Kouro was currently facing a serious crisis.
A serious crisis? Is he currently facing a Honkai Eruption and fighting hundreds of Emperor-class Honkai Beasts? No, he isn't.
Then is he fighting a Herrscher right now? That is also no.
Then what?
The crisis Kouro is facing is more serious than the previously mentioned crisis.
He was currently being mobbed by women of various ages, from the youngest being a junior high school student to the oldest being a married mother and a widow.
Yes. According to Kouro this is a more serious crisis than the ones mentioned above.
If this was him before getting the system, Kouro would have been found unconscious on the floor by now foaming from the mouth and being preyed upon by these 'Predators'.
Of course, Kouro wouldn't actually have a problem if they just stared at him or approached to ask for a photo thinking he was an artist or maybe ask for his cell phone number like school girls do.
The problem was with this married woman and flower widow who was completely shameless about flirting with him and what he disliked the most was they were touching his body without permission!
Whereas for a man in general, Kouro's current situation was heaven for them.
Of course, if Kouro was an ordinary man he would also be happy, but as a man with self-respect and dignity, he would definitely not easily accept their temptation.
'That's right! I won't be tempted!'
"Handsome~ Are you alone?" said a woman who had a ring on her left ring finger.
"No, I'm here with my girlfriend!" Kouro said with a serious expression while moving away from the women who tried to touch him.
According to Kouro himself, the reason he said might not be the best he could think of, but technically it wasn't wrong because after all, from the beginning he had intended to confess to Mei.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen until now, either because God didn't like him or it was his destiny to be single forever.
As he was thinking about this, he saw Ayame, Mei, Bronya and Kiana who immediately ran towards him after seeing him surrounded by girls.
"Kouro!"
The four of them immediately protected Kouro from the irresponsible evil hands.
With a calm expression, Kouro felt the supple and soft parts of Mei and Kiana, for Ayame and Bronya themselves they were... There was only a hard feeling, perhaps their ribs.
It felt really strange.
The women and girls who heard that seemed to immediately bite their thumbs with a lost expression and there were even some who clicked their tongues before the crowd quickly dispersed…
Seeing them leave, Kouro wiped his sweaty forehead before muttering, "If I had known it was like this... I would have worn a helmet from the start."
Hearing his mutter reminded Kiana and the others of the time when Kouro always wore a helmet when traveling outside or even when at St. Freya's academy.
Kouro then turned to them and smiled in relief.
"Thank you, you guys saved me."
"... Ahahaha... We wanted to apologize for leaving you for no reason." Ayame said with an embarrassed expression.
"It's okay, by the way where did you guys go before?" Kouro asked with a raised eyebrow.
Kiana who heard his question immediately said honestly, "Ah? We were discussing-"
Kiana's mouth was immediately shut by Ayame while signaling her to be quiet.
'Shhh! This is not the time!' Ayame signaled to her.
Seeing them, Kouro continued to ask, "Discussing? Discussing about what?"
"We were discussing the Kimono you want to make into a gift, we've found it, but we don't know what size it needs to be." Mei said with a smile.
"Oh, is that so? Just match the size with you, Mei. " Kouro replied.
Mei gave a wink to the three of them making Ayame, Kiana and Bronya let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh, by the way did you guys not buy any clothes?" Kouro asked, he remembered that girls liked shopping especially when they were in a mall.
"Oh? Do you want to accompany us, Kouro? Then Let's go!" Ayame didn't waste her chance, before Kouro could answer they had taken Kouro to various places.
It was truly an unforgettable experience for Kouro.
...
Accessories Shop.
Kouro, who was dragged by the four of them, walked in. They saw a variety of accessories from necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, key chains, cell phone hangers and so on, even something like a cat necklace was also there, this was really a complete accessories shop.
The four of them immediately split up, but not too far from Kouro.
"Kouro! Kouro! Do I look good in these?" Kiana was currently wearing a pair of glasses.
"How is it? Do I look smarter?" Kiana said while posing like a cool guy wearing glasses.
"Wearing glasses doesn't make you smart, Kiana..." Kouro said with an expression as if he was looking at an idiot.
Seeing Kouro's gaze, made Kiana feel embarrassed, "Ah! I know! I was just joking, don't look at me like that!"
"Humph! How about you wear it, Kouro?" Kiana said with her cheeks puffed up as she took off the round glasses and put them on Kouro.
Kouro did not avoid her actions, after he was forced to wear the glasses by Kiana, he immediately turned to look at the mirror with his eyes narrowed.
"It feels quite strange wearing ordinary glasses." As he muttered this, he finally realized that Kiana hadn't said a word after fitting him with the glasses.
Kouro immediately turned to look at Kiana only to see her staring at him blankly.
"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
"... Ah? Oh? No! Ah! That!? You look really good in glasses, Kouro." Kiana said in a convoluted and hasty manner, she also avoided Kouro's gaze with her cheeks slightly flushed.
"Thank you." Kouro said with a smile.
'I'll buy these glasses.' He thought as he took off the glasses and put them in his pocket to show to the cashier later.
Not only that, Mei and the others were not to be outdone, they also put a pink cat headband on Kouro, or even a cat hat with movable ears.
In the end, they all took selfies using Kouro's camera phone while wearing the cat hat.
It was really funny to imagine Kouro wearing the cat hat while posing 'Peace' with a serious expression while facing the camera.
(A/N: Kouro is a person who is called deadpan when it comes to taking pictures.)
But when he checked the photo again, he found the appearance of Bai Xuan and Hei Xuan who were also caught on camera.
"... "
They both had the same pose as him.
Kiana actually laughed out loud when she saw Kouro posing like that in front of the camera.
...
The clothing store.
This was Kouro's most hated experience because not only did he have to wait a long time for Kiana and the others, they also tried on the clothes one by one, having him sometimes have to help them, pulling the zipper.
It was the most nerve-wracking experience for Kouro himself when he saw Kiana or the others wearing only underwear, especially in a small room with only two of them.
The stares of the passing girls or workers focused on him as he took turns going into the changing room made him really embarrassed.
Not only that, Kouro was also forced by the four of them to wear new clothes, such as casual, formal, Butler clothes or a little extreme like Punk clothes, or Cosplay.
Really, Kouro couldn't count how many times he had been told to wear new clothes by the four of them.
For some reason, he was also invited to model clothes by the store manager after seeing him.
The store manager was a woman with almond brown hair tied in a Ponytail, her eyes were also the same color, she also had a mole near her lips and under her right eye.
Kouro of course refused, he had no reason to work when he already had plenty of money. Moreover, Kiana and the others' gazes were a little creepy when he received the manager's phone number.
After that, the four of them immediately bought all the clothes they tried on earlier including the clothes Kouro tried on as well.
They also told Kouro to carry the shopping bag which was a lot, luckily he had 'Inventory' so he could store it without having to carry it.
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Midday.
"Is that all?" said Aya looking at Ayame and the others.
They were currently in front of the gate of St. Freya Academy.
Ayame and the others nodded their heads, Kiana was eating confectionery with a happy expression, Bronya was biting into a grilled sausage that was quite large for her mouth.
Kouro glanced at Bronya, maybe it was just his feeling but the way Bronya was eating the grilled sausage felt... Quite ambiguous.
Lick, suck, lick, suck, bite.
Kouro then turned to look at Mei, she was also eating a large grilled sausage and the way she ate it was also more ambiguous and tempting.
Mei licked the tip then sucked on it while licking it gently before glancing at Kouro and finally biting down hard on the grilled sausage.
*Kluk!*
"..."
'Is there perhaps a certain culture of eating grilled sausages?' Kouro thought with a few blinks.
He then turned to look at Ayame who was currently cuddling with Aya, but his sharp eyesight found something inside the shopping bag in Aya's car.
[Breast enlargement device]
"..." Kouro didn't know when Ayame bought the strange device and he didn't want to know. It seemed like Ayame had hidden the device in the car so that Kiana and the others wouldn't notice.
It was possible that Aya-san knew her worries and helped her.
Kouro turned to look at Ayame with a pitiful expression.
'Ayame... Sometimes a flower doesn't need to bloom to be beautiful and lovely, but a bud is enough because you can look forward to how it will bloom with your own eyes.' Kouro thought melancholically even though he didn't understand his own thoughts.
Ayame suddenly looked back at Kouro who quickly changed his expression to normal.
"Kouro."
"What's wrong?"
"For some reason I want to punch you in the face right now." Ayame said while raising her tightly clenched fist.
"No. Don't punch me." Kouro said while stepping back a little.
"Hmph! Then Aya-san, we're going to the Academy, see you~" Ayame then waved her hand to Aya before the five of them went inside.
They were immediately greeted by Himeko, Higokumaru and Sakura..
For your information, Higokumaru has now changed into her former human form.
Sakura and Higokumaru's clothes are no longer kimono, currently Sakura was wearing a pink long-sleeved button-down shirt with a black blazer and a black short-span skirt and high heels.
Fortunately her fox ears and tail can be hidden, otherwise... She would have been mistaken for a strange teacher who identified herself as a fox.
Higokumaru herself wore the same clothes as her except it was white with pink stripes and wore a short skirt and red shoes.
"Well~ I didn't expect you guys to come here while bothering to bring gifts." Himeko said with a gentle smile.
"This is a gift for you, Himeko-san." Kouro gave her a famous brand of Sake and red wine from 1889.
"Ahahaha~ You really know what I like, Kouro!" Himeko patted Kouro's back with a happy smile.
Kouro also smiled back at her before turning to look at Higokumaru and Sakura, he first gave Higokumaru a bag of fried tofu with various fillings.
"Wow! Fried tofu! Thank you, Kouro-Nii!" Higokumaru said with a happy smile.
Kouro then handed Sakura a shopping bag containing a red kimono, "Sorry, I didn't know what you liked, so I bought this. I hope you won't be disappointed. "
Sakura's expression was calm but her fox ears seemed to suddenly appear from the top of her head as if surprised and happy that she also got a gift.
"Is this for me? Thank you."
Her expression really didn't change at all, but her fox ears moved in excitement.
Kiana and the others also gave gifts to the three of them.
'Hmm... She really is an easy woman to read.' Kouro thought.
"How are you doing as a teacher, Sakura-san?" he asked curiously, judging from Sakura's clothes, she seemed to have adapted well.
"... Difficult. I teach as a Japanese history and literature teacher. The students always say that my classes are very difficult to understand because my explanations are too complicated and detailed." Sakura said with a complicated expression, her fox ears also lowered.
"It's okay, you can adjust slowly. I'm sure you can be a good teacher."
For information, Higokumaru entered St. Freya Academy as a student.
Kouro then looked around, he could see several female students resting or eating lunch.
"By the way, Himeko, where's auntie?" Kiana asked while looking around.
"Ah, the principal is in the office, let me take you there."
"Do you want to come, Sakura-san, Higokumaru?" asked Kouro.
"No, class is about to start so I have to get ready." Sakura shook her head before saying goodbye and leaving followed by Higokumaru.
They quickly arrived in front of the principal's office.
Kiana unceremoniously walked in and said loudly, "Auntie! I missed you!"
"Kyah! You scared me, Kiana!" Theresa seemed to almost fall off the office chair that was taller than her height.
"Tehe~" Kiana rubbed her hair while sticking out her tongue.
She then turned to look at Kallen (ELF) who was currently sitting on the sofa eating a cookie and greeted her, "Good afternoon, Kallen-san."
"Good afternoon everyone." Kallen replied with a smile.
"This is a gift from us, Kallen-san." The five of them immediately gave her the cake.
"Woah! Cake! Thank you!" Kallen accepted their gift happily.
Kiana then turned to look at her aunt again before saying, "I heard you really like drinking bitter melon juice, here's a present for you auntie."
She immediately handed over a bag of fresh bitter melon.
"Ah, Uhm... Thank you." Theresa stared at the bag of fresh bitter melon in her hand with a dumbfounded expression.
This was the first time she had been given fresh bitter melon that seemed to have been picked directly, but it was okay, as long as it came from her niece she would accept it happily.
While Ayame gives a box of various scented soaps, Mei gives perfume, while for Bronya herself, she gives tweezers with a special edition HOMU image.
Kouro also gave her the latest volume of Homu's Bizarre Adventure.
All these gifts instantly made Theresa smile happily.
"Thank you, everyone."
Theresa collected the gifts and put them in another place, after which she immediately turned to look at Kouro before suddenly asking.
"Kouro, can you be a teacher for a while?"
"Huh?"