"Host--"

If the system had a physical form in this world, it would have already stretched out its hands, poised to shout.

"These are all sugar-coated bullets from the enemy, you can't—"

"But he said he would help me with my homework."

As he spoke, Vili had already arranged a meeting time with Kinai Kanade via LINE.

"That kind of thing, I also..."

"You still dare to say that!"

Willie gets angry whenever he thinks about it.

"Last time you helped me write a report, and Professor Tianhai immediately found out! He even asked me if it was generated by AI, because it was completely nonsensical!"

The system's voice abruptly stopped, sounding rather guilty.

"I...this is my skill level..."

"I graduated years ago, I don't want to write this..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a knock on the door.

Vili and the system looked at each other in bewilderment.

It was already midnight. Who would come to visit at this hour?

"Host...are you Kii Kanade?"

The system remained as timid as ever, even its electronic voice began to tremble.

As soon as he finished speaking, Willy's phone buzzed with a message from Kinu Kii.

He said we would meet at Kawashiro Park tomorrow.

Clearly, the person knocking on the door at this moment is not Kii Kanade.

There was no peephole on the dormitory door of the Strange Tales Academy, and Willy didn't even try to check it, but simply opened the door.

Even though he had the foresight to block out the system's screams, he still heard a faint echo, which made him rub his ears and look up at the person in front of him.

The academy does not require students to wear uniforms, but this person wore a complete set properly, with all the buttons fastened to the top, and the nameplate on his chest indicated his identity.

His thick, watermelon-shaped head covered his eyes, revealing only his thin chin, pale lips, and even some peeling skin.

"...Fujikawa Sosuke."

Vili read out his name, but the other person slowly shook his head.

His neck seemed to have been forcibly attached, making it very inflexible, and his movements were choppy and jerky, like a frame dropping.

"My name is... Thirteen..."

His voice was soft, yet clearly audible in the quiet corridor.

"Su... host..."

The system suppressed its fear and spoke, keeping the volume extremely low even though it knew the person outside couldn't hear it.

"Sousuke Fujikawa... he's the thirteenth student who died during the holidays because his contract failed!"

"..."

It seems that Asami Haruki's flesh and blood are indeed delicious. I didn't expect that after a week, the eerie creature that was just a blurry black shadow could now take on a physical form.

Perhaps because its prototype was that student who died tragically, it subconsciously chose the image of the other person after it took human form.

"Thirteen."

Despite knowing everything, Willy showed no sign of tension and even readily changed his form of address.

What brings you here?

“Asami Haruki said…you made a bet…a contract…”

"He even told you this?"

The more powerful a demon is, the stronger its self-awareness, and the one in front of us clearly has a very clear mind.

"Did you make a contract with him?"

"Are you here to kill me on his orders?"

If that were the case, Asami Haruki should be running over to show off triumphantly, so why is there no news at all?

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Thirteen shook its head again, this time much more violently, and Vili could even see the seam on its neck.

It seems that this Fujikawa-kun died a very gruesome death.

"contract……"

It repeated the sentence, slowly brushing aside its bangs to reveal its scarlet eyes.

"Me and you."

"..."

"Il, do I have some kind of constitution that attracts people to form contracts? I remember you also offered yourself up like that back then."

Vili couldn't help but sigh.

The system, forced to recall its dark past, couldn't help but pretend to crash.

Vili just made a joke at it, and then turned his attention back to Thirteen.

"Why?"

"..."

Thirteen paused for an unusually long time this time, until Willy moved his feet impatiently and changed his posture before it finally spoke.

"……like."

"……What?"

"like."

"You're so cute...and..."

"etc."

Willy raised his hand in a gesture of disapproval.

"There's no need to say any more..."

He covered his face and leaned weakly against the door frame.

Could all of this really be his own fault? Did he unlock something... a succubus-like constitution without his knowledge?

Such a conjecture was too terrifying for Willy to bear, and he refused to think about it any further.

"……I see."

He took a deep breath and lowered his hand.

"However, I cannot form a contract with you."

"Why……?"

Vili actually saw a sense of grievance on one of the strange faces.

"Because it's unnecessary."

Upon hearing this, the black aura around Thirteen gradually thickened, causing the lights in the dormitory corridor to flicker. The glass cover of the alarm on the wall shattered with a bang, and it was about to go off in the next second.

Vili's expression remained unchanged.

"You'll be more useful to me if you stay by Asami Haruki's side."

These words were like a spell, instantly calming the frenzied monster down, locking away its overflowing power and binding it back into its body.

"……it works?"

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