Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 49, Part 16: "A Bright Sunny Day"

As soon as June arrived, it seemed that the days of "Mizunoe" had really arrived.

Today is a sunny day with warm weather and gentle breeze. The sky is clear and blue. The lingering plum rain last night seems like a dream.

The coffee shop welcomed the first weekend of the month.

The continuous plum rain seems to have washed the sky into an especially deep blue. The winding thin clouds hang leisurely in the sky like soap bubbles. The scene looks like an oil painting.

If a customer came to talk to him today, it seemed like he could chat with him about the sunny weather after the rain. This thought flashed through his mind, and Masumi immediately apologized for desecrating the holiday.

He walked out of the store and came towards me. The breeze blowing on my cheeks was refreshing.

It would be better if the bangs were not blown over the eyes.

Masumi brushed her hair to the sides, and as expected, it was blown into a middle part by the natural wind.

Ah, my forehead.

"Masumi-kun, what are you looking at with your head covered?"

Mami's lazy voice came from behind him. Masumi turned around and saw that she was dressed completely different from usual.

Her long hair, which was usually loose, was tied into two braids at the back of her head. She wore a fake two-piece plaid dress, a white beret on her head, and a pair of metal round-frame glasses on her nose, looking like a literary girl.

Standing next to her is Hanekawa Kaizuki, wrapped in a loose white hooded sweatshirt, with her small hands sticking out from the sleeves. It should be Mami's clothes. Isn't it hot to wear like this in this weather?

However, when wearing long-sleeved clothes, only the fingers are exposed, which looks very cute.

"Ah~ What a nice day!"

Mami opened her arms and gently closed her eyelids, as if embracing the clear sky.

"Ah."

Masumi responded calmly.

The overly mild wind seemed to bring the temperature of the next season.

"Summer is almost here."

"In other words, it's time to play in the water and wear swimsuits, right? Masumi-kun, if you want to see girls in swimsuits, just tell me."

"I don't have as much jumping thoughts as you."

"Eh? You don't deny you want to see the swimsuit part?" Asami smiled, "So, this is the only time of the year when we can openly and carefully admire a girl's body."

"In normal times, many girls would feel embarrassed simply by showing their belly button or thighs, but once they get to the beach, they won't feel uncomfortable even if they wear a swimsuit that's no different from underwear."

"This is the magic of the summer seaside!"

Asami beamed with joy when she spoke of this, her eyes sparkling behind her glasses.

"Xiao Haiyue also wants to put on a swimsuit and go to the beach to have fun in the water, right?"

She turned and looked at the girl with flaxen hair.

"……In no mood."

Without giving her any face, Haiyue shook her head expressionlessly and said, "I don't like... exposing my body to the outside..."

It turns out that she is the type who is not used to showing her skin.

"Eh..." Mami said with a disappointed tone, "This is the only chance a year to show off your figure."

Masumi calmly retorted, "Your usual outfits have a very summery feel."

"What does that mean?" Asami stopped mid-sentence and hugged her chest. "Could it be that... Masumi-kun has been secretly paying attention to me?"

"I'm sorry, Masumi-kun. I've always thought of you as a good-natured colleague and I don't have any feelings for you in that sense. I'm really sorry if I caused you to misunderstand—"

She spoke coherently without even taking a breath.

"Please don't make yourself too dramatic," Masumi sighed. "Also, don't talk like a light novel heroine."

"Cough cough cough cough cough..."

As if because she had spoken a long string of words, Mami stopped and coughed lightly a few times, then gasped for breath for a long time, her full chest rising and falling several times, and her breathing gradually calmed down.

"Sure enough, voice actors are all monsters. They can actually speak such a long paragraph fluently without changing their expression."

"If you can't do it, don't force yourself to learn."

"So..." Masumi sighed again and refocused his attention on Mami's outfit: "Why are you dressed like this?" "From now on, Masumi-kun, please call me "Ryujinin" or "Michiyo."

"why?"

"Wait a minute and you'll find out."

Asami had an unfathomable smile on her lips.

"...But I'm saying, Masumi-kun, are you going out wearing this?"

White short-sleeved shirt, black casual pants, and sneakers.

"What's wrong with this outfit?" Masumi didn't feel there was anything wrong with herself: "It's perfect for the weekend."

"Hmm..." Asami rested her hand on her chin and stared at him seriously for a moment, then smiled: "Well, everyone is the same anyway."

"What does almost mean?"

"Wait a minute and you'll find out."

Not even a single line of dialogue was changed.

Masumi, Asami and Kaizuki were walking on their way to the train station.

Kamishiro Rin went to school early in the morning, and Kuon Mirai also made an appointment with her classmates to go to the library to review today.

Masumi was worried about leaving Hanekawa Kaizuki alone in the store, so he and Asami took her with them and set off together.

"Do those glasses of yours have prescription?"

"Yeah, 200 degrees, but I usually wear contact lenses."

Masumi nodded. Japanese girls seemed to have an inexplicable obsession with bangs and contact lenses. If you saw a young girl with an exposed forehead and wearing framed glasses on the streets of Tokyo, there was a high probability that she was a foreigner.

"So when will you wear framed glasses?"

"Now."

When I got on the tram, the clear blue sky was cut into squares by the windows and gradually disappeared before my eyes.

The three of them got off at Motomachi Station.

On sunny weekends, the streets are crowded with people.

Masumi walked out of the station and waited for a while on the roadside with the two girls, watching the people coming and going.

A pair of burgundy-streaked twin ponytails swayed and floated into view.

"Sorry to keep everyone waiting."

Inukai Yuyuko waved at them and trotted over.

She was wearing a Gothic black casual dress, and the dazzling array of decorations made a jingling sound, and the gentle light cast shadows under her eyelashes.

"Yo! Youyouzi!"

Asami cheerfully greeted the twin-tailed girl who ran over, then looked closely at her wine-red eyes. Without the false eyelashes to help her, those sharp eyes looked a little weaker than usual.

"Your false eyelashes are not done properly."

"Eh? Really?" Youyouzi took out a small mirror from her messenger bag, pointed it at her eyes, and said in a distressed tone, "This mascara is a free sample given with the magazine. It doesn't dry easily, so I thought I'd apply less."

"It's okay, it looks fierce like this."

"Are you praising me, Mami-san?"

Youyouzi narrowed her eyes in dissatisfaction. The subconscious little movement not only made her look majestic, but also gave people a sense of coldness and arrogance that made people dare not look directly at her.

"Not bad, not bad! This is exactly the effect I want!"

Pleased with her reaction, Asami smiled brightly and snapped her fingers happily, "Follow me, everyone."

"So, Mami-san, where are we going today?" Youyouzi asked. "When I asked on LINE, you didn't reply. You just told me to put on my makeup."

"Wait a minute and you'll find out."

The veins on Masumi's forehead twitched. If he remembered correctly, this was the third time Seno had repeated this line today.

Riddler, please leave Kobe.

(End of this chapter)