Chapter 23 : Save of the Beauty in Distress

*Sunday, 2 pm.*

"Hoowah~" - Akira yawned and lazily got out of bed, having stayed at Hirotaka's apartment until seven in the morning playing video games, then returned to Sakura-sou to sleep and now just woke up.

"Good morning, Mashiro," - Akira said as he lazily got out of bed, noticing that Mashiro was doing something on the computer.

"Good morning," - Mashiro nodded, not seeming to care that it was already afternoon.

"What are you doing?" - Akira asked as he dressed, since he had been sleeping naked.

"Drawing manga. Do you want to draw too, Akira?" - Mashiro asked, staring at Akira with bright eyes.

"Let's leave drawing for later; I need to go buy ingredients to make food," - Akira said, not minding that Mashiro was staring at his half-naked body. "Do you want me to get you anything?"

"Baumkuchen..." - Mashiro replied, her hands not stopping as she continued drawing on the computer.

"Got it," - Akira nodded, finished dressing, left the room, and headed out of Sakura-sou.

』So this is your world. It's interesting; I can sense many strong and strange presences.『

'Well, this world is different from ours. There are many races here, not just humans and spirits,' - Akira said, noting Ren's curiosity about his world.

Unlike Ren, who was asking questions, both Restia and Est were silent, as they were in a deep sleep.

Akira walked to the nearest convenience store, talking to Ren in his head, as she was very curious about his world.

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"Welcome..." - Upon entering the convenience store, Akira heard the monotonous greeting of the clerk but didn't pay much attention and entered to get the food ingredients.

Akira started wandering around the store randomly, as he still hadn't decided what he wanted to cook.

"Although I love hot food, I don't really feel like eating it in this heat..." - Akira muttered, as the temperature was 36 degrees despite it being spring.

Even though Akira had Thermal Fluctuation Nullification, it didn't apply to Mashiro, so he was thinking of making a cold and refreshing dish.

"I've decided, I'll make Hiyashi-chuka," - Akira muttered and didn't hesitate to pick up ingredients like noodles, along with cucumber, tomatoes, shrimp, and crab meat.

"This amount should be enough..." - Akira muttered after picking up enough ingredients for five people, in case Chihiro and Ryuunosuke wanted to join for the meal.

"Now, I just need to buy a watermelon to enjoy after the meal," - Akira muttered, quickly picking up a watermelon nearby, heading towards the cashier to pay for his items, and not forgetting to grab a can of cola, as he felt like drinking some.

"The total is 7,943 yen," - the cashier said after finishing calculating Akira's purchases and placing them in plastic bags.

"Here, keep the change," - Akira said, handing the cashier a 10k yen bill, grabbed his purchases, and left the convenience store.

"Hey, please stop that!" - Akira heard a sweet and lovely voice of a girl, but it was clear she was upset.

'Hmmm, it sounds like a girl in trouble,' - Akira thought as he stared in the direction of the voice, which was to the side of the convenience store - 'This seems like the start of an anime plot where the protagonist rescues the beauty.'

"Well, if I don't ruin the protagonist's chance, why am I Evil Fate?" - Akira muttered, not hesitating to head towards the source of the voice.

"Come on, all we want is to have some tea with you," - one of the guys said in a trivial tone.

Hearing the voice, Akira could imagine what the other guy looked like without seeing him, clearly picturing a blonde with earrings, an ugly face, and the type who bullies others while chewing gum.

"I've told you several times that I don't want to accompany you for tea!!" - the girl said, clearly angry at the guys who weren't listening to her.

"Hey, you guys need to stop right there!!" - Akira said, arriving at the scene to see three guys who looked like 90s bullies surrounding a beautiful girl, not letting her leave.

"Huh!! Who are you, you bastard!!" - the blonde-haired bully asked angrily while chewing gum carelessly.

"Ask your mother," - Akira said nonchalantly, having no intention of talking to mere scum - 'Hmm, it looks like the protagonist has arrived.'

』Interesting, I didn't expect someone with such spiritual power, but unfortunately, it seems he inherited this spiritual power without being able to use it, causing it to stagnate and deform his body.『

Ren couldn't help but be amazed, as the spiritual power possessed by the fat man watching from afar was slightly less than Akira's and was considered among the best in Ren's world.

Indeed, this protagonist was none other than Tenjou Yuuya, whom Akira easily recognized, having watched his anime, despite it being a cliché where the hero always rescues beauties from danger and they fall in love with him.

"You bastard!!" - Hearing Akira's response, the bully couldn't help but get angry and charged towards Akira with his fist aiming to smash Akira's handsome face.

"Idiot..." - Akira mocked the foolish delinquent, sending him flying five meters with a sidekick, causing him to crash into a nearby wall and lose consciousness while blood dripped from his mouth and nose.

"You bastard, are you a Demon?" - one of the bully's friends asked, staring at Akira warily, although he couldn't see a Demon Registration Bracelet.

"Don't worry, I'm human, but for you, I'm worse than a Demon," - Akira said, and with one step, he was standing in between the bully's friends, sending them flying into the wall like their friend, knocking them out and making them bleed.

"Are you okay?" - Akira asked the beautiful black-haired girl standing beside him, who didn't seem to be hurt.

"I'm fine, thank you for helping me," - Kaori said, bowing to Akira gratefully, not seeming scared that he had sent three people flying into the wall.

[Ding! Congratulations on saving Houjou Kaori and preventing her from interacting with the protagonist, cutting off his only chance to enter Suimei University of the Arts. You have earned 50k Destiny Points.]

"Good to know you're okay," - Akira nodded upon hearing this and turned to leave without giving Kaori another glance, but his eyes fell on Tenjou Yuuya, who was looking at him with bright eyes and some jealousy - 'Looks like I'll be increasing the Tenjou family tonight.'

With this thought, Akira disappeared into the crowd, leaving Kaori and Yuuya unable to see his shadow.

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