"What? What do you want to hear me say?"

"What you want to say is none of my business! Humph!" Kasumigaoka Utaha snorted coldly, clearly displeased.

"Hehe~" Shi Chen didn't mind: "Then let's eat quickly."

"it is good."

Shichen left first and went to the kitchen to report to Thor. Unsurprisingly, she was very unhappy.

"Lord Toki is going out alone with that woman from Kasumigaoka?" Thor's cute little face showed a look of utter despair.

"It's just about signing a contract for her novel. Didn't you read her novels too?"

"Can I come along too?" Thor asked, looking aggrieved.

"Of course... no."

"why is it like this?"

"The shop is still open, there are still customers, it's not right to just kick them out, is it?"

"Ugh..." Thor pouted, looking pitiful.

Shi Chen had no choice but to resort to his trump card: "How about this, I'll let you sleep with me again tonight, okay?"

"Tch~ I already sleep with Lord Tenten Shichen." Thor scoffed.

"...Then what are you going to do?"

"May I address Lord Shichen as Lord Chen?"

"What's wrong with that? Of course you can." Shi Chen smiled.

"Thank you, Lord Chen!" Thor happily jumped into Shi Chen's arms.

Feeling the softness against him, Shi Chen naturally pulled her into his arms and asked, "Is this all you want? Nothing else?"

"Can we have anything else?" Thor looked up incredulously.

"It's just a name, it certainly doesn't count as compensation."

"Then... Lord Chen, can you kiss me...?" Thor asked expectantly.

"Sure," Shi Chen nodded.

"Really? Lord Shichen isn't lying to me, is he?"

"Why would I lie to you about this?"

“Then…” Thor slowly closed his eyes and pouted slightly.

Seeing her like this, Shi Chen blinked, then cupped her cheeks, lowered his head, and gently kissed her...forehead.

"Huh?" Thor opened his eyes in confusion, staring blankly at the time.

"Alright, I'll be going now." Shi Chen released her and turned to walk towards the door.

Thor remained rooted to the spot until Shichen's figure disappeared, then he raised his hand and touched his forehead.

Something seems off, but it doesn't seem wrong either... what the hell!

Lord Chen is actually using a fallacy of semantics!

I clearly didn't want a kiss on the forehead!

Next time, next time I must kiss the right spot!

However, her forehead isn't bad either.

Thor was overjoyed as he touched the spot on his forehead where Shichen had kissed him.

......

"Let's go." Shichen said to Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had been waiting for a long time, as he walked out of the coffee shop.

Kasumigaoka Utaha walked side by side with him toward the station.

"Did you win her over?"

"Huh? What?" Shi Chen didn't react for a moment.

"Your maid, is she willing to let you and me go out alone?" Kasumigaoka Utaha stared straight ahead, not even glancing at the time.

"Why not?" Shi Chen retorted.

"Stop pretending, you must have done something."

"No, she's very obedient."

"I almost believed it."

"Haha."

"..."

The timing was clearly not meant to be explained, so Kasumigaoka Utaha had no choice but to give up asking.

Shinazugawa Bookstore is located in Akihabara, so Tokishin is quite familiar with the area, but this is Kasumigaoka Utaha's first time here.

After getting off at Akihabara Station, the two did not go to their base camp, but instead went to a family restaurant not far from the station.

Machida Sonoko arranged to meet them here.

It wasn't noon yet, and there weren't many people in the store. As soon as the two entered, they saw a mature woman in business attire in a corner.

Shi Chen recognized her at a glance.

Machida Sonoko immediately noticed the two of them, but their appearances made her a little unsure if they were the people she was waiting for—they were as beautiful and handsome as idols!

Until the two men came to her.

"Excuse me, are you editor Machida Sonoko?" Toki asked.

"It's me...you must be Ms. Kasumiko?"

"It wasn't me, it was her." Shichin gestured to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Hello, Editor Machida, this is Kasumigaoka Utaha." Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately bowed in greeting.

"My goodness, Ms. Kasumi Shiko, you really are a high school student, and so beautiful!" Machida Sonoko exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth and widening her beautiful eyes.

"Machida, you flatter me."

"No, I'm telling the truth! It's just like a light novel plot..."

"where......"

"Please sit down, Ms. Kasumi, and this gentleman too..."

"Excuse me, Kasumigaoka, please talk to Editor Machida first. I'll be going out for a bit... Editor Machida, please excuse me."

Shi Chen left with a serious expression.

"Toki, where are you going?" Kasumigaoka Utaha hurriedly asked, but Toki had already walked out of the store.

"Is something wrong with him?" Editor Machida asked curiously.

"I don't know either." Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned, her gaze passing through the window as she searched for Shichen's silhouette.

"So... are you two dating?" Machida Sonoko continued her gossipy inquiry.

"No, just friends." Kasumigaoka Utaha looked away after losing sight of the time, her expression calm.

"is it?"

"Editor Machida, shall we talk about the novel?"

"Oh well."

Outside, Shichen left the restaurant and ran towards the station.

He thinks he just saw someone he knows!

Chapter 21 Thousands of Jinmu

Shichen ran to the vicinity of the station, looking around and circling, but he still couldn't see the familiar figure he had just glimpsed at the family restaurant.

With his eyesight, he couldn't possibly be mistaken; he would never mistake that figure for someone else.

The red and gray uniform resembling that of a female high school student, along with her short platinum blonde hair, finally reminded him why there were two Tokyo Towers in the world.

He never imagined that they existed in this world!

So, where is she?

Are they on a mission?

Did we just miss out like that?

Shi Chen felt a pang of emptiness in his heart, wondering when he would meet her again.

But just then, the mechanical voice in my head started to ring out.

[Target discovered for hosting a divine fragment!]

[Identical divine fragment detected!]

[Target: Chizuka Nishiki!]

[You can acquire the opponent's divine fragments at any time (currently unavailable)]

The prompts in his mind seemed to contain a lot of important information, but Shichen couldn't care less about that now. He turned around and looked behind him.

Unbeknownst to him, a beautiful young woman was now standing gracefully behind him.

She has bright red eyes, short white-yellow hair, a small tuft of hair on the left side of her head tied with a red ribbon, revealing her delicate left ear, and bangs that reach just to her eyes.

Her attire was the same one Shi Chen had just glimpsed: a red and gray dress resembling a JK uniform, with the hem falling to her knees, a blue ribbon bow tied at the neckline, black mid-calf socks on her calves, and brown round-toed leather shoes on her feet.

She had a sweet, radiant smile on her face, full of sunshine. However, what puzzled Shi Chen was that she was staring at him, her eyes revealing undisguised surprise, her small mouth slightly open.

It's like... knowing yourself.

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Shi Chen was at a loss for how to react, his expression completely dominated by the other person.

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