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Authors: Gakuto Mikumo
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to be someone close in age, a family member or good friend, and furthermore, of the opposite sex…
“I can’t take Nagisa to a party hosted by vampires, and Asagi seems angry over something, and I don’t really wanna get her wrapped up in anything bad, anyway…”
“I suppose not.” Yukina cutely cleared her throat and looked at Kojou. “I think you have no choice but to select someone who knows your true nature and who can deal with dangerous situations.”
“Suppose so.”
Kojou lowered his eyes and made a reluctant sigh at how troublesome this was.
“I don’t like involving her, but…maybe I can try asking Natsuki.”
“Wh-what?”
Yukina’s eyes went wide with shock and froze that way. Kojou didn’t notice as he scratched his head.
“I’m scared what favor she’s gonna drag out of me later, but this ain’t the time or place to complain… Well, I bet she’ll come along to a mere party if one of her adorable pupils seriously asks her to.”
“…How did Ms. Minamiya’s name come up there?” Yukina asked in a low voice. There was no great change in her facial expression, but herevery word was so charged with electricity that they conveyed a very thorny impression. She seemed upset for some reason.
“Er, I mean, she knows all about my condition, she has her Counter-Demon Mage certification, so she’s suitable, right? Although I do think looking a little too young might be a bit of a problem.”
“I believe there is someone else who is of appropriate age, who knows your condition, and who also has Counter-Demon Agent Agacertification, senpai,” Yukina murmured in a blunt tone, almost as if speaking to herself. As Kojou listened, he finally realized the reason for Yukina’s anger.
“Can I ask you to come? It’s not gonna be a problem with the Lion King Agency?”
“It cannot be helped. In this instance, I think letting you out of my sight would be the greater problem, senpai.”
Yukina spoke coldly, as if to conceal her blush. Seeing her mood somehow recovering, Kojou breathed a sigh of relief and made a strained smile.
“I see. Sorry.”
“No, watching you is my mission after all, senpai…ah!”
After speaking in a tone of jest, Yukina’s expression suddenly darkened.
“Himeragi? So there is some kind of problem?”
“I suppose it…could be a problem. I do not have clothes to wear to a party.”
Yukina had a brooding look as she bit her lip. Watching her face like that from the side for a while, Kojou spontaneously burst into laughter. As Kojou’s slumped shoulders shook, Yukina snapped him an indignant glare.
“Is something funny?”
“Er, sorry. I thought, you’re just like Cinderella. So even you worry about these things, Himeragi.”
“…I suppose so. If I am the soot-covered princess, you must be the mean stepsister, senpai.”
The gaze Yukina turned toward Kojou was like ice. Kojou looked a bit hurt.
“If you’re not gonna say I’m the prince, at least make me the wizard or something!”
“In the Grimm fairy tale, Cinderella scraped the heels and toes off the mean stepsisters and put their eyes out. Please be careful, senpai.”
“…I’m thinking you’ll look cute in anything, so it’s not that much of a problem, Himeragi.”
Kojou strived to put on an earnest face as he spoke. He did not intend it as idle flattery, since this was his honest opinion, but all the same…
“You’re so transparent, senpai.”
Yukina simply made a sigh, as if giving up. Still angry, Yukina walked off at a rapid pace, with Kojou pushing the cart ahead of him as he followed.
Having finished their shopping, Kojou and Yukina carried various shopping bags as they headed home.
The evening sun had already sunk below the horizon; dusk was already starting to envelop the city. It was three hours and change until when Dimitrie Vattler’s party was due to start. That really wasn’t much time to spare.
“If you went all the way to Island West, there’s rental
“I can’t take Nagisa to a party hosted by vampires, and Asagi seems angry over something, and I don’t really wanna get her wrapped up in anything bad, anyway…”
“I suppose not.” Yukina cutely cleared her throat and looked at Kojou. “I think you have no choice but to select someone who knows your true nature and who can deal with dangerous situations.”
“Suppose so.”
Kojou lowered his eyes and made a reluctant sigh at how troublesome this was.
“I don’t like involving her, but…maybe I can try asking Natsuki.”
“Wh-what?”
Yukina’s eyes went wide with shock and froze that way. Kojou didn’t notice as he scratched his head.
“I’m scared what favor she’s gonna drag out of me later, but this ain’t the time or place to complain… Well, I bet she’ll come along to a mere party if one of her adorable pupils seriously asks her to.”
“…How did Ms. Minamiya’s name come up there?” Yukina asked in a low voice. There was no great change in her facial expression, but herevery word was so charged with electricity that they conveyed a very thorny impression. She seemed upset for some reason.
“Er, I mean, she knows all about my condition, she has her Counter-Demon Mage certification, so she’s suitable, right? Although I do think looking a little too young might be a bit of a problem.”
“I believe there is someone else who is of appropriate age, who knows your condition, and who also has Counter-Demon Agent Agacertification, senpai,” Yukina murmured in a blunt tone, almost as if speaking to herself. As Kojou listened, he finally realized the reason for Yukina’s anger.
“Can I ask you to come? It’s not gonna be a problem with the Lion King Agency?”
“It cannot be helped. In this instance, I think letting you out of my sight would be the greater problem, senpai.”
Yukina spoke coldly, as if to conceal her blush. Seeing her mood somehow recovering, Kojou breathed a sigh of relief and made a strained smile.
“I see. Sorry.”
“No, watching you is my mission after all, senpai…ah!”
After speaking in a tone of jest, Yukina’s expression suddenly darkened.
“Himeragi? So there is some kind of problem?”
“I suppose it…could be a problem. I do not have clothes to wear to a party.”
Yukina had a brooding look as she bit her lip. Watching her face like that from the side for a while, Kojou spontaneously burst into laughter. As Kojou’s slumped shoulders shook, Yukina snapped him an indignant glare.
“Is something funny?”
“Er, sorry. I thought, you’re just like Cinderella. So even you worry about these things, Himeragi.”
“…I suppose so. If I am the soot-covered princess, you must be the mean stepsister, senpai.”
The gaze Yukina turned toward Kojou was like ice. Kojou looked a bit hurt.
“If you’re not gonna say I’m the prince, at least make me the wizard or something!”
“In the Grimm fairy tale, Cinderella scraped the heels and toes off the mean stepsisters and put their eyes out. Please be careful, senpai.”
“…I’m thinking you’ll look cute in anything, so it’s not that much of a problem, Himeragi.”
Kojou strived to put on an earnest face as he spoke. He did not intend it as idle flattery, since this was his honest opinion, but all the same…
“You’re so transparent, senpai.”
Yukina simply made a sigh, as if giving up. Still angry, Yukina walked off at a rapid pace, with Kojou pushing the cart ahead of him as he followed.
Having finished their shopping, Kojou and Yukina carried various shopping bags as they headed home.
The evening sun had already sunk below the horizon; dusk was already starting to envelop the city. It was three hours and change until when Dimitrie Vattler’s party was due to start. That really wasn’t much time to spare.
“If you went all the way to Island West, there’s rental
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