Realizer of Death : The Reaper

Chapter 173 173

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

Tenku and Setsuka reacted simultaneously for different reasons. Setsuka was shocked that she had to say such embarrassing words.

On the other hand, Tenku didn't expect Kaede to ask her best friend to do that. He had come to the cafe in Akina's class before, and the maids there also gave his omelet good luck charms. But Tenku couldn't imagine Setsuka would say those words in a maid uniform.

"Do I have to do that, Kaede?" Setsuka looked at her best friend and asked with a red face. He glanced at Tenku and wanted to see his reaction. If he wished for Setsuka to do so, he would happily do it. But Setsuka found that Tenku was also confused about how to respond to Kaede's words.

"Do you want me to give him the good luck charm?" Kaede grinned.

"That is..." Setsuka was confused about how to answer Kaede's question. Of course, she didn't want to, but she couldn't say it in front of Tenku. While Setsuka was deep in thought, a voice brought her back to her senses.

"If big sister doesn't want to give him a good luck charm, I will do it." Kohana suddenly enters into their conversation. She stands up, picks up the sauce bottle on the table, and wants to give a good luck charm to Tenku's food as the maids do.

"Wait a minute! It is my duty. As a customer, you should sit back and enjoy your meal." Setsuka quickly took the sauce bottle from her little sister's hand.

Kaede smiled when she saw her best friend's expression. She had to push Setsuka a bit so that she would be more courageous in expressing her feelings. She and Kohana looked at each other, and both blinked their eyes. They secretly collude to get Setsuka to put a good luck charm over Tenku's food.

Kohana wanted to try chanting the lucky charm too. But she thought she could still do it later because the most important thing now was to help her older sister and Tenku's relationship become closer.

"Hmm... How should I do it?" Setsuka looked at Kaede and asked helplessly. She saw the maids giving good luck charms to the customers' food but couldn't remember because she thought she would never do it.

"Hehe... Then, I'll demonstrate it to you. So please pay close attention." Kaede picked up another sauce bottle from the table and stood beside Kohana.

"First, you must put some sauce on the omelet and shape it like a heart. After that, you chant the good luck charm."

"Be delicious! Moe... Moe... Kyun!" Kaede made a flirtatious move, and Setsuka's face turned red when she saw it. It looked so embarrassing from her point of view. If she had to do that, she would no longer dare to meet Tenku.

Setsuka is okay to put a good luck charm on Tenku's food. But there are many other customers in the cafe who will see it. Even though she didn't care that some strange gossip was spreading in the school, she still had to maintain her image as the student council president.

"You don't need to worry about that. I'll give you a little help." Kaede smiled because she knew what Setsuka was thinking. She manifested his Phantasmal Object and made a curtain out of vines.

The other customers were disappointed and complained that they couldn't look over to the Tenku table to watch Setsuka chant the good luck charm. But the maids ignored the male students as they couldn't do anything about it.

"Thank you, Kaede." Setsuka smiled and felt calmer when she saw a curtain of vines covering their surroundings. It blocked other people's view and was also soundproof from the inside, but they could still hear what was happening outside.

"Anytime. So can you start giving good luck charms to him? You don't want to make him wait any longer, do you? Kaede glanced at Tenku.

"I will do it now." Setsuka said after she mustered up her courage. She felt that it was more difficult than having to fight monsters.

"You don't have to force yourself to do it if you can't." Tenku said after seeing Setsuka's blushing face.

"No. I have to do it." Setsuka said with determination. She didn't want to waste Kaede's efforts.

"Ah, okay." Tenku was speechless when he saw her serious face and subconsciously nodded in response.

Setsuka put the sauce on top of Tenku's omelet and shaped it into a heart. Even though it wasn't as perfect as Kaede's, it was the best effort in her current state. Then Setsuka chants the good luck charm over the food.

"Be delicious! Moe... Moe... Kyun!" Setsuka's face turned red and seemed to have reached her limit.

Kaede smiled broadly because it was the first time she had seen that expression on Setsuka's face. Moreover, it was also the first time she saw her best friend force herself and endure her embarrassment for a man.

Tenku was dumbfounded while Kohana watched that with sparkling eyes. The little girl was determined to do the same when Setsuka made a bento for Tenku.

"Please enjoy your food, master." Setsuka bowed her head and said in a barely audible voice. Tenku quickly came back to his senses after hearing her voice.

"Yes, I will taste it." Tenku replied awkwardly. He cut the omelet on his plate with a spoon and then ate it. When the omelet entered his mouth, Tenku opened his eyes wide because the taste was familiar.

"Is this omelet made by you?" Tenku looked at Setsuka and asked. He had been eating Setsuka's homemade food for six months and was familiar with its taste.

Tenku had eaten an omelet from the maid cafe in Akina's class before coming to that place. But the taste couldn't be compared to what was being served before him.

"Yes." Setsuka gave a slight nod in response.

Kaede was surprised when she heard that. She thought that the chef from their cafe cooked the food. But she didn't expect that Setsuka would bother herself to make omelets personally for Tenku. If the other male customers discovered it, they would be furious.

(No wonder she spends more time than usual in the kitchen. It turns out she makes them personally)

Kaede smiled warmly when she saw her best friend. She was jealous and amazed at Setsuka's efforts to win the heart of the man she loved, while Kaede still hadn't found someone to make her heart flutter until now.

"The food became even more delicious after Setsuka chanted the good luck charm on your omelet. Isn't that right, Tenku?" Kaede smiled and suddenly asked Tenku.

"Yes. Your omelet is delicious but becomes even tastier after you gave me that good luck charm." Tenku nodded at Kaede's words. He couldn't say no in front of Setsuka as it would hurt her attempts to chant the good luck charm over his omelet. Besides, what Tenku said was honest because the food had gotten tastier than usual.

"Thank You!" Setsuka looked at Tenku and smiled sweetly. That made Tenku and Kaede amazed to see it. It is far more charming than the most beautiful flower. But as they were lost in sight, a voice brought them back to their senses.

"Can I have another portion, please?" Kohana said while pushing a plate on her table. As they chatted, the little girl quickly ate her omelet after discovering it was Setsuka's. The three people looked at each other and then laughed.

"Okay, I'll...." Setsuka wanted to reply, but she stopped her words after hearing the announcement from the school.

[To all students and visitors inside and outside the building, please gather on the school grounds now!]

"What is going on?" Setsuka looked at Kaede and asked.

"I don't know. But we will know the answer once we gather there." Kaede shook her head.

"You are right." Setsuka replied and then turned her eyes to Tenku.

"Then let's go there together." Setsuka said to him.

"Alright." Tenku nodded, and Kaede removed the curtain from the vines. But they were surprised when they saw all the maids and customers had left the cafe.

"Let's go." Kaede said and walked ahead with Setsuka. Tenku and Kohana followed behind and kept a little distance from them.

Tenku and the others arrived at the school grounds and saw the students lined up neatly according to their respective classes. They stood before the stage for the band's concert, and the visitors gathered behind them.

He saw Akina in her maid uniform among them. Besides her, Tenku also found Noboru dressed up as a ghost and Akio wearing armor like a hero. It was his costume for a theater play from class A.

Tenku and Setsuka separated and went to their respective classes. Kohana goes with Tenku because her identity will be exposed if she is with Setsuka. After the students had gathered, the lighting on stage suddenly lit up, and a person in an all-black robe appeared. Then the person opened his mouth and sang.

Tenku's face darkened when he heard the person's voice and the song she was singing. He was familiar with it and knew who the person in the black robe was. Tenku suddenly felt a bad omen when he saw that person's appearance at Suisei High School.

Apart from Tenku, most people on the school grounds knew about the song and could already guess who the black-robed person was.

"Kirika!" One of the students from the first years shouted.

"Kirika! Kirika!" The other students and the visitors who idolized her joined. The school grounds went into an uproar after hearing those words.

Kirika lifted her hood, showed her face, and smiled at them. She was no less beautiful than Setsuka and had the aura of a star. She looks dazzling on stage and makes her fans cheer for her. Kirika kept singing while looking at the students, and her eyes stopped on someone. But it was only momentarily as she quickly shifted her eyes to the others.

After the song ended, Benjiro Araki, the principal of Suisei High School, came up on stage and looked at the students.

"Did you enjoy the song?" Benjiro smiled and asked.

"We love it! Again! Again!" The students answered in unison.

"That's good! Miss Kirika Miyazaki will be performing at our cultural festival and wants to know more about Suisei High School. Thus, she will choose a guide from among you who will accompany her around the festival." Benjiro explained and looked over at Kirika.

"These are the students at Suisei High School. Please choose a suitable person to be your guide." Benjirou said.

"Thank you, principal." Kirika smiled and pretended to be confused when she saw many students in front of her.

"Choose me, Miss Kirika!"

"Miss Kirika!"

"Please let me be your guide!"

The students shouted with all their might and hoped to attract her attention. Unfortunately, Kirika didn't seem interested in them and kept looking in a particular direction.

"In that case, I will choose you as my guide!" Kirika smiled broadly and pointed at one of the students.