At Kagome Higurashi's school, Yae Sakura sat on the edge of a rooftop, swinging her long legs as she watched the classrooms in the teaching building opposite, where lessons were in session.
Kagome Higurashi, a heroine who should not have existed, was sitting in the most classic seat in Japanese anime—the back row by the window.
It seemed that the protagonists of most Japanese anime, male or female... all sat in those two spots, especially in older anime. But... Kagome Higurashi looked utterly listless. While the teacher lectured, she was sprawled over her desk asleep, just like Yae Sakura had once been.
"What a youthful atmosphere! Right... Lu Ming?"
[Lu Ming: If you say so.]
Holding a bag of manifested potato chips, Lu Ming stopped eating like a little squirrel upon hearing Yae Sakura's words and instantly answered in an exceptionally ladylike manner.
"By the way... can you really not come out into the outside world?"
Lu Ming's expression appeared in her mind. Charmed by how adorable it was, Yae Sakura could not help asking curiously.
[Lu Ming: It's not that I can't... I'm just afraid you wouldn't be willing to part with it.]
After hesitating for several seconds, Lu Ming still said it.
"Part with what?"
[Lu Ming: It would require roughly 120,000 Crystal worth of resources... Even if you wanted to help me, you don't have enough Crystal! I've only just become a system myself, so I don't have a single Crystal. So it doesn't matter. I quite like things as they are now. I can manifest anything I want.]
If it was just a body, the amount of Crystal needed to leave was comparatively small. Ai-chan had skimmed at least 300,000 Crystal before achieving her own goal.
And Lu Ming... as a rookie system, had never considered