Encounter

"Hello, all desserts are thirty percent off today. Would you like to take a look?"

"Sorry to bother you, but all desserts are thirty percent off. Thank you."

"Welcome to Lovelive Maid Café! Party of three, this way, please~"

"Hello, may I ask if you're interested in desserts and maids?"

Outside the brightly lit maid café, a figure in a pink cat mascot costume stood by the roadside with a stack of flyers, politely speaking to two passersby.

"Kobayashi, it's a maid café! Should we go in and have a look?" A beautiful blonde woman in a maid outfit stared at the restaurant with sparkling eyes.

"Forget it. This month's salary still hasn't come in, so we don't have money to eat at a restaurant. Besides, they don't understand what a maid really is. Listen closely, a maid isn't just..."

Beside her, another office worker with glasses and dead-fish eyes carried a plastic bag as she kept lecturing while walking away.

Watching the two passersby leave, Lin Qiye, dressed in the pink cat mascot costume, let out a long sigh.

Before long, he approached another passerby and spoke gently.

"Hello, would you like to learn about our maid-themed café?"

"Sorry, no need..."

Ding-ling—!

Before the passerby could finish speaking, the faint sound of wind chimes echoed through the air.

The passerby's expression changed instantly!

He quickly took a step back, then suddenly dropped to his knees before Lin Qiye, pressing his forehead tightly against the ground as his body trembled slightly.

This abrupt display of reverence left Lin Qiye frozen for a moment. Holding the flyer, he spoke awkwardly.

"Um... it's just a flyer. You don't need to apologize that much..."

Very soon, his voice cut off abruptly.

It was not just this passerby. The instant everyone on the street