NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System

Chapter 105

‘This probably counts as a direct and polite rejection,’ Seiji thought to himself as Kaede Juumonji left his room.

She didn’t formally confess to him, but she admitted her feelings, while he rejected her with sincerity… The result was okay like this, wasn’t it?

Seiji felt like he had made the right choice by responding truthfully to her feelings.

Kaede’s future actions were up to her.

If she gave up, then that was that. If she didn’t give up… since she had just been rejected, she probably wouldn’t do anything immediately. Even if she continued living in the apartment building, her actions probably wouldn’t be too proactive… probably.

If Kaede wasn’t proactive, then Mika would be calmer, and she wouldn’t explode or anything. This way everyone could get along… at least for the time being.

‘Forget it, I shouldn’t think about it anymore.’ Seiji sat down in his chair; now all this was over, he thought that he could finally rest.

After he relaxed for a while, he opened up the [gifts] option in his system.

The dinner at the Uehara family gave him 15 points, and as for the moving-in present cake that Kaede gave him…

[Stat increase card—"Admiring Heart!"]

[This card contains the pure feelings of admiration a girl has towards you. For a girl in love, the target of her affection seems perfect in her eyes. After using this card, you can choose a specific stat and increase its value permanently. The lower the stat you choose, the greater the increase.]

Seiji was rendered speechless by this.

Even though he just rejected her politely, he had received such a good [gift]. No, he should reverse what he just said; he just received such a good [gift], but rejected her.

Okay, whatever it was, he felt guilty… as if he hadn’t done right by her!

Seiji clutched his face.

He didn’t really want to use this card… But according to the explanation attached, it had a greater value if used while his stats were lower. Wasn’t this just asking for him to use it right now!?

He felt that his system was toying with him!

He didn’t want to use it, but if he let it sit there, its value would decrease, and he would feel like he was ignoring Kaede’s feelings, which seemed even worse.

‘System, you’re making me feel so conflicted inside… You’re enjoying this, aren’t you? Answer me!’

Naturally, there was no response from his system.

Seiji imagined a devilish fairy chuckling at him behind his back, and after that he imagined beating up the fairy with his own hands.

After deliberating for a few moments, he came to a conclusion. The card reflected Kaede’s true feelings, so he should accept them by using this card.

In that case, which stat should he increase?

He instantly eliminated [physical ability] and [charisma] as they were too high. [Academics] could be eliminated as well, so he was left with [communication], [music], and [art].

From these three choices, [communication] wasn’t terribly low, while [music] and [art] were both about the same. Those two were his lowest stats, so he decided to pick one of them.

So, [art] or [music]?

Seiji considered it for a while.

It surely had to be [art]!