Multiverse: You Said Chuunibyou, But You're Playing for Real?

Facing the confident Yukino Yukinoshita who felt the sky had cleared and the rain had stopped, Haru said nothing and simply began teaching Shinka Nibutani.

At first, Yukino Yukinoshita was full of confidence.

But as she watched, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

After a while longer, Yukino Yukinoshita's expression gradually stiffened, and her body began to tremble.

As the finished cookies went into the oven, Yukino Yukinoshita seemed broken, the light already gone from her pupils.

Yui Yuigahama looked at Yukino Yukinoshita with concern, but this time, she couldn't find any words of comfort.

Even she could clearly see that Haru's teaching ability was far above Yukino Yukinoshita's.

The two weren't even on the same level.

No matter how many excuses she made, it couldn't change this fact.

Shinka Nibutani, who had only wanted to make excuses to get close to Haru, was also very surprised. She hadn't expected Haru's cooking level to be so high.

Just from his casual teaching, she felt the cookies she made could match the expert-level standard of what Yukino Yukinoshita made.

It was quite ridiculous.

While secretly admiring Haru, Shinka Nibutani also breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no suspense about who would win this competition—it was Haru. This way, she didn't have to worry about causing Haru to lose the competition and developing negative feelings toward her.

"Mabinogion, wait for me!"

The corner of Shinka Nibutani's eye kept watching the grimoire that Haru had placed on the table beside him, her emotions already extremely excited.

"Yukinoshita-san, do we still need to find control groups?"

Haru smiled as he looked at Yukino Yukinoshita.

Now this girl should be convinced, right?

"No need. I lost."

Yukino Yukinoshita pressed her lips together, looking at Haru with a complex expression.

Winning was winning, losing was losing. With such an obvious victory and defeat, no matter how much she deceived herself, she couldn't say she hadn't lost.

"Then that makes it one hundred ninety-eight times."

Haru gave Yukino Yukinoshita a meaningful smile.

The latter's face flushed, and she snorted but didn't refute.

After all, she had already agreed to the bet, and this competition was something she had proposed. She had no reason to go back on her word.

"One hundred ninety-eight times."

Just thinking about being seen by Haru so many times, Yukino Yukinoshita was actually so nervous she nearly fainted.

Her heart was in chaos, and her face was as hot as boiling water.

She persisted until now only because she didn't want to show her weakness in front of outsiders.

"What's this about one hundred ninety-eight times?"

At this moment, Shinka Nibutani, wanting to get close to Haru, deliberately started a conversation, asking curiously.

Yui Yuigahama also immediately perked up her ears, wanting to know what exactly the two of them had bet on.

"It's nothing." Yukino Yukinoshita pressed her lips together and refused to answer this question without hesitation.

At the same time, she glared at Haru, warning him not to say anything carelessly either.

Of course, Haru couldn't possibly tell outsiders about such things.

He chuckled lightly and didn't answer.

However, seeing Shinka Nibutani's sneaky expression, Haru's heart stirred.

Since this girl had delivered herself to his door, if he didn't get a suggestion from her, would he still be human?

"Yukinoshita-san, I actually have a request I'd like to make of you."

Haru picked up the Dark Grimoire.

Shinka Nibutani's pretty face instantly turned pale, and her delicate body tensed up.

An extremely ominous premonition arose in her heart.

Yukino Yukinoshita had lost another ninety-nine times and didn't want to talk to Haru anymore.

But upon hearing it was a club request, she became serious.

Since the Service Club was established, only Yui Yuigahama's request had appeared so far.

Now that a second one had come, Yukino Yukinoshita naturally attached great importance to it.

Even if it was Haru's request, she would treat it seriously.

"What request?" Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Haru.

"Regarding this grimoire, there's a magic spell I'm somewhat confused about." Haru smiled slightly.

He deliberately only asked Yukino Yukinoshita and didn't ask Shinka Nibutani, of course.

Shinka Nibutani definitely didn't want people to know about her chūnibyō past, so if Haru directly asked her, he definitely wouldn't get any suggestions.

Instead, it would make Shinka Nibutani wary.

But if he asked Yukino Yukinoshita for advice about the Dark Grimoire, Shinka Nibutani on the side would definitely be unable to sit still and find an excuse to participate.

This way, Haru could use an indirect method to get suggestions from Shinka Nibutani.

Thinking this way, Haru's gaze quietly observed Shinka Nibutani beside him, noting her every move.

"Are you mocking me?!"

Yukino Yukinoshita's expression immediately became unpleasant.

She thought Haru wanted to make some request, but it turned out to be this kind of ridiculous request.

"Ten heterochromia exemptions." Faced with the angry Yukino Yukinoshita, Haru just smiled slightly and announced his payment.

Yukino Yukinoshita owed him one hundred ninety-eight times, so using ten times as payment didn't hurt Haru at all.

Yukino Yukinoshita's expression immediately froze.

She wanted to be angry, but Haru was offering too much.

The problem was, she didn't understand anything about magic-related issues at all. How was she supposed to answer?

Yukino Yukinoshita suspected Haru was deliberately mocking her.

"I just need some of your guesses to give me some inspiration." Faced with the hesitant Yukino Yukinoshita, Haru smiled slightly and made another concession.

Anyway, Yukino Yukinoshita was just a tool—his real target was Shinka Nibutani on the side.

"Ten times. You remember that."

This time, Yukino Yukinoshita immediately agreed. This was ten times!

On the side, Yui Yuigahama was a bit confused.

She didn't know what these two were talking about, feeling a bit depressed. When they talked without including others, it gave her a feeling of being excluded.

She was about to speak up and join the conversation—

"Haru-san, Yukinoshita-san, what are you talking about magic... are you discussing a novel or movie plot?"

Shinka Nibutani suddenly spoke up in surprise, naturally moving closer to Haru's side, looking at that thick Dark Grimoire with a curious and cute expression.

Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama thought Shinka Nibutani was attracted by this strange book and didn't think much of it.

But Haru just wanted to laugh.

"This is the notebook left in the human world by the great magician Mori Summer-sama."

Haru looked at Shinka Nibutani with feigned profundity. "It records many powerful spells. If you learn these spells, ordinary people can also become great beings like Mori Summer."

Upon hearing this, Yui Yuigahama's pretty face immediately went blank, looking at Haru with an expression like she was seeing an alien, stammering:

"Haru-san, are you talking about some movie topic?"

She was startled by Haru's sudden chūnibyō behavior, feeling a bit embarrassed, but as someone skilled at reading the room, she naturally wouldn't voice such thoughts.

"Don't mind him, he's a chūnibyō." Yukino Yukinoshita said irritably.

Haru occasionally had these episodes, and she was already used to it, no longer feeling the inexplicable confusion she had when they first met.

"Chū... chūnibyō? What's that... hehe..."

Shinka Nibutani also put on a reaction similar to Yui Yuigahama's, her pretty face full of confusion, as if she completely couldn't understand what Haru was saying.

In reality, she was falling apart inside.

Her heart was screaming:

"Ahhhhh, stop it! Don't keep saying Mori Summer!"

If there weren't so many people watching, Shinka Nibutani would probably have already exploded from embarrassment.

Every time Haru said "Mori Summer," Shinka Nibutani's fragile little heart jumped several times, and she was already panicking to the point of nearly fainting.

This name was the biggest evidence of her identity.

If anyone with ulterior motives thought about it a little, they might connect it to her.

So every time Haru said it, Shinka Nibutani felt like she was exploding.

"Hmph, muggles who don't believe in magic." Haru deliberately looked at Yukino Yukinoshita with disdain. "Forget it, let's get back to our topic. What I want to ask you about is a spell recorded in this grimoire called Meditation."

The chūnibyō setting of Meditation in this grimoire had the effect of enhancing mental power.

For Haru, this was exactly a very useful ability.

Using abilities like heterochromia, super thinking, and photographic memory all required consuming stamina and mental power.

He already had the Six Powers for enhancing physical strength.

But he hadn't prepared a method for enhancing mental power.

So when he saw Shinka Nibutani's chūnibyō imagination this time, Haru was so happy, because this book could bring him countless inspirations. These inspirations could all be transformed into real skills, enhancing his magical abilities.

Physical body and magic—Haru naturally planned to develop both simultaneously.

At this moment, hearing Haru's words, Shinka Nibutani suddenly shuddered, a sharp gleam flashing in her eyes.

"The opportunity has come!"

"It seems Haru-san is indeed a severe chūnibyō, actually fantasizing about learning magic from my Mabinogion. Even I wasn't this serious back then."

"But this is perfect—I can use my familiarity with the Mabinogion and chūnibyō to gain Haru-san's favor. Then, if I just make a small request, he'll definitely obediently give me the Mabinogion. I'll find an excuse to say the book went missing, and I can perfectly solve my biggest problem."

Feeling that she was facing the greatest crisis of her life, Shinka Nibutani pushed her mental faculties to their maximum.

She immediately thought of how to get the grimoire from Haru.

At this moment, Haru continued speaking:

"Yukinoshita-san, the learning method for this Meditation is already recorded in this passage. You can read it carefully, and then I'll ask you my question..."

With that, Haru handed the Dark Grimoire to Yukino Yukinoshita.

Yukino Yukinoshita took the grimoire, glanced at it briefly, and was immediately speechless.

"It's all childish chūnibyō notes. I can't believe someone would believe this stuff."

Looking at the content in the grimoire, Yukino Yukinoshita even suspected this was a diary written by a middle schooler. She felt embarrassed just reading it.

That Haru would actually believe the things written in here left Yukino Yukinoshita completely speechless.

If she were to say this guy was an idiot with negative IQ, he had defeated her, Yukino Yukinoshita, with real skill.

But if she were to say he wasn't an idiot, how could he believe such things that even elementary school students would find embarrassing?

Despite feeling speechless, for the sake of the ten exemptions, Yukino Yukinoshita still seriously looked at the passage Haru had mentioned.

"Yukinoshita-san, let me help you too."

Yui Yuigahama also immediately volunteered, moving close to Yukino Yukinoshita to look at the Dark Grimoire together.

But as she read, she became drowsy, feeling like her brain was about to grow a brain.

She couldn't understand it at all.

"I'll help too!"

Shinka Nibutani naturally took this opportunity to step forward as well. Seeing Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama actually looking at her dark history, Shinka Nibutani was so embarrassed she wanted to die.

But for the sake of her dark history, she was going all out, not letting anyone see through her act.

"So, what's the question you want to ask?" Yukino Yukinoshita quickly finished reading that passage of embarrassing text.

She softly read aloud the chūnibyō content written in the grimoire:

"Meditation: Listen to the spirits' breathing, let your soul resonate with the spirits' breathing, and you can continuously enhance your mental power at all times."

"This kind of childish setting is clearly written in the notes. What else is there for you to be confused about?"

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Haru.

"Listen carefully, 'listen to the spirits' breathing'—this is the key to Meditation, right?"

Haru looked at Yukino Yukinoshita while constantly paying attention to Shinka Nibutani's expression. "The problem is, where can I find spirits? If I can't find spirits, I won't be able to practice this Meditation, right?"

"How would I know where to find spirits?" Yukino Yukinoshita snorted coldly. "Perhaps it would be more appropriate to ask the author of this book."

Absolutely not!

Hearing this, Shinka Nibutani nearly fainted from fright.

Her brain immediately started spinning frantically, thinking about how to divert their attention.

Instantly, her eyes lit up—

"Um!"

Shinka Nibutani hurriedly raised her hand and quickly said, "It seems to be written here that if humans with low aptitude can't hear the spirits' voices, a magician can substitute instead."

After saying this, she felt fortunate in her heart. Thankfully, when she originally wrote the setting, she had added an additional passage on another page.

Otherwise, this would have been a big problem.

"If I divert Haru-san's attention to magicians, he'll definitely immediately think of Takanashi-san. That way, I won't have to worry about his attention being on the author. Perfect!"

Shinka Nibutani thought smugly, feeling fortunate about her cleverness.

"Mori-chan, can you understand what's written here too?" At this moment, Yui Yuigahama looked at Shinka Nibutani in surprise, admiration in her eyes.

She couldn't understand it at all and found it very strange.

Shinka Nibutani panicked and quickly explained: "I just read it as a weird novel, and I also wanted to help Haru-san and Yukinoshita-san since they just taught me how to make cookies."

Neither Yui Yuigahama nor Yukino Yukinoshita suspected Shinka Nibutani.

But Haru's eyes flashed with amusement.

This girl had finally taken the bait.

"The problem is still the same." Since Yukino Yukinoshita had accepted the commission, she naturally stated her opinion. "You can't find spirits, so where are you going to find a magician?"

In reality, where would there be spirits and magicians?

"No, no, no, Yukinoshita-san, you're wrong this time. Nibutani-san's suggestion hit the nail on the head."

Haru smiled slightly and looked at Shinka Nibutani, deliberately showing a grateful expression: "Nibutani-san, the author of this book, Mori Summer, is an ancient magician. So according to what you said in this passage, I just need to listen to Mori Summer herself breathing, and I can learn Meditation, right?"

Hearing this, Shinka Nibutani's heart sank, and she completely froze.

What did he mean by "listen to Mori Summer herself breathing"?

Shouldn't you first think of Rikka Takanashi? Why would you think of Mori Summer?

Please move your attention away from Mori Summer! Damn it!

Shinka Nibutani broke down and almost wanted to curse.

But thinking that she was in danger of being exposed, she knew she absolutely couldn't show any flaws at this moment.

Otherwise, she would really be finished.

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