500 This is the only request I want fulfilled in my entire life! (2/2)
”Is it because I'm incredibly beautiful?”
Natsuya was rendered speechless.
She felt it was rather subtle how Shika made such a statement in such a light tone!
Normally, such a phrase would only be said by a total narcissist. However, when Shika made such a statement, it contained no hints of narcissism whatsoever. Shika was simply calmly stating the pure truth.
”That's right. You're so beautiful that people can't help but look at you.” Natsuya went along with the reason that Shika provided.
”Many people are like that. They only look at me because of my physical appearance,” Shika stated. ”In the past, I used to think that this was something meaningless.”
”Used to?”
”Yes, I no longer feel this way because of Brother Seiji.”
The way she called him ”Brother Seiji” contained an easily noticeable gentleness and softness.
Natsuya felt indescribable emotions upon hearing this.
”Why's that?” Natsuya asked reflexively.
Shika fell silent for a moment.
”I don't know how to say it… it's just that after he entered my life, I started feeling like there was meaning to my beauty.”
Once again, Natsuya was rendered speechless.
She really regretted asking Shika why!
The indescribable emotions within her increased in magnitude. She even felt a slight sense of frustration.
”What do you think, Yoruhana-san?”
”Eh?”
”You're quite beautiful as well.” Shika took a good glance at Natsuya's face. ”People must often turn to look at you as well… what do you feel about this?”
”I… don't have any particular feelings about it.” Natsuya paused for a moment. ”But, I don't quite feel that it's meaningless, either.”
”What's the meaning to it, then?”
”It's a good thing for one to be beautiful and appreciated by others… that's what I believe.”
Shika blinked upon hearing this.
”Then, will you have different feelings if Brother Seiji looks at you compared to when others look at you?”
Natsuya's heart instantly started beating at a rapider pace.
”I… will feel a little different.”
”Just a little?”
Natsuya found this question difficult to answer and averted her gaze.
”Why are you asking about this?” She countered with a question of her own.
Something flashed in Shika's eyes as she looked directly at the Yoruhana Family daughter.
”Because I want to know.”
This sentence sounded quite simple, but also not so simple.
'Just what exactly do you want to know?' Natsuya wanted to ask this out loud, but found herself unable to do so.
The two beautiful girls silently looked at each other as the atmosphere around them turned strange.
Hitaka Shuho who was watching them didn't understand what exactly happened. However, she was able to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
Rana Kirin who was also watching them didn't understand what happened, either. She merely stretched lazily and shook her cat ears while making a mewling sound.
The cell phone in the cat girl's hands—Imai Yoshida—also witnessed this scene. He reflexively controlled the camera in his body that was now a smartphone to take a picture of this scene.
'As expected of someone as handsome as Seigo Harano. He has such beautiful female friends around him.'
The middle-aged man couldn't help but inwardly sigh. That was when he suddenly realized: was what he'd just witnessed a legendary scene known as a shuraba?