Stealing Spree Chapter 1564 Mizuki's Expectations

“As I expected, you look more dashing this way. I think I might want to fra you like this. But that’s insufficient. Let add this...” With her eyes inspecting from head to toe, Mizuki reveled at my appearance. She even circled around just to make sure that nothing was amiss. And when she was done, she stood in front of and tiptoed to fix my hair, combing it back while spreading a wax to style it that way. Additionally, she picked up a pair of non-prescription glasses that Suzuki-san pulled out from sowhere and put them on .

With the two of us in front of a large mirror, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that I could hardly recognize myself in it. Though I looked a bit like my father because of the glasses, we were exuding different airs. He looked like an intellectual with a warm countenance. Most of the ti, he would put on a friendly smile to make the other party comfortable.

On the other hand, I am the opposite. I’d probably make soone nervous because of my sharp gaze beneath the glasses. Although I could also act friendly and be all smiles if needed, that depends on the situation. When in public, I’d be the cold-looking guy who silently exudes an aura of indifference to my surroundings.

Obviously, I’m also different when I’m with my girls.

Anyway, that’s that. Mizuki completely did a transformation for for this particular occasion.

“There we go. No one will think you’re a nobody anymore.” Mizuki tapped my shoulder before fixing my necktie, pulling it up until it was tight enough to choke .

“Do I need to look like sobody in front of that client?”

“Yes, of course. Ruki, as soone who has yet to make yourself known in that kind of world, the first thing you have to do is to make yourself presentable for a good first impression.”

“Fair enough. Business eting or not, that’s common sense when first eting soone.”

“Yes and no. Yes, because that’s truly how connections are made. And no, because you cannot equate the two. A simple etup with a stranger can go two ways. Either you both hit it off enough to consider each other acquainted with the possibility of becoming friends or remain a stranger with one of you not wanting to et again. However, in a eting with the clear intent of discussing business, both you and the other person will always try to get the upper hand on one another whether you’re a stranger or not.”

In short, she’s saying that one cannot afford to just casually attend a business eting. That’s also common sense but I guess she’s emphasizing the importance of what’s at stake.

“I understand. I learned from the prodigy of the Hasegawa Family, I’ll always take note of that.”

“This idiot. Can I hit you once?”

“A kiss will be better. That will motivate more.”

“Ugh. I cannot win against you, huh? Co here. I also need so motivation from you...”

With a hand on her forehead, Mizuki looked a little exasperated at first but the next mont, she swept that expression away and her desire for surfaced.

Hooking her arms to my nape, she pulled my head down, giving what I asked of her.

Suzuki-san quietly exited the room, leaving us alone for the next five minutes.

Well, since we could potentially run late to the eting, that’s all the ti we could spare at the mont.

Shortly after that, we made our way back to her car.

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“Okay. It’s about ti I inform you about who we are going to et, Ruki. It will be bad if you have no idea who you will be speaking to.”

Ten minutes into the road, Mizuki brought that up. Although she never let go of my hand ever since we entered the car, she never uttered a word. And since I sensed that she was just biding her ti for the right mont, I also waited for this mont.

“Finally. I thought you were going to keep it a mystery for . Now, I wonder why you waited until this mont to tell about them.”

“Of course, I have a reason. Because it will be easy for you, Ruki. You’ll be able to prepare on how to deal with the problem presented to you.”

This girl’s expectation of was that high. Or perhaps, that’s how high her evaluation of in accordance with the result of the lessons and quizzes she provided for my education.

“Problem? I thought it would be a business deal.”

“A business deal, yes. However, we’re not eting them to be the contractor. Actually, we’re going there to be an advisor. I’ve been known as the hidden gem or the prodigy of the Hasegawa Family. They arranged this dinner upon finding out about that.”

“If you said it like that then they’re expecting you to be the one to advise them.”

“Un. But I don’t plan to do that. I’ll be presenting you as my partner. Soone I saw as equally brilliant as . You do well to hold onto that identity.”

“Alright. That’s the sa as you saying that you’re putting on the spot.”

“Exactly. You can still back out though. I won’t fault you since I set this up to introduce you to this world on the highest difficulty level.” Mizuki leered at as her lips curved up into a sly smile.

I also noticed Suzuki-san glancing at us while shaking her head. She’s probably taking pity on . Even if Mizuki could probably give everything she possessed wholeheartedly, only on these kinds of occasions will she not be lenient on . She’s setting up for success. And even if there’s a possibility of failure, she firmly believes in my ability. It’s more like blind trust on her part but I guess her reasoning wasn’t that illogical. She clearly sees as soone with a huge amount of potential.

All I have to do is to live up to it and we’ll be good.

“Backout, huh? Do you think that after everything you did for , I will leave you in the air? No. Let’s do this.”

“Most impressive, Ruki. Well then, here’s the information you needed to know before eting them...”

Mizuki delightfully started preparing for the eting. And while doing so, I couldn’t help but notice the girl’s overflowing excitent. If I have to guess, she’s already in celebration about walking this path with ... Unlike the other girls who also secretly wanted to have for themselves, Mizuki put all of her coins into this. A partner that will go hand-in-hand with her on the arduous path that she’s pioneering.

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Ten minutes later, Suzuki-san’s car stopped at the parking lot of a famous, luxury restaurant. In terms of quality, it was probably the highest in this city. Important figures would always be seen dining in here. You could only imagine how expensive it must be.

And to think that soone like would be going in here to be the main character of the evening, it’s like sending a Level 1 Hero to the Demon King’s Castle.

I’m totally inexperienced.

Nonetheless, with the Goddess of Victory as my companion, I am blessed to triumph against any adversities.

While Suzuki-san remained in the car, Mizuki and I walked up to the luxurious entrance where three or more people were standing guard.

With the girl’s arms hooked around mine, the eyes of those guards were all focused on . In their eyes, I was the one who probably made the reservation.

And although they didn’t stop our approach, soone blocked our entrance to the restaurant.

Dressed in a garb that’s more fitting for a butler than a waiter, the man bowed slightly and asked with his eyes also fixed on , “My apologies but this restaurant is for reservation only. May I ask for your na? Or if you have an invitation from soone, may I take a look at it?”

Do I have an invitation? Well, yes. Mizuki already handed the invitation to . She also prepared for that.

At the mont, she wanted nothing more than to be my companion rather than the honored guest of the client we were going to et.

And so, I pulled the invitation card from my suit and presented it to the man.

“Here you go.”

For authenticity’s sake, the man not only read what was written on the invitation but also turned it over a few tis, inspecting whether it was a forgery or not. When he finished, he handed back the invitation to before saying, “Welco to our humble restaurant. I will be leading the way to Mitsui-sama’s table.”

Next to , Mizuki showed her lovely grin before whispering, “Well done, Ruki.”

Yeah. She’s definitely going to praise every ti I do anything right.

But Mitsui... I only heard that surna and know no one from them. Furthermore, while they’re also considered a forr noble lineage, they’re not based in our city or prefecture like the Kujou Family. They traveled to this place to et Mizuki only to be faced with soone that could be considered her student...

Yep. I couldn’t help but feel a foreboding sensation about this.