"How about this one, Senpai?" Shido pointed at a blue swimsuit.
"I'll try it on."
Mikoto took the swimsuit Shido picked out and walked into the changing room. A short while later...
"How is it, Shido?"
Mikoto, now changed into the swimsuit, walked over to Shido.
[!!!]
Modeled after the goddess Tsukuyomi, Mikoto's figure and face were completely flawless in Shido's eyes. The simple one-piece swimsuit only highlighted the young girl's pure beauty even more.
[Thank goodness Reine-san isn't monitoring this.]
When he was buying swimsuits with Tohka and Yoshino earlier, the Fraxinus had monitored his reactions the entire ti as part of his training. The mont he stared too long, he would be punished.
"Umm... it really suits you" Shido said after snapping out of his daze.
If Reine had been monitoring him, he definitely would have failed by now. Thanks to that special secret of theirs, this was an entirely private space just for Shido and Mikoto.
"Hmm... 'really suits ,' huh."
It was a subtle reaction. Mikoto knew perfectly well that for Shido, anything from "not ugly" to "okay" to "pretty good" would all fall under the evaluation of "it really suits you."
[Shido really is way too gentle, after all.]
He was unwilling to say anything negative. But because of that, choosing a swimsuit had beco a bit troubleso.
[Decided. "It really suits you" equals a failing grade.]
Having confird that a swimsuit picked by Shido had to score higher than "it really suits you" Mikoto decisively gave up on the one she was wearing.
"Let's look at so others, Shido."
After that, Shido picked out two more swimsuits.
[What should I do?]
Even though Shido thought Mikoto looked incredibly cute in whatever she wore, the girl herself didn't seem satisfied.
[Ah.]
Just then, his eyes locked onto a two piece cherry blossom pink swimsuit. The soft colored swimwear was decorated with white frills. Just looking at it, he felt it perfectly matched Mikoto's gentle and slightly cute aura. However...
[Ugh... this design...]
Shido knew very well that this was what they called a bikini—a swimsuit with an impact equivalent to a nuclear blast for any guy.
[I'd better not...]
Shido smiled wryly and shook his head.
Even though his heart fluttered at the thought, having her try it on might make Mikoto uncomfortable. Even though the girl had said she would obediently play dress up for Shido, he still avoided the overly daring swimsuit designs.
[Alright, next I'll look for a swimsuit that is cherry blossom pink, has cute frills, but isn't too revealing.]
"Shido, I'm going to try this one on."
But just as Shido made that decision, Mikoto suddenly walked over to that exact swimsuit and took it into the changing room.
"Auuuu..."
Inside the changing room, Mikoto looked at the swimsuit in her hands, her face turning bright red. Compared to the previous swimsuits, this one didn't even have a quarter of the fabric. It was basically an evil garnt designed solely to incite people to commit cris.
"This is basically no different from underwear."
[But... Shido was staring at this swimsuit the whole ti.]
The only reason she decided to try it on was that it had definitely caught Shido's eye. Even though he eventually gave up on it, the boy's lingering regret hadn't escaped Mikoto's notice.
[...Whatever!]
Even though she was embarrassed, as long as Shido liked it, it wasn't a problem. Steeling her resolve, the young girl took off her clothes and changed into the cherry blossom pink bikini.
"Shido, h-how is it?"
Taking a deep breath, Mikoto pulled back the curtain of the changing room and asked with a shy expression.
[!!!]
In an instant, Shido was stunned.
The elegant cherry blossom color highlighted the girl's gentle aura, the tiny frills added a hint of sweetness and playfulness, and the bold design exposed a large amount of her soft skin. Gentle, sweet, and seductive—one tiny swimsuit managed to perfectly bring out all of Mikoto's charm.
The girl blushed, covering her chest with her hands, looking left and right, completely unable to calm down due to her embarrassnt.
"Hey... Shido, please say sothing."
Looking at the frozen Shido, Mikoto called out anxiously.
Even though she had said she would dress up however Shido liked, actually wearing a bikini amplified her embarrassnt and insecurity to the maximum. To make matters worse, the person involved had completely bluescreened. Swimsuit or not, what kind of neglect play was this?
"Shido!"
Mikoto walked up to Shido, looking at him with a slightly angry expression.
"Ah... S-Sorry! Senpai! That swimsuit is super cute! Seriously, incredibly cute! I was completely captivated! I couldn't even look away! It really suits you perfectly, Senpai! It's gentle, a little sweet, and also..."
"Eh? Ehhhh!? O-Okay! I get it! Stop talking! Just calm down already!"
Noticing Mikoto was getting a little angry, Shido blurted out everything in his mind in one breath without thinking. Accompanying Shido's rapid fire complints, Mikoto's cheeks rapidly turned bright red, and it felt like steam was about to shoot out of her head.
Overwheld by embarrassnt, the girl reached out and frantically covered Shido's mouth. Being praised by Shido made her happy, but if he kept praising her like this, she was going to float away into the sky.
"Honestly, Shido is surprisingly not soone to be underestimated," Mikoto sighed, looking at the now cald Shido.
Was this her karma for throwing so many direct pitches? Getting hit by a rapid fire barrage of direct pitches from Shido completely threw her into a panic.
"Uuu... my affection level is going up and up again without even trying!"
Holding her hands up like rabbit ears and giving them a little twitch, the girl smiled sweetly. (TL:yes Mikoto pyon pyon)
[!!!]
Under the critical impact of the swimsuit rabbit ears combo, Shido's brain bluescreened once again, and Mikoto's swimsuit was officially decided.
While Mikoto and Shido were picking out a swimsuit, back at the Tengu City AST base, Origami was talking with Ryouko.
"You want to take tomorrow off? Ah, sure, no problem." Ryouko nodded in response to Origami's request.
"Thank you."
"It's nothing. But keep your phone on you. If a Spirit shows up... well, it's unfortunate, but your day off will be canceled."
"Yes, I understand" Origami nodded.
"Co to think of it, what is this?"
Origami pointed at the massive piece of equipnt behind Ryouko. The two of them were currently inside the CR-Unit storage warehouse. A massive CR-Unit, completely different from the standard AST gear or Mana's personal equipnt, over five ters long, was quietly resting there.
"Oh, this? It's the newly deployed experintal unit DW-029: Annihilation Armant 'White Licorice'. Equipped with two large laser blades 'CleaveLeaf', two 50.5cm magic cannons 'Blastalk' , and eight interchangeable high capacity weapon storage units 'Loot Box'. It's an insane CR-unit that basically crams the firepower of an entire AST company into a single person's head."
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