The World God Only Knows:Volume 1 Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Double Bind
On the night when Amami Tooru and Yoshino Asami left at the same time.
Katsuragi Keima remained silent, and ignored Elsie completely after he got home as he continued with his gaming.
First, it was dinner.
Keima’s mother had something on and had to go out, so Elsie made it. At least it’s safe. Or rather, that’s what Elsie believed.
Keima glanced at the crawling food (which looked like a skeleton’s hand).
“…”
Normally, he would start grumbling about it.
“…”
He wordlessly put the food into his mouth and continued to play his PFP. Elsie couldn’t help but break out a little cold sweat, but Keima remained silent.
Elsie too,
“…”
‘’It, it’s not good for digestion when you play game and eat at the same time!’’
Or
‘’Let’s talk as we eat!’’
Would suggest something like that usually. But as she failed very badly today, she couldn’t tell Keima off.
Dinner proceeded silently. After Keima finished eating,
“I’ve finished.”
He said these words quietly and moved straight to the sofa at the living room as he continued with his game. It was silence, silence that came with extreme pressure. Elsie’s expression was obviously nervous, not knowing what to do. Anyway, she decided to clear the dishes and watch Keima as she washed the plates.
Keima was completely silent.
Elsie finished washing and wiped her hands. Keima was still silent.
“Er, erm, kami-sama…since we just finished dinner, I want to peel some fruit. What do you want?”
Silence.
“The, then, there’s apple and pear, you know?”
Still nothing.
Elsie,
(U~!) Held back her urge to cry out as she walked towards Keima. She sat down beside him, her knees bent together as she placed her hands on it.
“Eh, ehehe.”
She gave an engaging smile as she leaned her shoulder over.
“Ka, kami-sama. Well, today, that’s, erm.”
Just when she was about to apologize.
“I’ll take a shower.”
After saying this, Keima stood up and hurriedly left the living room, leaving behind Elsie who was crying away.
Keima was playing the PFP which was waterproofed in the bathtub. Even though Elsie was really worried,
He wasn’t angry.
He was thinking.
About the conquests this time.
He felt a little repulsed.
The ‘Denpakei’ Amami Tooru and ‘Dual Character’ Yoshino Asami. For some reason,
It felt like he left out something important.
Actually, Keima didn’t feel that the meetings with the two girls were tough. He was spinning his head at full speed to set a guideline. He nodded his head, and just when he was about to get out of the bathtub,
“Er, erm, kami-sama!!”
At that moment, the bathroom door suddenly opened.
“At, at least let me scrub your back!”
After saying that, Elsie gave a determined look as she rushed in. Just like how she and Keima met just before, her white naked body was only covered with the towel that was transformed from the hagoromo.
Her curves were unexpectedly ample.
And this figure was now hidden.
After Keima tensed up for a while,
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!”
He screamed out.
After thinking of ways to chase Elsie out of the bathroom, Keima changed and returned back to the living room while looking like he was enduring a headache.
Elsie also changed back into her original clothes.
“I’m sorry~, kami-sama, I’m sorry~”
She was rubbing her face as she shed tears. At this moment, Keima finally noticed that Elsie was depressed over her mistake just now.
“…”
He was speechless for a moment, and he then turned his reddened face away like he was hiding his embarrassment.
“I’m okay with it already! This isn’t some major mistake anyway, Elsie.”
“But~ but~”
“…Listen up, Elsie?”
Keima sighed and said.
“You saw many of my conquests from close up, right? Sometimes, the tactic of giving girls a bad impression may be an effective move.”
“But~but~”
“Once I make her angry, once I’m hated by her, there’ll be a hint on how to conquer her successfully.”
“Bu, but~ but~”
“Minus points, Elsie. It’s sometimes linked to plus points.”
Keima said.
“We just need to believe.”
He merely stood up and placed his hand on his chest.
However.
“I just need this belief. To be able to do something for this girl, to definitely be able to help this girl.”
To Elsie, that handsome and clean looking face of Keima, who just so happened to be facing the light, could be described as pretty.
This was just like a real one,
Like a game imported expression.
A guy’s expression while he’s full of belief.
Elsie inadvertently
“…”
Blushed.
“The, then.”
However, Keima didn’t seem to notice Elsie’s expression.
“As proof that I didn’t really mind it, I’ll give you the same mission, got it?”
“…”
“Elsie! Are you listening!?”
“Ah, ye, yes!”
Elsie slowly recovered and hurriedly answered.
“What, what is it, kami-sama?”
Keima’s face was still a little red.
“Really.”
And he narrowed his eyes with a disappointed expression.
“That’s good, Elsie. We’re working separately. I’ll chase after Yoshino Asami. You will go find Amami Tooru.”
“Eh?”
“Of course, we’ll be working together in school, but the efficiency will be higher once we separate after school. I’ll interact with Yoshino Asami inside school an outside, and if possible, I’ll conquer her. During this time, you will look around on the streets and find Amami Tooru.”
“…Erm, search out?”
“Find her and bring her home. If you can’t, try finding a way to contact. If there’s a need to track Amami Tooru down to her house, so be it. Anything. As long as we can find out any clue about her background.”
“Clue…clue?”
“Yes. You have the runaway spirit sensor, right? And you saw it in Amami Tooru as my younger sister. In the current phase, she probably doesn’t have any negative feelings about you. So you have to walk around the streets, thoroughly.”
“We, well.”
Keima nodded his head.
“We’ll have a battle on two fronts, a simultaneous conquest. So while you make contact with Amami Tooru, I’ll start my conquest on the other side.”
“…”
Keima sighed as he said this.
And then, he blushed as his finger scratched his face. He said softly,
“I still trust you, and find you reliable.”
Softly,
“Somewhat.”
“!”
Elsie’s eyes immediately widened.
That brain of hers which definitely couldn’t be called smart digested the meaning of the words Keima just said.
‘’I trust you.’’
‘’I find you reliable.’’
The meaning behind it.
The weight behind it.
To Elsie,
It was all enough…
“Kami-sama!”
She stood up tearily and hugged Keima.
“Thank you!”
She thought that this person was really a god.
“I’ll do my best!”
In response, what Keima said was,
“Wah, hey! Le, let go of me! Don’t get too close!”
Just that.
His face was redder than before.
After being all delighted, Elsie let go of Keima and asked,
“But.”
She placed her finger on her face and asked in a puzzled manner.
“…Erm, it’s not that I’m making irresponsible remarks about kami-sama’s plan, but why not conquer them one by one?”
It was a simple question.
“…”
Keima remained silent. Elsie then said,
“I find that it would be less difficult.”
At this moment, Keima started laughing, ‘fu’, and pushed his glasses.
“Well, I’m actually a single route follower, but it’s not like I can’t conquer both at the same time.”
And then, he muttered,
(I haven’t really seen it before, but there’s a game with really bad balance such that I can’t conquer one person without trying to conquer more than 10 of them at the same time…)
And then, he clenched his fist and said,
“Anyway, a gal-gamer won’t be scared of trying to conquer at the same time!”
Facing these forceful words, Elsie could only,
“Ha, haa.”
Nod her head away. Keima was burning ridiculously for some reason.
