Chapter 507: Chapter 499: The Utility Person · Hinata Rion
White Christmas arrived as expected, the world outside covered in a blanket of silver. Shirakawa Sawahei gazed out at the snowy landscape, unable to refrain from feeling a pang of emotion.
Last night’s Christmas Eve... was quite thrilling... When I think back on it, it’s a miracle of life that I wasn’t chopped up by Miss Kaori.
Conquering the ladies has yet to succeed, and the jerk must continue to make efforts.
Today, I must work hard to be an unapologetic jerk who doesn’t give up easily.
Shirakawa Sawahei clenched his fist, giving himself a pep talk, then proceeded to get up and freshen up. The mirror seemed emptier without a certain cute little figure, and it made Shirakawa Sawahei feel a bit wistful. He thought for a moment and decided to head over to Hinata Rion’s house later to see if he could bring the cute little Ise Yu back home.
It always feels like the house is missing some vitality without the dawdling girl around.
Having made his decision, he tidied everything up and headed out. On the way, he bought two pineapple buns and soon arrived at the Minotaur Artist’s front door, ringing the doorbell.
No one answered, and Shirakawa Sawahei had no choice but to keep pressing the doorbell, risking waking them up.
"What is it this early in the morning!? We’re still sleeping... huh, Mr. Shirakawa?"
Hinata Rion came out with disheveled hair, looking bewildered upon seeing Shirakawa Sawahei. She instinctively lowered her voice, "You dare to come here..."
"Last night, Jin was hugging a doll with your name written on it, punching it all night... I’ve never seen her so angry before... What did you do to her? Weren’t you two sweet and loving before? Why the sudden change... I asked her, but she refuses to talk about it and just told me not to speak with you."
"Ahem... There was a slight problem with the confession process..." Shirakawa Sawahei changed the subject, "Is Jin awake?"
"No..."
"Then I’ll wait here for a bit."
"No, you can’t!" Hinata Rion quickly stopped him, "If you show up here, Jin will definitely say I colluded with you... You should wait downstairs at most..."
"What about this breakfast..."
"Leave it here... Just remember not to drag me into your fights... I really don’t want to be hassled by Jin for another night..."
"... What about last night?"
"She cursed you all night last night..." Hinata Rion glanced around and said stealthily, "Tell me the truth... Did you mess with her? I noticed that nine out of ten words she cursed you with were related to jerk..."
"I didn’t deceive Jin." Shirakawa Sawahei’s face changed, "I’ve been single all along."
"I could see that too... Otherwise, I would’ve driven you away long ago..." Hinata Rion was baffled and troubled, "You didn’t have a girlfriend before confessing to Jin... So why does she keep calling you a jerk..."
"... Maybe it’s just a more satisfying word to use."
Though he had decided not to deceive his own ’wings,’ Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t plan on spilling everything to friends like Hinata Rion just yet... Even if I must become enemies with the world, I should wait until the jerk is well-developed first, right?
Jumping right into the Demon King quest after just leaving the beginner’s village doesn’t show bravery; it shows foolishness.
Shirakawa Sawahei waited honestly downstairs for a while, and before long, the cute little Ise Yu woke up groggily.
Ah, I didn’t get enough satisfaction from beating up the jerk in my dream... Still so sleepy...
Maybe I should take a nap and go teach him another lesson...
Hinata Rion walked in with two steaming pineapple buns. The dawdling girl was taken aback, and before the Minotaur Artist could come up with an excuse, shouted angrily, "Sister Yin!"
"Didn’t I tell you not to talk to him, so why are you accepting his stuff!"
"Eh? Why does it feel like you’ve become a lot smarter since yesterday... How did you know it was sent by Mr. Shirakawa and not something I bought myself..."
The cute little Ise Yu snorted, "You’re in slippers and pajamas. Can you run outside to buy breakfast? Also, given my knowledge of you, you’re impossible to wake up early!"
"Such brilliant deduction, Jin, you’ve gotten stronger."
"These are just the basics... Hey! Sister Yin, don’t put it in front of me. I’d rather starve than eat the things he sent me!"
"Give it back to him quickly! Hurry up! After it’s done, I’ll give you a limited edition festival poster!"
Hinata Rion was revitalized, nodding repeatedly, "Alright, alright, no take-backs, I’ll return this to Mr. Shirakawa now... I’m leaving..."
"Wait a minute!"
"What do you want to do?"
The dawdling girl took one of the pineapple buns and angrily said, "This one is a gift for you, and the other is a gift for me. I’d rather die than eat the thing he sent to me, so go return that one to him!"
Minotaur Artist: "???"
"What are you still standing there, Sister Yin, don’t you want your reward?"
"..."
Are all those Pure Love believers this shameless? And this guy calls himself Pure Love War God?
Hinata Rion, holding the pineapple bun, went downstairs filled with a face full of existential doubt.
Shirakawa Sawahei received the bun and nonchalantly accepted it, casually opening it to eat. Hinata Rion stood there dumbfounded for a while before coming to her senses.
These two were flaunting their affection in front of me!! I’m just a tool for them!? Shirakawa Sawahei, well done! I even thought the other breakfast was a gesture to please your good sister, to butter me up...
I didn’t expect this at all... wasn’t expecting this at all... Was this part of your plan all along?
When have I ever suffered such an indignity... The furious Minotaur Artist turned on her heel to leave, but Shirakawa Sawahei immediately called out to her.
"Miss Hinata."
"Could you tell Jin that I will come to wait for her tonight."
"Tonight? On Christmas?"
"Yes."
"Oh~ alright... but being caught in the middle is really difficult... Things like relaying messages might be easier if you two just talked face to face..."
"A signed poster from Director Furuta Kei?"
"Leave it to me!" Hinata Rion said, patting her chest, brimming with courage.
"..."
The attempt with the cute little Ise Yu wasn’t going well for Shirakawa Sawahei, but he didn’t get too discouraged. After some thought, he decided to go find Tsukimi Sakurazawa.
Why not find Little Arrogant? Please, barely escaping from Kaori’s yandere mode last night was good fortune enough; going there today to spread Asano Fūsei’s pressure?
Sorry, even though I’m good comrades with Asano Seyan, sometimes sacrifices are for greater victories.
Sensei Asano! You’ve worked hard! Please help me calm the girlfriend’s anger, take the full brunt of the damage, and I’ll come to collect the pentakill.
Why is it such a good assist, anyway... never mind, let’s just stick with the rational jerk...
Just as Shirakawa Sawahei was about to pull out his phone to call Tsukimi, a call flashed on his phone screen.
He hesitated for a moment at the name displayed, ultimately deciding not to hang up and cautiously answered the call.
"Hello..."
"Pretty boy! Come save me!" the Black Hearted Lolita whispered, "Hurry up... Hayakawa Kashi is acting weird..."