"What if I told you to abort the baby?"
Masha was stunned. This wasn't the reaction she had expected from Ren upon learning about her pregnancy.
Clutching the hem of her skirt tightly, tears nearly spilled from the corners of her eyes. Her chest felt tight, and she bit her lower lip.
Nodding weakly, Masha spoke while looking at him with uncontrollable tears.
"If that's what Ren-kun wants, I'll do it. After school, let's go to the clinic to—"
"Stop, Masha. I'm sorry, my joke went too far."
Ren placed his index finger on her lips, stopping her from continuing.
With wide eyes, Masha looked at his apologetic smile, realizing she had been tricked. Then, she reached out to pinch the soft flesh on Ren's waist.
Sucking in a cold breath, Ren endured the pain.
"Ren-kun is stupid, stupid, stupid! Don't joke about my pregnancy. I can get angry too!"
Puffing her cheeks like a hamster's mouth stuffed with food, even in her anger, Masha remained adorable.
"Ouch, forgive me. I know I was wrong, I'm sorry, Masha. I won't do it again."
"Um, I forgive Ren-kun."
Seeing Ren genuinely remorseful, Masha stopped pinching him.
'Damn, that hurt so much. Good people are scary when they're angry.' Ren grumbled inwardly while rubbing his waist.
"Let's have lunch, Ren-kun. I'm curious what Itsuki-sensei prepared for you today."
No longer discussing the topic of her pregnancy, Masha pulled Ren to sit on the chair, and the two began eating.
'The hypnosis effect hasn't worn off; instead, the suggestion I gave her has embedded itself into her cognitive consciousness.'
Observing no odd behavior from Masha, Ren enjoyed his lunch, cooked by Itsuki, the youngest of the Nakano quintuplets, who had grown up and now worked as a teacher at Ohananomitsu High School, and was also his woman.
Raised in a family like the Nine Dragons, Ren never considered himself a good person, even though his personality wasn't as bad as his siblings'. Nonetheless, it was undeniable that he was someone who would do whatever it took to satisfy his desires.
It had been over a month since the new semester started. As usual, students were placed in new classrooms with people from other classes.
Realizing that this world was a blend of everyday anime, Ren targeted heroines who usually only appeared in animations. Upon discovering that his desk mate was one of the heroines from the anime *Roshidere*, Maria Mikhailovna Kujou, he wanted to make her his.
But he knew ordinary methods wouldn't win Masha's heart. With his photographic memory, Ren remembered every detail of the anime he had watched. So, he knew Masha already had another man in her heart—Kuze Masachika, whom she had met as a child while living in Japan.
Ren wasn't one to give up easily; the challenge only fueled his desire for thrill. Then, he recalled that in one episode of *Roshidere*, there was a scene featuring the Kujou sisters, Masha and Alya, who had a weak resistance to hypnosis. Even a beginner following a hypnosis guidebook could hypnotize the two girls.
Naturally, Ren used hypnosis on Masha. He learned hypnosis from the internet, pretended to have something to discuss with Masha, lured her to a secluded place, and easily hypnotized her. He redirected Masha's feelings for Masachika to himself. Not only that, Ren also implanted the suggestion that Masha deeply loved him and was willing to do anything for him.
Of course, Ren knew his methods were despicable, but he didn't care. He was someone who cared more about results than the process.
On the day Masha was hypnotized, that very evening, she gave her heart, body, and purity to Ren.
After having sex almost daily for a month, neither of them used protection like condoms or birth control pills, so it was no surprise that Masha got pregnant.
"It seems I'll have to take a leave like Itsuki-sensei and Hina-sensei. Ren-kun, don't forget me while I'm away from school, okay?"
"Of course. There's no way I could forget a woman as beautiful as you, Masha."
"Ren-kun is so smooth with his sweet talk. No wonder Itsuki-sensei fell for you and was willing to break the taboo of a teacher-student relationship. I'm so jealous; I want to live with you too."
Masha lightly kicked Ren's foot under the table as a form of protest.
"Well, your family wouldn't agree to you living under the same roof as a man." Ren shrugged.
Since he was an orphan, couldn't cook, and wasn't good at housekeeping, he had asked Itsuki to live with him in his parents' inherited house. At first, Itsuki refused, fearing others would find out. However, after visiting Ren's house and seeing his unhealthy lifestyle, she changed her mind.
Itsuki not only took care of the household but also attended to Ren's sexual needs.
Ren packed his books into his bag and walked past Masha toward the exit.
Just like his secret relationship with Itsuki, the fact that he and Masha were romantically involved was also kept hidden from the public. Usually, the two only interacted as classmates to avoid drawing attention.
"Luckily, I turned down the student council invitation. That's such a troublesome job."
Turning around, Ren saw Masha and her younger sister, Alya, heading to the student council room. The two sisters were members of the student council.
"Let's go. Hopefully, I'll find some good treasures."
After leaving the Archery Club, Ren joined the Homecoming Club.
His goal was the flea market!
As is known, the reason for the phenomenon of transmigration or reincarnation is that 99% of the protagonists have cheats.
Ren was no exception.
On his first day in this world, he gained a supernatural ability.
Disappointingly, this supernatural ability didn't grant him Saitama's OP strength or allow him to transform into a Super Saiyan God with Ultra Instinct.
The main manifestation of this ability was that when he focused his gaze on an object for a certain period, the object would emit a light and display a simple text description.
[Cow Bone Grass: Can be used as medicine. Seems quite effective for bone injuries, might be useful when injured.]
In front of a stall selling herbal medicine, Ren held a thick blade of grass. Reading its description, he put the grass back on the stall and left.
"It's so hard to find magical treasures. So far, I've only obtained less than ten." Ren grumbled in frustration.
A year ago, he hadn't noticed anything strange about this world. Aside from the mix of some everyday anime characters, everything seemed peaceful enough.
There were no man-eating demons, no zombie apocalypse, and no superheroes across the ocean safeguarding world peace.
That mindset changed when Ren recognized some of his classmates in his first year of high school.
Yotsuya Miko: An ordinary girl who suddenly gained the ability to see spirits and had to keep pretending not to see them. Otherwise, something bad would happen to her.
Gentōga Keitarō: A young man with a spiritual constitution, possessing an abundance of life force even surpassing the legendary onmyoji, Abe no Seimei, in his prime. He was a magnet for spirits due to his spiritual constitution and was often harassed by them, causing him to avoid public interactions and lock himself in his room to prevent the entangled spirits from harming anyone.
Ayase Momo: A girl with incredibly strong psychic powers that had yet to awaken, capable of even destroying alien UFOs with her psychic energy.
The presence of these three made Ren realize this world wasn't just an ordinary everyday life. There were aliens, spirits, ghosts, youkai, and other supernatural beings roaming around.
Therefore, he visited many flea markets and antique shops to search for treasures with the help of his supernatural ability. So far, he had only found ten treasures with the power to ward off supernatural beings.