The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 39 - 38 The Number One in Self-Praise (Updating early with today’s recommendation)
Chapter 39: Chapter 38 The Number One in Self-Praise (Updating early with today’s recommendation)”Pee-Wee, check the common psychological changes in a woman who’s crushing in secret.” Having lived two lifetimes as a mother-born solo, Jiang Shu only understood love between men and women through a foggy lens, leaving him to seek answers on the internet.

Pee-Wee: The person you’re trying to contact is dead. Please burn paper offerings... [Auto-reply]

Jiang Shu: ”...”

What’s this, the Renaissance?

”Quick, quick, quick, put the data collection aside for now; I need to figure out what’s going on and how to reply to this woman.” Jiang Shu dragged four Tablet Spirits to the office desk.

One human and four spirits formed a circle, ready to have a profound seminar on the Kirie Tsukimiya problem.

”So, what’s the deal with Kirie?” Jiang Shu said gravely, knowing that understanding and analyzing the problem is the precondition to solving it.

Spirit A: A woman who’s in a secret crush becomes weird.

Spirit B: She’ll act very differently from usual.

Spirit C: For instance, they might be more timid, sensitive, shy, and preoccupied than normal.

Spirit D: A bold and outgoing girl could totally turn humble in front of someone she really likes.

Spirits A, B, C, D: In summary, the first Tablet Council unanimously believes that you, great Magician Jiang Shu, are in luck!

Jiang Shu: ”...”

He fell into deep thought—

[Timid]: Frightened easily at the police station, definitely timid.

[Sensitive]: Haven’t tested that, unsure.

[Shy]: Instant message recalls, definitely shy.

[Preoccupied]: Who in their right mind stays up in the middle of the night?

[Behaving Humbly]: This respectful tone is overly humble, like to the bone, alright?

With that, Jiang Shu drew his conclusion.

The conference ended successfully with a resounding 5:0 score. Jiang Shu was quite pleased with such a democratic and free discussion.

However, he seemed to have forgotten one thing; the Tablet Spirits were intelligent beings spawned from his own memory and character template...

”Actually, this isn’t a big deal,” Jiang Shu scratched his head, ”It’s just a naïve young girl’s crush... What’s the big deal?”

Spirit C: Then stop grinning!

Jiang Shu tried to suppress his smile, but couldn’t quite control the corners of his mouth and burst into laughter.

Truth be told, any normal person would react the same upon learning that a talented and beautiful girl admired them. It had nothing to do with love; it was purely the vanity encoded in one’s DNA that was being satisfied.

But when it comes back to it, this lively and adorably naive young girl wasn’t his type.

So, how should he respond?

After pondering for a moment, he decided not to address it directly—after all, girls around twenty care a lot about face and he needed to let her know in a tactful way that holds a sense of distance—

We’ve already got a sad, thick wall between us.

So, he sent a message, concise and to the point—”Let’s stick to business.”

In the few short minutes waiting for a reply, Kirie’s emotions roller-coastered. As she nervously watched the Simulated Light Screen, a message appeared before her eyes.

”Let’s stick to business.”

The simple four words left her stunned.

Ahhh!

The Wizard must be angry...

She hastily replied: ”Sorry sorry sorry, I don’t think this is important, we can talk about it later, goodnight Mr. Jiang, goodbye.”

”Hssss—” Jiang Shu drew a sharp breath at that reply!

And she said goodnight!

This pure-hearted flirting technique has serious issues!

He pondered for a while, then consulted with the four Tablet Spirits again, and typed once more: ”Let’s stick to business.”

”...”

Kirie felt dejected.

He must be angry...

So why did I wake him up in the middle of the night?

Kirie felt her eyes moistening and her nose growing sour, but under Jiang Shu’s authoritative presence, she had no choice but to honestly reply:

”Can we change the previous bet? Change it to this: the magic show on Wednesday must be something that can be explained by common sense. If I can decipher your magic, then you... you’ll let me go, not hurt me, and not make me do those things.”

Jiang Shu stroked his chin, pondering the meaning behind Kirie’s words.

It seemed his distancing technique had worked wonders; the girl had immediately realized that any relationship between them was impossible, so she was using this bet as a way to pull herself together and stay away from him.