Status Window Chapter 8 : This is How You Unlock Achievements (Patreon)

8. This is How You Unlock Achievements

Walking down the street and approaching the school, students began to appear here and there. Then, the usual morning scene began.

"Good morning!"

"Mornin'."

"G... morning!"

Greetings are important. Having been taught so at school, I greet anyone I recognize as a student without hesitation. Being me, I went about greeting people as usual.

"Good morning! Good morning! Good morning!"

"Wait, Rio!"

"You're greeting too fast!"

"Geez! Rio! You have to greet people properly!"

When I jogged past greeting various people, those who received the greetings gave various reactions. But I kept greeting them without minding.

Then, occasionally, I heard the "Piron" notification sound. I opened the Window and looked at the blinking red category.

"Oh, Favorability goes up just by greeting! Nice, I'm gonna greet the whole school!"

If favorability goes up just from greetings, it's a cheap price to pay. The notification sound is becoming addictive; raising favorability is tedious but fun. Actually, I feel like I'm greeting people just to hear the notification sound.

"Good morning! Good morning! Good morning!"

"...Mornin'."

"Good morning~"

"Fast! Mornin'!"

While overtaking them at a jog, I greeted more and more people. The idea that greetings must be returned is ingrained in the students, so everyone replies to my greeting. That feels a little good.

Resonating my energetic voice from the morning and listening to the pleasant notification sounds, I entered the school. Entering the school building with my shoes still on, I headed for my classroom. Upon entering the classroom, I greeted everyone loudly.

"Good morning~!"

"Rio, good morning. Happy birthday for yesterday!"

"Mmhmm, carry on."

"Morning! Congrats on turning ten!"

"Mmhmm, mmhmm, carry on."

"Happy birthday!"

"Hahaha, what a great feeling!"

When I entered the classroom, my classmates congratulated me on my birthday yesterday. The notification sound rang frequently, but I didn't have time to check it now.

"How was the skill~?"

"It was a super good skill!"

"Heh, wasn't it a weird skill? Being a weirdo and all."

"Calling people weirdos is rude!"

"It's Rio, so it's definitely an interesting skill, right?"

"I feel like that 'interesting' includes the meaning 'strange'..."

Dodgeing the barrage of questions from my classmates, I finally arrived at my seat where I could settle down. Now then, how much did my favorability go up?

When I opened the Window to check—there was a place blinking red other than the Favorability category.

"...Achievement Unlocked?"

It seems my morning greeting rush unlocked some kind of achievement. Checking the Achievement category immediately, one achievement had been unlocked.

"Hoho, unlocked an achievement by talking to a hundred people. The reward is... Inner Voice Window Display?"

What's that, Inner Voice Window Display? I looked around, but no windows were displayed. What does this mean exactly?

When I tried placing my finger on the text, an explanation appeared.

"Oh, here it is. Let's see... 'A window displaying inner voices will appear. To display, please consciously think that you want to hear the inner voice,' huh. Hmm, can I really understand it with just this?"

I kind of can't believe it. But since it's written here, I suppose I really can do it.

Half in doubt, I turned my gaze to a classmate some distance away. And I focused my consciousness on displaying the inner voice window.

Then, a few seconds later—a window appeared above that classmate's head.

"Whoa, it really appeared..."

That window read: "Ah, school is a pain..." Is this really their inner voice? But it does seem like their true feelings...

I can't tell for sure just by looking at one person. I made windows appear for other kids in the same way. Then, this time, a rude thought was displayed: "I wonder just how weird Rio's skill is..."

As I displayed the inner voice windows of other kids one after another, words that seemed like their true feelings were lined up. ...Is this really hearing their inner voices?

If so, this function is amazing. Knowing the true feelings of others, such a despicable thing... is super welcome! If I use this, I can read other people's minds all I want! Using that, I can efficiently raise Favorability and Affection, can't I?!

Kukuku, this is like giving a demon an iron club. An add-on feature well worth the grind. But knowing too much is bad too. Knowing true feelings can sometimes make you sick at heart. So, I'll decide to use this only in emergencies.

...Well, but. Right now my curiosity is stronger, so I'm gonna use it a lot though. Hoho, that kid is thinking that... That guy is unexpectedly simple. This one seems to have no hidden side.

I wonder if I can use this function for something convenient. Like exposing people's lies. Or wanting to know that person's true intentions. Maybe I can make money with that?

Thinking about it like this, there are a lot of things I can do. First off, since I don't know what kind of achievements there are, I have to do every action I can think of.

In that case, let's put more effort into my actions than usual. If I do that, other achievements should unlock too. Then, I'll get various rewards and obtain new functions.

Fufu, if I master this Window, even more fun things might happen. This is getting fun!