Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"This is unscientific."

Looking at the book in his hand, Amamiya Natsuki felt it was just too absurd.

How could there be such a book in an ancient castle from who knows how many years ago?

A loyal dog boyfriend's handbook… Just by the title, you could tell it was a standard modern manga.

"What are you looking at?"

Shinomiya Kaguya walked over curiously, her gaze falling on the book cover, and her beautiful eyes couldn't help but widen.

This is unscientific!

The cover and the title were all exactly the same… wasn't this the book she had hidden in her drawer?

Why would it appear in the game?

"You know this book?"

Noticing the Ice Princess's clearly astonished expression, Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously.

Shinomiya Kaguya: "…"

What should I do?

Should I admit it?

If I admit it, how do I explain why I would read such a book?

No, I can't explain it clearly; I'll definitely be seen as a perverted girl who acts proper on the outside but is distorted on the inside.

"I…"

Shinomiya Kaguya took a light breath, her eyelashes trembling as she turned her pretty face away, just about to muddle through, when at that moment, a light exclamation drew their attention.

"Kaguya-chan, look what I found?"

Fujiwara Chika waved to them.

"What is it?" Shinomiya Kaguya took the opportunity to walk over.

"Look." Fujiwara Chika held up the book. "The title is super strange."

Amamiya Natsuki looked over curiously, and after seeing the book title, he was immediately shocked.

"Postpartum Care for Sows"? This book shouldn't even be in an ancient castle!

At the same time.

Others also successively discovered various strange books, such as "The One Hundred and Eight Ways an ADC Can Die," "One Hundred Days to Make a Tokyo Rich Lady Fall in Love with Me," "A Brief History of Time," "I Became a River Crab," "Miss Su Tries to Survive in the Cycle World," and so on.

In short, there were all kinds of books, completely out of place with the ancient castle.

Amamiya Natsuki tried to open the "a loyal dog boyfriend's handbook" in his hand and found that the writing inside was super blurry, completely unreadable.

A prompt appeared again before his eyes.

[You look closely and find that this book is very strange.]

"No need to remind me, anyone can tell this book is strange."

Amamiya Natsuki grumbled in a low voice, then picked up other books, finding that some books had completely blurry content, while occasionally some books would have clear writing, but unfortunately, it was only a few words.

"Natsuki-kun, let's go out quickly," Fujiwara Chika called out, holding books.

"Mhm."

Amamiya Natsuki agreed, casually picked up a stack of books, and then, along with the other players, left the library and returned to the main hall.

"The fireplace is over there."

"Hurry up and light a fire."

"I'm freezing to death, I feel like my teeth are chattering."

"..."

A group of players came to the fireplace, shivering as they put down the books in their arms, then looked at each other.

"We can light a fire now."

"Hurry up and light a fire, I'm freezing to death."

"Why aren't you lighting a fire yet?"

"..."

The air suddenly fell silent, no one spoke.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but say, "...Um, does no one have a fire-starting tool?"

Amamiya Natsuki was the first to speak: "I don't."

Shinomiya Kaguya: "I don't either."

"Me, me, me." Takanashi Rikka raised her hand, and seeing everyone look at her, she said weakly, "I don't either."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "My apologies."

"..."

Before long, everyone realized a very serious problem.

They had no fire-starting tools.

Lighters and matches couldn't be brought from the real world into the game world. They seemed insignificant normally, but when they were truly needed, not having them was a real problem.

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly remembered a saying: Life is unpredictable, the large intestine…

Wrong, let's try again.

Such are the ups and downs of life.

"The countdown is still so long, are we just going to freeze to death?"

A female player's voice was somewhat despairing.

"Don't lose heart." Fujiwara Chika comforted her, "We can try… making fire by rubbing sticks?"

Are you kidding me! Rubbing sticks to make fire sounds simple, but it's actually super difficult. Ordinary people can't get fire, they can only get blisters all over their hands!

"That's a good suggestion." Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement, "I'll leave this task to you."

Fujiwara Chika blinked: "Natsuki-kun seems to be speaking sarcastically."

"I'm not."

"You weren't even looking at my eyes when you spoke."

"..."

The proposal of rubbing sticks to make fire was quickly rejected. Everyone was shivering, their hands and feet stiff, and they didn't have suitable tools. Even Bear Grylls wouldn't be able to make fire, let alone ordinary people.

"Actually, there's another way." Yukinoshita Yukino folded her right arm across her chest and calmly suggested, "Everyone can warm up by leaning back-to-back."

"Eh?"

"Just like the penguins in Antarctica." Shinomiya Kaguya took over the topic, her voice clear and pleasant, "In winter, the temperature in Antarctica can drop to minus thirty or forty degrees Celsius. Hundreds of thousands of penguins gather together, and the heat they emit can resist the cold."

"I understand."

Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up. She quickly stretched out her arms and embraced Shinomiya Kaguya, pressing their faces together: "Is this how we warm up?"

"Let go of me." Shinomiya Kaguya tilted her head, a little uncomfortable with such intimate physical contact, "Leaning back-to-back is enough to keep warm."

"No, hugging for warmth is clearly more effective."

"Yukino-chan." The cowlick on Takanashi Rikka's head swayed gently as she looked at the black-haired girl, "Warm up, warm up."

"..."

The temperature in the old castle was getting lower and lower. Now, not only the wooden door but also the walls began to show faint white frost marks. Everyone was shivering, their hands and feet icy cold.

In this situation, huddling together for warmth was very necessary.

Of course, female players with female players, and male players with male players.

There were three sofas in front of the fireplace. Several girls squeezed onto one sofa, with Fujiwara Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya in the middle, and the other girls on either side.

Amamiya Natsuki sat with two other male players, trying to warm each other up.

"Are you cold?"

The tall male player, Hikaru, asked in a low voice.

Amamiya Natsuki said faintly, "I'm thinking about what pose would be more handsome."

"What do you mean?" Hikaru was puzzled.

Amamiya Natsuki: "Even if I turn into an ice sculpture, it has to be a handsome ice sculpture."

"Hey, this isn't the time for jokes." The male player named Izumi coughed twice, covering his mouth, "So huddling together for warmth really isn't very useful, is it?"

"Maybe there aren't enough of us?" Amamiya Natsuki rubbed his chin, "Otherwise, why don't you two go ask the girls over there if they can surround us?"

"You're dreaming, those girls definitely won't agree!"

"..."

From actual experience, the effect of huddling together for warmth was negligible.

Amamiya Natsuki silently looked at his game backpack, wanting to see if there was anything that could be useful.

"Hmm?"

A badge suddenly came into Amamiya Natsuki's sight.

The exclusive badge obtained from clearing "Midnight Subway", Light of Life. As Kitagawa Marin said, it makes your skin a little whiter and your body temperature a little higher.

"Let's try it."

Amamiya Natsuki curiously took out the badge and chose to wear it. He quickly felt a warm current emanating from the badge, silently flowing into his body. His already stiff and frozen limbs quickly became comfortable.

"It actually works."

Amamiya Natsuki was slightly surprised, not expecting it to actually come in handy.

"Eh, why did your body suddenly get warm?" The male player Hikaru turned his head curiously.

"It's really not as cold as before." The male player Izumi was equally surprised.

Amamiya Natsuki didn't hide it and showed the badge's effect: "...It's a bound item, I can't lend it to anyone."

"Natsuki-kun." Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up, "It's time for you to sacrifice yourself."

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