After midnight, Touma told Amehime how he was rejected by Tenshi and humiliated by his classmates.

Amehime seemed as if she had something up her sleeve.

Touma: Amehime... Are you planing something?

Touma: "I have a bad feeling about your ideas, uhh... Go on, I'm listening."

Amehime: "You're a weeb and spend most of your time playing games, watching anime, and so on..."

Touma, in a subdued tone: "Yes."

Amehime: "You don't have many friends, practically no social life, girls consider you invisible and think you're a weirdo. So, I came up with an idea, what if all of them strive to be around you?"

Touma: "What do you mean? You think I could become popular? Me?"

Touma starts laughing ironically: Hahaha... No way. That's not possible for someone like me."

Amehime: "It is possible, you just need something to motivate you."

"For example, in games, you have certain quests that you must fulfill to level up, obtain items, and so on... Imagine that life is like a game, and I'll give you daily or weekly quests to complete."

"When you complete them, I'll reward you."

Touma: "It all sounds nice, but this is real life, it can't be compared to games."

Amehime: "True, but you won't know until you try, right?"

Touma mutters: "Uhhh what am I doing?"

"Okay, just don't give me any impossible quests."

Amehime: "Yay! Leave it to me. I'll send you your first quests in the morning."

Touma checks the time, 00:55AM "It's late, I have to go to school tomorrow."

Amehime: "Aahhh, no goodnight?"

Touma: "Goodnight."

Amehime: "Goodnight"

Morning

Touma gets up for school and finds an email with quests.

☐ Start a conversation: Initiate a conversation with a colleague or teammate. Share something about your day or ask about theirs.

☐ Give a compliment: Offer a sincere compliment to a friend or acquaintance. It can relate to their work, appearance, or a positive trait you've noticed.

☐ Practice small talk: Engage in brief conversations with people you encounter throughout the day.

Note: You don't have to solve the quests in order.

Touma, in shock: "This is impossible!!!"

He receives an email from Amehime.

Amehime: "Good luck today."

Touma recalls his conversation with Amehime.

Touma replies to her: "Thank you, I'm off."

Amehime "Take care."

On his way to school, he sees Fuyuhiko and Satoko.

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Touma casually says: "Good morning."

Fuyuhiko: "Good morning, Touma."

Satoko: "Morning."

Fuyuhiko: "Hey Touma... Are you okay? I mean, a lot happened yesterday."

Touma: "Yesterday? Oh, I'm fine, don't worry."

Fuyuhiko: "That's good."

They arrive at school.

Touma already notices some girls looking at him and giggling.

Fuyuhiko: "Don't pay attention to them. Dont let them get to you"

Satoko: "Fuyuhiko is right."

Touma: "Okay."

In the classroom, Touma looks at the list of quests and thinks "Uhh, this is going to be tough considering most people see me as a weirdo."

The teacher enters the classroom. "Alright, everyone to your seats..." and starts calling roll.

Touma thought to himself: "Maybe I could meet someone from another class, but rumors of me asking Tenshi out."

The teacher: "Takahashi Touma?"

Touma still thinking to himself: "Maybe I should join a club... That's it! I can join a club!"

The teacher: "Takahashi Touma!"

Touma snaps back to reality: "Ah, here!"

After class, Touma comes across a notice board with clubs.

Touma: "Hmm, there are a lot of clubs looking for members, but which one to choose?" "It definitely wouldn't be wise to join a gaming club or something similar... I have a clear goal."

While Touma was lost in his thoughts, a girl comes and pins a poster for the Game Development Club on the notice board.

Touma looks at it and thinks: "Oh... she looks like Amehime."

And he continues to look at her.

At one point, she looks at him and says: "Uhh, are you interested in the Game Development Club?"

Touma, returning to reality, stammers: "Uh, n-no..." while avoiding eye contact.

She responds: "Hmm... It seemed like you were interested."

"Do you want me to show you around the club and introduce you to the members, and then you can decide if you want to join us?"

Touma: "Hmm, why not."

Then the girl introduces herself: "By the way, my name is Nakajima Nanashi Second year."

Touma responds: "Takahashi Touma."

Then Nanashi leads him to the club room.

Nanashi: "People, we have a new member."

Touma: "I didn't say I was joining."

???: "Welcome to the Game Development Club. Pleasure to meet you."

???: "Seriously, you brought a guy?"

???: "What are you staring at? If you have something to say, say it."

Touma: "I-I'm sorry."

???: "Masami..."

Touma thinks to himself: "The girl with the sour attitude is Masami, judging by her petite figure, she's definitely a first-year. Which means she should call me Senpai."

Nanashi: "Anyway! This is Masami, always full of energy."

"And this is Nana, the smartest in the club."

Nana: "Yoshida Nana"

Touma thinks to himself: "Nana seems more mature, she must be older than me and Nanashi."

Touma: "Ah... Well, it's nice to meet both of you."

Nanashi: "Come, sit down, Touma! I'll bring some snacks."

Masami: "Hey! I made them, I'll bring them!"

Nanashi: "Sorry, I'm a little excited."

Masami proudly marches to the table, tray in hand.

Masami: "Okaaay, are you ready?"

"Ta-daa."

Touma tries a cookie: "They're really good."

Nana smiles at Touma: "So, what made you consider joining the Game Development Club?"

Touma: "Um... "

Touma thinks to himself: "I'm afraid of this question, something tells me I can't say that I was dragged here by Nanashi."

Touma: "Well, I didn't join any clubs last year. So I thought I'd at least choose one this year."

Nanashi addresses Touma: "Since we've already met, let me tell you more about the club."

"The Game Development Club is a community where passionate individuals gather to create games, to learn, collaborate, and enhance their skills in various aspects of game development. Members can be programmers, artists, writers, musicians, and enthusiasts interested in game design. The club often organizes workshops, tutorials, and collaborative projects to help members learn and progress. Additionally, we may also organize 'game jam' events, where teams have limited time to create a game from scratch based on a given theme. In short, it's a space for creative exploration, skill-building, and community connection within the game development field."

"Although the Student Council president is threatening to shut down the club because we don't have enough members; there are only 3 of us, we need at least one more member. Last year, the game we made didn't do well."

"Well, considering we have a new member, maybe we'll manage to make a good game this year."

Touma: "Wait... There's still one problem."

Nanashi: "Eh? What is it?"

Touma thinks to himself: "And now we're back to the topic of why I came here. I better tell them the truth."

Touma: "I never said I was going to join the club!"

"Nanashi: convinced me to drop by, but I haven't made a decision."

The three of them looked at him with dismayed expressions.

As Touma exits, he receives an email from Amehime on his way to the classroom.

☑ Start a conversation: Initiate a conversation with a colleague or teammate. Share something about your day or ask about theirs.

☑ Give a compliment: Offer a sincere compliment to a friend or acquaintance. It can relate to their work, appearance, or a positive trait you've noticed.

☑ Practice small talk: Engage in brief conversations with people you encounter throughout the day.

Quests successfully completed!

Touma, confused: "Huh?"

Amehime: "Congratulations, I knew you could do it!"

Amehime: "The reward awaits you at home"

Touma: "Thanks... what did I get?"

Amehime: "That's a surprise, a little hint - you'll need it. Because you're joining the Game Development Club."

Touma: "Huh?