Chapter 161 Hiiro's Image Improvement Committee 'IV'
As expected, she supposes.
They were also monopolizing the view inside the restaurant without fail.
Only Shura blushes shyly and looks down at the surprised reactions around.
Carefree Hiiro and Lyam, who is utterly fluffy, don't pay attention at all.
Ah... It's been a while, this feeling.
While listening to the staff explaining the buffet style with a strained face, Shura is overwhelmed by a long-forgotten loneliness.
Hiiro, with unnecessarily refined and efficient movements, serves the food.
Their presentation was also unnecessarily good.
Shura, who is clumsy, couldn't do this.
That's even more irritating.
'Yo, Shura. Don't move.'
"Eh... wha, what?"
'See. You got somethin' on your lip, dummy.'
"U..."
Hiiro wipes the bread crumbs off his lips with a napkin.
It was a very stylish gesture.
Even Shura, as expected, blushes embarrassingly, but...
"...I don't know why, but I feel more humiliated than thankful."
When Shura sees the full-body costume spread out in front, the excitement quickly cools.
Leiva, who was sipping soup alone at a separate seat, also looks down with a dejected drop of the shoulders.
No choice but to accept it.
The surrounding seats also seem to be saying, "What? This... what?" with an indescribable atmosphere.
If they defend Hiiro, it's probably because he was carefully acting as a true gentleman according to protocol.
If Hiiro had remained as himself, Leiva would be cheering loudly now.
But beginner mistakes always leave a mark.
And escorting after leaving the restaurant was also a complete mess.
Visiting the flower garden, a date spot, Shura points to the displayed flowers and tries to flirt by saying, "Check the flower layout—it means 'unshaken beauty' or some crap. Kinda fits you, not gonna lie,'" but his overly cheesy words cause misunderstanding with Lyam, who finds it creepy.
By the way, this was a tip from Leiva, who recently trends in cliché romance novels.
At the clothing store, the object X that needs the most fashion help gets dressed and redressed like a doll, and Shura's eyes, exhausted, are dead.
Overkill.
It goes without saying, but Lyam is always smiling.
Even when given the flower language of Uriqueza, she happily blushes.
"My carefully planned operation turned out to be..."
Slumped on a park bench, Leiva mumbled to herself, "Where did my usual sternness go?"
She looked like a defeated soldier.
Her normally neat hair seemed like a caterpillar's breath.
"Yay! Higher!"
"Whoa, my arms!"
"I want to be piggybacked too!"
"I want to swing!"
'Heh heh heh, you little punks got way too much energy! Bring it on!'
"You're the worst, always so lively."
"Hey, cat-like big sister, Puffy, are you okay? Not tired, are you?"
"Haha, yeah, I'm fine. Puffy is invincible, you know."
"Amazing!"
Over the sound of flying yellow laughter, Leiva lifted her face.
Her gaze was drawn to the object X that had become the children's plaything.
It was the very thing that had destroyed her plan.
Despite her setbacks, it looked like they were having fun.
But it wasn't a complete failure of the operation, which just made it more irritating.
Even Shura, who was supposed to be the key, wasn't getting along with Hiiro, just looking tired.
The progress Leiva had imagined was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, she seemed to have grown closer to Lyam Neshana.
The feeling of accomplishing nothing made her shoulders heavy.
(It's a punishment for copying others out of selfishness, isn't it?)
But Leiva concluded it was her own doing.
She wanted to blame Hiiro, but she had added her own touch to his request, that was the truth.
Now that she was favored by the children, he might be feared less.
She decided to settle for the minimal results and end it here.
For now, she just wanted to go home and sleep.
That's how she compromised with herself.
Unfortunately, Leiva's troubles were far from over.
"Hey hey hey, enough playing around!"
"That's right! It's getting late, it's time for good kids to go home, got it?!"
(Huh...?)
Bursting into the peaceful space were men who looked every bit like gangsters.
"Huh...? What's the rush, guys?"
"Ooh, what a pretty little lady. Hehe, if you're a little lady, you can join our group, right?"
"Group?"
"Of course. We're the 'Berserker Rangers,' a group that even makes crying babies shut up!"
"......Ugh, how lame."
(Berserkers... Could they be that annoying group that sometimes gets reported? Why do I have to run into them at a time like this, in a place like this?)
Leiva grabbed her head, what a disaster!
An unexpected problem at the end.
She wishes they would leave them alone.
How many things today have gone as planned?
Is this bad luck of mine?
Or is it just that he's fated to attract trouble?
Leiva decided it was definitely the latter, rubbing her stomach.
'Yo. This park's for everyone. Actin' tough in public? Tch. Try a better stage, losers!'
"Huh!? Who the hell are you... Wait, who the hell are you? You're dressed so weird!"
"Take your kids and get lost! Or do you want to play with us, you weirdo!"
'......Lyam'
"Y-yes."
'Handle the kids.'
"Huh? ...Ah... Okay, I understand. Do your best, Hiiro."
'Puffy!'
"Y-yes! Do your best, Puffy!"
The eye of the storm wouldn't stay silent at the one-sided demands.
Pushing the scared children to Lyam, he stepped into the group of thugs.
Naturally, the thugs surrounded him, smirking.
It was like the eye of a typhoon.
"Ha, what do you mean? You want to play with us, not just the kids?"
'Kuh-kuh, don't flatter yourselves. Y'all ain't even smart enough to follow the rules of a game. So...'
"Huh? ...BLUGH!"
"""!?"""
'SLEEP TIGHT, YA JACKASSES!!!'
A single touch to start it all, a punch that landed on the mohawk's face like a gong.
It was the signal for the dirty fireworks to go off, ending the operation.
"Huh!? W-what is this guy? He's so strong despite his looks!?"
"Don't be scared! If we surround this idiot with many of us... ugh!?"
"Wh-what... you girl! What are you doing!?"
"What do you mean? I just thought I'd join in, that's all!"
"No way!?"
"I was feeling really frustrated. So... I'm sending all of you straight to the underworld!!!"
"H-Hii!? T-this is bad, you guys! This girl is strong... guwahh!?"
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