I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace

Chapter 2205: Extra Chapter: April Fools' Day (Lost Time)

[Wait, what the heck is April Fools’ Day Lost Time!?]

[ ! ? ]

[Even if, like, I take ten thousand steps back and accept that there’s lost time, where the heck did that lost time come from!? Was it when I was waiting for Kaito to wake up? In that case, that was only 10 minutes!!]

[……Errr, Senpai? What exactly are you……]

I called out to Serious-senpai, who suddenly started shouting into the void. Well, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened, so I guess it’s best to just accept that this is how Serious-senpai is.

She’s…… quite strange——— no, unique. She probably has a lot going on. No, I’m definitely not thinking "This seems like a hassle to deal with". Nope…… probably……

[……Tch, whatever. But you really did it this time, Conqueror King……! To think you’d use a lovey-dovey flag against me…… A complete sneak attack! But know this———– this is as far as your plan goes!!]

[No, "plan" might be a bit of a stretch…… Also, I still don’t really get how to use it……]

[True, that flag is rightfully yours. If you choose to use it on me, then I have no choice but to accept it…… However! My conquest difficulty is SSS! Even you won’t be able to clear it so easily!!!]

I have no idea how the conversation ended up here, and I doubt I’d get a satisfying answer even if I asked Serious-senpai. Things have taken a weird turn, but it seems like I just have to roll with it for now.

[To conquer me, you must first max out my Affection Level to 100. And even then, that’s not the end, it’s only the starting line!]

[Ah~~ Errr…… T- That does sound like quite the high difficulty…… E- Errr…… By the way, what’s my affection level right now?]

[Eh? ……If I had to put a number on it…… Let’s see…… Being generous…… it’s around "96,430,000"…… I guess?]

[……Wait, what’s the max Affection Level again?]

[100.]

[…………]

Did I mishear something? I feel like she just said her Affection Level for me is 964,300 times the max value? Doesn’t that mean, no matter how you spin it, she’s already fully conquered……?

I glance at Serious-senpai, but she’s giving me a look like "Why is this guy asking such obvious things?" and I don’t get it at all.

[……Errr, so, what happens if I use this lovey-dovey flag?]

[A lovey-dovey event with me will trigger, of course…… But as I said, I am a high-difficulty conquest! Off the top of my head, I can only think of around 30 possible lovey-dovey events that could happen right now!]

……Is she some kind of lovey-dovey master? If she can instantly come up with 30 scenarios, she'd be way too knowledgeable about this kind of thing…… Also, the whole high difficulty part seems completely irrelevant here.

As I stare at her, at a loss for words, Serious-senpai pulls out paper and a pen and starts writing down these so-called lovey-dovey events.

[……No, Serious-senpai…… Some of these are a bit……]

[Ah, you’re right. I just wrote down whatever since there’s a bed here, but yeah, some of these aren’t exactly age-appropriate. Let’s cut those…… That leaves 25.]

[That’s still way more than enough……]

[But! You only hold one flag! That means you can only trigger one of these events!! Now, what will you do!?]

[E- Ehhh…… W- What should I do……]

No, seriously, what should I do? Everything written on the paper could indeed be classified as a lovey-dovey event that can be carried out indoors. I was honestly impressed that she could come up with so many…… but being told to pick one? That’s a whole different issue……

[Why don't you decide it with darts? That’s the safest option, right?]

[Mhm!? You’ve shown yourself, ? ? ? ]

[Whoa!? Alice?]

[……Ah, no, you got the wrong person. I'm ? ? ? , just a common fan of the Transcendental Beauty Alice-chan.]

[No matter how you look at it……]

[You got the wrong person.]

[That weird costume……]

[You got the wrong person.]

[I mean, your voice isn't even……]

[You! got! the wrong! person!!!]

[……Okay, got it. I got the wrong person.]

The black cat costume she was wearing looked exactly like a color variation of the one Alice often wore, but since she was stubbornly insisting she wasn't Alice, I decided not to press the issue any further.

[Look, we can’t spend forever on an Extra Chapter, so let’s just settle this with darts real quick. I’ve already prepared a spinning dartboard……]

[Well, letting Kaito decide by throwing a dart does sound reasonable…… wait, hold on! Why the hell are there a Pajero and a scrubbing brush on the board!? Especially that Pajero! What are we supposed to do if that gets picked!? This is a world that still uses horse-drawn carriages, respect the setting!!]

Some kind of comedy skit had started playing out in front of me, but basically, it seemed like I was supposed to throw a dart to decide the lovey-dovey event…… Unn…… Seriously…… How did things end up like this?

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [Alright, that's it!!! We're done here!!! As the embodiment of seriousness, there's no way I can be the direct participant in a lovey-dovey event! So let's gloss over the result and get back to the birthday episode!!!]