347 Raphiel’s Purpose

"Sure."

After hearing Gabriel's words, Ren put on a white shirt to cooperate.

He wasn't used to exposing his upper body in front of them.

Now that he could wear his clothes, he was naturally happy.

"Gabriel, you're breaking the rules."

Seeing him already buttoned up, Raphiel pretended to be dissatisfied.

"The competition is over, so there's no need to follow the rules anymore." Gabriel pulled Satania, "Come on, let's continue playing Go, don't worry about this."

"That's true." Raphiel said sadly, "I finally tried my hand at Kamikawa, but you ruined it."

Gabriel ignored her dissatisfaction and focused on playing backgammon with Satania.

She knew Ren well and knew that despite his strange punishment for failure, as long as Raphiel and Satania wanted to compete with him, he would likely agree.

Once Ren agreed, there was no problem winning.

But what if he lost?

Gabriel didn't want to see Ren exploited by Raphiel.

Therefore, it's better to directly crush this competition, just in case.

"Raphi, you don't actually need to undress as a punishment." Vigne agreed with Gabriel's approach, "You can have fun by changing the punishment."

"But if I don't take off my clothes, the competition is meaningless." Raphiel explained.

Vigne complained, "What's the point of undressing as a punishment?"

"Keep it a secret."

Raphiel didn't intend to explain too much; she looked at the already dressed Ren and began to think.

Shortly after, Gabriel and Satania decided on the winner. The winner remained Gabriel, and there was no retaliation from Satania.

As Satania was still a girl, Gabriel didn't force her to undress as a punishment but asked her to go to the general store with Vigne to buy today's ingredients.

Initially, Gabriel wanted to let Satania go shopping for ingredients alone, but considering her unreliable character, she had no choice but to let Vigne accompany her.

"Anyway, we're having hot pot tonight." Before leaving, Gabriel specifically informed them when giving them money for the ingredients.

After all, with Satania here, she didn't need to worry about buying too much and not being able to get it back.

"Okay, let's go."

Vigne carefully kept the money, took Satania out of the house, and headed to the general store.

"Kamikawa, Raphi and I need to prepare something in the kitchen. You can wait in your room and do whatever you want."

After closing the door, Gabriel turned and walked to the kitchen, reminding Ren.

Since they were going to have hot pot, it was reasonable to have clear division of labor. Satania and Vigne were responsible for buying the ingredients, Gabriel and Raphiel were responsible for handling and preparing the ingredients, and Ren was responsible for waiting to eat.

Everyone had something to do, a perfect distribution.

"Okay."

Ren agreed, took out his phone, and started checking various messages sent to him by Nino and others, replying one by one.

"I'm so tired. Who asked for hot pot?"

While cutting ingredients at home, Gabriel complained.

"Don't you mention this?" Raphiel replied, "You think cooking is troublesome because there are so many people, so you decide to have hot pot."

The decision to eat hot pot was made before the competition between her and Satania; Ren had not arrived by then, so he did not participate in the discussion.

But now he couldn't stop the hot pot, and there was no way to change it.

After a while, Gabriel turned to her and asked curiously, "Let me tell you, Raphi, why are you so eager for Kamikawa to undress?"

She had been thinking about this question for a long time and still hadn't found a reliable answer.

"Hmmm~..."

Raphiel elongated her voice and deliberately pretended to be offended.

Seeing her like this, it was hard for Gabriel to press her. What if she made her stop talking?

So, she could only wait eagerly.

Feeling almost done, Raphiel smiled and said, "Of course, it benefits you."

"Benefit me? Are you kidding!" Gabriel laughed angrily at her words, "What do you think is the benefit of asking Kamikawa to undress?"

"Because, according to you, this is not a benefit, why look at it so seriously that you don't even want to blink." Raphiel said without haste, "Don't say that you're looking at Kamikawa just to make sure he's healthy. Honestly, only children believe explanations like that."

"Ahem..."

Gabriel couldn't argue at all. Who told her to say the truth? She didn't intend to answer her question.

"Even if Kamikawa undressing is a bonus, I don't believe your goal is that simple." Based on her understanding of Raphiel, Gabriel was not deceived by her answer.

Raphiel fell silent, then continued, "Because you don't believe, you can understand that I want to take advantage of Kamikawa, and I want him to undress just to see your reaction. That makes sense."

"This explanation makes sense and fits your character very well, but I always feel you're still hiding something." Gabriel still felt a bit strange.

"You're thinking too much. What can I hide from you?"

After saying this, Raphiel started washing vegetables and stopped talking.

Of course, the purpose of the competition with Ren was not as simple as that, and the explanation just now was just a cover-up.

The real goal was to observe what kind of superpower Ren possessed through a competition.

If she won, Ren could ask a girl to undress. No man would refuse, right?

Unfortunately, Raphiel didn't see any signs of Ren using his superpower to flip the coin, or it could be said that the other party using their superpower, but she didn't realize it.

Fortunately, she didn't get anything.

Thinking about the scene of Ren undressing, the corner of Raphiel's mouth lifted slightly.

Ren was quite interesting.

At the same time, Ren who was in the room, was thinking hard about how to reply to other people's messages.

Nakano Nino: [Naoki, do you have time tomorrow? There's something I want to talk to you about in person]

Kamikawa Naoki: [I have time]

After thinking about it and making sure he had no plans for tomorrow, Ren agreed to Nino's invitation.