A reversal of fortune and victory in a world hated by all girls!

Personality: 94 points

Special skills: Cooking skills 15 points, sports and activities 14 points.

(A total of 360 points is required to advance to S-rank; the current total is 248 points.)

It is currently recommended to develop the character's other strengths; their knowledge and appearance also need improvement.

“Oh, once the data is visualized, it becomes much clearer. However, the score is indeed frighteningly low. It’s mostly due to his special skills that the score is lowered. But thinking about it, it makes sense. Hayakawa doesn’t seem to have any other special skills.” Aoi Natsuki sat in her chair, deep in thought. However, things always have multiple facets. A low score also means there’s more room for improvement.

Yes, there is still a lot of hope.

At that moment, he suddenly thought that he might as well take a look at the stats of other S-class girls and use it as a reference, which would also help him in the future.

However, when he entered other girls' scores, the results showed similar scores. Even Takahashi Mito received a high score of 92 for appearance, but her knowledge and personality scores were not 60 points higher, resulting in a total of only 226 points, which was 22 points lower than Hayakawa's. Even so, she was still an S-class girl.

At this point, Natsuki Aoi finally realized that this nurturing function was a "clumsy method" given to him by the goddess girl to improve his S-rank, because he had not yet understood what a real S-rank girl was.

To put it more simply, Takahashi Mito, Ayano, and Sakurajima An are all naturally S-class girls, while Ryuzakura is an example of someone who has been changed later in life. Now that this "raising" function has appeared, if it succeeds, it would be like being forcibly pulled up by an external cheat code.

These three are inherently different.

Aoi Natsuki took a deep breath, stood up from her seat, turned around, unlocked the door, and then walked to the kitchen to start cooking breakfast.

He never forgot the words of the goddess, and at the same time, he began to ask himself what kind of feelings he had for Hayakawa. The moment he felt a flutter in his heart for Ryuzakura on Christmas night—these were all important choices to be made later, and different choices would lead to different endings in the story.

But this is reality; this dating game has no restart button.

Aoi Natsuki planned to make some omelets while checking her school group chat on her phone. Given the weather, she probably wouldn't be going to school, so she decided to wait and see if there would be any announcements.

Students in the school group chat were discussing the heavy snow. Ten minutes later, the school indeed notified everyone that classes would be suspended for the day, and the school began to call each student's family to make the notification.

The elementary school Lina attends is no exception; it seems today will be another day spent at home, enjoying a leisurely rest.

Breakfast was almost ready, and Aoi Natsuki also fried some octopus-shaped sausages and fried eggs.

Lina then walked in from the dining room door. Following Natsuki's advice, she wrapped herself up completely. Although she was very thin, the many clothes she wore made her look like a dumpling, appearing chubby.

Aoi Natsuki couldn't help but laugh, but after Rina pouted and glared at him in dissatisfaction, he immediately composed himself. Suddenly, he thought of an interesting idea, then opened the system panel and entered Rina's name in the nurturing function.

As the progress bar spun, a series of points appeared, and Aoi Natsuki burst into laughter.

My knowledge score is only 9 points, hahaha.

"Lina, so you're still a little silly," Natsuki Aoi couldn't help but tease.

Upon hearing this, Lina's face flushed red and puffed up like a steamed bun. She turned her head away, not wanting to pay any attention to Natsuki.

She only forgave him this time after Aoi Natsuki came out with two plates of breakfast and apologized repeatedly.

The two then began to eat breakfast.

Just then, Natsuki Aoi heard the doorbell ring.

Will anyone still come to visit in this weather? Are they street cleaners?

He put down his chopsticks, walked to the front door, and when he opened it, the snow outside was much lighter than when he had seen it earlier. In the distance, he could see a petite figure standing at the iron gate, wearing a sheepskin hat and wrapped up tightly.

"Huh? Ayano?!" Aoi Natsuki recognized her, quickly grabbed an umbrella from the doorway, opened it, and ran out of the entrance.

Upon arriving at the iron gate, she discovered that a thin layer of snow had already covered her hat and the shoulders of her down jacket.

When she turned her gaze to Aoi, an indescribable excitement burst forth in her eyes.

He was still clutching a folder tightly in his hand.

He shouted at him in a hoarse voice:

"Natsuki! My short comic finally won an award!"

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Chapter 94 is a little bit of a concern

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"Phew, my body is starting to warm up."

Ayano, holding a teacup in both hands, sat in her seat in the dining room, her eyes half-closed, and said contentedly.

Sitting opposite her, Natsuki Aoi shook her head with amusement: "Do you still feel a tingling sensation in your limbs?"

"Oh! There really is! Could it be that you, Natsuki!" Ayano suddenly widened her eyes.

"No, that's not it. It's a perfectly normal natural phenomenon." Aoi Natsuki interrupted her, "You could have just told me about the short story award online. Why did you have to come all this way? It's at least a half-hour drive from your house, right? How did you manage to get here?"

"I took a taxi, but when I got to your neighborhood, I found the snow was even thicker, so I had to get out and run over quickly. Phew... I'm so glad I didn't freeze to death." Ayano took another sip of tea, enjoying it.

Aoi Natsuki's gaze fell on the file folder on the table. She could vaguely see the manuscript inside. She gently pressed down on the cover, and the contents of the manuscript inside became clear.

"Is this the short story about youthful romance that you drew half a month ago? I didn't expect it to win an award. What did the editors say? Is there a chance for it to be serialized long-term?"

After hearing this, Ayano shook her head first, then said seriously, "Long-term serialization is not an easy thing, especially in JP Publishing. There are only about twenty manga artists who have long-term serializations in a manga magazine, and they are all in competition with each other. Every week, a reader survey is conducted to find out the most popular manga of the week. If a manga that has been at the bottom of the rankings for a month wins, it is very likely to be canceled. So every manga artist who has a long-term serialization is doing their best to get the qualification to have such a serialization. I am far from enough."

"I see. So what kind of award is this?"

"Of course it's the Newcomer Award! Although it's only a third prize, my work will be specially posted. This is also a prerequisite for a long-running serialization. In the future, some of my short stories may appear in publications. Maybe one day I can become a long-running serialized comic artist!"

"Oh, now that you mention it, the word 'manga artist' seems to carry a lot more weight," Natsuki Aoi nodded thoughtfully.

However, he still felt that it was somewhat unnecessary to travel so far for this matter.

He turned to look outside. The snow had started to fall heavily again, and near the window, the outside was covered in a blanket of white snow.

Ji-chan had already been put into the living room by him, and was now lying on the floor resting quietly.

"It's so warm, the floor is scorching hot."

"Because my house has underfloor heating."

Ayano stood up from her seat, glanced down at Yoshi-chan as she passed by, and thought, "So cute and carefree..."

Footsteps sounded at the entrance of the dining room.

Then Rina came in carrying a stack of blankets, but because she was small, the blankets that were originally neatly arranged had become wrinkled and looked like balls. She carried them to the living room, placed them on the sofa, and pointed at the blankets, gesturing to Ayano.

"Oh! Thank you, Rina." Although Ayano didn't understand what she was saying, she could roughly guess from her actions. She then pulled Rina to her side and shared a blanket with her.

How warm it is...

Looking at the two who were gradually coming to a standstill, Natsuki Aoi wondered if they planned to stay in her house like this.

"Huh? What's this?" Ayano suddenly spotted a CD in the drawer under the glass coffee table, reached out and took it out, "The Heartbeat Moment: Saori Chapter! Wow! Natsuki, you play visual novels too!"

Aoi Natsuki paused for a moment, then remembered that she had been playing with it on the living room TV a few nights ago, and it seemed that she hadn't put it away afterwards.

Miscalculated.

"Yeah, so what? It's perfectly normal for guys to play visual novels," Aoi Natsuki readily admitted.

"Oh...that's true, but the pictures on this are really beautiful. May I play with it?"

"Okay, I'll go upstairs and bring the machine down."

"it is good."

Aoi Natsuki didn't care about any of that.

After the machine was unloaded, it was connected to the TV, the disc was inserted, and the controller was handed to Ayano. The game then officially began.

Aoi Natsuki glanced at the time; it was almost time to start preparing lunch.

In the living room, Rina, who was so excited to see snow early in the morning, was now a little sleepy. She lay on Ayano's lap, dozing off. Ji-chan had just given her a bath yesterday and brought her into the house, so she jumped onto the sofa and lay down next to Rina with her belly exposed.

Ayano, meanwhile, was engrossed in playing a visual novel, creating a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

Until a cry of surprise rang out.

Natsuki Aoi, wearing an apron, came out with a spatula.

"what happened?"

Ayano frowned slightly and said, "This plot is so difficult. I never expected it to develop like this."

Hearing this, Aoi Natsuki grinned: "Of course! This is currently the most difficult galgame to play. It took me quite a while to unlock only some of the girls. As for you, keep up the good work! The character art in this game is great. As a manga artist, you can use it as a reference for character and plot development, which will be helpful to you."

"Oh, yes, it does seem difficult, but the plot is very interesting! I definitely need to work harder."

"Okay, I'm rooting for you then." Aoi Natsuki turned to walk back to the kitchen, but suddenly stopped, turned back, and asked, "Would you like another cup of tea?"

"Okay! Thank you for your help!" Ayano exclaimed excitedly.

"Ah..." Lina on my lap also woke up, and it seemed that she also wanted to drink water.

"Yes, yes, I'll pour it for you."

Aoi Natsuki then went back to the kitchen.

Ayano continued playing the game. She heard the sound of the stove being lit, followed a few seconds later by the sound of vegetables being chopped on a cutting board. Ayano paused her actions with the controller for a moment and turned her gaze toward the kitchen where the sounds were coming from.

……

The snow continued to fall until 2 PM. Ayano stayed at Natsuki Aoi's house until 5 PM before leaving. Meanwhile, her older sister had texted her many times to inquire about the award. Today, she had only come to inform Natsuki about her award. After the roads were cleared, she hailed a taxi online.

"Can I really borrow these things? Then, Natsuki, what's next..."

"It's okay. I don't think I'll be playing games much lately, so you can take it with you. I hope it will be helpful for your creative work."

Aoi Natsuki saw Ayano off at the door. She was carrying a bag containing the machine. She looked at him, then at the things in her hands, and finally nodded firmly.

With his other hand clenched into a fist, he said, "I'll do my best!"

"Awoo!" Before Aoi Natsuki could speak, Rina raised her right hand and cheered.

Ayano then left Natsuki's house. By then, the snow on the streets of the neighborhood had begun to be cleared, and taxis were allowed to enter. She got into a car and headed home.

arrive home.

Mito Takahashi heard the door lock open and realized that her sister must have come back.

She put down the senbei she was holding, sat up from the sofa, and when she saw Ayano changing her shoes at the shoe cabinet, she said, "Ayano, you..."

Before she could even finish speaking, her younger sister Ayano picked up something and headed straight for the second floor. Unlike usual, she wouldn't greet her when she came home. She had never seen her do this before.

Ayano looks a little strange today.