Chapter-23: Angel or Demon?

A man in a black suit approached a beautiful woman.

- Madam, we have found all the necessary information! - kneeling, the man said.

- Great! Let me see! - the woman said, taking the folder from the man's hands.

- An orphan? Has a house that he bought himself? Interesting! What is it about? - the woman asked herself, looking at the photo of a dark-haired girl. - Saved a girl from bandits? Interesting! So, with whom he has a close relationship... Wow! - after reading all the information completely, she asked.

- I am happy with all the information provided, but I would like to know! Why is it taking so long? I asked you to find information a week ago, and you bring it only now! If someone else had been in this guy's place, I don't even know what could have happened... - the white-haired beauty uttered a dissatisfaction.

- We would not have allowed this! - the man immediately said, after which he apologized and continued to report. - We followed him to identify something strange, since in the information we found, he is described as white and fluffy, so we decided to make sure of it ourselves. During this time... Although you have already read all the information! - the man replied seriously.

- Well done, now I need to contact my daughter. From this information, it was clear that it was she who invited him on a date! - the woman said with a smile. - Everyone is free!

Having said this, the woman waited until her request was fulfilled, and then picked up the phone.

- Hi Mom! - a girl's excited voice was heard, from which the woman involuntarily smiled.

- Hi, Alice! Tell me, what are you so excited about? - Eleanora asked, that was the name of this woman who was also Alice's mother.

- Heh-heh... I'm going on a date tomorrow! - Alice replied.

- Oh, how interesting! And who is this lucky guy? - Eleanora asked, looking at Hiro's file.

- This is a close friend of mine, whom I recently met. He is also a student of Totsuki and is a good cook. Cooking, which Erina liked! - Alice was loudly indignant.

- Wow! Did Erina like his dish? This is commendable! - actually surprised, Eleanor said, since this information was not in the dossier. Also, the mention of Erina reminded her of the girl's sad past, in the company of her father.

- That's what I'm talking about, but tomorrow Ryo will defeat him in a culinary duel! - Alice said, which once again aroused her mother's interest.

- What an interesting friend you have, I hope I will meet him soon! - Eleanor replied with a smile. - Wish Ryo-kun good luck for me.

- Okay, I'll tell you. And as for the meeting, I will talk to him about whether he would like to go with me on vacation after the camp. Or you can fly in during the camp, it would be fun! - Alice said loudly.

- Great idea! I'll see what I can do about it! But you still come! - Eleanora replied to her daughter's overly cheerful voice.

- Yeah! - Alice replied, after which they talked a little more, after which they said goodbye and went to bed.

...

The bright rays of the sun penetrated through the windows, awakening all the residents of the hostel. But some of them got up before sunrise. One of them was Hiro.

Hiro woke up because of a habit that had become a part of his life during this time. Every day the guy got up early and went for a run. And today was no exception.

When Hiro wanted to leave the room, his phone suddenly started talking.

[Brother, have you already prepared a gift?]

- M? - Hiro asked sleepily. - Yes, of course! - taking out a flash drive with all the data from the inventory, Hiro said. Having downloaded all the data to the laptop, from where Fi was already happily absorbing the information.

[Brother, have you already prepared games for this console?] - after studying all the information in a split second, Fi asked.

- Yes, but I'll give them to you later. In the meantime, contact the gaming companies that produce popular games and ask if they want to remake the game on our platform. - Hiro replied sleepily. What Hiro gave Fi was a PS4 game console. Yesterday, before going to bed, he thought about what else he could do at the party, and this turned out to be the result of his thoughts. He wanted to arrange a game tournament, but he has not yet come up with a prize. But for his own use, he bought a PS5 and related games.

Hiro left the room. He was wearing black denim shorts and a red T-shirt.

After leaving the room, he realized that he was not the only one who got up so early. Hiro was planning to go for a run, but he heard a noise coming from the kitchen.

Hiro went into the kitchen and saw Soma cooking, but what was on the stove didn't look like what was served for breakfast.

- Soma, what are you doing? - Hiro decided to satisfy his curiosity.

- Hiro, why aren't you sleeping, it's still night? - Soma asked in frustration and looked at his watch. - What is it already 4:50?! Soon everyone will wake up!

- Calm down, everything will be fine! Really, you haven't decided on the recipe yet? - Hiro asked, but when he saw Soma's gloomy face, he realized that he hadn't decided, and apparently he hadn't slept yet. - Go get some rest, otherwise you will not have the strength to fight. You will rest and continue! - Hiro said. - And I'll just make breakfast, just run through it first!

- You're right! I'm going to rest now! - Soma replied and went to his room, barely moving.

After seeing him to his room, Hiro finally went for a run.

"I should help him with something, but what?" - Hiro thought as he went for a run.

...

Today, Hiro decided not to run for a long time. After running for 30 minutes, Hiro returned to the dorm. While he was running, he decided everything he had been thinking about since the morning.

As a gift for winning the game competition, he decided to make it possible to judge the duel between him and Ryo. And since the jury should be an odd number, there are two gifts...

As for Soma, he decided not to interfere much, as it would hurt Soma's chef pride.

After returning to Hiro, he washed himself and immediately went to the kitchen, not finding any of the residents, he started cooking.

When breakfast was almost ready, Isshiki came into the kitchen.

- Hiro? What are you doing here? Where's Soma? - Isshiki asked, heading to the refrigerator to drink some milk.

- Soma was overworked with the choice of a recipe, so I suggested that he rest! - Hiro replied. - Why are you up so early, Isshiki-senpai? Were you in the garden? - Hiro asked.

- I see, well done for helping Soma! - Isshiki said. - Yes, the early morning of the weekend, a great time for plowing the beds!

- Well, breakfast will be ready soon, so I'd appreciate it if you'd wake the others up! - Hiro said, to which Isshiki happily agreed.

- No problem, Hiro! - Isshiki said with a sly smile.

- Thank you for your help, senpai! - the only thing that Hiro said, after which Isshiki left.

...

When breakfast was prepared, all the other residents of the hostel, except Soma, began to come into the kitchen. Everyone was gloomy and sleepy, but still hungry.

- Hiro-kun, I woke everyone up, just like you asked! - Isshiki said, putting his hand to the vesk, as if he was reporting.

- So you asked Senpai to wake us up? - Yuki asked, but then added more. - Please don't ever give him a reason to do this again, okay? - After these words were said, everyone looked in Hiro's direction.

- Mm-hmm... I'll think about it! - Hiro replied with a smile.

- The demon! - Marui shouted, to which everyone nodded in agreement, even Isshiki.

- Okay, we've made a joke and that's enough! Let's have breakfast! - interrupting the gloomy atmosphere, Hiro said, and began to serve everyone a prepared dish, neatly arranged on plates.

Everyone who felt the aroma of the dish stopped being angry at him.

- You haven't forgotten today's event, have you? - decided to ask Hiro anyway.

- No, we all remember... - Megumi replied timidly.

- It's good that you haven't forgotten! - Hiro said with a smile. - However, it doesn't matter, I'm not forcing you! I'll just say that I decided to hold a competition with a very good prize. Well, as for me, it's great! - Hiro said.

- You really tempt like a demon! - Ryoko said with a satisfied smile from the dish.

- Well, what can I do, that's just me! - Hiro decided to play along with the brightest smile.

Seeing his smile, the same thought flashed through the minds of many:"Angel!"

- We talked about everything, and now Bon appetit! - The old woman couldn't stand it anymore.

- Yes!

...

After breakfast, Hiro went to change for a meeting with Alice.

Hiro put on light blue jeans and a buff shirt.

After looking in the mirror, Hiro combed his hair and went to the meeting.

Hiro had arranged in advance with Alice that they would meet in the city center at 9: 00.

It was now 8: 00 o'clock, so Hiro got on his bike and set off, looking at the beautiful places.

Hiro arrived at the place a little earlier than expected, so he went to the nearest flower stall, bought a luxurious bouquet.

Returning to the place, Hiro noticed a girl who was waiting for someone, namely him - it was Alice. She was wearing a white jumpsuit and a green T-shirt.

- Alice! This is for you! - Hiro held out a bouquet of white roses to attract the girl's attention.

- Oh! How beautiful! Thank you, Hiro! - Alice said, picking up the bouquet. But then she asked what made Hiro blush.

-What am I going to do with them?

- Sorry, I forgot! I'll think of something now! - Hiro replied.

- No need to invent anything! I'll be right there! - Alice said and ran.

When she returned, she had no bouquet in her hands.

- Where did you put it? - Hiro asked with interest.

- I put it in the car! - Alice said matter-of-factly.

- Well thought out, Alice! Where are we going? - Hiro asked, not noticeably praising Alice.

- There! - Alice said, pointing her finger at the huge shopping center.

Arriving at the place, Alice immediately went to the store of the popular brand.

- Do you like this clothing brand? - Alice asked Hiro, pointing to the assortment of clothes.

- The most important thing is that you like her! I don't really like it yet, because you're not wearing it! - Hiro replied. Alice definitely liked this answer, as she started typing everything in a row.

- Wait a second! - That's all Hiro heard before the cart gradually filled up.

- Isn't it too much? - Hiro asked, pointing to a cart full of clothes.

- Yes, you're right, there's something missing here! - She said with a serious face, ignoring Hiro's words. - That's what you need! - Alice said, putting a black panama hat in the cart.

- Now we can all go to the fitting room! - Alice said with a smile.

- Good! Hiro replied without showing any annoyance.

...

It was one of the many shops they visited today. Hiro also got a new set of clothes, so no one was left without anything, and someone was overloaded.

Hiro looked at Alice's security guard, who was all covered with packages.

Hiro looked at his watch and realized that there wasn't much time left, so Hiro suggested something.

- Alice, can we go to the arcades?

- Great idea! she replied, watching as the poor guard loaded the packages into the car.

- Then let's go, I just saw one in this shopping center! Hiro said, taking the girl's hand.

...

Approaching one of the slot machines, Alice saw some prizes for a certain number of tickets. After reviewing each toy, Alice expressed her opinion about one.

- I don't know what it is, a duck or a panda, but I want one!

- Okay, let's try our best!

After half an hour of playing on many slot machines, they not only scored the right number of tickets, but also became quite popular, as many people watched their game, and cheered them for every move.

- Here you go! - the seller said with a smile.

- Thank you! Alice replied.

...

Now Hiro and Alice were sitting on a park bench and discussing today's date, when suddenly Alice remembered something.

- Hiro, my mother called me yesterday, and I told her about you and about today's events! She was so interested in you that she asked me to take you with me when I go home, in order to get acquainted! - Alice said, hugging the toy.

- This is kind of unexpected, but when are you going home? - Hiro asked, recalling the events of the anime.

- I will go home during the break after training camp, so I hope you will still be studying at the academy until then! - Alice said, with a teasing smile, which caused Hiro to be touched.

- I'll study, but what about you?

Alice dramatically turned away from Hiro.

- Heh... Well, then after the camp we go on a trip!

- Yes! - Alice replied, returning the smile to her face.

...

After saying goodbye to Alice, Hiro went on business.