In the living room, Ryuya sat on the sofa, bored out of his mind as he leaned over the table, idly flicking a pencil with his fingers.
He had already been waiting for nearly half an hour…
He originally thought the girls would be eager to change their clothes and come out quickly, but he had been completely wrong.
Did changing clothes really take this long?
Ryuya lay there, absentmindedly flicking the pencil so it rolled away, then reaching out to roll it back again, repeating the process over and over.
Like a child with nothing to play with…
Another ten minutes passed before several girls finally came out of their rooms one after another.
"Oh? Not bad!"
Ichika smiled as she praised her four younger sisters.
"But Yotsuba, your sash is tied a little crooked."
As she spoke, Ichika stepped forward and helped adjust Yotsuba's yukata.
"Ah… thank you."
"Mm-hmm, that's better now."
Ichika smiled and walked downstairs.
"Sorry to keep you waiting~"
She waved at Ryuya. Wearing a warm orange-toned yukata, she spread her arms and spun around in front of him.
"Well? What do you think?"
"Very beautiful. It suits you perfectly."
Ryuya sat up straight, his gaze sweeping across the group of beautiful girls. He noticed that each of them had changed into a yukata in their favorite color.
"Ready to go now?"
"Yes. I already asked Mr. Ebata to prepare the car. It won't take long to get there," said Itsuki, lightly touching her stomach, which was already growling with hunger.
"What's wrong, hungry?" Ryuya noticed and asked with mild concern.
"Uh… hehe, just a little…" Itsuki laughed awkwardly.
"That's because she deliberately ate less for dinner so she could snack at the food stalls," Ichika said helplessly.
Meanwhile, Nino, standing to the side, snickered.
"You're sure Itsuki ate less? I remember she had a full bowl of rice piled up like a mountain."
"That's a perfectly normal portion!" Itsuki quickly defended herself.
Ryuya secretly chuckled to himself. He clearly knew that Itsuki was quite the big eater…
The group left the house together and went downstairs.
The driver, Mr. Ebata, had been working for the Nakano family for a long time. He had watched the quintuplets grow up, and could almost be considered part of the family.
When he saw Ryuya, Ebata was slightly surprised, since he had never heard of him before.
"Mr. Ebata, this is Ryuya. He's been helping tutor us," Ichika explained.
"I see. No wonder last time you asked your father not to hire a tutor. So you already had someone in mind."
Ebata chuckled and looked Ryuya over, a hint of scrutiny flashing in his eyes.
Ryuya naturally noticed, but he didn't mind. He simply nodded calmly in greeting.
Ebata was a man with plenty of life experience. After sensing Ryuya's composed attitude, he felt a little surprised and couldn't help admiring the young man's steadiness.
He looked about the same age as the quintuplets, yet seemed far more mature…
"Alright, get in the car. Ryuya, you can sit in the front passenger seat," said Itsuki impatiently before Ebata could continue observing him. "Mr. Ebata, please!"
"Of course." Ebata smiled, got into the car, and started the engine.
Ichika exchanged glances with her sisters.
They all knew that their father would probably find out about Ryuya sooner or later…
However, he certainly wouldn't believe that Ryuya was actually a devil from myth and legend.
After driving to the fireworks festival venue, Ryuya followed beside the girls, treating the whole event simply as something lively to watch.
He had actually wanted to come see the fireworks with Mai Sakurajima or Rias Gremory and the others, but the girls all had their own things to attend to, so he could only feel a bit regretful about it.
For now, accompanying the quintuplets to the fireworks festival counted as part of his commission anyway, so Ryuya simply treated it as doing his job properly.
Meanwhile, the sisters who had arrived at the festival were all visibly excited.
"The fireworks festival, we're here!"
"The fireworks start at seven. We still have some time, so let's walk around first!"
"Hehe, should we try goldfish scooping?"
The girls chatted among themselves excitedly.
Ryuya, meanwhile, looked around the festival grounds and felt that there were truly a lot of people.
Come to think of it, since arriving in this world, this was the first time he had come to such a purely recreational place.
Even in his previous life, he rarely visited places with crowds like this.
To be honest, the lively scene before him felt somewhat unfamiliar and novel to Ryuya.
"Ryuya, have you never been to a fireworks festival before? You look like someone who never celebrates holidays…" Itsuki, who was walking beside him, suddenly asked. Somehow, she had noticed.
"Yeah, I haven't."
There was nothing embarrassing about admitting it. Even after crossing into this world, the most significant events Ryuya had experienced were just battles with fallen angels.
Other than that, there weren't really many memorable scenes in his life…
He glanced at Itsuki and was momentarily speechless.
The girl had both hands full of snacks, and her mouth was stuffed as she continued chewing away.
This girl was truly a foodie…
Seeing Ryuya looking at her, Itsuki became embarrassed.
"Hey, don't stare at me while I'm eating like that…"
So you know you're a foodie too.
"What's there to be embarrassed about? It looks like you even changed your hairstyle on purpose. It suits you pretty well," Ryuya commented casually.
Looking at the paper bowl in Itsuki's hands, he naturally picked up a toothpick, stabbed a piece of hot tofu, and tossed it into his mouth.
"Haha, Ryuya has been observing us carefully!"
Ichika moved closer, smiling mischievously.
"So does that mean you're curious about the fact that we're not wearing underwear under our yukata?"
"Now that you mention it, I am a bit curious."
"Ha! Do you want to see?" Ichika said as she slightly pulled open the collar of her yukata, revealing a faint glimpse of cleavage.
Her bold action instantly shocked Miku and Itsuki beside her.
"Ichika!?"
Ichika simply laughed.
"Haha, I'm just joking."
Ryuya looked completely calm. He already knew that Ichika had this kind of personality and immediately saw that she was just teasing him.
There was no way he would fall for it.
So he replied casually,
"I don't want to see. I'm just curious whether it gets uncomfortable from friction in the front if you don't wear anything."
Ichika: "…??"
"…"
The girls were completely defeated by Ryuya's counterattack.
Nino looked utterly exasperated.
"Honestly, what kind of things are going through your head?"
Ryuya shrugged and continued stealing food from Itsuki, causing the girl to cry out in protest and demand that he go buy his own.
Watching their interaction from afar, Mr. Ebata looked slightly surprised.
Those girls seemed to get along quite well with that boy.
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