Chapter 17: Unique meeting
The next day when Shikami entered the classroom, all his classmates started talking and complimenting his success against the mafiosi, and even Aoko and Kaito, especially the former who was really impressed.
Thus spending time talking, the teacher arrived and began the lesson as usual, at least until the school radio was heard announcing "Shikami and requested by the president. Shikami and requested by the president"
Puzzled as to why he was called away, he went to the principal's office as requested, while classmates like Aoko and Kaito were worried about him.
Upon entering the principal's office, the first thing Shikami saw were two people, a female and an old man who was supposed to be their principal. The principal looked at him and then said explaining the reason why he had called him.
"I'm sorry for calling you while you were giving the lesson, but this young lady wanted to meet you and specifically asked me to introduce you.
She and Emma Queen, the eldest daughter of the Queen family who is one of the Heads of the billionaire company, and not that the richest and most powerful first family in the entire world "
Having had such an explanation, Shikami was surprised that someone so important had come for him, especially since he currently had nothing to do with high society.
While he thought, Emma Queen studied him carefully to verify some of his thoughts, not that they were that complex.
Making a fake cough, she introduces herself and explains why she had him called. "As your headmaster informed you, I'm high society, and normally I wouldn't get involved in these types of affairs.
Getting to the point of why I'm here. My younger brother saw you driving a car that he really likes, and so he wanted to buy it from you but without success, so he called me and wanted my help"
Shikami remembers a strange boy who jumped to stop him, and then told him that he wanted to buy his car, but I completely ignore him. To think that all this mess happened, you could only find out while he listened to the request of this girl named Emma Queen.
Seeing that Shikami wasn't too worried about the matter, I look at him and then continue "as I told you, my brother wants your car and that's why I'm here to buy it.
How much do you want for the car, 10 million?...50 million... or do you prefer something else compared to the money? "
As she spoke, Shikami could see that she didn't care at all about her car let alone helping her brother, so curious about it, she asked "why are you helping your brother if you're not interested in helping him at all?"
Emma Queen was surprised by the sudden question asked, but answered without making him wait "even if it is true that I am not interested in helping my brother, but he is still my little brother and that is why I am helping him"
Shikami was very curious at first, but when you heard and saw how he responded, he remained silent so that the room was silent and awkward. After a few seconds, he looked at the principal and said "can you come out of here and let us talk alone?"
The principal surprised by her sudden request, could only accept it with a smile, because he did not dare to contradict Shikami or Emma who both had powerful backgrounds.
One was part of the police, and was also a hero respected throughout the department for managing to save Teitan Elementary School from the mobsters. The other was the daughter and also future head of the Queen family.
So leaving them alone without Emma Queen's objection, she asked him the meaning of his gesture, but he said nothing except a question.
"Why did you lie?"
To which she couldn't understand the meaning, so Shikami explained himself to make her understand what he wanted to tell her "when you gave me your answer, you weren't telling the truth.
It was as if I wanted to hide something that wasn't about helping your brother at all, but more about something personal. Like a task you had to perform"
Emma Queen imperceptibly showed a strong sense of fear, which however she managed to hide the moment she arrived. Too bad Shikami saw her and thus only increased his suspicions against her.
In fact, Emma Queen was hiding a very interesting and above all important secret, at least for her and whoever had obtained the information about it.
For the first time since she was born, she felt a sense of mystery and concern against someone her age, not to mention the fact that she had always been able to maneuver and understand the emotions of everyone she met.
Taking a step back, she asked him warily, "Why are you telling me all this?"
Shikami saw her defensive and above all perplexed state, and therefore I explain to her without hiding anything from her "I don't know why, but you give me a different feeling from the others.
Usually when I meet someone, that person is always unprepared on what to do or not to do, but when I met you it seemed like you had a specific goal, and I'm not talking about the excuse of helping your brother.
Maybe I'm wrong, but your goal is to get my car and thus help your brother. But this confuses me a lot, because I feel that you are neither interested in the car nor in helping your brother. Can you explain to me why you seem to have a completely different pattern than others? "
Logically he had no malicious intentions, but he was just surprised and curious about the girl who had managed to make him doubt his humanistic reading skills.
Usually he could understand almost everything about a person's intentions, but from her he only felt an indifference in the things she did, and therefore it made him perplexed and also intrigued by this novelty.
Emma Queen who clearly heard his words, took a sigh of surprise. Looking carefully at the boy who had managed to figure out almost all of her secret, she could only admire his deductive skills and sweat in fear at the same time.
Then sighing and just when she was about to say something, she suddenly looks at the void in front of her and then looks surprised and scared, but Shikami saw the change in her and realized that she was currently looking at something that he couldn't see.
And sure enough, you could see a holographic screen with words written on it.
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[New Mission: Befriend Shikami]
[Information: Given the particularity with which Shikami managed to notice the presence of the Friendship System, the system thinks that the subject is very unique and above all particular, which is why you will be entrusted with the mission of obtaining 70% Friendship.
Warning: Please be cautious when trying to approach the subject, because there is a 99% chance that Shikami will decide to kill you, because your actions may seem too strange, dangerous and enigmatic]
[Reward: 500 billion $$$ - 100 points Attributed - Portal to the world of your previous World]
[Failure: Reincarnate in another World, because Shikami will try to kill you if he fails the mission]
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Terror and fear pervaded Emma Queen's entire body, because it was the first time she had seen a mission with a death rate like this. Usually the rate was between 2% and 3%.
But seeing the rewards she could obtain, she was very happy because since she found herself being born into this world, the desire to return to her home world increased with each passing day.
She was part of high society in her previous life like now, but was kidnapped by an enemy of her father and held hostage against her will.
So having no chance to escape from her robber, she decided to commit suicide so as not to be used against her father.
Yet to his surprise, he woke up as a newborn baby in another world similar to his own, living a new fulfilling life with loving parents but a no-nonsense, trouble-making brother.
So far he had achieved great success in his family and also in society, but I don't expect that there could be someone who was able to get such a high death rate out of the system.
Usually the missions were like: help your brother deal with his problems and get some money, or make friends with influential people and get extra support and rewards.
So the current situation was very dangerous, but also profitable for her who wanted to return to her previous world, at least to be able to say goodbye to her friends and relatives.
Shikami I give him time to think, because you don't feel any malice or danger from him. So it was that when he finally saw her react after some time, he heard her talking about her.
" you want to be my friend? "
Strangely, he asked a very normal question, but he could hear that there was uncertainty, fear, happiness, and other various emotions in his voice.
I look at her for a few seconds, then tell him without hesitation "it's fine with me"
Hearing his response, Emma Queen received a notification from her system
[Friendship Point +1]
She was very surprised that he agreed to her request, especially given how his Friendship system described it, and because of this she thought that she could die by his hands at any moment.
From what he knew, there was a total of 100 Friendship points that need to be filled to be a best friend or even potential love, and so far he had gotten one of them.
In the past she would get between 10 or 20 points in one go and then increase the difficulty of the task, but was very disappointed when she only got 1 point.
Shikami who didn't know what he was thinking, ignored his thoughts and said to him "I have to say goodbye to you now, because I have to go back to class. And as for the car, your brother can buy it from someone else"
Emma Queen who was thinking, suddenly comes back to her senses when she said those words to him, so I speak to him with the utmost sincerity "I understand. Thank you for coming to talk to me and for not hitting my brother for what he did before. I hope to meet again in the future "
So Shikami said goodbye and went back to her class, while Emma Queen went back to her house to then text her stupid brother who was at school.
The message read: I talked to the guy whose car you wanted to take, and I warn you that he is a new friend of mine, and therefore if you even dare to do something against him... hope he doesn't find you at home.
The message was a clear threat, but she thought of it as more of a warning from a family member.
End of Episode 17
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