Busujima Dojo.
Busujima Saeko sat on the floor in a seiza position, the silvery moonlight cascading over her.
Her smooth purple hair shimmered with a starlight-like luster, framing her like a lunar goddess, cold and ethereal.
However, Saeko's heart was far from calm at this moment.
It was as if she had been struck by King Crimson; she had completely forgotten when or how she had returned to the dojo.
She only remembered that after finishing her conversation with her junior, Su Yan, she had dazedly accepted that piece of parchment from his hand.
She had gripped the parchment tight, lost in a daze until she finally snapped back to reality upon reaching home.
"The meaning of life? To truly be alive?"
Saeko lowered her head and stared blankly at the floor, murmuring to herself.
On the floor to her left lay the white oak bokken she always kept with her for self-defense.
To her right was the parchment she had received from Su Yan.
She had read the contents of that parchment over ten times already.
She understood that by simply signing her name, she would soon obtain a ticket to the underworld.
However, she was in no rush to sign it.
It wasn't because the terms of the contract were harsh.
On the contrary, the conditions seemed almost too lenient for her.
It reached the point where Saeko couldn't help but wonder if this was actually some kind of marriage proposal or dowry.
"Entrusting your future to me and all that..."
Thinking of the words Su Yan had just said to her, her face couldn't help but flush with heat.
If anyone from school saw her now, they would be absolutely stunned.
The usually stoic and cold goddess of the campus, Busujima Saeko, was actually making the face of a girl in love?
"Su Yan, oh Su Yan... you're really playing dirty, you know that?"
Saeko stroked her burning cheeks, her gaze turning hazy as she looked at the parchment and sighed softly.
It took several minutes before her expression finally returned to its usual composure.
She suddenly grabbed the contract, and with a swift motion of her hand, she signed her name without further hesitation.
"Since Su Yan finds value in this tainted body of mine, then why shouldn't I entrust my future to him?"
...
On the other side.
After parting ways with Saeko, Su Yan had just arrived home.
Su Yan had to admit that after living in this world for over a year, his habits had indeed been influenced.
For example, right now...
"I'm home!"
After opening the front door and stepping into the entryway, Su Yan naturally spoke those words.
"Mee!" "Mee!"
Before he could even change into his slippers, two white shadows flew down the hallway and lunged at him.
Su Yan reflexively reached out and caught the two white blurs in his hands.
Looking closely, one could see that these two white, dumpling-like things were actually some kind of cute living creatures.
"Mee." "Mee."
Once caught, the two white dumplings made kitten-like sounds and began rubbing against him affectionately.
These two little cuties had a name that suited their appearance perfectly: Snowball Beast.
Many people might find the name unfamiliar upon hearing it.
But here, one must mention the Snowball Beast's other title.
Angewomon (Baby Stage)!
That's right, the very same Angewomon from Digimon.
Don't get the wrong idea; Su Yan wasn't some kind of DigiDestined child.
He would have liked to be one, but the problem was: what kind of kid gets chosen at eighteen?
Besides, the Digital World didn't even exist here.
Even Su Yan was a bit bewildered by the appearance of these Snowball Beasts.
Even though these two possessed the same abilities and evolutionary potential as the Digimon they were named after.
They weren't actual Digimon, but Nen Beasts born through Nen abilities.
One was born when Marikawa Shizuka awakened her Emission-type Nen after contracting with him; the other appeared when Su Yan synchronized with her ability through the contract.
He had to admit, the saying that fools have their own brand of luck wasn't just a figure of speech in the 2D world.
In anime and manga, authors always gave special treatment to the ditzy characters.
Well, except for the actual idiots.
Translating that treatment to the real world, these airheaded characters were practically the darlings of fate.
Su Yan had to work hard to awaken and improve his Nen, set strict Vows and Limitations, and carefully select contract partners.
Unlike Marikawa Shizuka, who, with his help, immediately awakened Emission-type Nen and a Snowball Beast.
She didn't even have to train. As long as she fed the Snowball Beast her Nen every day, it was only a matter of time before she had a powerful Angewomon.
Who could he even complain to about that?
Su Yan rubbed the fluffy heads of the two Snowball Beasts.
"That's strange. Did Shizuka-nee not feed you any Nen? Never mind..."
Su Yan shook his head. Not overthinking it, he condensed two balls of Nen in his hands and tossed them to the creatures.
"Mee!" "Mee!"
The Snowball Beasts' eyes lit up as they lunged at the Nen clusters with open mouths.
Ignoring the little cuties enjoying their feast, Su Yan put on his slippers and walked into the house.
He soon spotted a curvaceous figure lying on the living room sofa.
The blonde, ditzy beauty was asleep, her delicate features serene while her long golden hair cascaded messily onto the floor.
Her massive chest was tightly bound by her white shirt, and under the influence of gravity, they looked like two pressed water balloons.
She seemed to sense Su Yan's arrival.
The blonde woman's eyelashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of gold eyes as clear and pure as mountain spring water.
She looked exactly like a college student who had just graduated.
Anyone who saw her would conclude that this woman didn't seem particularly bright.
Her name was Marikawa Shizuka—the airheaded, blonde, well-endowed school nurse from the anime Highschool of the Dead.
She was also the first person Su Yan had met after transmigrating to this world.
And Su Yan's first contractor.
"Xiao Su Yan, you're back?"
Shizuka rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at the entering Su Yan.
She gave him a mischievous wink, pressed a finger to her chin, and said playfully, "Xiao Su Yan, would you like to have dinner first, a bath first, or..."
"...me first?"