chapter 92
90. Master
90. Master
But.
There was a fact I was overlooking.
That’s right, it wasn’t just my seniors who were looking for me. As soon as my senior left, my work became vacant. Despite having extra manpower, the caller started pouring in. Especially from female students.
“….”
f*ck.
***
About 30 minutes passed after that.
After working to death, my part is finally over and it’s time to leave.
I felt better when I thought that I must have worked hard, and that now all I had to do was play.
But.
“….”
Guys who pay attention when I say I’m going with a smile.
Their eyes were full of greed. They seemed to be worried that sales would drop if I went.
What. What. Whatever.
Did I do everything?
I didn’t care about their stares, I handed over the butler’s uniform to my next child and left to watch the cultural festival.
In the first place, since most of the guys who came later than me were in the yard, there was no reason to be sorry because they suffered less compared to my hard work with customers. Rather, it would be to be greedy for convenience.
After leaving our cafe, while looking around, I soon met Kurutta walking down the hallway.
“…?”
Kurutta looks like he has no energy. He was obviously full of energy until yesterday, the last time we saw him, but it was the opposite of that.
Eventually, feeling suspicious of him, I spoke to him.
“Kurutta, why are you so weak?”
“Ha….”
Then the guy let out a sigh.
He spoke to me in a timid voice.
“We prepared a ‘good thing’ in a club where our information society is secretly active, but just before that, the teacher caught me and broke up.”
“…?”
Anything good…? A good thing to do at the Bishoujo Information Society… That is….
“… ….”
Probably.
Judging from the fact that he was caught by the teacher and broke up, it seemed that something was not normal. After thinking that, I decided not to ask him anymore.
Seeing Kurutta like that, I quietly left him and started walking around the hallway again. The next place I went was the manga club where Morish*ta Sakura and Toyoda belonged to.
After walking for a long time, I opened the door to the comic book club and found a woman wearing glasses and a strict look and a man with a bear-like face introducing manga and anime to people.
And they were people I knew. They were all seniors a year older than me, but in the original work, Toyoda was in club activities, and Morish*ta and others were active together.
Although I couldn’t remember the names because they had a small role, I was glad that they remained in my memory as they were quite individual extras.
I was glad to see them, so I decided to listen to a little bit about the manga or anime they were introducing.
Although it’s been a while since I lost interest in anime and manga because this world itself is a mess, I just started listening to them because I was glad to see them.
Well, maybe that’s why I didn’t listen to it for very long after all. I was about to yawn because of this, but I immediately got up from my seat.
And that was the time.
The door to the room I was about to leave opened, and Morish*ta Sakura entered.
“….”
“….”
And she met her eyes with me. There was silence for a moment between her and me. And then, she quietly tugged at the hem of my clothes.
“Shujinko-kun, maybe… Can you follow me for a second?”
“… ?”
Her request to follow her for a moment. At her request, I started following her while she was doing something. I don’t know what to say… Judging by the expression on her face, I thought it was not a serious story.
So I walked along her for a while and arrived at her empty room right next to her, and I started talking to her.
She opened her mouth.
“That… By any chance, aren’t you doing activities wearing a butler’s uniform now..?”
“….”
She asks me if I am not going to the maid cafe I used to do now. Seeing that he said ‘now’, he must have seen what I was doing earlier. Judging by the way he was talking there, he must have wanted him.
“Ah, yes. Now the part assigned to me is over. I’m sure other kids are doing it though. Um… Seeing you talking, did you see me doing it earlier?”
“Ah, yes…. Actually, I went with Shujinko-kun and the student president….”
“Ah… Then you should have told me then.”
Then she shook her head as if she was sorry.
“Actually, I tried calling it small, but as expected, Shujinko-kun seemed busy just dealing with the president. I don’t even feel well. So I just quietly returned. Shouldn’t it cause trouble?”
“… ….”
Ah… Because of that….
… That senior, a nobleman, is not insignificant… It wasn’t too bad for me, honestly, I don’t know how to treat her…But I guess I’ll have to talk to her about it though.
“That… To be honest, I couldn’t help it because that senior ordered me to do so much. I guess I should say some kind of vip. Um… I’m sorry.”
Then she said with a small smile.
“Yeah, no need to be sorry. At all. And I thought I knew that the president was a VIP. There were a lot of desserts piled next to it.”
“Ah… right.”
Come to think of it, that man, after ordering him to do so, he was dragged away and couldn’t bring anything. First of all, we put it next to it, but… The amount was no joke, so it was obvious that if we didn’t find it, it would be difficult to get rid of.
“So Shujinko-kun was just doing his job, right? You don’t have to be sorry.”
“….”
She thought that it was because she was still apologizing for the fact that I was disturbed thinking about those difficult desserts. Seeing her like that, I decided to think she was just like that rather than embarrassing her by telling the truth.
“Ugh, yes… “
And like that, she and I exchanged a few more words and parted ways.
***
After parting with her, I walked around a few places and looked at her watch for a while.
[12:43]
“….”
Looking at the clock like that, I decided to go back to the maid cafe run by my class this time. You may ask why I suddenly went, but there was a reason of my own.
The reason was that the time had come for Iinazuke to wear a maid outfit.
Having a special memory of her guy’s time, I decided to go to her guy and pick up some of the good things I learned from her senior and use them on her. These days, it has decreased a lot, but daily thirst. For example, waking him up in the morning on his own, laughing and craving for being mad at himself for some unknown reason, etc. Still existed, and I decided to avenge him, albeit in a small way.
After walking with a smile on my face, I arrived at the maid cafe run by my class and peered through the door.
Then the inside begins to show. Unlike before I was there, most of them were female students, now more than half are male students.
And most of them focused their eyes on one place, and following that line of sight, I turned my head and saw Iinazuke there.
She is wearing a maid outfit. With that look, she was doing her job, walking around the tables with a smile.
I’ve seen him for a long time, but his appearance was a little fresh to me too. If this look wasn’t fresh and familiar in the first place, it would have been strange as it is.
Anyway, he’s popular too.
Looking at her like that, I went inside her and sat down in her last empty seat.
Then, as I was waiting for my turn to come, the girl who found me left the remaining turn behind me and approached me.
She then smiled and asked me.
“What would you like to order, sir?”
It was a disinterested, completely customer-friendly attitude.
And to her like that, I decided to play a little joke based on what I learned from my senpai, as planned.
“Um… But wouldn’t it be right to call you master? My name is Maid Carpende.”
It was the truth that the senior asked me to call him master, but he was rejected right away.
However, contrary to my expectation that she would refuse with slight annoyance, she immediately changed her title and told me.
“Yes, Master! What would you like to order?”
“”Oh… “”
Then exclamations came from the surroundings. Perverted children. It seemed so good.
But on the other hand, I got goosebumps all over her body for a moment because she was her master.
It wasn’t even that she gave me life. There were no other emotions involved. She just responded kindly to me, and didn’t seem to have any feelings whatsoever.
What is it really..?
But it was also true that it gave me goosebumps to the point of being unpleasant.
“….”
In the midst of such bewilderment, I somehow managed to bring her to her senses, and then spoke to her.
“Huh? Uh… okay… Hey, cheesecake and coffee.”
Then she looked into my eyes and smiled. Then she spoke to me again in a kind voice.
“Yes, Master.”
“….”
And the discomfort soared again.
After thinking that she couldn’t stand her any longer, I told her that it was okay, and I left her cafe as it was.
And after walking for a long time, I finally realized it. That is the true identity of the goosebumps.
Yes, to briefly define the identity of the goosebumps… Certainly, that feeling would be a bit like, but similar to, a father who raised her daughter would hear her daughter call her master.
… Or, it could be something similar to how a friend who has been living together to the point of disgustingly is teasing the owner.
…Anyway, it wasn’t a good feeling.
“….”
And once I got serious like that, I started thinking about something else.
She was clearly laughing, and she didn’t show it on the outside, but… Maybe I was feeling deep resentment for my behavior on the inside… That’s what I think.
Actually, this idea came to me after I was busy working at a cafe, and after that I was busy wandering around… But why I hadn’t thought of it before was no longer an important factor. . What’s important now is…
“….”
If that’s the case, it was obvious that I would be properly grounded afterwards.
… f*ck.