Hearing that it was just a few thousand yen,
Eriri actually foolishly reached into her pocket for her wallet.
For this well-to-do young lady,
a few thousand yen was nothing.
If she could solve it with a few thousand yen, Eriri would be happy to do so.
However, as she opened her wallet,
the few Fukuzawa Yukichi (ten thousand yen) bills inside stunned the two delinquents.
Just as Eriri was struggling with the fact that she didn't have any small bills,
one of the delinquents grabbed her wrist.
“Hey, I changed my mind. My shoulder hurts a bit. A few thousand yen isn't enough, give me all of it.”
The other said.
This was so outrageous that even Eriri realized it was extortion.
‘What should I do? Should I give it to them? ’
‘If I give it to them, will they take advantage of me and continue to extort me? ’
‘If I don’t, I’ll definitely be bullied… ’
Mist once again filled Eriri's eyes.
Why did she have to encounter this kind of thing?
The two delinquents, seeing that Eriri didn't let go immediately,
after a slight stalemate,
one of them actually swung their fist, ready to hit Eriri and then grab her wallet.
Eriri instinctively closed her eyes and her body trembled slightly.
She was very afraid of pain.
“Tsk!”
After closing her eyes, in the darkness, a familiar voice came from behind.
Accompanied by the angry click of the tongue, hurried footsteps approached quickly.
The expected pain didn't come.
A crisp slap echoed in front of her.
Eriri cautiously opened her eyes a crack.
She saw that the delinquent girl who had just swung her fist
was holding her arm, her body leaning to the side.
Clearly, her arm had been struck with something.
On the side of her vision,
the figure of the boy stood tall.
At this moment, the anxiety was swept away.
Eriri felt incredibly at ease.
Just like before.
As long as she saw this figure,
then nothing else mattered.
He was the one who could bring her this sense of security.
“What are you doing!? Do you want to die?!”
The delinquent girl who had been pushed away screamed at Setsuna Yori.
The back of her hand, which had been reaching for Eriri, was now red.
Setsuna Yori looked coldly at the two.
The boy usually gave off a gentle and jade-like vibe,
but when he really narrowed his eyes and removed his usual smile, his aura changed drastically, and an immense sense of pressure arose.
He didn’t even respond.
He just silently stared.
Ten seconds later.
The two delinquents’ arrogant attitude had completely disappeared.
“Apologize to her.”
Setsuna Yori's voice sounded like a command, carrying an undeniable pressure.
The two delinquents instinctively rebelled.
But as they opened their mouths to curse,
they felt a cold chill run up their spines.
The boy in front of them seemed to transform into a venomous snake, its forked tongue licking their necks.
“Sorry!”
The two apologized in fear.
“Get lost.”
Setsuna Yori gave his order.
So the two ran away, stumbling and crawling.
Looking at their pathetic backs,
Setsuna Yori’s anger subsided a bit.
The sense of pressure also dissipated instantly.
Since his shogi level had risen to seven, the level of ‘Divine Revelation,’
Setsuna Yori had found that he could bring the momentum from the shogi board to the outside world.
Though only a bit.
It was like the natural aura of someone who had been in a position of power for a long time.
Standing above ten thousand men, stepping on the corpses of countless shogi players, the undefeated genius.
This momentum, even just a sliver, was not something two high school delinquent girls could withstand.
“You...” Eriri wanted to say, “Why did you come after me?”, but her gaze froze as it moved down, and her words instantly changed, “You’re hurt!”
Setsuna Yori, upon hearing this, his emotions calmed a bit.
Then, he followed Eriri’s gaze.
On the back of his right hand, a thin stream of blood was flowing.
The bright red stream condensed on his fingertips, then turned into a scarlet dot, dripping to the ground.
Setsuna Yori shook his hand.
He didn't feel anything.
It should have been when he pushed away the delinquent girl’s outstretched hand just now.
He accidentally got scratched by her nails.
The wound shouldn’t be deep.
Setsuna Yori’s casual gesture immediately triggered Eriri’s nerves.
Instinctively, she took a step forward and grabbed Setsuna Yori’s hand.
“Don’t move!” As she spoke, Eriri took out a band-aid from her pocket.
After rinsing it briefly with mineral water, Eriri carefully stuck the band-aid on.
When she finished, she let out a long breath.
“Whew… huh!?”
Finally realizing what she had done, Eriri’s cheeks quickly started to turn red.
“This… this is just because you helped me, just pure gratitude! Don’t think too much about it!”
As soon as she opened her mouth, it was her old tsundere self.
Setsuna Yori didn’t respond.
Although he could now accurately translate tsundere speech,
Setsuna Yori just didn’t want to deal with Eriri’s tsundere attitude.
After all, it was because of this that they broke up in the first place.
“Let’s go eat something together.”
Setsuna Yori said this.
“Huh? Why would I want to go eat with you, you’re so random…”
Before Eriri could finish, her stomach let out a ‘gurgling’ sound.
Now, Eriri’s face was completely red.
Her whole face, from her cheeks to her ears, was like a Christmas Eve apple.
Setsuna Yori chuckled.
Eriri, usually, would never go out easily.
The fact that she was here was likely because she was attending a comic convention.
If you go by the time, she must have just left the convention hall and hadn’t eaten dinner yet.
As a frail otaku girl, after a whole day of touring the exhibition, it would be a ghost if her stomach wasn’t empty by now.
At this time, you only need to mention the topic of ‘eating.’
Even if you are as stubborn as you can be,
your body will definitely react.
Just like before.
This is what’s called ‘saying one thing but meaning another’!