"Eh?"
Looking at the girl's shy, awkward expression, Shido froze for a while. Then he desperately waved his hands.
"That's not it! How could I possibly need dicine… no, wait… to begin with, I've never had that kind of relationship with Tohka and the others!"
"Then… why did you bring us to this kind of place?"
Hearing Shido's words, Mikoto beca confused.
If it was not because Shido needed it himself, then was it really all right to bring two adolescent girls to this sort of pharmacy?
"Ugh…"
Faced with Mikoto's question, Shido was montarily at a loss for words.
Thinking about it carefully, Mikoto had no idea why he had brought them here, so it was only natural that she misunderstood.
[Pfft hahahaha… Mikoto's concern is totally reasonable, Shido. How about properly rembering the dicine's na? Since you've conquered so many Spirits, you might really need it in the future.]
Kotori's unrestrained laughter ca through the earpiece.
[…]
Shido fell silent and, deep in his heart, seriously considered the feasibility of making dishes Kotori disliked for the next few days.
"In any case, it's not because I wanted to buy dicine for myself. It's Origami. Because Origami seems to really like this type of shop."
He explained to Mikoto.
"Origami? I don't think Origami would like a store like this…"
She turned to look at Origami. Origami was still completely puzzled, looking rather at a loss.
"I see… so it really isn't right after all…"
Shido could also tell.
It seed the Origami of this world was very different from the Origami he knew.
[!!!]
Just then, he noticed sothing.
Although the girl looked confused, she was very naturally holding a shopping basket, taking the strongest aphrodisiacs and love potions from the shelves with extrely practiced movents, then placing them inside.
"Um… senpai…"
"Hmm?"
Mikoto followed the direction Shido was pointing and saw Origami's actions as well.
"O-Origami?"
Seeing the girl look confused while her hands swiftly and skillfully selected aphrodisiacs, Mikoto said in bewildernt.
"Eh?"
And so Origami stopped moving.
She lowered her head, as though she did not know what she had just done, and scread,
"W-what is going on? Why am I… ugh… my head… it hurts!"
"Um… w-we should leave this place first."
Mikoto said in a panic.
Origami's current state was very strange.
"Yeah! Let's go, Origami!"
Not only Mikoto, but Shido's earpiece was also blaring with piercing alarms and Kotori's shouting.
He hurriedly took Origami and Mikoto out of the pharmacy.
After that troubleso episode, the final shopping destination was decided to be the departnt store in front of the station.
There, Shido tried to pay for clothes for Origami that cost thirty-nine thousand eight hundred yen.
Of course, Fraxinus was paying.
"As a condition, I hope you'll wear them and show . Think of it as a return gift for the clothes."
Origami, who initially wanted to refuse, heard Shido's words. After noticing that Mikoto did not show any displeased reaction, she agreed.
"Since I'm wearing them for Itsuka-kun, I should look for clothes Itsuka-kun would like. Ah, although Itsuka-kun is very good at coaxing girls, being unfaithful is not allowed."
Origami winked, secretly pointed at Mikoto, who was looking at another outfit nearby, and then walked away with a smile.
"Um… is there any clothing Yakumo-senpai wants?"
Shido walked over to Mikoto and asked.
"Origami is amazing. She saw at a glance that Shido is a playboy radish who is good at making girls happy."
Mikoto said with a "smile."
"Ugh…"
Hearing Mikoto's words, Shido awkwardly scratched his cheek.
Sohow, all of Mikoto's smiles today seed to carry quite a bit of pressure.
"As for , forget it. If I know Fraxinus is paying for such expensive clothes, then buying them has no aning, right?"
Mikoto sighed and refused Shido's suggestion.
"Ugh…"
Shido walked to the side and whispered into the microphone,
"Kotori, how is senpai's affection?"
Sohow, Mikoto did not seem to be in a very good mood today.
[It's gradually sliding downward, but it hasn't reached the danger zone yet.]
Kotori sighed.
[Right now, the only thod is to place our hopes on a huge reversal after conquering Tobiichi Origami.]
After all, Mikoto herself had proposed using the act of conquering Origami to judge whether Shido was truly the Shido she knew. Conversely, if Mikoto acknowledged the current Shido, then her affection would naturally rise all at once to the highest level.
[In any case, Shido, don't focus only on Origami. Since she's currently trying on clothes, you should take the opportunity to comfort Mikoto more.]
"Yeah, I know."
Shido nodded.
However, just as he was about to say sothing to Mikoto…
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaa—!"
A scream ca from the dressing room not far away.
Mikoto and Shido ran to the dressing room. The mont they pulled open the curtain, they froze.
Origami was kneeling on the dressing room floor.
And what she was wearing was—
A school swimsuit, dog ears, and a tail.
"Um… so this is the outfit Shido likes?"
Mikoto turned around and looked at Shido with a contemptuous gaze.
"Eh… wait… that's not it!"
Noticing Origami's outfit, Shido almost lost his mind.
Yes. In the world before history was changed, he had once told Origami that he liked school swimsuits with dog ears and a tail. However, at the ti, he had said that deliberately in order to make Origami dislike him and get away from her.
He never expected that the Origami of this world would unconsciously put on that outfit as well.
"Hmm. Bringing the Spirit you like to a hotel, then training them into at slaves who only wear school swimsuits, dog ears, and tails, and even overindulging so much that your body needs dicine to support it. The Shido before history changed was truly quite the beast."
"Eh?"
Looking at Mikoto's cold gaze, then thinking back on everything that had happened throughout the day, Shido suddenly felt that even if he had ten mouths, he would never be able to explain himself clearly.
"In any case, let's leave this place first."
Mikoto sighed.
Noticing that Origami had fallen into confusion, she made a swift decision and took Shido and the girl out of the departnt store.
After that, the three of them went to a restaurant for a al.
"I'll leave for a bit."
During the al, Mikoto stood up and said.
"Um… I'll leave for a little bit too."
Noticing that Mikoto was heading in the direction of the restroom, Shido also stood up and left his seat.
A short while later, Mikoto ca out of the restroom and found Shido waiting nearby.
"Um, what is it?"
"Today's date… actually… there have been a lot of misunderstandings…"
Shido scratched his cheek and said awkwardly.
He did not want Mikoto to leave with the wrong impression, but it was not convenient to explain in front of Origami. That was why he had specially chosen a place without others around.
"Well… isn't Shido's conquering always like this?"
Mikoto sighed.
The earlier description of Shido as so kind of demon king of debauchery had only been a small bit of mischief.
When she thought about it carefully, when had Shido's conquering not been full of ridiculous farces?
The triple date when conquering Kurumi, the huge awkward silence when conquering Kotori, jumping from a cliff into the sea when conquering the Yamai sisters, dressing up as Shiori when conquering Miku…
"What I said earlier was just a joke. I'm not especially angry."
Mikoto felt that if this date had gone perfectly smoothly, that would have been strange instead.
Rather, this sort of farce filled scene was exactly what belonged to Shido's life.
"Only…"
Even so, there was still one regret.
No matter how absurd the farces had been before, Mikoto had always known why they were happening.
But today…
She did not understand anything.
Although she knew sothing must be wrong sowhere, she had absolutely no idea why things had turned out this way.
"As expected, I still can't understand the current Shido."
Mikoto said, revealing a lonely smile.
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