After walking around the bookstore for a while, Shido's gaze stopped on a book with a green cover.
[Co to think of it… that's…]
Looking at the large words [thods to Make Herbivore Boys Fall for You], Shido's face could not help turning red.
"What's wrong, Shido?"
Noticing that his expression looked a little strange, Mikoto leaned over and asked.
"No, um… it's nothing."
Although he was very curious whether Mikoto had really bought that book, he had a feeling that if he asked, the girl would take the opportunity to throw a pile of straight balls at him. So Shido gave up on that thought.
"Right, senpai, the magazine you often buy has a new issue."
As he said that, he led Mikoto to the magazine shelf. There, a newly arrived winter won's fashion trend guide was displayed.
"Oh my, the clothes recomnded this ti are all very cute too."
Mikoto took out a magazine, flipped through it, and said.
This issue's recomndations used the fluffy, warm feeling unique to winter clothes as their the, trying as much as possible to bring out a girl's small animal cuteness.
"Mm-hm, how should I coordinate them?"
Mikoto smiled as she looked at the outfits inside, sounding sowhat happy.
[Yakumo-senpai in winter clothes…]
Shido tried projecting the clothes worn by the models in the magazine onto Mikoto.
[That's completely unfair…]
Just imagining it made him feel that she would be so adorable and cute that it was unfair. Shido could not help becoming a little dazed.
"Oh my, Shido, your face is red."
When he ca back to his senses, the sight of him imagining Mikoto's winter clothes had already been fully captured by the girl.
"Ugh… L-let's go look at cookbooks."
Shido could not help scratching his cheek, then awkwardly walked toward the cooking section.
"Honestly, no matter which world's Shido it is, you're just as easy to embarrass."
Mikoto followed behind Shido and said with a smile.
"There's no distinction between this world or that world. I am . That won't change."
Shido said helplessly.
"If anything has changed, it's more on senpai's side."
He added.
"?"
Mikoto tilted her head in confusion.
"Mm. When it cos to things like fashion magazines, the old senpai wouldn't have enjoyed them this much, right?"
Shido said.
He still rembered Mikoto once saying that browsing those magazines was like reading textbooks. But from how she looked now, the girl had already begun enjoying reading those magazines. (TL:whut...? am I high or is it because it's 2AM now and I need a sleep? how did he rember this? these kind of info shouldn't be in the recording right? or is he slowly rembering this world stuff? or did I forget sothing...?ugh...maybe I should stop typing a bit....I really can't rember what I typed like 5 minutes ago anymore....I need sleep....)
"Oh my, is there anything wrong with a girl wanting to dress herself up to charm the boy she likes?"
Mikoto smiled mischievously and winked at Shido.
[!!!]
[!!!]
Imdiately afterward, both of their faces quickly turned red, and they shyly turned their heads away.
"I-it was just a joke… P-please don't misunderstand!"
"Huh? Mm! I-I understand!"
Hearing Mikoto's words, even Shido panicked.
The girl held her burning hot cheeks as steam seed to rise from her head.
She was clearly still confirming whether the Shido before her was the Shido she knew, yet before she realized it, she had said sothing that sounded like a confession.
As for Shido himself, he had been struck dead center by the girl's accidental straight ball, and his heart was racing.
Mikoto secretly glanced at the boy, who was holding a cookbook upside down while blushing and trying to hide his feelings. Confusion rose in her heart.
Today's Shido felt strange.
If, before she knew that Shido had lost his mories, he gave her the impression of being familiar mixed with unfamiliar, then the current Shido was unfamiliar, yet overflowing with familiarity.
It was as if the Shido who understood her so well, and whom she understood so well, had returned.
Precisely because of that, she had unconsciously fallen under the illusion that she was on a date with the Shido she had always, always loved, and accidentally said sothing strange.
"R-right, senpai, what do you think of this book? It's about Soviet style pastries and Japanese sweets."
To change the topic, Shido picked up a book and said.
"Let see… Mm, it looks interesting."
Mikoto took the book. It was indeed a book that suited her tastes very well. However…
[He specifically chose sothing about Soviet cuisine and Japanese style cooking, both of which I like. Is this a coincidence?]
Because the content was too attractive to her, Mikoto could not help wondering whether Shido had simply chosen randomly and happened to get it right, or whether he had done enough howork through Fraxinus's database before their date.
In the end, with that doubt in her heart, Mikoto bought those books, then went to the shopping district together with Shido.
They casually walked through all sorts of interesting shops. Before long, both of them felt a little hungry.
As it happened, there was a cake shop nearby, so Mikoto and Shido went inside together.
"I'll go order. Senpai, what do you want to eat?"
"Mm, in that case, I'll leave the choice to Shido."
Mikoto thought for a mont and said playfully.
"Ugh… Got it. Then, one chocolate cake and one Nagasaki honey cake, please. For drinks, black tea and Japanese tea."
[!!!]
Hearing the exchange between Shido and the clerk, Mikoto was shocked again.
She really liked this shop's honey cake, and had even specially bought so for Shido and Yoshino before.
But… why would Shido, who had lost his mories, know that?
[Is it because of the recordings after all?]
Back then, to determine who Natsumi had disguised herself as, Fraxinus must have monitored the entire process. It would be perfectly normal for them to have left recordings.
[I feel like that's not it, though.]
She thought doubtfully.
"Um… what's wrong?"
Mikoto, who had been lost in thought, noticed that Shido seed sowhat restless and asked.
"No, um, nothing."
Shido blushed and waved his hands, looking very strange.
"Shido, if you're still hiding sothing from now, your affection points are going to drop, drop, drop."
Feeling that Shido was acting very strangely, and thinking of his various behaviors today, Mikoto unusually did not let him off so easily.
"Ugh… I just thought… If it were the usual Yakumo-senpai, you'd definitely co feed , or have feed you."
Shido said with a red face.
"Huh?"
Mikoto froze.
"Ah, um, sorry! Please pretend I didn't say that!"
Although he often encountered embarrassing feeding play when he was usually with Mikoto, considering that the girl's affection level toward him right now was not actually that high, he felt that this was a sowhat excessive request.
"Uu…"
Looking at Shido, who had pressed his hands together and lowered his head to apologize, Mikoto hesitated for a mont.
"Here, say ah…"
In the end, she used a fork to pick up a small piece of cake and held it in front of Shido.
"Huh?"
"Um… You see, even though you're still in your trial period, since this is a date… doing this much… should… should be fine, right?"
Shido raised his head and saw Mikoto turning her face aside, cheeks red, looking a little tsundere.
For a girl who had always been the straight-ball type to beco so bashful like this felt fresh and novel. Shido could not help staring blankly.
(TL:...oh...so maybe....he is really rging or slowly regain the 'muscle mory' of sort...?ahhh...what am I typing...? But glad I wasn't being delusional, I was being paranoid there sorry~but there's only like...2 or 3 chapter left...before this volu end....maybe I'll push through, sorry if this arc's translation is weird....feel free to point out all the error and I will fix it later...
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