Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 18 18. "Night Tour"

"Maid's job isn't easy."

Asami uttered these words with a sigh.

Kuon Mirai and Rin also nodded in agreement.

"As for Fanxing, there's no need to do this specifically. The most urgent thing is the menu," Masumi said from the side.

After leaving the maid cafe, the night not only did not become darker, but gradually became thinner.

The shining lights are like artificial stars, and the Sannomiya Central Street is vividly lit with people and tourists.

Mami didn't rush back, but instead took the other two girls and leisurely enjoyed a night out.

Masumi put on a demotivated expression, but was ignored.

"Masumi-kun, aren't you going to buy some sportswear? This is a great time to do it. We girls can help you pick it out."

"……All right."

Unexpectedly, he could continue to complete the side quests after completing the main quest. Masumi finally realized that once a boy goes out with a girl, it is no longer a decision that a boy can make on his own.

As they were walking, they suddenly saw a long queue in front of them. Mami walked forward briskly to find out what was going on.

"Guess what it is?" She had a mysterious smile on her lips.

“I have no idea.”

All three of them shook their heads.

Japanese people are famous for their love of queuing, especially in a bustling shopping street like this, which seems to be frozen in time, with long queues everywhere at gift shops, milk tea shops, and snack stalls.

Seeing that the three of them were not interested, Mami reluctantly revealed the answer: "It's spicy hot pot. It seems to be very popular recently."

“Have you ever eaten it?”

Long Future: "My classmates invited me before, but I can't handle spicy food, so I didn't go."

Eating Malatang seems to have become a trend recently.

"If Mami-san wants to eat it, I can try to make it, but some of the ingredients are not very common. I wonder if they are sold in convenience stores." Rinyin showed a thoughtful expression, "Like 'duck blood' and the like."

"I think you can buy it if you go to Chinatown Shopping Street. Malatang should also be considered Chinese food," said Masumi.

"Masumi-kun, you've tried it before. You're quite the trend follower."

Asami teased him.

"No, but I've had spicy hot pot in Tokyo, and it had similar ingredients in it."

The food called duck blood tastes neither like konjac nor like tofu, but a bit like jelly, and its flavor permeates the hot pot soup.

"Masumi-kun, can you handle spicy food?"

Masumi gained a little more confidence, "The spicy food in China should be fine."

"You're quite confident, aren't you? Our little Rin'in can also handle spicy food. How about a competition some other day?"

After saying this, Mami looked at the silent Rin. Masumi thought she would not agree to such a boring thing, but the girl nodded slightly with an expressionless face.

"I do not mind."

"That's settled then." Asami raised her lips and smiled.

"I know a spicy ramen place. It's said to be the spiciest in Kobe."

"Speaking of Chinese cuisine, there's a restaurant called Zuifang in Sannomiya. It seems to have very good reviews from foreigners living here."

Long Future: "Chinese food is very spicy, right?"

"Not necessarily. Tianjin rice and mapo tofu are not spicy."

"Tsinjin rice is actually only available in China," Masumi said, "and authentic mapo tofu is also spicy."

"Huh? Is that true?" Mami seemed shocked. "But isn't Cantonese-style mapo tofu not spicy? It only uses oyster sauce to bring out the mild and mellow taste."

"That's a modified version from China," Linyin interjected. "There's no such dish as Mapo Tofu in Guangdong. The international students in our class were shocked when they first heard about it."

"Oh, I've learned something new."

After walking for a while, a tall figure suddenly blocked their way.

"Hello, excuse me, I'm lost. Please let me know."

The spoken language was very stiff, each word was pronounced with emphasis, and Masumi raised his head.

In front of me was a tall young white man with brown curly hair and deep blue eyes. He was carrying a backpack and must be a tourist.

As a foreign tourist, she speaks English quite fluently, Masumi said, deliberately slowing down her speech.

"No problem, where do you want to go?"

"What?" The man tilted his ear.

Was he speaking too fast? Masumi slowed down again, almost emphasizing each word, "Where do you want to go?"

"what?"

Masumi was very upset. It seemed that the person in front of him only knew how to speak and had zero listening ability.

If that’s the case, why ask for directions verbally?

He took out his cell phone and prepared to open the translation software.

"Let me do it."

Long, night-like black hair swept past Masumi as she stepped forward to speak to the man. He spoke broken Japanese, while Rin replied in fluent English, their nationalities seemingly reversed, creating a strange ambivalence.

If Masumi didn't listen carefully, he wouldn't understand what the two of them were saying.

After a while, the man bowed, thanked him and left.

“I didn’t expect you to speak English so well.”

Masumi said while looking at Rinne.

The people of the island country cannot pronounce the rolled r sound, and English is spelled in katakana. The spoken pronunciation is quite poor, and it can even be said that it is a language that is only circulated within the island country.

And Rin's English pronunciation is very authentic, without any trace of Japanese English.

But thinking about the impression left by Kamijou, it was both unexpected and reasonable.

"I signed up for a spoken English course during my freshman year, thinking there might be opportunities to entertain foreign guests in a coffee shop."

As a result, there were no foreign guests visiting Fanxing, so it was not put to use until today.

"So awesome, Sister Rin." Kuon Mirai looked at her with the fascination of a fan looking at an idol.

"If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me."

As Rinyin spoke, she brushed her hair with her hands, and the soft ends of her hair were filled with the color of neon lights.

"Is that okay? Then I'll trouble you, Sister Rinone."

"will not."

"What did that foreigner just say?" Asami asked curiously.

"I'm lost, I'm tired, I want to relax and rest, how do I get to Sakae-machi?"

After a pause, Linyin's cold expression faltered slightly. "Then you started talking about your wishes. You want money, you want a girlfriend, you want something for nothing. How can you live your life like this?"

"What?" Asami smiled. "So how did you respond to him?"

“Until you change your habit of fantasizing, you won’t find the way.”

The strong words were indeed very much Rin's style, and Asami laughed with great joy.

Following the crowd, the four people walked into the shopping mall.

Go straight to the counter selling outdoor sportswear.

"Masumi-kun, how about this one?"

Asami held up a tracksuit and showed it to him.

"Is this for women?"

"Yes, I want to buy one too. Running is good for your health."

"Can you get up in the morning?" Masumi asked his soul.

"That's rude." She puffed her cheeks. "Sportswear is comfortable to wear in the room."

Asami did not give up, but turned over her clothes to show Masumi the back. On the back of the black sportswear were embroidered eight Chinese characters "I am the only one who is supreme in heaven and on earth" in a flamboyant style.

"How is it? Super handsome, right?"

It turned out that this was her purpose.

"What is that, a biker gang?"

Masumi sighed inwardly at her aesthetic taste.

Turning around, I saw Kamishiro Rinne and Kuon Mirai staring intently at the clothes on the hangers.

"How about this one?"

It is a dark blue sportswear with a simple and plain design.

"The fit is loose, so it should be comfortable to wear."

These two people were actually seriously choosing sportswear for him. Masumi couldn't help but thank them, "Thank you."

After finding her size, Masumi walked into the locker room and put on the clothes. They fit perfectly, and her body immediately accepted the sportswear she was wearing for the first time.

I looked at the label and the price was right.

"It feels good, just this one."

After changing back into his own clothes, Masumi walked to the cashier with his sportswear to pay, and Asami also put the "I am the only one in the world" in her pocket with satisfaction.

It was getting late, so after buying clothes, the four of them took the tram back.

When we went back, we had avoided the peak period and there were not many people waiting for the bus at the station.

The stainless steel chairs on the platform were stained by the night and the surface was very cold. The three girls were either wearing skirts or shorts and chose to stand and wait for the bus. Only Masumi sat in a seat.

The train pulled onto the platform, bright light streaming through the windows. The doors opened, and several people entered. The three girls sat next to each other, while Masumi sat across from them.

Swaying slightly, the tram started slowly, accelerated, and the sprawling city stretched out towards the other side of the twinkling starry sky.

There was a quietness with a slight noise in the carriage. An old man was snoring softly on the back of his chair; a man in a suit was talking quietly to his wife on the phone, and the crying of a child could be heard faintly on the other end of the line; several boys in student uniforms huddled together, talking and laughing in suppressed voices.

Different people got on the bus to go home on the moonlit edge of this city, as if it was a time when people were very close to each other.

　新年 快乐

　　
　
(End of this chapter)