I was at the infirmary with Anna and Sangho.

Wan: Sangho, seriously, please stop shouting, you're hurting my ears. This isn't meant as an insult or anything, but you're really hurting my ears.

Anna: Mine too, so could you lower your voice a bit, please?

Sangho: For the elf with her long ears, I get it, but you (points at Wan suspiciously)... you're really suspect and... frail.

I guess he says that because compared to my height, my weight is rather low, and he's not really wrong.

Wan: I have sensitive ears, and I'd appreciate it if you stopped judging me so intensely since I've only been responding to your provocations and threats so far.

Sangho: You're the one who was hanging around Mia!

Wan: Me, hanging around her? ... What a joke... She's the one who came to talk to me.

Sangho: Huh... uh, okay, but even if that's true, I remind you that you criticized the spear.

Wan: Then I quickly self-criticized, saying that it was just because I didn't have the skill.

Sangho: (mumbles)

Anna: S-sorry to interrupt, but I remind you that earlier it was you (Sangho) who attacked him while he could barely stand on his feet.

Sangho: Hah... uh... I-...what....

She said it for me, and she was right.

Wan: I'm the one who should be asking for an apology... (lies down on his bed and pulls out his phone) but you're lucky Dad told me not to hold grudges against people who didn't know.

Sangho: Hmmm, I don't care about your forgiveness! (draws the curtain)

Wan: (eyes fixed on his phone)

Anna: Without prying, may I ask what that is? (Points at the phone)

Wan: The ancestor of the holo-watch (doesn't take his eyes off the phone).

Anna: Oh... I've heard of it in some legends, they say it had the power to enslave 98% of the youth at the time.

Wan: Probably.

After reading the last words about what I was going to do right now, I put away my phone and got up.

Anna: (a bit worried) Hah, where are you going!? You're still injured.

Wan: I'll be fine for what I need to do. Oh, by the way, what's your name? I ask out of respect, but I already know it.

Anna: ... Anna, and you?

Wan: Hypnos, anyway, I'm off. Get well soon, and I'm not sorry for the bruises. You also gave me cuts, so we're even.

[Thanks to your involvement with the character 'Anna,' you've gained 1 token.]

Wan: °I must be at... 21°

6 with Mia's bully, 5 from Sangho, 4 from Anna, 3 from Jaesang, and 3 from Mia, and since the system said that the minimum I need to create a gift is 34, I'll aim for 75, or maybe 100 with a bit more perseverance.

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Wan: (walking outside) °I also have to take into account the tokens I'll invest in magic power° Well, not having magic power will be useful to me today.

I have something to do today that I can't afford to delay, after all, I won't be at Prism tomorrow, and if I come back in 2 weeks or a month, then loneliness will take over, and in the meantime, I'll likely have acquired a minimum amount of magic power, which will hinder my mission today.

Wan: (walks past an alley where he sees several students)

One human, two elves, and a dwarf were scaring a student who seemed to be a vampire.

Wan: °Well, it doesn't really concern me..., and Dad said that anything that could get me into trouble and isn't beneficial to me doesn't deserve my help.°

As I was about to leave, a description of a character crossed my mind: "A rather small and frail girl, though the daughter of Count Dracula, she isn't respected as such because she is the result of an act between the vampire Count Dracula and a succubus. So, here's what came out of it: a girl with pink hair and almost pale skin who can change form between her small, cute form and her 'tall,' beautiful, and alluring form worthy of a succubus with Count Dracula's blood."

Wan: °Evie... if that's really her... then I could earn tokens, and that's a benefit, and besides, it's true that before meeting the protagonist – in 2 weeks – she was being harassed.°

I ran and delivered a flying kick to the jaw of the man closest to Evie (?).

Wan: °Alright, it's just going to be a role, not real cursing° I don't like your faces.

Normally, I would have let them talk and give their villain speech, but I didn't feel like listening to them this time.

(After knocking out the four)

Wan: °...Evie is also a supporting heroine, but... she has a masochistic side; she likes being emotionally mistreated.°

Evie: Hah (tears in her eyes) th-thank y–...

Wan: Shut up.

Evie: Ha, uh, I wanted to thank you for helping me–...

Wan: I just didn't like their faces, so shut up, you little idiot. °I'm not as good at insults as I used to be° Aargh (bows at a 90-degree angle) Sorry, I wanted to be vulgar, but I can't do it.

Evie: ... Huh, oh, uh, y-yes, no problem... it's okay.

[Evie has developed a small attraction to you, but it diminished due to your change in behavior.]

Wan: °Damn, this maso...°

After thinking about it, I said this:

Wan: °Mia changed her behavior, she went from 'pure and innocent' to... I wouldn't know how to describe what she became, so... what if it was the same for Evie... maybe... she's masochistic but also in need of affection. My proof is: the fact that she was disappointed but showed it... with a bit of luck, this will work.°

Wan: (squats down to Evie's level) So, are you okay?

Evie: Y-yes, I'm fine! And it's thanks to you, thank you! (a broad smile)

Wan: It's okay, I wasn't going to leave you alone with these (looks at the unconscious boys on the ground)... punks?...

Evie: Y-you're the first...

Wan: (tucks a strand of Evie's hair behind her ear) It's okay, the others are just idiots.

[Evie feels a bit more affection and attraction for you.]

Wan: By the way, without prying or wanting to embarrass you, could you tell me why they wanted to do this to you? Of course, you can say no, it won't bother me.

Evie: ... They do it because [...]

She explained her life to me, how she's bullied because she's not a pureblood, etcetera. I don't want to be mean by summarizing it like that, but it's a backstory I've read before, so it doesn't affect me as much as it did when I first read it, but I still feel compassion and sadness for her.

Evie: (tearfully) It's–...! (starts crying)

Wan: °Would this be the right moment to play on the masochistic side?°... (wipes Evie's tears with his finger) Stop crying, they say it makes you ugly and especially that it makes you shrink, so since you're already pretty small, if you shrink any more, you'll soon touch the ground without even bending down.

[Evie feels much more interest, affection, and attraction toward you.]

Evie: (cries even more) Waaaaah

Wan: °It's silly... but she really looks like a little elementary school child, she's really cute...° (gets on his knees) A hug to keep you from getting any smaller? (opens his arms)

I'm not doing this because I particularly want to... well, maybe I did want to just a tiny bit when I saw how cute she was, but I did it because the author once wrote: "Although she has a slightly masochistic streak, she likes being treated like a child."

Evie: (goes into Wan's arms) Waaaah waaah waaah (sorry for the cries, I just didn't know how to write it)

Wan: Well, sorry to say it like this, but you're really small °mix of insult and politeness, combo sent.°

[Evie is starting to sincerely like you.]

Wan: °I should stop here° (strokes Evie's hair and whispers) It's okay, it's okay.

For a moment, it reminded me of a time in my childhood. I know it came out of nowhere, but I wanted to say it.

Wan: It's okay, I know my monotone voice isn't perfect for reassurance, but you don't have to worry anymore, everything's over for today.

[Thanks to your enormous involvement with the character 'Evie Dracula,' you've gained 12 tokens.]

Wan: °... Damn... that's a lot at once°... Oh, you've stopped crying...? (looks at her in his arms) °12 tokens... I hope she didn't fall in love...°

Evie: (sniffles, lifts her head and looks Wan in the eyes) Hmmm (nods her head vigorously).

Wan: Good... so could you let go of me?

She was holding onto me very tightly.

Evie: No! (buries her head in Wan's clothes).

Well, after a bit of struggle, she finally let go in exchange for my number.

Wan: °Alright, back to my main objective... I managed to snag 12 tokens at once, so that puts me at a total of 33 tokens.°

After checking the time, I realized that the time I had set aside for my main objective had been lost while earning those 12 tokens. It was now time for the class I dreaded the most, the magic power class. Since I don't have any, I don't see how I could participate. I could have skipped it by saying that due to my injuries from the previous class, my body wasn't in a condition to practice, but one, the infirmary gave me a recovery potion, and two, I had already left the infirmary, so I had no choice but to go.

Wan: (lying on the ground on his back) °It's really exhausting pretending I have magic power, but that it's so minimal I can't use it.°

Shin-hee: Hehehe, my slave, I can help you with your magic power if you want (clearly speaking down to him).

Wan: .... My king... you're too good with your magic power, it's becoming suspicious.... °And damn, does it burn.°

Shin-hee: Well, as a worthy descen–...

I decided to tune out his words and let him talk; I then moved on to other pairs but ultimately did nothing. Well, I wasn't expecting much anyway, you can't get anything by multiplying 0.000.

Wan: °.... I give up.... I also take back what I said earlier..... "A challenge is only a challenge if it's insurmountable" what a loser's phrase...°

After stringing together so many losses – which weren't really losses since it was lost from the start – my desire to obtain magic power by going out into the world to seek what I need was only strengthened. With magic power, I could finally fully enter this story.

Wan: (gets up) °Well... main objective, here I come, then after that, magic power.°

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