Chapter 57: The Button of Affection!

The morning sun shone through the thin clouds, casting mottled light and shadows in the courtyard of Private Moonlight Academy.

A breeze gently brushed the cherry blossom trees on both sides of the road, and pink and white petals danced in the air, slowly falling onto the shoulders of passing students.

Yukimura Lingyin was nowhere to be seen.

Natsume Chikage, alone, had a few petals fall on his shoulders, but he didn't notice, just walking forward focusedly.

When he arrived at the shoe locker area, he happened to meet Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui, who was changing her shoes.

The moment she saw him, a vibrant, energetic smile immediately bloomed on Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui's face.

"Good morning, Natsume-kun."

Natsume Chikage responded softly:

"Good morning, Fujiwara-san."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui smiled as she untied her shoelaces:

"What a coincidence, we actually met here."

While speaking.

Natsume Chikage's gaze was involuntarily attracted to that sports watch, his eyes revealing an unconcealable longing.

He was only one piece of special equipment away from gaining an attribute point reward.

He was very curious about what changes would happen to his body after his attribute points increased, so he was eager to obtain the next piece of special equipment as soon as possible.

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui noticed that Natsume Chikage seemed to be staring at her hand occasionally, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

She always felt that Natsume Chikage seemed to pay special attention to her hand; could this be an illusion...

It must be an illusion; Natsume-kun is such a serious person, how could he be a hand-fetishist...

It shouldn't be...

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui shook her head, casting this strange thought out of her mind, and then quickly put on her indoor shoes.

Natsume Chikage sighed inwardly.

He was still too poor right now.

If he had money, he would have bought a new sports watch to give to Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui long ago, and then found a way to keep this special equipment.

It was just a pity that the coffee shop wages were clearly not enough; this money still had to be used to pay for daily expenses.

If he really dared to use this money, he would definitely be severely scolded by his younger sister.

As for the novel, it wasn't finished yet, and even if it were finished, it would still need to be submitted and published.

Therefore, the manuscript fee was still a long way off.

Natsume Chikage felt that he could only pin his hopes on the prize money from the shogi tournament for now.

He heard the tournament would start in a few days, but he didn't know when the specific date would be notified.

If the tournament started, he thought it could ease his current economic situation, and he could even use it to buy a new sports watch to exchange for the one Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui had now.

At this moment.

Natsume Chikage opened his shoe locker.

In an instant, five or six love letters came into view.

If they were just ordinary love letters, Natsume Chikage might not have had any special reaction.

But when he saw some movement inside one of the love letters, he opened it in surprise and found a piece of special equipment, a 'button', inside.

And in Japan, there was a confession custom of giving the button from one's school uniform closest to the heart to someone else to express feelings of love.

【Button of Affection】

【Quality: White】

【Effect: After equipping, you have a slight probability of making people recall their first love!】

【Introduction: All love at first sight is just lust for beauty!】

Natsume Chikage picked up this button, his expression becoming somewhat subtle.

This was truly a case of planting willows unintentionally.

When he wanted to actively look for special equipment, he couldn't find any, but when he wasn't looking, they were delivered to his door.

It was just that this equipment effect actually made people recall the feeling of their first love?

Natsume Chikage felt that collecting this special equipment was fine, but as for actually using this effect, forget it...

In fact, he had known since he was a child that being too popular wasn't a good thing; for example, when he was in class, he was always surrounded by girls.

So he often avoided making conspicuous moves.

If he equipped this button... the situation would probably only get worse.

As for replying to these love letters, Natsume Chikage didn't have any plans for romance right now, and intended to politely decline them one by one.

【You have obtained ownership of this special equipment, would you like to register it?】

【Yes/No】

Natsume Chikage chose yes without hesitation.

【You have successfully registered this equipment, would you like to store it in the panel?】

【Yes/No】

Natsume Chikage chose no for the time being.

Because Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui and other students were still nearby, if the button suddenly disappeared, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

【You have successfully collected three pieces of special equipment, reward: 1 attribute point!】

Seeing that he had really obtained an attribute point, Natsume Chikage felt a surge of excitement and planned to find time later to use this attribute point to see what changes would occur.

【Distance to next attribute point reward: 3 more pieces of special equipment needed!】

The prompt information on the panel was not beyond his expectations.

Just as he had guessed, after collecting three pieces of special equipment to gain an attribute point, the condition would reset, starting a new cycle.

That is to say, he needed to collect three more pieces of special equipment to get the next attribute point reward.

At this time.

The first-year boys who witnessed the pile of love letters in Natsume Chikage's shoe locker all felt very uncomfortable inside.

Why could someone receive five or six love letters just after enrolling? ===== CHAPTER 58 =====