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You are only ten years old now, and you don't have the harshness that comes with adulthood, so you wouldn't criticize Talulah's personality as silly.

You used up your 10-pull as a beginner and got three characters. The remaining slots were filled with ten character shards, which you can use to directly awaken a character.

To be on the safe side, you didn't use this qualification under Homura Akemi's nose. You decided to hide it and save up a little more fuel for drawing cards before using it to leave the Silver Garden.

Currently, all of Silver Garden's fuel resources are in the hands of Homura Akemi.

And every day, you can only earn pocket money by doing chores at home, like a primary school student who gets a little bit of fuel from the other party after completing your daily tasks...

You feel a little down, as the game is very different from what you initially imagined.

I initially thought I would be the boss, but Homura Akemi would be my secretary who would use her own savings to cover my debts and ensure the game went smoothly when I was short of money. Overall, it would be a simulation management game similar to those in Kairosoft games.

As a result, Homura Akemi showed you through her actions that the real power in the Silver Garden was actually in her hands. If you were a puppet emperor, then she was the empress dowager ruling from behind the curtain.

You are amused by your own thoughts.

However, it must be said that if you don't find an exit from the Silver Court, the main quest cannot proceed.

Therefore, the next thing to do is definitely to find a way to avoid Homura Akemi's gaze and leave the Silver Garden.

You asked Nana Oba, Hibiki Tachibana, and Talulah if they could help you leave this place, but you were all refused.

As for Yuki Yuna, it goes without saying that if you let someone lead you away, you won't even know who is leading whom.

You are certain that you are not physically capable of pushing Yuuki Yuna's wheelchair with ease.

Therefore, the only hope for the future lies with the new subordinates.

On a sunny morning, you spent three minutes washing the dishes in your hands, drying them, and putting them in the cupboard. You received 100 fuel as a reward from Nana Ohba, who was taking a picture of you washing the dishes. You finally had enough fuel for a single gacha pull.

Come to think of it, you don't know why Nana Ohba loves taking pictures so much; she seems to be looking for opportunities to take close-up shots of your face all day long.

You carefully placed it in your backpack, and suddenly felt a bit more confident.

You run back to your room, close the door—you've noticed these past few days that your subordinates always pass by your room when they're lounging around—and then nervously prepare to start drawing cards.

[Confirm the attempt to awaken the character card using 600 fuel?]

You click on the option, silently praying that you'll draw a useful and obedient subordinate.

You see a rainbow interspersed within the golden light, and your heart leaps with excitement: It's a six-star!!!

Accompanied by a series of booming special effects, something appears before you—

—After a flash of black smoke, nothing happened.

You slowly uttered a question mark.

Wait a minute... all that hard work I put into doing chores to earn fuel, and the system just ruthlessly stole it?!

You searched the room thoroughly for a long time, but couldn't find another person in the room, where the doors and windows were tightly shut.

Where's your character card?! Where's that huge character card you were supposed to draw?!

There wasn't even a cashback offer for character card fragments...

You were deeply affected.

[Data anomaly detected. Data anomaly detected.]

Before you could even look for a way to report the problem to the system, it finally reacted a beat late and reluctantly sent the compensation for the gacha issue to your inventory.

You: ...Never mind, something is better than nothing.

You've figured it out. This game is a piece of junk with questionable quality, terrible quest guidance, and tons of bugs.

You are tolerant of this.

At least you have a backup plan.

You originally wanted to exchange for the character card [Misaka Mikoto], hoping to have this hacker protect you while you were away, but now you realize you have to give up on that idea.

You need to exchange for a character card that excels at infiltration.

But now, you're planning to see what compensation the system has given you.

Open your backpack and you'll see:

【Ooba Nana's Strong Liquor】: A fairly strong alcoholic beverage. After consumption, Ooba Nana will enter a state of "It seems like... she drank a very strong liquor", which will last for two hours.

You: ...What is this?

This compensation is really weird.

However, you quickly figured out how to use this strong liquor.

Today's guardian character is Nana Oba. If you get her drunk, you might be able to leave the Silver Garden smoothly.

Your eyes lit up.

246. Obtain the item: Nana Oba's Sword Dance

[From the perspective of a young child]

You happily put away [Nana Oba's Strong Liquor], ready to give it to the other person.

This is probably a plot item delivered by the system, a tool to help you escape the Silver Court!

Before that, you need to choose another character card, preferably one that allows you to escape the Silver Garden unscathed right under Empress Flame's nose.

You searched very carefully among the descriptions of the many character cards.

[System prompt: We recommend selecting the character card - Nura Rikuo]

The system suddenly started an unfinished beginner's guide, pointing out the character card that would be the easiest way to get you out of the Silver Court.

Rikuo Nura is a half-human, half-yokai, half-demon. He possesses the fear of Kyoka Suigetsu and is skilled at petty theft and dine-and-dash. Moreover, due to his carefree personality, he previously obtained the right to enter and exit the Silver Garden from Homura Akemi.

This half-demon can freely enter and leave the Silver Garden and is also good at stealing things, so stealing a child like you wouldn't be a problem for him.

The only problem is that this half-demon seems to be a red-named individual.

You were startled, thinking that the half-demon was the kind of traitor who would attack you on its own initiative.

But the system explains to you that the character cards have incredibly high loyalty to you and will never betray you.

The reason for the red name is simply because Nura Rikuo is on other characters' wanted lists.

You are very puzzled as to why Nura Rikuo still has so many grudges and entanglements.

However, considering that Rikuo Nura is the sole heir of the Nura Clan, a yokai chivalry organization, perhaps yokai chivalry is just bound to have so many complicated interpersonal relationships.

So you calmed down and chose to awaken Nura Rikuo.

[Consume 10 fragments to awaken the character card - Nura Rikuo?]

【confirm】

Before you, golden light flashes again, and smoke billows out.

Amidst the ink-wash-like smoke, a handsome black-and-white-haired monster, with half his chest exposed and resembling an otome game character, exuded a lazy voice accompanied by the smell of alcohol.

【Nura Rikuo】: "The lord of demons and monsters, the third head of the Nura Clan, the fairy of mirror flowers and water moons, Nura Rikuo."

【Nura Rikuo】: "Master, give me some sake and I'll help you with the work."

An option appears before you: [Use Nana Ohba's strong liquor?]

The half-demon youth immediately asked you for alcohol upon his appearance. You clutched the "Nana Oba's Strong Liquor" in your backpack, which you had prepared to deal with Nana Oba. After struggling for a long time, you finally chose to refuse.

The little monster looked devastated; a speech bubble with an exclamation mark appeared above his head.

[Nura Rikuo]: "How stingy..."

You are presented with only one option:

1/Take me away from the Silver Garden, and there will be wine to drink outside.

【Nura Rikuo】: "...Are you serious? Boss, have you forgotten everything that will happen if I leave the Silver Garden right now?"

[Nura Rikuo]: "Speaking of which, what's going on with you looking like this? It's so ridiculous! How did you shrink to this size? Haha ...

The other person made a lot of sarcastic remarks about your default image and clothing, and you saw a bright red tic-tac-toe mark appear on your little figure's forehead.

Seemingly sensing that you were not in a good mood, the little monster who had asked you for wine as soon as he appeared also backed down.

【Nura Rikuo】: "Alright, alright, don't be angry, sir. I'll take you away from here."

【Nura Rikuo】: "But you have to go and talk to Ooba yourself. If she doesn't agree, I won't dare to take you away."

Cheer up!

Finally, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel as I looked to leave the Silver Garden!

It seems that it was the right decision not to hand the sake to Nura Rikuo earlier. If you had, you wouldn't have been able to deal with Ooba Nana.

You pat your chest, indicating that you've taken care of this matter.

Ask Nura Rikuo to wait in the room. Take out the item "Ooba Nana's Strong Liquor" from your backpack, fill a glass in the room, and go find Ooba Nana.

You soon found Nana Oba in the kitchen, busy making desserts.

[Nana Oba]: "Director? This is..."

[Nana Ooba]: "This juice looks delicious. Is it for me?"

[You]: "Okay, banana, drink up! I made this myself."

【Nana Oba】: "...Okay, sure."

Nana Oba's attitude seemed a little strange, but she did indeed finish that glass of strong liquor.

Her beady eyes turned into round eyes, and red patches appeared on her face, making her look dizzy.

[Nana Oba (drunk)]: "Director... this isn't juice..."

[Nana Oba (drunk)]: "...This is...sake."

[Nana Oba (drunk)]: "...I'm still a minor..."

She collapsed to the side.

Your plan has succeeded, and you're about to turn and leave in high spirits, when suddenly you stop in your tracks.