The Azure Sea is not a warrior with ripped clothes.

"Ah! I forgot!"

Having let it slip, the adorable matcha-colored catgirl quickly bowed deeply to her senior in apology before rushing into the kitchen with tears in her eyes.

"Ugh~ You actually chose the cutest one directly, Yu is so despicable."

"I'll return that to you verbatim! I'm embarrassed to say who chose the biggest one as soon as they came in."

Miyazawa Yu leaned back in her chair with a relaxed expression. Maid cafes are all about having inexperienced girls; after all, a young girl's shyness is more appealing than anything else!

"Hey, Kohei, what do you say?"

"Miss, may you wear this 'Lalazi' apron and cast a spell on me? This is my lifelong request!"

"Ugh?"

When the handsome blond guy knelt down on one knee to ask for a favor, the maid who was serving Kohei let out a cute, puzzled sound.

Although anime fans make up a staggering 98% of the customers she serves, this was the first time she'd ever seen someone bring their own cutlery. Is this a rule in the employee handbook?

"Wait! Why are you all so comfortable with this?!"

With great effort, Yoshihara Aina managed to stick out an arm from the group of women. She was already petite, and now she was almost overwhelmed by the beautiful "big" older women!

"Hurry up and help them! Why are you just standing by and watching!"

"Just kidding, of course it's because I'm envious..."

"Although I'd love to suffer in your place, please enjoy yourself, Mana!"

After teasing Mana for a while, just before Mana's confidence was about to be drained by the "big" older sister's breasts, Miyazawa Yu mischievously reminded her, "As long as you choose one maid, the others will leave. Mana is really greedy!"

"Why didn't you say so earlier, you bastard!"

Her eyes had lost their sparkle, but she was saved at the last minute. Yoshihara Aina wished she could show Miyazawa Yu what it meant to be in a real mess.

But the most urgent thing is to get yourself out of here. Let Kohei be the one to die surrounded by catgirls.

She should stop contributing useless and bizarre death stories to the world!

"The orange-haired lady! I choose the orange-haired lady, please spare me!"

"Sigh~ It's not her, what a pity."

"But the big oranges are definitely more appealing, there's just no way around it..."

The chattering crowd finally dispersed, and Yoshihara Aina, panting heavily, sat down in the empty seat next to Yu, her mind filled with the happiness of surviving a disaster.

"Hello, this is the drink included in the set meal..."

"Tons, tons, tons!"

Snatching the drink from the catgirl maid's hand, Yoshihara Aina drank the gummy bears in the cup down her throat before she had the strength to openly scold these heartless guys.

"Hey! You guys, you're all so excited just because you came to a maid cafe?!"

"Oh, Aina, I think you have absolutely no idea!"

"Understand? Understand what?"

"What a naive newbie," Kitahara Iori said with a slight tilt of her head, "This isn't just any ordinary coffee shop. It's a famous catgirl shop in Tokyo, one of the must-visit places in Tokyo that's just as important to men as the Imperial Palace!"

"Huh? Are you idiots?"

I'm totally confused. Anyway, they're all maid cafes, and they even exist in Izu. They're also frequently seen at high school and university festivals.

"No, no, no! Such a superficial understanding is not enough to gain recognition!"

"So why do I need your approval at all...?"

"Is that so? Since words are not enough, let's give it a try!"

With his legs crossed, Miyazawa Yu snapped his fingers, and the catgirl maid beside him, quick to notice, handed him a menu.

The next second, it was casually tossed in front of Aina, along with a provocative remark spoken in a seductive tone: "Please order, Aina!"

"Ugh……"

Their eyes were filled with utter speechlessness. It was just ordering food; why make such a big deal out of it?

As Yoshihara Aina picked up the menu, she was about to speak when a warm breath enveloped her cheek, while a pleasant citrus scent wafted from her nose.

"Hulululu~Hululuulu~"

"..."

As Yoshihara Aina watched the catgirl maid pressed against her face, making strange, kitten-like purring sounds from her throat, her heart began to pound uncontrollably.

What's going on? Do maid cafes usually offer this kind of service?

"Hehe, how about it? This restaurant's unique purring sound for ordering is said to be 90% similar to a real cat's!"

The three scumbags' smiles simultaneously turned sinister. The same kind of fun they had in a maid café was admiring the cute new maids, just like the awkwardness of a friend visiting for the first time.

In other words, from the very beginning, Aina was part of Miyazawa Yu's Play, essentially a pre-meal toy!

Chapter 117 Yu Ishigami's Sense of Alienation

"Damn it! Did you guys plan this all along to lure me here on purpose? You bunch of bastards..."

After ordering her food with a blush on her face, Yoshihara Aina covered her head in embarrassment amidst the meowing of the cat-eared maid, feeling like she was about to explode.

Seriously, who came up with the idea of ​​a maid cafe, a place that's so shameful? They deserve to make money; the emotional value they provide is just too much!

"Actually, we didn't discuss it beforehand."

Although it was very impolite to put his hand on the armrest, Kohei Imamura couldn't suppress the wicked smile on his face.

"After all, this kind of thing can be understood at a glance, so why would we need to use such an inefficient means as language!"

I wholeheartedly agree!

"That's right, Aina! This is the bond between us!"

"Can't you guys think of something good?"

That's too much! They're taking advantage of me because I can't join their team voice chat.

However, since the matter had already been decided and all the food had been ordered, Yoshihara Aina couldn't just turn around and leave. She could only make do with having dinner and see what happened.

"And another thing, aren't these girls shy? After all..."

"Welcome home, Master!"

"...It should be like this."

Pointing at the cat-eared maids at the door, Yoshihara Mana's face showed deep disdain—

Men are all like this; as long as there's a pretty girl's smile, they'll become all smiles no matter what, it's so disgusting!

I don't know if true love should be ordinary and mundane, but occasionally it should include a passionate romantic trip, gazing at each other from a high-rise hotel and then becoming one...

"Ah, it seems like Mana has thought of something again?"

Watching the steam rising from Yoshihara Aina's head, Miyazawa Yu ordered another drink, biting the straw and shrugging as he explained, "Of course I'd be shy, after all, I have to wear such embarrassing clothes and say weird lines."

"However, correspondingly, the maids' wages are ridiculously high, after all, business is good and the meals are all premium versions, you see!"

Using his phone, Kitahara Iori found the store's job posting and handed it to Mana, scaring the latter half to death as she was conjuring up bizarre fantasies.

"Ah! Ah? Oh, three thousand yen per hour!"

"That's right! If you add the commission from special services and the photo shoot, it will be even more!"

With a shove, Miyazawa Yu pushed the embarrassing dish back onto the seat, then unfolded the menu again and ordered the magic that would turn the omelet rice into something delicious.

"This dish costs 500 yen, and the young lady will probably get about 70-80% of it. Plus, with the omelet rice's half-price bonus, it's about 500 yen."

"So profitable!!!"

Ai Cai was shocked! To be honest, this is much more lucrative than working in the fields.

Moreover, the base salary is not low, so even without customers, they earn more than regular waiters or convenience store cashiers.

To be honest, she was even a little tempted after seeing it!

"Right, so there are gains and losses. If you gain money, you lose your worries. That's absolutely true!"

Seeing that Aina had finally figured it out, Miyazawa Yu crossed his arms and nodded seriously.

These young women are earning their money through hard work; what they're doing is practically charity! This is high-quality male philanthropy that deserves high praise!

"Um... one omelet rice, and a glass of Sky Blue Lemon Ocean View Special Drink."

"No problem, Master, you need to make the omelet rice..."

"Please give me two servings."

"???"

A familiar voice came from Miyazawa Yu, who was explaining to Mana the legitimacy of visiting a maid cafe.

Suddenly, I heard the voices of the guests sitting down behind me sound familiar, as if I had heard them somewhere before.

He quietly stood up and glanced back, only to find that the guest whom Aina had just looked down on was actually the boy he had met once in the student council of Shuchi Academy.

He remembered that Yuyuki Yuyuki had mentioned it to him, something like...

"Yu-tong?"

"Huh? Ha!"

Just wanting to soothe his mind and body at his usual restaurant and reward himself for not being killed by Shinomiya-senpai after a day of perseverance, Ishigami Yu was startled when he suddenly heard someone call his name.

Then it suddenly dawned on me that a maid café is not a place where you might be recognized by someone you know, and why was the person calling my name the assassin senior from the student council from a couple of days ago?!

Why?! Are they chasing after us?!

"I'm sorry! Please spare my life, I didn't see anything!"

His pupils dilated in shock. Having just escaped the wolf's den, Ishigami Yu had fallen into the tiger's mouth again, leaving him with no choice but to beg for mercy on the spot.

"Yu? Mitarai is in Tokyo too? Ah! He's a strange high school student. Yu, what did you do to him?"

"Exactly! School bullying?"

"You two scumbags have no right to talk to me like that!"

Miyazawa Yu didn't know why Ishigami looked at her like she was a ghost, but as a senior, she still had to show proper courtesy when meeting a junior she had only met once.

Ten minutes later, after watching Miyazawa Yu pay for his bill, Ishigami Yu, sitting between Iori and Kohei, knew he couldn't escape.

"Um... don't worry! We're good people. If You've done anything wrong, just tell us! We'll stand up for you!"

"Aina, don't talk bad about me behind my back, otherwise you'll threaten others, right?"

"Yes! I was not threatened at all!"

Isn't that an expression of complete being threatened?

Seeing Ishigami Yu's expression, which was barely better than a dead man, the other three all secretly complained to themselves with half-moon eyes.

Sitting back down next to Mana, Miyazawa Yu looked at Ishigami Yu with a helpless expression and asked, "So, Ishigami-kun, are you also here to visit Akihabara? Is everything alright with the Shuchi Academy student council?"

"It's okay, the financial statements are already done, so you can leave the school directly with the remaining time."

"Hmph~ Financial statements? Is Ishigami-kun the student council accountant? That sounds impressive!"

Upon hearing the somewhat unfamiliar term, the closest thing to finance in Yoshihara Aina's memory was probably the income accounting in her father's house.

I never imagined that high school students these days are so amazing. They're already making reports even before they're old enough to drink alcohol.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just about collecting the sponsors' money into the account and then evaluating the club's expenditures to make a reasonable shift in focus. I'm sure you'd be more comfortable doing it, senior."

"Ah—that's true."

How modest! She couldn't understand what the other person was saying at all. Feeling embarrassed, Yoshihara Aina could only manage to respond with "Ah, yes, yes, yes" in a perfunctory manner.

And it wasn't just her; even Iori and Kohei's expressions froze for a moment—

Damn it! They can't even beat high school students. Is this what a prestigious high school is like? I feel so defeated!

"Uh... seniors?"

Completely surprised that his words had caused an awkward silence, Ishigami Yu's expression showed a moment of anxiety, but he quickly returned to a cold indifference.

After all, this is normal. People like me are better off alone. Interacting with others will only bring trouble to the friends around me.

After you finish eating, quickly make an excuse to go home; you can order the game online...