a difficulty level comparable to that luck-based superpower development game, “Mine◯weeper.”

(Note:I don’t know it’s the same game that I had in mind but “Mine◯weeper” is not luck-based at all.Jeez, makes me think that should place a manual or something in the game”)

But even if I fail, I won’t be as shocked as before. Thanks to the other world, I have many more interactions with ojisan now, and I’m happier than I was back then.

The only shadow over this happy otherworldly experience might be regarding Levi.

But I’m not worried about that. Ojisan will surely resolve it, and just thinking about witnessing ojisan’s heroic deeds up close makes my heart race.

The only regret is that this time, ojisan is protecting Levi instead of me. But I fully understand that ojisan is protecting Levi for my sake.

In essence, this means that ojisan is taking action to protect me. Oh, what a happy thing it is! …I love him.

Oh, ojisan, I adore you! I love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you!

As I reminisce, my feelings for ojisan seem to overflow. Oh, ojisan! I want to meet you right now and smell the scent of your shirt, and search for the few strands of white hair in your hair! Ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan, ojisan.

“Hehe, Seina-chan. In that game, when you reach the 24th round, the heroine you’re supposed to save attacks you instead, you know?”

At Maeno-senpai’s voice, my consciousness, which had been eagerly focused on ojisan, suddenly snapped back to the monitor.

Turning my face with a slightly disappointed expression, I saw Maeno-senpai wearing a smirk while saying something strange. I tilted my head in confusion.

“…Oh, that’s odd. I’ve already surpassed the 24th round, but there wasn’t such a scene.”

“Eep, really, Seina-chan… I apologize…”

For some reason, Maeno-senpai bowed deeply right there. With a sense of doubt about her actions, ojisan in the monitor rescued me on my 30th round.