A/N:

Sorry to keep you'all waiting so long, so here's an extra long chapter.

Chapter 42: Maid Outfit Hunt

"So, this is a show of force, huh?"

There was a girl with butterfly accessories on her hair in the audience. She was wearing the Raizen High uniform, emitting a fresh scent of a youthful high school girl. At this time, she was staring nervously at the soccer field.

Naturally, a lot of the students were watching Mayuri as she destroyed all the regulars of the soccer club, and that included the famous quintuplets.

This powerful cutie not only destroyed the soccer club, but also the baseball club, basketball club, judo club, and etc.

Just like everyone else, they were amazed by Mayuri's breathtaking performance, including Yotsuba, who was supposed to be omnipotent in sports.

"Are all of Shido's girlfriends this powerful?"

Miku asked her sister.

"Who knows, at least this one is." Nino replied lightly, then turned her head to the other direction. "Can you do what she is doing, Yotsuba?"

"No way, she's a lot better than me!"

Yotsuba gave a wry smile, scratching her hair. She had never thought that another girl was better than her in sports.

"In this case, maybe we should stay away from Shido Itsuka."

Itsuki suggested while chewing on a meat bun.

"Why?"

Miku quickly asked.

"Don't you see?" Itsuki pointed to Mayuri's direction, fear in her eyes. "She's able to do all these high-level techniques, and we can barely hold a candle to her."

"So what?" Miku persisted. "It's not like she's gonna hurt us."

"That's right, I think she can coach me a thing or two." Yotsuba smiled.

"Are you serious? You still won't give up after seeing all this?" Nino almost face-palmed herself. She had no idea how her two idiotic sisters could be this dense, but maybe that was the attractive part about them.

"Come on, Ichika, say something to them…"

She turned to her older sister for help, only to see an empty seat.

Right, she has a photo shoot at this time…

Suddenly, her phone started ringing.

…

"Shido, do you think I went overboard today?"

After finishing all the challenges, Mayuri asked her boyfriend with a concerned look on her cute face.

"It's not a bad thing, so I won't complain."

Shido smiled wryly.

At this moment, Yukino and the others said that they would leave the two of them alone, so they all left. They were clever girls, and they realized how huge of a gap between them was.

"Kaka, the angel of lightning and hope, who also possesses an inner storm of destruction, bringing all the lame monkeys of the zoo to their knees as they cry a stream of river, and I call that….a breathtaking abuse of stats!"

"Congrats. You were amazing out there, Mayuri."

Kaguya and Yuzuru emerged out of nowhere suddenly.

"Oh hey, you two, where did you come from?"

Shido waved to them and asked curiously.

"Reply. We have just watched the basketball match from earlier." Yuzuru said lightly. "Did you join the basketball club?"

"No, I played in order not to join~" Mayuri giggled. Then, Shido briefly explained everything.

"As expected of my kinswoman, you have inherited the athletic genes of our supreme physiques!" Kaguya was even more excited, to the point of posing a chuunibyou gesture. "To test the limits of your abilities, it's only fitting that —"

"—Excuse me."

Suddenly, a teacher interrupted her speech.

"Shido Itsuka, what are you doing here flirting with girls, when you are supposed to be buying maid outfits!?"

As it turned out, the person was Hiratsuka-sensei, and she scolded Shido with a disgruntled look on her face. Of course, she was concerned that he might forget his duty and come to school empty-handed tomorrow, resulting in their preparation of the maid cafe getting delayed. If that happened, her class wouldn't be able to earn much commissions for the field trip!

"Oh sorry, I will get on with it right away."

Shido accepted her demand.

"To make sure you do your job, I will have Nino Nakano and Yumiko Miura accompany you!"

"What!? No no, that won't be necessary…"

"I have already called them, and they said yes." Not giving Shido a chance to escape, she dropped the bomb. "Oh, here they are!"

Nino and Yumiko have shown up behind her, but even at this time, they were staring daggers at one another.

"Make sure he buys the maid outfits and entrust them to you!" She smirked triumphantly as she backed off the scene. "Until tomorrow, adios!"

With the main culprit of the scene gone, the atmosphere went awkwardly silent for a while. Mayuri, Kaguya, and Yuzuru looked at Nino and Yumiko curiously, while the two avoided their gazes a bit uncomfortably.

At this time, Shido was sulking in defeat, as his chilling afternoon was completely messed up by this erratic teacher. Normally, a teenage boy his age should be ecstatic about the fact of being surrounded by so many beautiful girls, but for him, it was nothing but endless trouble.

Speaking of trouble, here it came!

"Question. Who are these lovely girls, Shido?"

Yuzuru asked.

"His new girlfriend!"

Nino blurted out, shocking the fidgeting Yumiko beside her. But of course, she simply wanted to test the Yamai Sisters.

"Impossible!"

The twins sisters shouted in unison, even Yuzuru forgot her unique way of speech. They knew that what Nino said would not happen.

"Why is it impossible? Shido Itsuka has so many girlfriends, having one more is not too much, right?"

Nino asked curiously. She had imagined a few scenarios. For instance, the Yamai Sisters would accept this shocking surprise with a smile and move on; after all, Shido had so many girlfriends, something like this must have happened before.

Another one, the Yamai Sisters would scold Shido about finding a new girlfriend, and maybe slap him.

She had even imagined that the twins would take the initiative to meet the "new sister" and build a harmonious relationship together. If Shido's girlfriends got along with each other so well, they must have done a lot of work in this regard.

But, she really didn't expect that the Yamai Sisters would deny her statement without hesitation, as if believing that he would never be with her. How come? Was she not cute enough?

Impossible!

Nino was quite confident about her appearance.

"Answer. The reason is very simple, because Shido will not like you. Even if he likes you, he will tell us beforehand, instead of being with you secretly."

Yuzuru responded affirmatively.

"Do you really believe that he will tell you this sort of thing?"

Nino frowned and asked.

"Of course! It's impossible for our kinsman to cheat on us!"

Kaguya said confidently, then she shifted her gaze to Yumiko, asking with a cocky smile. "And what about you? Are you his new girlfriend too?"

"No, we are just classmates!"

…

Akihabara.

"Do you have to be with your girlfriends even at this time?"

At this time, Nino and Yumiko were walking side by side with Shido, while Mayuri and the Yamai Sisters were chatting among themselves.

"Of course, otherwise, what kind of boyfriend am I?"

Shido nodded affirmatively.

"Hiratsuka-sensei arranged all this as the task of the class, so what's the problem?"

Nino said puzzledly.

"If you were my girlfriend, would you allow other girls to take your place and go shopping with me?"

Shido said with a light smile.

"Girlfriend..."

Nino lowered her head with a little blushing, but fortunately, she was not the kind of innocent little girl who would lose her mind with a light hit, so she quickly raised her head and asked:

"Are you hitting on me?"

"Of course not."

Shido immediately shook his head, denying the other party's accusation.

"Then are you hitting on my sisters?"

Nino squinted her eyes and asked, after all, they were quintuplets with the same appearance. If Shido called her a girlfriend as an example, it could also refer to her sisters.

"Not that either~"

Shido shook his head again.

"Forget it! That's ..."

Nino turned around and didn't ask any more questions, but upon closer inspection, she could feel that the tips of her ears were a little red.

Obviously, she was in a good mood!

"Are your two younger sisters okay?"

Shido asked tentatively.

"Asking the cause of all this…. Don't you have any idea?"

Nino said angrily.

"Sorry, but I'm a bit worried..."

Shido smiled awkwardly, but he had to ask, after all, he didn't want to hurt other girls because of him.

"...They are fine for the time being! But they are both stubborn girls, so they won't give up so easily."

Nino sighed. In fact, the five of them were very persistent girls, after all, they were quintuplets, and there were many similarities in their personalities.

On the other hand, Yumiko was silent the entire time, totally a different person from the Fire Queen of the Class.

She had witnessed how fearsome Mayuri was when it came to sports, and how devastating the Yamai Sisters were when it came to facts and logic. At this moment, she realized that even if Shido was open to having more girlfriends, it would be next to impossible for her to get a spot.

"You are awfully quiet, Miura-san." Shido noticed Yumiko's unnatural state, and asked with a soft one. "Is something the matter?"

"...No no! I'm okay! Really!" Yumiko flustered and shook her head quickly.

Shido could guess what was going on in her head, but he decided not to point it out.

"We are here."

It was indeed the largest cosplay store in Akihabara. It had a large number of costumes. In addition to the most common maids and nurses, there were also costumes for designated anime characters. Even those who didn't know much about cosplay, as long as they were willing to spend money, they could become an anime character!

But Shido and the others were not here for cosplay, they were here to buy maid outfits! Unexpectedly, there were so many styles of them.

There were traditional French maid outfits, gothic maid outfits, Japanese maid outfits, and the most common, fluffy anime-style maid outfits.

Shido wasted no time choosing the last type of outfits. Although they were the simplest, they were the best-looking ones, since they were one of the most popular cosplay costumes.

And the price was relatively cheap too.

As they entered, the clerks were amazed to see one high school guy surrounded by five beautiful girls. After they learned that they were preparing for the cultural festival, they quickly introduced them to different types of outfits.

Soon enough, the girls all received a few outfits to change in the dressing rooms.

Shido was a guy, so he could only stand there and wait for everyone else.

"I'm not wearing this for him, it's for the maid cafe!"

Nino mumbled to herself as she took off her uniform, revealing her curvy figure in the air.

"Question. Do you like Shido?"

Yuzuru, who was in the next room, asked suddenly.

"Of course I don't!"

Nino was startled for a moment, then shook her head and denied it quickly.

"Doubt. Really?"

Yuzuru wasn't buying it, and she expressed it through her tone.

"...Anyway, are you two twins?"

Nino evaded the topic and asked her a question.

"...Answer. Yes."

Yuzuru hesitated a little, but finally nodded.

"Then… isn't it strange that the two of you are sharing the same guy?"

Nino couldn't help asking.

"Confusion. What's so strange about it?"

Yuzuru tilted her head and said, as if she couldn't understand why Nino questioned her about this.

"You two are sisters, yet you are with the same person. How do you work things out?"

Nino explained with a blushing face.

"Answer. It's not that difficult." Yuzuru had finished changing, and was ready to step out of the room. "We are sisters, and we can share our future husband."

After saying that, she ended the conversation and opened the curtain first.

…

"KAWAII!"

Mayuri, Yuzuru, Kaguya, Nino, and Yumiko were all dressed in black and white maid outfits, which consisted of white aprons and white blouses, and were decorated with bow ties. On the bottom part, they had tall socks with lace trim, emphasizing their attractiveness as they stood in front of Shido, and even twirled playfully.

For Shido, he was feeling the ultimate happiness as he admired the overloading cuteness of Mayuri's maid outfit. He had never seen her in such clothing before, but now his dream had come true! Having her dress up as a maid was definitely the right call!

Of course, Kaguya and Yuzuru were very seductive as maids too. One expressed the aura of a naughty youthful chuunibyou girl, while the other expressed the aura of a mature and listless older sister; the fact that the two of them were twins made things even better!

Not only them, Yumiko and Nino looked beautiful as well, and the boys in their class would definitely lose their minds upon seeing them.

"Who is the cutest?"

Nino asked with some concern.

"All of you are cute!"

Shido simply nodded, not daring to give a clear answer.

In fact, Yuzuru and Nino had the most seductive figures, and while Mayuri may not have a huge bosom like those two, her hips were significantly larger. As for Kaguya and Yumiko, they had slender figures that showed off a youthful aura, and that would attract the gaze of a lot of customers.

Immediately, Shido examined the five of them closely, with a degree of seriousness that had the power to make people a little nervous.

If it weren't for the absence of people around, someone might have called the police already….

But Shido was simply judging the maid uniforms, after all, they would be used for school events, so they shouldn't be treated casually.

The upper body part was fine, but the lower body part felt...

Shido stared at the thighs of the five of them, as if he was thinking about something lewd.

"Stop staring already, pervert!"

Nino shouted with her face flushed, and tried to push Shido away. It turned out that Shido had been looking at her thighs for too long, and it was indeed a little perverted.

"No, I just think the skirt is a bit short..." Shido evaded without a trace, then clapped his hands to call a clerk. "Hello, could you adjust the length of the skirts for us?"

"No problem at all." The clerk responded quickly.

Nino fazed for a second, then blushed some more. She felt a bit guilty of jumping to conclusions.

If the boys of the class heard about this, they would probably cry on their knees: Why was this guy assigned to buy the maid outfits!?

But for Nino and Yumiko, they were glad that he was so considerate of them. The maid outfits for the cultural festival should be made for expressing youth and cuteness, not sexiness. If he could treat normal female friends like this, then what about his girlfriend(s)?

As it turned out, the clerk informed them that the knitting adjustments of the outfits would be finished by tomorrow, so all they had to do was to pick them up the next day.

But before that, Shido purchased three maid outfits with his own money.

These three pieces were for Mayuri and Yamai sisters, without any modification. He would like to keep the rare delicacy of a sight for himself, after all, the three of them looked really sexy in these maid uniforms.

Moreover, they would only wear like this at home, and if possible, he would like to shorten the skirt even more!

…

After they were done with business, it was about sunset. To ensure the safety of the two human girls, Mayuri offered to walk them home first, to which surprised Shido.

The two naturally had no objections, since they wanted to learn a little more about Shido and his girls.

"Question. Do your sisters like Shido?"

Yuzuru walked beside Nino and asked.

"Well, they do have a crush on him."

Nino nodded.

"Confirmation. You are Nino, so you should be the second older sister. The ones who like Shido should be your two younger sisters, which are Miku and Yotsuba. Is that correct?"

Yuzuru continued to ask.

"That's right, but how do you know all this? Did Shido Itsuka tell you?"

Nino looked at the older twin in surprise.

"Correct. Shido won't hold back from us."

Yuzuru nodded affirmatively.

"Then… what do you think about the feelings of the two of them?"

Nino asked curiously.

"Sigh. Let them give up soon!"

Yuzuru responded lightly.

"I figured…. Although he already has many girlfriends, you won't be willing to accept more, right?"

Nino nodded in understanding.

"Negative. That's not the case, because Shido only likes us, not others!"

Yuzuru shook her head and expressed her thoughts.

"Why would you say that?"

Nino frowned, feeling a hint of provocation.

"Answer. The truth is, Shido is too gentle. In order not to hurt us, he will not like other people, including you, and your sisters."

Yuzuru responded in a deep voice.

"If he doesn't want to hurt girls, then he shouldn't be with so many of you in the first place. Isn't this kind of an irony?"

Nino asked puzzledly.

"Clarification. Shido only likes us, and we all accept that."

Yuzuru shook her head.

"What do you mean, 'us'?"

"Explanation. It means …all 14 of us, who are Shido's girlfriends."

Nino was blown away at the sudden revelation. She had never had a clear number before, but 14 girlfriends!? That beat the huge majority of harem protagonists!

"Addition. Shido can only accept us, and will stay the same."

Yuzuru elaborated.

"There it is again. What is the difference between you and us?"

Nino asked with a question mark.

"Apology. There is a huge difference, but we cannot tell you."

Yuzuru said with a low voice.

What she was thinking was that they were all Spirits, and Shido only liked them and was unwilling to hurt any of them, so he would not like other girls.

But the identity of a Spirit should not be said publicly!

Nino nodded helplessly, and she also understood that the other party had no malicious intentions, but she felt a little uncomfortable listening to it like this.

But she gained important information about Shido, that he would not like other girls, and he had 14 girlfriends. She needed to go home and digest it before deciding whether to share it with her sisters or not.

On the other hand, Yumiko was engaging in a conversation with Mayuri and Shido. She was just talking about things that would be forgotten in an hour or two, but it would liven up the atmosphere nonetheless. To her dismay, the path to her home was relatively short, so she had to part ways earlier.

Soon, Nino reached her mansion and would part ways with them as well.

"Thank you all. Let's do it again tomorrow?"

Nino asked softly.

"OK."

Shido nodded, and speaking of tomorrow, it would be Miku's turn, who was already familiar with them.

He somewhat guessed that the reason why Miku Nakano and Yotsuba Nakano became so active was most likely because of this Yuri Idol!

"Want to have dinner together?" Nino suggested. "I am quite confident in my culinary skills."

"Thank you, but we will—"

"—There you are, you surely took your sweet time!"

A clear voice sounded off from the side.

When everyone turned their heads, they saw a girl with long black hair pouting in an unpleasant manner. Beside her was a little girl with plum hair, and she seemed to be about five years old.

"Marina! Rio!"

Everyone but Nino exclaimed.

Shido was surprised to see the two of them here. If they were here, then Rinne should be nearby.

"Who might you be?"

Nino asked tentatively.

"This idiot's girlfriend….unfortunately."

Marina pointed at Shido, but her gaze avoided him.

"And…what about you, little sister?"

Nino had cold sweat on her back.

"I'm papa's daughter~"

Rio answered innocently.

"AHHHHH!"

Nino ran inside her gates with all her strength!

After the butterfly Tsundere girl was gone, everyone gave a wry smile at each other, leaving Rio tilting her head and wondering what was wrong.

"Where's Rinne? Isn't she with you?"

Shido broke the silence and asked Marina.

"She's at home, and she wants you to teleport back right away."

Marina answered, then added.

"Alone."

Shido was bewildered by her answer, and when he asked why, he only got a shrug from her as the response.

There would be only one way to find out, so he waved the girls goodbye and went to a public restroom. After making sure there were no passersby and no security cameras, he activated his angel.

"Michael!"

With a flash of light, he teleported back to his home.

…

"Welcome home, honey~"

As soon as Shido landed in his living room, he was greeted with a warm smile.

"Would you like to have dinner, take a bath, or perhaps…me?"

"I…Whoa!"

Shido was about to answer, but suddenly turned his gaze away when he saw Rinne in front of him.

From the corner of Shido's eyes, he could clearly see... her attractive pink areola under her kitchen apron.

She was currently dressed only in a pink apron with a white border. The clothes and pure white underwear on her body have been taken off one after another, and they were temporarily placed in a place that was not commonly used in the kitchen.

In other words, Rinne was dressed in a naked apron that countless men fantasized about!

"Rinne, what are you—"

"—No time to explain, I can't wait any longer!"

Rinne waved her arms and activated her powers, emitting a wave of pink aura and engulfing herself and Shido.

In the next moment, the living room was empty.

…

A/N:

It's been a while, since things are a lot more troublesome than I thought. Nice to see you guys again, and thank you for your patience :)