Saying he was helping Bronya find a house...
But all Haru could do was take Bronya around to various property sales offices in Nagazora City, then visit several reliable real estate agencies to look at property listings, to prevent the unfamiliar girl from being cheated.
And time flew by quickly during the house-hunting process, and in the blink of an eye it was noon.
"Mmm, this time isn't really suitable for continuing to look around."
Haru walked out of the sales office, looked up at the blazing sun in the sky. The scorching light, completely different from the morning, illuminated the sweat beads on his cheeks, and the air above the road surface was slightly distorted.
Late May could already be called midsummer, and the noon temperature in Nagazora City had reached an exaggerated 40°C.
If he cracked an egg on the ground now, Haru believed that after waiting just a little while, he could get a fried egg made by nature.
"Mmm... If I had known the sun would be this strong, I wouldn't have gone out today."
Bronya also squinted her beautiful eyes, showing her signature (=_=) expression.
Dating in such high temperatures, the light makeup on her face was about to melt off, and the captain would probably only feel hot rather than romantic.
A miscalculation!
The big duck who grew up in Siberia really hadn't expected that Nagazora City's summer would be this hot.
If she had known, she might have changed her plan yesterday to arrange for the captain to play online games together. Although progress would be slower that way, it was better than both of them melting together under the scorching summer sun.
Haru raised his hand to wipe his sweat, saw Bronya's dead duck eyes, and couldn't help but chuckle lightly.
When she was still the flat duck, Bronya was a homebody who didn't like going out much. It seemed this hadn't changed.
Speaking of which...
Facing this oven-like weather, he also kind of wanted to stay home, make some ice cream, and have Elysia feed him with her cherry mouth.
Haru fantasized about that wonderful scene, but his consciousness was quickly pulled back to reality by the high temperature.
"Staying outside any longer risks heatstroke. Let's find a place to rest and have lunch!"
"Agreed, preferably a restaurant with strong air conditioning."
The girl who felt like she was about to become roast duck nodded, walked with Haru in the blazing sun for a few minutes, then her eyes lit up. "There's a KFC ahead, why don't we eat there?"
"Although today isn't Crazy Thursday, KFC does like to blast their air conditioning."
Haru didn't hesitate and immediately changed direction, walking with Bronya into the fast food restaurant with the white-haired muscular old man's sign.
The cool air that greeted them dispelled the heat, making both feel waves of comfort.
"Bronya, what would you like to eat?"
Haru casually found a table to sit at, raised his hand to tug at his collar, making himself cooler.
And the girl sitting across from him, her gaze lingered for a few seconds on the collar where she could vaguely see his solid chest, then pretended nothing had happened as she picked up the menu.
The captain's physique was still as good as ever.
She really wanted to reach out directly and kiss that beating heart through his chest with her lips, leaving a mark that belonged exclusively to Bronya...
The girl's slender legs pressed together slightly. The air conditioning in the store was very cool, but her body seemed to become even more heated.
It was all the captain's fault for making such improper gestures in front of a girl. As his boss, Bronya had the duty to properly discipline the captain, and couldn't let him attract those women who were definitely not good matches!
"Eh? KFC is having a promotion today - order a children's meal and get a limited edition HOMU toy."
Haru also picked up a menu to look at, completely unaware that his casual small gesture had aroused the Ural Silver Wolf's desire for her prey.
"I remember, Bronya, you seem to really like HOMU? There are also several HOMU dolls in the studio."
"Ahem, I do really like HOMU, but ordering a children's meal..."
Bronya put down the menu, her expression hesitant.
She really did want the limited edition HOMU toy that was only given away during promotions, but Bronya had already passed the age where she referred to herself as "Bronya," and ordering a children's meal in front of the captain was really quite embarrassing.
Haru could roughly guess the girl's thoughts.
That's right, Bronya's personality wasn't like Kiana's, who could openly shout that she wanted to eat a children's meal.
"Then I'll order the children's meal. I always wanted to try it when I was little, but was always told that fried food wasn't healthy."
Haru said with a smile, his tone very natural.
"Sometimes, Bronya thinks you're really good at pleasing girls."
Bronya raised her light gray beautiful eyes, looked at him deeply, and said meaningfully.
In her previous life, the captain always seemed to be able to figure out her thoughts and those of other Valkyries, getting along with them in the most comfortable way. If this skill were used in the host industry, the captain could probably easily earn a small fortune.
"If you weren't engaged, that performance just now would have raised Bronya's favorability by at least ten points."
"Then how much favorability did the engaged me gain?"
Haru touched the ring on his left ring finger, asking somewhat curiously.
"One hundred points. Bronya just likes married men like you."
The girl supported her chin with her hand, answering in a joking tone.
Haru didn't take it seriously either, shaking his head with a laugh: "Are you trying to be a modern Cao Cao? Or do you have some NTR preferences?"
"Can't it be pure love?"
Bronya's beautiful eyes reflected the man's figure, her smiling eyes carrying a trace of sadness from the past.
"Seriously, Haru, you're very much to my taste. If I could have met you earlier, I might have really fallen for you!"
"That would make it an office romance, which wouldn't be good, right?"
Haru said with a laugh, though a hint of confusion flashed in his dark eyes.
It wasn't that the big duck had said anything wrong, after all, he had also dated the girl in the loops. If he had met the big duck first in this timeline, the probability of them getting together would probably be a thousand percent.
And connecting to her previous words, the big duck might still be joking.
However, even if it was a joke...
It was still somewhat strange for Bronya to joke with him, a male subordinate, about this kind of thing. It didn't seem like the girl's character.
Could it be that the big duck had already considered him a very close friend so quickly? Or was his act of ordering a children's meal to get her the limited edition HOMU toy really that pleasing to her?!
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