Chapter 17: 10,000?
Happy at the thought that Mayuri could be with him forever, Shido felt the corner of his lips curled up.
"What's going on, smiling like this?"
Mayuri couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, I just feel really happy or something..."
Shido smiled and explained.
"Of course you are happy, so many girls love you and you love them too."
Mayuri said softly.
"True, but you are special to me!"
Shido took the opportunity to confess again.
"Okay okay, I know ..."
Mayuri blushed and shook her head. After all, no matter how few people were in the amusement park, there were still people around, and the way Shido confessed made her embarrassed.
"Then... let's go home and talk about it, maybe I can prove it with some actions!"
Shido said with a smile.
"Actions or something..."
Mayuri turned her head away, and her cheeks flushed red after imagining it. How did Shido become such a smooth talker? Was it because of those Spirit girlfriends?
"Just kissing is fine!"
Shido asked suddenly and seriously.
"Of course there is no problem. In fact, I'm glad that you didn't have PTSD from kissing me the first time."
Mayuri explained with certainty.
"Okay, I understand, since you promised me, I will act later!"
Shido said with a smile.
"Later..."
Only then did Mayuri realize that the conversation just now was that she agreed to Shido's request for another kiss!
She just thought that Shido was worried and blaming himself, but she didn't expect that he was luring her into his trap.
But this also proved that Shido no longer had any regretful thoughts just now, meaning that he would be able to enjoy the date as much as she did.
"What's going on, smiling like this?"
Shido got curious and asked.
"It's nothing, I just remembered something happy."
Mayuri said casually.
"What are you happy about?"
Shido asked.
"Ain't telling you!"
Mayuri replied with a smile.
Looking at these two people, the old man next to them couldn't help but exclaim:
"This is youth!"
By the late afternoon, the two had played in the amusement park for a long time and finished everything, so they planned to leave.
Just when they were leaving, Shido saw Nanami again. This time, she just looked at him, but didn't say anything. He didn't know what was going on, but he didn't think much about it and left the amusement park with Mayuri.
Afterwards, the two went to a nearby supermarket to buy some ingredients and prepared to go home to make dinner, after all, it was Mayuri's suggestion. It seemed that she really enjoyed cooking with Shido, but before today, it had always been a dream way out of reach for her. Now she finally had the opportunity, and naturally she cherished it very much.
"Miss Mayuri, what would you like to eat?"
Shido asked in a formal manner with a smirk.
"Anything will do, but I would prefer a hamburger."
Mayuri thought about it and responded.
"A hamburger? Okay, let's make hamburgers tonight!"
Shido nodded happily. He was best at cooking hamburgers because Tohka, Kotori and Yoshino liked it very much, and due to the fact that Mayuri was born from their spiritual power, it was only natural that she enjoyed it just as much.
"How about you, Mister Shido? What would you like to eat?"
Mayuri mimicked Shido's way of speaking softly.
"Anything. As long as it's you who makes it, I will eat it!"
Shido replied earnestly.
"What if it's dark cuisine?"
Mayuri couldn't help but ask.
"E…Yes! I will finish every bit of it!"
Shido responded firmly. In fact, he did eat very crazy dark cuisines, mainly made by the Yamai Sisters. He had no idea how they could turn ordinary ingredients into such disasters. Well, that was also a unique talent.
But thinking about Mayuri's performance this morning, it was obvious that she didn't have that kind of talent, so thank God.
"Baka, I was born from everyone's spiritual power... How could I not cook dark cuisines?"
Mayuri said with a smirk.
"Uh... let's not cook dark cuisines on purpose!"
Shido couldn't help but regret it. Although he could swallow it, he didn't want to eat it at all.
Why not? That feeling was terrifying! If it weren't for his enhanced body, he might have died from food poisoning.
"Don't worry, I will cook seriously. Besides, you are by my side..."
Mayuri said softly.
"Well, then I must be by your side all the time!"
Shido said with a smile.
"Wooh, what is going on here?"
"You see, it's a senpai who would rather flirt with her girlfriend than hang out with his friends."
Hearing such a conversation, Shido naturally knew that he had met classmates again, but now that school was over, it was a matter of course for them to be outside of school.
But it was clear that they all knew about Shido's leave, and even one of them was Maki Tsushima, who he asked for help…
"Iroha and Umaru? Why did you two come to the supermarket together?"
Shido asked curiously.
Although they were both from the Service Club, they weren't particularly close. It seemed that what happened today had made the relationship between them a lot better.
"In our service club, one is dating his girlfriend by skipping school, one is talking to his sister about something important, and one is called back by her mother. Therefore, only the two of us are left. Since we didn't like staying after school, we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood..."
Iroha said helplessly, meaning something.
"Isn't it a matter of course to prioritize girlfriends over friends?"
Shido said bluntly, without feeling ashamed at all.
As for the other people that Iroha mentioned, it was naturally Yukino, who was talking to her sister, and Mai Sakurajima, who was brought back by her mother.
Thinking about it this way, she remembered that Mai asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend yesterday, but he rejected her, but she was obviously unwilling to give up, maybe because her mother was pushing too hard!
"What's this girl's name?"
Umaru asked curiously.
"Hello, I am...Mayuri."
Mayuri replied softly while looking at the two girls in front of them, and acknowledged that they were both very cute. Sure enough, her previous hunch was correct: There were really many girls around Shido!
"Ten thousand girlfriends!"
(In Mayuri's name, "Ma" meant "10,000" in Japanese)
Iroha and Umaru looked at each other and shouted in surprise.
It turned out that today, when Shido was away, the Service Club was discussing topics related to Shido, and the most interesting one was how many girlfriends Shido had.
Umaru-chan had met three, Yukino and Mai had met six or seven, but the number was always unknown, so they made a bold guess:
Shido's girlfriends all had numbers in their names, like Yoshino and Miku. Except for the Yamai sisters, the numbers in the names of other girls were not repeated, so they could determine the number of his girlfriends from those.
Miku's name (meaning 9) contained the largest number among the girlfriends of Shido that they had known so far, and since the Yamai Sisters were twins, they estimated that Shido had at least ten girlfriends.
What they didn't expect was that a new girl showed up today, and her name was Mayuri.
Could it be that he actually had 10,000 girlfriends?
