"Hey, here you go."
Buying two bottles of cold drinks from the vending machine at the rooftop garden, Rozen handed one of the bottles to Avrora, who was sitting on the bench.
"Sniff..."
Avrora, who had stopped crying, timidly took the cold drink and then looked slightly surprised. She curiously held the cold drink and even pressed it against her face, showing a slight improvement in mood.
"What's up? Do you really like cold drinks?"
Seeing Avrora's reaction, Rozen asked.
With a somewhat relaxed expression on her face, Avrora hesitantly answered.
"The cold's protection allows me to feel empowered."
Hmm, so this girl likes things with ice?
That seems quite reasonable, considering that Avrora possess the beast vessel of ice.
"In that case, you might unexpectedly like Itogami City."
Rozen thought so.
As an artificial island with eternal summer, Itogami Island has various research institutions, followed by a thriving culinary scene, especially with ice-based dishes and snacks being particularly important and popular here. For Avrora, it should be enjoyable, right?
Of course, at the moment, Avrora is still an inexperienced vampire girl, her gaze wandering around, looking at the entire green garden. Her blue eyes occasionally sparkled, and she even exclaimed when she saw the distant sea view and the sky, appearing as if she had found a paradise, which was quite adorable.
However, when one thinks that Avrora behaves like this because she has been sealed for who knows how many years and has slept in an underground tomb for who knows how many years, those who know about it would feel heavy-hearted, right?
Rozen slightly composed himself and questioned Avrora.
"Alright, now tell me, why did you leave home without permission and come here?"
Rozen's relentless questioning made Avrora withdraw her curious gaze, becoming timid and nervous again.
However, Avrora still truthfully answered Rozen's question.
"That place is a demon's den."
Avrora said so.
"What?"
Rozen was not surprised.
"There... there are vile dirty demons inside!"
Avrora continued to explain nervously, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Vile dirty demons...?"
Rozen was completely puzzled, almost hanging a question mark above his head.
Even if one were clever, hearing Avrora's explanation would still be baffling, right?
In short, Avrora wanted to express that there is a vile demon at home, so that place is a demon's den, and she had to run away, right?
"How can there be demons at my home?"
Could it be that Natsuki-nee suddenly came back, collided with Avrora, and did something to her?
Given Natsuki-nee's domineering personality, if she found out that the matrices of the Fourth Primogenitor appeared at her home, it was possible that she might do something.
However, although Natsuki appears to be domineering, she is actually very considerate. She is not only strict and indulgent towards Rozen, but she also helps people in need, especially her students. Once a problem arises, Natsuki will definitely not stand idly by.
In the past, in the Demon Sanctuary in Gozo, although Natsuki forcefully brought Avrora and Nagisa back to Itogami Island to prevent disputes surrounding the Fourth Primogenitor and to be vigilant against the harm it could cause, bringing Nagisa to Itogami Island might have its reasons related to the spirit within her. Bringing Nagisa to Itogami Island for treatment was also her purpose.
Otherwise, Natsuki wouldn't have agreed to bring Kojou along to Itogami Island just to fulfill his wish.
So, upon seeing Avrora, Natsuki might be surprised and might take action against Avrora from her position as a state attack mage, but she definitely wouldn't persecute Avrora, right?
Not to mention...
"Is Natsuki-nee dirty...?"
Rozen couldn't help but imagine a dirty Natsuki-nee in his mind...
"Uh...!"
The next moment, Rozen quickly covered his nose.
"—!"
This seemed to startle Avrora, who let out a small cry.
"It's... it's okay!"
Rozen quickly reassured Avrora, even shaking his head to clear his mind of impure thoughts and calm down.
"I understand why you left home."
At that moment, Rozen tried to change the subject.
"But how did you manage to find your way here?"
You see, Avrora just woke up and doesn't even know where she is. How could she find her way here?
Her beast vassal shouldn't have that ability, right?
Just as Rozen was thinking this...
"Smell..."
Avrora muttered softly.
"Smell?"
Rozen was once again dumbfounded.
"Your scent is on this offering."
Avrora pointed to her coat.
"...You don't mean you followed my scent here, do you?"
Rozen's eyebrow twitched.
"That... that's correct."
Avrora affirmed timidly.
"Are you an animal?"
Rozen couldn't help but tease.
Using scent to find someone, even beastmen couldn't do that, right?
Itogami City is densely populated, and with various smells like smoke and sweat, unless the person is nearby or leaves a strong scent on something, even beastmen wouldn't be able to precisely locate someone by scent.
And Avrora is a vampire.
Vampires finding people by scent, isn't that unheard of in history?
"Never mind."
Rozen rubbed his temples and looked at Avrora.
"Now that you're here, I can't just send you back like this. Luckily, you didn't cause any commotion on the way here... Did you really not cause any commotion?"
Speaking of which, Rozen began to doubt.
Avrora's appearance is dreamy and beautiful like a fairy, with a beauty that seems to exist only in dreams. Such a person wearing only a boy's uniform, running around bare-legged and barefoot on the road, wouldn't that cause a commotion?
As it turned out, Rozen's suspicion was correct.
"There... there were suspicious individuals attempting to attack me, and the people in the Demon Sanctuary also cast evil glances at me. I just acted to punish them."
Avrora weakly replied, making Rozen feel even worse.
Rozen took out his phone and checked online.
As soon as he checked, Rozen immediately saw the latest news report.
"Unidentified freezing phenomenon appears again in the southern area, only affecting a small group of people, but the Management Cooperative of the artificial island highly values it. In order to prevent disasters like those in the northern area, they have begun to evacuate people and issued warnings. Citizens, please be careful. If you notice any abnormal phenomena, report to the Management Cooperative as soon as possible."
Seeing this, Rozen looked up at the sky and sighed heavily in front of Avrora, who looked anxious as if she had done something wrong.
The future is indeed unsettling.
At this point, Rozen couldn't feel at ease leaving Avrora alone in a place where he couldn't see her.
Allowing this inexperienced vampire girl to roam freely, who knows what trouble she might stir up?
Right now, it's fortunate that only a few people with ill intentions towards Avrora have been frozen by her. If this timid and shy girl were to explode, the southern area might end up like the northern area.
To prevent such a scenario, Rozen had no choice but to take Avrora with him.
For this reason, Rozen requested leave from school, sent an email to Asagi and Motoki, and then directly teleported away with Avrora.
However, Rozen didn't take Avrora home but headed to the western district of Itogami Island.
There, the best commercial street and shopping center on the entire island are located.
Rozen planned to take Avrora there.
After all, he couldn't continue letting Avrora roam around wearing only a boy's coat and even without shoes, right?
So, Rozen decided to take Avrora there for a stroll.
"Wow..."
As soon as they entered the commercial street, Avrora exclaimed in amazement.
Before her were bustling crowds and towering buildings.
There were also various stalls along the street.
Some shops were holding events, and beautiful music filled the air.
Avrora seemed quite surprised and delighted by the scene, like a child who had just been taken out to play, brimming with joy that even outsiders could feel.
Seeing Avrora like this, passersby showed exceptionally stunning and kind expressions.
The stunning ones were naturally for Avrora's beauty.
The kind ones were for Avrora's innocence and curiosity.
In this situation, surprisingly, no one found Avrora's appearance in just a boy's coat strange.
That's because Rozen had cast an illusion on Avrora, making her appear to be wearing the Saikai Academy girls' uniform in the eyes of others, which didn't seem odd at all.
"Alright, let's go here."
Rozen led Avrora into the commercial street.
"Wow..."
Avrora continued to marvel at the bustling surroundings, but her hand was tightly gripping Rozen's clothes, looking afraid of being left behind, which looked quite adorable.
Rozen couldn't help but relax his mouth, but then tensed up again.
"Listen, no matter what happens, you're not allowed to use the power of your beast vassal, let alone release it. I'll handle everything, understood?"
Rozen reiterated once again.
If Avrora were to release her beast vassal in such a lively commercial street, it would be a disaster, so Rozen had to remind her again.
Avrora naturally had no objections.
"I-I will allow you to be my protector."
Despite speaking in such a commanding tone, Avrora's voice and demeanor still seemed weak and even a bit cowardly, making it hard to understand whether this girl was truly brave or timid.
"That's good, stay close to me."
Rozen nodded satisfactorily and began to look around.
"Where do you want to shop?"
Thinking this, Rozen realized that this might be the first time he had taken a girl out shop noping for women's clothes.
In other words, Rozen had no experience buying clothes for girls before this.
"Even Natsuki-nee prepares her own clothes and never asks me to shop for her..."
According to Natsuki-nee, helping girls buy clothes is not an obligation of a good man. If you really want to stand out, you might as well design them yourself. Therefore, Rozen had enrolled in several fashion design classes in the past, accumulating skills that he didn't know if he would ever use.
Thanks to this, although Rozen had never bought clothes for girls, he had the ability to determine which clothes would suit which type of girl and had exceptional taste in determining whether a design was good or bad.
One reason why Asagi suddenly became so good at dressing up was that Rozen had discussed this topic with her, awakening the flame in the heart of this genius computer girl, making Asagi start paying attention to this topic and even ask Rozen for advice. Her expertise in dressing up was actually the result of Rozen's teaching.
Because of this, there were often large groups of girls at school who came to Rozen to ask about this topic, making Rozen even more popular among girls, which was another topic.
In short, Rozen had the ability to pick out a nice outfit for Avrora.
"Excuse me, could you give me this outfit?"
In a very delicately decorated and feminine women's clothing store, Rozen, holding Avrora's hand, pointed to a dress and said to the shop assistant.
It was a light blue dress that covered the whole body.
Rozen pushed Avrora, who was hiding behind him, forward and spoke to the shop assistant.
"Could you please help her try on this outfit? Also, please help her match these accessories. It should give off a similar vibe."
With very skilled hands, Rozen adorned Avrora with some small accessories he had picked up from the street, some of which he wore on Avrora's body and some he matched with the dress, instantly turning the dress into one with various charming and attractive designs.
"Wow... sir, you're really amazing. You've actually managed to decorate this outfit like this. I almost doubted if this is one of our store's products."
The shop assistant looked at Rozen with extreme surprise and admiration, her cheeks tinged with a slight blush.
After all...
"No, it's nothing. I'm just showing off as a layman. I can't hold a candle to the real experts. Miss, I'll need your help to dress up my friend properly."
Rozen showed a flawless and elegant smile to the shop assistant, making her heart race.
"N-no problem! Please leave it to me!"
The shop assistant responded with unparalleled excitement and then planned to take Avrora away.
"N-Nichiyo....!"
Avrora looked at Rozen with unease and fear.
"It's okay, just trying on clothes. I'll wait for you here."
Rozen patted Avrora's head, signaling her to relax.
Unfortunately, Avrora still looked a bit worried as she followed the shop assistant to the fitting room, appearing pitiful like a calf about to be sold.
Rozen could only smile wryly and walked around the store, picking out a pair of sandals for Avrora and adorning them with some small accessories he had found on the street.
Not long after...
"Well, this should be about right."
Rozen nodded at the stunningly decorated sandals.
Then...
"Sorry for making you wait, sir."
The shop assistant led Avrora out of the fitting room.
Rozen turned his head and his eyes lit up.
The Avrora standing in front of Rozen had been completely transformed.
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