Issei couldn't sleep.
He found himself unable to rest, as he got up from the bed, he looked at the clock, it was almost midnight, just when it was about to become Tuesday. He spent the whole time in his room, not going out to eat, nor drink or do anything, he felt like he didn't need to nor found the point to do so.
Looking simply at the clock he saw as it went to 00:00, just then, the Writer's System gave him yet another message, it seemed liked it was the next quest, if it weren't for this system, Issei might as well have given up in life, he still was attached to that little hope he had, to find a way to revive her, even if wasn't now, at least in the future.
Quest #6
Resuscitated Heart
Condition: Join the Literature Club
Failure: You don't join the Literature Club
Accept
What? but wasn't he already a member there? Issei looked confused over the new quest, he expected it to be something else, but now it simply intrigued him. Did something happen on the day of the festival?
He would attempt to go to the Academy the next day even if he didn't want to, he had no choice, the system would simply put him back to the same day over and over until he did so. He knew that everyone would notice his change in attitude, but he wasn't sure if they knew what had happened.
He spent the night awake until it was morning, strangely enough, his parents were acting like nothing had happened. This made him believe that there was something that made them act this way, and he accused the system, as if it was meant to be a way to tell him to stay quiet over the whole event. His parents easily noticed his change of personality, when they asked what was wrong, he simply gave a weak smile and said "Don't worry, I'm fine." Never in his life did he feel like he was going to say something so cliche, yet so true at the same time.
At the entrance of Kuoh Academy, he simply sighed as he went inside, he took out his shoes and went straight into his classroom. But something, yet again, was weird, the stuff that was being taught there was something they had learned before.
All Issei could think of is that he went back in time like in those manga stories he read. This made him happy for a bit, maybe Sayori was alive! Maybe this time he wouldn't do anything rash! Maybe this time he could confe- No, not that, he shouldn't do that, she was in love with Cordis so he needed to make sure that Sayori didn't commit suicide instead, he'd simply stay wary of her actions, to make sure that something like that would not happen again.
As the class ended, he quickly left the classroom, ignoring his friends as they were going to ask him something. He went straight to where the club was and slowly made his entrance. He knocked on the door, peeked inside and asked if this was the right place. But this time, someone was missing.
Sayori was missing.
He stayed quiet as he simply presented himself again, Cordis was there, Monika was there, Yuri was there, Natsuki yet again recognized him.
But Sayori wasn't there.
Yuri apparently was the Vice President of the club this time, yet this time they needed 4 members to be recognized as a proper club instead of 5.
What happened? What changed? Why wasn't she here? He asked himself so many questions, yet he could not get answers. He simply stayed there, this time there were no cupcakes, just tea, and the talk seemed much more awkward.
Issei spent the whole time quiet until he got the chance to talk to Cordis.
"Hey, nice to meet you, I'm Issei Hyoudou, it appears we'll be the only new members this time" Issei gave his hand awaiting a hand shake, of which Cordis accepted "Nice to meet you too I guess."
"So what made you join the club?" Issei needed to get information by any means possible without giving any suspicion as he was supposed to not know any of the members yet.
"Oh well, Monika invited me to come since they needed one more member to become a recognized club" Cordis took a sip of the tea Yuri had brewed.
So Monika replaced Sayori in that situation. It seemed like the story could continue even without her, yet it felt wrong. Issei simply gave up as he didn't want to continue trying to seek any trace of Sayori himself, instead he would rather check her house to see if she was even in what seemed to be a new reality.
As they all finally finished, it seemed like the ambience was more tense than before, despite that, Monika was still able to convince Cordis to stay in the club. And again, they seemed to be ignoring him for the most part. He thought that maybe retracing his past actions would be the best action, he was in a great position before to help Yuri, she seemed like the one to fall in love with Cordis first, and with the help of Natsuki they both could help her from avoiding self harm.
As they all finally went back home, Issei waited a few minutes to then go to where Sayori's home was supposed to be. As he got closer, the place seemed completely empty, he looked around to see if there was any sign of there ever being a person living there. Unable to see better he got closer as he now got to the doorstep.
On top of that the quest he got immediately after was difficult for him, he knew what it was about but he didn't know if he could do it. The rewards on the previous quest were by far the most lackluster one yet, but he didn't really mind since it was easy to do
Quest #6
Resuscitated Heart
Condition: Join the Literature Club
Failure: You don't join the Literature Club
Completed!
Rewards: + 1 Fortitude
Quest #7
Heated Argument
Condition: Help out a side of the Argument
Failure: You don't help a side in the Argument
Not only was this different, but he didn't know that this would be what he would have to do to continue the story, after stalling enough time to prepare himself he continued with his questionable actions.
"What am I doing, I look like a fucking stalker" Issei knew that he was doing something incredibly questionable, to the point that he might as well be the worst person out of the group of his friends. He then noticed that the door was actually open, yet after entering, the place felt the same.
He made his way up the stairs as he got closer to where Sayori was supposed to be sleeping. He debated on whether or not to open the door.
He slowly opened the door.
To see nothing, literally, there was nothing inside, it was a complete white space... similar to the dream he had. He slowly walked in but the moment he stepped inside, the place turned into a black void, instead of the blue that adorned it, it was replaced by red. He made his way through, looking around, there was still reflection on the floor, but he still decided to continue, he ended up in the same church, but instead of it being white, it was completely black, entering like last time, yet again there was no one inside.
He went towards the altar, where he found a different book, this one was red with black gems, it was like a true inversion of the white book with blue gems, he took it, this time without hesitating.
And just like last time, it started to tremble.
He saw himself on the street of the neighborhood.
He looked back, only to see an empty plot that said "For Sale", yet he still had the book in hand, he silently opened Mystery Storage and took out the other book.
He now had two books that he could not use his appraisal skill, yet he still had no use for them. Issei questioned himself over these two books, yet he simply put them away in his unlimited inventory.
He then made his way to his own house. It seemed like Sayori ceased to exist, and only he knew of her existence.
It was the next day now and Issei simply did the same thing over again, despite trying to act like everything was fine, his friends immediately noticed. He wondered how Sayori could do it so easily. But in the end he just told them that they shouldn't really worry.
"So Issei, how about we go to check at the bookstore to see if there is anything new we could buy?" It was the same sentence as last time, it seemed like everyone got reset to 6 days ago.
"Sorry, but I am going to the Literature Club" This time Issei wanted this to be done quickly. "Wait there's a Literature Club?" Motohama, yet again, asked the same thing as before.
"Yeah it does exist, it's situated in the third year's hall, pretty far away from the other clubs since it needs more quiet to read and write" Issei thought that this the system's excuse to make it come into existence.
"Yup, it does exist, but it wouldn't have become and actual club had Issei and Cordis joined" He was expecting Kiryuu to enter the conversation, but it was a surprise to him to hear Monika, he looked at where the voice was coming from and saw that Monika was on the entrance door of the class.
"Holy shit a hottie!" Matsuda instinctively yelled out, making everyone pay attention to where Matsuda was pointing at.
"Hey there Issei! I came here since I needed to talk to you about something" Monika didn't know that this was the last thing Issei wanted, now both of his friends were looking at him intensively, but he just stood up annoyed as he went out of the door to accompany her " So what is it that you..." His voice started to quiet down as he got farther from the class, leaving everyone with their mouth opened.
Issei Hyoudou, the most perverted student in the Academy, was talking so casually to a girl they've never seen before but was incredibly beautiful. This made waves as rumors on their relationship started to appear. But in the end Kiryuu stepped up just to explain who she was and add more fuel to the fire.
"Hyoudou seems to have entered the Literature Club, which is composed of 3 beautiful women." She then took out her phone and showed to her classmates the photos of each member.
This time his reputation took an incredibly strange turn as people wondered how he got into the Literature Club.
"So what is it that you want" Issei noticed that there was a lot of noise in the background, it was probably his class as he went out of the class with someone extremely beautiful.
"Well, you see, I need you to help Cordis feel comfortable, since you're the only other boy in our club I want you to make sure that Cordis doesn't end up having a bad time in there." Monika asked him while having her hands together as in a motion of praying.
"Uh, sure, I can do that, you don't really need to ask me that, I'm sure he'll be fine either way" Issei accepted, but was wondering what changed for Monika to ask him for a favor.
"Thank you, let's go to the club then shall we?" They both continued as they finally got inside. In there he found Yuri and Natsuki doing the same things as they did last time.
He decided to get closer to Natsuki, as much as he didn't like her attitude, she was the only one who knew of Yuri's situation. When he got closer to her, he started by asking her something "Natsuki? What are you looking for?"
Upon hearing him, Natsuki jolted and hit her head with the closet "Ow! Hey! Don't come up to me only to surprise me, god... that hurt" She started rubbing her head as she looked angry towards Issei.
"Sorry about that, uh I wanted to know if you needed anything since you've been looking there for a while now." Issei asked in what seemed to be his attempt at a happy voice, he really needed to practice his acting skills.
"Well, if you're gonna help me, what's the point of having stuff organized if others are gonna mess with it?! Also what's with that gloomy look on your face?! This was actually starting to annoy Issei, he didn't expect Tsundere characters to be this annoying in real life.
They both spent a bit of time silent until Natsuki finally replied "I'm looking for manga" This surprised Issei "Wait you read manga?"
"So what if I do?" Natsuki didn't seem embarrassed but rather said it in a more confrontational way "You should never judge a book for its cover!"
"Then you shouldn't call me a pervert if you haven't met me yet" Issei retorted back using her own words "Well... I me- I-" She was having a hard time trying to find the right words but in the end was saved from getting cornered by finally finding the manga she was looking for. "Ah there it is!"
"Parfait Girls?" Issei had never heard of it, it must have been created by the system, since if he saw 4 girls in the cover, he more than likely would have owned it.
Issei looked as she sat down on the floor, he looked around, only to notice Cordis and Yuri together, he sighed and decided to sit beside her. " So what is it about?"
"Well, it starts off pretty simple, it's mostly a slice of life with these 4 girls hanging around, but once you get into later volumes you start getting deeper themes with drama, such as the backstories of the romance, which is what makes it quite interesting!" Natsuki kept reading while explaining to him everything about it. Truthfully, he could only feel as if it was similar to something, but couldn't really point out what.
He silently read along with her, it was quite soothing, this was what the Literature Club was about, yet he didn't know if it would end up like last time, but right now, he wanted to live in the present and not care about the past nor future.
In the end they ended up talking about manga, he would have never guessed that the person who would talk about manga outside his two friends would be a Tsundere. The manga was good, yet it felt off in some way, so he ended up telling her that he wouldn't be ready for whatever turn it would have and stopped there for today.
She did suggest he take a volume to read it, but he assured her he could buy one for himself, but in the end Natsuki insisted, so now he had to make sure neither Motohama or Matsuda noticed the volume.
Monika decided this was the right time to start sharing poems, Issei took out Poem of the Black Swan yet again, he went with the same order that he did last time. With Yuri first, all he could hear was her saying the same stuff, but when it came to that question. "This isn't your first time writing right?" He responded with "No, I've been writing for a while now, in fact I've actually gained a collection of various poems I've made."
"Oooh, so are you perhaps trying to make this a career?" Yuri seemed interested this time instead of looking sad, this felt better, yet he was unsure if he would really make this his job. He decided to lie. "Yeah, I'm thinking of doing this for a living, I don't really have anything else that I am good at, so I've been trying for many hours each day to make sure that my poems are good."
Yuri seemed satisfied with his answer this time, in fact, it seemed like she was more determined now, Issei quickly read through Yuri's poem, mentioning yet again oddly enough the mention of Sayori was still present, yet he knew for a fact that she wasn't here anymore.
Next was Natsuki, it was as he expected the same words, the same faces, everything. "Is there by any chance something you want to talk about?" He was just bits before spilling out everything, but he kept strong, "N-Not that I care much, but there has to be somewhere where you gained this kind of expressing from" He listened to her say the same thing again, but this time, he wanted to know more about her, Yuri seemed to have trouble with self harm, Monika was an incredibly abstract person, but Natsuki? aside from being a Tsundere? He didn't know much aside from her knowing Yuri's problem.
He made a simple rebuttal to her question "No, what about you?" He saw her hesitate a bit. Just how fucked up was everyone in this club? He was now wondering what her issue was while reading through her poem once again.
He simply let that go, he went to Monika as they exchanged their poems, but to his surprise something was different about it, he used Artistic Appraisal to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
Item
Poem Hole in Wall (2)
Grade: Great
Description: Where does light go? When we turn off the lights, what happens to it? Truthfully it simply gets absorbed with the things around it. But what does it see? Does it see us turning the switch as it unknowingly is being watched? Or does the light panic, until it is absorbed by the items and keeps watching?
He didn't expect to see the same named poem with something different written in it, he simply told her he didn't understand like last time. The poem sharing this time was much faster than when they had 6 members.
As he waited he saw as the argument started, both Yuri and Natsuki seemed to be acting the same way as they did, but it took a sudden turn as they both started to insult each other and say some incredibly bothersome statements.
The argument escalated to the point that both Monika and Cordis went outside of the room, Issei then thought that this was enough. "Ok both of you stop!" He screamed loudly as they both seemed to look at him, he proceeded to continue, "look I don't care what the reason for this was but I think you've done enough, both Cordis and Monika left the room because you two went too far."
They both still didn't seem to have any regrets, Sayori really helped defuse the situation, but now, without her, I needed to take care of it. "Ok, so I heard some stuff that I really did not want to hear, a lot of accusations that I am pretty sure could be proven wrong right now, for example, Yuri" She flinched when I called her name "Could you roll up your sleeves?"
She didn't, Issei pretended to be shocked and then said "You can't be serious" Yuri tried defending herself but in the end the argument continued, Natsuki's insults were uncharacteristic of her, he felt like something was off with both of them. But when Yuri decided to say something else, this caught Issei's attention. Was... Was Natsuki living in an abusive household? Natsuki didn't know how to respond, she simply ran out of the room. Issei went after her, this felt incredibly familiar to him, he knew that he had screwed up as he didn't end up siding with one or the other, but at the very least, he wanted to know more of the problems of each of the girls.
He found himself at the same place as when he first made Sayori cry, this felt incredibly scripted, yet he continued to walk down until he saw Natsuki, she looked like she was deep within her mind, as he got closer Natsuki finally realized that he was in front of her. He slowly got to her side and sat down next to her.
He attempted to try the same approach as he did with Sayori, but this time he would simply wait to see if she wanted to talk or not. "Are you ok? Don't let what Yuri says bring you down, do you need to talk about it?"
Natsuki denied with her head, she didn't seem to be willing to open up "No, I don't need anyone's help, I can deal with it myself." She wasn't crying but Issei could tell that she was holding her tears back. "She just exaggerated things, it's not as bad as she said."
"If you say so... Just know that you can talk to me if you need to" He left her alone as he needed to make sure he didn't rush things through, he'd wait a bit and let his words sink in until she's able to open up. Natsuki seemed like she was less self destructive, so he didn't have to worry about her doing anything that could kill her.
As he walked the quest notification came into his view as it showed that, apparently, it counted as a completion, it appears that he didn't need to take a side of the argument, but rather choose one of the members to help out.
Quest #7
Heated Argument
Condition: Help out a side of the Argument
Failure: You don't help a side in the Argument
Completed!
Reward: Increases Relationship with Character helped
Issei realized that it has been awhile since he last saw the Relationship menu, he decided to take a look to see if his relationships decreased due to what seemed to be reset.
Relationships
Story 1
Cordis 10/100 - 0/100
Monika 21/100 - 0/100
Natsuki 36/100 - 0/100
Sayori 70/100 - 20/100 (Unavailable)
Yuri 14/100 - 0/100
Looking at Natsuki's relationship progress, it seemed like it increased quite a bit compared to last time, but the relationships with the other characters are lower than before, especially Yuri, it seemed like him telling her to prove she didn't cut herself decreased the friendship progress. But in the end he simply looked at what was connected to Sayori's information.
He waited to see if a new quest would appear but this time it didn't, which made him wonder if something bad would happen.
A day passed and Issei found himself back inside the Literature Club, he put the manga volume that Natsuki gave him in Mystery Storage to make sure no one else knew about its existence, he took it out before he entered and went towards Natsuki to give it back to her.
But he found that Yuri was there with Cordis, before he could say anything, Natsuki showed up asking if they had seen Monika, the three of them said that they didn't, Issei immediately gave her the manga, at this point, things god weird.
"Uh? Wait, where did you get that from?!" Natsuki was surprised by the fact that Issei had the first volume of Parfait Girls in hand, "Give it back, did you take this without permission?!" Natsuki seemed angry, but then Cordis intercepted. " Wait, what do you mean? Didn't you insist on giving it to him?" This confused her, as she then replied "What do you mean by that?"
"Uhm, excuse me, before you continue with the matter of the manga, I think I should say that I want to apologize to you Natsuki, I've said things that I regret and mean to say and I hope we can reconcile, I promise I will control myself from now on." It took all of her might to finally intervene and say what she wanted, but Natsuki was still surprised and even more dumbfounded by the situation "Yuri, what the heck are you talking about?"
This was weird, I then proceeded to explain the situation, Natsuki indeed didn't remember anything that happened. As both Cordis and Yuri left the scene, I was left with Natsuki, she seemed wary yet again.
Noticing that she was having trouble putting back the manga, I saw as the box was higher than usual, I then offered my help "Hey, Natsuki, do you need help getting up there?"
She looked at me and completely rejected it. "I don't, I can do it myself, are you saying that because I'm short?" I proceeded to deny it. "No, it's because you're unable to put it in, since you need to take out the box."
"Ah? Ugh, give me a second, I'll get a chair to get there" She then left the manga on top of a table, but before she went for a chair, I then suggested "Wouldn't a table be better? it's much more stable than a chair."
Natsuki started to blush as I kept giving better options, in the end she took a table and was able to put the manga back. For the next few minutes I kept wondering why she didn't remember anything, it was a mystery to many of the members, as the others still remembered.
Issei felt as his mind went back to thinking of the worst possibilities. Was she locking away her memories alongside her trauma? Did she get hit too hard to the point she forgot stuff? Or is this related to the system?
Monika came back as she told everyone that she was distracted, taking piano lessons, they all seemed to continue their activities, it wasn't the time to share their poems yet, but he knew that during that time, it was his chance to get Natsuki's help to attend to Yuri's troubling hobby.
Before that, he noticed that Yuri went to go for some hot water to make more tea, I then excused myself to the bathroom, following the script of what I did the first time around, this time I watched Yuri for a bit.
And just as I expected it, she didn't go out to get the water, but rather to start cutting herself. He immediately stopped her from doing that as I barged into where she was. "Yuri? Are you there?" Issei saw as she had pulled up her sleeve and had a knife on hand.
"Hy-Hyoudou?" Yuri was surprised to see him there, trying to hide the knife she tried to run away, but before she could, Issei closed the door as he took her by both arms, making the knife fall to the floor making a loud noise.
"Why the hell are you doing this?" Issei interrogated her, this was one of the few times he was confrontational about it, if letting Cordis, who was known to be patient with others with her and she didn't speak about it, then he had to come and do it himself instead.
"Y-you wouldn't understand" Yuri was stuttering as the position they were in was pretty bad in the eyes of anyone who dared come in. "Please, please don't tell Cordis about th-this" Yuri seemed like she was about to cry, or she wanted to hide and never come out again.
"I won't I promise that, just tell me why you're doing this" Issei felt concerned as he may be too pushy about it, but there was no other way he thought that would work.
"You wouldn't believe me" Yuri seemed to be much more confident about herself for some reason, which was weird yet again, the sudden change of personalities was something that was starting to freak him out.
"Try me, I've seen and heard worse stuff" Issei taunted her as it seemed like she was about to tell him everything. There was no way it could be any more fucked than than the last two gir-
"It's because it excites me" Ok that was far more fucked up that what the other two were going through. Issei gave her a judging look, sure he heard of masochists, but he wasn't sure she fit the description.
"Oooook... Yeah thats incredibly fucked" He let her go as she started to put her sleeves down. "You should seriously try to stop that, think of it as a drug, it harms you yet you can't stop." Issei suggested to her he had no idea what to do, this was so different to Sayori's and Natsuki's problems.
"Easier said than done" She was right on that, but Issei then continued "You should go get hot water, you do realize that Cordis could have come at any moment to check on you right?"
"Yeah you're right, I'll get the water ready, just go back to the club to tell him that" Yuri seemed a bit more aggressive with her words, which was incredibly weird, it was out of character, but he refused, "sorry but I'm gonna say no, I'm gonna accompany you in case you decide to try again."
The next few minutes were spent in total silence as they got the hot water back to the club room. As they entered Yuri apologized to Cordis for taking too long, Issei spent the rest of the time trying to plan out what he should do.
As the time to share poems came, they were all the same. I saw as Yuri took out two poems, this was different, instead of the fourth day getting two poems only Yuri took two poems on the third day, he didn't know why, but it seemed as if one was meant for Cordis.
As soon as I got paired with Natsuki, the moment after reading the poem, I got close to her, which made her flinch back and I whispered "You've noticed it as well about Yuri?"
Natsuki wanted to make sure that they were talking about the same thing, "Wha- what do you mean?" She got closer and whispered, "You mean her obsession with harming herself?" I then revealed to her "Yeah, I went to check on her, she was about to start doing it, but I lied about not telling it to anybody, since I'm telling you."
Natsuki looked worried, she had no idea what to do about it, but then she suggested "Maybe we should leave it to Cordis? He's the closest out of the members since... Well, I'm not sure what happened yesterday, but our friendship is quite tense."
"No, I don't think Cordis will be enough to do it, since not only does he not know, but also because he is rather patient with people telling their problems, to the point that he may wait the problem out for too long." I tried to convince Natsuki that she needed to confront her, alongside him. But Natsuki's personality didn't let her show attachment. "No, I'll just let Cordis know through a note disguised as a poem, since I've already given him mine, I'll give it tomorrow, that way we all get to do it together.
Issei seemed a bit doubtful but it was a good enough answer that he could be satisfied. As they all finished, Issei didn't really notice much change in Monika's poem this time around, so he simply ignored it. The last part was weird, yet again.
At the end of the poem sharing, Monika then announced what we would do in preparation of the festival, however, this time Natsuki was incredibly against the idea, I could understand why, many of us could except Cordis. As soon as she got up, packed her stuff and left, I decided to follow her, but before that I gave my two cents to the idea "I understand that you want the Literature Club to be bigger than it is now, but I think you should slow down a bit, the idea of the festival is cool, but we shouldn't make it simply to recruit new people, we should participate to have fun there instead. That's all I wanted to say" As I finished I ran towards where Natsuki was going, while I didn't know the street, I simply got her attention.
"Natsuki! Wait!" As soon as Issei yelled to call her attention, Natsuki looked around to see him, he then started to pant as he had to catch his breath. He continued to say "Please rethink the whole thing about the festival." Natsuki seemed taken back by this and said "Why should I? If Monika is thinking about taking the last safe haven I have then I would rather not even show up to the club anymore" She crossed her arms as she was waiting for Issei to respond.
"I am not saying that you should help to get more members, but to have a good time, have fun, and maybe even rekindle your friendship with Yuri." Issei didn't want to have people absent for Monday, as he didn't want anyone going out of their way to have something bad happen to them again.
Natsuki was quiet, she didn't really feel like she had any other option, it was either go to the festival or stay at home, and she knew what she would choose. "Ugh, fine if you insist so much, I'm not going because I want to, but because I have to, got it?"
"Yeah, uhm, about what you said in the room" Issei now wanted to hear more, he yet again was meddling at private matters, but he really needed to know if any of them were in danger of dying in front of him.
Natsuki sighed as she had no other choice, "Fine, since you're gonna continue asking, I'll tell you" She took a moment to prepare herself "I live with my father, and... he's not the greatest one you could say, I got to the Literature Club because I liked it, I didn't have live in fear for what my father would do, I could do what I really wanted without being yelled at, without being..."
"You can stop there, I understand, if it's too uncomfortable you don't need to continue, I'm... getting the idea." "Did this also explain why she was... so small?"
"Oh, if you were gonna make me say it, why did you stop me now?" Natsuki felt annoyed that he would make her say stuff she didn't like but make her stop immediately, but at the same time she felt relieved as she was able to tell another person her problems, but that wasn't really the only thing she had, yet she was hesitant to say it.
"Anyway if that is all you wanted to know, then I'll be on my way then" Natsuki seemed a bit nervous over saying this, but she continued forward, Issei saw as she went home, one that didn't really feel like it fit the definition. He impulsively then said "You can stay in my house you wanted" He really cringed on what he said, but he knew that his parents would treat her incredibly well.
"Urk, don't say that!" Natsuki was blushing like crazy, but thought of it a bit "But, you're not joking right?" Issei simply nodded "W-well either way I would never ask you, since you would then do whatever you wanted with me like the pervert you are!" She quickly ran away as she was still blushing.
Issei was now red as he really let his intrusive thoughts win, but at the same time, it meant that he was trusted enough that she would willingly ask him for help.
(A/N)
Man I put 3 days of DDLC inside a single chapter, well as you can see I am picking up the pace. There really isn't much to talk about in here, aside the fact that the next girl that has the lightspot is Natsuki!
Fun fact, creating this fic made her go from my least favorite to my second favorite as I discovered more things of DDLC, I also realized taht I missed a shit ton too.
Unfortunately this means that Yuri won't be getting much screentime, but she had a decent amount in the actual game, I had no way to fit her into more interactions with Issei. Speaking of him, you can also notice a slight shift in personality, you'll also see how he starts acting more questionably.
As you can see , there isn't much of the System in this chapter. This is off topic, but I find it funny that the thought of NTR came into my mind many times now, not because I want to add it... but because I scrapped a story where Issei was an NTR protagonist, basically he was gonna get cucked, but then I realized, I already made him suffer enough, so I cut him some slack (know that a scrapped idea can come back at any time, so live in fear that Issei gets NTRd)
This is also an advancement for next chapter but I'm thinking of doing Day 4, Sunday and day of the Festival together, after that there should be a few more chapters to wrap this arc up. I want to know if you guys think that I'm going too fast or if I am going too slow. Just as well how much I think the relationship building is going, I feel like I am going fast on these love interests, but you then realize that this is an arc of the story where I don't really want to extend it more than what already has, since I would simply be starting to try get more ideas from the actual game instead of putting more effort myself.
For example, the first few chapters followed the game pretty closely, here I want to add more that connects Issei and DDLC, in this case, Natsuki would be the bridge for them.
You can also notice how Natsuki hasn't show much affection for Cordis, well , it's because I really don't think its relevant, since even in the actual game at the fourth day of the second time you see that she's simply worried about how the others act (or thats how I undertand it)
The Red book with black gems... I wonder what it could be in reference to? Well of course its Red Eyes black dragon! Again, I'm joking, but I think you may have an idea of what it may be and I can tell you, you're either know what you're expecting it, or you're completely off
Scrapped Ideas!
I was thinking of making Issei confess his love to Sayori, but then I thought, this relationship is going too fast, I wanted to make Issei doubt if he truly loved her or if he was just being his normal self.
I was thinking of making it so that Issei made Cordis go with Yuri, but after taking a liking to Natsuki, I decided against it and made both go with Cordis.
My soul told me to make Issei either be able to save Sayori by going there on time or make Second Take work, but my brain said that it would make the whole story end there.
The White book with blue gems was supposed to be obtained much farther into the story, but I realized that there really wasn't any place to get them where it would feel much more out of place.
And I think thats it for now, I'll see y'all when I next update.