Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"There's a flame in the fireplace?"

Amamiya Natsuki looked towards the fireplace upon hearing this, surprised to find that a faint, weak flame had indeed ignited in the pitch-black fireplace.

The other players heard the conversation and gathered closer.

"Eh, there really is a fire."

"This isn't scientific; no one has been near the fireplace."

"Speaking of not scientific, a horror game is even less scientific."

"…."

Facing the suddenly 'spontaneously combusting' fireplace, everyone knew something was fishy. While discussing, they remained vigilant and did not rashly approach the fireplace.

After waiting for a moment and seeing no abnormalities from the fireplace, a player finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"No, I'm freezing to death." A player hugged his arms and shiveringly suggested, "Now that the fireplace has fire, shall we burn books for warmth?"

The temperature in the old castle was still dropping, and light blue frost had condensed in many places. Relying solely on Amamiya Natsuki as a human hand warmer was completely insufficient.

"I agree."

"Both hands in agreement."

Out of a total of ten players, six agreed, four abstained, and no one voted against.

Even knowing the fireplace was strange, forced by the cold, there was no other choice.

A male player walked to the fireplace, picked up a book brought from the library, and carefully placed it into the fireplace.

He thought it would be difficult to burn, but once the flame touched the book, it seemed to produce some wonderful chemical reaction, spreading rapidly.

The book quickly began to burn, and warmth accompanied by firelight began to appear.

"It's warming up." The male player stretched out his hands and began to warm himself by the fire, "From now on, I am the Fire Keeper."

The other players gathered around and began burning books.

"Burning books for warmth, it feels so sinful." Fujiwara Chika said, picking up a book, "How strange, there's even 'the goosebumps' in the library. I read this series when I was little, it was super scary, I didn't dare sleep alone for several nights."

"It's just that many things inside are blurry, only a little can be seen clearly." The pink-haired girl said, flipping through the book in her hand, "…Burn it for warmth."

As books were added to the fireplace, the flames grew stronger.

Amamiya Natsuki looked down at the stack of books he had brought from the library. On top was "A loyal dog boyfriend's handbook."

He reached out, picked it up, and opened it. Besides the title, he still couldn't see any content clearly.

They had already discussed this in the library; different people could see different content in the books. Miss Ice Princess's expression earlier seemed a bit shocked…

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya.

Could Kaguya-san have read this book?

Noticing Amamiya Natsuki's gaze, Shinomiya Kaguya's face remained nonchalant, but her heartbeat couldn't help but quietly accelerate.

She was suspected!

That was clearly a suspicious gaze!

So, why did this book appear in the game anyway!

She couldn't help but shout in her heart. Shinomiya Kaguya's expression remained unchanged, she even turned her face to meet his gaze.

Stay calm.

As long as she didn't admit to seeing anything in the book, no one would know the truth.

Amamiya Natsuki withdrew his gaze and put the book down.

Taking advantage of his inattention, the Ice Princess casually came over and threw the book into the fireplace.

"Phew…"

Watching the flames engulf "a loyal dog boyfriend's handbook," Shinomiya Kaguya quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Such a book should indeed be burned. After the game ends, the book in reality should also be burned!

"Tomato aliens are so scary." Takanashi Rikka whispered.

Amamiya Natsuki looked over, finding the chuunibyou girl holding a manga book as if facing a great enemy. On the cover were several cartoon girls, and the title was "Vegetable Alien Adventure."

"This is a children's manga, isn't it?" Amamiya Natsuki was speechless, "The tomato aliens on it are clearly very cute."

He had a slight impression of this book; the content was probably about various vegetables personified, encountering various pests and diseases.

"Not cute at all." The chuunibyou girl seriously refuted, "Tomato aliens have scary seeds, and once the seeds enter our bodies, they will take root and sprout, making our bellies quickly swell."

Are you perhaps telling a dirty joke?

Tomatoes are so popular, they can be both fruit and vegetable, what's so scary about them?

"Burn it, burn it."

Takanashi Rikka threw the manga book into the fireplace, and the flames quickly engulfed it.

Everyone burned books, and the flames soared high.

As the flames in the fireplace burned fiercely, the temperature in the old castle finally began to rise.

"Books are indeed good things." Amamiya Natsuki sighed, while stretching out his hands to warm them by the fire.

With the fireplace, Amamiya Natsuki's task as a human warming tool ended.

"We survived." Fujiwara Chika exhaled contentedly, "I was planning to go skiing in the Alps this summer, but I'm never going again."

"There are still many books in the library, ten full rows of bookshelves, it would take a week to burn them all."

"The countdown is almost halfway through, next up is waiting for the game to end!"

"…."

As the fireplace ignited, the players' morale was instantly boosted.

"Don't relax your vigilance." Shinomiya Kaguya looked at the very happy pink-haired girl, her delicate brows slightly furrowed, "I always feel that the game won't be that simple."

Just burning books for warmth and then waiting for the game to end, it's even simpler than the Greedy Snake level, which is very unreasonable.

No sooner had she spoken than a strange rolling sound suddenly echoed through the old castle.

Amamiya Natsuki's ears twitched slightly. He turned to look behind him and saw a clown carved from wood, wearing a red scarf and a small suit, riding a small unicycle. It rode out from the shadows.

The other players exclaimed in surprise.

"What is that?"

"It looks like Annabelle, the horror doll?"

"Why is there a clown in the old castle?"

As a world-renowned horror icon, the image of the horror doll is deeply ingrained in people's minds.

Among all the players present, only one did not know the horror clown.

"What is this?"

Shinomiya Kaguya asked in a low voice.

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:

"This is a virtuous and highly reputable good teacher, often appearing in various horror film sets. His job is to bring screams and joy to adults and children."

"What's with 'virtuous and highly reputable'?" A player couldn't help but retort, "Besides screams, there won't be any joy!"

As they spoke, the wooden clown rode its unicycle, stopped in front of Amamiya Natsuki and the others, then reached out to adjust the bow tie on its chest. Its mouth opened and closed, emitting a strange, deep voice:

"Welcome, esteemed guests, to my humble abode. I apologize for not greeting you sooner. As an apology, please, esteemed guests…"

Before it finished speaking, Fujiwara Chika suddenly stepped forward half a step, pointed a finger, and loudly said:

"Don, the Outlaw, I call your name, do you dare to answer?"

The wooden clown's voice abruptly stopped, then its mouth opened and closed: "…Don is here."

"Hmph, it worked after all."

The pink-haired girl slightly tilted her chin up, turned her face, and gave Amamiya Natsuki a smug look that screamed, 'Hurry up and praise me.'

As the saying goes, villains die from talking too much.

What do you do when you encounter an evil spirit?

Of course, you arrest it and bring it to justice first!

Seize and Eliminate Evil, no mercy.

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Don, the Outlaw, in front of him, and was about to go and arrest him, when he suddenly saw something slowly emerge from the darkness.

"It seems our guests are not satisfied with our hospitality." The Wooden Puppet Butler lowered his head to inspect his body. "Then, it's necessary to provide mandatory service."

The next moment.

Two tall, thin monsters, wearing hats and tattered cloaks, emerged from the darkness, with messy straw poking out from under their ragged cloaks.

"This is… a scarecrow?"

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