NOVEL WEB Chapter 167: Going to a Couples' Event with Chiba-san_2
Hiss!
What a headache-inducing choice!
No, actually, it's like I don't have a choice at all, because Chiba Shimizu will definitely not go to a maid café!
"I thought about it and decided I can't be at ease. After all, if you're by yourself, I can't guarantee you'll fully learn how to run a café."
The pretty girl's affirmative tone directly pierced through the boy's little schemes, and Chiba Shimizu said indifferently,
"Anyway, I don't have anything else to do today, and Sister Reiko is still over an hour away from getting off work. It won't delay much."
"But, there's a pervert outside wearing only underwear and a crown waiting for me to defeat him! Plus, that despicable guy has already turned the school into his own castle. Such a vile person, I ask Miss Chiba with a sense of justice to accompany me back and defeat him!"
Haruka Yuzan spoke with a serious face, as if he indeed shouldered an incomparable task, and once again earnestly invited another partner.
The Mask · Ice Queen · Chiba Shimizu joins the battle!!!
"No."
Unsurprisingly, Chiba Shimizu decisively refused him.
"Please don't think I just had a bout of chuunibyou, I too have a heart that desires to save the world! To steal everyone's desires! To create a wonderful world!"
Chiba Shimizu lifted her gaze to look at the boy passionately presenting his speech, and... Haruka Yuzan saw a hint of incurability in those clear eyes,
"Classmate Haruka, please don't take going home to play video games for granted."
The cold voice extinguished the boy's fervent heart, and Haruka Yuzan was startled, then said something incredulous,
"Eh? Chiba-san, you know?"
Even though P5R is a phenomenal game in Island Country, he didn't think Chiba-san, who revered classical art and culture, would know much about it.
"Persona Bizarre Record, Misaki had me play it before." The honest Miss Chiba promptly admitted without any hesitation or concealment.
"Ah." A sigh filled with the helplessness of being toyed with by fate.
"If you're that disappointed about not seeing maids, indeed, Classmate Haruka, my previous thoughts were correct—your ideological consciousness needs to be elevated."
"Damn! No boy could resist being surrounded by a bunch of maids!"
"To be able to say such things so boldly, Classmate Haruka, I underestimated you before."
After thinking it over, Chiba Shimizu added another remark,
"You wouldn't have considered... me, Sister Reiko, Misaki, Hoshina wearing maid outfits for you... would you?"
"No, I'm not brave enough. I haven't dared to think of such a scenario."
"...You think I would believe that?"
.....
Walking along, observing as they went,
The Miss appeared to have her own targets in mind, while Haruka Yuzan dutifully followed alongside the girl.
Even though it was work and school hours, the distinctively wide crossroads were still filled with people.
JK, shorts, white, yellow, black... It seems like the beauty standard is generally high in this world, at least, looking around, the rows of fair, long legs exposed outside formed the most dazzling part of the cityscape.
Walking, taking the train, getting on, getting off, walking again—it was a ten-minute journey. Haruka Yuzan followed Miss Chiba's pace and arrived on the other side of Shinjuku Ward along the Shinkansen line.
The ever-bustling city, and those rows of beautiful maids standing by the road.
Seeing this scene, Chiba Shimizu couldn't help but frown, apparently unprepared, and Haruka Yuzan was also surprised. He glanced at the girl beside him and quietly asked,
"Shall we change to a different venue?"
There was only this one café on the street, likely the destination of the Miss as well, but what she hadn't anticipated was the maid support. This was something Chiba-san hadn't expected.
"No, let's go to this one."
Chiba Shimizu said calmly, "If we change locations now, there won't be enough time, and today's efforts will be wasted. That's something Miss Chiba cannot tolerate."
"Alright then."
Haruka Yuzan didn't say much else, and the two of them walked toward the coffee shop named QWSH.
As they approached, they could hear the chirping voices of the girls. Looking at the cards in their hands, what… was there an event going on?
The maidservants quickly noticed the two of them, or more precisely, they noticed Haruka Yuzan.
His youthful face was filled with a cherry blossom boy's lazy aura, and his deep eyes seemed so easy to fall into with just one glance.
Their voices gradually lowered, and a few maidservants even started to become embarrassed, whispering among themselves.
"Wow, he's so handsome! I really want his contact info!"
"I can't take it, I can't take it! I think I'm falling in love! I'd love to spend..."
"Dream on, look at the girl next to the guy, she's really pretty!"
"No way, they're not even holding hands! They definitely can't be a couple!!"
The little maidservant waved her hands; she didn't want to experience heartbreak just after falling in love. Experience more on empire
Chiba Shimizu didn't speak. The aloof Miss Chiba walked straight into the shop, and Haruka Yuzan hurriedly followed suit, but the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of something written on the cards in the girls' hands,
"Today at QWSH coffee shop, we are specially hosting..."
What event it was, Haruka Yuzan didn't manage to see clearly before he and Miss Chiba entered the shop.
At that moment, a little maidservant, upon seeing Haruka Yuzan and Chiba Shimizu walk in together, showed a hint of disappointment.
"Ah? They've gone in... Are they really a couple?"
"Look at them, they must still be students, isn't it romantic! I can't handle it..." Another maidservant, wearing white lace, showed an entirely different thought, her bright eyes filled with longing and aspiration as she looked towards the entrance of the coffee shop.
No one knew what grand, innocent love story the little maidservant, who was influenced by romance light novels, had concocted in her mind.
"Hey, I didn't expect to fall in love and then have my heart broken on the same day, it hurts so much!"
It seemed that even her work passion had been extinguished. Today's theme was a couples' challenge event, and thinking about this, the little maidservant listlessly raised the card in her hand, which read,
"Today at QWSH coffee shop, we are specially hosting a couples' theme challenge event. If you have found true love, come and test it out! Successful couples will win hospitality from the manager and enjoy exquisite gifts!"
...
Upon arriving at the café, a waiter immediately came to greet them,
"Welcome to QWSH café."
Different from the maids outside, the waitstaff here were dressed in very ordinary work attire, clearly, this place wasn't a maid café, but merely used it as a marketing strategy.
That's something to learn from.
Haruka Yuzan thought to himself, while Miss Chiba seemed to have already noted this detail in her mind.
"Chiba-san, it looks like there's an event today."
Following the waiter to a seat near the window, Haruka Yuzan said with a smile. Sitting here, they could see through the window the maids standing outside with their signs. He didn't know what the event was exactly, but in any case, today's visit was worthwhile.
Chiba Shimizu nodded, her clear eyes still calm, without a ripple...
The waiter handed the menus to them and stood by the side, showing a gentle smile, and softly began to speak,
"Yes, today, our QWSH café is holding a couples' challenge theme event..."
"Oh, then the event you're hosting is..."
Haruka Yuzan, who was looking through the menu, paused and then his eyes showed a hint of surprise.
"What event are you hosting?"