4:30 PM.
Lumina Square was right at the bustling time when students left school.
Female students in uniforms came and went in groups of twos and threes, chatting and laughing while shopping, while most of the male students ran off to the arcade to tinker with game consoles.
According to the agreed-upon location, Furina stood beside a utility pole outside the dessert shop, waiting quietly with his hands clasped behind his back.
Clatter, clatter, clatter~
The pedestrian crossing on the road lit up green, and the black-haired fox-eared Damselette, wearing a high Horsetail and a capable uniform, walked over solemnly.
The surrounding pedestrians couldn’t help casting glances over.
Not only because of this black-haired fox-person’s aura, but the other party’s identity was also quite sensational.
“Quick, look…
Isn’t that HAND’s strongest Harbinger, Miss Miyabi?”
“Eh, that’s right~ She’s so cool and so beautiful…”
“Today is really my lucky day to actually run into her, I really want to go ask her for an autograph~”
Listening to the gossiping chatter all around, Furina spread his hands somewhat helplessly.
“You really are popular~ Miss Miyabi.”
Stopping in front of the White-haired Cat Girl, Miyabi glanced around, not caring at all about the gazes and words cast by the surrounding people.
“I’m used to it…
I didn’t keep you waiting long, did I~ Store Manager Furina?”
“Not at all…
You also know the shop is right nearby.”
“Since we’re not on work time, there’s no need to add the two words’Store Manager’, just call me Furina~”
Patting his chest, Furina replied with a smile.
“Alright…
Then, Miss Furina, let’s go~”
“Mm, it’s your treat, right?”
“That’s right.”
The two beautiful girls in uniform, one white and one black, walked toward the dessert shop chatting and laughing.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding people couldn’t help passionately discussing it once again.
“Wow~ Who is that by Miss Miyabi’s side~ Is she her friend?
So pretty…
She looks like a big star.”
“Right, right, right, her temperament is so unique, how come I’ve never heard of her?”
“Most likely a Young Miss from some upper-class family, right?
After all, she can have such a close relationship with Miss Miyabi.”
“Come to think of it, don’t you guys think the two of them look great walking together…”
“Eh~ Don’t say it, you really shouldn’t say it—”
Her upright fox ears twitched.
Miyabi cared a little about the distant discussion, especially the last two sentences.
She withdrew her gaze and turned to look at Furina beside her.
Beneath the other’s slender eyelashes, those glowing, teardrop-shaped eyes were like the most dazzling Tear of the Ocean at an exhibition.
“What is it?”
“It’s nothing…
Just feeling a bit emotional.”
“Feeling emotional…
about what?”
“Someone overflowing with aristocratic aura like Miss Furina is actually so skilled in martial arts.”
Glancing sideways to meet Miyabi’s gaze, half of the other’s figure embedded in the sunset glow, Furina curled his lips.
“Our Hoshimi Family Young Miss is no less impressive either~”
“Mm, after all, we are a martial arts family…
Practicing martial arts is naturally a heritage.”
Rubbing her chin, Miyabi explained as a matter of course.
The two pushed open the door of the dessert shop and found a table with a good location to sit down.
“Bring a cup of Earl Grey black tea…
A cocoa cake with thirty percent sugar and a Basque cheesecake with fifty percent sugar~”
“Alright, Miss~”
Furina was very skilled at ordering.
She looked at Miyabi across from her who was flipping through the menu, narrowed her eyes, and suggested with a smile.
“The newly released Oreo mousse looks very delicious…
Would Miss Miyabi like to help test the waters and avoid any landmines~”
Slowly putting down the menu, Miyabi looked up at her and nodded blankly.
“…Alright, then an Oreo mousse~ As for the drink, a cup of coffee.”
“Understood, please wait a moment, the dishes will arrive shortly.”
Just as the waiter said, the desserts and drinks ordered by the two were served very quickly.
Furina picked up a small fork, impatiently dug out a bite of cocoa cake, and stuffed it into her mouth.
The faint sweetness matched the cake’s unique aroma, combining with the slight bitterness and rich fragrance of the cocoa.
Narrowing her eyes, Furina swayed her body slightly, the ears on top of her head twitching.
Opposite her, Miyabi, sitting upright, saw this, slowly picked up her phone, and pressed the shutter.
Snap——
A crisp sound rang out.
Furina opened his eyes, looked at the fox-girl miss opposite her holding a phone that half-covered her face, and asked curiously.
“Just now, you were taking a picture, right?”
Faced with the question, Miss Miyabi nodded shyly, her gaze starting to wander.
After all, she was wholeheartedly devoted to cultivation and work, with almost no experience of going out to play with friends or even colleagues.
Not knowing what to do, upon subconsciously seeing a cute creature, she wanted to pick up her phone and snap a photo.
“Haha…
Then you can’t just take pictures of me~ After all, Miss Miyabi invited me out to play, shall we take one together?”
“Ah, um, mm~ Alright…”
Watching Furina sit sideways and hold her phone up high to switch to selfie mode, the small phone screen reflected the other’s cute face with a blooming smile, as well as her own somewhat cramped and shy appearance.
Miyabi quickly tidied her bangs, then narrowed her eyes, tilting her head with a smile.
Perhaps this was the only photo pose she could manage, but it really did look very nice.
“3, 2, 1—— Tomato~!”
Snap——
The image froze.
Furina sat up straight, fiddled with his phone, and spoke.
“Um, let’s add each other on contact apps, and I’ll send the photo to you later~”
“Mm…
Alright.
However, why shout tomato, shouldn’t it be eggplant?”
“Being a bit special with you, is that not allowed?”
Without raising his head, Furina retorted with a hint of coquettishness.
“Special…
Mm, alright~”
“Understood, so after that we’ll always shout tomato when taking pictures, right?”
“Hehe, that’s right, that’s right.
If there’s a chance for a big group photo in the future, the two of us will both shout tomato~ Isolating those people who shout eggplant.”
Looking at the other’s slightly mischievous smile, the corners of Miyabi’s mouth unconsciously curved upward.
“Alright~”
After the pleasant afternoon tea ended, it was around 5:30.
The two parted ways at the entrance of the dessert shop, and before leaving, Furina waved his phone.
“Right, the photo turned out really nice, it’s suitable as a lock screen wallpaper or something…
Well, I’ll be going first~ Bye-bye—”
Walking away while stepping on the evening sunlight on the ground, Furina’s shadow was drawn out long.
Miyabi nodded, slowly opening her phone to look at the photo she had secretly taken of Furina shaking his head.
The cute White-haired Cat Girl was shaking her head from side to side because she ate delicious dessert.
“Yeah…
It’s very suitable as a lock screen wallpaper…”
In the evening, after Furina returned to the shop, she bumped right into Cissia.
Looking at the Golden-haired Snake puffing out her cheeks, he asked curiously.
“What’s wrong~?”
“Ugh ahhhh~ Furina, why didn’t you call me when you went to eat desserts with that Miyabi~ I wanted to eat too…
So mean…”
Placing her hands on Furina’s shoulders, the Golden-haired Snake started shaking her while crying and complaining.
“That was because Miss Miyabi invited me, it’s different~ I’ll take you along next time, alright…
Here, I bought a portion specifically for you.”
Raising the paper bag in her hand, Furina shook it.
“Eh~!
Furina—— You guy…
Wuwu~ You are my greatest benefactor in this lifetime!”
Looking at the dessert paper bag in the other’s hand, Cissia smoothly and directly hugged Furina.
“Ah, ah ah…
A snake, a snake is crawling up, alright, alright Cissia~ Hurry up and take it to eat~”
“Hehe, sigh, Zhao really doesn’t bite people, and she is obviously close to you, Furina, stop being so on guard~”
Exhaling slowly, Furina looked at Zhao’s ignorant look and smoothed her chest.
“I know too…
But this is a bodily instinct, there’s no help for it~ Let me adapt for a while longer, maybe it won’t be so repulsive.”
“Mhm~ Then after you adapt, can I sleep in the same bed with you~”
“Don’t you already have a thick mattress…
Why do you have to squeeze into one bed with me?”
“Aiya, how nice would it be for the two of us to sleep hugging each other…
Isn’t it very cozy.”
Cissia had perhaps been lonely for too long, and having such a good person accompany her for a change, she inevitably developed a bit of a sense of dependence.
“Sigh~ I’m really afraid you’ll take me as food and bite me in one go.”
“How could that be~ I sleep very well-behaved, okay—”
Lifting the pudding lid, Cissia used a small plastic spoon to dig out a bite and shove it into her mouth, refuting rather dissatisfiedly.
Knock, knock, knock——
The sound of the room door ringing interrupted the two’s intention to continue conversing.
After Furina and Cissia exchanged glances, they quickly ran behind the bar and sat down.
Cissia also swallowed the unfinished pudding in one gulp, then casually placed the bag at Furina’s feet, and then flash-stepped to slide beside the back door frame and get into position.
Locals generally wouldn’t knock on the door but would enter directly, so whoever was knocking should be people from other worlds.
This was an experience Furina summarized based on previous results.