Mahiru struck up a conversation.
Splash, splash.
The gradually intensifying rain became the backdrop.
Holding a transparent umbrella, the angel-like girl leaned forward slightly, letting her long, straight flaxen hair fall from her shoulders.
"Um... you'll catch a chill if you sit out here in the rain."
The girl's voice was slightly husky, soft and breathy, and very pleasant to listen to.
At that moment, Luo Shu, who had just been stunned by the system notification of "Heroine detected" in his mind, spoke with a somewhat peculiar expression:
"Am I... being chatted up?"
"I'm not chatting you up. I'm giving you a friendly reminder."
Mahiru Shiina looked at the boy sitting in a daze on a park bench in the rain and sighed somewhat helplessly:
"If you catch a cold, not only will you feel awful, but your girlfriend... er, no, your family will be very worried too."
"???"
Hearing those words of concern, Luo Shu's expression grew even stranger.
He looked the girl before him up and down, then asked:
"You're quite special."
"Huh?" Mahiru Shiina froze for a moment.
Just then, Luo Shu smiled cheerfully:
"Here in Japan, isn't a girl like you who cares about strangers special enough?"
"Oh, that's what you meant by special." Understanding dawned on Mahiru Shiina's face.
Then Luo Shu asked Mahiru Shiina:
"Luo Shu. That's my name, and that's my response to being chatted up."
"And you? What's your name?"
"I told you, I'm not chatting you up."
Mahiru Shiina muttered, but at Luo Shu's question, she still obediently gave her name:
"Shiina. Mahiru Shiina."
"Mahiru Shiina?"
Luo Shu narrowed his eyes, took his wallet from his pocket, opened it, and pulled out a business card, offering it with both hands:
"Here's my contact information. If you run into any trouble, you