"Huh? Wait... what did you say? Impossible."
What kind of logic was that? How could something as melodramatic as love at first sight and throwing yourself at someone be so easy to encounter?
Not to mention, the other party was a hen.
"I'm not joking. I'm sincere. From the very beginning, I thought you were a cute girl. My strictness toward you was only the care of a senior. Being a Maid isn't dangerous, but you're so pretty that I was still worried about you, so I assigned you cleaning work. It wasn't until the day of the U.A. Sports Festival that I learned your true body was a handsome boy, exactly my type. Although I only saw you from afar a few times, I'm sure that I really fell for you. The love-at-first-sight kind."
"Pfft..."
Holy shit, no way?
"No, no, wait, let me think." Seeing her draw closer and closer, Su Lin slammed against the wall, his expression somewhat panicked.
Could you believe it? Someone with the lower body of a normal girl had the head of a chicken.
And that chicken had fallen in love with you at first sight and confessed to you.
"You think it's ridiculous, don't you?" The Maid Manager suddenly sighed. "Don't be fooled by how pretty I am. I've actually always felt lonely. Before I truly saw you, I never thought I would develop feelings for anyone. But now, not only did you come, you came so suddenly that I can't resist. No matter what, I have to hold you tightly in my hands."
"No... miss, you have to give me some time to prepare."
Fuck...
Su Lin raised his hands to block her. Seeing that sharp chicken beak about to kiss him, he was truly on the verge of collapse.
He had never imagined that one day, he would be forcibly kissed by a chicken.
That pointed beak was meant for pecking people, wasn't it?
Knock!
Just then, someone knocked on the door. A Maid hurriedly called out, "Maid Manager, a guest specifically requested that you go play board games with him."
The Maid Manager's expression changed. She clicked her tongue, took half a step back, adjusted her clothes, and said, "I understand. I'll be right there."
Then she glanced gently at Su Lin. "I'll wait for your answer. Tonight."
Watching that woman leave, Su Lin, who was slowly changing back into Yukino's appearance, stared at his own hand in doubt about life.
A few minutes later, she left the changing room and returned to the hall.
"Yukino."
A cute little Maid with twin ponytails ran over and tilted her head with a smile. "Someone specifically asked for you to serve him."
"What? Me, serve him?" Yukino pointed at herself blankly.
"That's right. We told him you were leaving tomorrow, so he said he was willing to pay more to have you come over. He also guaranteed that he only wanted to chat."
"Fine."
She wanted to see who dared to request her.
When she reached that familiar corner and saw Fumikage Tokoyami sitting there expressionlessly, Yukino immediately complained:
"It's you?"
The Most Exciting Way to Reject Someone
PS: There were a few minor mistakes in the previous chapter. They have been corrected.
"Ahem."
Seeing Yukino appear in a Maid Outfit, Tokoyami turned his face slightly aside in embarrassment, calmed himself, then said composedly, "I don't know you."
"..."
The Maid beside them looked at the two in confusion and muttered to herself, "What do you mean, you don't know each other? Could this be some melodramatic romantic entanglement from a TV drama?"
Not wanting to disturb them, she carefully stepped away while silently wishing Yukino good luck.
Several veins twitched on Yukino's forehead. In the end, she still asked flatly, "Then, Master, what would you like me to do?"
"You don't need to do anything." Tokoyami scratched his raven head.
Actually, having Yukino call him Master felt rather exciting, but he was too embarrassed to say it aloud.
Yukino was also somewhat relieved. This classmate was the type who would keep a secret and would not spread around the embarrassing fact that she worked at a maid café. Otherwise, cries of "What? The class rep is actually a Maid?" would probably spread through U.A. Class A and even Class B in an instant. The image she had carefully maintained for so long would collapse immediately, while gaining some indescribable implications.
"I won't kneel on the floor for you like the other Maids do." Seeing other Maids kneeling to feed their Masters omelet rice, Yukino spoke coldly.
Tokoyami inexplicably shuddered. Just as he was about to refuse, Dark Shadow poked its head out and said, "That suits me perfectly. Although I think it would be incredibly exciting to have the class rep kneel and call someone Master."
"How can you say something like that?" Tokoyami righteously rebuked Dark Shadow.
Yukino's mouth twitched. "Then, Master, what would you like me to do now?"
"Um, just sit across from me."
"Fine." Yukino sat down, made him a cup of tea, and handed it to him. Then, in an extremely displeased tone, she recited mechanically, "Please enjoy, Master."
"Honestly, that disgusted expression of yours..." Dark Shadow could not help wanting to comment on it, but upon seeing Yukino's livid face, it wisely shut up.
"Then tell me, what do you want me to do for you during this hour? If it's just playing games together, I'd be happy to."
"Ahem, to be precise, I want you to accompany me until you get off work. There are a very small number of guests here whom I really dislike. As your classmate, I don't want you to suffer grievances for certain reasons," Tokoyami said honestly.
Dark Shadow laughed as well. "Honestly, if your classmates saw you swallowing your pride before others and calling them Master over and over, they would definitely feel awful."
"I think they'd be very happy." Yukino calmly made herself a cup of tea and changed the subject. "I should also thank the Maid Manager for not assigning me work that involved close contact with guests. But speaking of the Maid Manager, I feel like you..."
Under Yukino's gaze, Tokoyami raised his head slightly. "At first, I did have that intention, but after you came, I changed my mind."
"What do you mean?"
"If even your charm could not surpass hers, Dark Shadow would surely be unable to accept it." Tokoyami expressed his approval of Yukino.
Yukino's eyebrows twitched unnaturally a few times.
From the way he looked, he did not seem like someone who would like anyone. He had probably seen something that fit "darkness" in the Maid Manager, then discovered an even denser "dark aura" in Yukino and decisively changed his heart.
"Dark Feast," Yukino said impassively.
"Dark Feast!" Dark Shadow immediately shouted excitedly.
Fuck!
Tokoyami felt that he had exposed something.
Three hours later, it was time to get off work.
"Master, welcome home. I had a great time talking with you today." Since this was the last time she would address someone like that, Yukino was in a good mood, and her tone was much lighter.
Tokoyami took a deep breath and nodded solemnly, trying to conceal his excitement.
After saying goodbye like that, Yukino faced the most serious matter of all.
The Maid Manager's confession.
Pulled once more into the dark corridor beside the changing room, she leaned against the wall and faced that sharp chicken beak with complicated feelings.
"You can give me your answer now, right?"
"Can't you... not rush me so much?" Yukino put her hands behind her back and said helplessly.
"No. This is the last chance. I'm afraid you'll leave and never return."
"Fine, then... I'll give you my answer."
Yukino swallowed, calmed herself, and then separated out her true body.
The next second, right in front of the Maid Manager, Yukino grabbed her true body in an embrace, deliberately revealed an affectionate gaze, and kissed him deeply.
The Maid Manager was completely stunned.
Right before her eyes, a man and a woman embraced each other and kissed as if savoring it. One of them was the boy she had fallen in love with at first sight.
That answer was certainly direct enough.
To make himself look less like he was acting, Su Lin deliberately made the kiss even more intense, even using his tongue without hesitation.
Very soon, Yukino began to pant, making the Maid Manager's expression even gloomier.
More than ten seconds later, their lips parted, with a glistening strand of liquid hanging at the corners of their mouths.
Su Lin turned his head and stared at her without emotion. "Do you understand now?"
One chicken and one human stared at each other blankly. Before long, the Maid Manager's eyes reddened, and a tear rolled down her cheek.
"I understand. Maybe I really don't deserve you."
After saying that, she turned and left, leaving behind only a staggering, lonely silhouette.
"Blech~"
The moment she left, Yukino immediately gagged in disgust.
Although his true body had enjoyed it, Yukino, influenced by his male mindset, could not accept kissing herself at all.
There was no helping it. Kissing someone who looked exactly like herself truly felt disgusting.
But what was terrifying was that this pitiful state of being disgusted yet having no choice but to do it gave his true body a kind of conquering pleasure.
"My adaptability is still too poor. In the end, it's just a matter of mentality. How can anyone fail to accept themselves?" Shaking her head, she controlled Yukino's avatar to go to the boss and collect her salary of 120,000 yen.
"It's really a shame that you're leaving. Once you become a regular employee, your monthly salary could increase by at least three times. Though the work might be a bit harder then."
Perhaps because her positive review rate had been growing lately, the boss had already begun treating Yukino as a cash cow and was somewhat reluctant to let her go.
"Thank you, boss, but I've realized I really am not suited to being a Maid."
"That's exactly why the guests like you."
"..."
Daily Training
By the time they returned home, the sky had completely darkened.
Su Lin's true body went to prepare dinner, while Yukino took off her shoes, set down her backpack, took out paper and a pen, and sat in a chair to begin drafting her future training plan.
She had discovered a serious problem.
No matter how thoroughly their thoughts were shared, different bodies still had a certain lack of coordination when working together.
It was like after eating sticky gummy candy: your tongue knew a tooth had candy stuck to it and could precisely lick the spot, but when you tried to feel for it with your finger, you could never find it.
"I really need more practice. Now that I have Takanashi Rikka, I should conduct more intense and more technical training to improve Yukino's combat ability."
With that in mind, she summoned Rikka. Then the two bodies headed to Seaside Park together, found an unoccupied corner, and began training.
"Then, let the battle begin."
Takanashi Rikka pointed into the empty air and shouted in an extremely chuunibyou manner, "Explode, Reality, shatter, Spirit! Ice needles from the void, heed my call!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Long, slender ice needles appeared in midair. After spinning several times, they shot toward Yukino one after another.
Pfft, pfft, pfft~
"Damn it, I couldn't dodge them at all."
Protecting her head with her hands, Yukino was immediately pierced by ice needles over ten centimeters long, blood flowing down her clothes.
"Hmm, so if I personally faced an attack like this, even if I noticed the trajectory of the flying needles, I still wouldn't have time to dodge?"
Yukino was somewhat disappointed in her own reaction speed.
Strictly speaking, most people at Hero Academia fought in a straightforward manner, with barely any technique involved. That was why Yukino had not suffered much when fighting others hand-to-hand.
But that did not mean technique was useless.
Even if she gained strength equal to Katsuki Bakugo's, it would still be impossible for her to defeat him. The reason was simple: Bakugo's mastery over his Quirk was exceptionally high. His coordination of various techniques far surpassed that of other Quirk users.
"If I travel to other worlds in the future and remain like this, it definitely won't be enough."
Thinking of this, she had Rikka strike two chuunibyou poses and shout, "Appear, Blades of Automatic Attack."
Long, slender iron swords appeared in the air. This form of power was already close to Yaoyorozu's Creation, though it was subject to many limitations.
Before you continue