Vol 8 Chapter 2 (2/2)
In thepink uniforms rushed back and forth
Of the people ere sitting in the cafe, the majority of thelowing as they looked towards the girls in the pink uniforirls, thetowards Felli
Felli, wearing a custom uniform, wore the same cold expression on her face as she carried the plates back and forth After placing their meals in front of the stunned customers, she left without a shred of warmth in her expression
Even so, all the male customers in the store were completely satisfied
”How is it?”
”That”
”I have no idea how to describe this situation” thought Layfon
Felli was the same as alith a cold, featureless expression What waswas an annoyed look as if she had been forced to do this reflected on her doll-like face Even though she should be very nervous at carrying all those dishes around, yet
”It seeet it” said Sharnid as he shook his head
”It doesn't matter that she doesn't provide a service which irls around her who are attending to the custo the saet buried under the whole group No matter how much prettier Felli is she would probably be the sairls That's the result of the unifors and saying the same words, it will always bury a person's individuality to an extent The only people who could tell all those waitresses apart would be the waitresses the the same systematic uniform, but the impression she makes is different to the rest of the the guests enthusiastically 'What's wrong with her?' is probably whatas you give them this kind of an impression, you've won She's already a lot prettier than the rest,other people wish they could see her sreet the custo of which, Layfon hasn't ever seen it either
”Senpai, youhave you seen Felli-Senpai s before?”
”No She already has a fan club, and the people there haven't caught her honestly s to pay a lot ofof which, what's in that box?”
Besides Sharnid, there was a box which he could carry over his shoulder
”That's a telescopic camera which I borrowed fro to get pictures too”
”Naturally” said Sharnid confidently, leaving Layfon sighing in resignation
Just like that, he unconsciously probed the area around him
”How do I say it, there seems to be a lot of people around here”
”They are the members of the fan club damn, they really are quick If it's like this, even if it's a smile out of professional duty, it'll have to do”
Sharnid anxiously got the caet into position In that position, he looked like a sniper who had already locked onto his target
”No ”
Seeing Sharnid erase his presence coht in front of hi internal-type Kei to boost his aural sensory organ, or es
With a clang, the dishes that were originally on the tray fell out in front of Felli The spaghetti bolognaise was tipped all over the floor, and the sauce spilt out with it The e sha-ra sha-ra
The waitresses who saw this iize successively, and Felli turned her head looking over her shoulder behind her
So her lose her balance and drop the meal
But as she turned her head to look back, there wasn't anyone near her
(She must have been set up)
The person who pushed Felli fro the instant when Felli's concentration was broken by the fallen dishes
(Was it on purpose? Who?)
”Hey, aren't you even going to apologize?”
While she was looking for sory voice cut in It cauest as on the table beside Felli whose uniform was splattered with oily dots from the sauce
”You don't even check if you had splattered that on anyone, how the hell are you treating custo onto thea Military Artist's uniform, and the expression on his face was doubtlessly one of fury
The store suddenly quieted down
”My ies”
Felli lowered her head
”If you want to apologize, then get rid of this filth onto that person's words, and she iry
It was all an act
As she noticed this, Felli is on her hips The sword belt wasn't there Of course, she didn't have her Dite rod hidden anywhere either Realizing that she was about to teach that person a lesson, Felli re care of a custo”
”I'm extremely sorry”
Just like that, she lowered her head and repeated those sa else to say
”Aiyayaya, we're very sorry Custoh pitched voice as if to ward off the aardness of the situation and quickly appeared in front of Felli
”We are very sorry We'll pay for the cleaning The dishes will be free as well, so please forgive us”
”I don't want to hear this”
”Eh?! Aiya, then what?”
The customer moved in front of Felli with difficulty as she had been pushed aside by the store
”As soon as I ca work in front of the custole sincere smile here It really pisses me off”
That was actually a very appropriate statement However, she didn't lose her cal pain on her skin
Felli was also very self-conscious about the fact that she couldn't s with the store owner, she felt that even if she didn't' smile very often, she should still be able to do it She was quite shocked herself
”I'ht now, the proble a little And she couldn't even put on a s expression anyway
Felli just kept her head lowered for the whole ti rooized to the store owner
”It's okay~~this kind of thing is pretty coht-heartedly disy with a wave of his hand
That custo his clothes Felli was allowed to have a short break, which is why she was in this resting rooirls that worked here
Felli stared at the spiraling pattern that spread across the tea cup in the store owner's hand
”I really wasn't suited to do things like serving custole time where she revealed her true smile All she did the whole time was listen to the customers' conversations closely ”In that kind of a situation, ould Karian have done?” thought Felli He would probably deal with it perfectly No, her brother would never let the custory in the first place
But Felli couldn't do it And she was coht that dealing with the customers would have been the easiest job, but I hadn't considered suitability for the role”
”Then”
”But, I don't think you're not suited to the role”
”Eh??”
”You quickly memorized the entire menu and when you deliver the dishes there aren't any excess movements And it's not like you're completely unable to treat the customers nicely, so there's no way anyone could tell you were a newbie”
She never thought that she would be praised, and Felli started feeling dazed about all this
”But it's a pity, we still can't increase the number of customers that way”
When he put it like that, for soain
”Well, if you went to the other stores, there are probably some waitresses who aren't too friendly either The issue here isn't whether or not you're suited to the job, this is the customer service business There aren't any real qualifications required, and in a job like this, screwing up is part of the business as well”
”Ha”
”But you're not really getting stressed over this right?” The store owner continued ”I've got many military artist friends, and ood at expressing theh us commoners don't really understand, but those friends toldtheir powers, in order to sharpen their senses, they will normally cut off their responses from their physical body”
She kind of understood the ather enormous amounts of information, if their bodies reacted to all of the infore amount of time So in order to prevent this kind of reaction, the brain limited the amount of information sent to the nervous system in the body
If that repeated continuously over time, the result would be the saer or griefand even laughter, all of those emotions are processed within the brain, and thus Felli beca that ht now, ain I think that if you want to express yourself properly, it's definitely not iuarantee you”
” The store owner's promise seems somewhat unreliable”
”Hey, that was too far”
”But, I'?”
”I don't know if I've figured out where ned to the Military Arts departretted itat Felli, and Felli felt that the gloootten somewhat more relaxed, and her facial expressions recovered likewise After bidding the store owner good day, Felli left the resting room
”That really scared me,” muttered the store owner to hi room ”Really, that child can smile too If she practiced a little more, she could do a professional smile as wellahbut it'll be impossible by this week And I don't know if that child will still work here after this”
The store owner's inner s never reached Felli's ears
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”Was that ok?”
A little distance away from the store in a nearby alleyway stood theuncos as he flattened out his tie
”You did it very well,” said a girl, wearing a bright pink Café Mira costuned, Café Mira's custon, it would take away a lot of her enthusiasm If we do this another two, three times, then that Onee-san will definitely not be able to take it anymore”
”But is this ok? Isn't that where you work?”
”Yeah, it's fine I' shop owner cause of how long I've been here And I hate how he has us wear these idiotic clothes If you can do it well, you'll get paid for your acting fees”
This waitress had accepted the bribe of a rival to Café Mira In today's co people out was perfectly natural, but amidst all that, transactions such as these occur quietly in the background
This is also soht happen
”Anyway, it's about tiood if other people recognized me”
”What? Cause it'll ?”
At this moment, they heard a new voice
”So that's how it is, huh? Well, I kneould be like this anyway”
”Who is it”
”Who cares who I am To appear in a situation like this, I ht? Do you understand your position?”
Sharnid stood there, looking like he was blocking the way to the exit of the lane
”Che Seventeenth Platoon”
”That's how it is”
Sharnid snickered at the slowly retreating boy
”What're you doing? What do you ith us?” shouted the waitress
Sharnid shrugged his shoulders ”Wellif it was just me, it wouldn't really be a problem But there's souys”
”Huh?” After hearing Sharnid's words, the other two finally noticed
”You should be feeling your backs getting cold about noas surprised at how relaxed you guys were, but how do you feel now?”
It was as if there was a gale behind the there was
Stunned to silence, the two just stood there rigidly like corpses
Layfon was standing behind the anything in his hands, but his dite was clearly hung on his hip-belt for all to see It felt like he could whip it out in an instant
”Speaking of whichyou guys were talking about soood for people who knew you to recognize you Can you tell us why you would be troubled by that?”
”WhatWhat do you want? It's got nothing to do with you”
”Well it doesn't have anything to do with us, but”
There was a very quiet knocking sound It was the sound of Layfon tapping the Dite with his fingers
Da Da Da The sounds reverberated through the small alleyith rhyth with duels between Military Artists in the student handbook Well, if we did this in public, ould break the rule, but if you reject others' challenges, it's a sort of disgrace to a Military Artist It's not easy to reject another's challenge”
As he said this, Sharnid slowly pulled out the student handbook
”Let me see, ok? Let’s, see Let’s seeIf there's to be a duel between Military Artists on school grounds, you must first apply to the student council for permission, and after verification of the two student's identities, the duel is to take place at a specified arena The weapons ulationsetc etc”
He closed the student handbook with a slap
”So, you'll have to wait until our trump card decides to apply for a duel before this can proceed If you piss hiet to speak reason to him So let
Seeing the paling boy, Sharnid continued
”So, what do you say?”
”W-ait a sec, I, I'm not really a Military Artist, I've only just worn this uniform for a little while Duels or whatever, just spare me!”
”Then that ainst the rules Then about the uniform, it's the proof of what kind of student you are, and if there's no valid reason to be wearing another type of uniform then you'll have to receive punishment It says here”
”It's much better than a duel”
As the male student lamented he took off his Military Artist's uniform and threw it onto the floor
DaThe sound stopped
The boy looked relieved as he collapsed in a heap onto the floor
”Huess it's ok like that as well Then we're done over here, but not quite yet over there, eh?”
”What are you going to do?”
The blanching waitress looked down upon Sharnid with a belittling expression
”This guy wearing a Military Artist's unifor like you don't know hi? I obviously don't know him”
”Well, if you want to take this approach it's fine as well Then how did she drop all those dishes and spill it over a customer's trousers?”
”It was herto pretend she didn't hear what the other boy had said previously No, she was insisting that she didn't even speak to the boy
Of course, Layfon and Sharnid both knew Felli, so you could say they were protecting one of their own people and lying
”No, that's not such a simple problem”
As he said this, he took out the camera
”I prepared this baby to catch a Kodak ht a different ot the decisive shot We haven't broken the student rules by doing thisat least we shouldn't have Anyway, if the Coht be pretty difficult to find any jobs in the future”
Looking at the silent waitress, Sharnid gave Layfon a signal with his eyes, telling him what to do
But Layfon didn't reply either
The blood rushi+ng to his head was genuine; hi pissed off wasn't an act either, but to pressure a girl in a dilemma to make a choice still seeirl either
If he still forced her to make a decision, it would seem a little excessive
If they were officially questioned, it would actually be Layfon and Sharnid ouldn't be able to answer
”Really, what the hell are you guys doing?”
Hearing a tired sigh, Layfon and Sharnid's bodies both shi+vered from the surprise
”Oh, Felli-Chan Are you well?”
”Of course I' at some brilliant store somebody recommended to me”
”Wahh but isn't that obviously displeasure in your voice?”
”And on top of that, you make someone your money tree?”
As she said this, Felli walked up to Sharnid and pulling the camera off him and took out thethis”
”That e capacity, and it was pretty expensive Can you return it tothis, Sharnid powerlessly lowered his head
Ignoring Sharnid's reaction, Felli stood in front of the waitress
”What are you doing?” The girl looked at Felli with conteht down her palm with a lot of force
The sound didn't seee noise you would expect to find on busy highways, reverberating in that tiny side street
”Hmph”
”Ah”
The sound was so loud it left Layfon and Sharnid stunned for a one away quite easily; I'll just leave you to the store owner and let hi that, Felli stared steadily at her and walked past Sharnid, quickly returning to the store
The four people behind her watched her leave, stunned
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It was already deep into the night
The shi+ft was over, and Felli came out from the store
When she looked up, she saw a fa in front of her
”You were here”
Layfon stood under a lamppost near the store
”Yeah, well”
”Could it be that you've been waiting here for the whole time?”
”No, even for me that would be too”
”No willpower?”
”Eeehh?”
As Felli finished speaking, she didn't even stop and left, and Layfon chased after her
”I'll walk you ho for so long, so of course you would”
And just like that, they continued to walk silently But she still felt conscious about Layfon, alking behind her just out of her peripheral vision
His expression at that ti Filth Monsters; it reallya fit Felli sighed
”Really, thanks for before”
”NoI' unnecessary”
”You were really pissed off, weren't you? I could feel your killing intent from all the way inside the store” At that ti on her actions, she had already felt Layfon's killing intent ”Looking at you threatening those two people, you seemed pretty happy to me”
”No, that was all Sharnid-senpai's idea”
”Why were you so angry?”
”ThatIt see bullied”
She had guessed it was probably so like this much earlier, and her expectations for any other reasons were disappointing
”Wellthat's just how you are”
”And besides” As if countering Felli's words, Layfon began to say sos other than being a Psychokinesist”
He whispered this at a barely audible volu Felli so much that she couldn't catch her breath
(This person really is)
She wanted to live a life outside that of a Psychokinesist
Her brother knew that Felli had this dream Other than him there was only Layfon
(He really isHe really isHe really is!)
nobody else knew; only Layfon She never even told her captain, Nina, and thisbehind it But at that time, she didn't knohat kind of expression to put on
He was cheering forabout me, it really makes me happy
But Layfon, who knew of her drea to this dreary
Noas she going to show both those expressions at once
(Right now, she was cooing home!” Felli loudly ended the conversation, and continued on forward and as she confir footsteps She walked a little bit faster