บท 185: A frightened Mafuyu

In the afternoon, Gabriel's house.

"Kamikawa, this is for you."

Gabriel removed the white orchid hairpin she wore all day from her hair and handed it to Ren who was sitting next to her.

"?"

Even though he didn't know what Gabriel was going to do, Ren took the hairpin.

"Um."

Seeing how obedient he was, Gabriel continued: "Put it on and try it on."

She was very curious about what Ren would look like wearing this hairpin.

After all, he didn't even change his expression all day, so it would definitely be interesting to suddenly wear something that contrasted him so much.

Not to mention that Ren himself is very handsome, even wearing a hairpin won't reduce his appearance.

"I refuse."

Ren answered without hesitation and returned the hairpin to her.

"Why?" Gabriel was stunned.

According to her understanding of Ren, he usually wouldn't reject her.

"I don't wear women's clothes," Ren answered matter-of-factly.

According to his observations so far, ordinary male humans generally do not wear things like hairpins that women use, so as an ordinary person he would never wear them.

"…"

Gabriel couldn't refute it at all.

"It doesn't matter if you try," She persuaded, "I want to see it."

"No." Ren's attitude remained firm.

Regarding this, Gabriel couldn't even see it.

"Okay."

Hearing this, Gabriel had no choice but to give up.

"Then I will get rid of this hairpin."

After saying that, she stood up and walked towards the cupboard.

Opening the box at the bottom of the cupboard, Gabriel threw the hairpins inside.

"…"

After staring at the inconspicuous white orchid hairpin among the many luxurious hairpins for a while, Gabriel took it out again.

(Truly)

Shaking her head, Gabriel closed the box with the many hairpins, approached the bedside table, opened the top drawer, and installed the hairpins properly.

Seeing the white orchid hairpin that was so eye-catching this time, Gabriel closed the drawer with satisfaction.

"I'm still not used to wearing hair clips."

As she spoke, Gabriel sat beside him again.

"So, I decided not to wear any hair accessories unless there are special circumstances in the future, including the white hairpin you chose."

After saying this, Gabriel looked at Ren.

"Um."

Ren didn't care at all. Since Gabriel didn't want to wear it, then that was fine. After all, he was used to her current appearance.

"Forget it, let's just play a game."

Seeing his expressionless face, Gabriel sighed helplessly

"Sure."

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Wednesday, afternoon.

Ren who had just returned from tutoring Fumino and the others, arrived downstairs in the apartment when he saw Mafuyu, wearing a teacher's uniform, sitting in the flower bed in front of the apartment where they lived, not knowing what she was doing.

Did this scene happen once?

After thinking about his last experience, Ren took the initiative to walk towards her and asked, "Kirisu Sensei, do you need help?"

"Need."

Seeing Ren ask this question, Mafuyu nodded.

"Okay," Ren answered softly.

He originally thought that Mafuyu would reject him at first like last time, but he didn't expect that she would be so firm this time.

But it doesn't matter, his own goal is to help Mafuyu.

Later, he was dragged to her house by Mafuyu.

"…"

Arriving at Mafuyu's house and seeing the disastrous environment in her house, Ren didn't know what to say.

If last time he barely had room to sit, then it was already very difficult for him to have room to stand here this time.

"Sorry, it's a bit messy."

As if aware of his gaze, Mafuyu who changed into sports clothes after returning home, quietly turned her head to the side.

"It happened suddenly and there was no time to deal with it."

"Does not matter."

Although Ren didn't know much about common sense, he could see that this environment should not be portrayed in the slightest.

But right now, what else could he say besides saying it didn't matter.

"What do I need to do?"

After looking around her house, Ren continued to ask questions.

"Um... There are bugs at home, and I need your help to get rid of them."

Mafuyu said slowly, with fear in her eyes.

"Insect? That one?"

Ren felt it for a while and found a lot of insects. He pointed at the bug that appeared on the surface and confirmed it to her.

"That's right…."

Glancing in the direction Ren was pointing at, Mafuyu shuddered, but thinking Ren was here, she nodded boldly.

"Yes..."

Just as Ren was about to speak, Mafuyu guessed what he was going to say and cut him off very firmly.

"No! Should not! Don't say that name!!!"

"…"

Seeing her very special reaction, Ren understood something.

"Do you need me to get rid of all those worms?"

Thinking about her reminder earlier, he used the term "worm" to refer to cockroaches.

"Yeah, there aren't any left."

Mafuyu approached Ren. The appearance of insects made her instinctively afraid. Only by it side could she feel more comfortable.

"Okay."

For someone with superpowers like him, eradicating all the bugs in the world is just a thought, let alone all the bugs in Mafuyu's house now.

Considering Mafuyu was nearby, it was difficult for Ren to use any superpowers to get rid of all the bugs at once.

At least these bugs visible in the light can't be destroyed by superpowers, so it doesn't matter if they are hidden in the dark.

So, Ren casually picked up a useless cardboard that he didn't know the use of, and prepared to use the most primitive method to get rid of the bugs first.

As soon as he took a step towards the insect, it seemed frightened and crawled at a very fast speed towards Ren and Mafuyu.

Ren was also very satisfied when he saw that this insect did not take the initiative to run away from him, but instead ran towards him in a hurry until it died.

In this way, he didn't need to sort through the rubbish on the ground to kill the bugs, which could be said to have saved a lot of time.

"!!!"

But at this time, Mafuyu who was standing behind him saw the bug getting closer to her, and suddenly jumped towards him and hugged his head.

"…"

Feeling the tenderness on his face, Ren didn't know what to do.

How could he stay with her like this?