The Paradise of Reincarnation Begins with Eriri

Before his senior even spoke, he had already suspected it might be related to Hinako Fukami. When he opened the character panel, he almost burst out laughing.

"Eh...is that a profile picture of Hinako Fukami?"

The girls all looked over curiously.

At the very bottom of the character panel, a deep red fox icon appeared, exactly the same as the Deepwater Hina icon on the virtual map in the dungeon.

[Abnormal Status: Deepwater Hinako's Curse]

[Danger Level: Extremely High]

[Curse Rank: Extremely High]

[Curse Trait: I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light. Deepwater Hina experienced unprecedented pleasure with you, and thus cast a primal curse upon you. You must offer enough pleasure to the curse each day, otherwise you will randomly receive various negative statuses. If you fail to satisfy the curse for a week, you will be pulled back to Silent Hill by Deepwater Hina.]

There is a note at the very bottom:

[Deep Water Hinako: ...Trying to run away after you've had your way with her?]

Makoto Kiyono: "......"

Slander! This is blatant slander!

I didn't pay anything from beginning to end, so how can it be considered prostitution?

Looking back now, in those final seconds before the debunking of the term, Hinako Fukami grabbed his wrist, clearly intending to cast a curse.

Finally, here is the notification from the park:

This curse is of extremely high rank; completely removing it requires 10,000 points. The player currently does not have enough points to remove it.

"...The case is solved."

Rio Futaba let out a soft breath:

"Prices in the amusement park haven't collapsed, nor are they maliciously targeting Kiyono-kun. The exorbitant medical expenses are all due to the curse of Hinako Fukami."

"Wait a moment."

Eriri put her hands on her hips and looked over, puzzled. "If I remember correctly, that idiot Seino has purifying abilities, right? Didn't he help Futaba purify the toxins from her wounds at the shrine before?"

Seino Makoto silently shook his head:

"Human beings have limits, and so does purification."

The "Purification" entry remains, and the "Deepwater Hinako" curse has not disappeared either; the two coexist tacitly.

Clearly, the "Purify" attribute is not invincible and is insufficient to remove the curse of Deepwater Hinako.

"It should be related to the curse rank."

Kasumigaoka Utaha softly expressed her opinion, "It's like how ordinary ghostly distraction methods are not comparable to Cthulhu summoning."

"The curse of the Deepwater Hinako is of an extremely high rank, therefore Kiyono-kun is unable to purify it."

Kato Megumi suggested softly:

"The curse sounds dangerous... If everyone pools their points, will it be enough to help Kiyono-kun remove the curse?"

"Not needed for now."

Upon hearing this, Kiyono Makoto shook his head, "Our total reward from this dungeon run is just over ten thousand points. If we use it all to remove the curse, we won't be able to do any enhancements."

So let's leave it for now.

Kiyono Makoto's tone was calm:

"Simply offer pleasure daily to keep the curse in check. Save your points to enhance your attributes and buy skills. Once you have enough points, you can remove the curse."

"..."

This statement is reasonable and well-founded, and it is indeed the best solution at present.

"Speaking of which, how can that pleasure be satisfied?"

Eriri put her hands on her hips and asked curiously.

"I don't know."

Kiyono Makoto shook his head. "Let's go back and experiment slowly."

"Well, I'm more curious about something else."

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms, her gaze shifting, her beautiful wine-red eyes looking at her with a half-smile, "...What exactly did you do to deserve that kind of nickname, junior?"

"Huh?"

"That's right."

"Trying to run away after using someone... isn't that a rather indecent nickname?"

The girls snapped out of their daze and all looked at Kiyono Makoto.

"Well, this is a long story..."

Kiyono Makoto wanted to gloss over the situation.

"Then let's make it short."

Eriri was very curious, "Anyway, the dungeon settlement hasn't started yet."

Rio Futaba spoke calmly:

"Perhaps we can glean some useful information from what Kiyono-kun said."

"......All right."

Kiyono Makoto sighed helplessly, knowing he could only satisfy the girls' curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

"Deepwater Hinako may be terrifying... but her true form is a girl."

"What's the meaning?"

"The meaning is very simple... I used water magic on her."

The girls: "......"

After hearing Kiyono Makoto's strategy for defeating the enemy, the expressions on the faces of the three girls—senpai, Eriri, and Kato—all became subtly different.

Eriri's pretty face quickly flushed red, her eyes filled with embarrassment and annoyance. She instinctively pressed her legs together and pulled her skirt down with her right hand.

"Dirty!"

"I see......"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's ears turned slightly red, and she said teasingly, "Junior, you actually took a different approach, using special methods to make Hinako Fukami unable to forget you. It's not surprising that you were cursed."

Kato Megumi didn't speak, but simply twirled a strand of hair behind her ear with her fingers, her gaze drifting elsewhere.

"Water magic?"

Rio Futaba tilted her head, her tone puzzled:

"I've seen Kiyono's water magic before, it shouldn't be that powerful, right?"

Kiyono Makoto explained in a low voice, "My water magic is of mutated quality. Besides being used in combat, it can also be used for healing and comforting... It has a special effect when used to heal girls."

What exactly are the effects?

As a research-oriented girl, Rio Futaba has an extreme love for getting to the bottom of things.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes darted around, a playful smile curving her lips:

"Well, I remember Futaba saying before, 'What you learn from books is never enough; you have to experience it yourself to truly understand.' The effects of water magic mutations can only be truly understood through personal experience."

Eriri stared at her speechlessly: "...That fat woman in black stockings is so wicked!"

She got caught in the rain herself, yet she wanted to snatch someone else's umbrella. What a wicked woman!

"Understood."

Rio Futaba lightly pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose with her index finger. She wasn't unaware of the playful smirk on her senior's lips, but as a research-oriented girl, she naturally had the spirit to dedicate herself to scientific research.

"Kiyono-kun, please let me experience your water magic firsthand."

Makoto Kiyono: "......"

Chapter 68: The girls clear the level and receive their rewards.

"...You really want to experience water magic?"

Kiyono Makoto silently looked at Futaba.

"Personal experience is the best way to see the results."

Rio Futaba's tone was calm and composed: "Everyone will definitely be using skills in the future, so it's essential to know the effects of those skills."

Eriri slightly twitched the corner of her mouth, unable to resist muttering a complaint under her breath:

"I bet a bag of spicy strips that Shuangye will definitely regret what she said today."

"Alright...we'll talk about it after we leave the park."

Having said that, Kiyono Makoto had no choice but to agree.

at the same time.

The black sphere hummed softly, projecting a curtain of light.

"Settlement has begun."

The girls all turned their heads and looked at the light screen in mid-air.

[Instance settlement complete]

[Reincarnator: Kiyono Makoto]

The screen began to flash with various highlights of Qingye in the dungeon.

There are scenes of him and Eriri solving treasure chests together in middle school, arriving at the shrine to kill evil players, being pulled into another dimension to choose a bride, and the park even specially freezes the scene of him kissing Eriri for one second.

"..."

Looking at the image on the screen, Eriri's pretty face flushed red, so ashamed she couldn't bear to face anyone.

That's outrageous!

That's outrageous!

Even in an amusement park, you can't just arbitrarily reveal other people's privacy!

"Ah, I see."

Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms, closed one eye, and tilted her head to look at Eriri. "No wonder that useless young lady kissed me without hesitation during the final evacuation. Turns out she'd already been a philanderer before."

"I didn't! I didn't!"

Eriri's pretty face flushed, and she subconsciously retorted:

"I couldn't move a single finger at the time, and that idiot Kiyono kissed me... And who's the cheater?!"

Stupid Seino didn't date anyone else, so it doesn't count as cheating!

The inventory continues.

The screen continued to flash, showing Kiyono Makoto defeating the werewolf player and Takumi luring the spider lily monster, before finally settling on Fukami Hinako kneeling on one knee, trembling all over.

Then, countless images coalesced and transformed into lines of text.

You have defeated fifteen Silent Hill monsters...

You defeated two Paradise players...

[You have unlocked a special CG for Deepwater Hinako...]

You carried special supplies worth 3,000 points, which have been converted into universal points.

Your final reward is 4,200 points.

Overall customs clearance rating: A

The next second.

The words in mid-air transformed into streams of light, converging into a silver treasure chest that landed in front of Kiyono Makoto.

"That's pretty good."