Chapter Summaries

Shinomiya Kaguya happily told Hayasaka Ai that she had kissed Amamiya Natsuki, while Hayasaka worried about how Kaguya might react to Natsuki’s romantic history. At the Gymnastics Club, Natsuki met Koyasu Tsubame and waited in her private lounge while she went to shower.

• Shinomiya Kaguya postponed going home and arranged to eat with Amamiya Natsuki the next day.
• Hayasaka Ai met Kaguya in the hallway, and Kaguya excitedly confided that she had kissed Natsuki the previous night.
• Hayasaka questioned Kaguya’s claim that the long kiss had been an accident and imagined Kaguya confronting Natsuki about other girls.
• Amamiya Natsuki met Koyasu Tsubame outside the Gymnastics Club, where they flirted and she invited him into her private lounge.
• Tsubame went to shower before their planned five minutes of hand-holding, while Natsuki drank green tea and checked messages in the Mutual aid group.

Amamiya Natsuki finished applying Evil Spirit Repellent to Koyasu Tsubame, then met Lord Zhuzhu and Komie-san at a cafe to let them try the Crystal ball. Both failed to obtain a skill, and he offered Komie-san a dose of Evil Spirit Repellent.

• Amamiya Natsuki hid beneath a desk while Koyasu Tsubame advised Mei-chan about whether to accept a date, and he swatted a mosquito from Tsubame's foot before admitting he had touched it because it was cute.
• Amamiya Natsuki left the Gymnastics Club and arranged to meet Lord Zhuzhu and Komie-san at a cafe.
• Amamiya Natsuki reunited with Lord Zhuzhu and Komie-san, teasing them by saying he had missed both of them.
• Amamiya Natsuki let Komie-san and Lord Zhuzhu try the Crystal ball, but neither received a skill.
• Amamiya Natsuki offered Komie-san Evil Spirit Repellent and suggested Lord Zhuzhu sit on his lap, prompting her to bump her head into him.

Amamiya Natsuki teased Komie-san at a cafe, then reminded Lord Zhuzhu of her promise to let him hug her after he returned from clearing the dungeon. They went to a park for the hug, where Zhuzhu spotted her younger sister and hid on Natsuki’s lap as the girls approached.

• Amamiya Natsuki held Komie-san’s hand and teased her while Lord Zhuzhu questioned whether he was bullying her.
• Lord Zhuzhu asked about Snow White, and Amamiya Natsuki explained that he had kept a hood over her face because of the Simp Curse.
• Amamiya Natsuki walked Komie-san to the tram station, then stopped Lord Zhuzhu and reminded her of her promise to let him hug her.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu went to a park gazebo, where he drew her into his arms for a ten-minute hug.
• Lord Zhuzhu spotted her sister approaching with another middle school girl and sat on Amamiya Natsuki’s lap to hide.

Amamiya Natsuki and Zhuzhu hid together in a gazebo, where a junior high school girl asked him to be her boyfriend. After the girl left, Natsuki kissed Zhuzhu, and they parted at the tram station before going home.

• Amamiya Natsuki held Zhuzhu in the gazebo while she hid from her passing little sister.
• A twin-tailed junior high school girl returned and asked Natsuki for his contact information and whether he would take another girlfriend.
• Natsuki asked Zhuzhu for permission, and she refused before correcting the girl who mistook her for an elementary school student.
• After the junior high school girl left, Natsuki kissed Zhuzhu until the streetlights came on, then caught up with her and walked with her to the tram station.
• Natsuki returned home, fed the dog, charged the Lucky Coin, read, and took the dog for a walk while Mrs. Kaguya happily went to use her phone.

Amamiya Natsuki received his rewards for clearing the nightmare dungeon and chose a rare mushroom-planting skill. During a group video chat, he told the others he had learned a secret skill and invited them to experience it the next morning.

• Hayasaka Ai teased Natsuki by sending him a pressure-washer rug-cleaning video, and they arranged to meet the next night.
• Natsuki received Game coins for completing the main quests and side quests, along with an MVP choice between five rewards.
• Natsuki chose the rare Mushroom Sower skill card and learned the skill.
• Fujiwara Chika, Koyasu Tsubame, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Natsuki discussed their dungeon rewards in a group video chat while Hayasaka stayed off camera.
• Natsuki revealed that he had earned over five hundred Game coins and promised the others could try his secret new skill the next morning.

After Midnight Theater unlocked, Amamiya Natsuki discovered that Alice had become its staff member and learned how the theater worked. He opened it for the first time and set a Red Light, Green Light rule that forced anyone still moving when the music started to take off their clothes.

• Miko visited Amamiya Natsuki, asked about his Fairy Tale Instance, and went to sleep while he waited for midnight.
• At midnight, Amamiya Natsuki unlocked Midnight Theater and summoned Alice, the little ghost from The Little Match Girl, as his staff member.
• Mrs. Kaguya took Alice aside to help her change clothes after Amamiya Natsuki explained that she would be paid and would not be abandoned.
• Amamiya Natsuki read that he could recruit willing nonhuman staff, set one rule per performance, draw nearby targets into the theater, and earn game coins.
• Amamiya Natsuki opened the theater, set a Red Light, Green Light rule that made anyone moving when the music started take off their clothes, and was prompted to choose a location.

Amamiya Natsuki opened the Midnight Theater and explored it with Mrs. Kaguya, Miko, and Alice, discovering that its rules could affect everyone inside. They reached Alice’s employee lounge, leaving the theater’s other features unexplored.

• Amamiya Natsuki chose the theater setting, and blue flames transformed his house into the Midnight Theater.
• Alice led Amamiya Natsuki, Mrs. Kaguya, and Miko toward the employee lounge, and they discovered that the theater had no evil spirits.
• The Red Light, Green Light rule forced Miko, Mrs. Kaguya, and Alice to remove a piece of clothing when they moved during the game.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained the rule to Miko and promised to test Mrs. Kaguya’s idea of using rules to grant benefits such as eidetic memory.
• The group encountered the game again and passed safely, then followed Alice to the employee lounge and found her room.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions explored the theater, tested the Red Light, Green Light rules, and found Alice's Employee Handbook. As they waited in the lounge for dawn, Mrs. Kaguya discovered she could feel Amamiya's touch.

• Amamiya Natsuki tested the game's movement rule in Alice's room, causing him and Miko to involuntarily remove clothing before the game ended.
• Alice absorbed the Employee Handbook, which contained instructions for maintaining and managing the theater.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Miko, Mrs. Kaguya, and Alice explored the theater and found no other creatures.
• Amamiya Natsuki suggested removing their clothes before sleeping to avoid breaking the game's rule, but Miko refused.
• Miko fell asleep in the lounge while Amamiya Natsuki stayed awake with Mrs. Kaguya.
• Mrs. Kaguya asked Amamiya Natsuki to pinch her arm and was surprised to discover she could feel it.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others spent the night in the Midnight Theater, where Mrs. Kaguya regained her ability to taste food before they escaped at dawn. At school, Fujiwara Chika confronted Amamiya Natsuki with a question about why she had come early.

• Mrs. Kaguya discovered she could feel pain and taste bread and milk, and Amamiya Natsuki gave food to her and Alice.
• Miko woke during Red Light, Green Light, saw Mrs. Kaguya tugging on Amamiya Natsuki's shorts and Alice choking down milk, and demanded an explanation.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained what had happened, and Miko asked whether her Dad could enter the theater as a ghost.
• The group endured the game through the night, then returned home when the Midnight Theater vanished at dawn; Alice remained inside.
• Amamiya Natsuki went to school with Miko and Yurikawa Hana, then arrived at the Student Council room, where Fujiwara Chika asked why she had come early.
• Amamiya Natsuki guessed that Fujiwara Chika had come to wait for him, then joked that he had accepted Moeha's karaoke invitation, and she denied that was what she wanted to ask.

Amamiya Natsuki demonstrated his new Plant Mushroom skill to the student council members, who tested it on Kitagawa Marin and discussed its effects. Outside the office, Kashiwagi misinterpreted their talk as a plot involving hypnosis and fled, while the group confirmed ordinary people could not see the mushrooms.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Fujiwara Chika about his Mushroom Master skill after she massaged his shoulders and brought him tea.
• Amamiya Natsuki used Plant Mushroom on Kitagawa Marin, and they discovered she had received a Gluttony Mushroom like Chika's.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Chika, Shinomiya Kaguya, Tsubame, and Marin discussed the mushrooms' effects and wondered whether ordinary people could see them.
• Kashiwagi eavesdropped outside the office and mistook their conversation about mushrooms for a plan to hypnotize her and the school.
• Fujiwara Chika opened the door when Kashiwagi's phone rang, but Kashiwagi ran away; Amamiya Natsuki called Yurikawa Hana, and the group confirmed ordinary people could not see the mushrooms.

Amamiya Natsuki tested the effects of a Gluttony Mushroom and planted a Sloth Mushroom on Koyasu Tsubame while discussing the Rule Card and plans to test a study skill. Outside the Student Council room, Kashiwagi heard the strange conversation and again wondered whether campus hypnosis was becoming reality.

• Amamiya Natsuki detonated the Gluttony Mushroom above Kitagawa Marin, and Shinomiya Kaguya timed the lingering hunger at about five minutes.
• Koyasu Tsubame volunteered to test a Sloth Mushroom, which Amamiya Natsuki planted above her head.
• Mrs. Kaguya explained the Rule Card, and Amamiya Natsuki said he planned to test whether it could grant Eidetic memory with Kitagawa Marin that night.
• Kitagawa Marin flipped the Lucky Coin and hurt her foot on a desk, while Amamiya Natsuki detonated Tsubame-senpai's mushroom.
• Kashiwagi returned to the Student Council room door, heard the girls talking about mushrooms and pain, and withdrew without entering.

Amamiya Natsuki explored the school to unlock locations in Midnight Theater and teased Hayasaka Ai during a chance encounter. After school, Kitagawa Marin used the Lucky Coin to become the Koi Girl and prepared to make lucky game pulls for Zhuzhu and Fujiwara Chika.

• Amamiya Natsuki and the others discussed Kitagawa Marin’s Lucky Coin, the Witch’s Crystal Ball, and Fujiwara Chika’s idea for him to disguise himself as a girl.
• Amamiya Natsuki explored the school with the Jack-o'-lantern to unlock Midnight Theater locations, then encountered Hayasaka Ai doing cleaning duty.
• Amamiya Natsuki pretended to inspect Hayasaka Ai for smoking, moved close to her, and then stroked her hair before leaving for class.
• After school, Amamiya Natsuki played board games with Miko and Yurikawa, then returned to the Student Council Office to handle paperwork with Shinomiya Kaguya and the others.
• Zhuzhu and Komie-san arrived at the Student Council Office, and Kitagawa Marin flipped the Lucky Coin, became the Koi Girl, and offered to make game pulls for Zhuzhu and Fujiwara Chika.

Kitagawa Marin gained a Witch’s potion recipe from the crystal ball, while Amamiya Natsuki agreed to help Koyasu Tsubame’s cousin with her anorexia. The chapter ended with Natsuki noticing Zhuzhu’s sudden lethargy and asking how long ago the mushrooms had been planted.

• Amamiya Natsuki planted mushrooms on Zhuzhu and Komie-san, giving them Sloth and Arrogance Mushrooms, respectively.
• Kitagawa Marin used the Witch’s Crystal Ball and learned the recipe for a Night Vision Potion, though the ingredients were difficult to identify.
• Shinomiya Kaguya proposed mass-producing and selling the potion, but the group agreed to first confirm that it could be made and worked.
• Kitagawa Marin left to meet her friends, and Fujiwara Chika went to a Game Club activity.
• Koyasu Tsubame told Amamiya Natsuki that her cousin had anorexia and asked him to visit; he agreed to go with her after school the next day.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed Zhuzhu yawning and asked how long ago the mushrooms had been planted.

Amamiya Natsuki detonated the mushrooms above Zhuzhu and Komie-san, leaving Zhuzhu too listless to move and exposing Komie-san to the effects of the Arrogance Mushroom. When Zhuzhu urgently needed the restroom, Natsuki carried her there and began helping her despite her protests.

• Amamiya Natsuki detonated the mushrooms, turning Zhuzhu into a listless salted fish while Komie-san showed no obvious change.
• Shinomiya Kaguya took the signed documents to the teacher, and Natsuki stayed in the Student Council room with the girls.
• Zhuzhu told Natsuki she urgently needed the restroom but could not get up, so he carried her and made her call him "Oniichan" before agreeing to take her.
• Natsuki carried Zhuzhu through the gloomy halls to an empty girls' restroom and set her on a toilet.
• Zhuzhu insisted she could manage alone, but Natsuki lifted her to help, and she protested as he began assisting her.

Amamiya Natsuki helped Zhuzhu in the bathroom, then returned to find Komie-san acting arrogantly under the mushroom’s influence. After treating a mosquito bite and helping her put her stocking back on, he realized the effect had worn off, leaving Komie-san too embarrassed to speak.

• Amamiya Natsuki removed Zhuzhu’s uniform skirt in the bathroom and left her to finish washing once the lazy spell wore off.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned to the Student Council room, where Komie-san spoke to him arrogantly and demanded an apology.
• Amamiya Natsuki examined Komie-san’s swollen ankle, identified a mosquito bite, and applied anti-itch cream.
• Komie-san ordered Amamiya Natsuki to put her stocking back on, and he began pulling it over her foot.
• Amamiya Natsuki realized the Arrogance Mushroom’s effect had ended when Komie-san began struggling and quietly begged him to let go.

Amamiya Natsuki teased Komie-san and secretly recorded her putting on her stockings before Zhuzhu returned and took her home. He later shared an umbrella and dinner with Shinomiya Kaguya, then returned home, where Kitagawa Marin arrived that evening.

• Amamiya Natsuki recorded Komie-san putting on her stockings, and she lunged for his phone before he pinned her beneath him on the sofa.
• Amamiya Natsuki moved away when he heard Zhuzhu return, and Zhuzhu accused him of bullying Komie-san before leaving with her.
• Amamiya Natsuki met Shinomiya Kaguya at the Teaching Building entrance, and they shared an umbrella to the Commercial street.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya ate together at the Commercial street, then he watched her leave by car and went home.
• Kitagawa Marin arrived at Amamiya Natsuki's house at eight-thirty that evening and asked him to hold something for her.

Kitagawa Marin visited Amamiya Natsuki, shared progress on identifying potion ingredients, and played an adult game with him. Hayasaka Ai arrived later and bargained with Natsuki to stay overnight, leaving him to tease her about reporting her as a runaway maid.

• Kitagawa Marin brought a new game to Amamiya Natsuki’s home and told him she had matched several potion ingredients, leaving three still to find.
• Kitagawa Marin and Amamiya Natsuki played the game, and Marin went to bathe while Natsuki continued playing.
• Hayasaka Ai arrived, refused to discuss her previous night’s visit, and asked Natsuki to apply Evil Spirit Repellent so she could leave.
• Hayasaka Ai flirted with Natsuki until he applied the skill, then considered staying because of the rain and her interest in the Midnight Theater.
• Hayasaka Ai offered to stay if Natsuki rubbed her sore feet, but he instead threatened to message Kaguya-classmate about a runaway maid.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls watched a drama, then he teased Komie-san by sending her an embarrassing video and a blanket-washing clip. As the night ended, the girls refused to let him recharge with them alone upstairs.

• Amamiya Natsuki watched a late-night drama with Kitagawa Marin, Hayasaka Ai, and Miko, and the girls criticized the male lead for lying and exploiting women.
• Komie-san asked Amamiya Natsuki to delete a video from that afternoon, but he sent her a copy along with footage of her having help putting on her Stockings.
• Komie-san watched the blanket-washing video and became absorbed in the relaxing footage before viewing the embarrassing Student Council video.
• Kitagawa Marin asked what Amamiya Natsuki was watching, and she joined him in watching a blanket-cleaning video.
• Mrs. Kaguya reminded Amamiya Natsuki that they had come to recharge, but Hayasaka Ai, Miko, and Kitagawa Marin rejected his suggestion to go upstairs alone.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls experimented with setting rules in the Midnight Theater after his attempt to grant everyone perfect recall failed. They settled on a rule that rewarded perfect recall and punished anyone who broke it by randomly taking away one of their five senses.

• Kitagawa Marin, Hayasaka Ai, and Miko charged Amamiya Natsuki while Mrs. Kaguya discussed why the process seemed to be slowing down.
• At midnight, Amamiya Natsuki activated the Midnight Theater and failed to set a rule granting everyone perfect recall.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained the previous Red Light, Green Light rule, and the group concluded that a rule required a condition, a reward, and a balanced punishment.
• Kitagawa Marin proposed several punishments, but the group rejected them as too easy or too difficult.
• At Mrs. Kaguya's suggestion, the girls agreed that anyone who broke the rule would randomly lose one of their five senses.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others entered the school scene to test its rules and discovered that completing Red Light, Green Light briefly granted eidetic memory. As they continued toward the teaching building, they decided to test whether Kitagawa Marin’s Plant Mushroom skill worked on an ordinary person, with Miko reluctantly agreeing.

• Amamiya Natsuki chose the school scene, and the group found they could not leave its grounds or easily access the staff rest area.
• Mrs. Kaguya discovered that her backpack and its food had come along, while Kitagawa Marin befriended Alice with a cream cake.
• The group obeyed Red Light, Green Light and gained about three minutes of eidetic memory, which Kitagawa Marin and Miko used to read.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others discussed testing skills while heading toward the Teaching Building, and Miko reluctantly agreed to let Kitagawa Marin use Plant Mushroom on her.