After all, he was an old captain who had experienced multiple loops.
Haru keenly sensed something was slightly off, but couldn't confirm it.
Bronya's changes were too great. After becoming more emotionally rich, her personality was more lively than before, and joking around was something that couldn't be taken too seriously...
In the end, Haru could only attribute the reason to Bronya being in a good mood, and that he really was quite to the girl's taste, so she made a joke about romance.
In a sense, this guess was already very close to the truth.
But Haru had missed one point - that sincere words are often spoken in the form of jokes.
He thought Bronya was joking, but the girl was seriously making a conquest declaration... When it came time for unspoken rules later, the captain shouldn't say that Bronya hadn't warned him.
Ahem, saying "unspoken rules" wasn't right either. Bronya was just taking back what belonged to her!
The girl added legitimacy to her actions in her heart, ordering food with a normal expression.
Not long after, the staff brought over the meals they had ordered. Haru also put aside his suspicions and instead picked up the limited edition HOMU toy that came with the children's meal.
It was a yellow-skinned rabbit with a mischievously cute expression, wearing a red crown. If he remembered correctly, this character should be called HOMU King.
Yang, who was enthusiastic about drawing hardcore mechs, could actually create such a comedic mascot. He probably had a hidden mischievous side too. But as someone who drew doujinshi himself, he had no right to laugh at Yang.
"Bronya, this is for you."
Haru looked it over, smiled and opened his palm, presenting the HOMU King to the girl.
"Thank you, I won't be polite and will accept it."
Bronya's beautiful eyes sparkled, the corners of her mouth rising in a beautiful curve.
This was the first gift the captain had given her in this life, and it was her favorite HOMU. Two happy things overlapping brought Bronya even more joy.
A moment worth commemorating - this could be considered the first favorability event after the conquest began!
Bronya thought to herself, taking the toy from Haru's hand, but because her mind was on other things, her hand slipped.
The HOMU King fell onto the table surface, rolled around a few times, and finally fell to the floor under gravity's pull.
At the same time...
Haru and Bronya instinctively bent down, wanting to pick up the HOMU King under the table.
Both moved quickly, touching the HOMU King almost simultaneously, which also meant—
Haru swallowed, feeling like he had grabbed a small hand as gentle and smooth as white jade.
"Ah!"
He instinctively raised his head that had reached under the table.
He saw Bronya, who had also bent down, looking at him with a half-smiling expression in her beautiful eyes.
"Cough, accident, this was purely an accident."
Haru's expression was awkward, releasing Bronya's hand as if electrocuted.
The girl's small hand was as soft as a cloud, with a slightly cool touch that felt very comfortable... But men and women should maintain proper distance, and the girl was also his boss, so Haru couldn't help feeling guilty.
He didn't want to be fired for touching his boss's hand!
Of course, from Bronya's perspective, this coincidence was actually a manifestation of fate being on her side. How could she possibly fire the captain?
The girl looked at the captain who was acting like an innocent young man, flustered because he had touched her hand, her light gray beautiful eyes curving like crescents as she said pleasantly and softly.
"Милашка!"
"Hmm?"
Bronya's distinctly Russian rolled r made Haru's expression freeze.
The girl seemed to take Haru's reaction as not understanding, gently playing with the picked-up HOMU King with her jade hand, explaining with a smile.
"Bronya was just saying, don't mind it."
"Oh, I see..."
Haru scratched his cheek, but countless question marks popped up in his heart.
Having fought alongside Bronya, this Russian girl, for so many loops, and even having dated the girl, Haru's knowledge of Russian couldn't be said to be just basic - he at least knew it like the back of his hand.
He could be certain that "Милашка" meant "you're cute"!
Well, his reaction just now might have made the big duck find it interesting, but why did the girl use Russian to cover it up and deliberately tell him the wrong translation?
Haru thought about it but still didn't voice his doubts.
If he pointed out the girl's incorrect translation now, it would only make the situation awkward and wouldn't be good for his future career as a Palworld developer.
And Bronya might have simply exclaimed in Russian, then felt it wasn't appropriate to say that meaning to a subordinate, so she concealed it.
No big deal, no need to worry!
It couldn't possibly be that Bronya had developed feelings for him in such a short time, thought he couldn't understand Russian, and was using this method to express her feelings, right?
Such a sci-fi plot would only appear in light novels!
Haru shook his head, stopped overthinking, and focused on dealing with his children's meal.
Despite being called a children's meal, the portion wasn't small. It had a spicy chicken burger, fries, Beijing-style chicken wrap, colonel's chicken pieces, and a cup of cola - the soul of fast food.
"However, KFC actually uses Pepsi. Tsk!"
Haru took a sip and clicked his tongue slightly.
Although they were both cola, he still preferred Coca-Cola's formula.
"Because KFC and Pepsi used to be one company, but Bronya also prefers Coca-Cola. When drinking carbonated beverages, you want that feeling of bubbles exploding on your tongue. Pepsi doesn't have that strong impact."
The girl nodded slightly, looking at Haru appreciatively, with an expression of reaching political consensus.
Among the many Valkyries at St. Freya, Kiana accepted anything, Mei didn't really drink cheap cola, the class monitor thought carbonated drinks were unhealthy, the school principal liked the heretical bitter melon flavored soda, Teacher Himeko preferred sparkling wine over cola, and only she and the captain were firm Coca-Cola supporters.
From this point alone, you could see that Bronya and the captain were made for each other!
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