I Am an Emperor in a World of Mixed Anime

She was as serious as a mother!

Akira Higashino opened his mouth, "Alright."

Upon hearing this, the girl nodded in satisfaction, her expression softening.

…………

In the living room, the wife, who had been hearing noises from her daughter's room and guessed that Su Shi should be getting up soon, began to bring out the food she had prepared in the kitchen.

I was just about to knock on the door and wake up Su Shi, who was sleeping in.

Suddenly, with a click, the door opened.

Seeing Su Shi come out of the room, Mrs. Nagasaki ran over happily and hugged her daughter, rubbing her cheek against Su Shi's face. She said excitedly, as if she were pleading or showing off, "Su Shi, Mom has finally finished her previous work and got a half-day off. I can spend the whole morning with you. Breakfast is ready. After we eat, whether you want to stay at home or go out to play, Mom can come with you."

"Mom...Mom!!!"

Nagasaki Motoyo froze, her hands and feet turning cold from the sudden surprise, her face paling slightly, and she felt a sense of suffocation.

Higashino Akira followed behind, and before even leaving the room, he looked at the mother and daughter embracing each other with a somewhat complicated expression.

Didn't you say that Mom was working overtime and not at home?

Could the cunning Su Shi be planning to force a marriage by introducing him to her parents, becoming his wife, and then demanding that he leave Toyokawa Shoko?

My usually gentle daughter didn't say a word today. When I told her the good news that I had taken the day off, she didn't cheer or shout with joy. Instead, she just stood there blankly and didn't turn around to hug me.

Sensing something was wrong, the woman looked up, intending to observe Su Shi and ask why. However, she ended up facing the young man with a somewhat subtle expression who was still standing in Su Shi's room. She froze on the spot, her lips trembling slightly, and it took her a while to manage to utter a single sentence, "Who are you?"

“Uh… Su Shi’s boyfriend!” After a moment of silence, Higashino Akira gave this answer.

Then he noticed his wife's gaze constantly shifting between him and her daughter.

Then, with a look of realization and disbelief, she realized that Su Shi had done that because she was too lonely, but it turned out that she had a boyfriend.

What about last night...?

The little toys she bought for Su Shi?

The girl's item is practically brand new; there's no need for her to keep it for herself.

While I don't object to Su Shi dating, isn't it a bit too fast for things to develop to this point so quickly?

As a mother, she didn't even know the other person's name or what kind of person they were, and she didn't use her own experience to help her daughter make a choice...

The wife wanted to ask many more questions. She even felt that the man looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where.

Before she could speak, Nagasaki Motoyo, who had been frozen in place, came to her senses. Her pretty face turned from white to red, and she suddenly turned around, grabbed Higashino Akira's hand, and pulled him out of the house.

"Mom, I have an appointment with my classmates, so I have to go now."

"breakfast?"

Let's eat out!

In Nagasaki, the mother, who had finally finished a period of work and managed to get a vacation to spend time with her daughter, sat alone at the dining table, eating slowly and mechanically with a tasteless odor, her face full of desolation.

It was so unappetizing that I finally put down my chopsticks.

The television was turned on in the living room, playing content that nobody cared about and no one paid any attention to.

My daughter has grown up...

Even after getting a boyfriend, there's still a distance between them.

And friends who play music together.

Busy, everyone's busy, being busy is good...

Ugh…

Strolling along the streets of Tokyo, with a light drizzle falling from the sky, Akira Higashino put his arm around the dazed Nagasaki Motoyo to prevent her from falling or bumping into a telephone pole.

After a long pause, feeling that this couldn't go on, she thought for a moment and then took the initiative to speak, "Um, your mother has quite a youthful vibe."

This advice proved effective.

Nagasaki Motoyo snapped out of her daze, glared at him irritably, and even started to look wary.

This defensiveness made Higashino Akira feel somewhat wronged. Although Su Shi's mother was not old and quite good-looking, and looked quite similar to Su Shi, that was not a reason to be wary of him!

As everyone knows, he was a member of the Eastern Wu faction and disliked married women and unmarried men.

"You know, I like real young girls."

"is it?"

Nagasaki Motoyo gazed at him with a skeptical expression.

Akira Higashino: "..."

After a moment of silence, he said, "Don't force me to kiss you in the street to prove my innocence."

Upon hearing this, the girl blushed slightly and looked away in embarrassment.

With his exceptional hearing, Higashino Akira heard a slight rumbling in the girl's stomach and led her directly into a nearby chain restaurant.

"Hello, welcome! What would you two like to order?"

Upon entering, I was greeted by a staff member, a petite young woman.

We ordered two dishes and led Su Shi to a seat.

"Um, I don't have any money with me."

Nagasaki Motoyo reminded him in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed.

She was hungry earlier, but she hadn't even brought her phone, let alone her wallet. Her mother caught her sleeping in the same room with a boy, and she was too embarrassed to go back right now.

It's unlikely that she'll treat us or split the bill now.

Upon hearing this, Higashino Akira touched his body, his expression stiffening slightly. Oh no, his phone and wallet were also missing. However, his expression quickly returned to calm, and he even nodded calmly to Su Shi.

"It's alright, I have a way."

Nagasaki Motoyo: "?"

"Eat first, and then you can run away after you finish eating. I'll stay and wash the dishes to pay off the debt."

Higashino Akira grinned carelessly and said something that made the girl's eyes widen instantly and her heart tremble with fear.

Nagasaki Motoyo almost immediately wanted to refuse and tell the clerk to cancel the order. It was just a meal; leaving her boyfriend at the fast food restaurant to pay for it was completely unnecessary!

But the reason fast food is fast food is because it's fast!

Please enjoy your meal.

Before Nagasaki Motoyo could cancel the order, the female shop assistant, wearing a green uniform and a mask, had already prepared the food and delivered it to the two of them.

For a moment, Nagasaki Motoyo felt like she was dying.

Everything went wrong all day today, Mercury retrograde!

Across from her, Higashino Akira was still calmly eating heartily, giving her a thumbs-up as he did so. "Aren't you going to eat? You'll need energy to run later. It tastes pretty good."

The girl gave a bitter smile, her face ashen and silent.

Next to him, Higashino Akira quickly finished his meal and raised his hand to the counter, saying, "Hello, two more servings, please."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

After all, I did physical labor last night, and I can't recover my energy without eating more.

Nagasaki Motoyo was dumbfounded when she saw the man's nonchalant attitude, as if he had no worries about his debts. She winked at him and gave him a warning look.

One or two servings would be fine; she could just tell the staff to leave him there and go to RiNG's place to meet up with Deng and the others to borrow some money to pay the bill. But ordering so many servings like this is going too far. She might actually end up having to wash the dishes!

Akira Higashino finished his fast food early, and when Motoyo Nagasaki was almost finished, he couldn't bear to swallow the last few bites. He didn't have the courage to face the miserable life that was about to begin, and with each bite, he looked at the idiot sitting across from him with a guilty look.

While I was moved, I felt increasingly guilty.

She felt that all of this was caused by her. If she hadn't brought him home yesterday, or if she hadn't been so shy today and hadn't even had time to grab her phone and wallet before pulling him away, none of this would have happened.

Higashino Akira silently glanced at a "customer" who followed them into a corner of the store to order food.

After receiving the signal, the other person finished the last sip of their drink in one go, took the initiative to pay the bill, and, with their back to their emperor's new lover, gestured to the clerk to settle their table's bill as well.

Of course, Higashino Akira wasn't worried about not having money for food. After all, he had so many Imperial Guards and secret agents around him, and a meal wasn't a big expense, so he didn't have to worry about it.

He was just being mischievous and wanted to tease her a little.

Rather than letting her spend the whole day lost in thought about what happened this morning, it's better to take her on a big adventure.

"Su Shi."

"Ok?"

"Keep calm. Your expression right now is too obvious and will give you away."

I rolled my eyes at this idiot, speechless.

“I suddenly don’t want to wash the dishes anymore, and I’m worried you can’t outrun them. The brown-skinned clerk behind the counter looks like she’s in great shape. How about we run together for a bit, and then I’ll contact someone to pay the bill.”

"what!?"

Nagasaki Motoyo glared at her.

Before she could react or think carefully, Higashino Akira quickly whispered, "Ready! One...two..."

"three!"

"run!"

Like a gust of wind, Higashino Akira grabbed Nagasaki Motoyo's hand, pushed back the chair, and rushed out of the store with her exclamation.

Higashino Akira led the way, running slowly ahead at the fastest speed the girl could keep up with.

Before I knew it, the drizzle that had lasted for several days stopped. The rising sun pierced through the clouds, turning into a beam of light that spilled across the ground. A gentle breeze blew by, carrying a faint mist that brushed against my cheeks.

Nagasaki Motoyo stumbled after the man, his hand being held by him. As she watched his hair be covered in a golden light and become radiant as it passed through the beam of light, her heart pounded wildly, her blood rushed to her head, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

Gradually, I forgot my troubles and the strange looks from passersby on both sides of the street. For some reason, I subconsciously followed along and became immersed in this not-so-grand escape.

It seems like she's turning into a bad girl.

As this thought suddenly came to mind, the girl's expression unconsciously became lighter and lighter.

Akira Higashino: Isn't he handsome, sis? That's the infectious power of his extraordinary charm!