Collapse: Journey Begins with the Moonlit Oath
Chapter 44

Collapse, Traveling from the Moonlit Oath

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"Is this game really as fun as you say it is?"

Issei Hyoudou held the game in his hands, looking at the beautiful girl on the cover with her incredibly ample assets, a look of extreme anticipation on his face.

Everyone has different tastes. As a boy influenced by a certain uncle since childhood, Issei Hyoudou had always revered those two large breasts as his faith.

"Of course. Do you think I'd lie to you?"

"Don't worry, Issei. This is my lifelong recommendation. Anyway, tomorrow is the weekend. Prepare some extra tissues, it's fine even if you play until you're exhausted."

Beside him, Issei Hyoudou's good friend Motohama adjusted his glasses with his hand, revealing his pearly white teeth as he spoke with utmost confidence.

He knew Issei's preferences very well. The game he recommended was enough to drive the guy wild.

"Then I won't be polite."

Accepting the game, Issei Hyoudou was also incredibly excited. It seemed like tonight wouldn't be lonely.

However, as he looked at the girls passing by in front of him, Issei Hyoudou's excited expression suddenly turned a bit dejected. His current situation was nothing like what he had imagined as a child!

Back then, he thought that once he grew up, he would be able to experience that feeling, especially being able to personally feel his favorite things. But now, he realized it was nothing like that at all.

"Such a great game, why are you sighing, Issei!" Matsuda, seeing Issei Hyoudou's expression, couldn't help but pat his shoulder.

Wasn't this kind of game exactly what Issei Hyoudou loved the most?

"Don't you guys think we're failures?"

Pulling his gaze away from a voluptuous classmate not far away, Issei Hyoudou looked seriously at his two best friends.

"Failures? Failures at what?"

Hearing this, Matsuda and Motohama were both utterly bewildered. This guy was suddenly being inexplicably strange.

"Think about what we desire!!"

Issei Hyoudou stopped walking, placing his hands on their shoulders respectively, his expression extremely serious.

"Desire what? Sexiness?"

Matsuda answered hesitantly.

Compared to Matsuda, Motohama was very certain.

"No, it's breasts, right, Issei!"

"...Motohama, you guy, alright! You're right, we desire breasts."

Having his words snatched by Motohama, Issei Hyoudou was a bit speechless, but then he nodded in strong agreement.

"But look at our current situation. We can only comfort ourselves with games. Even though we're in a school with so many girls, we're still single? Isn't that a failure?"

Issei Hyoudou was troubled, especially when he couldn't sleep at night. Even though he had yearned for his faith since childhood, it had yet to be realized.

Despite being in Kuoh Academy, which had more girls than boys, he was still a virgin.

This wasn't what he wanted. He wanted to change all of this. He even had a dream. A great dream of becoming the King of Harem.

Yet, he couldn't even take the first step.

"What else can we do?"

"Exactly. Even if there are many girls, it doesn't mean we can find girlfriends. Given how those girls treat us now, do you think it's possible, Issei?"

Motohama and Matsuda spread their hands helplessly. Before entering Kuoh Academy, they had all dreamed of finding a beautiful girlfriend, but now they had almost no hope.

"Who wouldn't want a beautiful girlfriend? I really envy Kiba Yuto! If I were him, I'd have a new girlfriend every week."

"Yeah! I envy him too, but he doesn't seem to have a girlfriend? So many girls confess to him, yet he doesn't have a single girlfriend, and he's so handsome. What do you think, could he be gay?"

"There's a possibility."

"..."

Issei Hyoudou looked speechlessly at the two guys in front of him. They had inexplicably brought up Kiba Yuto again and started discussing whether he was gay.

Weren't we just talking about girls?

He also envied and was jealous of Kiba Yuto, but he completely didn't want to mention him, mainly because he felt the gap between them was too large. It was too discouraging.

"Don't get too sidetracked. What's there to talk about with that guy? He's practically an enemy of all men!"

Annoyed, Issei Hyoudou interrupted their discussion and brought the topic back.

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"So, don't you guys want to change all of this? Don't you want to truly feel the real thing, to have a real girlfriend, instead of just fantasizing in games?"

As he spoke, Issei Hyoudou raised his hand and grabbed at the air. How happy would it be if he could truly feel that beauty!

And the prerequisite for that was to get out of singlehood.

"Change? Forget it!"

"Issei, you're not still holding onto illusions, are you? Instead of fantasizing about girlfriends, it's better to do something meaningful."

Clearly, these two had long since given up on such things. Their reputation as the perverted trio was well-known throughout the school.

Who would agree to be their girlfriend!

"…Anything meaningful?"

Issei Hyoudou knew this, and though he didn't want to give up, he didn't say anything more. Instead, he curiously asked.

"I just found a great spot earlier, where I can sneak a peek into the locker room during gym class…"

Motohama approached the two, lowering his head and whispering to them.

"Really?"

"Quick, tell me where it is!"

Upon hearing this, the other two hesitated for just a moment before their interest was piqued.

And just as he was about to reveal the location, his gaze suddenly fell to the side. He became so entranced that he completely forgot to continue speaking.

Seeing him suddenly fall silent, Issei and the other were about to complain, but when they noticed where Motohama was looking, they became the same.

There… in the warm sunlight, a beautiful girl with white hair and red eyes was walking down the path. At first glance, combined with the afternoon sun, her presence was like a beautiful painting.

She wore the school uniform, her long white hair falling smoothly and beautifully over her shoulders, accentuating her delicate features and fair skin.

Her eyes were like brilliant rubies, full of youthful vitality and anticipation.

Her eyebrows were long and neat, adding a touch of elegance to her face. But what was most captivating were her smiling lips, curved into a beautiful arc that was irresistible.

She walked along the sun-drenched path with a light and elegant gait. Her knees were subtly revealed beneath her skirt, making her appear so delicate and cute.

Her hands swayed gently, as if playing a melody of youth. Her fresh aura was like the breath of spring, bringing an incomparable sense of comfort and tranquility.

She was truly the most dazzling sight on campus, inspiring longing and affection.

"It's her…"

Looking at the white-haired girl before him, Issei Hyoudou remembered seeing her before. Her image even occupied his mind during class, leaving him unable to forget her.

He hadn't paid attention in class at all, not knowing what the teacher was talking about.

Because of this, he was caught by the teacher several times.

"So beautiful! Who is she? I've never seen her before!"

"You don't even know her? Isn't she that senior who just transferred to our school? Because of her, many boys who used to like Rias-senpai have switched their allegiance and now like her."

"The number one spot in popularity is likely to change soon."

Motohama adjusted his glasses and analyzed with a confident expression. He made sure to gather information about the beautiful girls at school.

Even though nothing was likely to happen, he couldn't be completely ignorant.

"No wonder she's so beautiful. What's this senior's name…"

"I think it's Theresa or Miss Moonlit. Alright, don't get too excited. It's enough to just look at girls like her. We can only look."

Motohama gave a self-deprecating laugh, teasing his two close friends, as he knew his place.

However, neither Issei Hyoudou nor Matsuda answered him.

Because the two of them noticed that the beautiful girl seemed to be looking at them as well.

"Issei, am I seeing things? That Theresa-senpai seems to be smiling at me. As expected of a beauty who threatens Rias-senpai, her smile is so lovely!"

Looking at the smile of the beautiful girl in front of him, Matsuda excitedly patted Issei Hyoudou's back and quickly asked.

"...You're not seeing things."

But she's definitely not smiling at you, you idiot. She's smiling at me, Issei Hyoudou thought, recalling that morning, which only solidified his conviction.

"..."

"Miss Moonlit, shall we go back together!"

Tosca walked up to Miss Moonlit with her belongings, a happy smile on her face. There were no student council tasks today, so she could go back with her master early.

"Wait a moment, Tosca. I have something to do."

Seeing the familiar figures not far ahead, Miss Moonlit's eyes lit up as if she were looking at a pile of crystals, worth at least ten thousand crystals.

After waiting for so long, it was time to reap the rewards.

When she first arrived in this world, the girl had already set her sights on it.

[S-Rank Collection Mission: Obtain the elite Sacred Gear "Crimson Dragon Emperor's Cage". Bounty Reward: 3000 Crystals.]

The bounty reward alone was three thousand, the maximum amount for an S-Rank bounty. It was indeed the protagonist's cheat in this world.

It was even more valuable than the "Sephiroths Cup" she had obtained before.

She wondered how much the system would price the "Crimson Dragon Emperor's Cage" for recycling…

In fact, judging by its performance in the anime, this elite Sacred Gear was the strongest. After all, it was the protagonist's cheat, and later even "Twilight Holy Spear," ranked first, didn't perform as well.

It even grew to the quasi-Dragon God level. It only needed a little more pressure from the EXE Mechanical Evil God to continue its cheat and directly rival the Evil God level.

"Something to do…"

Tosca was confused by her words, but upon noticing her master's gaze, especially how she was staring at the boy ahead as if he were a magnificent treasure, she felt a pang of discomfort in her heart.

"Issei Hyoudou…"

Tosca frowned slightly. Naturally, she didn't think her master would take a liking to this guy. Especially with Kiba Yuto around, there was no way she'd like this pervert, no matter how you looked at it.

Thinking about what her master usually cared about, did he possess some incredible Divine Artifact?

This seemed to be the only possibility.

After a brief chat with Tosca, and looking at Issei Hyoudou in front of her, Miss Moonlit was about to go over and exchange a few words with him, mainly to confirm his situation.

The girl suddenly remembered that not only Cao Cao, but Issei Hyoudou's Sacred Gear, the "Crimson Dragon Emperor's Cage," was also related to Indra.

However, Indra's attention towards Issei Hyoudou was far less than that towards Cao Cao and the others; it was merely a casual observation.

"Huh..."

Before Miss Moonlit could get close, a beautiful girl with a pure appearance walked up to Issei Hyoudou first. Her voice wasn't loud, but Miss Moonlit could hear it clearly.

"Senpai Hyoudou, can... can you go out with me?"

She was a beautiful girl with black hair, purple eyes, fair skin, and a tall, curvaceous figure.

She was also wearing a school uniform, with a dark red jacket over a white t-shirt and a green skirt. While not the absolute top-tier, she was still an incredibly beautiful girl.

Suddenly being confessed to by such a beautiful girl, Issei Hyoudou, who had never experienced anything like this and felt like he'd been struck by a pie from the sky, felt as if he were dreaming.

Seeing this scene, Miss Moonlit, who was about to go greet him, stopped in her tracks. She hadn't expected to witness such a classic moment.

Yuma Amano, no, she should be called Raynare.

"Huh, that's strange... for a girl to confess to that guy Issei Hyoudou."

Tosca, standing beside the girl, was also no ordinary person and naturally heard the confession. She found it incredibly miraculous.

Given their reputation as the "pervert trio," what normal person would like them, let alone confess to them proactively?

She wouldn't even dare to think of such a thing in her dreams.

"A Fallen Angel..."

Miss Moonlit said softly, not intervening. Instead, the smile in her eyes grew even more intense. She hadn't even considered that Indra might also be paying attention to Issei Hyoudou before. It was fortunate she hadn't acted directly, although it was highly probable that he wouldn't interfere.

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