Glug, glug!!
Luo Shu gulped down his alcoholic drink, then let out a satisfied breath.
"Refreshing! So refreshing!!"
"One can is enough. Don't drink any more," Utaha Kasumigaoka grumbled mildly.
"Relax, I'm eighteen. I know my limits." Luo Shu glanced at Tokisaki Kurumi, who was squatting in the corner "facing the wall," then turned back to Eriri, who looked as though she was forcibly suppressing a smile.
"Laugh if you want. I've already given up on having any dignity."
"Pfft... hahahaha... sorry, but..."
Eriri laughed outrageously, her shoulders and twin tails shaking, her laughter feeling like claws tickling Luo Shu's feet.
"Still laughing? Want me to give you the same treatment?"
"Quack!" Eriri instantly made a ducklike noise, her face flushing as she stifled her laughter.
She would rather die than end up like Tokisaki Kurumi!!
With a single sentence, Eriri instantly behaved herself.
Meanwhile, Luo Shu ate one of the chicken meatballs Kisara had just grilled. As he bit into it, the rich flavor of chicken fat immediately soothed his mood considerably.
"So why did I have to humiliate myself like that?"
"Honestly, with a bunch of girls this pretty working alongside me, is it wrong for me to have trouble choosing?"
"Is it?"
"Well..." Utaha Kasumigaoka turned her head aside, touching her hair a little awkwardly.
Pretty... so he thinks I'm pretty?
Utaha Kasumigaoka automatically filtered out the latter half of his words, focusing only on the word "pretty," a trace of bashful irritation appearing on her face.
Yukinoshita Yukino, however, refused to indulge Luo Shu's bad habits, even if he was her superior.
"It's not a question of being wrong. You're simply too greedy."
"The right thing to do is choose one person and properly turn down the others..."
"What if you were the one being rejected?"