Six o'clock in the afternoon.

After school in Jingtai School Park,The girls are moving towards the legendary bookstore with a clear goal.。

But next to another girl who was chattering excitedly, Manami Mizuhara, who had been scrolling through the mobile phone forum, seemed a little out of spirits.

"Oh, Xiaoma, how handsome do you think that store manager will be?"

A girl dressed in the style of a hot girl pulls Manami Mizuhara and expresses her longing. Her name is Ryoko Okuyama, and she is Manami Mizuhara's childhood sweetheart, and the two have been neighbors since childhood.

Although as they grew older, the two gradually showed different interests, but because of the friendship when they were young, Manami Mizuhara still maintained a friendship with Ryoko Okuyama.

Of course, most of this is because she loves ghosts, ghosts, aliens, urban legends, and likes to read all kinds of weird accounts and mystery novels, so there are not many people who will be friends with her except Ryoko Okuyama.

And Okuyama Yoshiko is different, she is an extrovert who is keen on various social activities, and is very popular because of her good looks, and she has had three boyfriends in elementary school alone. Not to mention high school now.

Recalling the memories of the past in his heart, Manami Mizuhara heard Ryoko Okuyama's question, and replied with dead fish eyes:

"It doesn't matter if you're handsome or not...... It's all the same for me anyway. It's good that you're happy. ”

"- How can you say that, today is dedicated to looking at the face. But Xiaoma, why do you call me by my real name again? Didn't I say that you were going to call me Lucia! ”

Ryoko Okuyama pouted unhappily.

Probably because she thinks the title "Ryoko" is too cheesy, she hasn't let her peers call her like that since the second grade of junior high school. Instead, she asked her companions and friends to call her "Lucia", probably because she thought Katakana's foreign name was very stylish.

However, in Manami Mizuhara's view, "Lucia" and "Ryoko" are as bad as the two names.

"Okay, okay, Lucia......"

Manami replied helplessly.

"But why go specifically to the face? Since it's been spread to this extent by the rumors in the school park,There should be a photo of him on the Internet.,Wouldn't it be nice to just look at the photos? ”

Ryoko Okuyama immediately shook her head like a rattle.

"Xiao Ma, you are too simple. The current network P map technology can completely turn the funny artist Uncle P into a Jennis idol. Not to mention the recent rapid development of AI technology, even video can be composited. And I heard that the store manager doesn't like others to take pictures of him, so the photos you can see on the Internet are only the side face, or the back, which is not clear at all. ”

"That's ......"

Manami Mizuhara nodded as if she understood.

Actually, she wasn't interested at all.

However, this is Ryoko's invitation after all—no, Lucia's invitation, so she can only accompany her there while scrolling through her favorite paranormal forums.

"Look, Xiaoma, the bookstore has arrived!"

Ryoko Okuyama shook her arm excitedly, and Manami looked in the direction she was pointing to—

"Sogoku Bookstore"

The name of the store is prominently displayed on the signboard written in Chinese characters.

……

"Hiss......"

Walking to the bookstore with Ryoko Okuyama, the moment she stepped in, Manami clearly heard the breath she was trying to suppress.

When I looked back, I saw that Ryoko Okuyama's eyes seemed to be heart-shaped.

"How's that...... Xiaoma, this shopkeeper is really handsome! It's more eye-catching than the people in Denis-"

"Uh......"

Following Ryoko Okuyama's gaze, behind the counter of the bookstore, there was a young man who seemed to be closing his eyes and recuperating.

That young man should be the manager of this "Suyu Bookstore".

How so......

Although he didn't think he cared about the appearance of men, the moment Manami Mizuhara saw the young man's face, he was still a little taken aback.

- Judging from the contours of the face and the proportions of the facial features, the youth is not the kind of feminine that is indistinguishable from the male.

However, after the facial features are combined, the appearance of the young man has an indescribable sense of naturalness, and his skin looks very delicate, and it looks like there is a clean and handsome temperament......

"This kind of temperament is like the 'Stasis Tuoliu God' in the "Ancient Chronicles"......"

Mizuhara Manami, who is familiar with all kinds of myths and legends and fantasy stories, subconsciously compares the gods in mythology with the young man in front of him.

But just when she was still thinking, Ryoko Okuyama beside her had already taken her hand and rushed to the young man:

"Manager Mulberry ......"

A soft smile appeared on Ryoko Okuyama's face, and as soon as she saw this smile, Manami knew that this childhood friend must have been moved this time.

However, as she looked around the interior of the bookstore, she noticed that all eyes had already been studied.

From the shelves in the bookstore, from the chairs next to the table, more than a dozen girls of different appearances, standing or sitting, although they all held a book in their hands, looked at Manami and Ryoko with angry eyes.

"These girls...... They weren't all attracted by this manager, were they? ”

Manami shivered and took Ryoko's hand, wanting to remind her to pay attention, but Ryoko didn't care and talked to the young man flatteringly:

"Store manager San, store manager San-"

"Are you two here to buy books?"

The young man turned from his closed eyes and asked quietly.

"Oh no! We came to meet the store manager...... Because I've heard that it's super - handsome! I didn't expect it to be more handsome than I imagined - it completely made the family dokidoki up! ”

Manami wanted to cover her face, but Ryoko's shameless words made her feel her face flush.

Moreover, the murderous gaze cast by the other girls in the store made her want to find a crack in the ground immediately.

However, should it be bold or shameless? Ryoko completely ignored the gaze of the girls, and continued to get closer to the young man with a calm attitude.

"We only offer borrowing and buying books, so do you want to read or buy books?"

The young man had a cold attitude.

But Ryoko was undeterred.

"Eh, store manager San, I'm going to buy some crepes to invite you to eat, people know that there is a particularly delicious shop - we can go and sing K together after eating."

"We only provide borrowing and purchasing services, please do not enter if you have any other unrelated matters."

As if deaf to her, Ryoko leaned closer and carefully stared at the nameplate on the young man's chest.

"Eh...... People call it 'Lucia', what's the name of the store manager? Let's see, it turns out that the store manager's name is 'xigu'...... Xi, Gu ...... Is this how it is read? It turns out that the store manager is from Longguo, great, people like Longguo people the most! ”

Ryoko happily covers her mouth, but Manami knows that this is a lie.

- Just a month ago, the guy next to me made a comment on ins, "There are too many dragon people in Shibuya, so it always stinks in the summer." However, before a month had passed, she had uttered the same words as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Dragon Kingdom.

So fickle, even if it's just a bystander, Manami feels embarrassed for her, but Ryoko can say it shamelessly without blushing, and Manami feels that the air she breathes in her nose is a little sticky.

The line of sight projected around it became denser and denser, like a laser being swept by.

The store manager named "Xigu" had an expressionless face, but just repeated:

"We only provide borrowing and purchasing services, please do not enter if you have any other unrelated matters."

"Eh, don't, people want to ...... with you"

Ryoko is not discouraged and wants to make a final effort.

But at this moment, those girls finally broke out—

"Hey, hey, where did you come from! Don't be so noisy in His Highness Xi Gu's bookstore! ”

"That's it, don't defile this quiet holy place!"

"Sow, you dare to use your filthy body to get to His Highness Xi Gu!"

In the face of the angry girls, Manami felt overwhelmed, but the good son beside him was not afraid, and sneered:

"Hmph, a group of ugly monsters, obviously afraid to approach the store manager because of low self-esteem, Sang can only peep with a book, but mock a beautiful woman like me who dares to express herself positively, you are a group of cowardly sows!"

"What do you say?!!"

The girls were angry, and they rushed over one by one, gathered around, and quarreled with Ryoko more and more urgently, and Mana really wanted to play a round, but he didn't know what to do.

The smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger, and neither of them wants to take a step back, just when the emotions are at their peak, and the anger burns the minds, and there is about to be a physical collision between women-

"The store only provides borrowing and purchasing services, and unrelated matters should be solved outside the store."

Accompanied by the young man's indifferent voice, Manami Mizuhara suddenly found that his body had left the ground.

Huh?

Huh?

No, it wasn't just her—even Ryoko and the other girls left the ground with their feet one by one and came out of the store.

- That young man actually threw them all outside the bookstore one by one!

Then, with a "ding", the "Suyu Bookstore" closed the glass door and locked it. A sign reading "Our store is temporarily closed" was placed behind the door.

On the street outside the store, Manami looked at Ryoko, and the two and the other girls looked at each other, the latter's anger had disappeared, probably because he had become sober after the cold wind blew, and a frustrated expression appeared on his face.

"Hmph, it's because of this kind of sow girl...... Just in front of His Highness Xi Gu, such an unbearable side was revealed. ”

"That's right...... Woo, I can only leave first today. ”

One by one, the girls got up and left the street where the bookstore was located, trembling like a broken willow. Ryoko pursed her lips disdainfully, but after glancing back at the bookstore, her expression still became a little depressed:

"Alas, although he is a handsome guy, he is too ungentle, and he actually threw people directly outside the bookstore - there is no way, let's leave first, Xiao Ma...... Uh-huh? Xiao hemp? ”

After Ryoko Okuyama shouted a few times, Manami Mizuhara came back to his senses.

"Ahh Okay, let's get out of here first...... Lucia. ”

"Hey, you actually called it right this time?!"

Faced with Ryoko Okuyama's surprised smile, Manami Mizuhara smiled reluctantly, took her hand, and stood up together.

But in the process of leaving, when Ryoko Okuyama was not looking, she turned her head and looked at the bookstore, remembering what she had just seen outside the bookstore and that caught her eye.

"That...... It's really caring......"