One hour after Hiiro and the others toured the Yggdrasill Tower

Charmant

This is a popular pastry shop that holds the number one spot in the prefecture's gourmet ranking. The sweets sold here are not cheap, in fact, they are classified as expensive, but with their stylish interior, artistic looking cakes, and delicious taste, they are famous not only in Zawame City, but also in Japan. And inside that store…

"Hey, Hase-chan… what are we even doing…"

"Dunno, at least you're making cakes and I'm cleaning the store like this, right?" Hase replied to Jonouchi, who asked him earlier.

"It's not that… our main occupation is Armored Rider, dancer and monster hunter… and we end up making cakes like this." Jonouchi said.

In case you're wondering, the monster hunter Jonouchi was referring to is an irregular Armored Rider employed by Yggdrasill.

A year ago, Zawame City was infested by a large number of devils, both stray and high-class, although they did not cause much trouble. As a special measure, Yggdrasill, the ruler of Zawame City, offered a contract to ordinary people outside the company, saying if they had the qualities and were aware of the danger, they would be paid 300.000 yen for defeating a D to C-class stray devil, 500.000 yen for B to A-class, and 3 million yen for S to SS-class devil. The idea was to give the Sengoku Driver and Lockseed to these people in secret, and use them as fighting force. Two of these people were Jonouchi and Hase.

However, their record is not very good. They can manage to defeat D to C-class stray devils, but no more than that. Their record is gradually declining, and since most of the bounty is used to maintain the team, they have little money left over.

They tried to work at Charmant as part-timers, but Oren liked Jonouchi because he' a Virgo and hired him as a full-time employee, and Hase was also a handy person despite his face, so he was hired by Charmant as a full-time employee after Jonouchi. So, they both (forced to?) happy as full-time employees.

"Come to think of it, you're right. This isn't the time to be doing this, Jonouchi! We're Armored Riders! All right, we can't stay here like this! Let's hunt stray devils!"

"Oh, wait, Hase-ch—"

He didn't listen to Jonouchi's words until the end, when Hase dropped the rag in his hand and was about to ran out of the store.

"Pardon!"

"O-Oren-san!?"

"Where. Do. You. Think. You're. GOING!? SKIPPING WORK!?"

"N-no, t-that's not what I…"

"YOU UTTER FOOL! Throwing away your job!? You should be ashamed of YOURSELF!"

As he yelled, a tray fell on Hase's head.

Never Give Up!

His eyes rolled to the back and he fainted.

"Well, go back to work! Double time!"

Jonouchi started mixing the cream twice the speed to avoid the same fate as Hase.

After a while, the door of the store opened and a customer walked in.

"Ah, customers, welcome… huh, you are!?"

"Yo, you're interrupting, Oren."

"Oh, my~! Welcome, Sir Melon! Who's that behind you?" Oren asked as he looked towards Hiiro, Kiriya, Nico and Masamune behind them.

"Ah, I'd like to introduce you to some of the people who will be working for Yggdrasill, this is Oren Pierre Alfonzo, the manager of this pastry store Charmant, and the user of Armored Rider Bravo."

"H-hello…"

"N-nice to meet you."

Kiriya and Nico were overwhelmed by the sheer weirdness of Oren's personality. Meanwhile…

"Nice to meet you, Oren-san, it's an honor to meet such a famous pâtissier."

"Me too."

"I am Oren Pierre Alfonzo, once again. Nice. To. Meet. You."

Asuka and Masamune greeted without seeming particularly surprised.

"Huh, you know him Prodigy?"

"Yeah, this man is a famous pâtissier who has won the Coupe du Monde, a world competition for pâtissier, and is a member of Relais Desserts, one of the few associations of pâtissier and chocolatiers in Japan. I've always wanted to try his pastries when I had the chance, but I never thought I'd end up here."

When Hiiro turned to face him again, he saw Oren staring at him VERY closely.

"S-something wrong?" He said.

"So you too, huh!?"

"Yes?"

"You can't fool my eyes! From you, I can sense an aura that rivals Sir Melon, that's right! An aura of professionalism! Who are you exactly!?"

At Oren's question…

"He's a prodigy surgeon, a genius who can cure any intractable disease without fail." Kiriya explained.

"Oh, is that so, a surgeon boy."

"Surgeon boy?" Hiiro wasn't exactly sure why Oren called him that, but he asked back.

"What's your birthday?"

"Birthday?"

In his past life, it was October 7th, but in this world, it's September 10th.

"It's September 10th?"

"September 10th… that's Virgo!?"

"Y-yes, something's the matter?"

"Ooh yes~! A genius surgeon, and a Virgo! Interesting!"

That said, Oren ushered Hiiro and let him sit on a nearby chair.

"Good! Since it's your first time here today, I'm going to give you a special service."

"Y-yes, thanks…" Hiiro muttered in confusion.

'So, Bravo in this world is the same Bravo that I knew.' Masamune thought as he witnessed the scene.

"Now, everyone, sit down, sit down, please!"

"Right, let's sit down for now."

"Yeah." Masamune told Takatora, and as soon as they sat down, everyone else followed suit.

"W-what a weird guy…"

"Well, he's kind of eccentric in many ways." Mitsuzane said to Nico, who was a bit of overwhelmed.

And then…

"All right, until the cake arrives, I'd like to finalize the personnel and strategy for the first united front in devil extermination." Takatora suggested to the others.

"That's alright."

"I don't mind either."

"No objection~"

Hiiro, Masamune, and Kiriya all agreed with Takatora's proposal.

"Okay, first of all, the confirmed hiding place of the stray devil is an abandoned building on the northern and southern outskirts of Kuoh. As for the stray devil in the north, I'd like to send a four-man squad, Hiiro-sensei and Kiriya-sensei from CR, and myself and Ryoma from Yggdrasill."

"Alright."

"No problem."

Hiiro and Kiriya agreed to Takatora.

"For the south, Hanaya-san, President Masamune, and from Yggdrasill, Sid, Minato, and Mitsuzane."

"I understand, I will do it."

"I'm fine as well."

Nico and Mitsuzane replied.

Then…

"Thank you for waiting." Jonouchi said and put down the cake he had brought.

"Ooh, this is…"

"It's so stylish…"

Kiriya and Nico couldn't help but mutter to themselves when they saw the cake Jonouchi had brought.

"Bien sur! (Of course!) We always believe in offering our customers the best dishes! That's why we strive for perfection in taste, appearance, and everything else! We want everything to be perfect! First of all, when the pastry is placed in front of the customer, they are beautiful and captivating! The battle for the pâtissier starts even before the customer takes a bite! And the moment you put the pastry in your mouth, the taste will captivate you! The taste, the appearance, everything is perfect, a work of art! That's our policy!"

"A-alright…"

"A-amazing…"

"Heh, that's just the usual Oren."

Kiriya and Nico smiled awkwardly at Oren's explanation, while Takatora chuckled a little.

Meanwhile…

"I think I know what you mean."

"I do too."

"I don't get it…"

Hiiro and Masamune nodded in understanding, and Nico pouted in confusion.

"Yeah, I think it's great that you take pride in your work and do your best."

"Well, I'm also in the business of creating games, which are in a sense works of art, so I can understand what Oren-san is saying."

The two of them can understand Oren, who, like them, was proud of his work, as they spoke.

"Hee, well, let's eat quickly."

"Right."

Kiriya and Nico spoke and immediately started eating the cake.

"I'll have some too, scalpel."

"Huh?" Jonouchi was bewildered at Hiiro's sudden words.

"Uh, I mean… give me a knife."

"Ooh, you mean that, please wait a moment."

Jonouchi immediately brought the knife to Hiiro, who began to eat the cake with dexterity as usual.

"This is… a first-rate pâtissier…"

"It's really good!"

"Yeah!"

Hiiro was so impressed with the taste that he muttered to himself, and Nico and Kiriya got excited as they ate.

"Hm, your skills improved again, Oren."

"Thank you~ I'm honored to hear those words from Sir Melon himself."

Oren was happy to be told so by Takatora, whom he admired.

"By the way…"

"What?"

"What is it, boy?"

Jonouchi, who was standing beside them, spoke up. "Why are you all here today?"

If it was just Takatora and Mitsuzane he was get used to it, but he wondered why the president of the famous game company Genm Corporation, two doctors, and a girl he had never seen before were with them.

"Ah, actually…"

"Huh, is it okay to tell them?"

As Mitsuzane began to talk, Nico asked if it was okay to talk to a civilian.

"It's okay, he's an Armored Rider too, so it's better if he hears about it as well."

"Yes, by the way, Oren, is Hase not here today?"

"Ooh, Pinecone is over there."

"I'm sorry, but he needs to be here too…"

After that, when he was stretched out with a tarp on his head, Oren forcibly woke him up and took him where they talked about the Genm Corporation, CR, Bugster, and how they and Yggdrasill had teamed up with Genm and CR to hunt stray devils at Kuoh this evening.

"I see…"

"I never expected that besides devils and fallen angels, there is another enemy called Bugsters…"

"That's right, since you're also Riders, let's be working together with the CR Riders here from now on."

"Alright, so I guess that means you and I will be allies now, huh?"

"That's how it will be." Hiiro told Oren, and they shook hands with each other.