Chapter 20: Nube and Yukime 666
What happened next was exactly as Hikigaya had expected.
After the Snow Woman (Yukime) had taken the students on a tour of the factory and treated them to some desserts, she couldn't help but seek out Meisuke Nueno again.
Three words: I need a hug.
She was then rejected by Meisuke Nueno. When this was witnessed by Kyoko, Meisuke Nueno revealed the truth—just as Hikigaya had guessed, Meisuke Nueno's powerful cursed energy, which had mutated due to his prolonged contact with the spirit of mythology, was continuously destroying the Snow Woman's spiritual tissues.
For the Snow Woman, Meisuke Nueno was a gigantic radiation source; she had to stay away to slow down the deterioration of her physical condition.
Thus, the scene became Meisuke Nueno clenching his fists and sweating while looking up at the sky, the Snow Woman sitting on the ground weeping, and Kyoko standing by.
It sounded and looked very touching, but Hikigaya thought: What kind of situation is this? Why don't you come to the Yorozuya... Oh right, he's a first-time customer, he doesn't know about advertising.
Handa... As expected, you should just quit the group...
Tidying his clothes, Hikigaya materialized behind the trio. Just as he was about to enliven the overly gloomy atmosphere, a scream came from inside the factory.
It was the elementary school students.
"What's going on?" Meisuke Nueno and Kyoko quickly turned around at the sound. The Snow Woman also looked up, and all three saw Hikigaya, who had just struck a pose.
"Who are you!?" the three shouted in unison. At that moment, the children's screams grew louder.
The trio immediately disregarded Hikigaya and all rushed toward the source of the sound.
Watching their quickly disappearing figures, Hikigaya couldn't help but tap his forehead, showing a look of regret.
His grand entrance, which was supposed to be very impressive, was ruined. Why did he forget to casually eliminate that small yokai?
Then, he followed them.
Meisuke Nueno and the others ran directly into the dessert processing workshop. When Hikigaya arrived, he saw a yokai with multiple arms, shaped like a super-giant baby, grasping several children and shouting, "I want to eat desserts! I want toys!"
As it babbled, it smeared the children's bodies with chocolate and other substances.
Apparently, this fellow wanted to eat people.
Not only would Meisuke Nueno, the teacher, not allow it, but Hikigaya couldn't stand it either.
So he held out his hand, gestured to the size of the yokai, and made a few slashing motions through the air.
As soon as he finished, the yokai was sliced into several pieces, its life force stripped away, and it was dead beyond dead.
Regarding this, Hikigaya declared that anyone who couldn't protect their life force from flowing away couldn't survive more than one line of text in his presence.
He raised a hand, and the children, wrapped by the wind, gently floated one by one down in front of Meisuke Nueno.
"Than..." Meisuke Nueno, about to instinctively express his thanks, instantly changed his expression and shouted, "What are you doing!?"
He had seen Hikigaya flash in front of the Snow Woman and tap her forehead with a single finger.
'What am I doing? Of course, I'm recharging your wife's mana.'
Hikigaya thought this to himself.
The life force of this minor yokai was insignificant to him, but it was quite good for giving the Snow Woman a boost.
Meisuke Nueno couldn't hear Hikigaya's thoughts. He only saw the Snow Woman gently collapse toward the ground, so he threw caution about hurting her by touching her to the wind and strode forward, catching her in his arms.
At the same time, he was preparing to throw his glove (to use his demon hand).
But before he could do so, he felt a powerful surge of cursed energy welling up from the Snow Woman. To his astonishment, the Snow Woman's cursed energy, which had been erratic due to being close to him, was rapidly recovering and stabilizing.
This was something that even the Great Tengu he had recently started training with couldn't do.
Then, the Snow Woman, who happened to open her eyes, saw his silly expression.
"Sensei, you finally agreed to hold me!" The Snow Woman immediately cried tears of joy and hugged Meisuke Nueno with a look of bliss.
Meisuke Nueno: "..."
Hikigaya: "..."
"Ahem, ahem..." After waiting for a long time and seeing that the female yokai's eyes held absolutely no one but her husband, Hikigaya felt he couldn't wait any longer, so he used the cough-style interruption method.
"Huh? You're the one from before?" The interrupted Snow Woman turned back in dissatisfaction, and seeing Hikigaya, she was stunned. Her sanity finally returned before being swallowed by the wicked urge for a "smooch."
"I'm sorry to interrupt your intimacy," Hikigaya looked at the couple with a fake smile. "If possible, could you please allow me to introduce myself first?"
The Nueno couple exchanged glances, let go of each other, and looked at Hikigaya with the eyes of someone facing a formidable enemy.
Kyoko quickly pulled the few bewildered children and retreated behind them.
"The 'Kawa-Akago' (River Baby) just now, did you bring it?" Seeing that Kyoko had already led the children away from the workshop, Meisuke Nueno immediately asked, "Though I'm grateful you didn't harm the children in the end, don't you think that method is quite despicable?"
"Nueno-sensei, I know you have suffered a lot of harm and that you deeply care about children, so your caution toward me, a stranger, is understandable. However, I still hope you'll be more rational." Hikigaya smiled, pointing at the pile of dissolving spirit on the ground, a clear look of disdain on his face. "Something like this doesn't even qualify to be used by me."
However, in the next sentence, he changed his tone.
"Besides, fighting and killing are things of the past for me. I am now a peace-loving merchant. I have always been looking for high-quality customers, and Nueno-sensei is exactly that kind of person."
Stopping here, Hikigaya gave the Snow Woman a friendly smile.
"Mrs. Nueno, do you feel much better? You don't have to thank me. I am always generous to high-quality customers."
"Eh? Yukime, is that really true? Is there no abnormality?" Meisuke Nueno looked somewhat at a loss. Clearly, he believed Hikigaya's words but felt the atmosphere shift too quickly and wasn't sure how to react.
The Snow Woman, however, was much calmer. Or rather, she knew her own body well; she was actually very happy right now, but seeing her husband's earlier look of readiness for a major fight, she had to play along.
She just wanted to finish up quickly and go home to be intimate with her husband...
"Yes, Sensei," the Snow Woman said coyly. "My body is perfectly fine now. Will you be coming home tonight, Sensei?"
Meisuke Nueno: "..."
Hikigaya didn't use "..." this time, but he did make the gesture of touching his forehead.
This couple... they are simply awesome! They are completely ruled by their hormones!
'I need to take drastic measures.'
So, he stomped his foot heavily on the ground.
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New Fanfiction!
Hachiman please tone down your Inner Thoughts
While waiting for Yukinoshita in the clubroom, he unexpectedly travels to the world of Classroom of the Elite and becomes the representative of Class B.
Initially, he only intended to keep a low profile while helping Class B escape its tragic fate from the original story, and incidentally saving Ichinose Honami.
However, why these girls seems to know what am I Thinking?
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