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I made it home a couple of hours later when it was approaching midnight. Ayame's ramen was unbelievably good. Her ramen making skills even surpassed Earth Grade cooking.

The rest of the night had been spent with Sakura and me just chatting at the ramen stand while drinking Sake. Not enough to get either of us drunk, but we were both pretty tipsy by the end of the night. We had shared quite a bit of our past adventures with each other. 

What had started as an unexpected sort of date had definitely turned into a full-blown first date by the end of the night, especially when Sakura kissed me on the cheek before she went home.

I was still grinning to myself as I made it home later. My house was a smaller building directly behind my restaurant for now. 

I sat down in my kitchen and poured myself a glass of water to sober up.

"Tomorrow I'll be getting a new sous chef!" I said out loud excitedly.

Hopefully, I will get more customers as well. I need to eventually get a waitress for the customers who don't wanna sit directly at the counter.

I then remembered that I still had the Employee Voucher Coupon. I wonder if I can get a waitress from that? 

I reached into my pocket and pulled out a small golden ticket that I had received earlier. 

"How do I use this?" I said while inspecting it all over. For all intents and purposes, it just looked like a regular paper ticket. Nothing supernatural about it at all. There weren't any instructions on it. "Guess I'll just tear it and hope for the best!"

RIP!

I tore the coupon in two. The two halves of paper vanished before they hit the ground. "OW!" I had to shield my eyes from a bright golden flash of light that manifested right in front of me! 

When the light died down, another person was in my kitchen with me. It was a woman and I found myself gaping at her appearance. She was absolutely breathtaking! 

She tilted her head cutely to the side. "Hello. Are you my new master?" She asked me in almost monotone.

"Um…yes?" I said, dumbfoundedly. I could barely believe what I was looking at. I had summoned an Angel! 

A literal Angel! Holy shit!

The girl in front of me was unbelievable to look at. She was absolutely gorgeous, with a heart-shaped face and bright green eyes. She had pink hair that trailed down her back. Her figure was absolutely flawless, and she was wearing a pretty revealing white outfit that resembled armor. Of course, the most eye-catching feature of hers were the two beautiful white angel wings behind her back.

The angel girl gave me a faint smile. "It is nice to meet you, master. I am the Alpha Type Battle Angeloid, Ikaros. I will serve you forever." She said while slowly approaching me. She stood directly in front of me and looked up into my eyes…

I gulped when I heard her say she would "serve me forever." The System didn't play around when it found an employee for me! I will never doubt you again, Amazing System! 

The System didn't respond to me, of course, because after 18 years I'm 99% sure that it was not sentient. 

Ikaros tilted her head back and stood on her toes. Before I could ask what she was doing, she leaned in and placed her lips directly over my own! She started kissing me passionately out of nowhere! She held nothing back either and even started to use her tongue! 

I had no idea what was going on, but if the beautiful Angel girl wanted to make out, I wasn't going to say no. I reached my arms behind her and wrapped them around her waist. I pulled her even closer to me and started kissing her back just as passionately. I smirked into the kiss when I heard the beautiful Angel let out a small moan. 

A few minutes later, we broke the kiss and Ikaros took a step backwards with a flushed face. "Master is bold." She said while touching her lips. Her fingers then trailed down towards her neck.

I noticed that there was now a metal collar around her neck that wasn't there before. I wasn't sure how to feel about that, but Ikaros didn't seem to look upset by the collar. If anything, she was touching it fondly. I'd have to ask her more about the collar later...

Ikaros was still touching it with a soft smile before she smiled faintly at me. "I am now yours, Master. I have successfully imprinted." 

I only had some faint guesses on what "imprinting" was, but I nodded at her and pretended like I knew what she was talking about. I figured the hot kiss probably had something to do with it. "That's great to hear, Ikaros. I'm Akira Uzumaki. I just opened my own restaurant yesterday. Are you willing to work here with me?" I asked her.

"I will follow whatever you command." She replied immediately with no hesitation. 

I sighed. I know slavery was a thing here in the Elemental Nations, but I did not agree with it at all. She clearly had a different mindset than my own and I was smart enough to know that it would take a while for her to change it. For now, I'd just treat her like a regular employee until I figured out what was up with her collar. 

So, Ikaros, what are you good at? I've got a lot of positions open at the moment. I think you're too beautiful to wash dishes though." I told her.

Ikaros took a moment to ponder before she replied. "I am good at…destroying my master's enemies?" She said questioningly while tilting her head cutely. Her green eyes temporarily turned red as well before returning to normal.

I did not currently have any enemies that needed destroying, but that was good to know. "Ok then…How would you feel about being a waitress/bouncer for my restaurant? Of course, you'll receive a fair wage and all the free food you want." I added on.

Ikaros seemed ambivalent about working as a waitress, but she did noticeably perk up when I mentioned free food. 

"Does Master have any of the black and green melons?" Ikaros asked me.

"Please call me Akira and not master. And do you mean watermelons? You can have as many as you want." I told her. I spent a single point and summoned a large and perfectly ripe watermelon into my arms. It had some weight to it. I passed it over to Ikaros who grabbed it as if it weighed nothing at all.

She took it from me and quickly hugged it to her chest! "Master Akira is the best." 

That was a start at least…

Ikaros looked adorable hugging the watermelon to her chest. I once again thanked my System, because I knew a gorgeous Angel like her was going to bring in a lot of future customers! 

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Hi everyone! Sorry about the delay, I had a lot of work :(