Vol 1 Chapter 4 (2/2)
“I can get this too?”
“Urab it But…”
“I’ll do it Just tell me how”
Her unconcerned tone of voice would not take no for an answer, so Mutsuki had no choice but to operate the machine in question and teach her hoas done It was an orthodox crane type where button 1 moved it to the side and button 2 moved it forward He told her that she had to stop the crane above the prize to grab it, that targeting the center of gravity was best, and to go for a spot that was not too thick but not too thin since it responded to pressure
But…
“Okay I’ll give it a shot”
The machine cost two hundred yen a try, but he inserted a five hundred yen coin which orth three games
Ange stared at the prize beyond the glass with as serious a look as when she wielded her great sword Mutsuki had paid for three game’s worth to make sure she was convinced, but…
“…Here”
Whirrrr
“…There!”
Whirrr
Whir-hir-whir
“…”
“…”
“…? Is that all?”
“Yeah, you failed your first try”
The claws had grabbed the prize at a good spot, but they had risen back up without lifting the target in the slightest Then they moved back above the prize hole
“What the hell!? What a piece of junk!”
“I told it wasn’t easy, didn’t I?”
He sirl because he had expected this to happen
Prize gaenerally had two types of machines: the lure nificent prizes and the opened machines that drew in custo
Mutsuki had looked into it because his sister Mutsumi was really into the Lazy Bear series, but the cushi+on was a new product That meant it would be in one of the lure machines The machine was only meant to show off the prizes, so it would be made so no one could actually win them
There would be days when it was set up to be possible, but a weekday like today was hopeless Based on Ange’s gaaet it
“Grrr…”
Oblivious to that world of adults, Ange furrowed her brow and glared at the ain
Three games would never satisfy her, so Mutsuki inserted another five hundred yen, increasing the “reht to “4” In thefor another solution
Fortunately, he quickly found what he was looking for It was theafter Mutsued him
“…”
“…”
“Ahhhhhhh! There’s no way you can get it! Is this thing rigged!?”
After using up all of her plays and only irl shouted loud enough for the employees to here
“As I said, it’s really hard”
Mutsuki returned to her with a smile
“This isn’t just hard It’s made so you can’t win!”
“And you lost from the moment you didn’t realize that”
“…”
“Here”
He handed his prize to the girl whose adorable face isted in anger
Ange was shocked to have soainst her chest Her eyes opened hen she realized what it was The shape was a little different, but it was the same character as what she had wanted
It was a Lazy Bear body pillow He had worked his ass off winning one teeks before for Mutsumi…and then had won another for his jealous older sister And then a third time for Chiaki when she sulked
He was so accustomed to it that he had won this one after only two tries It was not a difficult thing on one of the opened machines
“You can have it It’s not a cushi+on, but it’s pretty ht?”
“~~ I-I don’t need…”
“You don’t want it?”
“…”
She never said she did, but she refused to let go of it
She quickly grew silent, so he headed to the service counter to get a bag
When he turned his back, he barely picked up a voice saying “…nk you”, but he pretended not to hear it and continued to the counter
However, he could not keep up his gentle
the corner and asking an e
Ange remained entirely motionless for a while, but…
“~~”
He saw her squeeze the pillow just once
Afterwards, they enjoyed theame section
With the fighting, puzzle, ames that were only buttons and a screen, she could only tell “so on the screen” since she did not know the rules On the other hand, she quite liked the ga one’s body
Take the shooting games for example:
“Wah! Wah! This is really gory! Take this and this and this and this!”
“Wow, perfect accuracy That’s a for your first time”
“Why you-! Take this! …H-huh? What the hell!? Why did I die when I was never hit once!?”
“As I’ve already explained several tie You can’t just shoot everything that moves”
“Grr…”
Or the rhythames:
“Ah ha ha ha ha This is so easy”
“Nofor a first attempt”
“Heh heh Well, if I actually try a little, you should expect this”
“…”
“But there’s soh scores”
“That’s because you’re hitting the buttons without paying attention to the rhythood score that way”
Or the punching machine:
“What does a punch strength of ‘E’ mean?”
“That’s an error Try hitting it again”
“If you say so… Deryah!”
“…”
“What? Now it’s not even showing the ‘E’”
“The pole is stuck inside the o call an employee”
Perhaps due to her personality, she found so
“C’mon, Mutsuki! Let’s play this one next!”
“S-sure”
Still, she see on his sleeve
“Is this like what Micha rides?”
Her interest turned toward the line of motorcycle machines
It was a racing gaht people to play at once
She hopped onto one, placed her bag on her thigh, and grabbed the grips They were coordinated enough by now that Mutsuki inserted two coins, climbed onto the next machine over, and explained how to accelerate, turn, and brake
“Let’s start with a simple course Choose the automatic transmission and…that red bike is easy to use”
They began the gainner’s motorcycle, and the easier transmission mode
“The autorip to pick up speed But if you go too fast, you can’tnot to crash or fall over”
“Oh, oops… Like this!?”
“Yes Very good”
He slowly drove alongside her on the screen as well as on the machine
“Hmm Motorcycles are fun Maybe I should borrow Micha’s sometime”
“You need a license for a real one …Wait? Does Micha-san have a license?”
“Oh, that was close! I’ to fall over anymore”
“Good, good Make sure to lean to the side when you want to-…oh”
His heart skipped a beat when she tilted herthe spats-covered thighs below
Due to her personality, she had gone too fast and crashed a lot at first, but she was noticeably i with each lap That , she was no longer crashi+ng and actuallyit around the curves, even if just barely At the end of the tenth of twelve laps, she was about as good as your average player
“Ha ha♪ Did you see that, Mutsuki? I didn’t crash again”
“That’s a out even at your top speed You’re a proper player now”
“Heh heh Well, a huive me much trouble …Whoops”
She al hi her lap time
Mutsuki was not very athletic and it had taken hiame, so he was jealous
“Heh heh heh heh”
A se’s slanted eyes
(She’s so cute)
That was his honest thought
She naturally left a powerful impression, but the harsh side vanished when she s only the cute side Only the cheerfulness of a sunflower and the purity of the blue sky remained
Once he noticed, he could not keep his eyes off of her
The two of them crossed the finish line at the same time
“Hm? It’s already over?”
“It was a twelve lap race Well? Did you have fun?”
“Yeah! …No, I uess”
Her eyebrows rose in defiance, but she still looked cute
As the boy climbed down from the machine, his cheeks were loose with self-deprecation
“Wait,” said the girl “You’re supposed to use this to race, right? In other words, to see who’s the fastest?”
She put her hands on her hips and pulled her chin back to give hi upwards look
“Eh? …You want to race?”
Mutsuki checked, but no one else was around It looked like they could play twice in a row
“I’ll have a pretty big advantage since I’ve played this game a lot”
“I’ll take that handicap”
“Hm… Fine then”
He climbed back on and inserted two more coins
“Don’t you dare go easy on me And don’t make any excuses if I beat you”
“Fine, fine”
Mutsuki realized he was et along with her He selected the same course, the same bike, and the same transmission
“No going easy on you, you said?”
“Eh? Ange, don’t kick it! They’ll get mad at us”
Mutsuki left the motorcycle section while worried about the looks the ee stomped off after him
“Um…”
“Shut up”
“I-I play that game a lot You did really well for your first day”
“Shut up”
“I’ll admit I went a little overboard when I lapped you the fourth tio easy on you”
“Shut uuuuuuup! You’refun of me, aren’t you!?”
She shouted angrily back and Mutsuki was too illed to say anything more
Ange inner, but Mutsuki had been able to drive alongside her and give her instructions The difference was like night and day Hisany thought to her pride
“I’ain! Not even Micha’s!”
She see so badly beaten
“Sigh”
The boy sighed at how poorly this was going
At the same time, he was in a fairly decent mood
He was certain the two of therown a lot closer over the last while
Ange was still holding onto her prize bag as she h quietly before jogging back to her side
“Hmph”
Even the way she exaggeratedly turned away seemed cute
After leaving Ga was shi+fting to night and the nurown a bit
“Hey, Ange”
“What?”
“That Lazy Bear cushi+on will be moved to the opened machines in a while, so how about we come back for a rematch then?”
“…”
She slowed her quick pace and faced him Her reddish-brown hair fluttered behind her as she did
“This time you can win the prize”
“~~”
Merely i that loathsoh for her normal lopsided frown to melt and curve upwards
But it quickly stiffened back up
“I-I don’t really want that, so it doesn’t matter!”
She stoain
Mutsuki laughed again That hen Ange noticed the boy had been save a sullen frown
“And what do you ether for that long”
Her tone was ice cold
“Really?”
“Didn’t Micha tell you? The angel headquarters down here on earth are searching for a counterainst the demons and FeTUS If we can restrict the influence of those two groups, you won’t need a bodyguard Then I’ll be freed fro job”
“Oh, yeah I did hear that”
If the other angels could defeat those er have to live with those two angels He could return to his faht before
But when he thought back, so about that bothered him
“I see So after that, I won’t be able to see you and Micha-san anymore”
That felt sad even if he had only met them the day before, so the tone of his voice dropped
The girl glanced over at hiroaned and wrinkled her broardly when she noticed his expression But she quickly bristled with annoyance
“That’s right! I’ll be leaving soon and then we’ll be strangers again!”
She pointed at his nose and raised her voice
It felt less like she was actually angry and loomy atmosphere
The boy was used to being yelled at, but it shocked hi in public Naturally, they drew a lot of attention
“Just to be clear, every minute and every second I have to spend with you is an annoyance”
“S-sure …Ue?”
“Besides, why do I even have to be your bodyguard? You’re pathetic and perverted, so I’d never want to have anything to do with you if it wasn’t for the Serpent’s Eye”
“Sorry …But could you keep it down?”
Not only was she yelling quite loudly in public, but she was calling him pathetic and perverted
More andtheir way, so he was of course embarrassed
But he could stand embarrassers’ eyes
“Like I told you before, I hate, hate, hate people with no delicacy and no shame!”
“Yeah, you told me that yesterday Anyway-…”
“I just can’t stand this Stop getting carried away and acting like we’re friends or so”
“Can you please-…”
“Just because we live together is no excuse!”
“Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!???”
This time, everyone on the third floor turned around
But they looked past Ange and Mutsuki to look at the girl behind them
With the worst case scenario in mind, Mutsuki turned around with stiff movements
“Living together… No shame, pathetic, perverted…”
The worst case scenario was here
And it was the worst possible person for that worst case scenario Mutsuki started feeling dizzy, so he figured this ould be when someone would faint from shock
“No delicacy…and pathetic…when being perverted…together”
A fa the keywords for her own convenience
Her , and even her nostrils were opened wide as she smiled
“HearThe truth is…”
“Spao! Send to entire address book!”
“Stooooooooooooooooop!!”
Even though she was a girl, he seriously grabbed at her to steal her cellphone
But the girl, Kurikara Saya, easily swayed out of the way and continued dodging his attacks as her thu speed
Ange could only watch in confusion because she was unfamiliar with the huerous type of huirl”
By the following day, the entire school knew they lived together